Poison Ivy

This is an actual photo of our ivy.


So, today I realized another of life's joys in being a homeowner...poison ivy. The other day I found some small blisters on my forearm, and they were rather itchy. I just knew it had to be poison ivy. I searched high and low for the plant in our yard, but found none...until today. We have quite a large batch of it on the side of our house growing in with our ivy. Needless to say, I'm pretty stoked. I really hope to talk Jon into doing the poison ivy removal, since I am obviously very susceptible to it.

Later kids, Mary

Weeding the garden

When we got our house inspected the guy told us to get rid of the ivy growing on/near the house. He said that it attracks termites and other creepy crawly things, and that's not a good thing. We thought it would be a cinch. It looks like pretty flimsy stuff. Well it is tough, back breaking work. We will have to do it in stages because it is such a pain in the butt.

Finally some pics of the house, for those who still read this.

We have been in our new home for almost a month now, and there is so much to do. We have been busy doing all kinds of projects, but painting was our first big project. With that done, I felt excited to post some pics. Hope you enjoy them.

Mary






A Magee original haning in our hallway
our hallway



Back of the house

You can see the brick patio here...it needs some tlc
Our yard goes all the way back to the trees

out front

Some art we bought from local artist Mike Altman
Master bath toilet...don't ask me why I took a pic of this
Jon in the dining room
Jon and the little guy

Our bedroom. We are planning on building our own bed, that's why it's on the floor right now.
This is the $15 credenza we found at Goodwill, I think we will refinish it.
Master bath. There is a stand up shower and a toilet tucked away at the left.

My studio...still a mess

A desk I refinished

entry
guest bathroom
Jon's office...a work in progress

living room

entry

my photo collage...I think it turned out pretty cool

my first fireplace ever

kitchen...we plan to remodel when we get more cash. We are thinking of painting the cabinets white for now, and then just see how long we can live with it.


built in book shelves