On Becoming a Tomato

Ok so maybe I won’t turn into a tomato, but after no garden for 3+ years, I had really forgotton how much I love homegrown tomatoes.
I had the perfect meal this evening. I arrived home and poured a glass of Argentinian High Altitude Viognier-Chardonnay, trotted out into the garden and picked 2 ripe tomatoes and [...]

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News Headline: Consumer Confidence Skids More than Expected

Duh. Gas prices are over $4/gallon in Indianapolis and I would bet money we see $5 before the summer is over. The article cites several reasons.  I was talking to someone the other day about the oil thing (the day I took the commuter bus into work) and they remarked that the Europeans are laughing at [...]

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Misery

UPDATE: Plumber arrived this afternoon, inspected the basement, snaked the drain (and the water all drained away and out – yeah!) and informed me that this was a sewer backup into my basement. Sewer – as in the system that carries waste out of our homes. Waste as in poo, pee and who knows what else. He did tell me that [...]

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Handyman Special

2 posts in a day! What gives? I took a vacation day today. Anyway, said vacation day started as me taking time to meet the HVAC person referred by my home warranty company and ended up being me using the whole day off just to get organized around the house. I had intended to do [...]

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A Perfect Evening

Remember when Bella told Mary Marshall that home would not be home until the garden(s) were planted? This house has felt more like home to me than anywhere I have ever lived – gardens or not. But finally it’s spring and I can create the gardens.  Everything is not planted and perfect, but it’s getting there.  I [...]

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How Was Your Day?

The events to set off what would be my Monday full of madness began Saturday evening when my hot water heater stopped working.  The pilot light would not stay lit – I kept trying and eventually gave up (after I spent 20 minutes working up the nerve to try and light it to begin with). [...]

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Hitting a Milestone

It’s not all together unsafe to assume that no one probably cares about this milestone but me.  But I’m proud (and hope I can help others who have pets with separation anxiety) so I’m going to write about it anyway. I’ve written before about Bella’s separation anxiety. When she first came to live with me and the [...]

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Before and After – The Dining Room

I’ve lived in old houses nearly my entire life save for a couple of short detours in dorms and new construction apartments. So it was no surprise when I was drawn to an old bungalow constructed in 1937 so much so that I bought it.  The house, much like me, was imperfect. But I could see it had [...]

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

I had a fabulous weekend. Friday night I met my neighbors Matt and Kristin to see Eric’s art opening in Fountain Square, then headed over to the Wheeler Art Center for First Friday then met Drew at Music Mill to see Bob Schneider.  Saturday night was Scott and Jay’s Christmas Party. Mel, Vanessa, Eric and [...]

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Halloween in SoGarf

Garfield Park is one of the older neighborhoods in Indianapolis. I live in South Garfield Park, otherwise known as SoGarf. You know, like SoCal. Or not. Anyway, most of the homes were built between 1920-1940 in the bungalow/arts and crafts style. The neighborhood has a mix of residents ranging from folks who have been here for years [...]

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