This house is still driving me crazy, that has not changed a bit. I am still planning on selling it one day and planning to add onto it the next day. Loving the charm of my house one day and hating the inefficiency of it the next day. Loving my big yard one day and … Continue reading
Here it is the end of May, damn near June and my yard is still a mess. Now in my defense I got started early and cut down some things and planted some things and laid some mulch. Then a bunch of my NEW plants died. OMG what in the heck was going on? I … Continue reading
I saw a garage turned into an artist studio and I love love love the idea of it. Continue reading
When I first got here I made a post in Gardenweb asking for advice on house colors. Someone photo shopped my house with different colors. I picked the Red but ultimately settled on the safer green when I went to buy the paint. Remember this was before I changed the windows and did other things … Continue reading
Yeah so what? I haven’t even finished with the inside of the house yet and here I am thinking about painting the outside of the house. WELLLLLLL It is getting warm and now is the time before it gets sweltering hot!! When I painted the house a few years ago I waited until full Spring … Continue reading
I was working in an upscale neighborhood today and all the yards were abuzz with gardeners maintaining already lush lawns, cleaning people were in the houses cleaning and the women were walking their dogs, jogging, strolling…doing everything under the sun but working. I saw Audi’s, Jaguars, Mercedes..toys for spoiled women. What kind of work do … Continue reading
OMG I went to Walmart to find two things…Dahlia bulbs that were on clearance a couple of weeks ago and felt for my umbrella stand design. Dahlia’s were gone 😦 so I can just get that out of my head until next year. Felt was $6.00 for 5 pieces of 8×10 felt. When did felt … Continue reading
As I started putting things away in my kitchen I felt as if I was moving in all over again. I have so much stuff and I swear I must have some gypsy in my blood because I am not one to enjoy a lot of empty space. For some reason I feel like I should fill every single available nook and cranny and when I have company they are always looking around distracted when I am trying to talk. The comment I always hear is your place is so interesting. LOL Not sure if that is a nice way of saying hoarderish and/or junky but I hope not as that was not the goal. I did throw a lot of things away so I KNOW I am not as bad as those ppl on Continue reading
OMG this is killing me but I have to do my school work and keep on top of that then I still have to work, of course. The contractor finally came over to give me an estimate on my kitchen. When he walked in his exact words were “OMG What happened in here?” I told … Continue reading
I was losing hair thinking about that horrid Army looking color combo colors in my kitchen. I couldn’t imagine living with that. I am Navy not Army after all. I kept telling myself “oh it’s not really camouflage…besides the only time you will go in the kitchen is to pass thru it” But all this hard work to not like the results seems kind of self sacrificial to me. I tossed and turned last night thinking about this because it’s now or never. If I paint later I am bound to mess up some stuff. One thing I am celebrating since I turned 50 is if there is something I do not like, something that makes me feel uneasy, and/or makes me question my decision…I do not have to put up or live with it I can scrap it and move on to something else. So if I don’t like the paint, repaint and have a nice day. It’s a Continue reading
Okay so its time to get to work. I asked a friend to help me this weekend but they are spending the weekend having fun at the beach. I can understand that I mean who in their right mind wants to spend their summer helping me fix up my raggedy old house? Well today I … Continue reading
Those of you who don’t know, I am an Appraiser and I look at houses and place value on them for a living. I love my job because aside from the challenges in this dry market I get to see how people live. I see the good, the bad, the ugly and the unbelievable. I … Continue reading
I have to be careful about letting my supervisor see things that I am excited about. She killed my excitement over the Knock out Roses and the Crepe Myrtles and the back door with the blind built-in the window and now today she saw a proof copy of my print that I am putting in … Continue reading
All day long I couldn’t wait to get off. I have some shopping to do…again. I went to the Surplus store where I got my cabinets and got Randy to explain to me AGAIN what I am supposed to be doing. Now he added more on the list. Put a layer of lauan on the floor, … Continue reading
Even though I woke up in terrrible pain I managed to get a lot of things done this weekend… Continue reading
As soon as I got home from work today I got to working on a project immediately. I felt like it took priority over the kitchen BUT in truth I was only planning on working on it for a few minutes and then move on to something else. I am too embarrassed to even say … Continue reading
My boss nick-named me “train wreck” and sometimes I do feel like a train wreck or I been in a train wreck. This renovation is a train wreck, my hair is a train wreck, my scarred up legs look like they been in a train wreck, and my bank account is a train wreck. LOL yeah, I accept that name for now.
I got up early this morning and the goal of the day was Continue reading
Okay so when this project started I was only getting a price for windows because I saw a sign in Lowe’s for $99 installation price on windows but when I priced all new windows I decided to only get a garden window, then I decided to take off the paneling in the kitchen and was … Continue reading
I am a pretty independent and handy chick but at the end of the day I am still a woman and I have my limitations. I am comfortable with that. occasionally I have to send out the distress signal and get rescued. Yesterday was such a day. Something so simple as not being able to shut off the shut off valve for the faucets was holding me up. Continue reading
I feel torn right now. Went to church this morning, came home and rested. Since I woke up this morning I have had a headache that just don’t want to stop and in church it seemed the music was doubly loud and it made my head hurt that much worse. It feels as if it … Continue reading
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