Here is my list for this week:
1. Organize my desk and add some feminine touches. (This one is left over from a few weeks ago! Oops!)
2. Unpack photos and knickknacks to make the house more "homey" and welcoming.
3. Pack winter skirts and clothes that don't fit to make our closet more organized.
4. Get my hair cut!
5. Organize my recipe binder and try a new recipe.
Visit Charming the Birds from the Trees to join this week's Commitment to Loveliness!
Monday, April 30, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Ahhhhhh...
...sun!
I've been staying away from the computer for the past two days because it's just been too gorgeous to stay inside! (Also I've been thinking I'm spending too much time online, but that's another post.) It's been sunny and in the seventies since Thursday or so. I can't get enough! I'm trying to enjoy it as much as I can while I can because more "seasonable" temps and rain are due to arrive later this week.
We've been doing a lot of walking, trying out different routes in our new neighborhood and getting to know all the winding, country roads. We've discovered where there's a mean dog and a friendly one, and planning accordingly! I like to have a 3-4 mile route mapped for my walks, so we're trying out different combinations to settle on the best one.
The bad news is that we have noisy neighbors! We first noticed music blasting from a house the day we moved in, and on and off since then we can hear the bass pounding while inside our house with all the doors and windows closed. YUCK! I can hear it right now, actually! We thought it was a bunch of teenagers at a house with a detached garage playing around and tinkering with their cars, but while it is that house, and there are lots of kids hanging around, it's actually the father playing the music. Apparently, according to another neighbor, he won't turn down or off his music despite many complaints and visits from the Sheriff. As soon as the trooper is gone, music is back up! I guess usually the music isn't so bad, so maybe this is just spring fever and it will abate. Wednesday night it was still playing at 11:00 PM! I should mention that this house is probably a few hundred feet down the road, set back maybe 50-100 from the road and surrounded by trees! It's so sheltered you can barely see the house and garage, but the music really travels! DH is disgusted, but because the guy has a nasty reputation, we're hesitant to really file complaints, lest there's backlash.
Welcome to life in the country.
On a happier note, I must thank Emma for nominating me for a Thinking Blogger Award! I'm very flattered and surprised! I've never really thought of blog as worthy as such, as it's mostly ramblings about the daily life. I'm honored, Emma! Thank you! Stay tuned for my list of nominees.
The living room is coming along nicely. It is all primed and ready for paint. We settled on a color called "Glazed Pears," and I'll be sure to post pictures once it is painted and all nice and neat again.
I've got to dash and get Sunday dinner going. Teddy's Pasta Salad, a very summery dish, to celebrate the warm weather!
I've been staying away from the computer for the past two days because it's just been too gorgeous to stay inside! (Also I've been thinking I'm spending too much time online, but that's another post.) It's been sunny and in the seventies since Thursday or so. I can't get enough! I'm trying to enjoy it as much as I can while I can because more "seasonable" temps and rain are due to arrive later this week.
We've been doing a lot of walking, trying out different routes in our new neighborhood and getting to know all the winding, country roads. We've discovered where there's a mean dog and a friendly one, and planning accordingly! I like to have a 3-4 mile route mapped for my walks, so we're trying out different combinations to settle on the best one.
The bad news is that we have noisy neighbors! We first noticed music blasting from a house the day we moved in, and on and off since then we can hear the bass pounding while inside our house with all the doors and windows closed. YUCK! I can hear it right now, actually! We thought it was a bunch of teenagers at a house with a detached garage playing around and tinkering with their cars, but while it is that house, and there are lots of kids hanging around, it's actually the father playing the music. Apparently, according to another neighbor, he won't turn down or off his music despite many complaints and visits from the Sheriff. As soon as the trooper is gone, music is back up! I guess usually the music isn't so bad, so maybe this is just spring fever and it will abate. Wednesday night it was still playing at 11:00 PM! I should mention that this house is probably a few hundred feet down the road, set back maybe 50-100 from the road and surrounded by trees! It's so sheltered you can barely see the house and garage, but the music really travels! DH is disgusted, but because the guy has a nasty reputation, we're hesitant to really file complaints, lest there's backlash.
Welcome to life in the country.
On a happier note, I must thank Emma for nominating me for a Thinking Blogger Award! I'm very flattered and surprised! I've never really thought of blog as worthy as such, as it's mostly ramblings about the daily life. I'm honored, Emma! Thank you! Stay tuned for my list of nominees.
The living room is coming along nicely. It is all primed and ready for paint. We settled on a color called "Glazed Pears," and I'll be sure to post pictures once it is painted and all nice and neat again.
I've got to dash and get Sunday dinner going. Teddy's Pasta Salad, a very summery dish, to celebrate the warm weather!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Spring Again!
Thanks for the comments, ladies! You made me smile and literally laugh out loud. Now, if my post from Monday wasn't enough to convince you of the fickleness (is that a word?) of Northern New York's weather, look at these! I just popped outside to take them:
Could those be flowers??
It's so bright outside I could barely focus the camera. It's about sixty degrees today. What a change! Perhaps this is really spring at last?
Monday, April 16, 2007
Commitment to Loveliness
Emma's hosting another Commitment to Loveliness this week!
1. Finish establishing daily/weekly/monthly routines for new house.
2. Unpack and organize my desk and find a way to add feminine touches.
3. Begin planning gardens: flower and vegetable. See if I can figure out where/what are in the existing gardens. Maybe the snow will stop soon!
4. Find complimentary placemats for kitchen table.
5. Organize Baby's toys/books and decide what stays upstairs and downstairs.
Head over to Charming the Birds from the Trees to join!
1. Finish establishing daily/weekly/monthly routines for new house.
2. Unpack and organize my desk and find a way to add feminine touches.
3. Begin planning gardens: flower and vegetable. See if I can figure out where/what are in the existing gardens. Maybe the snow will stop soon!
4. Find complimentary placemats for kitchen table.
5. Organize Baby's toys/books and decide what stays upstairs and downstairs.
Head over to Charming the Birds from the Trees to join!
Spring!
We lost our power for about two hours this morning right before I went to start the diapers! That could have been a real situation...snowed in with no clean dipes and not a sposie in the place. Yikes! Happily, all is well again!
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Living Room
I thought I should continue my house tour and show you the living room. It's still mostly empty since we are stripping the wallpaper and painting. 9 times out of 10, wallpaper ranks right up there with carpet on the list of Things I Do Not Like. Wait until you see the wallpaper in the dining room/school room, though. TO DIE FOR!
Anyway, here is the living room:
Anyway, here is the living room:
Once we've painted it, this room will also house our library. I didn't want to unpack and reorganize all my books just to repack and move them in a week, though.
LOVE the wood floor in here! I've always dreamed about living in a house with wide, plank floors. Sigh...
The centerpiece of the room: one of DH's organs. This is the one that is in the best working order. He has another electric that needs a new synthesizer before he brings it up here. That one's better because its stops are more like a pipe organ. His pipe organ is in his parents' barn and will live there unless we ever build an addition especially for it.
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