Spring is here...

As I write this, I'm listening to the rolling thunder sweeping across the prairie. We are currently under a tornado watch and a flash flood warning.  So far in May we've had 9" of snow dropped on us by a blizzard, 100 degree temperatures, and now thunderstorms/tornados/flooding.  It takes some adjusting, this "weather" that Minnesota has.  Mostly because in California, we don't have any.

Brody doesn't handle the thunder well..he gets a somewhat manic happy/panty face and follows us around wherever we go.  At night, he insists on sleeping on the bed.  Brody is incapable of jumping onto our bed by himself, unless there's thunder, in which case he's imbued with some super-puppy strength and can propel himself up and onto our bed with no problems.

Anyway, here are some pretty pictures from earlier in the day, pre-storm:

We bought a lawnmower!  Sean's mowed twice already.

Finally looking like spring...two weeks ago, this was covered in snow.

Sean planting trees.

Look very closely...

Mama duck nesting in our neighbor's yard!  She's got 12 eggs under there.

While Sean rushed to get yard work done before the storm hit, I kept chipping away at our guest room.  There's still a lot to be done, but it's starting to look more like a real room.  Today I hung curtains!

They still need to be hemmed, but I'll do that later when I get a sewing machine.  I love how much adding curtains transforms a room.  These were $20 a set at IKEA, and the curtain rods were $25 a piece at Target, so for the whole room it was under $100.

I also got this lamp at IKEA, which I am totally in love with.  It's a little impractical since the arm sticking out makes it take up a lot of width, but I'm thinking it'll be really handy once I put a chair in that corner.  Our guest room will double as my knitting/craft room, so I can adjust the lamp to focus it on my needles.

More IKEA, obvs.  This still needs some styling, but eventually all of the cubes will be filled with either books or knitting stuff/yarn.  I used to use those drawers for office supplies, but I'm finding that I really don't need a home office any more (since my real one is just a few minutes away).  I'm thinking the drawers are going to become knitting needle storage.

Still on the to do list for this room:

• Finishing arranging/styling bookcase
• Hang wall art...I have some ideas but haven't purchased anything yet.
• Hem curtains
• New bedding
• Add comfy chair and rug
• Paint doors & replace handles
• Organize closet
• Build radiator cabinet
• Add crown molding...eventually.

For now, I'm just hoping that our basement doesn't flood and our house doesn't wash away!