Need Rain Slicker Rec. For DH
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Oh, Good! Another Cold Front & More Rain......
Comments (19)Beth, We had sunshine! Rain returns Thursday though. I am starting to think it might be a hard winter too because our daily high temps and overnight low temps are consistently averaging 15 degrees below normal and have done so for almost all of Sept. and Oct. That cannot be a good sign. I'm glad you're prepared for winter. I think we are too. We don't get much ice here, and are happy if we get one snowfall a year because we seldom get that. We do seem a little more prone to get sleet or freezing rain instead of snow, and I'd rather have snow. It was almost 10 degrees colder here last night than the forecast had predicted...went all the way down to 39 degrees which surprised me. I'm glad it didn't get a few degrees colder or the misty drizzly light rain could have been sleet. I'm not a cold weather person, so if it gets colder than usual, I'll stay inside more. With the cougar roaming, I'm unlikely to work clearing brush at the back part of the property (the back prop line is about 1000 feet from the house) this year like I have most years in the past. (sigh) Maybe I need to come up with something else to do inside if it is a long, cold rainy winter. Dawn...See Morerain!
Comments (37)Diesel, Dragonfly. It's cheaper, safer and easier to use than charcoal lighter fluid. The ex-firefighter/EMT in me has to say, just in case you don't know (or anyone reading doesn't know): Don't ever use gasoline, especially if you haven't much experience with burn piles. It burns too fast and could cause a large fireball when lighting it. Diesel burns a lot slower, so when you light it you have time to get back before the entire thing ignites. Also, gas evaporates much quicker than diesel, which, besides making it more dangerous, makes it a pita to use. If it's cedar (juniper) that's been there a while, many times I don't even need the diesel. I'll try some crumpled newspaper below a dried out branch and that's usually enough. It's still raining here. Man, am I ever loving this!!! Even if it keeps up all weekend and I don't end up getting my burn piles burned, I don't care. Come on rain!...See MoreNeed input on where to hang drapes
Comments (8)I know...don't you love all the cords! I "agreed" to let DH put the tv above the fireplace as long as there were no visable cords.....well that was almost two years ago. It drives me crazy. I want to take it down when he's out of town, but there is another one on the outside of the fireplace in our screened in porch, and it uses the same rec'r...so it has to stay there. I always thought I needed something on the doors, but maybe not. Maybe I'll put up some kind of shade screen out in the screend porch for privacy. Our neighbors behind us can see right into our FR if they are out on their patio. That was part of my concern, but I wonder how often I'd close the drapes anyway. Hmmmmm....I need to rethink this. Thanks!...See MoreNeeded: Layout Help
Comments (33)Lisa_a, for the laundry room, I meant an extension of the room could be built in the garage as we do have the space there. I would prefer to have a little more space than a closet for the laundry room. I'll have to think about whether to have the cooktop on the wall or the island, and consider some of the costs as well. (Actually, when we cook DH and I stand side by side...he's using one side of the cooktop and I'm using the other...or I'm reaching over him...haha.) I had to laugh when you mentioned grandkids sitting on their knees on the bar stools because that's exactly what mine do! Plus, Marcolo, I know DH and I need to get all our dimensions correct. Lavender lass,I really like the Candice Olsen link...some really unique ideas there. I've got to look at your drawing a little more, but don't believe the pantry will work as drawn in the furnace spot...unless I'm looking at it wrong. I kinda like opening up the dining room...and you are suggesting that area for the table and chairs, right? It is a little redundant having a table in the dining room and one on the next wall in the kitchen, I guess. Also, notice you drew on the door to the back porch. What is your idea for that? Abundantblessings, I've got to draw out the baby grand idea...I can't get it pictured in my brain! Bemorepanic, you probably "shot me out of the water" what with moving windows, etc., but still some interesting ideas there. It was raining last evening (halleluiah!!) so I couldn't take any pictures of the back of our house. I'll do that this weekend as someone might have a wonderful idea on how to enclose part of the porch and still maintain the integrity of the house. Sorry y'all, I don't understand the stadium peninsula either. I am overwhelmed and humbled with everyone's willingness to help a total stranger. The options you have given me are FABULOUS! You can't imagine how excited I am to have some fresh ideas. This weekend I will do more "digesting", but right now if I don't get to work I won't be able to afford to do anything!!!hahaha.... thanks...Rae...See More- 10 years ago
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