Now that I've finally stopped feeling sick every day, and am starting to get an appetite and some energy back, one of my main goals before this baby comes is to work on cleaning out and seriously organizing around here. A lot of that just involves making sure everything has a place and eliminating clutter. I like to be organized, but that doesn't mean it necessarily happens.
We completed one step towards that goal last week by enclosing the fridge with an extension of the upper cabinets and adding a bulletin board and magnetic strips to hold the kids' artwork. I should have taken a photo of the actual "before" of the side of my fridge...it was pretty cluttered with photos and drawings and such and no matter how often I'd clear it, it would end up back that way. Now, it may still hold a lot of "stuff" but at least it looks a bit neater.
We also have been doing some major clean up in our yard. Because we are on a huge corner lot, we have these gigantic privacy hedges that line the street side and part of the back of our yard. They are pretty massive not only height-wise, but girth-wise and end up needing trimming 3-4 times a season, which can be a 2-3 day job. Last week, we decided that we finally needed to take the time to hack them back significantly. They had reached about 10 ft in height and we cut them down to about 6 ft. We spent two days, and still have the third section left to do, but it already looks so much better, and improved our view of the water from our house as well. Below you can see the job half done, which shows how much we took off.
And speaking of our yard, check out part of our garden! We have really been enjoying all of the fresh veggies we've been getting. So fun to go out in the evening to pick a fresh salad before dinner!
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