tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83492115161251180432024-02-07T10:34:18.100-08:00Ten Acres and a PondNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-73914103730537591382012-06-17T11:34:00.000-07:002012-06-17T11:34:14.670-07:00a few more improvementsI painted a door.... it was the same nasty blue as the rest of trim was and for some reason we didn't repaint it when we painted the garage...<br />
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And we paid some local folk to come do this...<br />
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So what's left?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rich installed two new garage doors.... </span></td></tr>
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And next weekend he will be installing two garage door openers.. at which point I will start actually pulling into the garage...i can't wait...<br />
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This week I start a new job. I accepted a full time position as a team coordinator for a local hospice. It's been at least eight years since I worked outside the home. It's going to be quite the change....and I am very excited...<br />
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-38552976472970130112012-06-02T07:56:00.000-07:002012-06-17T11:35:05.382-07:00big things happening over here folks... We are finally getting to the end of things around here... I don't think we will ever finish, as Rich seems to find <i>something</i> we need to do every weekend.. But the big "must do to live here" things are almost done.<br />
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These were left on the list...<br />
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Furnace and A/C<br />
Move the Propane tank<br />
Have a concrete floor poured in the garage (it's sand)<br />
Install garage doors and openers <br />
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When we bought our house, we were told that the heating and cooling systems were <i>probably</i> the original systems and this house was built in the 1970's... That's a long time folks...30 odd years...old...<br />
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Thursday a local heating and cooling company showed up to fix that.. We now have a brand new furnace and A/C unit... He and his one worker were here almost 12 hours Thursday.. I had planned to let them get started and then take the grandkids out of the house because we were told it would be noisy in here.. That didn't happen as the one grand showed up with a low grade fever, no appetite and a junky stomach.. so we stayed home and really the noise wasn't all that bad...<br />
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The A/C unit used to be under the deck...that is not the ideal place for it... We had it installed on the south side of the house with new lines also.. When the heating/cooling guy came to give us the estimate we found out that all the gas lines in the basement were not gas lines...they were water lines...yes...propane was running through copper pipes used for plumbing.. Not safe...at...all...<br />
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Sorry, no photo of the old or new furnace...one was ugly and dirty and nasty...the new one is just a big metal box...lol<br />
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When we moved here the propane tank was located right next to the garage...There were many times we were afraid someone was going to back into it...<br />
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We called and made an appointment to have it moved across the driveway to a small area of land that wouldn't grow grass and was hidden behind a little row of trees..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and this is the last one of Ava...</td></tr>
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Next week we have Ron coming to pour a new garage floor...right now the floor is sand...yea...sand...Maybe we should have a beach party? before it's gone?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ok. this IS the last one ... she loved walking around the driveway "Grandma, take this pose!"she would say...</td></tr>
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This weekend will be work free...for me, anyway...Rich is fixing a little problem with a down spot this morning.. then off to memorial for a friends dad and then tomorrow we have a 6th grade graduation for a nephew...oh wait...great-nephew...HA..we ARE getting old.. His mom was our Jr.Bridesmaid...LOL<br />
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And here are the afters... after sweating and raking and lugging and sweating and carrying and well, you get the idea... WE WORKED!!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ten years of leaves were raked away from these plants, more than one dead plant removed and mulch added.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing will grow here...nothing...it gets no sun..and the cats would tear up any plantings while new... We thought about mulch, but we figured the cats would just scatter it everywhere..so Rich carried 28 bags of white granite chips down the side of the house and i ripped them open and dumped them... It may not be the best landscaping but it looks clean...go back and take a good look at the before photo again.. See all the leaves he raked away...we didn't even realize that the concrete step went all the way over to the house...</td></tr>
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Somehow i missed getting a photo of the clipped holly (ivy?), so look at that before photo and imagine it all clipped nice and round with black mulch underneath...believe me it's pretty..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is our parking situation at the moment.. At the most we have three cars and a truck parked in various places..the problem is that propane tank. It's in the worse possible position...many a times we almost hit it backing up in the snow and ice...</td></tr>
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The propane man came today and trenched across the driveway (and <i>might</i> have cut the phone line, uh oh!!) Tomorrow he will return and move that propane tank across to the other side of the driveway....behind a stand of trees...and out of our way...<br />
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And more workers are coming tomorrow to do a HUGE job... photos to come...<br />
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This past weekend we experienced 90-92 degree heat...so what to do? Go to the pool? no... Sit in the AC and sew? no... Work outside in the heat? SURE!! Why not?<br />
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116 boards $470.00<br />
696 deck screws $25.00<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and right... Sorry about the lawn mower..I had just finished cutting the front grass..and was waiting for the back to dry a bit more before cutting it...luckily I didn't have to do it. I left to attend the String Concert for a grandson and Rich cut while I was gone...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and finished...almost...<strike>We</strike> Rich will be adding a sliding barn door in that big gaping hole and it will be painted to match the deck..but that's for next summer. You have to let the treated wood dry out before you can paint it...yea for that...</td></tr>
