House updates have been a little slow over the winter months but now that Spring is here and we received our equity line, there are many more posts to come. My last post was about our dog Moxie that we adopted from the North East Animal Shelter. She is fitting in very well here and has made so many new friends. One thing I love about Marblehead is that this is a dog town. Water bowls are outside of every store along with leash tie ups. Everyone. has. a. dog. So naturally, we do too! If you are thinking of getting a pet, please please adopt. It takes time for your pet to become familiar with its new home but once it does, they are forever thankful and happy. I have promised myself not to return to the shelter for I will bring home another pet...Mark on the other hand keeps talking about a friend for Moxie...after construction.

Anyway, this gorgeous weekend was filled with fun projects. Construction has begun on our master closet! This is going to be a 10' x 12' space that was previously an outdoor sleeping porch. Below are two pictures of the closet being closed in and shingled. While our house currently looks like a hodge-podge of old and new shingles, our goal is to have the front shingles re-done this spring too!


I will include pictures of the inside of the closet as that progresses.

This weekend Mark and Mr. P worked on creating a cement slab for our Central Air units to sit on. Conveniently, this slab is located behind our front porch so the units won't be visible.


My job this weekend was to finally paint the bookshelves I have been promising to paint for months now. These bookshelves belong to our bedroom and have been calling my name since we got them. The bookshelves were primed with two coats of primer, and then painted with two coats of Dove White by Valspar. Moxie was a big help.


Our current project is our garden. Mark has created a nice space in the backyard for our garden and we are currently fencing it in with a green wire fence so the Moxinator doesn't make any fast moves (she loves to eat tomatoes). Once that project is complete, pictures will be posted.

As for Moxie, we took an awesome hike today at Steer Swamp. The name doesn't do justice to the beautiful walk we had. Moxie loves to go for walks, wrestle with her best friends Obo and Fletcher, and she absolutely loves grilling with her Dad. Until next time!