Sunday Happy

Is it really Sunday already? This week has flown by, probably because it was to freaking hot that my brain kinda melted.  At least the heat is gone now and I can finally, maybe, function like a human being again.

Even with all the heat, lots of stuff has got done over at the house. Plumbing, walls fixed, tile samples bought. We even have narrowed down the kitchen design and are going to start doing the kitchen stuff soon. Everyday we get a little bit closer.... Now for the outside of the house, well not as great. Neither of us have dragged the mower out it a while and now there 3 ft tall thistle everywhere. Barefoot in the yard is not a good idea.And even though we worked worked worked all week, we did made a little time to finally pick our strawberries from our farm share. Now we eat nothing but zucchini and strawberries. Good stuff.

Other then that, not much else new. Not going to lie and say I haven't been thinking about all the crazy shit that has gone on this past week in the country. Sad, alarming, frustrating. It's a lot of heavy and it sucks. I am doing my best to send all good and loving energy out to the world. Kindness goes a log way.

As for today. hopefully the mr and I will be smart enough to chill a bit today, get in a little r&r, maybe bake some bread and go for a little bike ride before hitting it hard again tomorrow. (we will probably work at least some today too..the mr just won't stop)

Some things to brows via the internet .

-2016 Will Be One Second Longer Than Expected. Well at least we get a bit more tine eh?

-Duh. Getting Kids to Like Vegetables Could Be As Simple As the Right Cartoon

-Do you feel a lot? You might be a empath?

-I could totally win this.. maybe next year. Move Over, Hot Dogs! There's a Kale-Eating Competition Happening This Weekend.

-Holy shit, so crazy cool.

-  Everything is connected to everything. Your Senses Are Talking Behind Your Back

-Ink Paintings of Ghostly Felines and Chickens

-Super cute and happy house.

-Oh shit, just one more thing that sucks about the hot hot heat. There might be a huge avocado shortage. Hoard as many as you can!

-Learning From Healthy Bears (You Mean We Should Hibernate?).. I am in.

And some pictures from the weeks shenanigans of rivers farms,  and family crazy.

Happy day to you!

-C

Sunday Happy

Let's just hit the weather for a minute here. Snow one week and 90 freaking degrees the next. Oh Vt, you can be so cray cray, but do me a favor and stop being 90..I can't sleep, I am constantly sweating....I think I am pretty much melting, not to mention slightly bitchy.  Just be 80 with a nice cool breeze. I would like that a lot. Thanks.

The past week has been one full of the fullness that comes with owning apartment buildings. . A handful of the apartments are turning over so we have been running around dealing with repairs, cleaning, and over all property maintenance.  There has been lots of weeding, mowing, and tree cutting, you know, all sorts of fun stuff. The buildings are looking good but you should see our little fenced in yard right now. It kind of looks like a junk yard from all the shit we have been piling up for lack of time or space to deal with it all. That and we are also in the processes of getting a new work car. (the process being craigslist) , so until we do, moving stuff is on hold. Why is it so hard to find a working truck that doesn't cost a million dollars and will get us from point a to point b without falling apart and being fancy.? We pretty much just need something to haul trash and lawn mowers and the occasional toilet. Is that to much to ask? Apparently it is. (we will find something, I am just being a whine ass)

Anyway, we have managed to get to the new house this week and get the rest of the metal roofing on, a temporary gate up so now Washer can roam free, and lots and lots of nails removed from the floors.Things are still moving along. I even spent some time with the plants while the mr mowed the front lawn (We do it mullet style. Short in the front yard,long in the back) And hopefully today we will have a little time to get over there as well. I really want to harvest some rhubarb and get a few more plants into the ground before it's to late.

And hopefully you are having yourself a long and enjoyable weekend. It's pretty much summer now so it's time to do all the summer stuff that needs to be done.

Some internet stuff to keep you occupied if in need.

-I wonder what my rock collection would look like (I have a shit ton of rocks) A Kinetic Artwork that Sorts Thousands of Random River Stones by Age

-The Highly Anxious Herbivore’s Guide to Moral Vegetable Consumption.. hahaha.

-Fake banana flavor could actually be really banana flavor? The History of Banana Flavoring

-Let it roam..How to Make the Most of a Scattered Attention Span

-It's about time we know exactly whats in the food. An 'Added Sugar' Label Is On The Way For Packaged Food

-I always kind of thought smoothies were more a dessert then a meal. Ask Well: The Downside of Smoothies

-This California House Has a Vertical, Living Succulent Wall and I love it. I would be all about something like this except I live in Vt. All the plants would die.

-Scientists Are Trying to Solve the Mystery of Awe... I think it will forever be a mystery, that's why it's awe.

-These mountain are like whoa.

-I have moments where I want to whitewash the entire house. This place is inspiring (and the stairs.. love love love)

Pictures from the week.

Have a great day

-C

Sunday Happy

I have been having some crazy dreams lately, especially the past few nights (spring time and the full moon will do that to me) But waking up this morning I realized that I need to know someone that has or is willing to get a weiner dog and name it Hamburger. That person will be my best friend.

Anyway, besides from the lingering illness that made me feel like complete shit and took my voice away for about a week, things have been rolling right along. I got a good clip of work done this week (making phone calls without a voice was a challenge) and the house is still standing strong. And let's just give mother nature a high five here cause the weather has been aces, well besides the snow on Monday. Warm, but not to hot. A little rain here and there. There is green stuff every where! The lilacs are all bloomed and smelling up the world in the best way possible, my strawberry plants are starting to make their strawberries and my rhubarb patch is out of control. So much, so good. This is definitely my favorite time of the year.

