Done! (Finally)

I finally finished staining the new front stairs. I put in about 16 hours total. We moved the plants from next to the porch to next to the stairs along with as many of the decorative stones as we could move. That way they won't be lost while the porch is being built. I even painted the trim around the front door and washed the siding and the light.



Then, I decorated for Fall.

Finished My Fall Stitch

I've been working on this cross stitch for 3 months and I finished it just in time. I'm going to start one more this year. It's a Christmas one, but I think it is easier than the ones I've been doing so I'm hoping to get it done by the end of November when the Christmas decorations go up.

A Touch of Fall

I started decorating for Fall during the hurricane last weekend. I have to take out the floral basket that will hang where the polka dotted cow picture is now. The scarecrow on the right is new from a recent shopping trip and the one on the left I snagged from my Mom's give away bag because it balances out the mantle.

New Stuff

I snagged the jug in the middle from my Aunt's give away box and I rearranged the tops of my cabinets. I took a couple things down and added the jug.

Rudolph Day Again

I didn't realize it's Rudolph day until late this morning. I still managed to get some Christmas stuff done. I made a gift order, wrapped the remaining gifts I already have while listening to Christmas music, and updated my gift list. I also just added another gift to my Amazon cart for later. I'm going to write out a couple of gift ideas on the master gift list. That's about all I have time for today, but it's something.

New Stairs

The new front stairs are finally done. You can go back in the blog to see the ugly old concrete stairs that were there. They were sinking on one side and they were about 4 inches away from the house. We have to stain all the wood parts, but they look much nicer than what was there. We're going to do some planting around it and finish it off. Possibly tonight, since it's the only nice day we have this week.

Slipcover

I had some trouble with the new Summer slipcover pulling up in the front so I ordered a new one from Surefit. I have a Surefit one for the Winter and it fits great and stays tucked pretty well. The new cover is the same style and fabric so I hope it works better than the cheap one I got at Walmart. It's on for a few weeks before Fall cleaning and the change over happens.