Making Progress

Whew!! Another crazy busy weekend! We have been two productive mo-fo's around here lately. Last weekend we got our fence fixed up, this weekend we tackled the shed. I posted pictures of our hard work in the Renovation Album. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures before we started ripping stuff apart so you'll only get to see the afters. But, the total project isn't done yet so the pictures are really just in between at this point.

Friday night was my girls only movie night. We watched Nights in Rodanthe. BLECH! The movie sucked. Diane Lane and Richard Gere and a whole lotta boring. I definitely don't recommend it. The girl talk was great though. This was my first movie night on my diet and I actually managed to abstain from the popcorn! I made a nice little snack for myself with grapes and strawberries, some sharp cheddar, almonds, and olives. It was really good. I only missed the popcorn a little. It was funny, at one point some popcorn dropped onto the counter and my first instinct was to scoop it up and pop it in my mouth. I was actually like, "what do you think you're doing", and dumped it into the trash. Crazy how old behaviors can just pop up out of nowhere.

Saturday was go-go-go all day. We worked our asses off. We got up early and were out the door to get some breakfast by 7:30am. We had to make a stop off at Lowe's on the way home and finally got started around 9:30. My dad came to the house to help us tear down our small shed. For some reason, someone decided that one massive eye-sore of a shed in our yard wasn't enough and added a second lean-to type shed attached to the first. We've always hated both of our sheds and it has been our mission over the last 5 years to make them less noticeable. Well, mission accomplished.

One thing I can say about that ugly ass shed, it was built to last. Joe was going at it with a sawzall and a sledge hammer and the thing was barely budging. The sheds are wired for electric so while Joe was busy with the demo, my dad was working on transferring the electrical box and outlets to the big shed. Eventually the walls came down and then the roof. We hauled three loads of lumber and shingles and other debris to the dump. We gained a lot of open area in our by taking down the shed and by moving out the fence last weekend. We are eventually going to pour concrete in the new open area and put Joe's grill and a table and some chairs over there. I can't wait to see it all finished. Make sure you check out the pictures.

After we all got cleaned up and relaxed, Joe and I took my dad out to dinner at Port Canaveral to thank him for all the hard work he's done for us around our house. It was nice to sit outside and have some beer and eat some oysters. I think my dad really enjoyed it too.

I'm really looking forward to this upcoming week. Last week wasn't a great week for me at the gym. I had several bad workouts so I'm hoping to get back on track this week. I also have a weekend away planned with my girlfriends next weekend. We're heading over to St. Petersburg Beach on Friday. I haven't gotten away with my girlfriends in a really long time so it'll be nice to finally do that.

Anyway, I guess that's my weekend in a nutshell. I hope you all have a great week!