Houston, we have motivation...

All it takes, really, for me is to walk up to the Ace Hardware near my work, where they have their garden center out in front of the store. I saw 4-5 plants I want. And that's just at the little Ace Hardware. Good thing I didn't hit a nursery or even Home Depot.

So, I may stop shortly after work and buy them. It's time to crack out of the funk and start getting some work done. We've been deer-in-the-headlights thus far because of the sheer amount of things we need to do. I think we've been in a lull because of that. And if starting in the garden is the way to get us moving, then so be it.

Oh yeah, and Forgotten Toybox's beautiful flower/garden pictures helped too. :) Thanks for the indirect motivation!

It's time. I promise to be more vigilant about posting pictures...inside and out.

Break stuff...

Well, last night is a night I'd like to just forget about.

First, the Internet crapped out. I have to schedule a visit from AT&T to check out the lines and everything...makes sense that the problem is probably IN the house, since there are several phones on the walls that are not active...so there's probably a second hard line installed--improperly I'm sure--that's created some sort of interference and the modem can't pick up the DSL signal. Let's hope it's something outside, not inside. If it is inside, however, then that Linebacker protection I've paid for all these years had BETTER take care of it.

Then, because our attic bedrooms get hot, and because the wind was blowing so hard last night, I opted to test out the bedroom A/C unit. Fell asleep to the beautiful, comfy hum of the A/C. Woke up to silence around 4am. Figured, great, it blew the circuit. Went downstairs though, and found that it had not tripped the breaker. Plugged the cable box into the outlet that the A/C was on and that worked. So, basically, the A/C unit itself broke. Great. Don't know how much of a pain THIS is going to be, but I guess we'll find out sooner than later.

Meanwhile, I just haven't had the TIME to do anything around the house, which irks the hell out of me. I've gotten one estimate on replacing windows in the bedrooms and dining room, but no others, and no roof estimates yet. I just haven't had a chance to call anyone.

Also, I've not been able to do anything outside, gardening-wise either, which also irks me. It's just been that crazy. Granted, there's no "rush" to anything, but still, I'd like to get started on some of these things...

Ahhh...peace of mind...

Exciting news (not really)...

I put up a CO/natural gas detector and a new smoke alarm, and tested the old ones...one is hard-wired, and I'm not sure about the other, but they both work. So, we're all (theoretically) safe. I have a couple others to put up, but I'm going to wait for those until I come back, so that I can position them just how/where I want them. We have solid coverage for now...

I'm off to Germany though, on business, for the next week, which honestly is why I haven't posted here anything new. Because I haven't had the time to do anything other than unpack some stuff and try to figure out what to do next. Nothing exciting or cool has really happened, to tell you the truth. But I'm sure coolness will prevail when I come back and get really rolling on things...