2010 January | Our Concrete Home

Feline Friday: Litter Kitty

29 January 2010 By Andrea 0 In Feline Friday, Pixel

Pixel is obsessed with the fresh litter box – I think she likes the built in spout.

I have been going back and forth on what would make more sense for me – a gym membership or a home gym. Unfortunately there are not any gyms close to our house and I think the farther I have to travel to the gym the more unlikely I do it. In the end, I [...]

Spring To-do List

26 January 2010 By Andrea 0 In Backyard

With all this rain, I have been brainstorming my Spring To-do List for the backyard. 1. Plan Vegetable Garden Last year I didn’t have much time to plant never mind plan my garden layout. This year, I am planning a head of time including ordering seeds that I can start inside and plan after the [...]

Another rainy day

25 January 2010 By Andrea 0 In Backyard, Front yard, Gardening, Kitchen

Sacramento has had a string of storms the last few weeks. It has introduced us to a few leaks in the roof. and showed us our soggy patches around the yard.

Feline Friday – Napping

22 January 2010 By Andrea 1 In Feline Friday, Loki, Pixel

Stove Update

20 January 2010 By Andrea 0 In Kitchen, Lessons Learned

So Mr. Home Warranty Repairman came over today and ended up replacing the two large 8″ surface burners and terminals on my electric stove. I paid $60 service fee for him to come out and just doing a little research on the internet – the cost of the burners and terminals itself would have been [...]

Beautiful Housewarming Gift

20 January 2010 By Andrea 0 In Decor, Gardening, Purchases

My uncle and aunt brought me the most beautiful orchid as a housewarming gift! I can’t wait to find a flower pot for it and put it on the back porch!

Fiesta

19 January 2010 By Andrea 0 In Uncategorized

While not technically about my house, I wanted write about my dad’s retirement party over the weekend. The theme was Mexican and the party was a fiesta! Borrowing an idea from Sunset magazine, my mom purchased these amazing hand pressed banners from mexevents.com. The guys helped out by stringing them up in a star formation [...]

Stove Issues

17 January 2010 By Andrea 0 In Kitchen, Original Home Elements

I didn’t think I would have a reason to use my home warranty that I purchased with my house. I just didn’t have many things to use it for. I thought maybe a water heater has an issue or maybe the pool pump? But now I am having issues with our stove cooktop. One of [...]