Our weekend at the lake..

So it was a hot, humid weekend at the lake. Got out there Saturday and by the afternoon it was 95 degrees..both inside and outside the cottage! Early the next morning my father in law came over and helped me install an A/C in the wall between the living room and dining room. What a godsend that is. We have a big oscillating fan in the corner of the living room and it blows the cold air all through the cottage. It was a comfortable 74-75 degrees in the cottage for the next couple of days! It is going to be great to have when we are out there for our vacation in August. We came into the city by noon on Tuesday. We stopped by my niece's place and helped my inlaws move a bed into her bedroom for her. Then off to our place to unload. Shirley's parents then used our car to run around to do errands, as their truck was in getting a new w/s wiper motor installed. So it was a busy weekend, but got a lot accomplished!

New additions to our family..

No, not children..god no!..We have two new little girl kittens! A little grey medium shorthair named Dusty and a black domestic shorthair named Emily. They are both 8-10 weeks old..what a couple of cuties. My boy's got them from the humane society. Ty said when he walked in the first kitty he saw was Emily in her cage crying and waving her paw at him trying to get to him. Chris found Dusty in another cage and when he took her out and they put the two together they were like old friends..seemed to get along great..so they came home with the boys! They really seem to enjoy each others company..running around and playing together constantly. You even see them sleeping together a lot on top of their carpeted condo I bought em..or cleaning each other too! Dusty was so shy when she first came home 2 weeks ago that she hid under the shower downstairs and only came out from time to time covered in dust and sneezing a few times(thats how she got her name) and now she is playful and loves to be petted, and under foot all the time..even sleeps on my lap now! Emily was always the real playful, friendly one right from the start..loves people..anyone comes in the door she has to run up and see who it is! She can sleep on Shirleys lap for hours it seems. We had to put our old Kitty down 3 weeks ago..he was almost 20 years old and he finally gave out..miss the old bugger..but he had a good life and was spoiled rotten..who could ask for more..lol

Our Cottage..

Well it's been a busy year so far at the cottage we bought last summer. We started out by painting the old metal shed that was on our second lot. It was in rough shape..painted it green and white. Last fall we removed all the old,rotten shelves that were around it that the previous owner used for all the crafts he did..makes the yard look so much better! So our next project was replacing the front deck..it was in real rough shape also! We used pressure treated boards and it looks awesome! Then it was the privacy wall around the bathroom. It was pretty rotten so we started by replacing some of the rotten frame boards. We redid the entire wall itself with pressure treated fence boards. The wooden latice arcross the top was ripped off and replaced with plastic latice..man what a difference..it looks great! We then painted the frame of the wall white as well as scraped the old paint off the bathroom and painted it white as well..We then moved to the back deck..my father in law was nice enough to replace some rotten boards on the railing and floor for us. First we stained the railing and then 2 coats on the floor..It's amazing how something looks so good with a fresh coat of stain on it! We also restained the back window frames and repainted the shutters and trim across the bottom of the back of the house. Now off to the other side of the house..a few years back my father in law made an awning for the windows on the south side of the house. I scraped it down and repainted it white..as well as some trim boards accross the south side of the house under the eaves. We have a little stoop across the front of the house that I repainted and Shirley hung her string of fish lights her sister gave her for her birthday..looks real nice! We do have some more to stain yet..shutters on front and side of house..but otherwise..a lot more relaxing has been done the last little while! Who would have thought that all this work would actually be fun..go figure..lol..We have three weeks off in August. We plan on doing a few more things..but mostly relaxing and golfing!