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I have decided that I just <i>might</i> be getting a bit old to work outside in the sun all day...<br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-113914621856624992012-04-22T16:57:00.000-07:002012-04-22T16:57:04.708-07:00More of the Great Outdoors...Lets play BEFORE and AFTER...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are focusing on the island of planting there in the middle of the photo.. This is before...</td></tr>
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I hated that big post with the bug zapper on top...hated it...Like everything else when we moved in the bug zapper didn't actually work...it was just hanging there... I pulled it down and dragged it around the house and plunked it down onto the big pile we have of "trash for Rich, the trash man"...<br />
I also pulled out a lot of dead plants... and while I was cutting grass Rich (not to confused with Trash Man Rich) started working in the back... The back of the house is just plain ugly... All of that area underneath the deck and sun porch needs to be enclosed. Saturday he did some preliminary work and got four post holes dug, concrete poured into them and some post brackets set.. Today he got four posts in...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">before....really ugly and those satellite dishes don't help any.. Unfortunately we have to have TV and Internet... and with most of our land in trees, this is the only place to get a good "sky view"..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stringers ready for next weekend...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thought I would show you the planting on the left side...Hosta..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more Hosta along with three Concord Grape plants..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the inside I did a bit of DIY spray painting.. Our daughter was cleaning out her garage and she had that headboard..It was bronze which is not a color I happen to like, so I used Rustoleum Hammered in Silver... This is the guest room..and still needs a dust ruffle and proper quilt..and a new lamp..and some artwork might be nice..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closeup of the paint job.. I love how it turned out.. Not bad for the cost of two cans of spray paint..</td></tr>
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And I also did a little DIY on the refrigerator.. When it was delivered it had a big sticker on the front. It was supposed to be stuck to the plastic coating, but it wasn't... I couldn't get that sticker off with anything... Then my sister-in-law came out for Easter and noticed it... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">to get this off... it was worse, but I forgot to take a photo before I started...this is halfway through..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add Miracle Whip (Mayo would work also) and let sit..</td></tr>
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-6903326687301984672012-04-16T08:09:00.001-07:002012-04-16T08:17:12.034-07:00outside...As the weather warms up here in the Midwest, <strike>I am being forced to work </strike>we are doing more outside work... This past weekend I was gone Saturday from 8am and didn't return home until after 5pm...<br />
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"Someone" decided to do some planning and working on his own... I was surprised to come home to this..<br />
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</tbody></table>Sunday morning, <strike>I was asked nicely if I could help with some outside work,</strike> I was told to drink my tea, eat my breakfast and come on outside... ugh...<br />
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Remember, we started with this...<br />
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leaves everywhere...<br />
no grass...<br />
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Oh wait!! Did you notice the fence? It's new!! Since that happened a couple of weekends ago, lets start there...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isn't it nice... We needed to add the fence in order to be able to get dirt to stay IN the yard and not wash down the hill...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then Rich and Ryan shoveled dirt into the front yard.. This was 11 scoops of dirt dropped into our Chevy truck...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more dirt...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So now we have a fence and dirt... Remember that before photo?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I raked these....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some came from the side of the garage...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And now after working all day yesterday, in the rain, we have two stone walls...filled with dirt... two new steps...grass seed and straw... and a pad of concrete pavers for the trash can..</td></tr>
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Now we need to research plantings for those areas...We know absolutely nothing about plants..we need something that will grow in partial afternoon sun and that won't die easily...Hostas maybe? We did manage to save the Clematis on the right..I'm not a big fan of the lattice structure, but it's woven so tight on it I don't know if we can change it... We are open to any ideas on plantings.. Grapes are going in on the right..and the cat door is going to be closed up..I'm pretty sure that's where all the kittens are being produced...lol<br />
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Grass is already starting to grow in front of the house and hopefully with all the rain we got in the last two days the grass under all that straw will germinate and start growing... <br />
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And now we move to the back...<br />
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We've had more visitors show up...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FREE KITTENS... They are approximately4 weeks old now. They were born under the steps below our bedroom window and I have seen 3 so far...this one has the bluest eyes... They should be ready to be adopted soon!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the same three deer show up every day unless it's raining or windy... They are very comfortable and don't mind us being on the deck snapping photos..</td></tr>
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Now I need to go and make a birthday cake and get the house ready for company...It's my grandson's birthday tomorrow and we are hosting tonight with BBQ pork steaks, baked potatoes, fried corn and pineapple Birthday cake...<br />
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-67201952579473320482012-03-28T09:57:00.004-07:002012-03-28T10:03:38.159-07:00a new visitor...We had a visitor a couple of days ago... He came in unannounced, stayed a few minutes and promptly took off... We were very excited to get a photo of him....<br />
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Rich was pretty sure that this is a Bobcat... He sent a photo off to our local conservation agent and sure enough..<br />
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<pre>Yes, I do think it's a bobcat. It appears to have the distinctive color </pre><pre>pattern of a bobcat. You would need to go out to the site and measure the </pre><pre>salt block to compare measurements. Bobcats are larger than domestic cats,\</pre><pre> have proportionately longer legs, and a much shorter tail. </pre><pre> The total length of a bobcat ranges from</pre><pre> 22 1/2 inches to 50 inches and weight is 10-40 lbs.</pre><pre> Males are somewhat larger than females.
