I need more time, that's what I'd like. I'm thankful my life is so full, but I can't manage all that I want and need to do. My poor blog suffers because I'm so busy. I love Simon and Garfunkel BTW!
If you are a long time listener of Rush Limbaugh, cue up the old time "update" theme music...dut, dutta, lut, dutta, lut, dutta, lut......
Kitchen update: Mostly done! It's usable, but we haven't been here a enough to use it! Ha ha! When we are here, we've BBQ'd of course. So I haven't had a chance to get used to the gas stove or oven. That will have to be my October project.
I still have to primer and paint some new dry wall and add the tile back splash. I haven't decided fully on the tile design and haven't had time to check out my options. That will probably be a September project.
The refrigerator and garage are still a mess with things not in place from the remodel. Those will be our first project, starting "soon". :-)
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| Hickory cabinets with a "honey" stain. A deep two bowl sink, in sprakly black granite. Tile backsplash to come. You can see some of the tile taped to the wall near the knife block. |
General life update: Randy and I've been to Florence twice in the last few weeks and it was fabulous over there. Warmer temps and not much wind. Very relaxing. There was lots of wildlife activity on the river...seals, seagull chicks and pelicans. We took another visit to Cape Perpetua, which I love. Fun to hike the trails and climb on the rocks down to the tide pools.
We also spent a lot of time at Honeyman Nursery. They have a very nice set up and I like looking at the plant displays and playing with the nursery's 6 cats. George is my fav, he will climb all the way up you until he is up by your face. What a sweetie. This last visit we brought the truck so that we could return home with some rocks that we have been eyeing for a while. This proved quite the challenge. If a rock requires a fork lift to put it in your vehicle, it might require the same to get it out. But not necessarily, it just won't be as easy. It only took us two hours to move big rock about 25 feet. Most of that time was spent trying to get it in the yard cart with jacks. We ended up using 2x4's to lever it up and roll it, also some sliding/pushing on cardboard once we made it onto the grass. We were both exhausted, sweaty and sore by the end of this move. This rock is not leaving it's current location until one of us can't remember how hard it was to move. That will be me, and Randy will say "as you wish". :-) |
| One of our 2 new "glacial boulders". Not as heavy as you'd think. |
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| Oh yea, I want some of those... |
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| Now THIS one weighs a lot! They used a front loader to put it in the truck. |
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| These guys weren't hard, they lived right here until we put them in place. |
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| This big guy took us both 2 hours to move from the back of the truck to this location. Randy says if we move, it's not. |
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| Aaron Tippin at the BC Fair. Great concert. |
On July 30th Annie and I participated in our first triathlon together, the All Women's Blue Lake Triathlon in Fairview. The race was 1/2 or 1/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike and 3 mile run. This was my first open water swim and I was very nervous about it. Especially after I saw how far I had to swim, OMG. The swim totally kicked my butt, I didn't freestyle for very long before sidestroking. Annie swam her 1/2 mile just faster than it took me to "swim" my 1/4 mile (my race had a shorter distance). She rocked her swim, being the fastest in her age group. The bike was fun, I love rocking on the bike after the swim. Because I am so slow in the water I get to pass a lot of people on the bike. :-) I had nothing left in the tank for the run and walked most of it, except when I saw the photographers pointed in my direction. My dad even showed up to watch the first part and take pictures. All in all I had a great time.
A little bit more summer to come. Stay tuned.
