Archive for March, 2010

Fence

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

The boy and our neighbor began to fix the ghetto franken-fence with that cheap and ungodly orange hued wood.

It’s better than this raggedy mess of awfulness, but is still is a hot mess of a salmon colored fence…

Why all of a sudden should we start this you ask? Well…

The city finally sent notice to the neighbor that he was required to get the 15 cars off his front lawn in 24 hours or get fined. The solution? Rip down our properties dividing fence and store some of those broken down cars in their backyard. White trash style!

As a compromise we are splitting the cost of redoing the final ghetto run of fence since it was even more janky after hauling cars through it.

Oh, and look at that poor tree! The city shaved it naked. This is a constant battle against ugliness and we are losing horribly.

The boy rebuilt and cemented in some new posts to finish the final run of fence.

Shazaam! Fence.

Maybe now it’s time to consider landscaping that foot and a half of weed grass. Maybe some sort of tall drought resistant plant that camouflages this new fence…

Portrait

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Where did my new favorite portrait end up? In the guest bedroom for now…

Reminds me, the closet doors still need handles.

Thrifty!

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Getting up early to go to the estate sale did have one benefit – I got to go to like 20 or more thrift stores on my way home. Thank you iPhone for your guidance.

I was hoping to find some spectacular things, but it was sort of a bust. Except for my new favorite not-ironic portrait painting.  RAD.

This little walnut tray is cool and looks like a blank eye staring at you; I also got a little wooden apple storage thingy at the same store.

What did I actually buy at the estate sale? This little West German gray and green stripped vase. Talked them down from $22 to $20. Ugh. What a waste of time that place was.

I also got another tall gray West German vase and a little Hopi ceramic bowl. No big scores, maybe next time.