Honey Do...

We seem, well I guess I seem, to have a big honey do list lately. I'm sure officer thinks I'm a drill sargaent or something, but we've gotten a lot of things done around the house and I'm so grateful! I just can't do as much as I think I can these days. Of course inside is never-ending with cleaning and little things here and there that I try to keep up with, but we've had so much to do in the yard this year and we finally got some of the big things done that we've been talking about for years!

The biggest project has been in our backyard! Our backyard is west facing so in the evening we get huge amounts of sun into the back of the house and it makes it pretty stinkin' hot and the A/C runs like crazy, but just doesn't make it any better. So...last fall Officer and his dad poured an extra concrete pad out back so we have more patio space. And this past month - in between huge rainstorms - we had a very talented man in our ward add on a patio cover/overhang to the roof in the back and painted the house(of course he does this for a living - so it's probably no big deal to him, but HUGE deal to us!). The patio cover has made a world of difference! It stays cold in my house now! Amazing work - here is the before and after. The paint color isn't all that different, but we didn't know what else to do without being totally drastic becasue we have such dark brick around the garage. Officer wired the patio for lights and he and my dad even put in a new front door! Thanks for all your hard work, honey. Someday - patio furniture.

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