30 Day Photo Challenge - Part 2

Part 2 of the 30 Day Photo Challenge   :

 

 

 

Day 6 : From a Low Angle

Day 7 : Fruit

Day 8 : A Bad Habit
I'm never on time. Ever.

Day 9 : Someone You Love.
The hubs.

Day 10 : A Childhood Memory.
Legos.

Crafting Hiatus

So, I am on a crafting hiatus.
Here are my crafting items :

Here is what will become my crafting area :

 Our basement is still a total disaster zone. Stuff to unpack. Stuff to store. Needless to say, I won't be crafting anytime soon. At least, not any serious crafting. My sewing machine is still in its box, and, there aren't any plugs in the basement I can use anyway.


Also, there is a new blog for everyone to check out : The Letter 4 . One of hubby's friends from work told me to check it out, it's written by his wife and her sisters. There are tons of cute crafting ideas, recipes, printables, and more. So, you should go visit them.

30 Day Photo Challenge - Part 1

My friend Teresa invited me to participate in a 30 day photo challenge, So, I thought I would give it a try. I'm going to do 5 a week, then post all 5 at the end of the week (thus allowing me to "take off" on weekends, and not feel like a slacker if I forget a day).  I'm going to follow the challenge on White Peach Photography Teresa recommended. I'm also going to 'try' to not edit any pictures (note: 'try' meaning, may not actually succeed) So, here are my first five :

Day 1 - Self Portrait
Note: Guest Bath - Work in Progress

Day 2 - What you wore Today.
This top.
With Jeans, Chucks, and some jewelry.

Day 3 - Clouds
From my back deck

Day 4 - Something Green

Day 5 - From a High Angle

If I wasn't feeling so lazy,  I would have done something creative for today (day 5), but, I'm feeling lazy, so ...

Oh - and, I'm taking "fresh" pictures for this challenge, not recycling ones I've already taken before. I don't do too much else during the day, how hard can one picture a day be? 

We're In ...

Well, we've moved into our new house. It's renovated, and we're unpacking our stuff, making it look more and more like a home. There's still lots to be done, and lots to unpack ... but, slow and steady .. we need to enjoy life right now as well.  I've updated the pictures site, so there are pictures of us doing some of the renovation work.  http://jahousehunters.shutterfly.com/pictures ... I'll load more pictures once we're a bit more settled with the house all finished.

Our House ....

We finally got it!!! We closed on our house on the 9th, and have started doing a bunch of work to the place. And discovering a bunch of things we didn't know. Like, that the dog pee odor has completely saturated the floor to the point that not even Kilz covers the smell. Or that the dishwasher leaks and the fridge doesn't stay cold. So far we've torn out all the old carpet, cleaned everything, and are getting things ready to paint. It's pretty exciting. :) I can't wait for it to be done, and ready for us to move in - so I can start decorating. We've already been boxing up stuff and storing it until we can "move in". I'm just ready to be out of our rental house. YAY!!!

More Sprouts

There are even more sprouts today .... Look at that middle one .... Tomato :) Cantaloupe, peas, even some lettuce and squash were starting to peek through. I'm a pretty happy camper about my budding garden.
I will be an even more happy camper if we ever get a house with a yard I can plant them in.
We are beyond ready for all our house drama to be over. We should have closed on it back in March, and yet, here we are, still waiting on the bank ... gah! Breathe ... one day ... eventually ...

My makeshift garden : 

New Look

I figured out how to change around the look of my blog. Other than just the background.
What do you think??

A glimmer of hope ...

I walked outside this morning, to get the newspaper, and found this:

A vast assortment of seedlings that have sprouted, just waiting for me to water them. There are still a bunch waiting to sprout, but we have a small assortment starting to grow. Cucumbers, beans, spinach, and some herbs - to name a few things. :) Makes me very happy. I can't wait to see some tomato sprouts. I also can't wait to have a yard to plant them in.

Monticello

Thursday was a beautiful day. Just perfect for visiting Monticello. Mid-60's, partly cloudy, slight breeze. And a ton of tourists and children off school on spring break. boo. After getting a not as early as hubs and I would have liked start on our journey to Monticello, we arrived to find the parking lot pretty full - and that should have been a tip off as to the rest of the day. We stopped on our way from the parking lot to look at the African-American Graveyard, then headed up to buy our tickets.

We waited in a not-too-bad line, got ask a few questions about why we were visiting and if we had visited before - then finally got in to purchase our tickets and ... the Behind The Scenes Tour was sold out. Completely sold out!!! The tour we were super excited about and hubs became instantly bummed about not being able to do. And, we bought our tickets at somewhere around 11:00am - they were sold out until 2:50pm for the regular house tour. We bought those tickets. So we had 3+ hours of time to wander around Monticello.

So, we went to watch a short film about Thomas Jefferson. Which was pretty good, and informative, until the last 5 minutes and the picture of Obama. Did he really need to be in the film? No. Not really.

After the film we walked around the museum, looking at all the cool things about TJ and his homestead. We also looked at the bronze plantation scaled replica and took a quick snack break. Then went up to take pictures with the man himself :

 

Then we boarded the shuttle-bus, and up the mountain we went.
Since we still had plenty of time, we walked the grounds. Toured the Garden, walked Mulberry Row, visited the dependencies, where the kitchen and smoke house and such were. Just waiting for our house tour time to start.

The house tour went pretty well. As well as can go when you're on your like, 5th, house tour of Monticello. The one new thing .... they painted the dinning room. It was once a light blue, and now, a bright yellow color. They had found chips of paint in the yellow color, and had it dated to TJ's time, or something like that. Unfortunately, they don't let you take pictures inside the house. bummer.
All-in-all the day was very fun, and I think everyone enjoyed getting to tour the house. Hubs and I are hoping to go back soon (maybe this fall?) and take the Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the house, and really see everything.

How does your garden grow ?

I have planted all of my seeds, now we're waiting for them to sprout. And waiting on a yard to plant them in.
We also have a bunch of tulips and hyacinths that have been blooming, and will be planted at our new house. I love the look and smell of hyacinths and tulips are always pretty.

 

This year I planted a whole ton of seeds, just to see what sprouts, and what we like and don't like for future years. Hopefully by the end of next week our little seeds will start sprouting.

We've got : Morning Glorys, Lupine, Bachelor Buttons, Strawflower, Sunflower, Birdhouse Gourds, Small Sugar Pumpkins, Jack O'Lantern Pumpkins, Watermelon, 2 types of Cantaloupe, Table Queen Squash, Zucchini, Butternut Squash, 2 types of Cucumbers, Lettuce, Spinach, Peas, Carrots, Garden Beans, Kentucky Beans, Cherokee Wax Beans, Sweet Corn, Green Peppers, Mixed Bell Peppers, Jalapeno Peppers, Sweet Banana Peppers, Cherry Tomatoes and Rutgers Tomatoes, Chives, Basil, Parsley and Cilantro.   I'll add some pictures once they start sprouting. I think I am most looking forward to the Tomatoes and the melons.

What sounds good to you???