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16 years ago

Happy Friday! The weather is supposed to be warmer than it's been in while. I hope to get my hands a little, no make that a lot, dirty (gardening). Followed by a quiet evening meal on the patio.

Raising my cup of decaf to you all! Blessing!

-Robin

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caliloo
16 years ago
Oh that sounds fun! We are still a few weeks from playing in the dirt, there are still snow banks and mud as far as the eye can see.

I am in the final stages of the bar project, first coat of poly went on this morning. The closets are coming alont too - need to sand the last coat of mud, then prime and paint. Lots to do before I head out for a well deserved Happy Hour pop with a couple of girlfriends.

Tomorrow will be more sanding, etc and probably ribs or burgers on the grill. It will bein the 50's and we all have cabin fever, so I am guessing the grill will get fired up.

Sunday is the Swim Team Fundraiser Breakfast then hopefully moving back into the MBR if all the sanding/priming/painting is done....

Thank God the bar should be done before the weekend is out - we are going to need it! LOL!

Happy and safe weekend to all!

Alexa
Solsthumper
16 years ago
Clinking my iced tea.

Tonight, we're going to catch a flick. Grab something to eat, somewhere, come home and go to bed.
I'm exhausted just thinking about it ;-Ã

Enjoy your gardening Rob.

Sol
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dedtired
16 years ago
Oh the thought of dinner on the patio is so wonderful. As Alexa said, it will be awhile until we can do that.

I will continue my search for the perfect tile for my new bathroom. I have made the rounds of all the tile stores in my area. I am not good at making these decisions!

I really have to go to the grocery store, one of my least liked chores. This is a trip for the basics. I'm out of everything.

Another on-going project is cleaning the grout of my kitchen floor. I have been using a solution fo Oxy-Clean on it. Our it on, let it sit for an hour and then scrub with scrub brush. It works very well. As long as I'm down there scrubbing, I also have been scrubbing the tiles. If I could do it over I would never get a tile floor in the kitchen.

SInce the weather is supposed to get into the 50's, I will also get a least one long walk in as well. I hope my muscles rememberwhat to do after this winter, although some muscles got several good workouts by shoveling snow.

I would love to see a movie, too. I still haven't seen Avatar. Maybe I'll go to the Imax to see it. Hope I don't get seasick.
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16 years ago
Happy Friday Everyone! Looking forward to a warmer, sunnier weekend than we've had here in a long time. Right now I'm waiting for the heating guy to show up, we've been w/o heat since 5 o'clock last night! I think it's actually warmer outside then it is in our house. Not many plans this weekend. We are getting ready for our new addition next week, an American Mastiff puppy! His name is Mosby and we are just beyond excited!

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annie1992
16 years ago
Sol, don't over do it, LOL.

Alexa, haven't you been trying to move back into that room for a few weeks now?

Robin, I'd love to do some gardening. Unfortunately, everything is covered with snow here, although I might break down and prune the apple trees.

Dedtired, I'll sure remember that "no tile floors in the kitchen" tip!

Here, Elery will be here tonight. I have venison meatloaf in the fridge to bake for supper with some fingerling potatoes. Tomorrow we get the taxes done, whoopee. Lunch with my mother, that'll take a few hours. Sunday is the farm, and I already have the first calf of the season, a little bull. I'll have the second one any day. It's supposed to be in the 40s here, so I've been walking to work, hopefully Cooper, Elery and I can have a nice long walk sometime this weekend. Pancho can stay home and nap on the couch, he'll walk a block and then sit down and demand to be carried the rest of the way!

Annie
dedtired
16 years ago
Hey Annie, thanks for the reminder to get my taxes in order. Blech. Sounds like you have a nice weekend planned.
beachlily z9a
16 years ago
Just put a pan of brownies in the oven. When done, I'll lightly frost and take them down to the Italian restaurant. Those owners will never let us pay for lunch--pizza, salad, unlimited wine. So the way I try to repay is to bake for them. They love it! Oh, my new high-powered Cuisinart hand mixer is a blast! It could mix cement, I think! It's that powerful. Just cut though the brown mixture like nothing--even with big chunks of semi-sweet chocolate!
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16 years ago
dedtired - I'm in the middle of a bathroom remodel as well! I've been trying to get it done for the past 6-7 years and something has always stood in the way, but this year I'm finally getting it done!

