Cat food.
June 27th, 2009 emnemastilFor mom and dad.
Unsatisfactory. Distasteful. Disagreeable.
Buying a short sale - earnest money
June 24th, 2009 emnemastilWhen we made our offer, we sent over a check that will be held in an escrow account and be put toward our down payment when we close.
Our Realtor said he would hold this check until he thought it was a food rime to deposit it, which was done today! Hopefully this means we will hear some good news soon!
Buying a Short Sale
June 18th, 2009 emnemastilWe put in an offer on a house last week and bid against two other buyers. We found out today that the seller has accepted our offer, which is good news, but it’s just the beginning of the process. The house is a short sale, which means that the seller is going to try and convince the bank that owns their mortgages (in this case, two banks, that each own one mortgage) to sell the house for less than they owe.
We’ve heard the process can be a lengthy one, so I’m not getting too excited about a “big move” yet. I may not be ables to resist though going to get a few rubbermaid totes and packing up some of our winter beding and clothes.
Elizabeth Farm
May 18th, 2009 emnemastil
Image thanks to http://www.sydney.com.au/
Image thanks to http://www.sydney.com.au/
My guide relayed the following to me, however consultation of Wikipedia is revealing conflicting information, I cannot guarantee any as certain.
Elizabeth Farm started out as a land grant to a convict who had been sent to Australia to finish out the last part of a 7 year sentence for stealing two watches. Instead of supporting James Ruse as a ward of the state, he was granted by Governor Arthur Phillip 1.5 acres, seed for maize, barley, and wheat, pigs, and chickens, and challenged to start a farm. Within two years, Ruse wrote to his federal benefactor and declared his commission a success. The farm was able to sustain the Ruse family, and they would no longer need government subsidy. For this accomplishment, James Ruse was gifted another 30 acres. after only two more years, he sold the farm.
The land passed into the hands of John Macarthur, a well educated and ambitious man. He was a landowner before the acquisition of Elizabeth Farm, and had been granted land to begin some of the first successful farming and ranching operations in Sydney. He was well respected and invested time serving as Governor and beginning the first police force in Parramatta. Only a few years before his death, he was performing surgeries and seeing patients in Elizabeth Farm, and pursuing studies in Eastern medicine.
John and Elizabeth Macarthur built the house at Elizabeth Farm for their family, and it stayed with them for many years. After Elizabeth’s death, the house became rental properties and fell into disrepair.
In the 1980s, the Australian government completed renovations and restorations of Elizabeth Farm.
Rice bubbles?
May 18th, 2009 emnemastilFirst Sewing Project
March 4th, 2009 emnemastilMy husband had to have this chair:
I didn’t want something so… ugly… in my living room, so I made him get this cover:
Eventually that got a little boring, and Mona, my cat, started picking the chair as her preferred place to vomit.
I looked at the leather covers on Ikea’s website, but didn’t want to invest more in a chair that would really still be… ugly… not to mention I’m not such a fan of leather. So I busted out and broke in my new (to me) sewing machine on a very large piece of vinyl.
Tada! I left the corners rough to add to the modern feel. I really like it! It’s much easier to clean, and not so… ugly.
*Photo credit thanks to Ikea and Jared.
Upcycled
February 21st, 2009 emnemastilI generally buy more expensive spices that come in glass jars because they’re prettier, but guess what? They’re also easier to recycle!
I’m using them to store photo corners, safety pins, some little sewing supplies, and a few paintbrushes. The best part is keeping something out of the trash!
Photo thanks to Jared.
Valentine
February 16th, 2009 emnemastilPlease excuse the black and white photos. I’ve got some white balance issues.
Jared and I raided Walgreens today for half-off Valentine’s Day candy.
Earlier, we finally got my Valentine’s Day present!
Tonight, another folding laundry night.
New spice racks!
February 15th, 2009 emnemastilJared put up my new Ikea spice racks! I had all my spices in a cupbord that was too high to see anything that wasn’t in the front row. This is a great solution!
Fabric Covered Box
February 14th, 2009 emnemastilI love boxes. I regularly have a million corrugated boxes heaped together just hanging out in closets, because they are just SO handy to have around. This lilttle fella is too cute to be put away though, I think I’ll use it for a landing place for keys, credit cards, lipgloss, and all those other things that end up in my jeans pockets.
The box is recycled from an iPhone box. The outside is covered in a super fun fabric I found at Field’s, and the inside is an un-patterned gold cardstock.
Jared’s not here so I had to take the photos with my phone, sorry for the graininess and the weird colors on the table.
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