Getting Ready for Open House

We have had a busy week around the house.  We have been installing shelves, opening boxes in the garage, and finding places to put things, as well as doing some work in the garden.  We decided that we wanted to use filbert shells as mulch around the rose garden.  We have heard that slugs commit suicide on the sharp shells, and that sounds good to us.

We spread one and a half yards of the shells today (about 800 pounds) and it really looks good.  We also spread some regular bark mulch in some other parts of the yard.

Hazelnut/Filbert Shells Mulch

Neil has spend some time building more shelves in the garage and mounting one of the large "Closets to Go" shelf high in the garage.  We now have about a half of a parking spot free in the garage, and are nibbling away at the edges.  Neil has most of his tools unpacked and mounted on the pegboard above the work bench.

We also had DirecTV come this week and install the High Definition TV antennae that Pamela's cousin Gordon found for us in Arizona.  We can now watch and record  HD programs as God intended.

Neil has also been doing some "power gardening" with his Ryobi sawsall.  This thing is the best thing going for light and heavy pruning.  He has been taking out the dead branches and doing heavy duty pruning on all sides of the house.

Neil's Power Pruner

This Sunday, we are hosting an Open House at our place for friends, family and neighbors; we are expecting about thirty-five people between 1-5 PM.  It has made it a busy week, but we always work better under deadlines.  It will be fun to show the house to friends and family.  It is even supposed to be sunny on Sunday.

We hope that you are enjoying a great spring where ever you are.  Thanks for visiting,

Neil and Pamela