tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29015750985581416122024-03-12T20:24:38.790-07:00::Castle under construction::Blood, sweat, tears or booze to gain admission.xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-8787499411320760002012-12-08T10:33:00.000-08:002012-12-08T10:33:30.285-08:00Project Baby!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yep--that's right! I am PREGNANT! <br />
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I now only have 23 days to go... and that means I have put off writing this blog for 257 days since I found out. <br />
Yes, I have been slacking. And now I finally have a reason! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen! Right where I should be!</td></tr>
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A lot of changes are happening at Castle Debauchery, and none of them are getting finished it seems. <br />
We have converted the office to a nursery and workout room to include the office. <br />
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We have piles of baby stuff everywhere! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The garden sadly has been neglected most this year. <br />
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I had this fantastic idea to get some straw to keep the weeds down and the moisture in back in June...<br />
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Worked out great until the weeds started growing! I guess I need to look in to SEED FREE straw? <br />
So there was a lot more weed pulling, that I didn't do. <br />
Thankfully I have good friends to help pull weeds and water the garden. <br />
We didn't really BBQ or throw any parties. <br />
We didn't even eat meals that required more than 10 minutes of prep! <br />
No energy or appetite does that to you. <br />
I didn't want Kale, Collards or Chard much, so those over grew! <br />
I didn't feel like making something new with tomatoes either. <br />
I ended up letting the last harvest go to waste because I always thought TOMORROW I would do something with them. <br />
I seriously cried over spoiled tomatoes. I will blame baby on this. <br />
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Meanwhile in pregnancy land: <br />
I have been very fortunate to have had a relatively easy time being pregnant. <br />
It started with carpal tunnel in my right wrist. All those extra fluids push on the nerves, but should go away once baby is here. Meanwhile I just wore a wrist brace at night--and it made my wrist usable during the day!<br />
Heartburn most days. But I have a giant bottle of tums, tums in my purse, and made a trip for tastier tums! <br />
It really is amazing what you can get accustom to.<br />
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Extreme Fatigue in the first trimester. I took a nap every day after work and still slept about 8hrs at night. No plans were possible. Extreme fatigue could be a new sport it was that serious. <br />
As bad as all that sounds, I have been extremely lucky and feeling pretty okay most days! I have worked full time thru it all.<br />
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Since we are almost to D-Day which is 12/31/12, I thought I would finally get my butt in gear and tell the world about it. <br />
We have 3 bedrooms upstairs, all with 1978 carpet. <br />
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Not enough time, energy or want to paint and redo flooring. We like the beige(Sand Motif) on the walls, so we left it. Decorations can add color. We also want to install wood floors through the entire house so we didn't start yet, as we were afraid if we did this room now, the exact flooring wouldn't be available once the rest the house got started. It is pretty dark on the east side of the house<br />
So our solution was a bright light colored rug and light colored furniture!<br />
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Almost finished here--Travis spent a good 3 days assembling it all. Since we are having a boy, he used wood glue on the dresser and changing table and it took a while to dry.<br />
We have since rearranged and added some art work and new blinds. The angle of the room doesn't let me show you any good pics though.<br />
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Anyway--I needed to get this all out for documentation--I have much much more to tell you! <br />
2012 has been a busy and exciting year here at Castle Debauchery! And it is only going to get more exciting!<br />
Never fear--I do not plan on turning this in to a mommy/baby blog at all. I plan on keeping us, the baby & the world up to date on what we are able to accomplish, meanwhile with baby in tow!<br />
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I am sure it is a pipe dream, but I hope to finish out the alphabet before baby gets here (loud laughter) but I have been saying this for a year now huh? <br />
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<strong>QRSTUVWXYZ!</strong><br />
xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-9178795408460572712012-10-13T06:49:00.000-07:002012-10-13T06:49:00.725-07:00O' Joyous home improvementsSince day 1, we have hated this window. It being the accent piece to the whole house--everyone noticed it right away. <br />
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See Travis here thinking nasty thoughts on it:<br />
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Finally the day has come! For us to replace public enemy #1.<br />
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Before it was like our house was crying: <br />
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(It is now October while I am writing this-and I had already forgotten how BAD that window was! It is so much more cheerful inside. No more disgust when I look out the window!) <br />
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It is so clear it is almost like there is no window at all! <br />
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Here is a shot on a nice day. <br />
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It makes us so happy we do not even mind that our pockets are empty!</div>
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Or that Travis has to climb up and patch up some damage around the new window or has to climb up outside to paint the trim!</div>
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It wasn't a completely painless operation. The company originally came out and measured in early April with a May 10 install date. The wait was painful but we knew it was going to be so worth it!<br />
But once they got here, they realized the big window was cut/measured just an inch short!! So it was temporarily installed while we waited for the correct one. <br />
June 1 it was finally completed! <br />
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We also had 1 other window replaced during this time, but the change is not as impressive. <br />
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This is the final photo from July-trim painted, sticker removed and house touched up! </div>
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I am so glad we finally got that project off our list. 2 years and 3 months after we moved in!! </div>
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Super exciting project next year is to replace all the siding on this side of the house! </div>
xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-58859081463544112972012-10-06T09:35:00.002-07:002012-10-06T13:38:51.111-07:00No more!We have been slacking on new projects so this is a good time to put a halt to adding ANYMORE to the list! <em>(Also I have been slacking on this blog, because NONE of these projects have been touched since I started writing this 3 months ago. So while it is out of date, it is still true!) </em><br />
More often than not a new project comes up in the middle of another one, that demands to be done in order to finish the original project. <br />
Those will get done because we rarely have a choice. <br />
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Meanwhile here is our list of unfinished projects:<br />
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Installing wood in attic to reach far side of house<br />
Installing bathroom fan in master bath<br />
Installing security cameras<br />
Installing smoke alarms<br />
Finish last 16 stones of patio(this is a lie now, maybe next year?) <br />
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<strong>Projects that are delayed</strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Built a new sifter for this project</td></tr>
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Lower moat-this one entails way more effort than 9 letters can describe.<br />
-Separating 1ft wide strip river rock from dirt/weeds/roots, 100 feet long! (About 1/2 done!)<br />
-Clearing weeds and old weed paper<br />
-adding mulch to each section as finished.<br />
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-Adding plants to lower moat(now looking at fall)<br />
*I bought many plants that are dying in their pots!*<br />
I have convinced Travis to start mowing the lower moat, so it at least looks presentable during the wait. I would really like the rain to stop so we can get out there and make progress, even if only 10ft at a time.<br />
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Digging trench thru gravel drive way and installing river rock to help water runoff. <br />
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Painting vaulted area upstairs and large wall in entry<br />
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South yard to be garden, full revamp. I have an idea now and plants! <br />
I want to start with the small section closest to the house and see how it goes before digging up the whole front yard.<br />
-Remove sod from 10x20 area<br />
-Call 811 for new markings as all our lines run thru this side of the yard.<br />
-create rock paths over utilities lines, gas, power, etc. <br />
-create raised area next to walkway<br />
-bring in dirt<br />
-Plant things!<br />
-Install mulch<br />
Oh wait--is this on the delayed projects list?! Whoops! I guess all the projects above are for Travis, and this one is for me... it does involve plants... I already have Lavender, Daphne & a peony to plant!<br />
Only problem is I need his help to remove sod, build wall and get rock, dirt and mulch!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our idea of a fun outing: Simply Rocks, a place that sells just rocks!</td></tr>
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As you can see this area is not huge. Had we started it, finishing would be no problem. <br />
Yet here it is October, and the yard looks identical to this August picture. <br />
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Asparagus bed edging-this will probably wait til spring. Almost time to cut down asparagus, which will make adding drainage to edges and edging much easier. Adding edging will make it much easier for Travis to weed whack the edges without fighting the vegetation. <br />
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For a fraction of the cost and little decision making we got some external sun shades! </div>
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xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-20139696307700271742012-07-02T12:47:00.000-07:002012-07-02T12:47:45.228-07:00More plants for me!Having an April birthday is the greatest thing ever! I spent all month buying every plant I saw and wanted. Unfortunately they were small and unimpressive when they first got planted so I had to go recollect photos since only now are they doing much! <br />
Here it is JULY!!! I am surely behind. <br />
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This is what I have bought and planted so far:<br />
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Borage<br />
Chamomile<br />
Cilantro<br />
Basil<br />
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Blueberries<br />
-Bluecrop Northern Highbush<br />
-Sunshine Blue Southern Highbush<br />
Brussel Sprouts<br />
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green onion<br />
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Cucumber<br />
Lettuce-various<br />
Sweet peas<br />
Sugar snap peas<br />
Peppers: jalapeno, habanero, cayenne & bell<br />
16 tomato plants<br />
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Elfin Thyme, for patio<br />
We finally gave up on little star creeper. Elfin thyme seems to be more resilent to my kind of neglect. <br />
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Here it is slowly growing in. Along with some weeds here and there...Hopefully in 2 years it will be solid like the original stones we surrounded by it. <br />
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<strong>Flowers</strong><br />
Bulbs<br />
Acidantheria-hybrid gladiola x30<br />
Lilies x 10<br />
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A free volunteer, Wild Sage, found front and center in the garden!<br />
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<strong>Various annual/perennials</strong><br />
Angel Amber Kiss Viola<br />
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Variegated winter Daphne x 2 --if only this photo was scratch and sniff! Possibly my all time favorite flower(now, ask me again in a year!)<br />
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I really should get these planted--I have had since early in the year. Only problem is the "garden" they will go in has yet to be worked! Maybe I see a new project in the future, if only to save these gorgeous plants!<br />
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Lupine, gallery red-Lupinus Hybrid (I really should go take a photo of this!)<br />
Oriental Lily<br />
Flowering onion--Missed photo of this when it was at its biggest. <br />
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Carnation-Dianthus Grenadin White<br />
Carnation-unknown Red<br />
Black and Blue Salvia<br />
Poppies x4<br />
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Sunbini<br />
White Hyacinth x2<br />
Osteospernum x3<br />
Agave<br />
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Fucshia x 3 types<br />
Delphinium<br />
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<strong>Frog garden, under bird feeder</strong><br />
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Hens and chicks, Mrs. Giuseppi<br />
Sempervivum-pacific rim<br />
Sempervivum calcareum<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Lithodora diffusa-killed</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Upper moat storage for someday lower moat:</span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Blue ice bog rosemary</span>-almost killed. </span><br />
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<strong>For west yard</strong><br />
Sword Fern-not yet planted<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Salmonberry bush</span>-almost killed</span><br />
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Stonecrop Angelina<br />
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Sweetbox -Sarcococca Confusa<br />
Sweetbox -Sarcococca hookeriana humilus<br />
Hellebore orientalis 'Royal Heritage'<br />
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I will do something about that soon if the sun ever comes out again.<br />
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Plus-so much rain I haven't needed to lay hose for watering yet!<br />
Minus-I haven't been out much because of said rain!<br />
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My peas are doing terribly this year. Last year I had far too many, and now I have far too few. Better get out and eat them now!<br />
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An update on Asparagus: Ferns falling all over each other had to be staked up. Yet a few still sneak out and fall over again. <br />
Definetly not a "pretty" plant after the eating season is over. Next year will be delicious though!<br />
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An update on Chester--Still alive! <br />
