I just have this one for today.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Pictures of the Day
A few more surprises this morning! Some little purple flowers, I have no idea what they are. And ever since we pulled off the ivy that had started to strangle our white Hibiscus Tree, it's started to blossom like crazy!
These are the TEENY pink/purple flowers that have started sprouting up.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Glorious Garden!
Every day I wake up to new flowers, or discover a new little blossoms hidden around the yard! Here are some more pictures for your enjoyment!
Our Purple Hibiscus Tree.
Up close.
In the morning sun.
Quick shot of the bloom on our white Hibiscus Tree.
6 foot tall Lillies.
Disregard the ugly siding, that's our neighbors house, no one lives there.
Some Lillies his parents gave us, I have not planted them yet.
Found these hiding in the back yard.
No idea what these are, they were TEENY TINY! I had to take a picture.
Hosta leaves.
Some little strawberry things we found growing all over the place.
Not a clue what these are.
Oh, hello there! (credit to my boyfriend for this picture!)
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Garden of Surprises
Well... I've been quite the slacker in keeping up with my posts here. I guess that is what an overload of work, home renovation disasters, and distractions will do.
So... I'll just get back into the swing of things with some pictures from our garden. Our home had previously been occupied by single women for the last few decades, and it's quite apparent they all had a green thumb. We've watched impatiently as flowers started sprouting up this spring... and they have not stopped!
We both run outside each morning with excitement to see what else has popped up! This garden is new to us, and we have refrained from removing much of anything, as we have no idea what had been planted there. So, it really is a Garden of Surprises. And every morning I am greeted with another beautiful bloom. I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I have enjoyed taking them!
So... I'll just get back into the swing of things with some pictures from our garden. Our home had previously been occupied by single women for the last few decades, and it's quite apparent they all had a green thumb. We've watched impatiently as flowers started sprouting up this spring... and they have not stopped!
We both run outside each morning with excitement to see what else has popped up! This garden is new to us, and we have refrained from removing much of anything, as we have no idea what had been planted there. So, it really is a Garden of Surprises. And every morning I am greeted with another beautiful bloom. I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I have enjoyed taking them!
Our surprise flowers in front of our stone wall!
Hosta Circle.
Our Tulip garden, on the far side of our yard (bordering the neighbors walkway)
ENORMOUS daffodils!
Sprucing up the front yard a bit.
Our planter out front, after it had filled in a bit more.
Pruning back our 15' tall Butterfly Bush
Cedar Mulch, and our new Rhododendron's
Our almost fluorescent Purple Rhododendron
Every variety of Hosta imaginable in our back yard!
Some Elephant(?) Hosta and Ivy under one of our 100+ year old pine trees
A lonely ant, helping our Peony bloom
Peony, at full bloom
From one of the 3 or 4 rose bushes we have
Some of the Ivy growing under the pine tree in our side yard
I can't remember the name of this flower, but we had DOZENS of them.
Some ENORMOUSLY overgrown bush, that one day turned bright magenta!
Closeup of the blooms
A chromalusion critter that decided to drop by
Some surprise Hydrangea's that appeared behind our shed!
Some miniature blue flowers, that appeared right next to the Hydrangea's.
Some more fun little bundles.
Some big green evergreen shrub that has swallowed our shed
Friday, November 19, 2010
Cookie Kitty
Now you've seen a kitty with a cookie on her head. She is not amused... but I was rolling with laughter, thought you all might enjoy this.
This is Molly, our "one fry shot of a happy-meal" cat.
-Em
This is Molly, our "one fry shot of a happy-meal" cat.
-Em
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Kitchen Appliances
Well... tis that time of the year... where stores slash their prices, and I'm in all of my glory! Now, you know by this point, that I have a semi-short attention span when it comes to projects. But I just could not help myself this time. This deal was so mind-bogglingly insane, I just had to do it.
So, Home Depot is having their Pre-Black Friday sale on their appliances, we're REALLY trying to focus on getting this bathroom done, but a sale is a sale.... OK, I'm game... so, we wandered into the appliances section to browse around. Lo and behold, there's a sale on select LG appliances, "oh yippe!" I've been drooling over this LG gas range for weeks (a $1500 gas range, I might add... entirely too expensive for me, but a girl can dream, right?)
They are offering the entire LG suite, for nearly 40% OFF!!!!! My eyes bugged out of my head! I just could not believe what I was reading... and MY gas range was part of the sale!!!!
So, to make a long story short (ok, not really...), they sold out of EVERYTHING except the fridge when we tried to check out last night. The gas range was no longer available online, in any warehouse, it was no longer even listed on their website! I started to freak! The woman told me she absolutely could not sell me the floor models, and they would call me again the following afternoon (today), and let me know if they could order them up for me from somewhere else, but they couldn't make any promises. The same went for the dishwasher and microwave, no where to be found (although, I was not as dead-set on those, I absolutely had to have that stove). So, we went back earlier this morning, I was NOT going to wait for a phone call back, and another woman there gladly sold me everything off the floor (except for the fridge, we'll be taking deliver of a brand new one early December). I've been running around all morning like a kid on Christmas!
To wrap this up, we ended up buying around $5300 worth of LG appliances, for roughly $3300!!! And to add the icing on the cake... If you bought all 4 appliances in the suite, you got an ADDITIONAL $200 off... so we walked out of there paying around $3100, including tax. I am the HAPPIEST kid on the planet right now!!!
So, Home Depot is having their Pre-Black Friday sale on their appliances, we're REALLY trying to focus on getting this bathroom done, but a sale is a sale.... OK, I'm game... so, we wandered into the appliances section to browse around. Lo and behold, there's a sale on select LG appliances, "oh yippe!" I've been drooling over this LG gas range for weeks (a $1500 gas range, I might add... entirely too expensive for me, but a girl can dream, right?)
They are offering the entire LG suite, for nearly 40% OFF!!!!! My eyes bugged out of my head! I just could not believe what I was reading... and MY gas range was part of the sale!!!!
So, to make a long story short (ok, not really...), they sold out of EVERYTHING except the fridge when we tried to check out last night. The gas range was no longer available online, in any warehouse, it was no longer even listed on their website! I started to freak! The woman told me she absolutely could not sell me the floor models, and they would call me again the following afternoon (today), and let me know if they could order them up for me from somewhere else, but they couldn't make any promises. The same went for the dishwasher and microwave, no where to be found (although, I was not as dead-set on those, I absolutely had to have that stove). So, we went back earlier this morning, I was NOT going to wait for a phone call back, and another woman there gladly sold me everything off the floor (except for the fridge, we'll be taking deliver of a brand new one early December). I've been running around all morning like a kid on Christmas!
To wrap this up, we ended up buying around $5300 worth of LG appliances, for roughly $3300!!! And to add the icing on the cake... If you bought all 4 appliances in the suite, you got an ADDITIONAL $200 off... so we walked out of there paying around $3100, including tax. I am the HAPPIEST kid on the planet right now!!!
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