Sustainable Me - Space for Creativity and Backyard Bunnies

 So.  Maybe I should have purchased that ton bag of pea gravel!  I do like the River Rock, but it is going to take at least 10 more bags to finish out this area for the firepit.   I brought home all of the cardboard from Sandy's house last Tuesday, so with what I have saved and what she gave me left over from the flooring for her house, I will have more that enough to put over the insulation in the art studio.   Since I already have the canvas for the walls of the studio, the only other supplies that I will need is perhaps some more potting soil, top soil, and  shopping for what plants that I want in the garden.  I think I have everything else needed. I even have the concrete and mold to make the stepping stones.  I am using a cake pan that I bought at Aldi's for the stepping stone mold.   Now I just need some time to get these things accomplished in the garden and the studio.    Waco is supposed to ha...

I thought that I would include this in my blog, because it is kind of going back to the beginning of our move from the "industrial" area duplex, to the area where we now live. Because of the show "Fixer Upper" and the Magnolia businesses here in Waco, property costs have shot up, property taxes have had increases, and new building projects in the Waco, and surrounding areas have increased.  It has kind of been like living in some kind of boom town era. My parents worked hard to buy some rental properties and build a rental business for their retirement.  My Dad loved to do all of the repair and maintenance, and he was really good at it.  I learned a lot of my work ethic and persistence from him.  As he passed away almost six years ago now from cancer, my mom is the owner/manager of the business now. She sold some of their older properties, and invested into some newer duplexes in the Hewitt area. The original idea was for her to either build a duplex or buy on...