Jeff XXXXXX
Wildlife Management Biologist
Missouri Department of Conservation
Prairie Fork Conservation Area</pre><br />
We also had three deer visit us yesterday...They walked in and laid down in the trees behind the pond and stayed for quite a while... Three ducks landed on the pond....and there are carp coming to the surface to feed...<br />
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Spring is definitely here...<br />
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-17215873277369544242012-02-25T08:04:00.000-08:002012-02-25T08:04:19.621-08:00new friends...<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;">see that little deer peeking in from the right?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was just checking things out before his friends got there...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-14596274803202669972012-02-23T07:02:00.000-08:002012-02-23T07:02:13.971-08:00overnight....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIcTffkeaGnIhKVHjEWAMOh5CL1nD0UP9S1uH8ZKwXm6i5IPiXwejpTI-BVN4JyzarfC88ddzZ-F-gvOiCpl9F_RHaG6DXeYqxrllEzMrfT5n7xDZa1n5eMg_2sBLU0dj4EMcbTThMmg/s1600/superstickies.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIcTffkeaGnIhKVHjEWAMOh5CL1nD0UP9S1uH8ZKwXm6i5IPiXwejpTI-BVN4JyzarfC88ddzZ-F-gvOiCpl9F_RHaG6DXeYqxrllEzMrfT5n7xDZa1n5eMg_2sBLU0dj4EMcbTThMmg/s1600/superstickies.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gTtdzSGZ4h4Mo9ZvUc29Hfg5mjtS9-rcAdovX-DRxCO8fmFkDa0T9HGI_SsmwT_yzEZ9OfrUK-xh26C43JuAgR5pl0K7mRfLJnPRaLXP6Q4lO3JuIYUWCXPk7ANjBuP0F-ii3Yg3B4A/s1600/PICT0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gTtdzSGZ4h4Mo9ZvUc29Hfg5mjtS9-rcAdovX-DRxCO8fmFkDa0T9HGI_SsmwT_yzEZ9OfrUK-xh26C43JuAgR5pl0K7mRfLJnPRaLXP6Q4lO3JuIYUWCXPk7ANjBuP0F-ii3Yg3B4A/s320/PICT0001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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There is no where to set a trash can in the kitchen. There are no niches, no end of the cabinet available, no pantry closet to stick it in... Since October I have put a plastic bag in the kitchen sink for all the trash acquired during cooking and then just tied it up and tossed it into the trash can...which sat in the laundry room...behind an always closed door... It drove my girls crazy...it drove my sister crazy....it drove everyone (but me) crazy...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> TA DA!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This morning before I got up Rich put together two more chairs for the dining room...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And today is Spaghetti Sauce day....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with meat</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">And the meatballs are ready to fry... so that's all for today...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Did you notice the new blog header? We are on the Missouri flyway for Canada Geese and every few days we get a flock of them landing in the pond...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nancy</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-44415058483991470292012-02-12T14:04:00.000-08:002012-02-12T14:04:58.818-08:00"under protest"This is how the weekend has gone so far...<br />
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Saturday<br />
8am - I leave home to drive to St Louis and attend my meeting of the St Louis Modern Quilt Guild.<br />
12:30pm- meeting over<br />
1:30pm - pick up BBQ at a "wish it was more local" BBQ place..<br />
2:30- arrive home and clean two bathrooms (did all the other cleaning Friday, but refuse to clean the bathrooms for company until the son and girlfriend have left)<br />
3:30pm- first guests arrive (early) while Rich is still in the shower.<br />
5-6pm - Rest of guests arrive for Rich's 60th birthday and Abbie's fourth birthday Party! Dinner, cake and presents for all!<br />
They all leave and we start the clean up...<br />
10pm- bedtime<br />
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Sunday<br />
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6:30am - Rich wakes up and takes coffee to the sewing room (because we have a teenager sleeping on the couch) and watches the news.<br />
7:30am - I wake up and finish cleaning up<br />
9am - we leave three teenagers sleeping and head for the local hardware store to get hinges and pulls for the doors of the cabinet in my sewing room..<br />
10am - Start making home made waffles with the new waffle iron Rich got for his birthday. Rich cooks bacon while I use the giant mixmaster, some flour, eggs and a stick of butter for the waffle batter...<br />
11am - teenagers want to know how soon breakfast will be ready<br />
Noon - all the waffles are finished, bacon done... let's eat! <br />
Clean up breakfast and start putting cabinet doors up...<br />
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This is what I bought for the cabinets...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bright shiny hinges..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">U-Bolts..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yep...i wanted an industrial look and these are U-Bolts </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the "drunk" guy made the doors...he did such a bad job, but they work...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think it looks so nice now...I just need a little bit of organization on those shelves to get it to look perfect..</td></tr>
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Rich would like you all to know he did not like it when I picked out the shiny hinges and the U-Bolts.. He really wanted me to get some black regular hinges and knobs...of some kind... <br />
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He did this "Under Protest"....<br />
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-73083362787372384372012-02-05T11:53:00.000-08:002012-02-05T11:53:59.143-08:00closet...We have two closets in the back hallway. One is all shelves and I use it for food storage. The kitchen doesn't have enough cabinets to keep dishes AND food... the other closet had shelves on either side and then a hanging rod. We thought we would use the hanging rod for coats, but we each keep our current coat in our own bedroom closet with extras in the guest room... What I really needed was more shelves..<br />
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Friday night we headed to our local <a href="http://www.menards.com/main/home.html">Menards</a> and picked up some pre-finished white shelves.. Rich tore out the shelves on the right side of the closet and removed the closet rod. Ripping out the shelves created a big mess in the wall, so I did a little taping and mudding yesterday.. <br />
