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Today's work area

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Fox turned 4 a few days ago and we felt it was finally time to give him a real birthday party... of course, by real we meant him having friends over to play in the yard and eat cake and cookies. We strung up a bunch of balloons, threw down some table cloths and called it decorated.

The real work was getting the gardens tidied and a little less wild. I mean, I love wild gardens, but wasn't sure the parents of his friends would feel their kids were safe in such a wild place. {To be clear, it's totally safe, but appearances and reality are different.}

So we tidied and cleared and junked and mulched and composted and dug and planted and watered and ended up with a kinda respectable looking yard. Of course the kids didn't care what it looked like, the parents didn't scurry their kids away in horror. All in all a success!  

Giant herbal #plaintain (weed to others) looking from one garden to another. Worried to lose the peacefulness of our John St yard in downtown #MatthewsNC. #preservematthews

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Slow crawl update: Bathroom edition

We are working furiously at a snail's pace on this bathroom; furiously for about 2 hours every Saturday and that's about it. It's gutted, we've got the new door in (a pocket door for space-saving efficiency) and a general idea of where things go. Some things have been ordered and are on their way. Others we're waffling on. We're not exactly efficient on this project.

Sink and hardware: Kohler 48" Brockway sink; T&S B-0315 Wall Mounted Double Pantry Faucet with Vertical 3" Centers

Lighting: Design Classics 16-inch Schoolhouse light in polished nickel; Pottery Barn Mercer Sconce in polished nickel

Mirror: I'm on the lookout for a bargain vintage mirror, but in my dream world, the Penarth mirror from Crate and Barrel would be the one.

Tile: Matte white penny round, matte white 4 x 4" square tiles, both with charcoal grout

2017: the Year of the Distractions

I've been mentally writing and rewriting posts for the past month and a half. I'm stuck in my mind on the current shape of politics. I want to write, I want to speak out for my beliefs, yet I still have no words. One day I will have the words, one day I will put them all here.

Gettin down to the bones.

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I understand politics and what is a business-based site will have an effect. I will talk about that, too, I'm sure.

Here it is! #vintagescotty #rv #bignewproject

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In the meantime, we're working on some big projects. Let me distract you with our distractions.

Currently the state of the camper.

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We've demolished one of the full baths, combined it with the closet from the master bedroom, and are figuring out a plan to redo the bath on a moderate budget. (Ideas abound, continue to be pinned.)  We also bought a vintage camper at a great deal. We've named him Major Tom (....here am I sitting in a tin can...) As is usually the case, the work is more extensive than we'd thought, but hey! Why not 2 major projects all at once? It is, after all, 2017: the Year of the Distractions.

I'd be remiss without mentioning the significance of Martin Luther King Jr Day (today). I was going to put a quote or some sort of image with his words here. I don't think it's fair to distill his work (and so many others) to a Pinterest worthy spectacle. Instead, take a moment to read the lengthy summary of Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? 

Apparently the works-in-progress are far more pervasive than a bathroom redo.