We’re still working away on the house, little bit by little bit. The anonymous note from the neighbors turned into a huge thing, and we got a visit from the HOA president, who wanted us to pull weeds “before he was forced to report us to the city”. (I’m fairly certain the city has bigger concerns than our weeds, but as he’s a rich guy, I’m also certain he could pull strings if he wants to.) Since there are plenty of other neighbors with weeds, I really have to wonder how much of his push with us, is due to them being annoyed at our house falling into disrepair for several years before we bought it (during the two previous owners), and how much was due to them being forced to see our weeds as they pull into their driveway 30 times a day. (Seriously, where do they GO so many times a day, for such short trips?!?!) So poor Jim had to spend a week outside, doing tons more gardening, that we were just going to hire some landscapers to work on come spring.
We’re hoping that over the fall and winter we can paint the living room and dining rooms ourselves, while saving up to have the outside of the house repainted in the spring, and again, have some landscaping help.
But here’s something purely fun. I hung up the amazing Godzilla cross stitch that @Abbeeroad made me.