‘Flipping’ a high-rise. For the birds.

I am addicted to garage sales. Well, garage sales, thrift stores, junk outlets – you name it. I’m a firm believer in the adage, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure”. I love finding treasures. I once had a house that was furnished and decorated almost exclusively from garage sale items (they fit my budget [...]

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Snigsspot Tagged Me – & Two Bees Stung Me!

I’ve been tagged by Snigsspot for this meme with a lot of ‘fives’ in it. The instructions are:
Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot:
1. Fat Chick Crafts
2. Put a Sock in It
3. Suzy Sells Sea Shells
4. Snigs [...]

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Oh, my God! Must Relocate – Must Relocate!

We put in what I call my ’secret garden’ last summer, finishing in September. After I dug all the flower beds, of course I wanted them to look ‘finished’.  So – I did what I definitely know you should NOT do….I planted waaaaay too close, and waaaay too much, and planted some things that I wasn’t even [...]

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Misc. Pics From Our Jaunt to the Neighboring State.

 These trees have been planted to be used for paper. I like it that there are signs along the way, informing you of when the trees were planted. Most of these were planted in 1999. I also like the idea of planting for paper — quit raping the forests.
From our site in the state park, we [...]

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Water, water, everywhere.

As it was STILL in the 90’s when we left home, running into some rain here in Oregon was a welcome change. We wanted to see all the waterfalls between The Dalles and Troutdale – and decided not to wait for the weather to break. It wasn’t cold out, and it was a warm rain, [...]

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Old Highway 30

Yesterday we left the interstate (84) at exit 83 near The Dalles, Oregon – to drive west on the historic section of “Old Highway 30″, which is now known as the Historic Columbia River Highway. Built in 1916, not only is it an engineering marvel, it is majestic.

Also in 1916, 733 feet above the Columbia River, [...]

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How do YOU rate?

Rain posted her blog rating – and, of course, I had to go see what mine was. I got a PG rating. Seems as how I got dinged for using the word ”hell” three times, the word ”kill” two times, and the word “shoot” once.
I think they are being pretty hard on me, don’t you? After all, I [...]

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Here we are.

When we left home today, we traveled through some of my least favorite part of Washington. Once we leave our hill, and the town below, we travel through mile after mile after mile of wheat fields. Slightly rolling wheat fields. And not a tree in sight. For mile after mile after mile. For a girl [...]

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I’m so (almost) outta here.

But I guess this little guy is staying to  guard this hanging basket while we’re gone.
It’s been soooooooooo hot here – triple digits – which isn’t normal. I love the heat, but sheesh, it’s hard to keep lawn, fruits, and vegetables wet enough. And nearly impossible to do anything outdoors.
We are leaving tomorrow morning and going to Oregon [...]

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Help me with this one.

What’s up with that Akismet thingy? One time it told me I had a spam and allowed me to view it. It wasn’t. It was a comment from Goldennib.
Now, out of the blue, WordPress tells me that Akismet  has ‘guarded’ me from 30 spams. But it doesn’t allow me to see them – so how do I know? [...]

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