June 12th, 2008
In addition to his many other talents, my husband also has a very green thumb.
Or maybe it’s just the weather. Whatever the reason, the roses this year have been unbelievably abundant.. I don’t think half this many bloomed last year!
Roses by our bench
Up Close..
Terrible picture, but look at all the roses on top of […]
read more...May 30th, 2008
Wow, so yesterday’s post clearly stirred the pot more than I expected. Re reading it does seem like I am totally neurotic and unappreciative.. which I suppose I am to some extent. I just over analyze everything to the point of stagnation, which is the subject of endless frustration for Jeff who is the complete […]
read more...May 20th, 2008
Sadly, there are not many. I was so busy putting food out etc I barely got to sit down, let alone snap any pictures, but here are a few:
(As predicted, no one ventured down to the pergola except when the meal was served preferring instead to crowd around our tiny new ikea outdoor set!)
The pergola, […]
read more...May 12th, 2008
I am exhausted!!
There’s nothing like carrying around an extra 30lbs to make previously only mildly tiring tasks completely backbreaking, like cleaning the house for example. After cleaning the inside of the house from top to bottom I felt like I had been run over by a bus! The advent of the third trimester this past […]
May 6th, 2008
My new outdoor cushions from LL Bean arrived last night.. and guess what? I love them - not even a little bit of buyer’s remorse, which is highly unusual for me.
And.. they even fit the right way on, I don’t have to turn them sideways!
I love the combination of mango and aqua. Now I just […]
read more...April 28th, 2008
The blooming of the Cherry tree in our front yard:
and other sundry signs of spring:
inspired us in a moment of weakness to declare that we needed to have an “In bloom” house party in the next few weeks. This time frame also coincides with Jeff’s birthday, so it seemed like a good idea at the […]
read more...October 5th, 2007
So apparently Jeff has acquired a fence bug after putting up the back yard privacy fence..
I got an email from him asking where he could get a picture of the front of our house (um, yeah, he doesn’t really read the blog much..)
I sent him this:
And about an hour later I get an email […]
read more...October 2nd, 2007
Well, it makes us good neighbors, I’m still not too sure about THEM. By THEM I mean the family who live next door who are very nice but clearly don’t count home maintenance among their virtues.
Oh yeah, Hi, I’m back!! Well, sort of back..Jeff (Aka the Charmed & Dangerous widower) has been doing house stuff […]
July 9th, 2007
This weekend included a mini-milestone, some shopping and a whole lot of frustration!
The shopping was a happy accident. I’ve had my eye on these white Hampton Bay wicker chairs at Home Depot for a few months now, but when they finally went on sale I could resist them no longer..
And the cute indoor/outdoor cushions were […]
read more...June 19th, 2007
Ok, so here’s our deck with part of the aforementioned Delahey Walmart patio furniture that is too big for the deck: (don’t worry, that reddish wood will weather to a nice silvery gray eventually!)
But here’s the real question. Jeff wants to sand down and paint over the deck but I am totally in love […]
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