Saturday, May 31, 2014
Garden progress
Garden/yard progress
Planted 6-packs of zinnia and marigold today.
Ate our first salad from the garden yesterday - spinach, lettuce, radishes.
Spent 2 hours outside Sunday, moved 5 clumps of hosta, planted 2 bleeding hearts (lace leaved) and 2 columbine.
Still have a crap ton of plants to get in the ground. Missed my chance last weekend, Saturday was cool and good for planting, but we were doing boring family stuff.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Treasure Hunting Weekend
This weekend was the weekend for the first big Friends of the Library sale of the year - paperbacks for 50 cents, and other random finds. I bought a few dozen books (under $30) and got a big box of maps and random travel goodies for free. I've got a craft idea or two for the maps, other than a few neat ones to keep. I took a quick look through the box this morning - not so many maps, lots of travel brochures from all over the world. Korea, Mexico, Europe. There were a few dozen unused postcards, too, which is a nice bonus.
On the way to and from the book sale, I went to a thrift store and two biggish rummage sales. One was a fundraiser for a school group, the other was a church group fundraiser.
School fundraiser: A kid's weaving loom, made of wood and with all the parts for $8, and a Nanoblocks space shuttle for $1 (which may or may not have all the pieces, and may or may not drive me crazy, because those pieces are tiny)
Church sale: Scrabble cube game (old!!), 25c bag of yarn for the loom kit, a glass bottle to use as a vase, and a tea tin.
Thrift store: one CD of Hawaiian music, and two books on the Challenger space shuttle.
On the way to and from the book sale, I went to a thrift store and two biggish rummage sales. One was a fundraiser for a school group, the other was a church group fundraiser.
School fundraiser: A kid's weaving loom, made of wood and with all the parts for $8, and a Nanoblocks space shuttle for $1 (which may or may not have all the pieces, and may or may not drive me crazy, because those pieces are tiny)
Church sale: Scrabble cube game (old!!), 25c bag of yarn for the loom kit, a glass bottle to use as a vase, and a tea tin.
Thrift store: one CD of Hawaiian music, and two books on the Challenger space shuttle.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Bluebird season
The bluebirds are back. We've seen 3 visiting occasionally - can't tell how many males or females yet. They actually snack out of the sunflower seed feeder, visit the birdbath, and seem to be staking a claim on the bluebird box. Hopefully they won't have the problems they had last summer, and can hatch more than one set of eggs.
I am tempted to buy some mealworms for them, even at the insane price of $15+ per pound. The most I pay for anything else is $2/pound for the high-protein peanut mix that the jays like, and even that I mix with black-oil sunflower seed (50 cents/pound).
I am tempted to buy some mealworms for them, even at the insane price of $15+ per pound. The most I pay for anything else is $2/pound for the high-protein peanut mix that the jays like, and even that I mix with black-oil sunflower seed (50 cents/pound).
Thursday, March 6, 2014
weekend progress
Made progress over the weekend. Sorted out the deep freeze and got rid of a few things on Sunday. Spent Sat afternoon rearranging the basement room. One half is noe reserved for yard sale stuff. And I have a small pile of "what was I thinking when I bought THIS?!?!?" stuff.
Friday, January 17, 2014
The week's hunting
Treasure hunting and miscellaneous shopping for the week:
Wednesday
Tuesday Morning - 2 boxes of Christmas crackers (70% off), 2 more skeins of purple/blue yarn, and a ceramic hedghog.
Goodwill - Found a Hawaiian-print shirt for Son, and a stack of books, mostly for him but a few for me. The best was a copy of The Silver Brumby, an Australian book. Can't beat 30-cent kids' paperbacks. (My best find so far at Goodwill was 3 books from a series I read, signed by the author - who happens to be a distant relative of mine. For 30 cents each.)
Ebay - A heavy stack of Piecework back issues.
A friend gave me a stack of old crochet and needlework booklets, which are always fun.
Thrift Store, trip one - 2 crochet books, a magazine, and some Cook's Illustrated back issues (which it turns out I already have - my list is back in my wallet).
Thrift store, trip two - 2 CDs, a $2 Scrabble game with all the tiles, two calendars for a friend, and a couple more magazines.
Wednesday
Tuesday Morning - 2 boxes of Christmas crackers (70% off), 2 more skeins of purple/blue yarn, and a ceramic hedghog.
Goodwill - Found a Hawaiian-print shirt for Son, and a stack of books, mostly for him but a few for me. The best was a copy of The Silver Brumby, an Australian book. Can't beat 30-cent kids' paperbacks. (My best find so far at Goodwill was 3 books from a series I read, signed by the author - who happens to be a distant relative of mine. For 30 cents each.)
Ebay - A heavy stack of Piecework back issues.
A friend gave me a stack of old crochet and needlework booklets, which are always fun.
Thrift Store, trip one - 2 crochet books, a magazine, and some Cook's Illustrated back issues (which it turns out I already have - my list is back in my wallet).
Thrift store, trip two - 2 CDs, a $2 Scrabble game with all the tiles, two calendars for a friend, and a couple more magazines.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Treasure hunting 1-8-14
Shopping day
Thrift store:
Michaels - I think they'd had a bad water leak. Found a few things on Xmas clearance, including a cookie cutter for cinnamon ornaments
Thrift store:
- framed Eiffel Tower print - $5
- framed print (bought for the frame) - $1
- Envirosax bag with nautical print - $2
- 3 CDs, $1.50 each
- 2 Serendipity books, 50c each
Michaels - I think they'd had a bad water leak. Found a few things on Xmas clearance, including a cookie cutter for cinnamon ornaments
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