Tag: gardening

The Hot As HELL Hike

I feel like I just walked the Appalachian Trail. Except, it was around my neighborhood in the heat. My husband and Chihuahua came with me. Daisy, my chihuahua, did great one way. But took the Jeremy bus some of the way back. We all survived the hike, barely. I’m trying to walk when it is hotter outside so that I will (hopefully) burn more calories. Heres hoping considering I was going.0000000000001 mile per hour.

I’m now the new owner of an executive chair.

My chair looks way smarter than me. I feel as if I should apply to law school.

There are a lot of things in life that I have wished for. I must say, an executive chair has never been on that list. However, today I set up Jeremy’s work area upstairs.

Equipped with a plant, desk, and shelf. He and I also hung a painting of his above the desk & put an organizer shelf on the wall. He made the realization that he needed an office chair. We ended up going by Goodwill and discovering this leather executive chair. Jeremy was not overly thrilled with it, as he preferred the chair that I normally use at my desk. After discovering that the chair could lean back, I was more interested in it. The executive chair for $49.99 ended up coming home with us. As did a bedside drawer for $6.99. It’s black & pink which I will have to rectify quickly. It works though to put papers in.

Something I don’t understand is why trashcans and containers are so expensive. Probably because these are two things that people always want in their home. Or most people, anyway. I’m moving away from storage type items because I want to be able to see what I own. I even am more drawn to clear glass to store items in. My anxiety comes down when I can see what I have & things still look neat. I did score some collapsable containers today, at Goodwill, thanks to Jeremy. The boxes were all collapsed so I would have never understood what they were, had my husband not been there. They were a $1.99 a box and I scooped all 4 up. I’m going to be storing our cleaning supplies in them, which I do need storage for.

I still have not filmed that Youtube video. I think it will be much easier to film when Jeremy is working. For some reason, I can concentrate better when no one has a dam idea I am filming. It’s probably an introverted kind of thing.

I’ve been drinking a lot of water with lemon in it. It is refreshing to put fruit in water because it is different. I’m trying to get far away from artificial sweetened things. It’s very challenging to eat all natural. It is a mystery how some people consist off of their garden. We have been waiting for our cherry tomatoes to come in FOREVER. They are there, but they are very green. I’m not the most patient person…..

Headed back to get more lemon water & lie horizontally.

Daisy Shopped At Lowes

Tonight, my husband, dog, and I went to Lowes to look at the flowers. Thankfully, Daisy took her poop in the grass outside as opposed to in the flower section. My Chihuahua has my husband wrapped around her finger (in case you could not tell). He collected her leash and a towel from the house to bring with us on her flower outing. I’m sure this greatly lowered her anxiety, as she was more comfortable on her cushion.

I got the feeling that Daisy preferred when my husband pushed the buggy too. He has become her personal Uber. I was sure to hold up some flowers for her to smell on her journey around Lowes. Daisy did not seemed overly thrilled with the succulent section though. One thing I have not done yet is smelled a succulent. I don’t blame Daisy for wanting to move on.

After looking in the pot section (I’m referring to PLANT pots) we quickly went outside. The pots at Lowes are very expensive. I’m used to finding them at the thrift store. I hope the thrift stores open back up before next year. I’ve tried to be very careful with my face mask, hand washing, and hand sanitizing but I am over this social distancing thing. It was nice to go outside and look at the flowers. I’ve been getting outside a lot more.

I did not make it out of Lowes without purchasing anything. Shocker right? I happened to find a “Fresh Cut Flowers” sign on a discount table. It was $6.23, which for the size I thought was a good deal. I also really liked rustic farmhouse style of the sign. After reading The Nesting Place, I have a whole new outlook on decorating. I now feel more confident when it comes to making our house a home.

This book taught me that it is important to silence a room. Meaning, taking all the trinkets and excess items out of it to make it less busy. Then, to study the room and figure out what exactly it is that I need to change (Ex. Paint Color, Moving Furniture Around, Etc). If you need a different way to look at decorating, I highly recommend this book.