We made it all the way to July 5th without putting in our A/C window units! (On the first floor, that is -- I've had one up in my office for a month or so. It's much hotter up there!) It's supposed to be really hot and humid tomorrow, so K wanted to get an A/C into the kitchen and into the bedroom. We want to get a new central air unit, but we're taking things one thing at a time. The garage comes first.
The first morning glory bloomed on our trellis the other day. They're such a gorgeous purple, and I can't wait until they all start blooming! Each plant is loaded with buds right now, so they should be going nuts very soon.
Did a little yard work this evening-- mowed the lawn, pulled weeds, trimmed a tree along the street, etc. And I put mulch around the rose bushes in the front yard flower beds. They look so much nicer-- I wish I'd thought of it sooner! One of the rose bushes has been spreading and blooming like crazy, and the other bush isn't. Hopefully it's just taking its time-- those suckers were not cheap!
We also got a bummer letter today from the City of Minneapolis. Honestly, I've been a fan of the City offices ever since we bought the house. They fixed a couple things in the alley when we asked, and they've been helpful every time we've called. But today there was a letter telling us that we have less than 2 weeks to move our huge wood pile because it's a "nuisance." The pile of wood is from that giant elm that we took down so that we could build the garage. Our plan all along was to build a nice platform/rack right behind the garage, split all the logs, and stack them up so we'll have firewood for years to come. But we've got to finish the garage first... Otherwise we're just moving the wood twice, and that's nuts-- there is so much of it!
The thing that really sucks about this is that the only reason that wood pile is visible right now, is that the wooden fence is not up on one side of the yard-- and that's because a few of the posts were so rotten that they only stayed up for a year after we bought the house. We've had an orange plastic snow fence tacked up since then, so our yard looks pretty trashy from that side. You can see right in and can see our piles of materials and supplies-- pavers, siding, insulating blankets, windows, gutters etc. It doesn't look pretty, I totally admit it, and I think it every time I view the yard from that angle.
And once the garage is finished, ALL of this will be fixed in a relatively short time, so this is really frustrating! The windows have already been taken into the garage to be used in there. When the siding on the garage is complete, it will be easier to organize all that wood right behind the garage and out of sight. And with the work space set up, it will be easier to build a new fence, like we've been planning. So... I don't know. Grrr. We're trying, Minneapolis!! We really are!
