Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[babsbag]

I have never seen a Dachshund that color. She is cute. Are you keeping her?

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Yeah, this little monster is staying here! She is really sweet!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I've been busy this weekend...

Cleaned up the old fallen down greenhouse, put all the plastic pots and usable stuff out for free at the curb, also put out a desk, sound system, 2 chairs, I raked up the sticks in the fenced front yard, put down old straw in the 2 garden beds and flower bed, planted the geranium, watered the front yard plants, tidied up the front room, finally put away the christmas decorations that I missed 6 months ago, did 3 loads of laundry, scrubbed the floor in DS3s room and cleaned the fan, did the dishes and made dinner, cleaned up and sort of organized the feed room/workshop and scrubbed out 2 of the catboxes...

as DS1 used to say when he was a baby... "I'm sauceded!"

The blue turned out really nice... I really like it, as the light outside dims toward dusk, it appears to have a periwinkle hue to it.

Here is the feed room. I know you don't have reference pics, but this is tons better than what it looked like before...and yes that is a coffin in the background. DS1 was around 10 or so and he wanted to make himself a coffin bed out of scrap wood foraged from the construction waste in the neighborhood... we decided, the coffin was fine, dirty scrap wood, not so much. This is longer than a twin bed and nice and wide so no claustrophobia... I have had to refuse to allow a lid many times over the years... Kids I tell you... you give them a coffin, the want the whole graveyard!!!

 

[Bruce]

Here you go @ragdollcatlady
http://blog.frightprops.com/new-personalized-tombstone-props/

 

[CntryBoy777]

That's a bunch of work ya got done. The county landfill is only a mile and a half up the road here...I have loads to haul, but that ever elusive round "Tuit" just hasn't been found, but come this Fall there will be a concentrated effort in finding it...
The new pup is so Cute!!....and as babsbag said, I've never seen one that color before.

 

[Bruce]

We don't have county landfills anymore. There is but ONE landfill in the entire state.

BTW forgot to mention the nice old doors and doorknobs

 

[ragdollcatlady]

@Bruce, I love the old parts of my house! I grew up in a craftsman style house. When we were looking at buying this one, I walked in and she felt like home... despite white everywhere (they had painted over all the walls, everything, just white)red carpet in the master bedroom (now the blue room) orange shag carpet in the "dining room"... she was just home to me. When my dad came to see the place, he recognized the details that likely hit my heart, like the window and door frames that are the same as the house I grew up in.

But I love color. I did grow up with white walls and they make me nuts! If anyone saw the halloween party pics from a few years back that I posted on here, that is my front room, purple walls, trimmed in black. I am thinking of repainting that room.... but I still love the color. Might just do the same color but with less sheen and change the black trim to white.... but I dont know yet. I want to finish painting and working on a few other projects first.

As I do a little bit of damage or small repairs, I find bits of color everywhere under the white paint... I would probably have loved the colors that the previous owner had... the sea green in the kitchen is a color I want in the bathroom, the robins egg blue in the master closet would have been a fine choice for the blue room, the yellow in the front bedroom is one I want in the dining room...

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Oh yeah, except for the orangy terra cotta color in the pantry.. I like orange, had orange walls in the other house... but not that shade!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Lowes or Home Depot are pretty good at matching any color, just take some with you to the store for the match....ya can have some fresh paint and they make rollers and brushes to fit those boys' Hands.....that were sitting at the table....

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I actually enjoy painting myself... just me, some music and my thoughts.

And only one kid lives with me, but his college classes started already and he is slowly adjusting... My other boys are only ever in town for a quick day or 2, 3 if I am lucky. I don't get a lot of help with "extra" chores when they are here, but I enjoy the company and the help with the regular chores when they are.

I did take one of the boys shirts to the store to match the exact shade of green I had wanted in our other house. Loved it for the 5 years we had it.