Archive | May, 2009
For the Bird Watchers
Well, for the FIRST time, we have cardinals nesting in the shrubs this year; they are my favorite songbirds, and I am flipping over their presence here. They are nesting in some honeysuckle shrubs near the front yard (the Orioles love those shrubs, too– I have GOT to plant more of them, looks like!). My [...]
Continue reading...Small Businesses Penalized
12. May 2009
Ouch. It’s a bad time to be a small business owner in this country. Not only do we have no real voice in our government (compared to the heafty lobbying power of the big corporations), we are being penalized for our success. The Washington Post reports that small business owners are going to see a [...]
Continue reading...Have a Great Garage Sale
12. May 2009
Did you realize that hosting a great garage sale is an art? Yes, indeed! Some people make a LOT of money from their garage sales, enough for them to consider it a part-time job! The buying and selling of used stuff can be a very lucrative business– IF you know how to market it and [...]
Continue reading...More on the Tempurpedic Mattress and Box Spring
9. May 2009
In October, my darling husband purchased a Tempurpedic mattress set to help alleviate my back pain. I did an initial review (you can read that here), and I wrote an update after a few weeks when the split box springs, or “foundation set” started to squeak like all get-out (you can read that here). (Tempurpedic [...]
Continue reading...Kitteh vs. Fan
6. May 2009
Ooooooooooo!!! If this isn’t adorable, I don’t know what is!! This kitty looks exactly like my beautiful Livvy when she was small (she has grown so much!). And Livvy would do dumb stuff like this, too, haha! This is just too cute, tooo cute! Related Posts:Find the Kitty Friday: Scrub a DubFind the Kitty Friday: [...]
Continue reading...Cat in the Garden
5. May 2009
There’s no need for a piece of sculpture in a home (or garden) that has a cat. I saw my cat, Fuzzy (who is completely recovered!), sitting in the cool garden bed today. Just thought I’d snap a few photos. I assume he was aware of my presence, but he never turned around to see. [...]
Continue reading...Nice Decorative Items For the Home
4. May 2009
Hey, looking for that extra-special decorative vase, jar, or statue or other ethnic gifts for your home? Take a peek at CulturalElements.com. Free shipping in the continental U.S.! The items are beautiful! These products are actually made in their country of origin, and then shipped to the United States for sale, so what you get [...]
Continue reading...Spring Time Chores
4. May 2009
As we Northeasterners have been crawling out of our hibernation, spring slowly arrives. My spring flowers are now blooming. Spring came early this year for Upstate New York– i.e., no snow in April! Usually, we don’t allow those sporadic 70-80 degree days to fool us. We know a snowstorm could (and has) happened. But this [...]
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I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
- Parging The Foundation Walls
- The Silent Summer: No Crickets, No Peepers!
- Building a Winter Cat Shelter
- The Tempurpedic Mattress Update
- How to Create a Serfdom
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- Mrs. Mecomber: Lin-- when we finally got the owl out, it was dead...
- Marg: I am sure there are lots of things wrong with an o...
- lin: Was the owl alive or dead? We have a house bui...
- Mrs. Mecomber: Marg-- good advice. At the time, however, we were ...
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15. May 2009
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