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He added the cleats and I sanded and painted this morning...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much more storage now...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Yesterday Kristin called and asked her daddy out on a date. They both love horror films and so they took off and saw "The Lady in Black"... Owen and Ava and I watched "Rio" and had popcorn and then Ava and I played Sorry and Phase 10... She's getting really good at Phase 10... <br />
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Rich is already thinking about the project for next weekend..<br />
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There will be NO project next weekend. We have 20 people coming for a combined 60th birthday party for Rich and a certain little granddaughter turns four!! <br />
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-5887001417352390092012-01-29T10:51:00.000-08:002012-01-29T10:52:46.271-08:00weekend projects...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>We are still in the midst of little projects here and there... What is wrong with this picture? Well, apparently the previous owner needed some electricity somewhere else and decided to cut the insulation off of these wires and just wind the new wire around it... brilliant? or stupid? Code says STUPID!! <br />
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Let's take a closer look...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">uh huh....</div><br />
We really needed to fix a problem in the living room. We both have laptops...Mine sits on the cedar chest when plugged in...Rich was sitting his on an end table across the room from the couch (where he typically uses it) and using a long white double ended extension cord...which dragged under the table, under a chair and across the room to the couch. I hated it...I was always tripping over it. There is no other plug nearer so we decided to add one in the floor underneath the end table between our couches.. Luckily we have an open basement so it's very easy to get electric from one place to another.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First you buy this...and even though it says all instructions are inside..they aren't...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then you measure once..measure twice...and cut a hole in the floor </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and we now have a little less mess.. That white cord hanging down from the top of the table is my camera cord. I didn't notice it was hanging there until I uploaded the photo...And I moved the table back to get the photo...when the table is in the right place you can't even see the plug. And we are in the middle of finding a small brown extension cord to use. These outlets only come with one outlet so to plug in a lamp AND the computer we need it. We looked three places yesterday and can't find one.. OH...he also fixed the mess of the electric before..but I am just too tired to go down there and take a photo..Trust me it's up to code now..</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the before view from my sewing room..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the AFTER view... Do you see anything different?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rich hung my bird feeder...He got it for me for Christmas and I hope to attract all kinds of birds to watch while I sew...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>He made a little pulley system so I can go let it down, fill it up and pull it back up again... He's so smart!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is why the bird feeder is a good idea... Cat hiding behind cat feeder on left...bird feasting on bird feed on right... No birds (or cats) have been harmed yet...but it was only a matter of time..</td></tr>
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-57035196550298163302012-01-25T15:55:00.000-08:002012-01-25T15:55:49.375-08:00the latest project...Heat in the son's bedroom. I know...maybe we should have done this sooner? When we bought the house his bedroom was a "walk in closet/dressing room" travesty... We turned it back into the third bedroom... so we had to find the location of the original register that had been closed off when laid the new sub floors ... sounds confusing...and it would have been disastrous if we hadn't started this blog. To start this job we merely went back to a photo...<br />
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Wow...this photo really takes me back.. but you can see right inside what was to become the master bedroom closet, just behind the right stud wall...down there to the right of the hammer...YES! the location of the original heat register... now to relocate..<br />
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Rich did some measurements and drilled a very small hole from the top while I watched from downstairs and YES! we landed between the floor joists...<br />
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-14486584763704644222012-01-16T11:20:00.000-08:002012-01-16T11:20:39.228-08:00some little projects...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Today is MLK day.. which means that Rich has the day off. Last night we ran into Columbia, had dinner and bought some goodies at Lowe's.. Of course that means that today the tools came out... drill, screwdriver, saw, tape measure, pencil...<br />
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First up is a little help in the sewing room. In the other house we had a tall white cabinet in the garage..It held some <strike>crap, stuff</strike>, important items that we decided could be stored somewhere else. So I <strike>tried to help carry it </strike>had Rich and Ryan schlep it up the stairs...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">see? not ready yet!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let's add some strips of white wood...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">three strips on each side..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">add some white peg board and I now have a place for all my quilting rulers...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">circle cutters on the other side...I must <i>really like</i> circle cutters since I have two...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and some of my specialty rulers..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the back hallway ... This window faces the front of the house..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the laundry room... what a mess!! AND</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is the view from the front porch! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YEA!! New blinds...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is the view NOW from the front porch...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the back hallway window...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the inside!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and from the outside!!</td></tr>
