If you never go anywhere or do anything, then you have nothing to write about. At least that is the way I look at it. Yesterday we did not go anywhere, but we did something.
First, I took out the garbage. Then while discussing where to put the garbage can, my hub and I decided to open the last two wooden crates containing our newly inherited large paintings. After doing that and moving them into the warm house (freezing temps here at the moment), we decided to transport the empty crates into the barn. Tractor out of the barn and then over to the garage. Crates on the tractor forks he made for the initial container transport, and then all of the crates were moved to a wood collection place in the barn.
Before I could get a broom to sweep out the garage, we both looked at each other and decided to transport the 30 year old mattress to its final resting place, the bed in the barn apartment. And we did!
Then there was one last unpacked box in the corner of the garage. We knew it contained a replacement toilet pot for our "off the floor" toilets, but I would wonder what else was packed in that box if we never opened it. So we opened The Last Box! And you guessed it, just the toilet pot and LOTS of packing paper for padding.
Now we have really, really finished unpacking the shipment. Still a few things to hang on the wall, but we made this move and unpacking on our own! Are we proud? You are darn right! Another one of those things that I do not plan to do again. Ever!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Grand-autos, Not Grand Theft Autos
My brothers have grand-children. My neighbors have grand-dogs. We are special, since we have grand-autos.
Our son doesn't have kids or pets yet, but he has automobiles.
They say that the apple does not fall too far from the tree. My father-in-law was first a mechanic and repaired cars and then later in life sold autos. My hub once collected vintage cars, was an active member of a Mercedes vintage car club, and still likes to watch Formula 1 races. So that our son collects exclusive vehicles, sometimes tries his hand at repairing them, and watches Formula 1 races is not extraordinary.
Where does he keep the grand-autos?
At his home.
Where else do you keep grand-things?
Our son doesn't have kids or pets yet, but he has automobiles.
They say that the apple does not fall too far from the tree. My father-in-law was first a mechanic and repaired cars and then later in life sold autos. My hub once collected vintage cars, was an active member of a Mercedes vintage car club, and still likes to watch Formula 1 races. So that our son collects exclusive vehicles, sometimes tries his hand at repairing them, and watches Formula 1 races is not extraordinary.
Where does he keep the grand-autos?
At his home.
Where else do you keep grand-things?
Monday, January 14, 2013
Beauregard Master Gardeners Course Begins on January 31, 2013
For those who are interested, the Beauregard Parish Master Gardeners Course for 2013 begins on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 6:00 pm at the Civic Center (Old USO building) behind the hospital in Deridder, Louisiana.
Due to an error in the local newspaper, I am using my blogspot to get this info out into the WorldWideWeb.
Also, this is a good opportunity to remind my blog followers that I have made a special Beauregard Master Gardeners board on Pinterest.
http://pinterest.com/wetcreek/beauregard-master-gardeners/
If you have time to read this, you have time to weed.
Due to an error in the local newspaper, I am using my blogspot to get this info out into the WorldWideWeb.
Also, this is a good opportunity to remind my blog followers that I have made a special Beauregard Master Gardeners board on Pinterest.
http://pinterest.com/wetcreek/beauregard-master-gardeners/
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Jelly Roll Quilt Top is Finally Done
Back in July 2012, I started assembling my Jelly Roll quilt top or duvet cover.
Well yesterday I completed the top part. I had cut and sewn just enough strips to make a 140 cm x 210 cm cover for a duvet or maybe a twin size quilt.
It was a cinch! The most time consuming was the piece cutting ( now I have new blades and my own really large cutting board) and sewing the strips in one continuous length.
Yesterday the putting the quilt top together was easy. And my 40+ year old sewing machine (that has seen Europe on two cruises/ once in a small box cushioned by a bed pillow by post in 1979 and later in a box in a huge sea container in 2006) worked like it was new.
Today I added the border, so now to decide what is next. I have the batting and back material for a quilt, but that takes time. A duvet cover may be easier.
Think I will think about this.
Well yesterday I completed the top part. I had cut and sewn just enough strips to make a 140 cm x 210 cm cover for a duvet or maybe a twin size quilt.
It was a cinch! The most time consuming was the piece cutting ( now I have new blades and my own really large cutting board) and sewing the strips in one continuous length.
Yesterday the putting the quilt top together was easy. And my 40+ year old sewing machine (that has seen Europe on two cruises/ once in a small box cushioned by a bed pillow by post in 1979 and later in a box in a huge sea container in 2006) worked like it was new.
Today I added the border, so now to decide what is next. I have the batting and back material for a quilt, but that takes time. A duvet cover may be easier.
Think I will think about this.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Happy Birthday, Wetcreek
Today is my little brother's birthday, but actually I am celebrating my blog's year one birthday. 355 posts ago I started this Wetcreek Blog on January 10, 2012. Some days it is a challenge to find a good topic, and other days they just flop right onto my iPad screen.
As for numbers, I passed the 6,000 blog visitors mark and the 13,000 pins on Pinterest with 470 followers. Not bad for someone who does this computer stuff for fun.
Now where did I put my Sudoku book? Haven't done that in a while.
The joys of not having to grade essays anymore!!!!!
As for numbers, I passed the 6,000 blog visitors mark and the 13,000 pins on Pinterest with 470 followers. Not bad for someone who does this computer stuff for fun.