And it's Sunday, my favorite day(usually) cause it's our day to relax, or at least pretend to, and drink all the coffee in the world. Today though, I think I am going to be productive in my free time and do a bit of yard work and some gardening. I got some veggies starts in need of dirt and am going to planting a few more things (some zinnas, sunflowers and lots of kale). I am even thinking that this is the day I give the dog a bath (he smells nasty) or maybe give the mr a hair cut. (I say he either needs to cut it or go all out and do a man bun) At least one of them has to go down today.....

Things I saw on the internet.

- Food not lawns.... Make so much sense. An All-Volunteer Squad Of Farmers Is Turning Florida Lawns Into Food

-Making one in my very near future. Everything You Need to Know About Hotdish

-The use of nails. These are all sorts of fantastic.

-I have known some craaaazy picky eaters (one of my sisters didn't eat anything beside peanut butter sandwiches our entire childhood. She has sense grown up a bit and has included pizza and beer) Breaking Down The Science Of Picky Eating

-Something I would love to see in person. China’s Apricot Blossom

-Some serious house love. A Chic Fixer-Upper on Fire Island, Budget Edition

-Check out these tiles, they are freaking awesome. The mr and I are much inspired and thinking of doing out own screen printed tiles for the kitchen floor.

-There really is a reason why old books smell so good.

-I need good light for so many reasons. The Best Light Bulbs For Maximum Visibility in Your Kitchen

-Street art at it's finest. Site-Specific Elephant Murals on the Streets of South Africa by Falko One

Pictures from the week.

Now have yourself a fantastic day!

-C

Summer Bucket List

Things have been a little cray cray around here, what with every day full of things, (not all so fun, and sometimes a little grueling) so I day dream and think about all the things that I want to do this summer. I want this summer to be good and fun and full of happy with the feeling of accomplishment. And so I list...My summer 2016 bucket list. 

Not in any order other then the most important thing on the list.....

#1 is to finish the freaking house! and....

• relearn how to do a cartwheel
• have fresh flowers at all times
• bake a loaf of bread every week
• get on the lake in a kayak/canoe
• so many bike rides (preferably during sunset or sunrise)
• at least a couple impromptu trips to fun places
• get a real haircut
• get rid of all the shit that I don't need
• bring my little brothers and sister camping
• spend time laying around in my backyard reading
• hike Camels Hump
• re-pot all of my 50 or so house plant
• set up my pottery studio in new house
• Stick my feet into the ocean
• give Washer ans Only baths
• learn how to fix my bike and then fix it
• plant a tree in the front yard
• finish carving a spoon and get on my way to be a first class wood carving master

Not a bad list, and I am allowed to add to or change a few things (getting a hair cut is asking a lot) but as of right now, this list is looking good and somewhat realistic.

And sure, not technically summer yet, but today the mr and I are working all day at the house and I may just bring my book and spend a little time reading in the yard.(It is such a nice yard) Getting this done on the list!

Have a good weekend and start thinking about all the fun stuff you want to do this summer... Its almost here!

-C

Upstairs Update

Everyone is asking how that house is going so I figured an update was in order.

Around the beginning of March we hired a guy (with another guy that was like 80 years old) to remove the back roof and to frame out the addition. We were planning on doing it ourselves but when it came down to it, it was going to take to long and was not something that I was entirely comfortable doing. It was still winter out, I have never removed a roof, and it just seemed like it was better to just have someone that does it all the time do it. And oh am I glade we did. These guys were awesome and a little nuts. We had a start date for a Tuesday, but on Monday morning, the mr gets a phone call from the head guy asking if he was going to go to the house and let him in. "Of course, I'll be there at 8 tomorrow" said the mr.  "No, we are here right now" said the roof ripper off man. "Ok, be right over" and the mr rushes over to the house. When he gets there, the guys were already in the house. The had claimed onto the roof and started ripping it off from the outside.

And then two days later , the roof was gone and the skeleton of the addition was up.  It was fantastic and amazing and we were so excited. SO worth hiring it out!!!!

Our next move was the roof,(to keep out the snow ans rain) which those guys ended up came back and throwing on for us. That was another job we were planning on doing, but when the mr crawled onto the roof to measure for materials, he came back down and said to me"hell no. not doing it" (He is terribly afraid of heights)

After the roof went up, we still had a lot of demo to do. It took us a few days to finish removing the rest of the walls and all the layers of flooring. Then it got really freaking cold out so we boarded off the upstairs with insulation and did some stuff downstairs.

We were on a good roll, getting shit done, about to start framing, then the shittest shit ever happened and Sean died. We didn't go back over to the house for like 2 weeks. (shit head, you were suppose to help us) We lost all motivation and I was in no state to be doing any work that required power tools or crow bars.( I probably would have cut a hand off or accidentally set the house on fire) So yeah, no house work. But over these past 2 weeks we have slowly gotten back into the swing of things. We have cleaned up the upstairs, framed out all the wall and are moving right along. Next is windows, (which is now more just a matter of picking some we like and ordering them) running all the electrical, plumping the bathroom, insulation the ceiling and walls, then getting an inspection! But that will be a breeze.... haha.

So that's what's been going on in the house. Fun fun fun!

Hopefully I will have another update on other parts of the house for you guys soon!

-C