The weather was gorgeous this weekend so we spent most of it outside cleaning up the yard. On Sat, we went to the park and spent hours there on the walking trails and stuff... DH got a bit sunburned even. Then on Sun, we celebrated Earth Day at a local zoo - planted some pine seedlings in our yard - and really worked on spiffying up our house. Looks really good! So, all in all, a weekend of little money out and a lot of satisfaction in... just the way it should be!

On the financial side of things, I need to send in our deposit for the landscape work we need done. It's going to cost nearly $11k and we have put down 25% with the remainder due at the end of the project. It won't be scheduled until June which is a bummer but oh well... once we get back from Disney, we'll be jumping right into the landscaping project... should be a busy time for us this summer. We did get our federal refund back on Friday so that will help us in funding the 25% deposit. The rest of the money will be from liquidating our mutual funds (non-retirement) so let's hope the stock market continues on its upswing throughout the next month or so.