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Written by Cheryl   
Saturday, 25 April 2009 19:40

My name is Cheryl and I am addicted...

I have been for a number of years now, it is something my husband and I deal with each year, I wish I could say it

was getting better, but truth be told, I think its getting worse. 

I fight it, I really really do but it controls me each spring. Larry has threatened, cajoled,  pleaded and done just about

anything you can think of to get me to stop. I can't, it's a sickness with me. I know there are others that deal with

this as well. 

 

I don't think I am the only one, I know there are some others in town that are addicted as well. I have graduated

from local cheaper dealers to the Big Boys this last week. Way more money. No real way to hide it from Hubby either. 

As soon as he drives in he knows, there is simply no way for me to hide it - much. I can hide a little but my addiction

has just grown over time to the point that even the neighbors know about it. 

The really bad part tho is I am starting to turn kids on to it and at such a young age, I have hit bottom.

They say the first step is to admit it so here goes--

 

Well

 

 

I am an addict,

 

 

 

I am addicted to PLANTS

Flower Barrow

This is nirvana to me, a wheelbarrow full of fresh potting soil and plants, plants, plants.....

I went shopping at the Big Boy Nursery's this week, love their stuff but man the money you can drop is obscene.

I don't normally buy very expensive annuals because well they are annuals, but for the Garden Show this May I am

making an exception. 

This load had Kong Coleus which is new to me, some Fuchias and Oxalis, we shall see how they do in the garden. 

 

Garden Helpers  

My mother watches these children and I thought they might enjoy planting in the garden. They did and I enjoyed

showing them how to. Getting a brand new generation addicted.

I am so bad.. they are only 3. Now maybe I can blame it on Mom, she has always had a Green Thumb, I have not.

Around the time I turned 35 my black thumb turned green. Up till then my children thought all houseplants were

fake because ours always were. 

The Garden brings  me piece, I can sit and soak up the light breezes and listen to the birds and watch the Mama Duck

and her new babies. You notice I did not say SUN, I have Lupus and cannot be in the sun so you will always see me in

long sleeve shirts and hats, year round. Luckily we have lots and lots of trees so our backyard is a shade garden. YAY

 

I can vividly remember one of my most content moments in the last couple of years, I was in the garden and decked out

in said Hat, shirt long pants etc just sitting there on a sack of compost and I was so at peace with myself the world, everything.

I wish I could find that feeling more often, I think it would be a better world if we could all find that feeling more. 

Well, I have come out of the closet now about my addiction, Please let me know if you are an addict too..

 

If you are and you live in Derby, there is a new Garden Club that has just started and I invite you to join.

 

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Bucket Payoff PDF Print E-mail
Written by Cheryl   
Thursday, 16 April 2009 19:52

Well, it looks like dragging those buckets and blankets out all spring was worth it. We did miss a few that we did not know had broke thru the ground, and I will tell you they look a little freaky. If the few we did not save don't grow out of it, I will replace them for this year and take the mutants to the farm and see if the bunnies eat them up.

Here are some photos from the Hosta's, 

Growing Hosta

I love how they start with this bright purple color at the bottom when they first break the ground. They then grow into these tall spirals. 

Bam, then they unfurl and are just there. Hosta's are nice low maintaince plants, and they don't seem to mind the really wet read floods we have in the backyard each year. These puppies are sometimes under 2 foot of water and once you get the mud washed off they are just fine. 

Unfurled Hosta

I hope you can come to the Garden show on May 30 in the backyard. We have lots of different varietys and of course I did not keep all the names so quite a few will not have name tags. 

Here is a sneak peak at a chocie new annual this year- It is an African Daisy- found it over at Dutch's Nursery. African Daisy

I have it in a pot with Heliatrope which smells just divine and some lavender and white Daisys along with a tricolor Potato Vine. I think it should be a stand out pot. I just hope it gets enough sunshine. 

That concludes the Backyard update for today. we are at under 45 days now so lots of planting and weeding etc to be done. Volunteers ????

 

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Tada- Bathroom Remodel PDF Print E-mail
Written by Cheryl   
Tuesday, 07 April 2009 10:53

Alright well, I can see by the traffic a number of people have checked out my site- no comments tho- please don't be shy.  I can't tell what you are interested in if you don't speak up.

Here are the unveiling pics of the updated bathroom. 

What we did.

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Written by Cheryl   
Monday, 06 April 2009 14:52

We have lived in our home for almost 7 years now. I have one room I have never been happy with the decor till now. Most of that time we did not even have blinds up and its the bathroom.  But please hold your cows because it has obscure glass and I even made DH (dear husband) go over and stand on neighbors deck to make sure you could not see anything.

I said I was never happy with it, that was till now. I am going to show you a before then on my next post I will show you some afters. Little changes with a big difference. We had went to the Wichita Home Show and I was ready for a real redo- you know the kind replace the counter top and while your at it, please redo the tile etc etc. That idea started adding up in $$$ but quick and hubby was the one having a cow. 

blah bathroom

There, see what I mean, can you say Builder Beige.  I know I know I live with a builder but yuck.

The saying over the top is Walk thru this world with me.  That was a line in the song we played during our wedding. The next line was Go where I Go- I wanted to paint that over the toilet but I was overruled. 

 I hate hate hate plate glass mirrors, oh I know it was the style 7 years ago or maybe not, maybe just cheaper but most any woman I know does NOT want to see that much of herself. 

I also dislike the one hand towel we shared. I don't know what it is about men but they can make everything in a bathroom wet.  I wanted my own towel. Every women should have one-lol

So number 1 the color was blah, the mirror had no personality, the tiles are all white.  On the up side I love those deep square sinks, and the heated towel warmer.  Yep you heard me right HEATED towel warmer. I bought that over hubby objections and it was hard wired when we built. He figured we would turn it off at nights or at least during the summer   WRONG   This puppy is on all the time, your towels dry out quick, it will dry clothes and it did not cost much- something like 125.00 and its very cheap on electric- I highly suggest them.

 

So now I have shown you my blah bathroom, once we decided not to spend a fortune redoing what is already nice tile and counters etc. Tomorrow I will show you the New and much improved version.

 

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