Hubby's on restrictive activities per medical advice after surgery.
So....since we live in a community that gives tickets with fines for Not mowing, I've been using the walk behind mower that pulls me along behind it. It has a rabbit or turtle feature and the turtle feature is fast enough for me.
However... the fence line, front ditch around the driveways, ditch between the buildings and fences, walkways, areas around the house, trash cans, air conditioners, and tree stumps are too tight or inaccessible for the push mower.
I Requested a rechargeable electric weed-eater for Mother's Day and my birthday, both of which are in May. I cannot handle his Steel gas-pack weed-eater. It is too heavy, the balance is off and it has a tap-on-the-ground feature for advancing the line.
We went to the local home improvement center and I picked out a weed-eater that is electric and has a trimmer feature along with an automatic line-advance feature.
I had a learning curve to using it and am glad when it stops and has to recharge. Have used it 3 times already...so....if we would have had to pay someone to trim the property, we are now at a break-even status.
Next time I'll be earning money or saving it...and the best part is (drum roll please) No ticket or fines and I DID IT MY WAY!
Monday, June 11, 2018
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Pictures, pictures, and yes, more pictures
In this digital age, we take pictures,lots of pictures on our phones or cameras.
We don't necessarily print them or get a hard copy, but we take them and keep them.
If you are old school and were into taking pictures before the new tech stuff came along, you've lots of developed pictures sitting in boxes around the house or if you're organized, they are in picture boxes or some sort of labeled storage or scrap books, or picture books.
A few years back, we were in charge of hubby's mom and pops picture collection. Hubby scanned every hard copy available and placed those scans on a cd. We then sorted the prints according to persons in the picture. We had a picture "give away party" and got the said persons to "collect" their pictures. Each family received a cd copy with all the pictures. If the pictures were framed, we gave the frames away also.
My digital photo's are labeled one of two ways. Date and event, or what the picture actually shows.
It's time to back them all up. This time on a flash drive. I really want to get one of those picture frames that can present slide shows.
So, how about you. What do you do with all the pictures that you take?
We don't necessarily print them or get a hard copy, but we take them and keep them.
If you are old school and were into taking pictures before the new tech stuff came along, you've lots of developed pictures sitting in boxes around the house or if you're organized, they are in picture boxes or some sort of labeled storage or scrap books, or picture books.
A few years back, we were in charge of hubby's mom and pops picture collection. Hubby scanned every hard copy available and placed those scans on a cd. We then sorted the prints according to persons in the picture. We had a picture "give away party" and got the said persons to "collect" their pictures. Each family received a cd copy with all the pictures. If the pictures were framed, we gave the frames away also.
My digital photo's are labeled one of two ways. Date and event, or what the picture actually shows.
It's time to back them all up. This time on a flash drive. I really want to get one of those picture frames that can present slide shows.
So, how about you. What do you do with all the pictures that you take?
Monday, April 23, 2018
Excuse: The Dog Ate My Homework
Kids used to say that the dog ate their homework.
Well, long story short. My computer ate my blog. Well sort of.
First, my computer wouldn't do any Windows 10 updates and none of the fixes I tried worked.
Multiple times, insanity, Yes, I Know!
Then I couldn't use my usb flash drives because the motherboard didn't see any of the four that were on the computer. So I couldn't download the fix that would wipe (YIKES!!!) the hard drive and reinstall Windows 10.
I Finally moved my document/picture/pdf files to a back up drive.
Hubby took the computer to the geeks and alas the motherboard is toast, and none of the other boards will work with a new motherboard.
Back online now with a different computer.
Wish I hadn't wasted all that time trying to fix what couldn't be fixed.
So, have you tried over and over again to fix something that can't be fixed?
Wasted time, money, relationships, etc.?
Well, the dog (computer) ate my homework (blog).
Now I'm back on track and hope to have more information to help you.
I let go of the old and familiar and embraced a new solution. Sometimes that's the only way to move forward.