This is the view from where I sit now, at the dining room table on the notebook. <br />
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I actually have a few more blogs planned! Yippee! I really need to get through this alphabet so I can blog randomly about what ever is going on RIGHT now.xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-34252611497273618452012-05-12T10:39:00.000-07:002012-05-12T10:39:52.162-07:00La la la la la!Do you ever have so much going on with progress, it is the most you can do is to take pictures for some future blog? That is where I am at. I am so far behind. <br />
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Now on to the next letter in the alphabet!<br />
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L is....<br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Lists</span></strong><br />
Never ending lists is our life.<br />
As long as it is written somewhere it will get done. Eventually.<br />
Problem is things come up all the time and suddenly we are off for another trip <br />
to the hardware store for the supplies! <br />
Current lists are separated in to <u>Sunny weather</u> and <u>Rainy weather</u>.<br />
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<u>Travis:</u> <br />
Scrape asbestos from hallway-Check<br />
Install plywood in attic-Check<br />
install fan in bathroom<br />
Install security cams<br />
Dig Trench for rain in gravel<br />
Get dirt, gravel, sand and last 16 pavers<br />
Install gravel, sand and last 16 pavers<br />
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<u>April</u><br />
Buy plants-check<br />
Plant plants-check<br />
Call landscaping company about clearing lower moat.-check<br />
Write blogs-working on it!<br />
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Since these 2 lists are completely not equal, I guess I should take on the never ending cycle of life maintenance.<br />
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The buying of plants is the best part of having an April birthday! Spring has sprung and I have been buying like crazy. A bit slower on the planting (and blogging) side, but getting there. <br />
Turns out you cannot get a landscaping company to return calls or show up if you didn't schedule it in the winter. I guess the economy isn't so bad after all if they do not need my business! I called/emailed 8 places, got 1 appointment and it was a no show. 1 other returned my phone call, but we have been playing tag for 2 weeks! Oh and 1 other is actually a landscape design for bigger picture. They were also a no show... and rude when I emailed about it... <br />
So looks like we will do the dirty work ourselves as usual. <br />
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So here is what we have been up to..<br />
<strong><u>Landscaping:</u></strong> <br />
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Clearing the lower moat was a new one on our to do list this year. It is quite the project, especially for planting. It wraps 1/2 way around our yard and is quite thick with weeds. Weeds ON TOP of landscaping "weed" paper. <br />
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To make my job smaller, I gave Travis more area for grass :)</div>
The hardest part is separating out the foot of river rock drainage around the edge. Weeds have grown through the drainage so much people have been parking on our yard! Travis said it was like harvesting alien babies separating the rocks from all the weeds. <br />
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And what a great job he did! Now it even has some green peach fuzz!</div>
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While I have Travis on the job, it was time to plant my tree, Chester.</div>
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I have had this tree since 2003, started in a Starbucks cup, while living in an apartment!</div>
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Chestnut trees can grow upwards of 60 feet! In the next 30 years that is. </div>
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This is the view out my kitchen window, you can hardly see Chester since he hadn't leafed out yet.<br />
It is a far nicer view than the dead tree that was there previously.<br />
He measured 7.5 feet when we planted him, and I am positive he will get more posts in his honor as he settles in. <br />
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Back inside the house--<br />
I got modern <strong><u>lights</u></strong> in the kitchen!!! <br />
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The brown swirls accent my cupboards quite well.</div>
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Total upgrade price? $45. </div>
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Compared to the $25 I paid for a replacement globe</div>
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So technically $70, but well worth it!</div>
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And they are changeable, so if I want to change the color pattern I can, for only $15 or so.</div>
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Oh Yes, I had a Birthday too!</div>
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And I got just what I wanted. Early in fact because those plants needed to get planted! </div>
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Meet my new rototiller!</div>
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I was able to put it together myself. </div>
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(2 nuts/bolts is not rocket science!)</div>
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What a glorious tool!<br />
And after all 3 sections were done and raked:<br />
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And planted!<br />
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It worked so well, I wish I had more spaces to use it in! It took me maybe 45 minutes total to til both directions in all 3 sections! <br />
Now some of this is nice new dirt from last year and some is stuff we tilled by hand(or foot/shovel) several times in the last 2 years, removing rocks and roots..But if you have a pre dug area--this Yard Machine Y155 is for you! <br />
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In other birthday news, I got a bird bath!! <br />
Early, because I was likely to go buy it myself. Jessica is a smart girl! She even knew exactly which one I wanted since we window shop together often. <br />
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Here it is in action with some other presents. It really perks up this boring section of our yard. Nice and shady so the water stays longer. I saw a bird on it this morning for the first time!<br />
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Asparagus sprouted... way back in March... and is now 5 feet tall!<br />
Here is my first shot: <br />
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This being the 2nd year, we were allowed to eat a few spears. We sauted some for my birthday dinner and YUM! I have never tasted asparagus like that! So sweet and tender. The following week we did a taste test against store bought, and my asaparagus definitly won!<br />
If you can get past the commitment/time issues with asparagus, I recommend planting some. Or if you find it at your farmers market--be sure to get some!<br />
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More pics of all these plants I bought on the next blog. Promise! I keep taking pics and then buying MORE so once I get caught up on plants to pictures ratio I will upload them all. Plus I need to make a <strong><u>list </u></strong>of all I bought and planted.<br />
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</tbody></table>So not fancy, but it is super clean!<br />
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I started cleaning them November of 2010!!! <br />
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I figured I had a month of heavy duty work in front of me and I still had time to beat Travis at finishing the beams first. <br />
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This is how far he was in November... almost done with phase 1(approx 100 hours worth?)<br />
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Not too terrible looking, but upon closer inspection there was a lot of cleaning to do.<br />
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But Travis beat me by finishing the beam early... and then we moved upstairs the very next day! <br />
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Turns out you DO NOT need cupboard doors to survive! <br />
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I actually enjoyed having the doors off for the first month, as it allowed me to get a feel of where I wanted dishes/spices/etc to live for the proper flow. It also helped Travis KNOW where dishes went without opening 5 cupboards (like he does now?)<br />
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</div>Here is another after, since I am short on befores.. I had NO IDEA this would be a project on our list in the beginning. I really thought I could just clean them. <br />
(PS: Go wipe your cupboards down NOW!)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the handles I picked. They matched the unpainted original brass hinges. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We sent the hinges with a friend who gave them a chemical bath and instead of painting them as planned, decided the original clean brass looked great!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Love this rack for hanging our pans. I would have a lot less space in my cupboards if I tried to make these fit! <br />
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Many many projects got started and finished during the process of fixing the kitchen and sanding the beam. Just a few...<br />
<a href="http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2011/08/d-layed.html">Rebuilt the front deck</a><br />
<a href="http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2010/06/long-awaited-sunny-saturday.html">Replaced burst main water line</a><br />
<a href="http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2010/08/progress-on-patio.html">Installed patio pavers</a><br />
<a href="http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-garden-hijack.html">planted garden</a><br />
<a href="http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2011/05/random-update-garden-edition.html">Planted 2nd garden! </a><br />
<a href="http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2011/05/mothers-day-massacre.html">Fixed leak behind washing machine</a><br />
Moved upstairs...Several birthdays, a Christmas....<br />
Here is one one of the yard projects that we had been putting off for a while.<br />
This unknown name pokey plant was overgrowing its bounds. <br />
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My solution?<br />
Buy Travis a hedge trimmer for his birthday!!!<br />
It worked quite well... but it still kept growing!<br />
Damn those pesky plants, right?<br />
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Travis' solution?<br />
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Cut it back! <br />
I loved how it looked and wish it could stay like this forever! So much more interesting to look at. <br />
Especially now in 2012, it doesn't look so freshly butchered and is starting to bush out a bit more<br />
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Oh yes... more before and after.... <br />
This is early 2010... <br />
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This is early 2012!!!!!!!!<br />
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After our fridge died--we had to remove a cabinet(that I couldn't reach without a stool anyway) to fit Travis' dream fridge. After a month, it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb anymore. We have magnets and a calender on the doorway facing side. <br />
But the rest of my appliances do not match :( <br />
So maybe those will come sooner rather than later? <br />
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Before Before:<br />
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After: <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looks like the stored paint DID match after all those months!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was a bit sad to see the cupboard go, but after 7 days of no ice, cold water or food, it is amazing what you will be willing to sacrifice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And just wait--there is MORE to come!!!</div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-1575936352261085082012-02-23T08:36:00.000-08:002012-02-23T08:36:41.922-08:00Just joking?Over a year ago I posted about my 1st carpet cleaning experience: <br />
<a href="http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2011/02/2010-ugly-truth.html">http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2011/02/2010-ugly-truth.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2010/09/edited-stairs.html">http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com/2010/09/edited-stairs.html</a><br />
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Today I take a look at my stats to see I have become quite popular with a forum post here<br />
<a href="http://www.truckmountforums.com/general-carpet-cleaning-and-upholstery-discussion/25165-how-do-you-handle-your-customers-complaints-can-make-or-break-you.html">http://www.truckmountforums.com/general-carpet-cleaning-and-upholstery-discussion/25165-how-do-you-handle-your-customers-complaints-can-make-or-break-you.html</a><br />
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Welcome to the world of truck mounted carpet cleaners!<br />
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I was feeling justified with the original poster:<br />
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"How do you handle your customer's complaints can make or break you. <br />
<div class="content"><div id="post_message_261405"><blockquote class="postcontent restore ">I ran across this blog accidentally,I just stumbled over it. What I found on there is a worthy read for any professional carpet cleaner. It is a blog by a lady who went into detail about her experience with a carpet cleaner she had hired to clean her home. I was astounded by it. Should give you pause about ever ticking any of your customers off and not taking their complaints seriously. The complaint is about half way down the page from this link. Btw, I think this was a legitimate complaint.<br />
<a href="http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com...gly-truth.html/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://castledebauchery.blogspot.com...gly-truth.html/</a> </blockquote><br />
And then I read on....<br />
Why did I take the terrible picture of the van with a sign in the driveway?<br />
(I took 10,000 pictures that year-because I never know what I am going to say here on the blog. Also it was on my camera phone, so quality was low, and I may have sent to Travis to show my glee at having fresh carpets!)</div></div>"She sounds a little wacky too, "he advertised in my driveway" LOL.( I had never hired a carpet cleaner before! And he didn't ask!) <br />
All worried he knows where she lived and yet still decided to post a manifesto about a carpet cleaning job. Sounds like 2 fruitcakes found each other."<br />
(Wow-really? I never posted his information! You did that.. read on...)<br />
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The next guy seems to be with me on the advertising thing and carpet cleaning thing...<br />
He quotes me<br />
"I should have sent him packing after reading this from his website: <br />
High Powered Truck-Mounted "Quality" Steam Cleaning!<br />
And then he showed up in this <strong>old van</strong> and advertised in my driveway."<br />
ok ok, I was new at this blog thing. I am not that great of a writer. I am wacky. I was a novice at hiring carpet cleaners...but Truck mounted vs VAN mounted... Hey I was new! I didn't know truck=van! <br />
