Category: Home & Garden

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Looking for furniture online with my friend

I told you that my friend is moving to Wilmington, NC.  Well since she’s moving into a new house, she’s going to need more furniture than she has and really needs to replace some she has.  A lot of it was hand me down when she got married to help them out.  She wants a new living room suite but not just any living room suite either.  She wants an Oasis sofa made in Belgium.   I have to admit it is beautiful and 100% original, guaranteed.  Then she started looking at entertainment centers.  She wanted something unique and that’s what she found.  It’s called LC-Bandarole 1 made in Italy.  I have to admit that I loved it too.

Then she was off to the bedroom.  She said she could take her old one and put it in the guest room but she wanted a new bedroom suite for their bedroom.  Something modern and classy.  She fell in love with the Ben Comp 6 from Spain.    I loved it too.  It’s gorgeous!!  One things for sure, if you want high quality modern furniture, this is the place to start.  They also offer financing.

If you don’t find something you absolutely love, it will shock me.  Oh and get this, all of this furniture comes from a store in New York too.

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Friend moving to Wilmington, NC

I have a friend that is moving to Wilmington, North Carolina.  She has some family down there and knew to call Wilmington NC Real Estate to help her find a home there. She was totally surprised to find out that Prudential Real Estate and Laney Real Estate in Wilmington NC becoming Prudential Laney Real Estate.  It was a great surprise because there are even more houses that she will be shown through just the one real estate office.  Good move!!! Wrightsville Beach Real Estate was another one she was going to check out to try and find a home too.  Wrightsville Beach is a great beach that’s close to Wilmington where her new job is located.

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Lousy weather

Well yesterday it rained most of the day and not today, it’s dreary and chilly on top of it.  This is the type of weather that’s only good for one thing and that’s laying around the house watching movies or listening to some good music with a nice pot of homemade soup in the slow cooker.  I don’t know where the heck spring when it sure left here.  Hopefully it will be back tomorrow but I haven’t watched the weather to know.  Guess I’ll find out later on what I need to wear to work tomorrow.  The way it feels right now, I would say a coat!!!

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Mom came over an saw the planters I have

Well as you should know by now, my mother is redoing just about everything inside and out at her house.  She came over last night and was commenting on the planters I have my plants in and decided she needed some new planters for her plants too.  One of the things she’s looking for the I love are window box planters.   I think they look great on a house especially when they have the type of plants that hang out of them.  Of course she’s wanting to get some high end planters because only the best is good enough for my mother.

We went online and she found some really nice decorative planters she wants for her inside plants.  Then she saw the outdoor planters and came up with all sorts of ideas of what to put in them.  She wants some of the garden planters for her patio too.  Not too many but just enough to grew a few herbs in.  She loves fresh herbs.  Then she went back to the indoor planters and picked out a couple of them.  She’s definitely on a buying streak.  I have to admit that I love the decorative planter she picked out for her living room.  It looks great.

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Here’s a good idea

Since we’ve been having so much rain, I need to get some  rain barrels to collect the rain so I can water my flowers outside when it quits raining so much.  That’s one of the best ideas I’ve had in a long time, don’t you think.  They have some really nice looking rain water barrels now and not just those old wooden type of barrels.  They not only are a great way to conserve water but they look great too.

Rain harvesting is really easy if you stop and think about it.  All you do is sit the barrel somewhere the rain can hit it and you’re collecting the rain.  How hard is that.  I found rain barrels for sale online and picked out a couple for myself and even told my mother about them.  She’s going to order some too.

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Talked to Mom about getting an ADT Alarm System

Since my mother has been doing so much to the house I’m sure that people are noticing.  The problem is what people that might be.  See there was a house on the block behind hers that someone broke into and destroyed whatever they didn’t take.  I would hate to see something like that happen to Mom and her home.  I was telling her about ADT Home Security and how they monitor your home 24 hours a day and 7 days a week so there’s not one minute in one day that someone is not looking after her and her home.  I know I would feel a lot better if she had ADT installed.

She said that she has always felt safe in her home but I know that was because of Daddy being there with her.  Well he’s not there to protect her anymore so she really needs something like an ADT alarm system to keep her safe.  I then told her that with the ADT alarm system, they also monitor the house for floods, carbon monoxide as well as break-in or even personal emergencies.  What if she was having chest pains?  ADT has a button she would push and they would send someone right out to check on her .  Now that’s security.

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They’re finally back

I got my hummingbird feeders out a couple of weeks ago and no hummingbirds.  I thought they would be back by then but they weren’t.  Oh there were plenty of bugs that managed to get into the feeder and drown but that was all until today.  I finally saw a hummingbird and now I have to go home and make new nector for them because the other is probably sour by now.  I make my own from 1 part sugar to 4 parts water and it works just as good at what you buy.  It’s cheaper though!!!

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Mom’s at it again!

Now she called me and wants me to come over and clean out her gutters Saturday.  I don’t want to do that on Saturday, I have better things to do.  I told her that she needs to check into getting Gutter Guard for her gutters so that the leaves and stuff like that can’t get in the anymore.  She’s wanting to make improvements to the house and that would be a huge improvement if you ask me.

Best of all, Gutter Protection isn’t just that mesh stuff that you used to only be able to get.  They even make gutter roofs too now.  There’s a company out of Chicago that keeps up on all of the latest ways to protect your gutters.  Because of that, they’ll always have the best state of the art products.  I suggested she check with them and see if they have a company somewhere around here.  One of my friends at work was saying their parents just had them do that to their gutters and they are totally satisfied.  This company has been in business for over 15 years so they must be doing something right.  Sounds like a heck of a good idea to me for her to check into it.  I just hope they have a company around here or can recommend one anyway.

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Well it’s back to rain and dreary weather

I thought it was April showers that brought May flowers.  I guess this year it’s going to be May showers bring June flowers.  I sprinkled some wildflower seeds on the flower bed beside my front door about 3 weeks ago and only a few have even started to come up.  Well I think those are flowers coming up.  Right now it’s hard to tell if its flowers or weeds since they’re just starting to come up here and there.

I got seeds for flowers that attract birds and butterflies.  I just love nature.  I have several humming bird feeders too and it’s time to get them out but I have yet to see any around.  Probably because it’s been so darn wet and dreary for the past 2 or 3 weeks.  I’d stay where it’s nice and warm too if I was them.

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Well looks like another neighbor is moving

There are so many people moving out of our neighborhood that it’s becoming almost a weekly occurrence.  I hope I never have to move again but I’m sure I will at some point.  One things for sure, when I do, I’ll check out the moving companies very carefully. You can’t be too careful when you decide on a movers because you’re basically trusting just about everything you own to them.  You have to make sure they have a good reputation.  Personally I think I would rather use Budget Van Lines since I know several people that have used them.

Some people prefer to use one way truck rentals which is great if you don’t mind doing all of the work yourself but one things for sure, you know you will pack your stuff carefully.  I’m not sure I would want to do all of that myself.  After some of what I have read about Budget Van Lines, I still think that’s who I would get to do my move for me.  But to each his own I guess.  I just hope everyone has done their homework and checked out who’s moving their stuff!!!