Things In My House Thursday

This is one of those ubiquitous black metal candle holders, but when I saw this one at Costco I knew that it would go perfectly on a blank bathroom wall where nothing else was appropriate.

It is fun and even practical - during a power outage..... and in theory it would be great mood lighting for a bubble bath, but you know I'm a shower girl.

All lit up; these candles smell heavenly.

And this is just a fun picture - my old, 'cheap', point and shoot digital camera has a setting to only pick up one color; I chose red:




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Things in my House Thursday

I almost forgot TIMHT! I've missed out on all the good blogging this week; Christopher and I have been making day trips to visit colleges.

So here's the best I came up with from the picture file:

This is a graphic for one of Mary's last school projects... a report on the Gaza Strip.

This kind of stuff has cluttered my computer and desktop all school year, and I'll be happy to clean things up until September when it starts all over.

I realize I'm venturing into Muddy territory for this TIMHT, but hey, it's been a busy week. And I was more eager about catching up on my blog reading than on my blog writing, and completely forgot to prepare for today.

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Things In My House - Graduation

Here's what I have in my house this Thursday: a graduating senior. Ceremony tonight!

Christopher is THRILLED that school is over, but is fairly anti-photo, anti-commencement, anti-all the hoopla. Too bad!

He's not anti-social, like it sounds, he's just very much still a shy homebody. He's done the work, he just wants the paper. Not worried about the recognition.

Graduation trivia: Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as Graduands.

Also, in my house this Thursday, is my sprained ankle. I've never sprained anything before, and this is the biggest annoyance and inconvenience.

I'm trying to stay off of it - and not be a limping, hobbling invalid at the graduation ceremony - that is very hard to do! Reclining on the couch with my leg elevated, surrounded by books and magazines I've been meaning to read for months, and with a hot pot of coffee - this morning was fine.

By mid-afternoon I was stir-crazy and fretting over all the shopping and errands and cleaning I needed to be doing, distraught because I couldn't exercise and therefore couldn't consume as many calories as in Mary's freshly baked double chocolate chip cookies.... oh, the troubles!

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Things In My House Thursday and 200th Post!!

This week I present my 200th post and a project for Jessica!

In my house, in my pantry, I have a lot of tea. Mostly tea bags, but loose leaf as well.

I need some pretty organization for it all! I have some tea in an old cigar box, some in the original containers, and some in a plastic canister.

The cigar box holds most of the individual tea bags well, but it's not quite long enough. I have no good ideas or storage for the loose tea.

I don't want to spend the money and have no where to keep a fancy wooden tea box, so I just need Jessica to get creative and make me a custom box that is just the right size, color, design, etc.

I'll email some dimensions to her stat... she works well under pressure, so I should have something awesome by Mother's Day!

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Things in my House Thursday

This week I'm sharing something new and special; a couple of fun, practical things that I bought myself at Starbucks for no occasion or reason - except that I love them!!

I use the insulated, orange, handle-less coffee mug all the time already.

It is bright and happy and just what I want in the morning.

I use the smaller blue one for tea - but it isn't insulated so I have to drop an ice cube in there so I can hold it at first.

They are just perfect sizes; great colors and textures, and I am enjoying them completely.

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Things in my House Thursday

I would eat healthier ALL the time if I could always catch Mary in the right mood.

I bought these ingredients with good intentions (spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta cheese) because I was craving a nutritious salad; she willingly washed, chopped, tossed, served and packaged!

AND, she whisked me together a low-calorie Greek vinaigrette with:

yellow mustard

apple cider vinegar

plain yogurt

honey

olive oil

onion

garlic

salt

pepper

Last night I added chicken; today, I'll enjoy just the veggies.

This handy little individual salad container that keeps the dressing separate until just the right time guarantees that I'll reach for this instead of something junky or fattening, or even a Lean Cuisine:

So, YUMMY! I can't wait for lunch!

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Things in my House Thursday #38

This is the art hanging above my fireplace. Very colorful. Unique, because the curtains are actual fabric, giving the painting a little 3D effect up close and personal.

When I got it, I just 'had to have it'. HAD TO.

Well, now I'm getting a little tired of it. . . .

I still like it, and it still 'works' in the room. But I'm in the mood for something different.

Maybe a mirror.

Maybe one of IsleDance's photographs.

Maybe something abstract.

I don't know, and it doesn't matter much, because I'm feeling way too lazy to actually change things up in the very near future.

Because you know one change leads to another, and so on and so forth and so on.

Whoa. Gotta be up for that.

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Things In My House #37

This may not look exciting to anybody but me:

But for almost exactly one week (just after I scheduled last week's TIMHT on Wednesday night) I have been without my computer. I've never appreciated it as much as I did while it was 'gone'.

I'd turned off the computer before I went to bed; the next morning I pushed the round, blue button. . . . . nothing happened. NOTHING. (My stuff?! What if my stuff was lost??)

We checked all the cords, the surge protector, so on. This was obviously serious; we had to call Matt (sil). He suggested the computer's power box as the problem. Christopher tried his power box in my tower (we both have HPs); it worked, but didn't fit properly so we couldn't close the tower or operate my computer safely.

Sooooo, we ordered a new one; I waited impatiently, and it arrived today!!! Woo - Hoo, Happy Day!

I had access to other computers this week, but not my computer, with my bookmarks, and my settings, etc.

I was thankful as soon as I knew that my hard drive was fine and that none of my pictures or recipes or other favorite things were gone for good; but it was still hard to wait to be on my computer again, and to get started on saving, uploading, backing up my stuff!

This is a thankful Thursday, and a reminder to all: make copies or upload things that are irreplaceable to you!

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Things in my House Thursday #36

Little Furniture.

I don't know why. It serves no 'purpose'. I just like it.

For size comparison:

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Things In My House Thursday - Outside

We're in the backyard again for this week's TIMHT.

I ordered this book a while back and finally got around to reading it and implementing the ideas:

My neighbor had some extra / leftover wood, so we used that to make some off-size gardening boxes. We bought the special mix for soil (peat moss, compost, vermiculite), then planted our seeds. Mini blind slats serve as the dividers and, voila!!

We're hopefully in the farming business!

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Things In My House Thursday # 32

This week,

This vase .... ?

is something that Uncle Billy gave my Grandmother before he died; he brought it back from one of his travels. I own it for sentimental reasons, and will admit that I keep it in the closet.

I don't understand anything about it except for the taped piece of paper on the bottom that says that Billy Joe gave it to her in 1950.

All I "get" is the overall marine / nautical theme. I am guessing it was quite the lovely piece back in the day, and that Grandma was a proud owner. I wouldn't have a clue how to display it if I ever took a notion to.

Although....... I think Mary would like it in her room......

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Things in My House Thursday #31

This week I'm sharing the very first items I go to every morning:

My Brita filter and hot pot. I've already shared my coffee grinder and stainless-steel thermal french press, which factor into my daily routine as soon as I've started heating my water.

This cheap (inexpensive) hot pot has been one of the most useful things I've ever owned. We use it to quickly (faster than a microwave) heat just the right amount of water for coffee, tea, oatmeal, ramen noodles, etc. It is great for taking on vacation - when we went to Chickasaw I enjoyed my coffee and oatmeal (instant - organic) without taking other appliances or teapots or saucepans.

It has a boo-boo from when Mary placed her toaster oven too close to it.... but it works fine so we turn the damaged side to the wall.

This particular pot has lasted me several years, so even if I have to eventually replace it, I will have more than gotten my money's worth from it.

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