Also below the picture where I said that--I also said, I do not mind his advertising, that was just details.. it was the only picture I had...and this gang of carpet cleaners slamming on me did not read the full 2 posts on the subject...<br />
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"She is a little wacky too"<br />
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Yes, yes I am. I write like I think. Who would ever read the blog if I wasn't slightly silly? <br />
It would be a very very short blog. Something like: <br />
We bought a house<br />
We had our carpets cleaned.<br />
Cleaner yelled at us<br />
Tore out carpet on stairs. <br />
Ho hum, maybe next time it will go better. <br />
I planted seeds, they grew, we ate harvest, we Bbq'd a lot. <br />
etc...<br />
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HECK NO! <br />
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Aww... and then the original poster again--I like this guy!<br />
"I admit she may be a <strong>little fruity</strong>, <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">but her complaint is valid</span></strong>. I've had fruity customers too, but if they complain I don't yell at them on the phone and disregard their complaints. I would have been all over this. I would have gotten over there asap to see what happened and try to make it right even if I had to buy them a new carpet. He shouldn't have soaked the stairs down in the first place, but if he had taken 10 extra minutes to get up the excess I doubt he would have had a problem. Now he has a sworn enemy out to get him. The difference between an excellent job and a poor job that causes call backs and problems is usually just a matter of a few extra minutes. Of course, knowing what you are doing helps too."<br />
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And then this guy<br />
"She got upset he put out a sign!!"<br />
(I did no such thing. I only stated he put out a sign! If this guy had read down to the next sentence, he would have known. Also, maybe I shouldn't use so many exclamation marks?!)<br />
Same guy says<br />
"If he ruined the stairs he should have taken care of the problem but I agree that she seems a little nutty."<br />
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So lets see.... I am nutty, fruity, wacky, fruitcake & fruitloops. Oh and I am lying about my experience. Because that is what this blog here is for... okay...<br />
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Moving on... what I did not do was share the evil carpet cleaners details, the carpet cleaning forum did that! How they got the info from the low quality photo I posted I do not know. <br />
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I really wanted to comment on that thread but I would have to register and I just don't care to register just to tell my story to the other carpet cleaners of the world. <br />
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I also did not review my 2nd carpet cleaner that I hired once we moved upstairs. A reputable company, decent price. I enjoyed the work both times I called them back... but the guy they sent out shared some overly personal information that he probably shouldn't have... so as great a job he did... I will keep it to myself. I am just not a reviewer. <br />
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So this has turned into a rant and not a single picture! When I first read those comments I was feeling like I should justify myself... but now as I am about to post it, it has become funny. <br />
I almost deleted all my words and just posted the link that made me so famous, but didn't want to waste all those !!!!!!!!!!! I used. <br />
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Let us see what we were up to this time last year..<br />
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Picking a stain which went unused<br />
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Picking handles for the 2nd time<br />
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Also last February, we had a dusting of snow and Travis made a snow angel ;)<br />
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I am so glad we are done with the kitchen. I know we finished close to 6 months ago and I have cooked several new meals up here since... It is just about time to tell you about it in the next blog!!xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-17590355526420498212012-01-02T12:35:00.000-08:002012-01-02T12:36:48.715-08:00In the new yearHappy New Years everyone!<br />
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</div>As the sun set on 2011... (and I wasn't upset about it going either) I had some grand ideas on how to proceed in 2012.<br />
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We all have the standard list of unkept resolutions :<br />
Eat less, drink less, save money, pay off debt, see friends more often, make phone calls.... <br />
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I think a more productive idea would be to get some going for the house! <br />
Some people exchange shiny jewelry for Christmas, while we buy shiny things for the house! <br />
It is a good thing we got started in December, as it breaks up the cost of my "lets get things done and not spend any money" list. <br />
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I was entertaining the idea of 30 mini goals in 30 days, but couldn't come up with all 30.<br />
Not to mention while I am making my list they are getting achieved by a certain MF I know...<br />
I am definitely NOT complaining about that. <br />
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Big cheap resolution #1 <br />
Tell you about my kitchen! <br />
I am working on it-- Only J stand in the way now!<br />
Then the long awaited oddly boring reveal "K for Kitchen"<br />
Compared to where we were 1 year ago...I guess it is pretty exciting.<br />
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Which will bring us to my 2nd resolution:<br />
#2 Cook 52 new recipes... starting... 2 days ago! Does that count? Or am I still at 52?<br />
I put off making anything hard while we were in the basement due to the counter space and then while this kitchen was under construction. Now I have that bug again with a new cook book AND counter space.<br />
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Lemon Risotto is not picturesque but very tasty. Plus it includes vodka!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Served with pork stirfry, odd combo, but super delicious indeed.</td></tr>
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We have got a head start during our holiday break<strong>(listed in bold) </strong>with the most important items. Though #2 is pretty darn important!<br />
<ol><li>Clean under fridge grate</li>
<li>Install Smoke detectors $</li>
<li>Wipe window sills</li>
<li><strong>Paint downstairs living room $</strong><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FSBL2DrAEE0/TwH6sHcDhbI/AAAAAAAAB2k/2zSfO3j6eCw/s1600/PC233699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></li>
<li>paint downstairs bedroom $</li>
<li>Install wire shelf in upstairs bedrooms $</li>
<li>Dust hanging lights in kitchen and dining room</li>
<li>Scrub front deck</li>
<li>Buy Ladder $</li>
<li>Scrape 1 part of ceiling</li>
<li>Investigate dishwasher</li>
<li>Research floors for kitchen</li>
<li><strong>Bed room lights $</strong></li>
<li>Paint accent walls in Kitchen(this justifies the ladder)</li>
<li>Dust plants</li>
<li>Install remaining outlets</li>
<li>Move light switch downstairs</li>
<li>Paint pantry & closet doors $ </li>
<li>Make a 2 week meal plan</li>
<li>Clean bathroom ceiling fan</li>
<li>re caulk windows</li>
<li>re caulk bathrooms</li>
<li>inspect front outdoor light</li>
<li>tell you about my kitchen!</li>
<li>and 5 more boring things I am sure will come up along the way!</li>
</ol>As you can see some are super easy and can be achieved quickly and others will take an investment and planning. <br />
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Now for the items we got a head start on...<br />
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#4 I am sure you all remember the awesome paint job in the basement? <br />
The previous owner seemed to have only a 5 gallon bucket of paint but included the ceiling in the job--running out right over the fridge(with 3 colors showing!) so it was super noticeable and we were mocked accordingly by all who entered.<br />
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Also the florescent lights? Which the PO painted around instead of removing to paint? Which were sooo bright(6 tubes!) no one wanted to turn them on?<br />
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We fixed that! The light is much calmer now<br />
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A true before and after shot:<br />
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And the furnace vents that were sunk 6 inches deep with a half texture/paint job around the trim?<br />
When I say half, I mean half was textured and the other half was painted...<br />
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Travis(MF) fixed that! I don't have the details but there was some wood and glue and some metal tape stuff that I now own 50 extra feet of!<br />
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Approx price for paint, lighting, supplies and furnace vents? $400-$500. Its so gorgeous down there now. I will post more pictures as it is completed. <br />
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And for #13 The master bedroom lighting-- something that has been bothering me since day 1. <br />
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Well, since we didn't sleep in this room until around day 465, I guess I should say it has bothered me since day #470 or so...<br />
The light in the photo above, was a mockery of all things bright. <br />
(Maybe that is why the basement was so bright--to make up for these)<br />
I couldn't see to get ready in the morning with both of them on! <br />
We installed one over each closet and it makes so much difference! <br />
Total price ? $100. <strong>I. Can't. Believe. We. Waited.</strong><br />
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So moving on--I will have to figure out a way to include some of these more picture worthy items in the blog going with my letter theme...<br />
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J--I got this<br />
K-Definitely got this one!<br />
L...oops, just told you about the lights<br />
M...<br />
N.....<br />
O.....<br />
P<br />
Q<br />
R<br />
S<br />
T<br />
U<br />
V<br />
W<br />
X<br />
Y<br />
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I sure have my work cut out for me! I only get ideas on about 2 letters ahead of time. Gotta get moving with spring around the corner, it will be time to get back to the garden and yard goals! <br />
Spring is coming!!!<br />
Spring is coming!!!<br />
Spring is coming!!!xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-18615151398774349762011-12-24T09:08:00.000-08:002011-12-24T09:08:12.691-08:00Home sweet home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Home is where you want to call in sick and stay perfectly healthy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yet still lay on the couch all day and watch the sunlight shine through the windows on the walls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Home is where I watch the trees go through seasons like it is television. This is channel 'Dry Winter'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPjm_n4jQMBzcYqMemhn2o8XfjJ8ZnezAA7OzGAVnS_h7TYYPpOqXad9u4_S-UV2LrOp1ybCDHZrG9Pe0mMm2cT08XQFyYqyibFWn7bjBeBBQIHJsWaJ29gRMQo6mOBAQVUhKNQV3AUiR/s1600/2011-12-16_13_34_55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPjm_n4jQMBzcYqMemhn2o8XfjJ8ZnezAA7OzGAVnS_h7TYYPpOqXad9u4_S-UV2LrOp1ybCDHZrG9Pe0mMm2cT08XQFyYqyibFWn7bjBeBBQIHJsWaJ29gRMQo6mOBAQVUhKNQV3AUiR/s640/2011-12-16_13_34_55.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Home is finally clearing the garage enough to park inside. <br />
No more frozen car for me!<br />
We still have a lot of work to do in the garage, but 1 stall empty is good progress. At least for me!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Home is where the LED lights are so bright you cannot see the ornaments!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was quite excited this year to have our second tree--</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even bought some new lights to fancy it up some. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next year we will go back to the other lights and hang these outside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can see our tree through the window while driving by on the main road. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It still makes me happy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Psfkjr2umXA1vvVfLmyEcNcsz_pxLmmjXFmHW8-xOPoy-V_b5rdbi2sbfDOU6wIFWxCQDUtwallViIYeBd38CbY0xqCbXerECzpAxCR9eB-scUGGvs-dF78FBkCvI-7E_GFTYYGinJ0t/s1600/PC063629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Psfkjr2umXA1vvVfLmyEcNcsz_pxLmmjXFmHW8-xOPoy-V_b5rdbi2sbfDOU6wIFWxCQDUtwallViIYeBd38CbY0xqCbXerECzpAxCR9eB-scUGGvs-dF78FBkCvI-7E_GFTYYGinJ0t/s640/PC063629.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are my favorite ornaments:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is new this year--how can you resist a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> fluffy snowman with sticks for arms?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqU1fMWWLLtdnJNdHWxPB55pMojLwUgQ_hu4Qmj5asY6phtcW-1TdGETUPjkAbozGsPzO8ysKvrjmsSbZD2Rr3zBst150BMB7_BZq9bHoP2-gQVfG8CCQ_S3H1Yhyphenhyphen4mqZEmuNAla4G8SF8/s1600/2011-12-20_17_43_08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqU1fMWWLLtdnJNdHWxPB55pMojLwUgQ_hu4Qmj5asY6phtcW-1TdGETUPjkAbozGsPzO8ysKvrjmsSbZD2Rr3zBst150BMB7_BZq9bHoP2-gQVfG8CCQ_S3H1Yhyphenhyphen4mqZEmuNAla4G8SF8/s320/2011-12-20_17_43_08.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> This concept is true enough--though, I do not think I will get a white Christmas this year.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This shocks no one--I have a thing for birds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8Mtlih_MBHUIZKWG-zX0gAlFjCK7TbTom3dBCUKIrlAOuq51-OVjZspZwX9L04I2XzgQBmnJFB5lXSwiC3ojt3KO4Ri7t9Y5aM14rVjck7qNXxtFfRmkouZGLCr782W7BmRBTSGHKONm/s1600/2011-12-20_17_45_34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8Mtlih_MBHUIZKWG-zX0gAlFjCK7TbTom3dBCUKIrlAOuq51-OVjZspZwX9L04I2XzgQBmnJFB5lXSwiC3ojt3KO4Ri7t9Y5aM14rVjck7qNXxtFfRmkouZGLCr782W7BmRBTSGHKONm/s320/2011-12-20_17_45_34.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
And here is Travis' favorite--boldly higher than all the rest the ornaments<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I promised to refer to Travis as Master Fantastic (as in MF...) if he completed the beams </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">before I finished the kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Given that he started more than 6 months before I did, it was a long shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I had this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He accidentally finished a whole phase early beating me by a few weeks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He didn't need to stain them after all... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and it turns out you do not need cupboard doors to "move in"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-58365520781022741622011-12-01T19:16:00.000-08:002011-12-01T20:29:17.877-08:00Grumpy Gardening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8-yD-InXv2Tm3h5ZmKXD63SvVXDXy-LzBtxcrDVLqWI0oXYAwoWNFQFCST9o4jS_Cr15g-fZwPcTmkzIwDfATeId22D-5hMyi0SPBUVcA-arUW-_lEkYJ_F7_Xft4WN51PuYeJadoubh/s1600/PA293461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>Garden Club. <br />
The first rule of garden club, is you don't talk about garden club. <br />
Right?<br />
At least about the utter failures of the garden.<br />
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Well, kick me out. It is all I have. <br />
