We need to get our house painted this year, as it is chipping off.  Not on the plan, but what can you do??  The College Pro Painter dude came by earlier this spring and gave us the sales pitch, and we bought it.  They washed the house on Saturday, avoiding the rotting windowsills (windows on the agenda for NEXT year) and I just had to pick the colors.

On a side note…those boys were supposed to show up in the “morning” to start power washing the house.  Yeah…it was probably around 11 am when they showed up.  We gave up on them at 10 am and went to the nursery, figuring they were probably out partying the night before and “morning” to them is just before noon.

We will be going from this:

To these colors (red is the trim, dark tan is the main color):

Painting starts next Monday.  Hope it looks right, because these kinds of tough decisions will last about 7 years.  Then we get to do it again.  The cedar siding on the sides and back of the house need to get painted a bit more often than we would like.  I think a more permanent siding sounds like a pretty good thing for the long run.

Oh, and our pond isn’t quite full yet…but it is getting close.  I’ve been taking out probably 20 gallons of water each night to water the various plants and shrubs we have planted.  The kids are being good helpers, of course, and watering with their little watering cans.  🙂

A bunny had made a nest underneath my thyme plant.  I found the remains of it on Monday, so it must have been there during the weekend while I was weeding all around it.  It decided to try to dig another one underneath my precious basil and ruined that.  Little bastards.  I’ll get you someday!! 

I keep hoping that the coyotes will clean out the bunny population in our yard, but there is one rather brave bunny that comes out in fully daylight and just stares at you as you drive in the driveway.  I let the kids chase it every chance they get.  I’m hoping it gets annoyed and moves.