Watching Grass Grow

If you're thinking that reading my latest blog entries is about as exciting as watching grass grow, you're in for a real treat... Now you can actually watch our grass grow! Yep, it's been a couple weeks since the landscapers re-graded and re-seeded our back yard, and now you can see little blades of grass poking up through the straw.
Josh also retrieved our picnic table from the back corner of the yard and our patio umbrella, gas grill and lawn mower from our neighbor's garage. Now we have a nice place to hang out in the yard.
I'm happy to report that the umbrella and lawn mower seem none the worse, but our attempt to cook dinner on the grill the other night resulted in our testing out our new kitchen appliances instead. The grill was a very generous housewarming gift from some close friends when we first bought our house 5 1/2 years ago, and we used it frequently, but it seems to have given up the ghost. Bummer! I guess we'll have to add that to our list...

We still have quite a bit of unpacking and organizing to do -- we took a week off while our houseguests were here -- but once we clear all the boxes out of the corners and put things on shelves and walls, I'll try to do a more comprehensive photo tour of the house so you can see what it looks like with all our stuff in it. (It may take a few weeks, so be patient!)