Boring lists and fun at Home Depot

After a long nap and a quick salad snack w/ grapes we got off our duffs and went to Home Depot.


I love going into stores after 8pm, things are so quiet and you can actually get more attention/help when you need it.


We went in there with a list;


• Kitchen cabinet shelves (for the main house kitchen)
• Blinds/shutters (apartment)
• 10 door stops (main house)
• A 50ft hose
• Log lighter (main house)
• Doorbell (main house)
• Wind chime
• Hummingbird feeder


Unfortunately we couldn't find the kitchen cabinet shelves, understandably the cabinets they sell come with their shelves already. I'd love to know what the contractor the bank hired to repaint the cabinets did with the shelves, or why he at least didn't replace them? UGH.


We'll get it figured out. Anyhoo, after looking in the blinds section it seems we will have to go with the local company who gave us a estimate to install blinds because after looking at all the ones available at Home Depot, we have odd shaped windows. I knew as much, but... G insisted on trying.


Got the door stops, a Goodyear 50ft hose, the log lighter and doorbell. Then I went on the search for my wind chime and hummingbird feeder.


To my dismay, not a wind chime in the building. Or garden center. I got a coupon for 10% off a purchase at Lowe's and I know they have lots of outdoor decor stuff, so I guess I'll go looking there for my wind chime.


I did find a cute hummingbird feeder!

Avant Garden Sandy Beach Hummingbird Feeder

Since the chairs I plan to buy have a navy and white stripe, slightly nautical theme I thought it'd be cute to do the same with the feeder. I wanted to put it up tonight, but there's not enough light and I don't want to end up dropping it and breaking out, ant attracting juice everywhere. So I shall put it up tomorrow after class and I'll be sure to post a pic of it and hopefully a little birdie friend enjoying it.

I'm a bit of a magazine addict and when I saw that the new fall issue of Do It Yourself was available I snatched it up and am very much looking forward to reading through it.

Image via Young House Love

One purchase we made that was pretty unexpected was a vacuum. I've been begging for one since we moved in (July 29th) after our cheap one conked out. And we ended up going for a Dyson on sale. 

We got the DC25 Animal Vac w/ ball technology. I never thought I'd be able to afford the "ball" one, but the great sale price at Home Depot and the very obviously growing need for a good vacuum finally spurred G into getting me one. I am so pleased! My vacuum sucks, I love it! haha

Rude Awakening

Signs went up yesterday warning of city tree trimmers coming by today, but I didn't think they'd start at 7AM! Today was my day to sleep in a little, but it was pretty impossible to do so. I think I'll be taking a nap some time today to catch up on some Zzz's.

Still need to hit up a home improvement store for items to finish up the main house in preparation for our tenants/roommates to move in. We'll probably do that tonight as we have a lot of things happening in the next two days.

I'd been sad at not having any fresh flowers in the house the last two weeks, so I grabbed up a few stems of Asiatic Lily's when I was doing my grocery shopping this morning. I had hoped to get some Stargazer Lily's as I love their scent, but these bronze ones I got work well with my transition into "fall" things and scents around the apartment (currently burning Slatkin & Co's Caramel Apple).

Whenever I'm in the fruits and veggies section of the market I find myself wishing I was at a Farmers Market instead. Our local Farmers Market is on a Thursday, which isn't all that convenient in comparison  to Claremont having theirs on Sunday. When we lived in Venice, the Farmers Market was down the street and was on a Sunday as well. Oh well, I must get to one of the Sunday ones in Claremont and start buying my produce that way.

I've long entertained the idea of having my own veggie and herb garden and as things get better money wise around here, I think I'm going to give it a try. 

Awesome moments in Nature

Photo via allthecreatures.org

I'm feeling pretty ho-hum today, but going outside always seems to perk me up for a bit. 
I grabbed my keys and went downstairs and retrieved the mail and after setting it aside, grabbed my watering can to water my flowers. 


I was standing in front of the planter, starting to shake out the last dregs of water in the can when I hear this buzzing sound to my left. Suddenly a hummingbird flits in front of me and goes straight to the mouth of the watering can, there's a little stream of water still coming out and he sticks his little beak in and takes a sip, then he turns and seems almost to be looking at me for a moment, then flits away. 


It has absolutely made my day! I mean, I could have easily reached out and touched him. He was right there.


Along with that wind chime I want, I think I should get a hummingbird feeder too. The more little birdies flitting around, the better.