Text 20371, 87 rader
Skriven 2009-02-02 16:03:07 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20313 av Carol Shenkenberger (26843.cooks)
Ärende: Home and helping
========================
Hi Carol,

 > 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.

 CS> Oh, I'd want pretty and smooth pebbles given a chance.  Sand walkways.

You'll be out working on it about every day then, especially the
walkways.

 >  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.


 CS> In my case, lots of floor space, minimal wall space that is usable.
 CS> Like Janis's main kitchen, theres a wall sorta missing but her's leads
 CS> to the dining table and mine to the livingroom.  The other wall is the
 CS> sliding glass door.  Basically 2 walls usable, one of which has
 CS> minimal cabinets and can be added to and with a counter top there and
 CS> some added outlets for appliances, would be the main 'kitchen redo'
 CS> we'd dream of.  Anything else, would be too expensive.

Sounds like you're planning a basic redo tho.


 CS> We desperately need more counterspace.

 CS> If we had a counter put on that other wall, with lots of outlets, we
 CS> could move all appliances over there and use the part next to the sink
 CS> for veggie preps and all that much easier.  As it is, we have about
 CS> 18inches by 10 to use.

That is quite limited. I use the small counter top by the sink for my
prep area.  I just have to make sure there's no dirty dishes on it;
that's the same area where they get stacked before cleaning.


 > 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.

 CS> I'd like a bigger cutting board, but fact is my counter space will not
 CS> accomodate one unless it fit over one side of the dial sink, inwhich
 CS> case it would add counterspace (grin).  I've looked at a few of those.

I've seen pictures of ones like that, with a hole cut out for dropping
stuff into the sink. We've covered a sink with a large cutting board
(one of the wooden ones) when we've needed the space to set out a meal
buffet style.


 >  > 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,

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

 CS> Ah I still have patterns and such and a sewing machine but no real
 CS> skills ther e as of yet.  Not good enough to make work clothes at
 CS> least.  I keep meaning to teach myself but end up playing on the
 CS> computer instead ;-)

If we were closer, I'd hire on as your teacher.


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


... Psalms 30:10 |...LORD, be thou my helper.

--- PPoint 3.01
 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)