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Maybe it was that I suffered from the loss of Fred just days before planting the garden. <br />
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The distraction of planting during this time was about the only good thing the garden gave me this year.<br />
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Other than tons of cherry tomatoes and experience in disappointment.<br />
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It started with aphids. Aphids on my kale, aphids on my collards, aphids in my broccoli and aphids on my cabbage. <br />
Next up my 2 plantings of snap peas all became ripe on the same weekend and I barely managed to harvest any of them before they tasted terrible. <br />
With so many snap peas they shaded out my first planting of green beans.<br />
2nd batch of green beans did alright, but the 2nd batch of snap peas didn't grow....<br />
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I planted more than twice as much this year and harvested less.<br />
I am sorry to say I am quite familiar with the produce department this year.<br />
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Hard to imagine something so pretty causing so much misery.<br />
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These garden gnomes just sat back and laughed. They were supposed to be helping!<br />
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I got a lot of lettuce, a few peppers and a few zucchinis. My pumpkins didn't make it.<br />
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</tbody></table>And carrots! Oh my--what am I going to do with 10lbs of carrots?<br />
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The carrots did amazing. I over planted...failed to thin enough and ignored them til late November!<br />
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This is why you thin your carrots. But you only need to thin them if you didn't sow them 1 inch apart (then find that 5 went in each hole and you couldn't see where the seeds were anymore so sprinkled them all over!) <br />
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Unless of course you like oddly formed carrots--they taste no different!<br />
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<strong>Fun fact: Travis did not know carrots came in other colors than orange til he was 35yrs old. </strong><br />
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So you can see why I didn't post a lot on the garden this year. <br />
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I guess try, try again. I learned something... <br />
I will definitely be planting a smaller garden next year! <br />
And potatoes! Plants that like good soil and neglect I seem to do well with. <br />
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Here is what it looks like now: <br />
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Bliss! No work to be done for several months! Hoping to keep the patio table semi weather free. <br />
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Oh wait--the asparagus, since I didn't expect to eat any this year it is doing great!! <br />
Now it is time to chop it down and protect the bed for winter. I hope to enjoy some asparagus next year! <br />
I have stumped every single visitor to Castle Debauchery with asparagus growing. No one has ever seen it before.<br />
It is not the most beautiful crop when it turns to ferns, but it sure is interesting. <br />
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Look at this! Know what that means?<br />
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We are done sifting!!! <br />
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No more dirt, no more stones and the pile killed all the weeds underneath :)<br />
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Here is the dirt in Travis' garden, levelling it out and growing more grass!<br />
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Another sad subject: Ground cover!<br />
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This patch here is Elfin Thyme. Slow growing but very steppable. They came back this year and spread quite a lot. <br />
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Exactly. <br />
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After planting it last year the snails became fond of it in February...<br />
So I replanted early spring....<br />
And then again early summer once we finished the patio(well almost!) <br />
And then it mostly died back in the heat, because living upstairs(a plus!) we didn't remember to water our patio( a minus!) every hot day. <br />
A small bit is growing in now in the fall--so we will see how that goes. <br />
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Travis gave me permission to spend 2x as much to get this planted successfully in 2012. <br />
I think I will give the Elfin thyme more of a thought then. Even though it is slow growing and pretty ugly come January--at least it doesn't disappear in the night! <br />
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This is the Lavender plants I bought last September for my wisdom tooth extraction. <br />
When I got around to planting them, they were sooo root bound, I vowed not to buy cheap plants any more(a lie). But once they got in the ground, they have doubled in size!! This isn't there final resting place, but I haven't figured out where I want them yet. <br />
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I also never got around to exacting a plan for the upper moat/garden of weedin. I did managed to weed, remove the weedy soil, fill with nicer soil and a layer of newspaper to keep out weeds!<br />
But this a brave soldier just got a late start.<br />
It is past the sunflowers time, but I managed to catch it in the sunlight.<br />
Poor little guy. <br />
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Now it is December and time to find a Christmas tree on Sunday!!<br />
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Let's just hope it snows a bit this year to make winter fun!<br />
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I am not sure who F'd the mountains, but it was said, and said often. <br />
Maybe I can get the story in the comments? I know you are reading this Consuela!<br />
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We took a trip with some close friends(well 10 people + us) to Leavenworth this last weekend and had a fantastic time!<br />
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If you have never been to Leavenworth, it is a little tourist town that resembles an old Bavarian village--they do Octoberfest and Christmas really well--though we haven't been during these times--the pictures can tell!<br />
Total tourist destination, unless you are a skier, then well, you ski! But once you go thru the shops, men become time bombs where as woman forget they have ever been before! <br />
Going forward--I will limit Travis to a 2hr period in town and arrange girlfriends to take his place!<br />
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This picture is from Cashmere Mountain B&B website<br />
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I haven't been there either-but I will definitely check it out. <br />
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This is the cabin we stayed at sleeps at least 12. <br />
Nothing to look at from the front, but the view behind was amazing! And inside was huge! Slept 12 and fed 12 and entertained 12! <br />
Thanks to another girlfriend Carleen who arranged this whole trips for a large group of November birthdays, sure made planning a mini vacation easy!!<br />
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Partial rear view<br />
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This is the Wenatchee river which you see on the 1 mile walk to town.<br />
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The trip was just what we needed! We haven't really left the house for 18 months!<br />
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We have been to Country boys BBQ in Cashmere a few times before--and always look forward to going back!<br />
Here are a few pics of Travis' meal--which as good as they look are NOT the best meal pictures I have seen. I could write an entire page on Country boys BBQ--from the sauce to the service to the food!!<br />
I heard Dixies in Bellevue rates 2nd this this place after a 2 day taste test done by Jessica(but she lies sometimes!)<br />
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These are amazing Ribbon Fries that I just cannot get enough of. Curly potato chips made fresh!<br />
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Did I mention the fabulous wine tasting?<br />
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We tried both Pasek & Swakane and came home with nothing to show for it!<br />
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In our first 18 months at Castle Debauchery we had all of 1 fire (on our Christmas eve anniversary!)<br />
And now we have had a few and even bought a bellows! <br />
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The cabin offered a fire pit and wood--which we used-even wearing our winter gear! It was around 30 degrees in the evening. <br />
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</tbody></table>There was also a hot tub!Which was a lovely refreshing treat after a day in town. <br />
I love the fall--It is my favorite time of year. (until it gets cold, wet and dark--then it is Spring that is my favorite)<br />
The garden is mostly done--but the trees are giving you the best show. <br />
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Some scenery on our walk to town<br />
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<strong>Friends</strong><br />
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These are some of our friends that stayed at the cabin.<br />
Trying to get everyones attention at the same time is like herding cats!<br />
It takes more than one shot to get the full effect. <br />
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This IS what awesome looks like. Notice the flowers on the hat?<br />
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This is Leavenworth in the dusk. <br />
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This is the view on the trafficky part of my trip home from work--until DST started that is. <br />
WA 202 from Redmond to Woodinville is gorgeous! Rolling hills, vineyards & farms.<br />
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<strong><u>Front porch light</u></strong> Our front light was replaced 11/8/11--It has been burning out every 3 months or so and we haven't had a way to document it. So here we are! Next time it burns out I will have the truth!<br />
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Soon I will cover G for garden and ramble thru H, I , & J before I can cover the K for Kitchen! I know how long you have waited! <br />
This time last year my kitchen looked like this: <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now I can cook new recipes in it!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until then-I hope you enjoyed the pictures! </div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-68740174733947569542011-10-11T08:46:00.000-07:002011-10-11T10:07:57.461-07:00Eenie meenie minie moe...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well--it sure has been a while! The world of bloggers does not stop does it? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every time I try to update I get busy uploading the latest pictures to the notebook--and check in to the Blogger--and just start reading everyone elses blog--and run out of time to write my own! And then I take more pictures and have to start all over again! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here is a quick update on what we have been up too: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Easy Living!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We pretty much finished the to do list! A few months ago I decided not to keep adding to it so we COULD finish. There is still a few random items we have deemed unimportant or else too costly to take care of at the moment. So in the meantime--we get to enjoy ourselves. Finally!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The garden has kept me pretty busy, 2 hours a week is not really enough to keep it pristine like last year-so I stopped pulling weeds :) 2 hours has been plenty of time to harvest! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Actually I have been a bit disappointed in it this year--with the aphids and lack of curcubits and the bolting Chard. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3gOFBJOd7nVwJ3K47M485OVW1t1eQEwB4PbiZXqnCw8k0RtiEJ-Lo83iqLvsMhRs7i8IrNRi9LFWRNyTeKn3WqLryt0j6eYtVoK6Bj5dGwLTBLMjPUUuQw8Ls5yhnCW-kecUW0jZX5fU/s1600/P8233261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3gOFBJOd7nVwJ3K47M485OVW1t1eQEwB4PbiZXqnCw8k0RtiEJ-Lo83iqLvsMhRs7i8IrNRi9LFWRNyTeKn3WqLryt0j6eYtVoK6Bj5dGwLTBLMjPUUuQw8Ls5yhnCW-kecUW0jZX5fU/s640/P8233261.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
I have grown plenty of tomatoes! They say this is terrible weather in PNW for growing tomatoes these last 2 years---but I haven't had any problems. Given it was my first 2 years--and my crazy gardener gave me 17 & 13 plants during these 2 years. I guess the trick is just to grown MORE! <br />
Seas of cherry tomatoes--that I am not giving out this year--just too tasty and short lived!<br />
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With these jalapenos and gorgeous tomatoes below I made salsa for a party! Red Salsa and Green Salsa. <br />
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I will try and go more in to the garden woes when I get to G, but I really am not excited this year with the garden. <br />
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Travis had a few more projects up his sleeve--and tools play heavily in that--<br />
Being able to find a tool--is MORE important than actually having the tool itself.<br />
If you cannot find it--what good is having it? <br />
So this lovely shelf has been dubbed our "tool shelf" (really creative right?)<br />
It was a mess! Travis was constantly changing his game plan because he couldn't find the specific thing he was looking for. It is also in the center of the kitchen because we have yet to revamp the garage for more central tool-dom space.<br />
So on to the TO DO list it went!!! <br />
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Here is the before: <br />
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And here is after: <br />
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I started one day and realized there are more than 3 categories and I was going to need a mans help for this project. <br />
The solution once found was so logical! <br />
Cutty, Pokey, and Squeezy solved all the worries. Everything else fell in line. <br />
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Other categories include: Safety gear, fasteners, chemicals, larger tools and everything else. <br />
And all painting supplies made it to a shelf in the garage, since we are done painting for the moment. <br />
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Organizing the tool shelf probably SHOULDN'T take 2 days, but it is the central hub of all work around here so I guess it makes sense. It is much more pleasing to the eye too! <br />
