tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48795666532587970112024-03-13T09:56:01.771-07:00Johnson's Giant ChallengePennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101646875753309141noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879566653258797011.post-23040878756052445482012-07-24T22:28:00.001-07:002012-07-24T22:28:35.935-07:00http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/14/dynasty-desc?t:state:flow=2ff8ff25-4fae-447f-8698-89010eea86d5http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/14/dynasty-desc?t:state:flow=2ff8ff25-4fae-447f-8698-89010eea86d5Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101646875753309141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879566653258797011.post-9574781086223205832010-03-22T17:25:00.000-07:002010-03-22T17:51:55.450-07:00I'm so excited...things are moving again!Haven't heard from me for a while. I've been to the bank to borrow money. Met with a landscape designer to talk about my backyard dreams. Met with a landscaper who said he could take my deck out. Monday! Came home to find the 21 year old redwood boards neatly stacked, and no deck up to the oak tree. I've been so curious about what was under the deck after all these years. Guess. Acorns ofPennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101646875753309141noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879566653258797011.post-62074435418477716562010-02-19T21:13:00.000-08:002010-02-19T21:39:01.997-08:00Friends are great!! Thanks to Lacey and George, I now have a chandelier hanging over the dining room table. They lifted and wired and mounted late one Saturday afternoon. I watched in awe. Couldn't even look up at them due to a pulled muscle in my neck that has made my life agony once January 2nd. Finally last Friday I got a steroid shot and the pain has begun to pass. Did you know that the neck muscles Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101646875753309141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879566653258797011.post-7658006693745747222010-01-23T20:29:00.000-08:002010-01-23T20:52:58.846-08:00Things Are Moving Things are, indeed, moving along in the lighting department. After spending many hours online looking at chandeliers. Too many, too much lighting, too many shades. Finally found a great little light. So it is on the way. Then today Missie mentioned that perhaps the downlight would be annoying to sit under. Have no fear, the lights appear to be up or down lights, adjustable. I'm praying Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101646875753309141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879566653258797011.post-11742935511598116682010-01-09T12:53:00.001-08:002010-01-09T13:46:14.182-08:00The Chandelier ChallengeI'm so excited! I have 3 followers. It's great to have family.This is what I'm dealing with this weekend. 6 years ago, Santino tried to replace the central lightbulb. Of course, it broke off at the base. So he resorted to the old potato in the light base to unscrew the broken bulb screwy part. Result: broken potato. Next step, take the dang thing apart and approach it from a different Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101646875753309141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879566653258797011.post-11758680903172746502010-01-03T16:40:00.000-08:002010-01-03T17:14:38.449-08:00Some Sunday's are ProductiveJust as I thought I was getting somewhere with my challenges, I woke up tired. Not wanting to tackle any problems. So I spent the day sewing shopping bags and making fleece scarves for my class. My shopping bag project is to give friends and family a shopping bag that is fancier than your standard supermarket reusable bag. Read about this project at morsbags.com. I'm about half way through Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101646875753309141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879566653258797011.post-72728215823875895082010-01-02T11:50:00.000-08:002010-01-02T12:26:26.028-08:00Challenge #1 Backyard/deckChallenge #1 The Deck and non-landscaped backyardAs I mentioned, my greatest challenge right now is deciding what to do with my backyard. I've called landscapers who do not call back. I've gotten a bid for over $10,000 to replace the deck, in its original configuration. I've waffled. The green you see is not grass, but weeds and acorns. Both of which are a pain come Spring. Along the fence IPennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101646875753309141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879566653258797011.post-52118970239000040282010-01-01T09:19:00.000-08:002010-01-01T09:47:06.961-08:00Starting SomewhereEveryone has to start somewhere. I'm tired of having all these questions and not having anyone to bounce them off of. So I woke up this morning, 1-1-10, and decided to create a blog. Not that my life is so interesting, but my challenges are not so unusual. Someone out there may have perspective on the challenges, especially in prioritizing them.It has taken me a year to describe myself this Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09101646875753309141noreply@blogger.com0