This was a BUSY weekend for house projects. On Saturday, Drake and I got up early and went to Lowe's to buy paint for the bathroom and stain for the deck. While I painted the bathroom, Drake stained the deck. We bought a Wagner Deck Mate to help stain the deck. We were going to use a strayer, but this looked easier. It worked pretty well but we had to trash it after using it. It wasn't an easy clean. It took about a day for it to completely dry. On Sunday, Drake had to go back and in between the slats use a brush to apply the stain.

We were happy about this however it was HORRIBLE for Dempsey because he could not go in the backyard. He whined and whined all morning while Drake was out there without him. We had to put him on a leash and take him to the front yard to go to the bathroom. However, he refused to go in the front yard. He would pee a little but would not go completely to the bathroom. (He was letting out horrible smells all day because he had to go but wouldn't!) All he wanted to do was go to the backyard and have someone throw his toy. Drake even took him on a few walks and that wasn't good enough. After a while, we decided we could take him around the front to the backyard and let him play with his toy. We knew he wouldn't be interested in the deck if we were throwing the toy for him. He still could not understand why he wasn't allowed to go there whenever he wanted. Then on Sunday after Drake painted in between the slats, Dempsey decided to lay down and now has two stripes on his stomach...silly silly dog. Needless to say, he is happy that he can now go to the backyard whenever he wants (as long as someone goes with him to throw his toy).

The deck looks SO much better!

We even found firewood for our fire pit:) I'm ready to make some s'mores!