Update

The Pilot has been back for just under a week now & the projects are back on in full force. I have pictures, but still need to load them. For now you all will just have to deal with a list.

1) The patio - is almost complete. One of my projects had an unforeseen malfunction. On of the wardrobe kind. ;) lol Since I put a lot of time into an alternative use has been thought of. I was originally making a 6x6 place mat hanging divider (total of 36 place mats). I painstakingly stenciled all 36 mats & linked them together with metal loops. Since we live in a valley we tend to have a constant breeze. The week I hung it it was a pretty heavy breeze. So mats were coming disconnected. The Pilot is going to help me rehang them against the house where the wind won't cause issues. As soon as it is totally complete I will post pictures.

2) Veggie/herb box - The corn has a new home!! So does the pepper plant (we have 4 peppers growing) & the mint. It's pretty cool looking. Again, pictures to come later.

3) Master bathroom - we've come up with a really cool spa like design. I'm so excited to get started on this project, but I think it will probably be a few more months. See #4 for why...

4) Downstairs - we talked & talked about replacing the rather worn carpets (thanks to the 2 & 4 legged children) with hard wood. Today we finally purchased the materials. Who knew just picking out flooring could be so exhausting! We went to 2 stores earlier this week & got samples to bring home to view in the different rooms in different lighting. Then today we went to another store & back to 1 of the earlier ones. After hours of debating what to do we became happy owners of new wood flooring. It's hand scraped & brown (no hints of red).

That's about all for major projects at the moment. The Pilot might become an expert plumber sooner than he thought he would be. One of the toilets is screeching & hissing.