Life in the Tr!

Home sweet home 💕 

Well, we are almost completely settled in. The fence is done, all former home expenses finished, and on to building a budget and living the best life possible.  Our neighborhood is very walkable, and we can get straight from our development into the mini mart down the road.  Can you get a DUI on a pedal trike? 🧐 

The dogs are all very happy, especially the fluffy one.  The cats are comfortably roaming the house, including my boy’s new one.  I can’t help but giggle.  As a household, we have 4 dogs & 4 cats, and I wouldn’t be surprised a bit if we ended up with a stray at some point lol. The fence was definitely the best part.  Now the dogs can come and go as they please and we don’t have to worry.  Soon we will find a contractor to do our dog door. 

The back yard is coming along.  Our landscaper plants for us when we have them ready.  We already have a couple red hot pokers, a couple of lavender, Russian sage, and some others I can’t recall.  I love the plants we’ve chosen.  Not only are they drought resistant, but they also love sun and are super easy to maintain.  Considering the rock hill we have, they will do nicely.  Nothing planted in the yard in the back. The grass is for the dogs.  We also have our spot picked out for the Rose Garden 🌹 and have been talking with the landscaper about when to plant and how to treat the soil first.  By this time next year it will be in full beautiful bloom, and we will have fresh cut roses to put on our table against our ancestor wall.  

I like to do purpose driven planting.  Each plant I choose, will have a specific purpose.  Up on the rock hill, all the plants will be chosen based on the wildlife that it attracts.  Butterflies, humming birds, other birds, honey bees etc.  Around the house in the back it will be plants that repel bees, mosquitos and other pests.  As for the front, at some point I plan to spray paint a couple large plastic pots with glow in the dark paint.  The plants that go in there will be annuals, and they will be chosen based on my mood for colors that year.  As those die off I’ll bring the pots into the garage where I will use them to plant my cuttings from our matured plants, to propagate more for the next season of planting.  Next year we will be building raised beds for the veggies we like to eat.  

This pot here is full of edible plants! We’ve got lemon grass, peppermint, mint, sweet basil and thyme.  Not only do all of those repel mosquitos, but I trim them each week and dry them for later use in our cooking.  At some point I’ll be making more herb pots like this one, for the other parts of our patio.  

We did decide not to get a hot tub yet, and if we still do, we aren’t going to put it on the extra patio slab we had the builder put in.  Instead we will put it off the master, and convert the window to some sort of either sliding glass door, or French doors.  Plus, after spending this summer here in mostly 100 or higher temperatures, we might just get a swim spa instead of a hot tub!  

Eventually, we will have a tanning bed and a sauna, but that’s a low priority right now.  First things first… 

We should be receiving the lab request for his recheck PSA.  I’m certain the radiation got it all.  His energy levels are steadily improving and so is his appetite.  Like, he is really enjoying having his appetite back lol.  We’re going to take the dogs for a walk this evening and starting Monday we are all on a new exercise routine ❤️ even my mom.  Resistant band training will help all of us.  Oh AND now he has been introduced to mani’s & pedi’s and he’s hooked!!  Good thing too cuz he is really hard on his hands.

This little dude sure keeps us on our toes.  He’s a bit of a thief when it comes to napkins and slippers.  But he’s a love.  He reminds me so much of my first pit, Bosco.  I wish I had pictures of him to compare.  Grayson is already learning so much.  He taught himself how to open the bedroom doors 😬 and he enjoys introducing himself to the cats.  🤦‍♀️ He actually is a pretty good boy already.  He’s already strong, and is always right next to me.  He will be easy to train as my new balance dog.  Just in time too because Maija is 7 years old now, and showing her age.  Time for her to just chase the birds and squirrels and enjoy life as a pet.

We are all so blessed.