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Also pleasing to the eye--is this creation made by Travis: <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The air conditioner came with a silly plastic insert made of grey plastic that keeps out no sounds and looks terrible. So he cut some plywood to the correct size, painted it to match our trim(we had extra paint from the deck) and used weather stripping around the edges to keep it sealed! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is still not the prettiest--but it is so much better! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are slowly getting settled and that means we finally can hang some artwork!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's like I just moved in all over again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> After 18 months--we hung the first item on our wall!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also scoured craigslist and found 2 doors for free that fit the pantry--and broke down and bought the matching door for the coat closet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57NMRjicWzaj-cVMF6P6PlYun0kA4DSTeQ8Lol6VpEuuF8XU2SEQ0_rtEhiPOZJGQ0iWU0fhWVIzzdmmC_yMhqSgrX2osSOxk3UhF_0aQwafilqFf1AN2bhmxI5ttIrnUV0VRDHSAM9QC/s1600/P9183329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57NMRjicWzaj-cVMF6P6PlYun0kA4DSTeQ8Lol6VpEuuF8XU2SEQ0_rtEhiPOZJGQ0iWU0fhWVIzzdmmC_yMhqSgrX2osSOxk3UhF_0aQwafilqFf1AN2bhmxI5ttIrnUV0VRDHSAM9QC/s320/P9183329.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4WHQr-jxsZNiiGkJ7KHtuExs3f3yHLUWk0-gdXiUhL3RQAFwrACR6fJR9tTtzKClhnorfoigTIvOEoQnoSuuE__c1hcrfFm37RhxD0zbnDwk5TJtuty-xW9uDJc9AIhX76cRonMcM1H1/s1600/P9183326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4WHQr-jxsZNiiGkJ7KHtuExs3f3yHLUWk0-gdXiUhL3RQAFwrACR6fJR9tTtzKClhnorfoigTIvOEoQnoSuuE__c1hcrfFm37RhxD0zbnDwk5TJtuty-xW9uDJc9AIhX76cRonMcM1H1/s320/P9183326.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
This is a great relief to me! <br />
Now when I walk past the pantry I do not have a million thoughts running through my head.<br />
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I really should straighten and organize my small appliances<br />
I don't even drink tea--why do I have so much?<br />
I should pick a new recipe out of one of these books<br />
I need to learn to make pasta salad with all this pasta<br />
Don't forget to buy more breakfast bars<br />
Franks redhot sauce, Mmmmm!<br />
Need to dump those old Sake bottles and make vases. <br />
Don't forget to take that dish out and put in the good will box<br />
I wish I could find a container big enough to store 20lbs of rice<br />
Which blender should we get rid of? <br />
Remember to buy popcorn seeds to make popcorn<br />
Mmmm Soup-I'm cold<br />
I should buy more straws<br />
Let's make cookies. <br />
oh Popcorn! Lets stay in and watch a movie!<br />
and on and on and on....<br />
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Okay--so finishing up the to do list we had set out for--it was all in preparation for another BBQ!! <br />
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This was for Travis' 4th annual housewarming! <br />
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We had the music all set up: <br />
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Along with home made salsa, cherry tomatoes and my very own home grown flowers decorating our vases---I made special treats for our guests: <br />
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Castle Debauchery will now live forever! <br />
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Burnetts Sweet Tea vodka is the house drink<br />
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And after the party was over: <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After reviewing all the photos I took (close to 100) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found one that stands out but is not picturesque-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Our to do list included installing the last outlets in the kitchen, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but come party day--the outside temp reached 80 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and inside was not a pleasant environment for working any longer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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In other news Travis had a birthday!!! <br />
Here is some of his loot--<br />
Master Fantastic himself in his Lincoln pose wearing his new awesome shirt <br />
and a gag gift in the background that looks oddly a lot like him.<br />
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Thanks for visiting! I miss all your love and comments. I know I have been scarce and spend all my time reading other blogs instead of writing my own! This whole alphabet thing is harder than I thought--I must be over thinking it. <br />
I want to get thru the alphabet before 2012 so hopefully I stick with this!xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-57672236902995391392011-08-30T07:00:00.000-07:002011-08-30T07:00:00.720-07:00D-layedOur front deck has been much neglected since we moved in. <br />
Living downstairs, with the awesome patio--we rarely ever used the front door. <br />
Now that we live upstairs and the summer weather leaves the back patio in full sun, we take respite on the front deck quite often. <br />
During the inspection waaay back in March 2010, the inspector stuck his knife in to the corner of the deck and explained how lame that was. So we put it on THE LIST and promptly forgot about it.<br />
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Eventually we want to expand this deck--to encompass much of our lonely forgotten front yard (picture tumbleweeds) which is actually at the back of our house--and stays in shade most of the day<br />
It will be a few years til we get to that project.<br />
Til then-just to make it safe--we choose to spend the least money possible and repair the rotten wood and make it match the house.<br />
For a total of $200 the boys had quite a lot of fun doing manly things while I looked on and took pictures.<br />
Overall I think we spent $130 on wood, $20 on screws and $50 on paint. <br />
They are so eager to get started I didn't get any real before pictures, but I got a few in before it was destroyed.<br />
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So it is time to improvise the plan--and reinforce the supporting boards!<br />
I couldn't resist this lovely picture. <br />
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Our dirt sifter in the background doubles as a light weight work bench for this project! <br />
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The upright "toothpicks" that go around the deck used to be 7" apart, which was not to the current code--as children's heads are smaller than 7"--go figure. <br />
Travis re-spaced the new boards to 4" apart!<br />
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I fail at after pictures too! I waited til dark but you get the idea. We ran out of the green paint-so the stairs got painted beige--which I actually prefer!<br />
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Anyone who didn't visit during the week this was under construction would never know it was rebuilt! <br />
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Not pictured are all the photos I took of the men butts while they were bending over--you didn't want to see that did you?<br />
(I have enough to make a whole blog on the subject!)<br />
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Now it is time to celebrate! Good job men! <br />
Now we have a safe deck and can move on to the next project :)<br />
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This blog has been long DELAYED due to the follow DOGS.<br />
Actually--it was delayed because I couldn't find the picture of 1 dog-<br />
Sadie--she lives next door has has us trained to give her treats or she will bark at us once every 10 seconds til we do. It started as soon as we moved in--and we keep stock in dog treats for this reason. <br />
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This is Lucy--Travis found her running down a busy road last summer and brought her home because the number on her tag was disconnected. Turns out you have to dial a 1 from a cell phone to get the other 425 area code. I found her owner the following day thru craigslist!! <br />
Lucy got up to do her business many times in the 1 night we had her--some she woke us up for and others we found the next morning. But she bought us dinner for our troubles (Go Reward!)<br />
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This is Pooper aka Blackberry--She was the first to leave a "house warming" present. While touring a few friends thru the yard--here runs a little doggie---oh how cute--wait? what? No--what is she doing!! HEY!!! Get outta here! <br />
Hence why we called her Pooper--no matter how many times her owners still corrected us. <br />
She moved away recently--which is sad as we had come to enjoy her company. And we had just trainer her with treats to poop in other yards! <br />
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This is our beloved Zuzu-<br />
I don't have many pictures of her since my hands were always busy scratching her belly. <br />
She was an old girl--blind and partially deaf-- who loved to come over for attention and belly rubs.<br />
She would get all the loving she needed and then lay down on the stones and just hang out with the pack while we worked in the garden. <br />
Up until the end of her days--her whole family--5 girls(!!!) along with Mom & Dad always knew where to find her when it was time to come in. <br />
She could find her way across the street and smell a treat through a closed door! <br />
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Some nights we had to walk her back home several times before she stayed put!<br />
She will forever be in our hearts--Rest in treats Zuzu.<br />
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Wait--This was not supposed to be a DEPRESSING entry--just a show of our lovely DOGS who have graced our lives here. <br />
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Someday we will have a dog of our own--but until then we will adore the dogs of our neighborhood--even when they leave US treats! <br />
We have discussed a hypothetical dog (along with our hypothetical children!) named George. He/She is a red golden retriever from a rescue. I wonder if we are the only ones with a hypothetical dog? <br />
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Next up is E (for EMPTY!)<br />
I haven't come up with a topic for this one yet--but I can get to it now that I've gotten this one off my to do list. <br />
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xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-53197701303771416542011-08-12T23:56:00.000-07:002011-08-12T23:56:06.303-07:00***Intermission***In a perfect world I would be posting a letter or 2 from the alphabet each week--but as perfect as I am things have conspired against me!<br />
For each task to be completed there are 3 others that have to come first and 3 that lead up to each of those and so on and so forth... at least here at Castle Debauchery aka The Twilight Zone.<br />
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For instance--the notebook I have all my photos stored on had a fan failure. I get 1 more chance to turn it on and transfer the data but 1st I have to bring home an external drive from work! All so I can write the letter D. I am bursting forth with important D's to Document! Along with e, f, g, and all important K for Kitchen. <br />
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So I will take you on a little journey--but lets get a snack first shall we?<br />
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My 2nd tomato of the year--first one was sliced and eaten long before I thought to take a picture--It was only a possible an Early Girl. Since all the tags are blank in the garden--they are all mysteries this year. And I am more than okay with that! <br />
I do believe this is a Black Sea Man--since it was my first tomato last year, and it resembled it inside and out. Look what I have learned! In just a years time!<br />
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This is Black Beauty--my first and only Zucchini so far. <br />
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</div> Here are my first ever carrots and a beet!--I needed to thin my carrots and couldn't resist bringing them inside--they taste great! As for the beet--maybe I'll play with that tomorrow.<br />
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Onwards to my story. Like I was saying--every project to be completed needs to be preempted by 3 others. <br />
I have some terribly embarrassing seats in the Jeep at the moment. Smittybilt admitted to having had a manufacturer use less than adequate material in these XRC racing seats--and REPLACED THEM FREE! Smittybilt you rock! I was so surprised to actually receive customer service when I complained, as these seats were only 3 years old. The original Jeep seats were 10yrs old with NO holes what so ever when we replaced them.I should have them installed by J I hope!<br />
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So I have been painting every other day as it takes at least 48hrs to not be tacky--touch ups, touch downs and some sanding and then flip another 48hrs later... I moved most of them upstairs finally today:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I actually finished 7 of them a month or more ago, but 3 of those went to the next project so I decided to wait to install them all at once. Also I had to rearrange my kitchen cupboards to my liking and figured it would be easier without the doors on. I was right! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This leads us to this section of the living room-previously full of kitchen boxes--I had to unpack those in order to make room for the other boxes from the garage! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh boy--I see many a trips to good will and garage sales in my future! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has been 18 months since we have used any of this stuff!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">EIGHTEEN MONTHS!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Damn it! Not again! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have just painted this tonight!! (Yes-its Friday! Woooo Party!?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">48hrs and I can put things in here and install hinges and doors too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Oh Golly--and the handles I bought 18 months ago!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</a></div>And the complete end result of replacing the wood under the sink, painting it, installing hinges, arranging the dishes, finishing painting the doors, installing doors, moving boxes up, installing jeep seats and cleaning out the garage:<br />
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Our tool shelf has runneth over, plus it is still in the kitchen...<br />
Travis gets to build a work bench in the garage!!! <br />
Imagine that! A real garage I can park in and he can build me things in! <br />
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see the big pile of tools that no longer fit with out rearranging the whole shelf,<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">How can he relax at a time like this!?!!?!!?! There is so much to do!! </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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And here is how I relax: <br />
Here is a shabby picture of a happy little accident.<br />
I needed a place to put these for now so tucked them in where they may get water.<br />
This corner is now my favorite in the whole garden--even though it is outside the garden. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did buy that external drive--so D should not be Delayed too much longer..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but time is funny here sometimes at the Castle Debauchery! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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He is Crafty, Clever,Charming, Cunning and Cute!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Travis does not approve<br />
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And now on to the other important stuff! <br />
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First up we have CHERRY TOMATOES!!<br />
I ate my first cherry tomato July 25th!! I have a few more on the way..<br />