Now where did I put my Sudoku book? Haven't done that in a while.
The joys of not having to grade essays anymore!!!!!
Waste Not, Want Not
Several years ago my hub and I made a trip to Greece. Trying to read the road signs was disturbing, since it was All Greek to us. (LOL) But what was really disturbing was the heaps of trash on the sides of the roads.
When we moved back to the US in 2006, we noticed that peculiar similarity with Greece out here where we live. Some families set their overflowing garbage in containers a week in advance of the pick up! If the weather does not scatter it, then the varmints do.
Garbage pick up is often a puzzle, too, since we never receive any communication or information about when the trash will be collected. And what can you actually discard? I have seen everything from bedroom furniture to lawnmowers next to the white see-through garbage bags. Our son who lives in a BIG city even had auto tires collected from his yard last week. And once when he was replacing his bathroom toilets, a used toilet pot disappeared before he could get it from the stoop to the street.
This "trash talk" all leads to some really great news for us. For several years now, we have been saddled with garbage container "duty" at the apartment in The Netherlands. When my in-laws were still alive, they did their best to roll the large metal container from the garbage shed to and from the front curb in front of the apartment complex. The duty was "only" two weeks per year (two times each week), but once they could no longer do that shoving and pulling, someone else had to do it.
For the last three years since they left the apartment, the kind neighbors have pitched in to take over the duties. Not only for my in-laws, but for other apartment dwellers who just could not manage that task anymore.
Finally, Finally, the trash problem is solved!!!! No more pushing metal monstrosities onto the main thoroughfare before 7:00 am on Mondays and Thursdays!
Now it is mandatory that everyone use a trash pass card to open an underground trash receptacle across the street from the apartment. That is for normal trash. Plastic will now be collected every other Wednesday in bags set next to the garbage receptacle. Glass and paper will be collected from bags/heaps/boxes by the back fence every other week. Calendars have been provided, plus there is always the website on the Internet.
Guess I will have to find out what to do with my table scraps/veggie scraps, since there is no compost heap nearby. And the apartment we stay in has no garden!
At least we will not have to spend $10 on gas to drive to the recycling plants like we do here in Louisiana.
But will the streets be full of trash, like Greece and the US?
Will let you know later.
When we moved back to the US in 2006, we noticed that peculiar similarity with Greece out here where we live. Some families set their overflowing garbage in containers a week in advance of the pick up! If the weather does not scatter it, then the varmints do.
Garbage pick up is often a puzzle, too, since we never receive any communication or information about when the trash will be collected. And what can you actually discard? I have seen everything from bedroom furniture to lawnmowers next to the white see-through garbage bags. Our son who lives in a BIG city even had auto tires collected from his yard last week. And once when he was replacing his bathroom toilets, a used toilet pot disappeared before he could get it from the stoop to the street.
This "trash talk" all leads to some really great news for us. For several years now, we have been saddled with garbage container "duty" at the apartment in The Netherlands. When my in-laws were still alive, they did their best to roll the large metal container from the garbage shed to and from the front curb in front of the apartment complex. The duty was "only" two weeks per year (two times each week), but once they could no longer do that shoving and pulling, someone else had to do it.
For the last three years since they left the apartment, the kind neighbors have pitched in to take over the duties. Not only for my in-laws, but for other apartment dwellers who just could not manage that task anymore.
Finally, Finally, the trash problem is solved!!!! No more pushing metal monstrosities onto the main thoroughfare before 7:00 am on Mondays and Thursdays!
Now it is mandatory that everyone use a trash pass card to open an underground trash receptacle across the street from the apartment. That is for normal trash. Plastic will now be collected every other Wednesday in bags set next to the garbage receptacle. Glass and paper will be collected from bags/heaps/boxes by the back fence every other week. Calendars have been provided, plus there is always the website on the Internet.
Guess I will have to find out what to do with my table scraps/veggie scraps, since there is no compost heap nearby. And the apartment we stay in has no garden!
At least we will not have to spend $10 on gas to drive to the recycling plants like we do here in Louisiana.
But will the streets be full of trash, like Greece and the US?
Will let you know later.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Black Spiders and Blood
Finally sunshine here again. After three days of rain and more rain (8 inches/203 mm), today we can see all of the dirty windows, dust on the furniture, and spiderwebs on the untouchable landing upstairs. ( photo below) Yuck and yuck!
Speaking of yuck, I had two dreams last night. At least two, in any case. One was about a couch full of black spiders. In the dream, I had just slept on that couch before the spiders appeared. That was a nightmare!!! Then I was sitting in an uncomfortable school desk waiting to see a lawyer about it. Every time I stood up from the desk, someone turned it around 180 degrees. How creepy is that?
The other dream was about blood. More than that, I won't share what I remember.
I think the movie we watched on television last night was too, too much for me.
Think I will stick with DIY and craft shows from now on.
Speaking of yuck, I had two dreams last night. At least two, in any case. One was about a couch full of black spiders. In the dream, I had just slept on that couch before the spiders appeared. That was a nightmare!!! Then I was sitting in an uncomfortable school desk waiting to see a lawyer about it. Every time I stood up from the desk, someone turned it around 180 degrees. How creepy is that?
The other dream was about blood. More than that, I won't share what I remember.
I think the movie we watched on television last night was too, too much for me.
Think I will stick with DIY and craft shows from now on.
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