Sunday Happy

Hello to a long summer weekend full of all things sparkly and red white and blue.  Hard to believe that it's already July 4th weekend. We are already deep into summer and I need to get on and do some serious summering.

We put in our time this week for sure, 8-12 hour days, some days at the house until 8pm. We had a deadline and had to bust some crazy ass to get what we needed to get done done before the insulators came. Phew..  we did it, and now all I can say is that the mr and I are pretty bad ass. As for the house, it's just smooth sailing from here. (haha, yeah right)

Another big thing this week. Jeff Dad moved back, well not back to VT, but back east, close to where he grew up in PA. This is of much excitement for myself and the rest of my siblings. Now instead of being 14 (more like 20) hours away, he is only be 5 hours away. That is just enough away that we can see him whenever we want, but far enough that we don't have to see him when we don't. Plus he is only about an hour outside of NYC..so you know, party party in the city.

Today is a weird Sunday, cause it feels like a Saturday, which makes me feel like I need to put on my work pants and get to it. Lucky for me, the mr has plans for a fishing adventure and if he going on an adventure, then I am too! I am going to pack some food, my watercolors and a book try to just relax today. Maybe we will bring the new tent (we finally bought a new tent that is not our tiny backpacking tent with a hole in it) and just come home sometime tomorrow. You are not suppose to work on a holiday, right?  Hum, sounds like a good plan to me.

Fun and informative internet from the week.

-I feel like I might know a few people that need to read this. HOW TO SAFELY PLAY WITH FIREWORKS WITHOUT BLOWING AN ARM OFF

So much summer fruit means it's pie time. A Professional Baker's Tips for Baking Pies Smarter, Not Harder

-Any or all of your favorite blogs (mine or not, whatever.. but mine) NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE FOOD BLOGS FOR THE 2016 SAVEUR BLOG AWARDS

-My aunt was growing ancient wheats before all the the cool kids,because she is so cool. Nothing Says 'Hip' Like Ancient Wheat

-Pretty freaking crazy. A Miniature Landscape of Elephants Carved From the Tip of a Pencil

-I was curious so I looked it up, and now I know. How Cinnamon is Harvested in Indonesia

-Diggin this house, especially the kitchen counters (we are 99% sure we are pouring kitchen concrete counters!!?!)

-Totally in love with these landscape oil paintings.

-This album has been on repeat all week. It's is one of my favorites and also the first cassette (remember those?) that I ever bought.

-Finally, no more sneaky sneaky. G.M.O.s in Food? Vermonters Will Know.

And a few snaps from the week.

Happy Weekend

-C

Sunday Happy

Ah summertime. I hope that you are finding yourself on a beach or river(or someplace you want to be) with nothing but time to relax and enjoy yourself. It's Sunday and we all need to relax today. We deserve it.

The past week has been pretty satisfying. The house is going gang busters. We had some insulators come and blow insulation into the walls on the first floor and later next week the upstairs is going to be spray foamed insulated.... And then we can move it (No not really) but this is huge. But now got to get ready for the guys to come and finish so we have to hall ass ans finish wiring, prepping and all the good stuff that they need us to do. We got a deadline to meet, but once that's done its on. We can start hanging sheet rock (who wants to help?) and finish the bathrooms and kitchen and everything!1 AAAAHHHHH!, but we are all good. It's getting done and starting to seem like we might actually get to move in before the winter.

But it wasn't all work. The days when the insulators where at the house we took off for the mountains and found some rivers. The mr went fishing, the pup went swimming (and now I don't need to give him a bath for a while) and I played with river rocks and read. We also visited with the bees up on the roof just to check how the ladies are doing and so far this season they are doing great, buzzing along like the bees do.

Today is one of those days that could go either way. We can work, maybe we really should work, but it's suppose to get hot and humid and I really don't want to. What I really want to do is go to the library and pick up (and drop off) books, go see the littles that just got back from Germany and share the watermelon that has been sitting on my counter all week with them. Maybe even go for a bike ride and take a nap.  Sounds nice right?  Hum. We shall see. At least I know there is a carrot popsicle in the freezer with my name on it.

