I ran over a broken glass bottle and got a flat tire on my bike. I also got a major workout because I had to push my bike 3 miles home instead of riding it. That’s the “Blues” part of Condo Blues in case you’re just joining us, *sniff*.
I have no idea how to change a bike tire, especially the back tire because it requires taking off the chain assembly. The gears and chain were a little wonky and I was putting off having someone look at it anyway.
Time to call in a pro.
I sucked it up and took my bike to a Serious Cyclist Shop that did repairs. The type of store that sells real bikes to Lance Armstrong types and expensive touring bikes (no gears – WTHeck? We have hills) to frou-frou moms who ride in very flat neighborhoods (not mine.) Husband and I fully expected to be soaked for the repair and the tire, possibly costing more than my bike.
Did I mention that my bike is a Toys R Us special?
Made for kids?
Yes I’m that short. I have to ride a kid’s bike. *sigh*
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
A New Use for Old Nail Polish
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Grow Flowers in Old Lawn Chairs
Here’s a seriously cute creative reuse project for those old 50’s style lawn chairs – turn them into flower pots!
I was be bopping along one of my favorite shopping haunts and found these little beauties outside a shop as an art piece.
They look a lot nicer than my mushroom patio chairs too.
Looks easy enough to duplicate. Find some ugly 50’s style lawn chairs, paint them a wild color (I’m digging the hot pink), stuff them full of dirt (tricky I suspect), and plant a bunch of succulents or any other type of water-retaining plant. (I suspect cactus might look tad inhospitable. Ouch!)
I was be bopping along one of my favorite shopping haunts and found these little beauties outside a shop as an art piece.
They look a lot nicer than my mushroom patio chairs too.
Looks easy enough to duplicate. Find some ugly 50’s style lawn chairs, paint them a wild color (I’m digging the hot pink), stuff them full of dirt (tricky I suspect), and plant a bunch of succulents or any other type of water-retaining plant. (I suspect cactus might look tad inhospitable. Ouch!)
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
Peach and Rum Smoothie Recipe
I came back from the farm market with a big bunch of fresh peaches. It’s warm outside and I’m in a festive mood – peachy in fact – why not kick back on the front porch with a homemade peach smoothie?
Peach and Rum Smoothie Recipe
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Monday, August 31, 2009
8 Ways to Reduce Household Trash
As an experiment, I saved all my plastic trash for one week and posted it Condo Blues and later on Fake Plastic Fish: Show Us Your (Plastic) Trash.
Katidids commented:
These were the items I threw away in the trash. There were other items in my tally that I recycled or found a reuse for.
Katidids commented:
"I can't get over how little trash you have! We have a huge bag a day! Part of it is cleaning stuff out. I free cycle & goodwill a lot but 20ys, 4 kids who were pack rats... {snip}I felt bad because I didn't write the original post to sound like a Greenzilla about trash and recycling. I certainly didn’t get this zero waste, low waste way overnight. To be honest, there are times when the garbage can has more in it than I like or the recycling bin overflows.
Boy, you REALLY opened my eyes..I would hate to show all our trash...every time I start to feel like we are doing the right thing...pop that balloon, no no I mean dog poop bag"
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