Tag Archives: Beverly Hills

How to shampoo carpets

I’ve been wanting to shampoo the carpets for a while now and my parents showed up and I had not done it yet.  However, I finally couldn’t stand it anymore and decided to shampoo them.  I was about halfway done … Continue reading

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Autism Awareness

Today is Autism Awareness Day and the CDC released an alarming report last week that 1 in 88 children is diagnosed with Autism (1 in 54 for boys).  We have been fortunate to have 4 healthy children, while many of … Continue reading

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Accidental snow day

The late night news said we’d get some flurries… no snow by midnight…. but by 4am it was obvious that we were getting a wee bit more than flurries as there was a blizzard outside and we easily had 6″… … Continue reading

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Blizzard 02/02/12-02/04/12

[pics incl]  Thought I’d share some pics from the snowstorm we are having.  I managed to remember to take some “before” pictures and I figured I’d just upload pictures as we go.   Honestly, I thought by now (11am) that we’d … Continue reading

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The Owl

Courtney and I were feeding a neighbors cat around dusk.  As we were leaving, I heard “something” like a soft swoosh and looked up to see an owl gliding, just few feet above me, to the top of a nearby … Continue reading

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HOA Hayride

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Socks in the door

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Construction thoughts

Today I realized that I have a few datapoints that I need to remember when remodeling the house: Know where your neighbors are and what they are wearing before you climb a ladder. Waterproof caulk works on human skin, permanently.  … Continue reading

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Winterizing the house

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The Birds

[pics incl] It seemed like every bird in the area landed in our backyard but what made this time noteworthy was that it seemed like they were “honoring the property lines.”  Not one bird was in either neighbor’s yard?  Then … Continue reading

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Non-fingerprints

To continue some work with the school district I had to go through a process of fingerprinting and background check… standard process when working with kiddos.  While having my fingerprints taken it became clear that the machine did NOT like … Continue reading

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Bear

[pics incl]  Last week we had a bobcat [http://blog.scottsontherocks.com/blog/2011/09/22/here-kitty-kitty/ ]… this week a brown bear!  We were not around to witness it but one of our neighbors emailed pictures to our neighborhood.  Thanks Floyd!

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Homecoming dance

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Here kitty, kitty

William and I were going for a walk and couldn’t decide which way to go.  I said “Let’s go this way because then we can watch the sunset.”  We made it about one house away when our neighbor stepped out … Continue reading

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You might be a redneck…

[pics incl] IF… there is a toilet in your front yard! Remodeling the bathroom, if you’re gonna paint right, you should paint behind the toilet, and to do that… you should remove the tank. And just for grins, you should … Continue reading

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