Sorry for the delay this morning. I opened my front door to get a letter in the mailbox before our mail lady comes by and ended up getting blocked by 2 barn swallows on my front porch! We had them try to build a nest last year and they got some dirt up over the door before I saw them. It was a mess!! DH power washed the house a few weeks ago and got the last of the dirt off. He's been doing a lot of outside maintenance and I've been gardening so it's not like we haven't been around. Then just this weekend he painted the trim around all the doors. And now they showed up acting like they own the place! Crazy birds!
At least they didn't get anything up this time. But if you drove by my house a little while ago you would have seen two kids in pajamas waving tubes of Christmas wrapping paper in the front yard! We had to go out through the garage. I have a big fake blow up snake on the porch and I tapped up some bird tape right over the door and light fixture. Lets pray that works again this year! It looks lovely against our fresh white trim.
Also it's the last week of school so everyone is a bit silly here. My kids are planning out what they need to do for our bringing home THREE kittens. I know nothing about getting any kittens; let alone three. But DD is cleaning her room and gathering things that a kitten could safely play with and DS is over here illustrating how we will place new litter boxes, food and another cat tree. I think they are trying to show me how responsible they can be. Mooch says she vetoes any kitten decisions.
How many and what kinds of lamps do you keep around your house?
We have 4 table lamps and one free standing one that stays in the garage for project lighting. We mostly use ceiling and ceiling fan fixtures in my house. But I don't always want bright overhead lighting so I'm looking at table lamps. Right now I have 2 small table lamps in the living room that were originally purchased for my kid's bedrooms when they were babies. They are ok for watching TV; but not the best for reading or anything else. The switch sticks on one so I have to unplug it to be sure it's off. DH and I have small bedside lamps too but I don't like them for reading either. I usually read on my kindle so it's not a problem; but sometimes I want to relax with a paperback. We use LED bulbs wherever possible.
So I am searching for larger table lamps for the living room for whenever our new couches come. That was supposed to be by the end of this month before covid hit. So we will see. I was given a Lowes gift card for Mother's Day; so I'm browsing their website for lamps now. I'd like to get something I'll be happy to keep for the next 30 or more years instead of cheap stuff that I got in a hurry. We had several cheap floor lamps from Walmart that Mooch and Noodles knocked over enough times that they broke. I'd come home from work and find one laying on the floor. Thankfully no bulbs ever broke!
I just remembered; DD has a "party lamp" in her room so that's one more. It spins and projects colored dots all over.
At least they didn't get anything up this time. But if you drove by my house a little while ago you would have seen two kids in pajamas waving tubes of Christmas wrapping paper in the front yard! We had to go out through the garage. I have a big fake blow up snake on the porch and I tapped up some bird tape right over the door and light fixture. Lets pray that works again this year! It looks lovely against our fresh white trim.
Also it's the last week of school so everyone is a bit silly here. My kids are planning out what they need to do for our bringing home THREE kittens. I know nothing about getting any kittens; let alone three. But DD is cleaning her room and gathering things that a kitten could safely play with and DS is over here illustrating how we will place new litter boxes, food and another cat tree. I think they are trying to show me how responsible they can be. Mooch says she vetoes any kitten decisions.
How many and what kinds of lamps do you keep around your house?
We have 4 table lamps and one free standing one that stays in the garage for project lighting. We mostly use ceiling and ceiling fan fixtures in my house. But I don't always want bright overhead lighting so I'm looking at table lamps. Right now I have 2 small table lamps in the living room that were originally purchased for my kid's bedrooms when they were babies. They are ok for watching TV; but not the best for reading or anything else. The switch sticks on one so I have to unplug it to be sure it's off. DH and I have small bedside lamps too but I don't like them for reading either. I usually read on my kindle so it's not a problem; but sometimes I want to relax with a paperback. We use LED bulbs wherever possible.
So I am searching for larger table lamps for the living room for whenever our new couches come. That was supposed to be by the end of this month before covid hit. So we will see. I was given a Lowes gift card for Mother's Day; so I'm browsing their website for lamps now. I'd like to get something I'll be happy to keep for the next 30 or more years instead of cheap stuff that I got in a hurry. We had several cheap floor lamps from Walmart that Mooch and Noodles knocked over enough times that they broke. I'd come home from work and find one laying on the floor. Thankfully no bulbs ever broke!
I just remembered; DD has a "party lamp" in her room so that's one more. It spins and projects colored dots all over.