1 more thing checked off the list...

Yesterday I got one more big thing checked off my oh-so-long to do list.  I was exhausted by the time I got done, but it feels so good to have it completed.

Here is the before picture of the front of my house

And here it is after I stained the deck yesterday.  What a difference (well, besides the fact that the snow is gone).  There was not any stain on this deck so it was really soaking in.  It took me almost 8 hours to do the whole thing, but I think it looks great!  What an accomplishment.  Silly me had visions of getting the back deck done yesterday, too!  LOL  Whatever was I thinking??  Maybe next week...

Now a question for any of you gardeners out there.  Does anyone know what this might be?  Flower?  Weed?  It is growing abundantly on the one end of the planter around the deck, bt I don't know what it is.  If it's a weed, I will pull it out, but if it's not, I will leave it.  Any help anyone can offer would be great.  Thanks so much in advance.

Today I am headed down to the Cellar Dweller's Dream to finish up a couple of projects in the works down there (I really dislike 1/2 finished projects).  Stay tuned for photos of those.

Happy Scrappin'