Well, long story short. My computer ate my blog. Well sort of.
First, my computer wouldn't do any Windows 10 updates and none of the fixes I tried worked.
Multiple times, insanity, Yes, I Know!
Then I couldn't use my usb flash drives because the motherboard didn't see any of the four that were on the computer. So I couldn't download the fix that would wipe (YIKES!!!) the hard drive and reinstall Windows 10.
I Finally moved my document/picture/pdf files to a back up drive.
Hubby took the computer to the geeks and alas the motherboard is toast, and none of the other boards will work with a new motherboard.
Back online now with a different computer.
Wish I hadn't wasted all that time trying to fix what couldn't be fixed.
So, have you tried over and over again to fix something that can't be fixed?
Wasted time, money, relationships, etc.?
Well, the dog (computer) ate my homework (blog).
Now I'm back on track and hope to have more information to help you.
I let go of the old and familiar and embraced a new solution. Sometimes that's the only way to move forward.
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter 2018
As we reflect on the meaning of Easter and new beginnings and chances, may we pray that our nations elected leaders follow Christian principals in the coming year. May we each come to a better relationship with each other and help one another. May we let go of the hurts of the past and look forward to a better future. May we do one or more secret kindnesses each day, and may we pay the kindnesses of others to ourselves forward. Hope each of you who were able to attend a Sunrise Service were renewed with faith and purpose. May God bless you and your beloved ones.
And "what is this doing in the blog?" you might be asking. Because God is the reason the blog exists. Putting the ideas contained within this blog forward is His current purpose for me in this time and space.
As we organize our homes and let go of things that we no longer need or find necessary, we have an opportunity to "gift" to others things for which we no longer have a purpose.
When our incomes diminish and we can no longer "throw money" at a cause or problem instead of giving of ourselves (time & labor), we might even have to become creative.
We can give old things a new life with a new purpose. We can barter for help doing something we can no longer do. We can reach out to new family members and friends with life skills that we possess and they have not yet acquired. We can share knowledge that we have acquired (often painfully or at great expense) with others.
So, once again, Happy Easter, may your heart be filled with joy!
As we reflect on the meaning of Easter and new beginnings and chances, may we pray that our nations elected leaders follow Christian principals in the coming year. May we each come to a better relationship with each other and help one another. May we let go of the hurts of the past and look forward to a better future. May we do one or more secret kindnesses each day, and may we pay the kindnesses of others to ourselves forward. Hope each of you who were able to attend a Sunrise Service were renewed with faith and purpose. May God bless you and your beloved ones.
And "what is this doing in the blog?" you might be asking. Because God is the reason the blog exists. Putting the ideas contained within this blog forward is His current purpose for me in this time and space.
As we organize our homes and let go of things that we no longer need or find necessary, we have an opportunity to "gift" to others things for which we no longer have a purpose.
When our incomes diminish and we can no longer "throw money" at a cause or problem instead of giving of ourselves (time & labor), we might even have to become creative.
We can give old things a new life with a new purpose. We can barter for help doing something we can no longer do. We can reach out to new family members and friends with life skills that we possess and they have not yet acquired. We can share knowledge that we have acquired (often painfully or at great expense) with others.
So, once again, Happy Easter, may your heart be filled with joy!
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Great house cleaning information site
Mark William recently contacted me concerning a post here about house cleaning.
He has some great tips on cleaning at the home level at his website. check it out!.
Just click on "pressurewasherify.com" below!
http://pressurewasherify.com/blog/house-cleaning/
Thanks for the information Mark!
Just click on "pressurewasherify.com" below!
http://pressurewasherify.com/blog/house-cleaning/
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Friday, March 16, 2018
I should be doing my taxes
Instead of doing a blog post, I should be doing my taxes...
Hubby's been after me to gather the tax papers and fix them for our tax guy...I will, the next day I have off. Problem is work has been crazy. Overtime, because of call outs and ...poof...my off day is gone. Planned once again to work on it tonight; however, you guessed it a call out, I had to work over and now my motivation is gone for today.
