Cover stays

After a few days the back storage area of the shop finally was done. The part that took the longest were the shelves. I don't know what kind of language they speak in Austria but the directions that I received I couldn't read. So putting together the shelves was quite trial and error. The next thing to do is to take out the shop door and reverse it so it swings out. As I was ordering everythig I ordered three extra sets of cover stays for the near future.

Handmade fan

A fun little project to do with your children and you can call it going green is by taking the different recyclable small cardboard boxes cutting them in different shapes and sizes and then by folding them turning them into an old fashion Asian type hand fan. Its a lot of fun for little kids and will keep you a bit cooler in these hot days.

Storage cabinet

Finally, its the year to organize all the  extra stuff we have between the house and garage area. First of some of the bigger things are going to go on craigslist. The next step is to go through everything and organize a neighborhood garage sale. Hopefully at least some of the stuff would go. And then whatever doesn't fit in the five new storage cabinet is going to be donated to a good charitable place.

Rain..no rain

Here we go again about zero rain for days and  days and days and as usual the hot temperatures bring on thunder and lightning storms and then the big huge cloud burst for 15 or 20 minutes. Just enough to scare the heck out of you and usually wash out a portion of our kids play area in the backyard. Being on sand with not much top soil leaves you almost defenseless against huge rain storm.