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-86879551631470404472012-01-10T18:52:00.000-08:002012-01-10T18:52:28.250-08:00The Work Shop...and another project.Apparently there are a few people that actually <strike>stalk, </strike>visit this blog faithfully to check for updates. Looks like I updated last right after Thanksgiving.. We have been busy... We paid the son to move all the tools from the basement to the shop...and clean out the garage and move some stuff from the shop to the garage... <br />
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I don't have before photos of the shop... Just imagine a large steel building with lots of big wood working tools, tons of boxes, no insulation, no heat and no electricity.. Now you know what Rich has been doing...<br />
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First he put up some walls...<br />
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Then he added blown insulation...<br />
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Then he put in electric...<br />
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Then he put in a wood stove...<br />
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Then he unpacked...<br />
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And now here it is...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the outside...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">step in the door and look to the left..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">look straight ahead..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">left of stove..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">right of the stove..</td></tr>
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I guess you noticed that every thing has a place and everything is in it's place. This is not because he just finished unpacking...It ALWAYS looks like this.. ALWAYS!! It's truly annoying.. <br />
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And now that the shop is all put together...<strike>we get to do more projects..</strike> we finished the shelves in the kitchen...<br />
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As soon as I get them filled I will post a photo.. . I'm working on it.. The bottom shelf is reserved for my Kitchen Aid mixer...<br />
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PS - Happy now Don?Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-91611622894579007282011-11-27T11:34:00.000-08:002011-11-27T11:34:35.983-08:00A New Addition...I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.. It was our first official holiday and we had a great day with 14 for dinner... We went all traditional with turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce and all the "must have" side dishes...'' I don't usually use paper and plastic but it was so nice to toss most of the dishes after dinner..lol<br />
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I had a surprise when my sister-in-law showed up for dinner.. She does stained glass and just look what she made me!!<br />
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Isn't that so pretty? I just love the quilt block...those are my three favorite colors...hate that there is no sun to show it off in all it's glorious color... I just couldn't wait for the sun, that might take days...and I couldn't wait to show this off...<br />
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Of course this is hanging in the window in my sewing room...You can just see the shop and garage through the window...<br />
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Thank you so much Donna...I love it!<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-85405397245654475622011-11-07T12:26:00.000-08:002011-11-07T12:26:53.295-08:00Waiting on the sun...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Well, we are mostly moved in... We kept the railings off of the front porch until the movers had left. Rich got busy that following week and finished it...<br />
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But I am getting ahead of myself... Like any move, we had a couple of mishaps...unfortunately our mishap ended up at the bottom of our steps..<br />
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As the movers were carrying Rich's dresser down the steps the guy on the bottom slipped... The moving company is making it all better...they have a guy going to the other house next weekend and will fix the floor, the wall (no photo, but the bottom guy ended up with his shoulder and head going through the drywall) and the banisters.. The mover is fine...he was very upset though and hardly spoke the rest of the move. You can believe they were very careful when they delivered the furniture..<br />
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The next day DirecTV delivered and installed the satellite and set up the tv in the living room and sewing room. <br />
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And look what we saw when the truck left!!<br />
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And back on ground...<br />
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I had these waiting for me...<br />
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UGH! And that's just the kitchen...<br />
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This was the master bedroom... The bed is set up only because the movers did that...<br />
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Rich and I returned to the "other" house the following day and our second daughter surprised us by putting the whole bedroom away... sheets, bedspread, pillows on the bed and all the clothes safely tucked away in the closet... What a nice surprise it was when we got back...<br />
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The shop went up the day before the movers delivered.. it was a very tight schedule...<br />
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This the view out our front door now... the shop is the building on the right... Rich is working to get insulation, electric and heat in there... <br />
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The house is finally put together...drapes are hung..some pictures are up...we can find dishes and food and towels...<br />
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And now I am just waiting on the sun... I plan to take some good photos of each room so you can see where we live now...<br />
