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It's time to get some new windows! I am calling tomorrow to order 2 new bedroom and one bathroom window. We had the guy price everything out and it's only going to cost about $1500 for everything on the main floor, including the huge picture window! That one is only about $270, which really surprises me. The bathroom one costs about the same, but I think that's because of the privacy glass.
If you spend over $1500, you get a $500 tax credit on the Low E glass. Good ole Obama is throwing us a bone....or whatever.
We'll probably do the other bedroom (2) and dining room (4) towards the end of the summer. We just need to get our room done so we can open them in the hot weather. Right now they're stuck closed and have no screens.

The yard

Now that the kitchen is 99% done, we've moved outside. Thank goodness. We've had 23 days of no rain in the area, which means a great garden and a lot of watering. Those are three different varieties of tomatoes, of which I can't remember right now.

The poppies could actually use some water.

This is a rose that came with the house. Apparently it drove the old lady nuts. I'm not really sure why. I think it's a climbing rose, but it doesn't really look like it. It gets about 20 feet tall before the end of the summer. This is the first time I've seen a bud on it! I think it might bloom if I keep taking care of it. I'm pretty excited.
Here's our ugly sideyard. This is important because I just finished staining the fence...both sides. Our neighbors are lazy. They wonder why they have to pay for an exterminator to handle their rat problem. And that's why we have a fence.
The flower box is full of annuals. I ripped all the mums out to make room for geraniums, etc. Of course, this means it'll look ugly and bare this fall.
There's the garden! Look at all that lettuce and spinach. We can barely eat all that. It looked a little fuller before I ripped out the disappointing radishes. They grew up and not fat.
And here's one of my blueberry bushes, a little blurry. I can't believe we're getting fruit the first year! I spent a lot of time preparing the soil and now I water them like crazy. So hopefully the hard work is paying off.

That's it for now. We still have a lot of work to do. Right now, we're working on ordering a few new windows for the bedroom and bathroom. It's warm.