Spring To Do List

Something about spring makes me want to actually get stuff done, especially with my recent discovery of Pininterest, a site that has tons of inspiration pictures. It's basically the online version of the dorky binders I keep for hoarding inspiration photos from magazines. In short, I've been obsessed with it... and it's made me want to start on my own spring to do list:

Here are a few that caught my interest:

I love the chalkboard door (althought the scarily organized apothecary closet is definitely something that would only exist in Catalog Living- ha ha!):



And this photo made me want to have a better backyard:


I love the idea of using mason jars to create lighting outside:

Sigh.

Yep, the only issue I have with going on Pininterest is that it makes me want to start too many projects at once.

My Spring To Do List

* Paint a chalkboard in my kitchen (a la closet at top of post)

* Tidy up landscaping in front yard

* Find perfect burger recipe (ours always fall apart)

* Have a cook-out for friends or family

* Make our backyard somewhere we could hang occasionally

The last one is my biggest. Why? We've only eaten out there ONCE in FIVE YEARS. In case you are wondering why that may be, let me give a virtual tour.

Here's our patio now, smothered in magnolia leaves:




The rest of the yard is equally a disaster, with overgrown shrubs:

TONS of monkey grass:

Trees in need of pruning:

More monkey grass (with poison ivy hidden inside):



Monkey grass, monkey grass, monkey grass:

I'll let you know if we actually finish any of the above items. We've started all of them, guns blazing!

Any excuse to wear those oh-so-sexy goggles, right? :)