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Oh...the BASR? Here are some photos...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the main set up... my machine will face the windows...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and shelves are ready for fabric...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Now...If I could just talk three friends into coming by this Thursday to help me unpack...I would feed them lunch!!<br />
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-58086697160955279322011-10-16T18:21:00.000-07:002011-10-16T18:21:13.541-07:0013 months later....<div style="text-align: center;">Then</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Master bed room then...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Third bedroom then...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bed does not stay... the curtains are blue..</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">The second bedroom then..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we used it as a kitchen for awhile..</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">and now..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yes, i need to add curtains and and apparently a register cover! How did we miss that? And maybe some pictures! And none too soon as our first guests arrive the evening of the 27th of October!! </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">The kitchen before..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The living room before..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">don't you love the lawn chair? </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">and the living room now...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">click on this to make it bigger... Rich made both chairs, the end table between the chairs, the desk and the desk chair... We aren't sure if this will all stay this way, but after 13 months, we wanted it to look like someone lived there... That brown thing on the floor is a rolled up rug...</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">The dining room before..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the dining room is that room behind the table... when we bought it there was drywall and plywood on the walls. This is the best before photo i could find...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we can't add the hanging light until the table is in there... We have a buffet, table and pie safe to go in there...and we aren't sure where the table will end up..</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">This weekend was all about getting it done..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used these to scrap all the paint off of ALL the windows...then cleaned the windows inside and out, mopped the floors, scrubbed the bathrooms and the house is all clean and ready to move into..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This just might become my regular vacuum .. it really sucks up the dust..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sad to say that the Magnetic Paint I talked about<a href="http://tenacresandapond.blogspot.com/2011/08/it-was-wild-weekend.html"> here</a>... EPIC FAIL. This area is roughly 3ft x 3ft. I used almost the whole quart of magnetic paint and it won't hold a magnet. NOT HAPPY!! And I will be calling the 800 number on the back of the can... So this weekend I gave up ... I painted over the black with some leftover white...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And painted over the white with the blue... Yes, there is a big black spot in the middle. Stay tuned..you will see what ends up there...soon...I hope...</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Rich worked on these projects....</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">to add this to the living room wall...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For this...a 46 inch flat screen...sure wish we had our satellite hooked up..can't wait for Friday.. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three smoke detectors added and two CO2 detectors added. Not surprisingly we found NO smoke detectors or CO2 detectors in this whole house when we bought it. And we have a propane water heater..that wasn't vented properly..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We really tried to reuse the track lighting from the kitchen here in the sewing room. But it soon became apparent that something wasn't working as two of the lights didn't work. So this morning we ventured into town and bought new track lights... We also bought the bulbs...we even had the guy help us find the correct bulbs...we don't have the correct bulbs...so we left one light off the track to take to the store and get the correct bulbs...</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">He also helped a friend of his haul off all the wooden walkway... and he installed a plug in the basement for the freezer...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nancy</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-31361024975829350852011-10-11T17:53:00.000-07:002011-10-11T17:54:53.276-07:00the small things...It's getting close ... A week from today our doorbell will ring and the packers will be here to move us. I have spent the last two weeks cleaning out drawers and closets, donating stuff we don't want to take with us, and today I cleaned out both freezers. I have called two electric companies, two telephone companies, two water companies and changed email addresses on Flickr and Facebook. I have attempted to contact our trash company here and have attempted to figure out who our trash company is at the new house. I got my hair cut for the last time here this morning...and need to find a new hairdresser in the new town. (I think I have a lead) We have decided to purchase a flat screen tv before moving and have called a local crisis center and donated our current tv to them...along with the stand, a vcr and various kids tapes... (luckily for us they agreed to pick it up next Tuesday so we aren't without news!) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of the sewing room... table from breakfast room here will become the table for my sewing buddies (they better come!) The little wood tv tray will become their personal ironing surface..nothing is too good for my sewing buddies...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is some of my sewing stuff waiting to be put away... I'm hoping to<strike> persuade</strike> pay a grandkid to come help me...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I painted this dresser this past weekend. It used to hold all my paperback books (that were given away) and will now hold my tv in the sewing room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">register cover added to sewing room floor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another register cover added to sewing room floor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After realizing that the magnetic paint didn't hold a magnet, I added another coat of the paint. If it doesn't work this time it will become an epic fail and I will paint blue over it...which will mean another three coats of blue to paint over the black...sigh...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Meanwhile, Rich worked outside on Saturday...and I helped him finish up on Sunday...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">no more wooden walkway up next to the house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">no more wooden walkway from the house to the garage</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some of the wooden walkway removed from the hillside.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>We used a sawzall, a crowbar and a truck with a chain to remove all this wooden walkway. We also removed a lot of miscellaneous bricks, rocks and pieces of wood that were strewn all over the yard.<br />
