My Town Monday: home renovations

I thought long and hard about what I'd like to write for this week's My Town Monday. Should I offer up the Chula Vista salt plant? How about the Ramona camel farm? Or maybe Mission Trails Park? And, while all these places would make terrific MTM posts and will no doubt be featured in the future, I decided just to stay home. I'm in a staying-home kind of mood.

Because my house is in a GREAT BIG HUGE HONKIN' state of FLUX!

Isn't this a beautiful green wall? It used to be white French doors. Apparently, I neglected to tell anyone about this upcoming change. You can imagine the shock of my little family when they returned home from school/jobs to a solid wall.


Welcome home, honey! The steps are gone.
(Our rickety old steps were built of railroad ties + bricks. These are the railroad ties, all dug up and waiting to be hauled to railroad tie heaven.)


New dusk-to-dawn, energy-efficient, motion-sensor lights. These went in on Friday. Thank goodness! We were just a dinner guest away from being sued for a broken leg or neck due to a fall caused by substandard walkway lighting!


I would show you my pride and joy: a lovely adorable arch painted in Behr satin Calm Air (a yellowish-beige-ish color). However, the room behind it is too messy still, and I think you'd focus on the mess and not see the arch at all. I'm very excited because I've wanted an arch for AGES and now I have one. I may sleep under it tonight!

Poor dh says he doesn't know what to expect when he comes home anymore. Here's a hint about today: two syllables, starts with "w", ends with "w". Hmmm....although in this case it ends in "s" because we're getting four regular-sized ones and 3 skinny ones!

Oh, it's all so EXCITING!! And will be so party-worthy when it's done! (Of course, we'll only be able to afford to serve hot dogs!)

Please visit Travis' blog where he'll have a fun post and links to other participants.