Birthdays & Moving In - Garden Shed

A week or so ago was my Dad's 78th birthday. My sister & I (along w/our sweet husbands) decided to cook a surprise lunch for him & his church members. We served Boston Butts, Potato Salad, Green Beans, Mac & Cheese, Salad, Rolls & of course cake & brownies. He was very happy & yes, even surprised.

We also gave him a gate alarm for his place up in the country. Like us, he has a very long driveway & sometimes people show up unannounced. With the gate alarm he will be able to hear them coming before they get up to the house.

Last Friday would have been my Mama's 80th birthday. I was thinking about a distant relative recently & thought to pick up the phone & call her with a question that only she would have known the answer to. Sad to think there are so many questions that will remain unanswered because there is no one left to ask. Sure do miss her.

This past weekend we finally finished the Garden Shed & was able to start moving in. I was originally just going to paint everything white because that was the paint that I had leftover from other projects. It was waaay too white! Didn't want to go to the store for a small can of colored paint so I looked around & found a tube of blue Easter egg coloring. It was too blue. I had some black acrylic that I added which toned it down to this very soft grey/blue color. Fine by me & I didn't have to make a trip to town.

I hope to have plenty of room for gardening things, paint supplies, canning jars, as well as Christmas Decor. We'll see just how long it takes to fill er up. Oh & still need to paint the back doors.

p.s. We also got asparagus crowns planted but didn't get a pic of the beds. Not much to see but I should take one just for documenting sake. Now to wait the 3 years it takes to be able to harvest & eat. That is, if they survive.....

Garden Shed Update

Many may remember that we bought a Garden Shed waaaay back in December 2013 (Garden Shed Delivery). We have worked on it here & there (mostly there) over the past 3 years (yikes 3 years go by fast!).

We wired it, installed press board walls, added a shed roof on the back in early 2015. Then it sat while we worked on the barn. We decided to finally get it done over Christmas break 2016. We added flooring & trim & had intentions of being finished but we ran into a couple of electrical problems. Got those fixed & last weekend we finally finished it. Well, I still have to paint but, after painting it will be ready to move in. Here are a couple of pics:

West End

East End

I know not many garden sheds have pretty laminate flooring but it was very cheap (the lowest price of any flooring, even vinyl, at the local big box store). Plus, it was a whole lot easier to install.

Ceiling Fan - found in attic - clearance sale over 4 years ago.

Left of Back Door

Right of Back Door

The tools are hanging on slatboard that Greg had for many years. Someone gave it to him & he thought, "I will be able to use that some day". He lined his office walls with it & had some left over which we used here. I couldn't resist going ahead & hanging tools & shelves on it even though I will have to remove in order to paint. 

I have a lot of stuff ready to move into it & I am promising myself to not take 3 years to get it painted! Will post more pics as that gets done.