April rains bring renovation pains

It's finally starting to feel a bit more like spring around here. It was 50°F when I left the house this morning and that's much better than the 30°F I saw back on Monday. Yup, warmer temps. Just in time for the spring rains. Lovely.

Well despite the rain, the birds have begun to sing, the frogs in the pond are multiplying (as evidenced by the noisy video clip below), my daffodils are coming up and I'm gearing up for another round of home improvement nightmares successes. Our carpenter is slated to return next week to finish the interior trim around our doors. {begin sarcasm} Yay! More staining...can't wait! {end sarcasm}

We're also hoping to get going on the back deck soon. That means we need to move our Japanese maple tree and azalea bush before they start to bud. No easy feat, but it's got to be done since we're extending the deck and those guys are right in the way. Actually I'm more than willing to just cut them down. J wants to try to save them. I'll keep you posted...

And in other renovation news, I am gearing up to re-do our half bathroom on the main floor. And by re-do I mean strip off the wallpaper (yup, more wallpaper nonsense), paint the walls and replace the trim (cause they painted the trim this nasty peach color and it's got to go.) It's a tiny room. I think I can tackle it by myself. Wish me luck and stay tuned for the before, during and after photos.