Sunday Happy

Sweet, sweet Vermont. Things around these parts he been oh so nice. Warm days (not hot) and cool nights. The colors are starting to show on the trees. People are starting to wear clothes again and eating apple things and drinking those darn pumpkin spice lattes. I still haven't gone apple picking yet (I've been waiting for at least a good week of cool temps so the apples get nice and sweet) but I did eat a pumpkin this week. And the sky, the sky has been nothing but pretty. I have been loving it all.

Straight up a crazy, full week.  Lots of family dinners, bunk bed building, and mathematical problems solving in order to lay the tubes for heat in the floor. We went to a wedding (congrats Alex and Allison!) were we saw an eagle and I ate all the fresh figs from the cheese platter.(sorry, not sorry) Over at the house the mr and I made the decision to rip out all the old flooring on the first floor down to the sub floor so the radiant heat can go under the new floor instead of coming up from the basement. I know, I know, we need to stop ripping shit out and just finish putting it all back together. We are getting there. Lucky me I didn't have to do to much of the floor ripping, more just the pulling of all the stupid nails left. Not the funniest job, but I have gotten pretty good at de-nailig floors. I could market my new de-nailing skills and make millions. Yeah, sounds about right.

On a sad note, I killed another freaking immersion blender so now I have to pull out the big blender every time I want some smooth soup. Me being me, I almost burned my face off when I went to blend some boiling hot soupand the lid was not on tight and hot soup splashed my face. (I am fine, minor burn left on my ear) Lesson learned. Now I wait for soup to not be so hot and check the mother f-ing lid.  Oh, and my bike tire finally fell off completely which really sent my life through a loop. I know I have been saying all summer that I was going to get a new tire but the duck tape was working oh so well (no, not really) And because I waited until the tire fell off and I wanted to save 20 bucks by ordering a new tire online, I had to ride around town all week on the mr's bike which really sucked a big one. Thank UPS man for delivering me my new tire. All is well now(besides needing a new brake pad and handle bar tape, but that will happen in time) and I can go back to my own bike. I have missed it so much.

Today the mr and I are going to plug away some more with tube laying on the floor. He is starting to worry about getting a source of heat in the house soon. I say as long as we have some type heat by November, we are all set. And if the weather is decent and not pouring rain later, I am going to break in my new bike tire with a heavy trip to the library. My stack of returns is getting pretty ridiculous. (8 books high)

What I saw on the internet this week.

- Tricky tricky sons of bitches.. 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat

-These are some crazy photos. Winners of the 2016 British Wildlife Photography Awards

-Sad truths. Three Foods That Might Not Survive Modern Diseases

-I don't know if I would do this but it's pretty cool. Body Marbling Is A New Festival Trend That Turns Your Skin Into Art

-This is not a joke (I thought it was) Self-Driving Shopping Carts May Be the Way of the Future. I don't think I like this, not one bit.

-We have our cat Only. We do nit snuggle him cause he is evil and likes to dig his claws in, so I am ok with this.  Doctors Rudely Warn Public Not to Snuggle Kittens

-It has happened to me and it freaked me the f out. Ever wake up to a numb, dead arm? Here’s what’s happening.

-As a seltzer water drinker myself, this was all the right. A Millennial’s Guide to Seltzer

-Researching siding for the addition. Think we are going with the Shou Sugi Ban method. We get to set stuff on fire!!!

-5 Ways to Tell If Your Knife Needs Sharpening. I try to keep mine sharpened not only because cutting food withsharp knife make sense but the danger is for real. The duller the knife, the more likely I am to cut my dang finger off.

Some pictures of the happenings.

Catch yas later.

-C

Sunday Happy

We are moving into the house!!! Oh wait, no we are not, at least not for real, but we are thinking about setting up the tent and sleeping in the yard for a while. It's summer and it's been so freaking hot and why the hell not right?

And to prolong our move in date some more, the mr and I have decided to re-floor the entire downstairs. HA! We figured we kinda wanted to but weren't really sure if we should. And so we said screw it, lets just do it now and get it over with. So keep that in mind if you offer to help cause we might just take you up on it.

Other then house stuff, the week has been full of all the little littles, birthday parties, flowers, and tomatoes! The farm started dishing out the fattest, juiciest, most lovely tomatoes. I have found myself on a few occasions devouring whole tomatoes by accident, like i look at them and just need to eat them. (they take away my will power) Thinking I might have to make a cake with a few of the this week (if i don't eat them all) and frost them all twirly, whirly sparkly like the cupcakes that I made this week, (they looked so awesome)  I think the mr would like that.

But for today, no baking. I would actually like to stay away from anything that creates heat (besides coffee) because it is finally not so hot and humid and my brain needs time to reform from the melt. We will probably just go floor shopping (blah) but that way I can ride with windows down and my head sticking out of the window like a dog. Fun fun.

Some stuff on the internet that isn't about pokemon (I still don't quite get it...)

-Slice, Dice, Chop Or Julienne: Does The Cut Change The Flavor?

-I want to turn a really old industrial building into a house.

-Nineteen of Roald Dahl’s Most Important Food Inventions

-This is one bad ass Nike ad. India's first Nike ad is gorgeous, sweaty, intimidating, and totally inspiring

-And this..A Modern Day "Green Acres": Family Home with Rustic Mid-C Trailers, Yurts & Cute Critters.. So cool. I oculd totally see doing something like this for the family. A compound of yurts. Ha

 -Living Room Hammocks & Hanging Chairs.. Huh, thinking I might be needing one.

-Crazy, beautiful. OSSA: The Unwilling Dance Performance of a Deconstructed Puppet

- Not fair. Forget Beanbag Chairs. Amazon Is Giving Its Workers Treehouses.

-In love with these pieces from Henry Street Studio

-Whoa, that's a lot of people. PHOTOS: For #WorldPopulationDay, How Earth's 7 Billion Live

And some pictures from life this week.

Enjoy the day.

-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

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