Triumph

Today is a day that will live on in Foley family history.

Drumroll, please.

I can do pull-ups!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been working out like a maniac this year, and I'm so excited to finally be able to do something I haven't been able to do since the 5th grade (and I could only do them then because our gym teacher made us do pull-ups in front of the entire class and I had pure nervous adrenaline coursing through my veins).

Since no one was home to share this victory, I was literally prancing through the house dancing and cheering for myself.  I'm still not even sure how many I can do in a row yet because I wore myself out celebrating.  Haha.

So anyway, now onto bigger and better things.  Like watching Frozen (yes we're the last people on earth to see this movie), eating mini vanilla wafers, and praying that Michigan State wins tomorrow.

Oh, and I have three trees in my backyard with these all over them.  Today is a good day.

Gardening 101

This weekend we took the plunge and built our garden!  It took a lot of planning (and weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth when we found out how much money we had to spend on dirt), but we're happy it's done.

First we measured and headed to Lowes to buy some pretty redwood planks.

Then the Lowes saw broke so we couldn't purchase anything... (we're still sedan people, so it's not like we could even take these home).  So fast forward another week and we finally had the wood, broken down in manageable pieces at the house.

Scott spent Saturday morning building the box while I worked out (can't miss a day, and let's be honest I am not much help when it comes to using a drill).

And voila!

You thought this story was over didn't you?  If only.  Next came the worst part of the process--ripping up the grass.  This was emotionally traumatic for us because grass is a very precious thing after you've lived in a weed rainforest for several years, but we wiped our tears and dug it up anyway so we had a clean slate under the box.

Then we filled it up with a sixty-five thousand dollars worth of dirt! (Slight exaggeration perhaps.)

Please note that despite photo documentation, I did actually help with this.  Surprisingly all the photos of me make me appear dirty, so I didn't want to post them.  Go figure.

Starting tomorrow we get to do the fun stuff:

Around Here: Spring, Sickos, & a Nice Salad

What a weird week.  We've been sick, so it's been kind of blah around here.  Not to mention work has been slow for both of us and we've been waiting around for spring to arrive so we can feel motivated to do things.  But this gives me time to sit and reflect....and of course run around the vicinity taking pictures of stuff.  Since that's what most people do when they're sick, I think.

Exhibit A that we can no longer keep ignoring the weeds that are coming up.  Oh and there's a nice bird bath here too in case you missed it.

It was warm enough for the first barbecue of the year!  And yet it was still cold enough to bake fresh rolls to go with this.  Best of both worlds, my friends.  Go make this salad.

I think I took this so I could tell you the sock-wearing season is coming to an end, but a more interesting comment would be about how these skinny jeans magically transformed into the dreaded boyfriend cut over the past month.  Which is I guess good...but also very bad.  Or I could comment about how these shoes clearly do not go with these pants.  Lots of options here.

This trip's library hoard.  This is now the second time I've checked out Unbroken without opening a page.  Sorry to all you people who have it on hold.  Mwahaha.

Neighborhood, sweet neighborhood.

No trip to the back yard is complete without checking for signs of life from the plants.  Spring IS coming people.