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My new garden pest

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Well, I missed Green Thumb Sunday yesterday. This is my main reason:

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Yes, we got a puppy. She’s investigating some of the plants in the garden in this shot. As you can see we’ve had our first snow too.

Midnight is a Labrador Retriever pup and as you might already know Labs love to chew, chew, chew. I can only imagine what kind of challenges are ahead of me next spring and onward as far as keeping my garden intact!

That of course will be my goal. Keep the dog happy, but keep the garden looking nice too.

Luckily we have a number of nice parks in the area, as well as hiking trails and we aren’t too far from the beach. So … hopefully I’ll be able to keep the dog busy and happy in the various neighborhood parks and limit the damage that she might do to the garden.

Wish me luck!

BTW if you want to read more about Midnight and what happened after we brought her home early Saturday morning you can read about it at my other blog Tricia’s Musings.






I found the perfect stainless steel range hood for our kitchen reno

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I am so happy that our house guests are gone! Now I can get back to blogging on a regular basis again. Can you believe I’ve had up to nine house guests in my home over the last week!

My 19 year old niece brought a college girlfriend with her and I ended up going shopping with them twice. I forgot how much teenage girls like to shop!

While they were trying on clothes, shoes, cosmetics and buying bathing suits that they didn’t even use at the beach, I wandered around and I found a really nice store that sold home appliances and I spent some time in their modern kitchen showroom.

You might remember that I’ve said one of the rooms we hope to renovate soon is our kitchen. I’m always interested in getting ideas or finding items that I want to purchase for our kitchen.

Well I must say that I was successful in finding something for my kitchen that we actually need right now. It’s a range hood. The one that we have over our stove came with the house and it died last year!

Since I’ll be changing the whole layout of the kitchen when we renovate I’m going to wait to buy a range hood that suits the new modern look of our kitchen. I’m certain that I found the one that I want though.

range_hood-galaxy2.jpg Futuro Futuro makes a large variety of Italian made range hoods. The kitchen showroom that I was browsing around in had a few different models of wall mounted and island mounted range hoods and I think I found the perfect style for our new kitchen.

Isn’t that a beautiful range hood? I could build my whole kitchen design around that sleek modern beauty.

It has four speed electronic controls, two halogen lights, automatic thermo protection and it runs very quietly. Obviously it’s also a modern stainless steel design. It’s three filters are dishwasher safe too so it will be easy to clean and maintain.

My husband loves the design too. You see he wasn’t with us on our shopping trip so I came home and looked up the manufacturer so I could show him the range hood I’d found and he agrees with me that it will make a fantastic addition to our kitchen renovation plans. So I’m a happy lady. I have the go ahead to buy this range hood when we’re ready.

What do you think of this range hood. Would you like to have something like this in your kitchen?

Perhaps I’ll vacation in Hawaii sometime soon

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I’ve never been to Hawaii, but lately I find that I’ve been craving a vacation in an exotic land. I know, it’s spring here and the weather will be getting nicer soon, but I haven’t been on a real vacation in ages and I’d just love to take off to someplace renowned for it’s beauty like Hawaii.

I just visited a website called Kauai Eco-tourism Vacation Rentals. They specialize in beach rentals, and their agents hand-pick the various properties offerings in order to ensure high quality vacation spots for those interested in visiting Hawaii.

Agents working with Hawaii Beach Rentals will help you plan and customize you vacation so that you can be assured of getting the type of vacation that you’ve always dreamed of.

When you visit the website you’ll first see listings for luxurious beach rentals. Many of these beach rental vacation homes have several bedrooms and are of course, close to the beach and provide all of the amenities that you will need to have a pleasant one or two week stay on the mainland or one of the islands.

The website is also set up for airfare, hotel, and car rental bookings. You can also take a look at their complete vacation packages and book them online directly from the Hawaii Beach Rentals site.

Ecotourism is an important reason why Hawaii and the Island of Kauai has become a popular vacation area. While staying in Hawaii you’ll be able to visit many exotic locations unlike anything that you’ve experienced in your own homeland. Contact the agents at Hawaii Beach Rentals to learn more about Ecotourism and the types of locations or activities that you’d be able to participate in while staying in Hawaii.

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