I am loving all the work we have done to our beautiful home in the past month. As you know, we had it up for sale for over 2 years and when you are in that "mode" you don't do "projects". Now not to say we didn't keep it clean b/c WE DID! But you don't paint, or add a deck, or do much yard work (only to get you buy) SO.... now that it is ALL OURS, we have been pretty busy around the Pittman House!!!
We have added a 16x16 SWEET deck that connects the back deck to the driveway and MAN DOES IT MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE! We have LOVED every minute we get to spend out there. The table has been moved to the larger deck, all my flowers in my containers look SO NICE. We even changed out the pickets to black iron ones on the old back deck and the front one. So it looks like a new face lift for our house. WAHOO!!! Looking forward to many more cookouts and hang outs soon!
We also planted 10 new shrubs and mulched. Here is the mulch story. First lets remember I am a "get it done girl" and seem to lack the word "patience" in my vocabulary. My poor hubby gets hit by this quite often. My thoughts are to get it done ASAP, now, or wish it was done yesterday. I am cursed!!! :) So we have been wanting to get mulch but have had to wait b/c of going out of town or just being busy. We had planned to order the mulch on Thursday and then work on it over the weekend. Long story short... Glenn and Tara (our special college friends) called and they were able to come up for the weekend w/ their two kids. We have been trying to get a weekend with them so we were thrilled to have them up. BUT WAIT WHAT ABOUT THE MULCH. Somehow I talked Chuck into it. So we went crazy and still orderd 20 yards (a WHOLE DUMP TRUCK) of mulch on Thursday at 4 pm and my AMAZING HUSBAND (and me) had it all spread by 2 pm on Friday. We worked our booties off to say the least!!!!!!!! IT WAS SO HOT!! We were both a little SORE on Saturday! But WOW does it look good!!! I love it!! Looks so new, fresh and I don't even mind the smell!!! I love the look of fresh mulch.
So we broke the new deck in VERY LATE EACH night hanging out and having fun! Yummy steaks from the Artisan and Margaritas and Mojitos. We also shared the Happy Skipper w/ them and they shared their Dr Pepper/ Captain drink. YUMMY! It is so fun to get together with old friends and remember all the fun and silly things we used to do.
Saturday was a fun day on the parkway! We went to Craggy Gardens. Glenn and Chuck took Lucie and Tyler (both 4 years old) in the jeep!!! They loved it and Tara, Lanie, Reid and me rode up in the Tahoe. Then we switched places on the way home!! FUN FUN. We grilled out hot dogs, hiked, picked blueberries and enjoyed watching our kids play together. THEN we had a babysitter come and we headed out for a DATE NIGHT! Grove Park for the scenery and drinks and appetizers. I always forget how beautiful the view is from the Grove Park! I am always in awe of the beautiful hotel and love to imagine how the people felt when they were guests there. I am sure they felt special like I do and I am just "visiting" not staying there. We are really blessed to be able to visit all the cool Asheville tourist spots. Next we went to Red Stag for dinner! The food was AMAZING but the ATMOSPHERE is my favorite!!!! So different, so cool and just SPECIAL!!
Sunday was church, rest, and then some family time up in Montreat. Girls played while Chuck and I played a little Tennis. I am determined to learn that sport. It is much harder than it looks but I am determined. We stayed out late and then headed to My Fathers for pizza. We were thrilled that there was NO WAIT and we got right in. I guess everyone else had their dinner before 8:45 that night! HA HA! Oh well we will sleep when we are dead!
So the weekend was a fun time!! Great friends, food, and FUN!! I am so blessed!!!!
