Ever since we got Oscar, I got rid of all the indoor plants. Oscar dug in the couple I had and I was pretty sure he would turn any others into a litter basket, so I moved those plants to work…once that job ended, I gave them to my coworker, Ada, the Patron Saint of all plants. She never turned down a plant! Her living room is a bit jungle-y.
Then we moved to our place in Surrey where there are still no indoor plants. I’m terrible at remembering to water them anyway (until it’s too late) and besides, plants need to live outside. At least they’ll get rained on every now and then. But I ran across this great idea by Arctida’s Creations (via pinterest) and thought I’d make one for our place! Also, I don’t have to water this plant. It’s always submerged. [click to continue…]
This is how they do it in Nova Scotia:
This is Mike’s dad’s front yard on Sunday morning! It was his birthday and in celebration, peegs and birdies from all over flocked to his house, thanks to Mike’s sister. They must have come for the cake.
Did you notice the sidewalks are perfectly cleared around the yard? What a lovely neighbour. We rarely have to shovel the sidewalk, and when we have to (twice a year at most) it’s a big groan fest. If we’re lucky, we have a heads up and just sprinkle salt on the sidewalks the night before. CHEATERS! I’m pretty sure the Brownes Senior did not clear their walkways with salt. Good thing. How could the little piggies get to their house if they sidewalk was not clear?
Ted was pleased with his gathering of animals AND gave me 100% permission to post these photos! I especially love this photo of him.
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Meanwhile, over at the store that sells everything for your bedroom, bathroom and more…
Mike: Hey! Look at these curtains! They’re $15 each!
Me: I can’t be bothered to even fight this. We can use these temporarily until we find curtains we really like.
I’ve been stumped with what to cover the windows with since we moved in. I was pretty sure we should go with beige or tan, something light because our living room is cozy/much smaller than our last place.
Funny thing is, once we hung them up, they worked! Mind you, I need to iron them. For someone who was ready to point at Mike and say, “EW! Stupid brown 15 dollar curtains! HaHa!”. But I couldn’t do it. So I’ll take them down and iron them properly because they are staying.
NOW, the only thing is that we need two more panels because they aren’t wide enough when you pull them closed. If we can’t get 2 more the same colour, I guess we’ll have to figure something else out. We decided against anything shear – we don’t need the Smashy Brothers to be climbing the curtains for recreational purposes. Come on, MORE $15 curtains!
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Unpacking makes for some boring blogging, but it needs to be done so I can set up my sewing area. Johanna gave me this sign yesterday and I’m using it as motivation. I’m chomping at the bit to do some paper piecing, but there’s a series of things that need to get done before I can get cracking on that. I put one heavy foot in front of the other this afternoon and made a big dent in my sewing room/guest room.
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