http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com It's the journey, not the aggravation. (a houseblog) Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:02:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Warning: The following post contains images that will horrify you. Readers are likely to experience nausea, vomiting, uncontrollable weeping and outrage at what they are about to see. Salvaged Beauty takes no responsibility for your weak stomach or anger-management issues, and advises that you proceed with discretion… Sick is the only ... http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/08/18/bungalow-blasphemy/ When we last checked in, our plucky heroine had been suctioning water off the roof of her house with a turkey baster...but her efforts were in vain, and she was bettered by the drain. Let me tell you that in the days following that first episode I spent a lot of ... http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/08/14/a-thoroughly-draining-experience/ About 4:30 this morning, I awoke with a sudden, raging need to pee. Still in a sleep-induced haze, I quickly realized that trickling sound wasn’t subsiding. It’s that time of the month again. If you’re puzzled as to why I haven’t posted lately, you need only look to the skies and the answer ... http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/06/27/that-time-of-the-monthagain/ http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/05/19/drier-living-through-branded-merchandising/ You may be wondering about the lack of activity here on the blog…well, I’ve been keeping busy—just not here. A lot has been happening…like interlocking brick! http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/05/19/im-not-dead-and-theres-no-money-to-bury-me-now-anyway/ With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I thought I’d share some of my most treasured gifts with you. My mother was a wonderful gardener, and especially adored tulips. In 1997, the year I was married, she began giving me an assortment of her favourite tulip bulbs to plant in my ... http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/05/11/a-bittersweet-symphony-of-tulips/ My daughter’s primary school held a memorial today for a twelve year-old grade seven student whose young life was taken far too soon in a tragic house fire this past February. To honour Kevin, students planted a mighty oak tree, which they dedicated to his memory. The quiet, simple celebration was ... http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/05/02/a-tree-to-mark-a-young-life/ This weekend we got down and dirty in our yard, finally attempting to tackle the ‘Back 40’. Technically, this is about a 58’ x 6’ stretch of uncharted territory along the back of our yard, a large part of it formerly occupied by a row of overgrown privet hedges. We ... http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/04/30/weapons-of-grass-destruction/ It’s amazing what just throwing a little light on a situation can do. The Kitchen Triangle gives me a headache every time I step into it. I hate the cupboards, the knobs, the vinyleum (what little is left of it), the countertops, the powder blue paint that someone saw fit to ... http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/light-up/ Learning that I’m not the only naïve home renovator out there who thought they’d save money by purchasing cedar shingles and staining the suckers themselves—instead of opting for the more expensive, ‘factory-finished’ ones—comes as a great relief. I see I’m in good company (no offense intended, M&C). Reading M&C’s post made ... http://salvagedbeauty.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/a-clothes-line-between-stupid-and-clever/