and when I say a few I mean a few plants! <br />
I have 5 or 6 cherry plants--they were a big hit last year <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm up to 20 eaten now!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">These aren't cherries tomatoes below</span></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">but If I stuck with just the letter C you would never get </span></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">to C all my plants by the time they are eaten.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All my other tomatoes are mystery plants this year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Before I wrote down the names the tags washed off--</span></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">They were free and they will still be tomatoes with out the names!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These have started turning red in the week since I took this pic!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I planted a few new things this year, but didn't take the time to record </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WHEN I planted or WHEN they will be ready. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How do you know when carrots are ready? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my first ever CARROT! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can C, it's pretty small. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did manage to make it 2 bites and guess what?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This right here? This is CROWDED! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have been so busy upstairs getting unpacked and settled..along with Travis' newer projects</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and as it turns out--maybe 3 beds of greens was a bit much? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have neglected them in part to the bitterness of the collards in our last couple BBQs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe I should make a dish with out the collards? </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div> This right here? CRAZY! Or COURAGEOUS or Chaos? Or maybe I should save this for D (Dumb!) <br />
I had no problem planting this--only took 2-3 hours to get it all in the ground... we planted 3x the garden as last year on purpose. I expected to lose a few plants and eat more veggies and give more away--but finding 2+ hours a week to work in the garden doesn't sound like much, but it is really hard to find the time recently<br />
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Here is the breakdown of what is going on out here:<br />
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I planted WAY too many peas--possibly of some super sucky variety so they do not taste good off the vine-I have 4 gallons in the fridge already. Should I stir fry them or freeze them? or Shell them? <br />
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I planted 20 bean plants--but cannot see them!<br />
My broccoli is all done and I tore it out. What do I put there?<br />
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2 of my beds of Greens got Aphids that I can't get rid of. Started tearing some out and soaping the rest.<br />
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Lettuce--oh how I love thee! We ate a lot for a month and then? I was sick of salads and quit harvesting it... now they are several feet tall. Lettuce is NOT supposed to be tall right? Think I will tear it out and replant. <br />
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Carrots & Radishes--have no idea when to pluck them. <br />
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Cabbage is cabbage-less. One less thing to figure out! <br />
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Kale, Collard, Chard: What doesn't have aphids needs harvesting, what does needs to be torn out.<br />
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Weeds: Plentiful! Must harvest soon!<br />
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Tomatoes are doing great! But I better figure out what to do with them all pretty soon!<br />
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Flowers--I pluck a few each week and put in a bud vase on my desk<br />
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Contrast--love how this flower was randomly planted next to the purple lettuce. I forget the type of this flower--it was the only one with out a tag <br />
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Cannonball!!!!! As a quick celebration of the sun, I brought a pool to my favorite little girl Ivy. <br />
We had fun in the sun last weekend. The adults(?) sat in chairs with our feet in the pool whist she jumped and played and splashed us. <br />
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Well--if I do not post this now--I will continue to add more C's to the list and you won't see it til <strike>August </strike>September. <br />
I now have Crows, Chester, Cake, Cayenne to add!xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-13708206576304901572011-07-18T11:34:00.000-07:002011-07-18T11:34:41.299-07:00B's in my bonnet<div class="separator" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CrCGthyi8UO9mEtGHHj96I-v_ak8syfd1W6XSm6zXgvoUWG187o6rn8haByR1R58b_9hRigMS6plSqtAEKOdC2TIa7XCqwmeriXkXF9BnmKgY392tsJTzeyXsVKKwMWWoJhCUY8p76HB/s1600/P7062719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">BORING--This BLOG has definitely become this. A few of these items may explain why. </div><br />
BEHIND-- I am going to attempt to keep some focus here on the blog by using the Alphabet going forward. <br />
Next up C is for _____. If you want to see something covered-give me a shout! <br />
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BUSY--We are doing everything and nothing all at once. Also see Boxes<br />
I have no idea how we kept up the momentum in the last year. Suddenly all the shopping, cooking, cleaning, laundry and 40hr a week day jobs have tired me out. I quit making to do lists, but it may keep me on task if I did. Who has time to make one??? <br />
Yes, make a to do list is on my mental to do list. Along with write a blog. <br />
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BEAMS--They are still gorgeous! We like to sit on the couch and stare at them all the time. <br />
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BROCCOLI--Is on its way out--cooked some on the BBQ but lost a lot of it to aphids and some flowered because I have not been diligent in the garden recently.<br />
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BUGS--I am NOT happy about this development. I have Aphids. I have been battling them with soap & water (I first typo'd with soup--maybe I should try that!) in a high pressure sprayer and so far--they keep coming back. I have also tried removing the offending plants and cutting off offending bits too. Next stop lady bugs--but I hear they usually prefer the neighbors yard.. so maybe I should release them in the neighbors yard so they come here? They really depress me (the bugs, not the neighbors) in to not wanting to look at the garden. <br />
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BEANS-I planted a few-but the peas are really full and in my way, so I should probably plant more soon. Is 20 seedlings enough? Probably not. I will regret it if summer comes and goes with out more beans!!!<br />
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BOXES-I have rooms of boxes upstairs. Every room. The kitchen bits we couldn't fit when we lived downstairs & we haven't used a lot of it in over a year, so I could get rid of it, but really we revised our dinner menu to accommodate our space-so I would like to make some of these more complicated recipes again soon. <br />
There are more boxes in the garage--mostly my books, that I plan on thinning, but I refuse to move them up til I clear up most of these boxes upstairs.<br />
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BEDTIME--We have been staying up way too late. The rule goes- after midnight just add 1 to every hour to make it seem earlier--but once you get to 13'oclock, it is truly time for bed. I BLAME this on:<br />
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BBQ-Of course we still BBQ, all the time. I haven't tried to make any meals on the stove yet in my new kitchen--I have til the letter K to get the kitchen finished right? Recent new menu item includes marinated chicken skewers & Franks Red hot sauce--I am all about putting that Sh#t on everything! <br />
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BOOZE-Still required for admission! <br />
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BURRITOS-We love to get burritos from JC's Market around the corner. Simone sells some amazing Mexican food in this place--open til 7 but closed Sundays! We seem to crave burritos mostly on Sundays so getting one during the week is pretty high on our to do list. <br />
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BROTHERS--2 guys that run JC's Market are Alain and Pierre-great guys from the Ivory Coast--We threaten to bring them veggies all the time, but have yet to actually come thru. <br />
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noteBOOK--We got a new one finally! This is one cause for the lack of updates. All the pictures are on the old notebook still so once I finish here, I will go there and upload some. I am a bit challenged with Win 7, but I'm getting there through necessity<br />
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BOOKS-I upgraded to the Nook recently, though I still have library books I am reading. I am not impressed. Maybe I will like it better after some more time. One plus is how quietly I can read in bed, in any position I want. But the selection of free and lendable books is a bit lacking. <br />
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BLACK EYED SUSANS--How did I not know about this flower til this year? LOVE at first sight! <br />
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BEFORE & Afters--I am even behind on this aspect--<br />
Remember the leaky washer back in May? Maybe I should show the after portion:<br />
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BOYS--Travis and Mark--(see also BAD COMPANY) are currently fixing the dry rot in the front deck. More pics shall come under D<br />
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There are possibly a few B's I have missed, but this is all I've got for now. <br />
<div style="text-align: left;">I sure miss reading all the blogs regularly. I hope to get back to that soon!</div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-53477817411426660802011-06-22T07:19:00.000-07:002011-06-22T07:19:00.969-07:00A is for Asparagus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In my pursuits to start asparagus last year I searched online(of course) for pictures of what it looks like growing. I was very disappointed to find very few NW gardeners with asparagus exploits. I found 1 long since updated Seattle blogger, and mostly asparagus farms from warmer regions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't understand why--I thought maybe it does not grow well here, but all I read said it should do just fine! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmJF_1q2FoSnN1ZAmwX5iUwlwFzA9IAw5L9zMW6wwHKaGg2HVKNp2RTtAftb7WOfUNXBBY7rAZqk0pCwfeEc5SPZ4BSq684xgEzktXx4ZsLKNRC1wjIMU99X5jKK6cj-vXQ-mWqGxqEVh/s1600/P6072638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmJF_1q2FoSnN1ZAmwX5iUwlwFzA9IAw5L9zMW6wwHKaGg2HVKNp2RTtAftb7WOfUNXBBY7rAZqk0pCwfeEc5SPZ4BSq684xgEzktXx4ZsLKNRC1wjIMU99X5jKK6cj-vXQ-mWqGxqEVh/s400/P6072638.JPG" width="300px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Obviously in the later years I will be eating the asparagus instead of having photo shoots with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As it turns out, it is very hard to get closeup shots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the majority of my asparagus: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPsjUio4LnzptnCN_zdbL95lkFQx1lak6bx_DbvzXn6Fmlhkbp8o7d28yaW79ivjemwZB7aGCGBvdVNXZcnP4_b6ITPhfHd-VjTUEF8VZKSBURPWAutVpbm5LRImREeUXZiMjuoGKrr-a/s1600/P6072637.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPsjUio4LnzptnCN_zdbL95lkFQx1lak6bx_DbvzXn6Fmlhkbp8o7d28yaW79ivjemwZB7aGCGBvdVNXZcnP4_b6ITPhfHd-VjTUEF8VZKSBURPWAutVpbm5LRImREeUXZiMjuoGKrr-a/s640/P6072637.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not much to look at really. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have a neighborhood dog who is blind and to keep her from playing Godzilla-we added twine and stakes was an afterthought.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> Here is my first broccoli. His name is tasty. Not a pretty plant to grow, as we have the bed covered with row cover. White sheet stuffs that lets in rain and light, but keeps out cabbage moths. <br />
So far so good, but maybe I should check it again today? <br />
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I have my first cherry tomatoes starting! I planned on planting less plants this year, but it may have become just 2 less plants than before... last year we had 17 or something crazy like that(my crazy gardener brings them and I have a hard time saying no) and I didn't have a single one die on me which I was fully planning on! <br />
So this year, instead of 3 rows for spiders to make homes, I only have 2! 6 plants per + 3 cherrys loving it up in a big pot... Oopsie!<br />
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First pepper! I planted jalapenos, cayenne, habanero, this one I forget, and some new ones I have never tried. I really wanted Ancho but couldn't find any starts anywhere. <br />
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I have 14 new types of flowers tucked into the edges of each bed. Each has a tag and I have yet to learn them all. daisies, zinnia, iris, stock, yellow ones, smelly ones, begonias, white ones, black eyed susans, hollyhock. I may have to photograph each one and make one post just to learn them. <br />
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The Iris is gorgeous, so that is no wonder. <br />
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These daisies, I trampled and broke some stems, so now I have a little vase of them at work.<br />
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And this is just glorious. It is growing up the poles now quite rapidly. How did I not know about Black Eyed Susans before now? Orange has always been my favorite. You will surely see more pics of this<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Edit: </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Last night I found tons of aphids all over my kale and collards! Eeeek. I started cutting off the offending parts, but taking a look around they have got to almost 1 full bed! What do I do? <br />
I stopped my cutting(clear cutting!) and decided to give it a day to research. Will just spraying them with water make them go away? or would they just land in the soil and climb(hop?) back up? </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Little gray/lavender buggers are creeping me out!</div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-39671168485688409762011-06-19T11:09:00.000-07:002011-06-19T11:09:27.425-07:00*MIA* but above ground!I sure miss this place--I am buried under a to do list a mile long! So much so that I skip looking at the list often and just do what is in front of me. No time to write, think or read blogs makes me sad. <br />
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This is what our move upstairs looked like: <br />
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We did not have any boxes. We didn't even have any plans to move upstairs when the carpets were cleaned at 8am. But 5pm rolls around and our ever trusting friends came over for a BBQ and in order to keep them busy--well... everyone just grabbed something and up we went! <br />
We have the best friends in the world! We finally fed them (BBQ Chicken & Steak with salad from the garden) at 9pm and sent them on there way tired and full. <br />
