Text 20158, 83 rader
Skriven 2009-01-27 13:47:13 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20107 av Carol Shenkenberger (26628.cooks)
Ärende: Home and helping
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Hi Carol,


 > In a water starved area, you would appreciate not having to keep the
 > grass going.  I'm sure I'd make a small veggie plot but to have the
 > whole yard grassed is way too much.  Yet we saw it more than you would
 > think in some parts of AZ.  Those that could afford it, had really lush
 > lawns.

 CS> Naw, I think there I'd go some sort of pretty rock with smoothe
 CS> pebbles.


Getting fancy there. Most rock yards are non descript stones.  Every so
often a pretty one might slip thru the sorter and get into a yard.  If
you want a pretty rock yard, expect to pay plenty.  One of the more
common decorative features of a xeroscaped yard is a big old boulder
planted generally in place of a tree. (G) It takes a bit to set up a
yard like that but afterward, it's quite low maintainence.


 > I think I'd still rather go with the built in. BTW, "it takes away
 > cabinet space" is one reason my mom didn't put in a dishwasher when she
 > re did her kitchen 30 some years ago.  Then, too, she's still got stuff
 > in some of her cabinets that was old (and useless) when I was a kid.

 CS> KInd depends on how much space you have to start with.  Ours is quite
 CS> minimal.

We don't have that much floor space in this kitchen.  No real good place
to stow it in the near by utility room either. That has the washer &
dryer, a triangular built in shelving unit and the water heater.
There's a half bath nearby but that's too small. The only really good
place to keep it would be in the family room which we made into the
formal living room.

 >  CS> looked long and hard at the mini-models you set on the counter.  Some
 >  CS> were no larger than the small dishdrain we had there anyways.

 > I've seen pictures of them.  They sure couldn't handle the "mess" we
 > made in the kitchen today; my dishwasher is running it's 2nd load since
 CS> (snip)

 CS> Grin, 4 loads there.

Probably closer to 5 or 6; the first load was really packed.  The second
was full but not as packed. The first load had one of our larger cutting
boards in it; the counter top dishwasher wouldn't even hold my "normal"
cutting boards.  I have a regular size one each for meat and produce,
then a middling large for meat and a large for produce all in plastic.
I've got a few wooden cutting boards that don't go into the dish washer
and some small plastic GP use ones that do.


 >  > And only a few more months of that. Time to start sorting; Steve has
 >  > uniforms from when we were in AZ. (G)
 CS>  >
 >  CS> Yeah, next will be my varied 'real clothes' to handle.  I bet he's
 >  CS> gonna yearn for uniforms!  But I'm slowly gathering suitable things
 >  CS> and being sensible on how they wash and ironing needs.
 CS>  >
 > Since we've been here, Steve has been picking up some more civilian
 > clothes.  Some of them have been bought because they were on sale,
 > others because I've said "you'll need it after you get out in a bit".
 > He still could use a few more pairs of good slacks and button down
 > shirts but he does have a core wardrobe already.

 CS> I have some of a core wardrobe and am still working on details.  I
 CS> need 2 decent suits.

That's where I'd be pulling out the sewing machine to suppliment what I
buy. (G)  I'd buy the suits but make blouses, skirts............

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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly@earthlink.net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Get shopping while the gettin' is good!!!

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