That being said, my house is CHAOS!! The stuff from the bathroom and linen closet is everywhere, the entire house has a coating of white dust and I'm going to have to clean everything top to bottom! Just in time to collide with gardening season!! We didn't realize it at the time, but when the demolition was going on - we have the original 1930s bath with the tile set in cement with the lathe and horse hair plaster, so it was major demolition - tons of debris rained thru the floor into the basement all over the washer and dryer, and also all over a couple of storage racks where I keep all my Costco bulk purchases, so even the cellar is going to need a complete cleaning!! I SO do not want to deal with that!! And since the work started the day before I was to leave for my trip to Philadelphia, and I was so crazed at work before I left and since I've been back, I haven't had a minute to do anything. So this weekend it's going to be cleaning, and cleaning, organizing, then cleaning some more!! I just keep telling myself, think of the glorious bathroom you're going to have after years of peeling paint, cracked plaster and nasty grout and tile!!! I haven't convinced myself yet!

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caliloo
16 years ago
LOL Annie! You are right, it HAS been weeks! After we started construction on the new closet a couple of weeks ago we decided to redesign it. Yep - we tore everything out and started over... so I am back to spackling! LOL! Keep your fingers crossed that DH isn't inspired to change it again before we move back in.

Alexa
dgkritch
16 years ago
A little work in the garden building new raised beds and moving dirt/compost, starting some seeds indoors, and taxes...blech.
We need to move some goats around so the does are separated from the wethers and billy before the babies arrive the end of this month.
I can't wait! Our first Pygmy goat babies born here!
We've had full sized ones before, but the Pygmies are so much smaller and cuter.

Church potluck on Sunday a trip into "town" 15 miles away and home to relax.

Still at work for a few more minutes, but I'll be clinking soon

Deanna
Lars
16 years ago
I did most of my gardening two weeks ago, and last week-end we repotted the epidendrum that was hanging in the apple tree. It got divided up into about 4-5 pots because it was so overgrown. The apple tree still has leaves from last summer - I didn't know they were evergreen. I got some Phalaenopsis for the yard also - they were very cheap - I guess because it was the end of the season. I bought about three smaller ones for $6.88 each that I think are cattelayas, but I'm not sure. I'm doing mostly potted plants in the yard for now, and these are nice to bring inside when they bloom.

I bought several tomato plants and a pepper plant, all of which are in pots, along the with new basil plants, which are all doing well. My yard here is a lot sunnier than the one in Venice, and so I expect the herbs to do better, but I'll have to keep the orchids in shady areas, which might be difficult. We bought three aloe plants for the yard, but they are in pots for now until they get bigger. I should have saved some from my yard in Venice, and after my burn accident, I decided that we really needed to get more. I think the new ones I bought will have different flowers - at least I'm hoping for some variety.

I have another drafting job to do this week-end, but at least it will be extra money. I'll have to start on the taxes also, but we're going to hire someone to do them for us this year, since it will be a lot more complicated.

Lars
lakeguy35
16 years ago
TGIF and clink to all y'all!

Beautiful day here, made it up to 70 degrees today and it has really got me in the mode for spring and summer after a colder for us winter. Left work a little early so I could get home and open all the windows to air the house out. I'm lovin' it and can't wait for summer.

No big plans here for the weekend. Mom has a few things she needs some help with so I'll head over there tomorrow and take care of that. We will do a Sam's run for office and home supplies, do lunch, and who knows what else she will talk me into. More shopping I'm sure.... I really need a junk/flea market fix so that would be fun. I need a live music/band fix too so I may head out for one with some friends if they are game tomorrow night.

That's it folks...nothing too exciting but it is the weekend and I love it!

Hope y'all have a good one too!!

David

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