Archive for September, 2008

learning to believe

September 29, 2008

Okay, so there’s some buyer’s remorse to the fore the last couple of days. I’m the one who announced on Friday that we needed to stop spending money, and then on Saturday bought a new machine.
A yummy…new…powerful….machine. I brought it home and about two hours later had this:

Pure de-clutter points for using up stash. And [...]

doing our bit

September 27, 2008

Overheard in our backyard today:  “Would you shut up? It’s just an egg!”
I turned 47 last week. It was a very poultry birthday. There’s no limit to the amount of chicken stuff you can find out there in the world of things, and a lot of it ended up wrapped in pretty chicken paper. For [...]

tomato experiment

September 18, 2008

A fresh new eyesore container garden in the backyard:

The frame, built by T., is lovely. My personal touch, the kitty litter buckets, not so much.
We’re experimenting with upside-down tomatoes. Since we’ve never tried any kind of tomato here during the fall season, we’ve got two upside-down and two right-side-up as controls. They’re extremely happy little [...]

reading my blog stats

September 18, 2008

Kitty eat-a-snake?  best. search term. ever.
I wonder if it’s a po*n reference I just don’ t get.  Sorry dude. Only the chickens are eating snakes around here.

decoupage the house (3) : EnviroTex Lite

September 7, 2008

I love Envirotex as a decoupage medium. It’s a two-part resin, self-leveling, which makes for a beautiful finish but also means it’s going to flow. A tray is ideal for a first Envirotex project, allowing you to get some experience with the pouring and setting up before you have to worry about drips and edges.
Paint [...]

happy chicken

September 5, 2008

Frieda, the Ameraucana, is happy and healthy again. I realize I forgot until this minute to mention she was sick, but your long anxious vigil is over…she’s looking okay.  And wonder of wonders, she laid a small egg today for the first time in months. A green one. Perfectly normal for an easter-egg chicken such [...]

blog news

September 2, 2008

Hey, it’s been a year since I moved over here to WordPress territory. I forgot my own anniversary, distracted by the Republican party. Great pick for VP, eh? The very one most qualified person, out of the entire country of persons, that I want in the White House when the old guy kicks over. And [...]