Wedding shower

My family had a small wedding shower for my cousin and his fiancee who are getting married next week. It was a lot of fun, and they got some great gifts. It was fun spending time with all of the family, and the weather wasn't so bad either.

New picture

I was finally able to find a new picture to suit my tastes for above the fireplace/mantle. This is Van Gogh's painting called 'Irises'. I did some research on the painting, and he painted this while he was in the asylum in Saint-Remy for his psychiatric problems. In 1889, while hospitalized, Vincent convinced his brother to send him some painting supplies. He painted the scene of the irises blooming in the garden of the hospital, and sent it to his brother as a way to show that he was not as melancholy any longer. Interesting little story!

Front Flower Bed

My mother and I went to Walmart and Lowes to do some shopping for the Townhouse's front flowerbed. I bought a new garden hose (to water the flowers), some pansies, and solar power lights for the walk to the front door. Look at the picture yesterday (2/20) for the comparison. The neighbors stopped by and really liked the new changes. It will be interesting to see what type of bulbs are starting to come up, but the neighbor said she believes some are tulips. I think that it is all starting to come together and get more of my personality.

Another beautiful day

I decided to open up the back door this morning to let in some sunshine. Toby has been lounging around looking outside all morning. He is soaking in the rays and watching for birds and ducks. Yesterday, he got to go outside on his leash to lay in the grass while I was re-potting my begonia. Later, he played escape artist and came outside to surprise me when someone didn't close the door all of the way (and it reopened). Toby is definitely enjoying the beautiful weather!

Hard at work

My mother came over today to take advantage of this beautiful day! We (mainly she, as my shoulder isn't up to par yet...I just posed for the picture) dug up all of the monkey grass, ground covering, and everything else that we didn't like. There are some bulbs starting to come up, so we left those to see what will bloom. I will post an after picture later, but it looks so much better. We ordered a lot of flowers from various bulb companies, so I cannot wait to get started on making the flower bed my own style!

More Snow...

This has been one winter that is full of snow. After having multiple times of a solid amount of snow, and on Friday having another dusting of snow (see the post on 2/5/10 with the wet floor sign). Tonight, we are getting more snow! The good news is that we shouldn't be getting 6 inches of snow this time. It is pretty watching the snow fall though!

Wet Floor?

As there was my fall back in December, and a few falls on Monday and Tuesday of this snow at work. Here is the solution, they placed a 'Caution: Wet Floor' sign over the slippery part of the sidewalk. Not exactly a wet floor, but at least it raises attention to ensure more people don't fall!