After the weekend this is pretty much how we all felt!
We got a lot of little things done like putting the spider shade and new safari straps on the Jeep.
Cooper loves riding in the Jeep and I love taking him with me but I wanted him to be safely inside so now the Jeep looks cool and I know he’s safe!
Randy finished putting all the new grilles in the windows and installed almost all of our new window screens.
We still haven’t decided if we want to try and stain them to match the honey of the windows or let them age naturally…
We also spent some time cleaning, clearing and marking around the pond area for the new plants and transplants.
This is the start of the new path, it’s made from the sticks and pruning's. It’s actually supposed to start back further in the grass but we aren’t quite ready for that.
This area was pretty clear already, I started pulling out the bittersweet and weeds last year. I still have some small stumps that need to come out but it’s pretty much ready for planting.
This is the view of the pond from the path, it’s getting there. I am thinking that I want to do a bench in this area it’s one of my favorite views. (Just got to get rid of those rocks!)
The path heads off into the bittersweet jungle, literally, it’s a jungle of oriental bittersweet that has to be pulled out. Randy wants to just mow it, but because there are actual native plants like Jack in the Pulpits, Mayapples, Solomon's seal, native viburnums and ferns I just can’t do that. So one section at a time I pull, cut and move forward. The leaves will be shredded and left in the planting areas, the sticks and branches chipped and put down as the path.
Cooper reached a milestone too, his crate was taken down. We’ve been leaving him out recently and he pretty much just sleeps on the bed while we are gone. We will keep an eye on him (we have a Cooper Cam 
) and if he starts getting into stuff we can always put the crate back up. My problem with that is he’s just inches from being too big for it!
I know the day has passed but the sentiment is genuine when I say Thank You! to all the veterans that protect the freedoms that I hold so dear!
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