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So, this week has been a bit like moving in. Where is my hairbrush? Where is my coffee cup? Where are my car keys? Travis even lost his belt for a few days-ha!<br />
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I STILL have not finished the kitchen cupboard doors! Shhh. I should be working on those instead of writing this! The cotton in the air is NOT helping me get to painting. I have to keep the garage doors closed to keep the area sanitized and I need to keep them closed while they are drying..<br />
Meanwhile--the bases of the cupboards are good to go and the doors are not keeping me from moving in to the kitchen! My current mission is to fill them up in an orderly manner that doesn't have me turning in circles just to make a cup of coffee. <br />
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Travis finished the Beams!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Capital B is right!!<br />
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We stopped counting weeks ago at 120 hours on the ladder. <br />
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It only took a year longer than the 2 months planned.<br />
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And he won the bet. He finished the beams before I finished the kitchen cupboards.<br />
Though I didn't start til November it had become a competition.<br />
(Secretly I let him win)<br />
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Never fear--the kitchen is just a few days from done !!<br />
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Here are some lovely pictures of the work<br />
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We didn't need to stain after all. The Benite (wood conditioner) worked wonders! From Daly's in Bellevue.<br />
This process caused Travis to YELL for me downstairs.<br />
AAaaaapppril!!! <br />
I thought he spilled the conditioner($50/gal) or fell from the ladder he yelled so loud and urgent. <br />
Turns out he just wanted to me to see the miraculous change in color. It really was important!!<br />
After all the sanding, the wood had really lightened up to a kinda blah, so this color is nice and refreshing.<br />
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</div>We will never be as intimate as Travis with these beams in the 14 months he romanced them, as he has touched every square inch many times. Every nook, cranie and splinter!<br />
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Painting on stripper...<br />
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2nd coat of conditioner.<br />
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I'm sure I am missing a step somewhere... but he hasn't chimed in with his first hand experience for me to post.. <br />
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</div>This time to remove the asbestos laden popcorn ceiling downstairs! <br />
This hallway was the only spot with it down here (yes, I am still writing from the basement) <br />
Upstairs we will tackle one room at a time in the coming year(s)<br />
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</div>Meanwhile the carpets are being cleaned upstairs at this very moment<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> so we will be moving things in the next week! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yipppeeeee!</div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-64932806200293580302011-05-21T11:53:00.000-07:002011-05-21T11:53:34.072-07:00The flu made me a liarThe last post was scheduled already when I found this after the sun came out and dried up all the rain:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I had the flu and had to just let it all go on because... well... yeah. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got the flu 48hrs after Travis. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXr_qTsteFM_HXwrR54hXfP22f7XsauvJ2CuMn4aVNKKG1Q67oPK5nSlCMEm0OOduDjHCg_R_QDG6ikkSvi7f6BGJmcVMjFWPJqc0dtJgJf1BglmfJQFDNRUpm3H1uGOOZsv6ahngilIu/s1600/P5172430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXr_qTsteFM_HXwrR54hXfP22f7XsauvJ2CuMn4aVNKKG1Q67oPK5nSlCMEm0OOduDjHCg_R_QDG6ikkSvi7f6BGJmcVMjFWPJqc0dtJgJf1BglmfJQFDNRUpm3H1uGOOZsv6ahngilIu/s400/P5172430.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While we had gorgeous weather Tues-Fri, I was in bed worrying about work, our to do list, the lying on the blog and... actually, no I wasn't. I was just in bed. </div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJe2ba2fNdEe7CdRh1TbpUmbR8XhR9ZeWnjikbQy2Z6E2N9GWkFYnC8qf2fOzWz0gt5wH4U4v7eNHzuNsXd2aAjgeBIWZkM68mr628fVDpWnWQ-XFbqYKIVT1I3qENF7HJM4qDGmwYD0b/s1600/P5172434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJe2ba2fNdEe7CdRh1TbpUmbR8XhR9ZeWnjikbQy2Z6E2N9GWkFYnC8qf2fOzWz0gt5wH4U4v7eNHzuNsXd2aAjgeBIWZkM68mr628fVDpWnWQ-XFbqYKIVT1I3qENF7HJM4qDGmwYD0b/s640/P5172434.JPG" width="640px" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now this opening after the storm isn't nearly as pretty as what I remember when it was fresh, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it is still pretty! The petals were fuller and it wasn't open this wide. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I have evidence to find the type of Magnolia!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> The story of this Magnolia, that requires patience goes like this: I bought some Magnolia tree babies from Arbor day foundation for Mothers day back in 2002 or 2003 for several mothers in my life and gave them out. Then I had plant envy! I hadn't thought to buy one for myself! But since I lived in an apartment, it was probably for the best. But one day I found a lonely vaguely labelled mystery Magnolia at some unreputable store and took it home for $20. It does get green and leafy this time of year after it blooms (or is supposed to) and stays leafy til late fall. So it distracted me from the fact that it is SUPPOSED to flower. <br />
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</tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> As it turns out it just wanted a real home of its own, because it bloomed for the first time the week after we bought the house. I admit, I was a bit shocked when I saw that first bloom. I was warming up my car to go to work when I noticed it. I promptly jumped out of my car and did a little happy dance (the neighbors still aren't making eye contact) then ran back in the house for my camera! <br />
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I just have to figure out where to plant this ungrateful mystery Magnolia with its fleeting bloom.<br />
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Any suggestions on plant identification websites I can upload some pics to find out what this is?<br />
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</div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-63943179959742957642011-05-18T13:25:00.000-07:002011-05-18T13:25:30.089-07:00Post-Crastination<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A year ago today I planted my first ever vegetables! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And believe it or not the sun was shining. I was even in shorts and thongs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I wrote this on the 16th)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDudxacvWIWATgfcngb48T2oRtwo5ar4Tw9cb9RkyaTpMDOWEEFrmImfQdSh-Xzlo8zR8TTByjGJnZi5fTTpwZWohDfBa4RBaYJ60tZqTnGQy3FTVoPcLJ4XMWdd1RRDAPBJm6FNbysQN3/s1600/P5160150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDudxacvWIWATgfcngb48T2oRtwo5ar4Tw9cb9RkyaTpMDOWEEFrmImfQdSh-Xzlo8zR8TTByjGJnZi5fTTpwZWohDfBa4RBaYJ60tZqTnGQy3FTVoPcLJ4XMWdd1RRDAPBJm6FNbysQN3/s640/P5160150.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>These have been in the ground for a month now and If I thought last years garden was lush--this is really gonna be something! With the exception of tomatoes--which we will not talk about! (High of 55 today!) <br />
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So whether you are early or late--it will still turn out okay. <br />
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With the exception of flowers pictures!<br />
This mysterious Magnolia made me wait 5 years for 1 bloom. ONE! <br />
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I find without a bloom it is nearly impossible to find out the type it is... <br />
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By the time I noticed it bloom last year a wind storm had knocked it off the retaining wall and all I got was this lousy <strike>tshirt </strike>picture with a broken petal. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I waited a full year... and waited... another month and FINALLY. I got one, ONE! bloom again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did not put off taking its picture and watching each day for it to open! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I have deduced it is of the "little girl" hybrid of Magnolia. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ03xMUApaO4s86p5D_xh-lMuEJiE1K9loPYDzvXCmzCLOnZy0Ae1AKrgTOubJ3MYKnQAGyOI0kWkiH8CqklU0E3qtLK6FSoTpCKaeGBrc5yhRlLuNu2Mvb4VsFCVkAqY45tbZg71vMXn/s1600/P5082344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ03xMUApaO4s86p5D_xh-lMuEJiE1K9loPYDzvXCmzCLOnZy0Ae1AKrgTOubJ3MYKnQAGyOI0kWkiH8CqklU0E3qtLK6FSoTpCKaeGBrc5yhRlLuNu2Mvb4VsFCVkAqY45tbZg71vMXn/s320/P5082344.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
Well, Ann, Betty, Susan, Jane, Randy, Judy or who ever the hell you think you are! I don't think I will be saving many more mystery plants at the local shops. You are all ungrateful not to be more patient with me.<br />
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I saw it open Friday night and it was glorious (if only because I waited 5+ years to see the inside!) and by the time I got around to it with my camera Saturday we had a record breaking rain storm and this is what you give me<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So you CAN put of your veggie planting, but you really shouldn't. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unless they are tomatoes! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then you SHOULD put it off as long as its under 55 every. single. day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But you CAN'T put off the flower photos or you may as well just take pictures of the branches!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We lost a week(or gained a few years of life!) Cleaned out the pipes and he replaced the faucets.<br />
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But I mean ----Come on--look at this gunk?! This is why we use a Brita filter for our water consumption!<br />
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</div> And it wasn't enough that we turned off the main water, opening all the faucets, changing out the faucets, turning on the main, closing the faucets, that we find this little itty bitty leak... and start back at the beginning. <br />
No such leaking the 2nd go around (and when I saw we, I did the running & he did the real work)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then comes the adding of drywall. I think this was less than $5 worth of materials?</div><br />
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Luckily we had all the other tools. Yes more tools! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then he mudded the area(joint compound I think)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-eSHLlK5GSSI5EppfdulhaoOC0-7PylrjMPjmbduW8x03w7CBKWGZz-uahNlxZxIcYYBgxFaoSBNQXFjjBmzpOIKJMx5dwubrCPGfIwE1K_dsNM0TLSaFiU1maIdmPaxI_RUTZa38NPz/s1600/P5122369.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-eSHLlK5GSSI5EppfdulhaoOC0-7PylrjMPjmbduW8x03w7CBKWGZz-uahNlxZxIcYYBgxFaoSBNQXFjjBmzpOIKJMx5dwubrCPGfIwE1K_dsNM0TLSaFiU1maIdmPaxI_RUTZa38NPz/s320/P5122369.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div> And the gap behind the left faucet...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have slept in the same room as this gaping hole since we moved in. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Shocking I know! That I never mentioned it before....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge483S10K865HBxTPCF3I-b7XGZONvwcs910tciVEmlbnh8SyS0mNPbx0Iyg_qez1G_8DYJ5tHH6BpWL09F_hAwfvPGmAN3wTwXBwplU-Qmp-MyDXNSRkhpjq8aQQtUlTiQcfU1sPJX7Ev/s1600/P5122381.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge483S10K865HBxTPCF3I-b7XGZONvwcs910tciVEmlbnh8SyS0mNPbx0Iyg_qez1G_8DYJ5tHH6BpWL09F_hAwfvPGmAN3wTwXBwplU-Qmp-MyDXNSRkhpjq8aQQtUlTiQcfU1sPJX7Ev/s320/P5122381.JPG" width="240px" /></a></div><br />
It has been quite the sore spot since I realized some time ago WHY it was there at all. We asked the sellers to replace the breaker box, they did... and that was all. Not even bothering to replace the drywall once the job is done! Sigh... other patch in the garage is missing too due to this project. <br />
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Looking more closely we notice daylight thru the wall :( No wonder I have battled spiders all this time!!!<br />
And I have to wear socks to bed (or maybe that is because I am a woman?)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now a few spiders are a small price to pay for the new electrical panel we requested during the inspection. The old one had been recalled back in the 80's but no one ever noticed... And the place did not burn down so all was well... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got instead of new flooring, a new breaker box! Weeeeee! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hardly something you brag to your peers about, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but OUR house is not going to burn down around this box! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And everything is labelled which is a dream come true. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Except for those 4 way switches/front lights and turning off the plugged in lights with a switch upstairs causes the outside front light/plugs to work... Hmmmm...)</div><br />
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After taping...<br />
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Adding mud....<br />
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Do you think a white patch here will detract from the baby blue and pink bedroom?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here is a sneak peak at what I did this weekend!</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are definitely not NEW... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but clean and fresh and NOT greasy is all I am after. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I would take nicks, dings and knife scrapes over what I had in there before anyway!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I couldn't make the sweet molasses(brown) come out quite right in color so it wouldn't be fair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still have to paint the final coat on the accent wall. It is not quite as orange as the pics make it out to be since it is just primer. Not that I mind the color it is now, it is just not in the plan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once we paint this--it will NEVER be painted again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Too many tall corners and straight lines--that I cannot do well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As for cupboard, I have some touch ups to do, send off the hinges to a friend, and get those doors & drawers painted! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you Travis for working so hard all week that being sick this weekend didn't even phase us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-70549165273200608882011-05-10T08:35:00.000-07:002011-05-10T08:35:40.560-07:00Mothers Day MassacreThis weekend started off great! We were quite proud of ourselves for making so much progress upstairs on Saturday. We started early and worked til 4 before calling it a night. We had a small BBQ planned with 1 guest but that amazingly turned in to 5. Not sure how that happens around here, but "surprise" parties have happened more than once! I am not showing any detailed pics of the kitchen til it's finished, but here is Travis steadily working away on the east beam. This beam is proving much harder than the west, but Ill go in to that in more detail in another post. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were so proud of our efforts we decided to take it easy a bit Sunday morning. The sun was trying to come out and yard work is very tempting escape from our work upstairs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We could go bike riding, or run some errands or just a nice walk in the sun(= cloudy not raining)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laundry was started, we werefed & dressed... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But Sunday had other plans for us...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While brushing teeth I hear a drip drip dripping sound....</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Down in the basement, the washer/dryer are in the 1/2 bath.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is where we followed the sound of dripping water....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Don't look too closely--Ew! This was one area that we hadn't cleaned out after moving in. I had lost something off the counter a month back and when I looked to see if I could reach it I noticed the previous owners too had lost things back here. Laundry items, kids toys & socks. I added "Cleaning behind washer" to our to do list.. once we finish upstairs... <br />
