House Stuff

 SO, I had Ackerman's Plumbing come over and put in the new faucet in the other bathroom-so all the bathroom faucets match! And we joined their "club" that comes and does an inspection every so often.

They came and put in a new anode rod in the water heater. I had to move A LOT of Christmas boxes for them to get in there!

Doesn't the new faucet look nice!?

 posted about this nice umbrella, I love it! But it arrived with a broken crank handle. I contacted the company via Amazon and you won't believe this.....

They sent me a whole new umbrella FREE! SO now I have two umbrellas worth of shade on my nice cement patio! Such a deal!!Amazon FRUITEAM Umbrella Here's the link to the umbrella, all I can say it, Great Customer Service!

We were at the mall and bought Dilly his birthday bear at build a bear-they have a deal you get your bear for the price of your birthday.

This isn't his bear, but his bear needed a t shirt-they were out of birthday shirts-, so I used my bear to figure out the correct size.

Looks good-I just used some old t shirts and cut them up! 

And the little guy  got some shoes for the first time! Here he is trying on sandals-he curls up his toes-we ended up getting shoes at Target and a 2nd pair at Dillards. Baby's first shoes indeed!

Yard Sale, Patio and Dirty Work

 So the 13,14,15th was the city wide yard sale in North Liberty. I'm not sure who had the bright idea to yard sale for three days, but........

There were 260 yard sales listed on the group's social media. 

Dilly had the right idea I think. We spent 3 days moving stuff in and out of the garage as the weather changed. Andrew's Gramma had so much stuff! It was amazing. We'd get one tote emptied out and she'd magically appear with another one! 

Dilly and Drew made their own fun with the ball of string. 

So cute...and Dirty! Speaking of dirt....I hired an outfit to come and landscape a little bit of our back yard. American Outdoor Services came and got started on a new patio for us!

This is the backside of the house, the East side.

They'll be bringing in cement tomorrow. 

And they will be doing a drainage improvement in the front yard. Adding dirt and re routing the downspout drain so it goes away from the house better. 

But that means that the daylilies and other bulbs out front need to be dug up or they will be buried and die. DD came over and dug for two days to get them out to safety. It was so HOT, she worked so hard, now I hope they will survive until we get them back in!

Here's a before look at the side with the A/C all overgrown and weedy. 

And here it is ready for more work.

Here's the cement!

And here are Dilly's hand prints forever in the cement. He wanted to grab it, so they are a little claw-like, but WE all know who they belong to!

I'm loving this cement!

Look here the back is finished-they need to bring in a little bit of dirt, but it's too muddy after a lot of rain last night, so they will try to bring it on Monday. The guys started the work on the South side, and it's shaping up well. It's so HOT, these guys are really earning their money this week!

Doesn't that look nice? So much better than the weeds! American Outdoor Services propertymaintenance.com/# Has done a great job so far.

Now just to get the front done, hopefully on Monday!