Can you ask your all-knowing readers what they can recommend for a camcorder? We’re about to have our first baby and since we live halfway across the country from any family, we need one so we can fully share the love. I don’t mind spending the money on one as long as it’s decent. Our only requirements (so far) are that we don’t want to have to use tapes and we want something that will be compatible with Macs (we don’t have one now but probably will in the next year or so).
I know you guys can help out – leave a comment at the bottom of the entry or email me, and I’ll pass your suggestion on to Shelly.
I made the MOST fabulous dinner last night. We had hamburgers made on the George Foreman grill, and I sauteed mushrooms, onions, and garlic to go on top of the burgers. I put a slice of American cheese on my burger, topped it with sauteed mushrooms, onions, and garlic, and it was both filling and very, very, VERY tasty.I imagine it would be good on a hamburger bun, as well.
We’re having a run of really good food lately, it seems.
We went out to the new house Saturday and spent close to three hours walking around the house and property making extensive lists of what we wanted to do to the rooms (pretty much yank down the crown molding, repair and repaint, put up new crown molding that better works on those rooms, and replace all the light fixtures, in every room. Not to mention refinishing many of the floors.) and to the property. We actually walked to the very back of the property, since we hadn’t done that, and neither of us picked up ticks or snakes or anything particularly scary, so I consider it a good trip.
Pictures, you ask? Why of COURSE I have pictures.
The owners of the house we’re buying are very religious. I didn’t actually roll my eyes when I saw the Roy M00re sticker. But I WANTED to.
The view off the porch to the left. Note the ceiling fan.
The view off the porch to the right. Note ceiling fan #2. Next year there’ll be plants hanging off the porch roof to attract hummingbirds.
The view off the front porch, straight ahead. I think that lawn needs a nice big bulb garden for next year, don’t you?
The house comes with a chicken coop. It’s like a sign, between the chicken coop and the kittens.
Inside of the chicken coop, which needs to be cleaned.
One of the several pecan trees on the property. We’re going to have SO many pecans we’ll probably have to set up a little stand and sell them.
Mimosa tree. Fred hates them; I think they’re pretty.
Toward the back of our property, this is a shot from one side to the other.
Eek! Mice don’t scare me, snakes don’t (much) scare me, but wasps scare the FUCK out of me. First order of business: getting the pest control people out to the property.
Our new house and property has no shortage of bugs.
From the back of the property, looking across to the other corner. The shed is on what will be our property (but isn’t ours), and to the right you can see a flash of white. That’s the house.
Another shot from the back of the property. The house is in the middle of the picture.
Tree to the right (if you’re facing it) of the house. I love how huge it is.
A peek into the creepy crawl space.
Mouse skeleton, found under the creepy crawl space.
The pond in the back yard. We’ve had a seriously dry summer, so it’s close to dry, and the catfish have all died. We’re talking about filling it in and digging out a pond further back (and deeper, too).
The bonus room over the garage, which will eventually become half foster kitten room, half storage.
Down the stairs from the bonus room. These stairs seriously need a handrail.
We’re not crazy about the light fixtures. They go well with the house, but we’re not big fans of tin, so we’ll be replacing these.
Now we come to the section I like to call “Identify this bush, tree, or plant, please”. If anyone knows, leave a comment. I’ll label each picture so we don’t get confused.
Tree #1 (back of property). Any idea what this tree is? It looks like it could be some sort of fruit tree, but we know nothing about this sort of thing.
Plant #1. Any idea what these things growing are? Fred suggested perhaps they were watermelons (due to the markings), but we’re not sure. See the big picture for a better look.
Bush #1. (Left side of porch)
Bush #1 (closeup).
Bush #2 (left side of porch).
Bush #2 (closeup).
Bush #3 (left of front part of porch).
Tree #2 (middle of front lawn).
Momma Dixie, giving us a bit of the attitude.
She keeps an eye on us when we’re around her babies.
She’s such a tiny little thing.
A pile o’ sleepy kittens (Dixie moved them from the corner of the garage to a more comfortable spot on a blanket in a plastic box).
The kittens start to wake up (helped in no small part by the fact that I couldn’t keep my paws off them) and root around for some food.
Hungry baby. (BEST PICTURE EVER)
We talked to the owner about the kittens while we were out there on Saturday. We told her that we (I) volunteer for the no-kill cat shelter, and Fred made a point of saying that we know it’s a good place, that they spay and neuter all cats before they adopt them out (and the owner shamefacedly said “Yeah, we need to get Dixie fixed…”), and she said “If I can’t find homes for them, can I give you a call?”, because we mentioned the idea of fostering them, and I said that of course she could.So I’m glad knowing that she knows that she’s got somewhere to turn if they can’t find homes for the kittens. But they’re so unbearably cute, I’m not sure how difficult it’ll be for her to find a home for them!
Bookland in Cook’s Corner in Brunswick has THE BEST post-it notes. I could have spent an hour looking at all of them.
I don’t remember where I bought this shirt – maybe when we were shopping in Bath – but I love how simple it is.