I am glad that these skills are coming back today. Learning to build a cob home is relatively easy and is amazingly cheap to do. If your friends help you, they learn new techniques that are really helpful to them as well. It is a very green way to build and is very sturdy in comparison to some of the materials that are used today for most wood frame houses. I have been studying this for a while now and would really like to try it someday. I may start with a cob outbuilding for my property, or something like that. We shall see.
Cleaning done
I have spent most of the day cleaning up after the holiday celebration. I even took down the Christmas tree a bit early. I just wanted it all done and out of the way this year. Usually I leave it up until after the new year, but not this time. I had the kids all help me and we got it done lickity split. It certainly made it much easier and I was able to pack everything away much more carefully then normal. Last year the kids were already back in school and when I took it down, I just tossed it in the boxes and had done with it. I promised myself that I would not do that this year and managed to keep my promise to myself. Woo Hoo! That makes me a very happy person. Hope everyone has a great day!
Up cycling Goodwill buys
Neat little ideas to spruce up those Goodwill and yard sale finds. It really doesn’t take a lot to make an object fresh and new again. You don’t even have to use it for it’s original purpose either. Just be creative and you can make over anything you find and use it to decorate your home with original style. Hope you like her ideas!
I couldn’t help looking
In my search online for houses, I found beverly hills real estate site. A girl can dream, even though I will never have enough money to live in such a place. The homes were just gorgeous and expensive! Oh to live in a house like one of those. I could never keep it clean by myself that is for sure. I do wonder what it is like to live that kind of life, a life of privilege and lots of money. I definitely would not be able to sit around all day. I can’t keep still most of the time as it is. I am sure the staff that is required to keep it up would get annoyed with me interfering.
I saw a few that were so large that you could fit several families in there to live and hardly ever see each other. If I ever hit the power ball, I would buy one just to have for vacation. We would spend all of our extra time there, enjoying the Southern California weather. I doubt it gets as cold there as it does here, that’s for sure. I do know that it gets a lot hotter in the summer time. After all, death valley isn’t that far away. Oh well, enough time dreaming. I have work to do.
House hunting
Well we have really out grown this house and want to have a larger piece of property. I went and looked at a cute little farm this morning. The house wasn’t very large but the property was amazing. It had a barn, a chicken coop and a couple of other out buildings as well. I am encouraged even though it needs work. Needing work just means we can get it for a better price, and that is a very good thing. If we get it for a good enough price, we can just put an add on to the house and enlarge it, or close in the back porch. We have a lot of considering to do though.
Cleaning today
I have been scouring the house today. I just finished with the bathrooms, which were in desperate need of a good cleaning. I have been so busy, that I have let a few things slide and have to make up for it today. That is no biggie though, I just want it done before Christmas vacation hits and the kids are home all day every day. Keeping up with it after that is going to be challenging enough, what with the holidays and such. Tomorrow I am going to get a bunch of the Christmas shopping done when my check comes in. After that, I will have to wait until next week to get the last minute stuff. At least I was able to pick up all of the stocking stuffers today. I really don’t think I need anything else for those. Honestly, I cannot wait for the Holiday’s to be over. I am impatiently waiting for the new year to begin. I hope that it will be better then this one has, because this one was not very good for anyone that I know.
Dog sitting
I absolutely hate it and will never do it again. This dog is not remotely house trained and I have spent half the day cleaning up it’s messes. There are spots all over my carpets too. I have half a mind to charge them for the cleaning service I have to get now. I will NOT allow this to stay in my carpets. My kids play all over my floors and just the thought of it is driving me crazy already. NEVER AGAIN!
This always happens to me when I try to help people. Tomorrow morning I have to call the carpet cleaners and make the appointment for the day after this dog is leaving. Stupid, stupid, stupid is what I am.
*done with rant*
Human again
Finally I feel human again. I was having trouble waking up and just felt dragged down, so I went and got a nice long hot shower. Instead of working in my pj’s, I am now dressed and ready to rock n roll. There is so much to do today and the time has come for me got busy. When I am done with my computer work, I will work on the house itself, but not until I am done here.
The kids are happily content watching the new Batman movie for now and I should be able to finish all I have to do on here before they are done with the movie. At least, I hope so. So let me get something to drink and then I can get down to work.
Memory foam topper
Last week I ordered a memory foam topper for my bed. I had two choices, buy a new mattress, or get a topper for it. Since my bed is a king sized bed and very expensive to replace, I decided on the topper. It saved me a lot of money and I love how it sleeps. I can no longer feel springs in my sides and back and I sleep like a baby. I can now breath a big sigh of relief because I know that I will sleep a lot better then I was before.
Too funny
If everyone drank their coffee out of mugs like this, no one would ever be in a bad mood in the morning. I might buy one just for the giggle effect. I can just see me trying to pour my coffee every morning into it. I would be smiling before I ever had a sip of it.