Stuff of interest on the internet.

- A Golden Girls-themed café....And now I have the theme song"Thank you for being a friend" stuck in my head.

- A USED CARGO VAN BECOMES A MOBILE STUDIO.

-I have all sorts of ideas for making myself a little reading nook. NOTHING QUITE LIKE A PRETTY NOOK.

-Summer Produce Guide from Saveur

-Did you know there is a naked restaurant? I don't know about you, but IF I wanted to eat naked, I would just do it at home, for free.  The Fascinating (and Infuriating) Experience of Dining in the Nude

-I feel like I have lucid dreams, but that could be just in my dreams....What to Do During the Day to Increase Your Chances of Lucid Dreaming at Night

-I want a concrete bathroom floor. The mr does not. What do you think (that I am right, right!) Raw Beauty: 14 Gorgeous Spaces with Concrete Floors

-I am getting this app just as soon as I can figure out my apple ID. THE ‘SHAZAM’ FOR PLANTS WILL IDENTIFY ANY PLANT FROM A PICTURE

-All about the shoes. Gravity-Defying Shoes Installed on the Streets of London

-Inside the World of Large-Scale Food Heists. It's for real, even around these parts (stolen maple syrup happens more then you think)

Pictures of some of the awesome that happened this week.

Have a great summertime Sunday.

-C

Sunday Happy

A week of weeks. The weather has been pretty grand, what with warm (maybe just a little too hot) days and cool nights. Stuff is growing at rapid speed and the world is in full bloom all the colors.  I was sitting on the porch yesterday afternoon when it really hit me. It's summer, like for real SUMMER. I need to start doing more of the summer things.

And to top it off, today is Fathers Day (Happy Day to you Dad, I'll call you later and I owe you some cake or something)

As for the happening around here, nothing to crazy, well maybe a little. First off, the allergies this year are killing me and I have been in a semi permanentstage of snot nose, puffy eyes, and heady weridness all week. It's getting old so hopefully it's going to stop soon. Everyone is in full summer swing and we have been jumping around from here to there, babysitting, making dinner, helping out with things(I am the best). I picked up the second farm share of the year which was laden with so many greens that I pretty much have been eating only green all week. Oh, and talk about me being the best. The mr ( he is the best too) and I took Barb out for a few hours of driving and he taught her (and pretty much retaught me) how to parallel park. The next day she went and got herself a real drivers license.(hooray!) Another sister to bring us coffee during the day! (HA) We also finally got the last of the windows in and installed them at the new house which is pretty freaking fantastic. I am so in love with this house but am at the point with the house now where I am done working on it and just want to live there. Not happening yet, few more moths....

Today I think the mr and I are going to find a cure little stream where he can fish and I can read and ponder with my feet dangling in the water. You know, start doing summer stuff. And a bike tire, I need to get a bike tire ASAP. I have been riding around town with the tread of the tire duck taped on the tube (Shut up I know)

Things from the internet to read.

-One day I will have a cabin in the wood with an outdoor shower. 21 Refreshingly Beautiful Outdoor Showers

-Know what poison ivy looks like? Take this quiz on the nasty shit to test yourself.... nasty nasty

-I love this guys work, and I hope to one day see some of it in person. Christo’s Newest Project:
Walking on Water

-'Locally Laid': A Humorous Memoir To Cure You Of Farming Fantasies.. But I still want to be a farmer (veggies and flowers, not eggs)

-I have been thinking about a both or banquette for the kitchen. Not sure if it's going to happen, but these are cute

-Seventh Generation and Maya Rudolph's Singing About Vaginas. Good stuff.

-That's right folks, Oprah Winfrey is writing a cookbook.

-In love with this kitchen.

-Does The Size Of Space Freak You Out? Yes, yes it does.

-Thousands to Descend on Green Mountains for Rainbow Family Gathering.. Are you going? I was thinking about it, I mean, why not?

Some pics from the week.

