Woohoo, 2010 has arrived!

January 2, 2010 at 4:18 pm (Holidays, Sunsets)

Happy New Year, everyone! I acknowledge my life is still “crazy busy” & I will have to find ways to deal with that. Once again, 2 months passed me by without an entry here. The shame of it!

New Year’s Eve I got some nice shots of the Blue Moon (2nd full moon in the month). I think I’ll insert a pic here, as well as the Photo of the Month (changed from “Plant” of the month-as it won’t always be a plant!), since that will be changing & referencing to it will have folks wondering “What photo?”

Blue Moon for New Year's Eve

Had a nice visit with a friend & her hubby (Gay & Scott). I hope to make another post about that. New year’s Day had a sunset (well, I missed the “sun” part of it-but the sky was spectacular) that rivaled other gorgeous ones we’ve seen. Here is a sampling of the dozens of pix I took:

Okay, it’s been so long since I’ve made an entry, I’ve already forgotten how to maneuver around to edit the pix & all. Maybe I’ll figure it out in my sleep & come back to fix it! :P Till then, the extra moon pic stays! LOL

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Latest Changes in our Abode

October 30, 2009 at 1:00 pm (Remodeling)

Just a quick entry, with just a few photos…more to come later on each subject if I’m able…
Hubby built a closet into our son’s room, as we plan to snag his walk-in to add to ours. :D

Son's new closet

Son's new closet

Larger window installed in son's room Aug.

Larger window installed in son's room Aug.

We installed windows before doing drywall touch-up, stucco on the outside & painting inside & out.
Carpet was finally installed this past Monday, after having it estimated a 2nd time. It seems we figured out how they could do it for 15 square yards less! That’s a savings of more than $500.! Unfortunately, we PAID for all that excess the 1st time we had the place carpeted. Live & learn!
Living room to the left

Living room to the left


Living room to the right

Living room to the right with some furniture put back

Family room toward patio door from front hall

Family room toward patio door from front hall

Family room toward bedrooms-furniture moved out of way

Family room toward bedrooms-furniture moved out of way


So this entry I learned how to get clickable thumbnails in -but need to work on placement. I’ll save that for next time! Now to put every thing back! Unpack all the framed stuff, dust the knickknacks & all that jazz! I’m not looking forward to moving the entertainment center back (heavy) & hooking up all the electronics. :O One thing I know…it WILL look nice when we finally finish! Got to run!

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Crazy Busy, the mode of late

October 22, 2009 at 10:20 am (General)

My niece used this term about how our lives have been & it seems to fit, unfortunately…”Crazy Busy”! I’m looking forward to a day when I can say it isn’t!

I missed quite a few months here on the blog-no entries for a very LONG time. Back in June, our son graduated from high school, with several other events taking place around the same time.

I went to the Nationals bowling tournament in Las Vegas. I was co-chair for our invitational bowling tourney for my 200 Club in September. I also go to other 200 club’s tourney each month. I got back into the Monday night bowling league & still do secretary/treasurer duties for our Thursday Rollers league.

We have been remodeling in the house, replacing windows…one at a time. Currently, the project is getting new carpet installed in 2 rooms. Hoping that happens this Monday, after experiencing several glitches.

I have been tackling my jungle of a garden, prepping for window installation & just trying to stay on top of it, before it swallows me up!

My dear friend, Al, passed away in August after his last bout with Cancer. That has thrown me for a loop. :( Trying to get back on track now.

One son is discovering college for the first time & I still taxi the other son to school. He’s taking drivers’ education now, so a license should be in the next year.

I still take pix of everything & time to process them is limited, so I’m way behind, as you can imagine.

I discovered Facebook, quite by accident, and was learning the ropes there…finding a new way to stay in contact with my family & friends.

I may still make entries about each (or some) of these events, but that will depend on what time I can eke out of the time frame of my regular household schedule. I know…good luck with THAT, you say! :P :D

Gotta run…taxi duty! :)

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photo upload

October 17, 2009 at 2:19 pm (Garden) (, , , , , )

Trying another way to get a photo inserted in my post.