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We now have four piles, one pile of bricks, one pile of wooden walkway, one pile of rocks and one pile of railroad ties... We have a friend that is taking all the wooden walkway this weekend.<br />
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This weekend we have more small things to do...<br />
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Hang curtains in son's room..<br />
clean all windows, floors, kitchen and both bathrooms...<br />
add electric box in basement for freezer (<strike>we</strike> I decided to locate the freezer in the basement instead of the back hallway)<br />
help deliver all that wooden walkway..<br />
clean out freezer so I can move the leftovers from here to there...<br />
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-5375594375337943542011-10-07T08:19:00.000-07:002011-10-07T08:19:16.280-07:00Behold....<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the beauty of concrete...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I spread a sealer so it will clean nicely...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't wait to cover all that gravel with dirt....and get some solar lights...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and now you don't have to walk underneath the eaves of the house to get to the front door. I hated that..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">her graceful curve...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">her long stretch to the driveway...</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The day the contractor came to do the shop pad we talked to him about doing a sidewalk. He gave us a price and we said "Yes"... I kind of walked him up and told him with arms sweeping "I want it to come from the porch and around a corner and to the left of the plantings and then end here" which we marked with two pieces of re-bar from his truck. I am ecstatic.. I love my sidewalk.. I love a small town where you just tell someone what you want and they do it. And they do it right. We didn't give him any money upfront and there was no bill hanging on the door. We know that he will either send us a bill or stop by and get paid. And he knows we will pay..</div><div style="text-align: center;">because we have a garage that needs a pad.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nancy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-58137237772804385642011-10-04T07:08:00.000-07:002011-10-06T08:26:10.843-07:00numbers...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>4200 - the number of American dollars it took to get this... the slab for Rich's workshop. We rolled two coats of concrete sealer on it to protect it and make it easier to sweep. The workshop will be delivered within the next few weeks. The building is situated right across from the garage and in front of the house. <br />
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32 - the number of minutes it took two adults to locate the water line in the basement... it was hiding under the steps and above the duct work...<br />
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3 - the number of cans of white spray paint it took to transform this formally red night stand..<span style="background-color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"></span> I am now on the lookout for a used queen size head board to spray to match. These are for the guest room. I also need to decide on a quilt and drapes for this room. The room is pale yellow (think butter), dark floors and white furniture... any color combo's you think would be pretty? I would like something without gray since that's what our room will be. </span></span><br />
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1 - the number of laundry tubs we installed this weekend. Next weekend we will put a couple of shelves up there...<span style="background-color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br />
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Rich had to remove a couple of sections of the walkway.. and that one step from the porch because..<br />
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when the concrete guys come back to remove the concrete forms and pick up this..<i></i><br />
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EDIT - not sure why that one part of the text has a white background. I have tried everything to get rid of it so just know that I am not yelling, complaining or asking you to find me a headboard. lol Just can't get that highlighted text to go away...Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-4035713524979718252011-09-26T10:53:00.000-07:002011-09-26T10:55:12.305-07:00a short weekend...It was a short weekend for me... Rich left early Saturday morning to go out to the house to watch the concrete guy stake out the area for the shop building. I would show you a photo of the orange stakes, but there aren't any. Rich basically told him..."fit the shop here between these trees". The concrete guy said "ok" and left... That's how you do business in the country... Then Rich got busy and finished the front porch...<br />
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</tbody></table> Many will ask why we decided to add the step to the side of the porch. We have a large planting of something in the yard that we would like to keep.. If we put the walk to the left of the planting we would be walking right up next to the house.. If we put the walk to the right of the planting the flow works much smoother...that meant that we couldn't add the step to the front of the porch, but went to the side. A concrete walk will run from the step to the driveway. We will add <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baluster">balusters</a> and banisters after the movers are gone to make it easier on them... <br />
