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I need kitchen reno ideas – please

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I can’t wait until we get a chance to redo our kitchen. I have no idea what the former home owners were thinking when they renovated. They had only renovated a year or so before we bought the house, but they went the cheap route – new floor and really cheap cabinets.

The fridge between the back door and the basement door all by itself so it basically looks strange where it is and makes it hard to use either door. The fridge is going to move to the other side of the room when we renovate. The stove is an old gas stove and it’s beside the kitchen door so there’s only a little bit of counter space to one side of the stove. I’ve got our big microwave beside the stove so if I’m carrying something hot I have to be sure that I can hold it for a few steps as there’s no place to put anything down quickly!

I won’t even begin to get started on the melamine cupboards and the cabinet hardware! Or the very small double sinks!

Kitchen renos are really expensive though … I’m trying to think if there’s a way I can renovate better than the former home owners, but without spending $30,000 doing it! The best way to do that is of course for us to do the majority of the work ourselves.

We’ve also thought of going to the local Habitat For Humanity Store, there’s one just about five miles from here, to look for used kitchen cabinets. We’ve looked before and you can get some nice wooden ones for great prices. Even if they’re a bit outdated they’re better than the melamine cabinets we’ve got now.

Got any ideas for me as to how else we can do an inexpensive kitchen reno?





Ask permission first!

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I so ticked off. Yesterday I came across a website that had used one of my photos in a post. I decided to politely let the person know that it was my photo and that it’s common courtesy to ask a photographer permission to use their photos and or to link back to the site that you found the photo on.

The person wrote back to me basically telling me to “Prove it”. Geshhhh! They said they found the photo on Flickr … yeah in my Flickr account!

Folks, if you want to use someone else’s photos in your post ask permission. Most people will say yes if you promise to give them credit for the photo and hopefully a link back to their site.

Time to start thinking about booking a hotel in Vegas

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I’m still trying to decide if I’m going to go to Las Vegas in November. I’m really not sure if I’ll be going on not. Last week, the company that’s holding the blogging convention that I’m supposed to go to really riled up a lot of bloggers. As a result of what happened and a lot of other things that have disappointed me in regards to this particular company in the last while I’m just not sure that I’m willing to go now.

Having said that … if I do decide to go I’ll have to figure out which of the many Las Vegas Hotels I’ll want to stay in!

There’s so many! We’ll need one near the convention center or one that’s at least close to transportation to the convention center.

I’ve visited the site realtravel.com as they have listings for Las Vegas Hotels complete with price comparisons, descriptions and even maps of the hotels location. They even list nearby attractions, restaurants and even other hotels close to the one you’re looking at at the time.

Considering that I’ve never been to Las Vegas I think this is a great site as far as getting a general idea of where each of the Las Vegas Hotels are situated compared to the area that you plan to visit. Naturally with it’s price comparison features I’ll be able to find the best deals on hotel rooms as well.

I’m going to keep this site in mind while I try to decide whether or not I’m going to Vegas in November.

Do you grow … Grass? I do

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Blue Fescue grass that is. What were you thinking? That I only grow flowers? Nah … I grow grasses too. The grasses are sometimes the first plants to green up in my garden in early spring and the last to die down when winter arrives.

I believe this is Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ – It’s common name would be Elijah blue Fescue. Its a cool season, clump forming grass with power blue narrow foliage that grows about 4 to 8 inches tall. Mine, with it’s flowers is taller than that – perhaps closer to a foot in height.

This is a fairly easy grass to grow in the garden along side perennials or annuals. It can be grown in full sun to light shade in well draining soil. This grass is also drought and heat tolerant so it can stand some abuse.

Do you grow grass?

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

The baseball crowd loved the music

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This weeks theme is Music

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Last Friday my husband and I and pretty much the rest of my family went to a Blue Jays versus the Seattle Mariners baseball game here in Toronto.

It was a great game. The Blue Jays won of course – after making several home runs! Oh and some of the cast of Heroes attended the game too and I was able to get some photos of them. That was interesting. I love that show.

After the game, when we were walking along the walkway leading from the stadium to Front Street we came across a man playing the accordion. I guess the crowd was in a jovial mood because as people passed the musician they broke out into dance.

I think that’s the musician right behind the man in blue who appears to be having a great time dancing to the music.

Oh and on Sunday and Monday we went to the beach. There was a live band at one of the bars we walked by on the beach and I can’t remember what song they were playing, but they sounded just like the band they were copying. Hmmm who knows maybe they were the real band?

On the beach people were playing volleyball, swimming, sunbathing, flying kites and even I’m sure I saw someone with a model rocket. I certainly hope they didn’t set it off at the beach. It was crowded!

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