Happy Sunday

-C

Sunday Happy

My baby brothers graduated from high school this week, as well as two nephews from 8th grade. When the hell did these boys get so old?  It all just makes me feel like an old lady. I guess I finally realized that compared to them, I am old. ( but am way cooler)

Other then graduating kids, the week has been full and hefty with the things that we do. I picked up our very first farm share of the summer season (hooray!) and wasted no time in pretty much eating it all within a two days. Good thing that as the season goes on, the amount of food doubles or even triples.(I can eat a pound of greens for a meal) I also have been harvesting the rhubarb and eating way to much of it myself. I am on a very slippery path of become a vegetable myself. I should probably eat some peanut butter for balance. We also had to bring the pup and kitty to the vets which I always dread but then after the visit remember how weird our animals are. For some reason (probably the treats) they both like going to to the vets and are always super behaved. If only they acted like that all the time. But yeah, just another week here, getting into the summertime swing.

And it's Sunday once again. I hear that today is suppose to be a wet and cold day so, let all just embrace it and spend the day reading and making pie. (I have to make a rhubarb pie.. the mr has been patiently waiting for one)

Internet oh internet links.

-AAHHH! So many freaking mosquitoes bites. Repel Mosquitoes with These Plants

-THINK TWICE BEFORE MICROWAVING THAT 'MICROWAVE-SAFE' PLASTIC.. Use glass!

-Sad. Light Pollution Hides Milky Way From 80 Percent Of North Americans. Maybe we should turn some freaking lights off, hum?

-Soda is soda, diet or not,so yeah, tax that shit! Philadelphia Is About to Pass America’s First Tax on Diet Soda

-15 Novelty Pool Floats and I want them all (for what, I do not know)

-Floral Food Faces. Why buy regular flowers when you could buy edible ones?

-Picking out a toilet is serious business. A round up of affordable toilets

-Amazing street art.  Hyperrealistic Paintings of Children and Animals

-I have been thinking a lot about where to pots and pans are going to live in the new kitchen. Hanging Pots & Pans Solutions in Real Kitchens

-Pantless Ducks. So cute.

An a few pics.

Good day!

-C

Sunday Happy

Another week gone by so fast and now it's the first week of June. Wow, I don't even know how hat happened. I need to up my summer game and get some summer stuff done!

It's been a super busy week, what with a bunch of our old tenants moving out and new ones moving in. Apartment turn over is always such a bear especially June ones. There is always a bunch of things that need fixing or painting and it all needs to be done within a matter of a few days, if not a few hours.  Then there is the overwhelming amount of garbage people seem to accumulate and then dump when they move. Needless to say, we (the mr even more) have been super duper busy. But its coming to an end and so far so good, our new tenants all seem great and things are starting to calm down so we can get back to the serious of finishing our house. And guess what,we have officially move the location of the downstairs toilet to it's new bathroom home at the new house. Yay for toilet!

Today I am planning on spending a little time over at the house, transplanting kale to the little 4x4 raised bed that I have permitted myself for the year (I want to spend all my time outside, but it's the inside that needs to be done first). Then probably going to harvest a shit ton more rhubarb before it starts to rain, come home and make a pie and jam and then sit on my butt and read for the rest of the day. I am so looking forward to an afternoon of reading, drinking coffee and maybe even taking nap.(I am already ready for a nap). I am definitely in need of a little rest today. 

Things from the world wide web that caught my attention.

-Your Dog Has an IQ..Huh, I wonder what Washers would be (no genius, that's for sure)

-I have been toying with the idea of adding some black to the kitchen.

-Really into the look of these tattoos

-All the pretty house plants and the many reasons to have them

-Check out this, totally not needed, but totally awesome 16 person tent

-I love all of these wallpapers.

-The Lasting Benefits of Growing Up Around Books..So many benefits.

-An answer to a question I didn't know I wanted to know until now. WHY THE HELL DID WOMEN START POPPING OUT OF CAKES, ANYWAY?

-A little info about your store bought tomatoes and why they taste just mah. The Search For Tastier Supermarket Tomatoes

-You could get paid to poop…for science. Sounds gross, but is really cool.

A few pictures fro the week.

Have a blast of a day!

-C