So, how many of you have good intentions about getting something done and put it off or avoid doing it just because...?
Procrastination sucks, it really does.
And I'll get around to doing my tax preparations, mainly because it Has to be done. Tomorrow, maybe!
What's the one thing you put off doing? Care to share it with our members? Let's see how much alike we all are. We're only human.
And, if you never procrastinate, tells us how you accomplish that. [I for one would really like to know.] I'm sure that others would like to know your secret.
Hubby's been after me to gather the tax papers and fix them for our tax guy...I will, the next day I have off. Problem is work has been crazy. Overtime, because of call outs and ...poof...my off day is gone. Planned once again to work on it tonight; however, you guessed it a call out, I had to work over and now my motivation is gone for today.
So, how many of you have good intentions about getting something done and put it off or avoid doing it just because...?
Procrastination sucks, it really does.
And I'll get around to doing my tax preparations, mainly because it Has to be done. Tomorrow, maybe!
What's the one thing you put off doing? Care to share it with our members? Let's see how much alike we all are. We're only human.
And, if you never procrastinate, tells us how you accomplish that. [I for one would really like to know.] I'm sure that others would like to know your secret.
Friday, March 9, 2018
Spring is Just Around the Corner
It is almost time to get busy in the yard again. Mowing season will be here before we know it.
Hubby said he wants me to fix the area around the house again so that the amount of weed eating will be cut down.
Most of my friends know that I am a DIY, Honey-Do type of person. I've watched hundreds of hours of programming on tv and cable that are dedicated for do it yourself types of persons. One program that gets me thinking of the topic for this blog post was called "Curb Appeal."
You have to understand, I did this around the house, once before. Then hubby mowed with the grass clippings blowing Toward the house instead of Away from the house. Of course, the grass took root, more or less destroyed the barrier sheet, and I finally took it up everything after we started having to mow the area to keep the growth down.
Well, here goes nothing ....
1. Determine the area you want to landscape.
2. Make sure you create curves instead of corners.
3. For those curves, use a radius your riding lawnmower can cut easily.
4. Place down ground sheet over the desired area that will let water through it.
5. Ground staple ground sheet, small hammer works well.
6. Spread desired material over ground sheet, I used mostly straw. In some areas I used rocks.
7. Add decorative touches and seating if desired.
I added some statues, solar lighting, concrete seating. Last time the set up lasted 3 years. Let's see how long our new setup will last.
Doing this should give you more play time with loved ones since you won't be weed eating around your home.
What's your best tip for easy yard care. I'm sure that those reading would like fresh new ideas or some of the best tried & true ones that work!
Hubby said he wants me to fix the area around the house again so that the amount of weed eating will be cut down.
Most of my friends know that I am a DIY, Honey-Do type of person. I've watched hundreds of hours of programming on tv and cable that are dedicated for do it yourself types of persons. One program that gets me thinking of the topic for this blog post was called "Curb Appeal."
You have to understand, I did this around the house, once before. Then hubby mowed with the grass clippings blowing Toward the house instead of Away from the house. Of course, the grass took root, more or less destroyed the barrier sheet, and I finally took it up everything after we started having to mow the area to keep the growth down.
Well, here goes nothing ....
1. Determine the area you want to landscape.
2. Make sure you create curves instead of corners.
3. For those curves, use a radius your riding lawnmower can cut easily.
4. Place down ground sheet over the desired area that will let water through it.
5. Ground staple ground sheet, small hammer works well.
6. Spread desired material over ground sheet, I used mostly straw. In some areas I used rocks.
7. Add decorative touches and seating if desired.
I added some statues, solar lighting, concrete seating. Last time the set up lasted 3 years. Let's see how long our new setup will last.
Doing this should give you more play time with loved ones since you won't be weed eating around your home.
What's your best tip for easy yard care. I'm sure that those reading would like fresh new ideas or some of the best tried & true ones that work!
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