Archive for August, 2010
A Recycling Explosion
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010One of the coolest things about our new city/neighborhood is that the city actually provides you with a recycling bin and then empties it once a month! We’ve paid for our recycling to be collected by a private company for a few years so this was a very welcome change. Yes, I know we pay [...]
LBG’s First Day of School
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Yesterday was the day! LBG started school! We woke up later than excepted but we’d had a rough night Monday night. Two more teeth are making their way into the world and they aren’t playing nice. Luckily, I’d packed most of his bag the night before. I only had to make a lunch and pack [...]
I Shouldn’t Be Sharing This
Thursday, August 19th, 2010But I will because I love you all! Yesterday I discovered a new website that will surely get me in more trouble than I actually need but it’s oh so much fun. Did you know that the Goodwill has a website that auctions off their more desirable items? Well, they do! Check it out. The [...]
Why I Love Where We Live aka The Cultural Education of LBG
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Every single day I fall more and more in love with the area we live in. Our little corner of Nashville is so rich with culture due to a HUGE African and Middle Eastern population. Just walking through the grocery store I see woman of all ages wearing clothing that is traditional to their countries [...]
Back to School
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Everyone in our family is going to school! I mean Every. One. TF just started law school. It’s taken a whole year for him to get to this point since he left Active Duty Army. This is why he got out of the Army so he is finally fulfilling his dream. He is doing a [...]
Nothing Says “Welcome to the Neighborhood” like…
Monday, August 16th, 2010A good ol’ fashioned skunking! You can’t make this story up so I cross my heart it is 100% true with absolutely no exaggerations. Sunday morning started out like any usual weekend morning. LBG ate yogurt and a peach while TF and I had coffee. When I took the peach peels and coffee grounds out [...]
Buggin’ Out
Friday, August 13th, 2010Not only am I having a buggy issue with the compost tumbler, but there are also bugs… well, everywhere! By this I mean mosquitoes. I can’t enjoy my back yard to its fullest extent thanks to those pesky little buggers. They have these incredible ninja skills, too! I haven’t actually seen more than a handful, [...]
Our Trip to Texas
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010::drags self in and flops on the floor:: I’m still playing Catch-Up-on-Life but I wanted to tell you all about the trip LBG and I took to Texas. LBG and I left mid-morning on a bright sunny Thursday. I decided that I’d rather not pay the crazy airport parking lot fees and would be parking [...]
It Rained in My Closet
Monday, August 2nd, 2010One of the first projects I needed to do upon moving into the house was to replace the bathtub/shower up stairs. I have this weird “thing” about old bathrooms. They seriously give me the willies. I was hoping I could just go to Lowe’s or Home Depot and they’d install one for me. If they [...]
Back to Vermicomposting
Sunday, August 1st, 2010Remember that huge drama we had when we tried composting with worms in our ½ bath? Oh, well you can read about it here! I was so excited that we were able to move our compost with us this time around. I’m not sure if it was the massive amount of packing paper or my [...]