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He also got a couple of small jobs finished. Put the doors on the closets in the back hallway, adjusted the front door and adjusted the master bedroom door. He also took off to town to get all the "parts" we would need for Sunday's job.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a mess! We had closet rods, shelving units, shelf supports, shelf hangers and too many parts to keep track of...that doesn't count the drill, drill bits, sawzall and hammer. That little chest of drawers was found at an estate sale right before we bought this house and we have kept all of our clothes in there for the past year. Four drawers of work clothes.. It will soon have a place in the sewing room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another shelf and my closet is done!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rich already had two rods in his closet so we added two shoe racks and three shelves..</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Yes, we have separate closets for the first time in our married life. He took the closet that was already in the bedroom and I got the new one. The closets aren't huge by any standard. Neither one of us have a huge amount of clothes. He probably has the most as he has work clothes and weekend clothes. I am not a big fan of clothes shopping or any shopping (except fabric!) for that matter... so our closets will be sufficient for us.. And we are very happy that all this wire and all four closet rods were recycled.. we saved them and took them to the car wash a couple of months ago...so we just had to buy a few parts to put it all together..<br />
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And that took all day...all. day. But we did one more thing before we left..<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Do You See It?</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> See It Now?</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A NEW DOORBELL!! </div><br />
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Nancy<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-42458312603370864962011-09-20T18:10:00.000-07:002011-09-20T18:10:15.839-07:00Our Anniversary...One year ago today we signed the papers and this house became ours. We knew it would be a lot of work...we had no idea.. We had great hopes of being done with everything in nine months. Like most renovations we ran a bit over time...and budget. But we are so proud and happy with the results so far.<br />
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Saturday started bright and early with me calling on a grandchild and asking for help. At some point last week, I twisted my right knee and even with Aleve and ice and rest it was still bothering me. Brad (our son-in-law) was coming over to help fell two trees and I asked if Owen would like to come help Grandma and maybe make some money...<br />
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That boy can work. Our first job was the basement. We moved wood, cabinet doors, screens, tools, doors and then swept and he hauled all the trash up and around the house to the trash pile. Every so often I would look around and he would be gone... the first couple of times I figured he was going to the bathroom or getting a drink...after the third time I asked him where he had been. "I was checking the time.." he said. "Why?" "So I know how much I have made so far".. You see, I was paying him by the hour! lol<br />
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After he was done helping me, he asked Grandpa if he had any "paying jobs".. Why yes...he did..<br />
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He made $27 ....<br />
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And we decided it was finally necessary to replace the front porch...<br />
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We used all of these tools to do this...<br />
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</tbody></table> And as it turns out our daughters were correct...we are moving "to the middle of nowhere" as evidenced by the fact that I spent all day today on the phone attempting to find out who our telephone provider is. We "thought" it was one but when I called they said ATT was our provider, but ATT said no and round and round we went until finally ATT actually decided they were our telephone provider but no...we can't get ATT internet...so back to square one.. <br />
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And I confirmed our moving date... {yea!}<br />
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NancyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349211516125118043.post-50318718312025512602011-09-13T17:11:00.000-07:002011-09-13T17:11:06.012-07:00starting in the front...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquhh0t05DKWYarqqzFZbBhnXkkLOQQUQxiKLatS5soamwLeYlmmfHNyOY0qHem9a27I-VrH5Mf0g7lMre_g5FRzM2t64gyD0XZUoC9uQqAEcparSRUmP6o05B4FGVN6veiQdEnbYZKK_w/s1600/first+post.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquhh0t05DKWYarqqzFZbBhnXkkLOQQUQxiKLatS5soamwLeYlmmfHNyOY0qHem9a27I-VrH5Mf0g7lMre_g5FRzM2t64gyD0XZUoC9uQqAEcparSRUmP6o05B4FGVN6veiQdEnbYZKK_w/s320/first+post.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>And this is how we started the weekend... The first post for the front porch... This is what the front porch looked like before..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rich used a gas powered post hole digger and I used the shovel and we dug out seven holes...then he poured the concrete and I held the post til it was partially set and then this was all done by Saturday evening and we cleaned up and went into town to see "Contagion" at the show... very riveting movie...you will never touch your face again...</td></tr>
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And this is the way we left it on Sunday afternoon.. Next weekend we will put the top boards on and then it will get <a href="http://www.synta.com/prod_restoredeckbro3.html">RESTORE</a> put on next spring... The wood needs to weather before using the RESTORE product. <br />
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And in between doing the porch I used a little spray paint to put a final coat on this...<br />
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I really love to spray paint. See the handle? It was brown plastic and I searched all over for a replacement but it's an odd size so I bought some of this...<br />
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and sprayed the handle...and then I got crazy and sprayed something else...but it wasn't dry so I will show you next week.. Who knew spray paint could be so much fun!<br />
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