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oceantheorem) wrote2017-04-05 06:20 pm
oceantheorem) wrote2017-04-05 06:20 pm
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We own a house!
This has been exhausting.
Good, but exhausting.
So far, homeownership can be characterized as "you must drive 30 minutes several times a week to meet contractors at the house at the crack of dawn, and then drive 30 minutes back to get to work on time" and "make four thousand phone calls to contractors" and "please arrive with a check".
We've had asbestos removed. We've treated for termites. We are removing a wall between the living and dining rooms, and installing recessed lighting in those rooms, and then having the hardwood floors refinished, and repainting all the walls, and replacing the baseboards, and installing crown molding. I am told this is a "small" job.
I've been spending spare moments daydreaming about how to landscape. I want ALL THE NATIVE POLLINATORS. I want native bees, and butterflies, and moths, and even pollinating flies, though I reserve the right to tell them they are ugly when they arrive. In the pursuit of this goal, I have compiled a massive spreadsheet of California native plants, and tried to focus on which ones might be native to my new county, to determine what to plant.
We also want chickens, and a vegetable garden, so I have tabs in the spreadsheet for plants for those purposes (cucumbers and nasturtiums are natural de-wormers for chickens, did you know?).
I deleted my LJ today. I am sad. But all the content is here, so there is nothing lost. Still sad though.
This has been exhausting.
Good, but exhausting.
So far, homeownership can be characterized as "you must drive 30 minutes several times a week to meet contractors at the house at the crack of dawn, and then drive 30 minutes back to get to work on time" and "make four thousand phone calls to contractors" and "please arrive with a check".
We've had asbestos removed. We've treated for termites. We are removing a wall between the living and dining rooms, and installing recessed lighting in those rooms, and then having the hardwood floors refinished, and repainting all the walls, and replacing the baseboards, and installing crown molding. I am told this is a "small" job.
I've been spending spare moments daydreaming about how to landscape. I want ALL THE NATIVE POLLINATORS. I want native bees, and butterflies, and moths, and even pollinating flies, though I reserve the right to tell them they are ugly when they arrive. In the pursuit of this goal, I have compiled a massive spreadsheet of California native plants, and tried to focus on which ones might be native to my new county, to determine what to plant.
We also want chickens, and a vegetable garden, so I have tabs in the spreadsheet for plants for those purposes (cucumbers and nasturtiums are natural de-wormers for chickens, did you know?).
I deleted my LJ today. I am sad. But all the content is here, so there is nothing lost. Still sad though.
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I'd been reading over on the LJ side instead of here, when apparently not everyone has been cross-posting, so now I'm behind. :P
After having sold the house, it is interesting to hear what it's like from the other side! Your plans for pollinators and native plants and chickens sound SO AWESOME. <3
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I'm really excited about the native plants and chickens. :D I will try to update (with pictures) as I work toward those things. First, though, we have to move in! Which is happening over the next two weeks.
And then we are flying awaaaaaaay on our fabulous Hawaii vacation for two weeks in May. I am SUPER excited about that. When we get back I will start on the plants. :)