Well, what do you know? It worked! If all else fails…READ the INSTRUCTIONS! Found some info that helps.

Aloe 'Pink Blush'

Aloe 'Pink Blush'


Stained glass Dragonfly in my garden

Stained glass Dragonfly in my garden


Let’s see what these last 2 look like! :)

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Do I Remember How to Post a Pic?

October 17, 2009 at 1:27 pm (General)

Not sure how to get the pix in the post. This is different from the way I used to do it. Guess this is a newer version of the program. I know I uploaded a photo to my gallery. Just don’t know how to get it here.  Phooey!
Mammillaria herrerae Okay! I figured out a way-but it’s not like before, so I have a feeling I’m going to forget the next time I try this. Yikes! I just have to remember to select pix that are already a smaller size or they come out HUGE here.

Note to self: Used the direct link selection from Photobucket for this one & clicked the img button in the html editor.

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Switched

October 16, 2009 at 10:26 pm (General)

Moved my blog-so I had practice at exporting from old blog & importing into this one.  Now need to change background & other details.  Hope I can find the time!  Maybe creating entries will become a habit?!

New theme & still working on the look of the page. :)

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Succulent AND Cacti albums created

March 4, 2009 at 1:32 pm (Cacti, Cacti & Succulents, Succulent)

I’ve been making good use of my Picasa albums, creating quite a few in recent days, with HUNDREDS of pix…of all the C&S events during the 4-day President’s BD weekend.

If you have some time to kill, get some coffee or other beverage of your choice…and take a gander at the pix:

http://picasaweb.google.com/RosemarieRoma

Agave ‘Blue Glow’ outside Bot. Bldg. at Balboa Park:

Agave 'Blue Glow'

Agave 'Blue Glow'


*Edit~After drooling on a forum about this beauty, a very generous fellow member sent me a pup! Woohoo! Thanks, Tom!

I don’t know the names of the plants (well, I might know a few), so I hope that doesn’t drive you whacko.

There’s  one album of the Botanical Building in Balboa Park too. :) Nice Orchids!

Hope you enjoy! I have to get back to my list!

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Slideshow…or not :(

February 28, 2009 at 12:24 pm (Succulent)

Trying out something new…to see if I can embed a slideshow. Whoops…I guess not…or I haven’t figured out how to do it. :(

Here’s a link instead~you can choose to watch the slideshow or individual pix:

http://picasaweb.google.com/RosemarieRoma/OldTownBuckners?feat=directlink

My friend, Al came to visit from DE. One of the places we went was a succulent plant shop in historic Old Town, San Diego, called The Plant Man. Hope you enjoy the pix!

Maybe more plant pix to come in the near future. :)

Two pix from the album:

Many hybrid Echeveria w a variety of other succulents

Many hybrid Echeveria w a variety of other succulents

Frilly Echeveria hybrid

Frilly Echeveria hybrid

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Sunsets around town

February 8, 2009 at 4:52 pm (Sunsets, Weather)

Thought I’d better not let February slip by, so I’m sharing some of the many sunsets shots I’ve taken recently.

Sun full circle of all shots I took

Sun full circle of all shots I took


Brilliant Beach

Brilliant Beach


Subdued Pier

Subdued Pier


Surfer

Surfer


Nice sky color from stables

Nice sky color from stables


Brahea sunset from our front door

Brahea sunset from our front door


Coronado Island off coast

Coronado Island off coast


Art at windy beach

Art at windy beach


Firey sky

Firey sky

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Happy New Year!

January 1, 2009 at 12:47 pm (Holidays)

2009 is here already?!! Wow! Happy New Year, everyone! Wishing you a prosperous & healthy year ahead!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I suppose now that the holidays are behind us, I should concentrate on getting back on track! I’m hoping I’ll be able to get more entries here of our doings throughout the year. :D Goodness knows I’ve got lots of catching up to do.

Enjoy yourselves!

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