Tuesday

Lets see.....called about 6 different upholstery people.....I was hoping to get my outdoor furniture cushions recovered since 2 are showing some wear....but at the cost of approximately $100.00 a cushion....that would be right at $1000.00...I am thinking not....I got them out and decided that turning the two over was a brilliant idea instead....we are though going to invest in a covered pergola for the deck off the bedroom....which will look great and provide wonderful shade and help protect my outside furniture....we also are proud new owners of a new treadmill....it was on close out at Sam's Club for like $240 with a 3 year warranty....it actually had pretty good reviews for being a affordable treadmill....it was originally at Sams Club a $500 dollar treadmill...I can't say that I am really all that excited about the treadmill....we have been considering one for sometime now.....so lucky us now we have one....hopefully I will be more excited about the treadmill once it is here tomorrow...I will keep you all posted....the weather has been good the last couple of days and is suppose to stay warm for the next week or so I think....we are already getting started on the yard make over....we have the concrete guy coming over tomorrow.....we are planning on having him pour a pad for a over sized storage shed that we will be putting in this spring and pouring a patio in the entire back courtyard....there is a little bit of grass now...but it is so shaded that it would be a battle to get grass to grow....we will keep a couple of open spots for plants and will have a gas line run for a fire pit...I think the sprinkler guy is coming over tomorrow also....we have a sprinkler system but we are going to be fencing in the side yard for the dogs with a 6 ft privacy fence and then doing a picket fence in the front for Dylan and a good portion of the sprinklers run right on our property line where the fence will need to go.....so we are going to see what are options are...we are prepared to have to replace the sprinkler system completely....the painter should also be coming in the next month or so to get the exterior trim and windows painted....it is going to make a huge difference on the house...he was going to do it last fall right when we closed on the house but we decided to put it off since we were spending so much money on the interior of the house....I can hardly wait to get the exterior done....the house will looks so much nicer.....I am also going to get iron window boxes ordered out of California.....I know it sounds like I am getting started a little early on all of these things...I mean it is still winter here in Cheyenne....but I really want everything pretty much done before the beginning of June....so we have to get these contractors lined up now otherwise we will be lucky to get everything done by the end of August....because of our seasonal weather...there is always a huge demand beginning of Spring for exterior home improvement.....I just want to be the first........:)lets see otherwise all is well........Dylan is doing great...god I adore that kid....he is such a cool cat...he is a dancing and climbing fool...we had a delicious 3 hour nap together this afternoon and I think we are going to head up for a bath and then head upstairs to finish off the night with about 10 books and reading in his tent on the bed.........