Apr 20, 2012
More Trike Makeover
Today I drove to Kelowna. It was a beautiful, sunshiny day that was comfortably warm without being too hot. The reason I went was for the Polished Aluminum Checker Plate for the box being built for my trike. My friend Frank had made arrangements for the purchase of this metal and had even gotten it cut to approximately what we need it to be, into handle-able pieces to be worked with. The company he got the material from is right across the street from a friend of his that has a huge saw that worked fairly well for making the cuts, so Frank had the metal taken across the street and cut, he even had bought beer for the guys for doing the cutting. I had to go pick up the sheets, go across and pay for it, then take it and Frank over to his shop where we unloaded the checker plate. I got to see the big machine he will be using to bend the material, thereby making rounded corners for the box. When out in the sunshine this stuff is so shiny and bright that it hurts the eyes to look at it. This trike is really going to be awesome!!
Apr 19, 2012
Trike Makeover Progressing
Today I bought the paint and supplies for my trike paint job. I got
Laser Blue Candy paint (more or less a Turquoise), the base will be
Cosmo Dust (sparkly silver).
Tomorrow I go to Kelowna to buy the polished aluminum Checker Plate for the box.
Saturday Ray is going to Kamloops and will take my seat (cut down from double to solo) to a guy he knows to get it recovered. This is all costing more than I had planned... sure hope it's not going to come to more than I have. Oh well, I'm sure it will all work just right. It is going to be awesome when it's done. They are doing a lot more than what I had originally thought/visioned being done... and it is going to be AWESOME!!!
Yes, the Trike Makeover is progressing very nicely.
Tomorrow I go to Kelowna to buy the polished aluminum Checker Plate for the box.
Saturday Ray is going to Kamloops and will take my seat (cut down from double to solo) to a guy he knows to get it recovered. This is all costing more than I had planned... sure hope it's not going to come to more than I have. Oh well, I'm sure it will all work just right. It is going to be awesome when it's done. They are doing a lot more than what I had originally thought/visioned being done... and it is going to be AWESOME!!!
Yes, the Trike Makeover is progressing very nicely.
Apr 15, 2012
I Am Improving my LIFE!!
After watching this video, if you want more information or to start changing your life for the better, go visit this site.
My Garden Adventures
A friend of mine at the Food Bank where I work told me this winter that they have had great success growing vegetables with a Lasagna Garden. After looking on the internet, doing research on this form of gardening, I decided to give it a try.
Today I was in town so bought some plants while at the grocery store. I got Kale, Marigolds and Irish Moss. I came home and did a bunch of work in the yard, including:
- prepared a raised bed garden for planting... cleaned it up from last year. Planted the Kale plants in that raised bed garden.
- worked more on making my Lasagna Garden. I brought a fairly decayed bale of straw over from where it was in another part of the yard and dumped it out of the wheelbarrow. Took the wheelbarrow over to the compost pile on the other side of the yard, filled it with partially decayed compost, brought it over and spread it on what I already had made of the Lasagna Garden from another day (branches, old boards, old cardboard, etc.). Spread some of the straw over the compost layer.
- cleaned up the Iris plants, removing last year's, now dead, leaves & flower stalks and putting them onto the Lasagna Garden.
- cleaned up the last year's, now dead, growth from herbs, from Lavender, from Tomatoes, etc. and again put it all onto the Lasagna Garden.
- stood up the toilet that had fallen during the winter, made sure it won't fall again, planted some of the Marigold flowers into the tank and the bowl of the toilet. Put the rest of the Marigold plants into some dirt to protect them until I am ready to plant them elsewhere, not sure yet where that will be.
- decided to extend the Lasagna Garden a couple more feet, right to touching the stacked tires which are planters, so found a couple more bits of wood to use as frames for the bed, also packed some bricks over to fill in a gap. Still need to find a bit more to finish off the frame extension then will put down thick layers of newspapers and start putting layers of compost, straw, old wood bits, etc in that end too.
Now, after all that work, my body hurts rather badly... and yet I feel good about having done all of the above. I actually didn't want to come in, but knew I had to.