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</tbody></table> Well, we didn't get to wait on that. It also contained mold and wet drywall! How long has it been dripping? We don't know but a trip to Home Depot ensued. Travis has some mad skills (skilz?) and with some quick thinking and bleach he cleaned it all up set the fan on it. With a few new tools he removed the wet drywall and has all supplies on hand to make it new again! <br />
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</div> During this debacle, we hired a man who was in need of some work. We figured if we were behind we could save some time in the yard and help someone else along with fixing the water issue.<br />
After talking with him a bit we decided he sober and just down on his luck (meaning wouldn't kill us in our sleep or stalk our house in the following weeks) so we handed him the weed whacker and lawn mower and off he went.<br />
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He did a 110% job! Even mowed the lower moat, which we would just weed whack because of the slope and moistness of it. All these weeds and ground covers almost look like lawn now!!!<br />
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</div> The extra 10% comes from the fact that he MOWED DOWN my Autumn Joy Sedum. Which was conveniently surrounded by daffodils minus the yellow heads!!! It looks like a murder scene:<br />
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</tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good thing I take lots of pictures. I will always have the memories of it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Picture this, plus 3 weeks of growth, but with the yellow flowers removed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looks like NOT GRASS TO ME. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloWmbO-1x9cYgGedeYTULUsvReV-lVsBOlrQyeXCaRxnFZi7agGL0W4qAFiFvzKFi6joEySVL_hVO15Jfm4Lqw41Gb6kuHTBHFj1LoTI2ntNQUM_k39NBF3hAbbzaywyCWzUZ1rxrpZUV/s1600/P4071976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloWmbO-1x9cYgGedeYTULUsvReV-lVsBOlrQyeXCaRxnFZi7agGL0W4qAFiFvzKFi6joEySVL_hVO15Jfm4Lqw41Gb6kuHTBHFj1LoTI2ntNQUM_k39NBF3hAbbzaywyCWzUZ1rxrpZUV/s320/P4071976.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
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</div> Now had we been supervising, we wouldn't have needed his help in the first place. But had we been supervising we would have noticed he possibly never used a weed whacker, mower or rake in his life.<br />
But no problem right? I had never done alot of yard work before this house. It is pretty easy to figure out.<br />
Here he got all the weeds, left the rock and tree standing. He did help the neighbor remove the pesky Snap dragons that were separating our yards. They were only oh--18 inches tall and NOT A WEED. Another 110% for this section!<br />
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</div> Here, all the Bugle weed is looking GREAT! This is a section he got perfect. We asked he attempt to rid it of dandelions but leave as much of these as he could. <br />
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</tbody></table>So it seems that no good deed goes unpunished. This guy was blind! Like actually legally blind!<br />
Next time we will let our weeds grow for another day. <br />
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I keep telling myself, both those plants were free. <em>Both those plants were free. Both those plants were free. Both those plants were free...</em><br />
And now I can go buy more!! It isn't so much the plants as it is fun to watch things grow. I had grown attached to those 2 already and never would have willingly given them up. So maybe this is for the best? <br />
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Back in the house, Travis replaced the hoses that were dripping, unclogged the drain tube which alerted me to the dripping in the first place. Cut out the drywall, doused everything in more bleach and put the fan on it. <br />
Turns out it could be the washing machine pump or a tub seal on top of the hoses, drain hole and now some drywall repair. <br />
After Travis took it apart: Inside the washer is where the drain hose connects, it had been rubbing on sheet metal and leaking from the bottom. Along with the hoses and faucets were dripping(replaced now) and the drain was clogged. <br />
Im super suprised that we managed to catch this NOW(a few weeks ago would have been good too) compared to the Huge mess that these 3 leaking items could have caused. <br />
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Here is how the night ended with a bucket to catch the drips from the faucets that need replacing (on top of the hoses) <br />
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</tbody></table> All so we could finish up the laundry before turning off the water to it. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It could have been so much worse but it seems to always be two steps forward and one step back (minus a few plants)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Im glad we caught this now before it turned in to a job to big for us to handle. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Travis rocks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To end this on a happy note--I saw my first bird on the feeder!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Many more followed during the day.</span></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-47143813652224867052011-05-07T11:09:00.000-07:002011-05-07T11:22:04.774-07:00Random update: Garden Edition<div style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
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(<em>This is going to be a really long post. Feel free to skip the words and browse the pictures </em><em>or maybe just read half and come back and read the rest another day)</em><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">April was a plant filled month. I was off work for a week for my birthday and what better excuse to buy all the plants you desire?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this random update will include tons of PLANTS. Along with some yard updates.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This has nothing to do with plants--but my Littler and I shared this flaming volcano of booze at my birthday dinner at Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse. Fantastic food, drinks & friends all for me! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Travis and I also went to Bellevue Botanical Gardens and maybe that is why it was a plant craze of a month?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That will have to be a post of its own. Lots of wonderful plants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> My crazy gardener delivered these during my vacation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Snap peas, kale, collard, chard, broccoli, cabbage, lettuces oh my!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1ldpWD32qS3cpgtTS_XYFlGrEYP7UY8ViM_zqnO70ZgFCdZbGJpfJNApFyW5uQoUpYbU2I_WXYqVIGB7Tm4mcw-DUh17tNCU-mo47extyox26fH8lA5Nhle_vywFGXfh4-i5Q9tRhnrK/s1600/Photo0899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1ldpWD32qS3cpgtTS_XYFlGrEYP7UY8ViM_zqnO70ZgFCdZbGJpfJNApFyW5uQoUpYbU2I_WXYqVIGB7Tm4mcw-DUh17tNCU-mo47extyox26fH8lA5Nhle_vywFGXfh4-i5Q9tRhnrK/s640/Photo0899.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><br />
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This was a gift from the lovely Emily. <br />
I'm not usually one for names, but I had to know and with my trusty google skills (purple succulents) I got this: <br />
Echeveria '<b>Perle von Nurnberg</b>'.<br />
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Here are some African daisies from Jen. Not a very good picture, but love them anyway!<br />
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Here is my new Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt....TAKE 3. Will I never learn?<br />
I suppose I should treat it as an annual and just plan on buying one each year. The hummingbirds love it.<br />
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Creating work where there was none before? Yes, that is us!<br />
What should have been a 2 hour project took 3 weeks. These brackets were out of stock and the other brand had the wrong measurements... but eventually I got smart and went to a different Home Depot and scored. <br />
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In the fall I planted 12 horse chestnuts I found around town, so Chester could have a mate (needed for pollination some day) and I thought it was a bust, nothing came up. As I was dumping the pots to throw them out, I found 3 that HAD germinated, and 1 was actually out of the soil. So I kept it, and was surprised to see it was standing up the next day! Ya for baby trees! This guy is 2 inches tall. <br />
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We have peas against the fence, then the entine 3 rows on the left are kale, collard and chard. Yes, we really really like our greens!<br />
Empty space at the top is for the hot weather stuff. In the center is Broccoli and now carrots are planted. <br />
And bottom right is spinach and 6 kinds of lettuce. <br />
My paths are quite wide but that just means I can tuck in random plants I come across :)<br />
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And close again with out notice! The name escapes me and I don't feel like looking it up atm. I am pretty sure we will have more pictures of these.. Ok ok. Clusiana something or other is the type.<br />
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And last, my bribe for the lawn mower purchase! I finally got a bird feeder! Now come home all you birdies! Come eat at my house! It has been a week and I see little evidence of visitation...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">If you made it here--I congratulate you! Hooray! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">So much happens in 3 weeks around here--I really need to update more often. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I promise I won't do this again!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(fingers are crossed a bit though)</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-86793417275103554032011-04-28T08:20:00.000-07:002011-04-28T08:20:06.948-07:00The house is silentI have not experienced a quiet house for more than 8yrs. <br />
Always a rattle of the cage, a flap of the wing, a greeting or a pitter patter of little feet across the floor. <br />
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Our beloved parrot Fred passed away early Thursday morning, 2 weeks ago on the 14th of April. <br />
He was a male Eclectus who was such a huge part of our flock. In fact, he made us a flock. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">...While the boys took a nap <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Travis ACTUALLY does approve this photo</td></tr>
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</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZYUdB0gwQPRJIjRI-GAR7jWFILMb7wenX7AY1gMUGm_Jh60EfhiTdnsB5VVSqQe04exw6QqrxoKSq2th5zvlBZX6ny7XdfuUvLrN3p02oP2msDs_RHg_3XI-Zy6AVNdgKN1-jFtghBng/s1600/Photo0096A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He followed us everywhere. What ever we were doing. He wanted to be doing that too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eating at the dinner table.... </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actually a rarity-we served him at his cage</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Sitting on the mirror watching us get ready for the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdYZzol4Z0tLaicBFcbx_wfTTLZtVJp334aUCD2f-gHBG_sCBvfX-XuLS07WCzdjBCeHoqYDxii9QaohT8-BZUBBFx6haoiEtM9aZdJclRBRK2fpvFD-aMCWtpHLOGL22zbhur2-WCxaK/s1600/fred+june+2008.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdYZzol4Z0tLaicBFcbx_wfTTLZtVJp334aUCD2f-gHBG_sCBvfX-XuLS07WCzdjBCeHoqYDxii9QaohT8-BZUBBFx6haoiEtM9aZdJclRBRK2fpvFD-aMCWtpHLOGL22zbhur2-WCxaK/s320/fred+june+2008.bmp" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Taking showers with us was a big love of his and the blow drying that came after.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Travis made this perch so he could grip better.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzS5Wd8IqaEFUty24CsijjgKKu3EchYohA4MBtLIl5WHQKW3-SAo9UU-QcBDeKwyK-JZ8Bn9He5tfn5-vAi1Zvn9Lx_utn1zD8cFHh39D7optekwcxHvu0SdcPenWiIa84LWvjIkt2Tuu6/s1600/0122111938.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzS5Wd8IqaEFUty24CsijjgKKu3EchYohA4MBtLIl5WHQKW3-SAo9UU-QcBDeKwyK-JZ8Bn9He5tfn5-vAi1Zvn9Lx_utn1zD8cFHh39D7optekwcxHvu0SdcPenWiIa84LWvjIkt2Tuu6/s320/0122111938.jpeg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He would even bare the cold dirty garage for papas sake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcxibM9cDQ9ZHQtHmBEXrsV7Bnyz5vQ1JMEO0NsYdChGzy5wt_Qz-mrRCqPecRwh1JfzJPV8W-HlyYGvylZw-3DtIr6q8lmyUx0WzLNDrCqTOXOYrsSb-Foyz-0q-thXvZgOkQsgyu2G8/s1600/PA230906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcxibM9cDQ9ZHQtHmBEXrsV7Bnyz5vQ1JMEO0NsYdChGzy5wt_Qz-mrRCqPecRwh1JfzJPV8W-HlyYGvylZw-3DtIr6q8lmyUx0WzLNDrCqTOXOYrsSb-Foyz-0q-thXvZgOkQsgyu2G8/s320/PA230906.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">He enjoyed a bit of our every meal and snack. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I would say his favorite was cheese, but really his favorite was FOOD</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> He enjoyed our company just as much as we did. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Especially women. He could hear higher tones better and respond to them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our friends were excited when he finally warmed up to them (without biting)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div> We thought he looked a bit like the Instant Martians from Marvin the martian cartoons. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"She was not quite what you would call refined. <br />
She was not quite what you would call unrefined. <br />
She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot." <br />
Mark Twain<br />
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<strong>Fred Franklin Finger-Biter Beak, you will be missed more than I ever knew possible. </strong>xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.com4