Final Preparations

The one thing I love about deadlines is how MUCH you can get done!  My amazing hubby and I have done so many projects and gotten so much cleaned out.  Our house looks great right now!  Well, besides the laundry and toys.  Those things never seem to stay clean.  But things in the yard (minus the garden) are taken care of, things in the basement are completely cleaned out, DI donations are out, the garage is cleaned out, the garbage is gone, some things from the garden are canned, and I really have run out of things to do these last few days.  Well, kind of.  The garden needs to be weeded a bit, my tomatoes are extremely ripe, and there are a ton of peppers that need some care as well.  Anyway.  I'm not in the mood to do what really needs to be done haha!.  So here are some of the projects I've finished lately.  Here is our little lawn ornamental tractor.  Believe me, this is a SERIOUS improvement!  It looks so good compared to pre paint job :)  I'm rather proud of myself.  Dozer was really trying to be a big help too.  I used the blue painting tape to do the edges, and he thought that was so cool!  He kept wanting pieces to add to the tractor.  So I would tear off small pieces and let him put them on.  Luckily he mostly stuck the pieces to the tires where I wasn't painting anyway.  It was pretty cute :).  

 Here is my small chicken coop.  We have 3 chickens and this coop is the perfect size.  I had painted it before, but our goats (that we don't have anymore) RUINED it!  So I had my hubby re caulk it and I repainted it.  The small box on the front is where you gather the eggs.  The entrance is on the side, and we actually had to reconstruct it to make it smaller.  I cannot even explain to you how a 2 1/2 yo could fit through the hole before, but he could.  Gross.  Anyway, here it is all pretty and finished.

 This is Dozer's new room!  I was pretty proud of myself.  I designed the whole thing myself, and my mom helped me paint it. We painted the zig zag stripes, I painted the big brown one, and you can kind of see the small monsters on the brown one.  They are decal stickers.  I wont take the credit for designing those :).  I LOVE the bed spread.

 The other wall.  This was the one my mom helped me with the most, so of course it looks the best :).

 Believe it or not, I made this :).  I made one for my little nephew too that is the same except the back is stars instead of paisley.  Dozer will get this for his birthday in January.  I know it's forever away, but it wouldn't have gotten done if it didn't get done now.  But isn't it cute?  I have really had fun learning how to quilt!  Sometimes I feel like pulling my hair out because it wont go together right, but mostly it has been fun!

And I didn't take a picture, but use your imagination :).  We have canned so far a case of pickles, 2 pints of pickle relish, 4 pints of jalapenos, a case of banana peppers, a case and a half of tomatoes, and 6 pints of salsa.  And there is at least double that still in the garden.  :(  I should really get working on that instead haha!