I am so grateful that I have a yard and that I can grow my own vegetables, herbs and fruit. I know that I am blessed.
Today I was in town so bought some plants while at the grocery store. I got Kale, Marigolds and Irish Moss. I came home and did a bunch of work in the yard, including:
- prepared a raised bed garden for planting... cleaned it up from last year. Planted the Kale plants in that raised bed garden.
- worked more on making my Lasagna Garden. I brought a fairly decayed bale of straw over from where it was in another part of the yard and dumped it out of the wheelbarrow. Took the wheelbarrow over to the compost pile on the other side of the yard, filled it with partially decayed compost, brought it over and spread it on what I already had made of the Lasagna Garden from another day (branches, old boards, old cardboard, etc.). Spread some of the straw over the compost layer.
- cleaned up the Iris plants, removing last year's, now dead, leaves & flower stalks and putting them onto the Lasagna Garden.
- cleaned up the last year's, now dead, growth from herbs, from Lavender, from Tomatoes, etc. and again put it all onto the Lasagna Garden.
- stood up the toilet that had fallen during the winter, made sure it won't fall again, planted some of the Marigold flowers into the tank and the bowl of the toilet. Put the rest of the Marigold plants into some dirt to protect them until I am ready to plant them elsewhere, not sure yet where that will be.
- decided to extend the Lasagna Garden a couple more feet, right to touching the stacked tires which are planters, so found a couple more bits of wood to use as frames for the bed, also packed some bricks over to fill in a gap. Still need to find a bit more to finish off the frame extension then will put down thick layers of newspapers and start putting layers of compost, straw, old wood bits, etc in that end too.
Now, after all that work, my body hurts rather badly... and yet I feel good about having done all of the above. I actually didn't want to come in, but knew I had to.
I am so grateful that I have a yard and that I can grow my own vegetables, herbs and fruit. I know that I am blessed.
I Am Improving My Health
I have taken some very simple, yet important steps to improve my life!! I am sick and tired of being sick and tired!! Are you?? Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Diabetes, Deteriorated Disc Disease, Arthritis.... just some of what I live with every day of my life. Well, I can sit here and feel sorry for myself as I live with the pain, or I can take responsibility for my life and make some changes so I can enjoy it again. Yes, I decided to make changes. Check out this video and you will know more about what I am doing. Life Changing!!!
After watching this video, if you want more information or to start changing your life for the better, go visit this site.
After watching this video, if you want more information or to start changing your life for the better, go visit this site.
Apr 3, 2012
CBC
In my truck I like to listen to the radio while I drive, however, I don't care for the music they play on the 2 local radio stations. In my old truck I was able to pick up an 'oldie' station from Kelowna that I really enjoyed listening to, but in my new truck the radio won't pick up that station. What I end up listening to all the time is CVC Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). On TV I watch a variety of stations and some are CBC TV. I was really amazed today when I read on the internet that there is a CBC Los Angeles!! WHAT?!?! Los Angeles is not in Canada, so what's with the CBC being there?? Well, there are many companies in Canada that are owned by American companies, so I guess maybe this is that same kind of thing, just in reverse. It's amazing what you see on the internet!!
A Good Day Planned
Dan and I have been friends for around 11 years now. For the last 5 months he has been working in a different province as there is no work for him in our home province. We do talk often on MSN though that is just not the same as seeing a friend in person. He is currently home for a funeral so I saw him on Sunday for awhile and expect him to be here any time now for another visit today. It's good to see him in person and I look forward to when construction picks up in BC so he can come back home to work as I know he really wants to do.
Though there is much cloud in the sky, the sun is brightly shining through. My stove went out at some point during the night as I didn't put another bag of pellets into it. It is warm enough in here that I won't relight the stove until later this evening. I love it when I get to go without the stove on, it means warm weather. I am going to have something to eat then out I go to work in my yard for awhile.
Though there is much cloud in the sky, the sun is brightly shining through. My stove went out at some point during the night as I didn't put another bag of pellets into it. It is warm enough in here that I won't relight the stove until later this evening. I love it when I get to go without the stove on, it means warm weather. I am going to have something to eat then out I go to work in my yard for awhile.
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