Just Curious- how has your taste changed?
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Comments (23)Actually, Carl, I thought some of the new guinea impatiens I bought were SunPatiens, but now that I look at your link, maybe I am wrong. I know I remember seeing the label, and remember them being more expensive, lol, and I thought I bought some. Either I did and never realized they weren't plain ol new guineas, or I just saw them and never bought them. And of course, this was the first year I threw away all my labels, telling myself they would just pile up in the bottom of my garden bucket and I would never look at them again... I do remember having some concern with the new guineas - I kept asking at the garden centers, are they more tolerant of sun than impatiens, or do they NEED more sun than impatiens? After all, most of mine are in pretty much full shade, so that little point made a big difference. Never got a clear answer, but most of them are doing well. I am really enjoying this summer! Normally I hate summer. I'm a gardener who hates the sun, hates the heat, hates the humidity, hates the bugs, and really dislikes most gardening chores, lol. The guy on the radio yesterday said "it's clear, sunny, and 87. It doesn't get any better than this!" And I said out loud in my car "Yes it does! How about clear, sunny, and 74?" But I am always mystified at all these people who love summer - give me spring or fall any day! But this year? It's still been too hot for me, but it has been relatively nice - cooler than usual, for the most part, lower humidity, and absolutely delightful evenings and nights for sleeping! Could use a little rain now though....:) Dee P.S. Edited to add, if only the flying clouds of gnats would go away, it would be almost perfect. I wonder if the trade off for great weather is dealing with the bugs? Not sure I'd take that one every year.... This post was edited by diggerdee on Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 21:58...See MoreJust curious - who has been at this the longest?
Comments (23)Late to the party but couldn't resist adding my horror story, greatly abbreviated to reduce my stress from reliving this hellish experience. DH & I, retirees on a modest fixed income, sold our longtime house in 7/07 & bought a waterfront shack, intending to build a fairly humble retirement home within 18 or so months. Picked a local experienced waterfront builder who gave us a very affordable informal estimate; had our lot surveyed by JIM HART & ASSOCIATES of KIRKLAND, WA in 9/07, & commissioned the builder's in-house designer to plan our house at a cost of $13,600. Meanwhile, the city was busy putting further restrictions on building, so we had to rush our designer to get the plan submitted in time to avoid the new construction limitations - made the deadline by the skin of our teeth! So happy! Our builder, however, was not being too helpful & procrastinated, & we unfortunately followed his advice longer than we should have done - the upshot was that it took us until 7/09 to finally get our wft building permit - cue dancing in street! The builder then made a formal bid that was over twice what he'd estimated many months previously. We found a better qualified builder at a similar cost & were getting ready to excavate when we were informed by the city that our $13,500 building permit was rescinded because JIM HART's 2007 SURVEY WAS INACCURATE , per alert neighbor's report! Somehow the city overlooked a basic error, despite charging us $135/hr for MANY MONTHS of "expert review." JIM HART's survey incorrectly stated the ordinary high water mark. Our lot is small, & waterfront construction requirements are stringent, so this inaccurate survey meant our house design would not fit on the lot & was now useless, as we'd only be allowed to build a tiny hut if we simply modified the original building permit. We ended up forced to reapply for (& pay again for) a new building permit, get (& pay again for) a new house design, & engage an expensive architect to try to resolve with the city the problems related to JIM HART's INACCURATE SURVEY as expeditiously & inexpensively as possible (MASSIVE FAILURE!!) So now here we sit, in 11/2010, no new building permit YET, the city keeps requiring more info, & we unhappily anticipate our 4th Christmas in a rented storage unit-cum-2 bdrm apt! We thought we could at least recoup some of our expenses from JIM HART, KIRKLAND WA SURVEYOR, but unfortunately, back in the ignorant bliss of 9/07, JIM HART'S contract limited his liability to the cost of the survey only. We have lost over $45,000, EXCLUSIVE of our extended rental costs, lost our hard-won building permit & experienced over 1 year's construction delay solely due to JIM HART's BAD SURVEY! However, we know we are EXTREMELY lucky to have this type of problem - something to engage us in our Golden Years (lucky ol' DH, a former engineer, has even more diversion - he now works as an oncall security guard @ $13/hr on the overnight shift to keep us in dog food!)...See MoreHas anyone noticed their tastes have changed?
Comments (4)Did you used to be a big bread eater? I have noticed my desire for bread has gone up, while my desire for pasta has gone down. Also, I want more fruit when before I couldn't be bothered with fruit. It's the processed foods, or restaurant foods that don't appeal to me the most. I looked up the calorie count today for the restaurant I went to last night and their salad has 120 calories. For a little tiny salad made of iceberg lettuce and not much more. Covered in fat free dressing. And the meal that I could have/would have eaten? 1040 calories. Combine that with the dessert at 180 calories and the wine I would have drunk ordinarily at 120 or so and my total calorie count for one meal would have been way over my daily allowance!!! Is it perhaps the richness of the food that's turning my stomach?...See MoreJust curious...how many of you take your decorating outside too?
Comments (22)Susieq07, We haven't been able to get around to painting the house and the added DIY sunroom yet but you've given me something to think about regarding the color/trim etc! Great fresh look you have going with the plants/house color! Thank you all for the encouragement. Don't want to start a whole new thread since this one is here and you've all explained your wonderful yard/landscape and Susie already added her pics so I'll just add mine here. Keep in mind, this was Budget Decorating! Mr. Amity laid all the cement (except for the faux cobblestone steps leading up to the Pav.) a few squares every weekend and he (with my Dad's supervision hehehe) put up the Pav. I created all 5 raised rock gardens with the rocks, we as a family collected over the years from Mt. Baldy day trips. Lots and lots of great memories in those raised rock gardens. I had emailed our own SquirrelH about suggestions for front yard landscaping but alas, that has been put on hold with all the funds going to the bath redo and all the water damage and mold we found AFTER we got started with the bathroom demo. Here are some before and afters of the back. Nothing formal, but I'm really enjoying my new place of serenity. Before. This area was an 18 ft. round x 5 ft. deep above ground pool for all the years the kids were growing up. The last kid hadn't looked at the pool in 2 years so we decided to take it out and make ourselves a nice garden area. That got put on hold when my elderly (even more elderly than us! LOL) parents came to live with us 3 years ago. Rusted metal shed for storage as we took in more kids, now used to help store some of parents' belongings and my own stuff now that we've turned my living room into their bedroom. Yucca plant in the corner that seemed to grow over night. During demo of 3 rooms (to give us living area/closet space/storage when parents moved in) the old pool area ended up being a place to dump the demo trash until we got enough demo'd stuff to fill/rent a slide-off dumpster. During. Got the area semi-cleared out. Yucca removed-Yipppeeee! Mr. Amity started by priming/sealing/painting the metal storage shed. After. We did our best to hide the metal shed (can been seen behind the waterfall) but now that it's painted I shouldn't have worried so much about hiding it---doesn't look half bad with a new coat of paint! I still need to get up there and paint out the Misters water line. And I still need to finish painting the faux stone and grouting around the waterwall/bench. I'll get 'roundtoit, eventually. *smile*...See MoreRelated Professionals
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