I don't know what we do wrong, but our yards, wherever we are, tend to grow weeds. Serious weeds. And I'll peek in our neighbors yard, who are snow birds so they don't live here, and I know they don't have landscapers, but their yard is completely weed free! How is that!? So I bit the bullet and bought some tools and gloves and cleaned up our yard. I started a couple days ago, but really did most of it today. And why didn't I take a "before" picture?
So the people who lived here before us had a dog that apparently pulled up bushes that were once in this little yard. I counted about 6 bush skeletons piled back in the far corner of the yard. Along with so much petrified dog poop! Also a "rug" of dog hair! It really had formed some kind of a gross mat of fur.
And when pulling weeds, do you know the satisfaction of pulling on the weed and the whole root system comes up with it? I love that! I hate it when I pull the weed and the weed just breaks off leaving the root in the ground. So I pull slow with steady pressure to get the whole root out, and it usually works. But can you imagine how satisfied I was when I pull and this came out?!
That's right! This weed was growing out of a tennis ball buried under ground. Good thing the weed didn't break off leaving this behind.
At least I got a before picture of our little dog run area on the other side of the house.
That is some kitchen island thingy that was here when we moved in. Gwen and Drake love to play in it and call it the dungeon. There used to be a butcher's block on top but as you can imagine the sun damage it and I thought it was too dangerous for the kids to be standing on and I thew that part out.
And here's the after!
(those are bushes and are supposed to be there)
(those are bushes and are supposed to be there)
This garbage can was completely empty this morning
And yesterday, I made these muffins that are supposed to be like Mimi's Cafe's honey bran muffins (which I LOVE). They were pretty close, and with all that bran and 3 cups of raisins in them, no one in our house will have BM problems. Another thing so satisfying!
(If you make these, I'd recommend cutting the recipe in half, it makes a lot!)
(If you make these, I'd recommend cutting the recipe in half, it makes a lot!)
7 comments:
dang, that is a lot of muffins. your yard looks great!
The muffs were delish. And that freakin' tennis ball is ridiculous!
Yum, I love muffins!
You did some serious yard work!! That's awesome! I NEVER get that much desire to do yard work, but you definitely did some satisfying work out there!
The dog run area looks so much bigger without all those weeds!
And those muffins look delicious...but why do they have to put the nutrition factors on the side of the recipe? 500 calories....really? That made me cry a little!
The 500 calories is for 1/12 of the recipe. I made 12 regular muffins, 24 mini muffins, 4 creme brule cup size muffins, and six (or was it 8?) mini ramekins muffins!!! It seriously made soooo much!
Um, that tennis ball weed is hilarious. And good worker on the lawn clean-up! Do you hire out??
you pull weeds and make delicious muffins, we need you to come to our house! looks great
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