Monthly Archives: May 2016

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Despite the really cold weather (snow and hail) this weekend, we got some gardening done.

Before Side Garden

After Side Garden

We also started our large pot with basil and cilantro. The other plant is a strawberry from last year!

And the vegetable garden also was started.  The cabbage went in the ground.  Not pictured the carrots we planted.

Finally we planted some plants in pots to go in the ground later.

Clockwise in the small container is peas, cucumber, peppers and lettuce. Then watermelon and cantaloupe in the big black containers. On the other side is another small container of peas. In the pink containers is another cabbage, and peppers (one is snack size and one full sized pepper).

Hopefully we will be eating well on our garden this year!!

We went up to the Steinhagen Estates for mothers day to clean it up a little. Steinhagen Estates sits on about an acre of land near Tionesta PA about 3 hours north of Pittsburgh.

We spent time cleaning up leaves and trimming trees.  It was an exciting day with beautiful weather!

Steinhagen Estates taken November 2015.

We also delivered our Mothers Day present to Mom Steinhagen.  It is stained a beautiful cherry color.

A Handmade Bench.

It is a Playful Dog original!

It is not all work & no play.  We have had the chance to go to several Pirate’s games this year.

The first game we went to was a win against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 17th.  It was a 9-3 win with 5 bases loaded situations for the Pirates.  A very exciting game.

We also competed in the Pirates Charities 5K race this year.  It starts out side PNC Park goes into down town Pittsburgh and then circles back around Heinz field and the finish is at home plate in PNC Park.  It was an exciting race.

Tommy finished with the time of 27:45.  He placed 117 out of 309 males age 30-39.  Meredith finished with the time 28:55.  She placed 143 out of 600 females age 20-29.

Our next game was a May 1st loss to the Cincinnati Reds. They lost 5-6.

The latest game we went to was a Tuesday night (5-3) game against the Cubs.  Jake Arrieta was pitching.  Pirate fans were hoping for a decisive win against the pitcher and team that eliminated them in the wild card game last year.  But this was not the case.  It was a 7-1 loss.  The Cubs are a strong team this year and dominated the Pirates.

We have finally finished the 5 year task of repainting the entire inside of the house!!

See the dramatic pictures of before and after.

Before was brown sponge paint

After was a cool gray

The room now fells bigger and more unified.

Only the porch and exterior sides to go.