{"id":972,"date":"2017-04-30T23:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T23:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wordpress\/?p=972"},"modified":"2019-07-21T23:14:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T23:14:07","slug":"2017-spring-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?p=972","title":{"rendered":"2017 Spring Catch Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally I make a wish list, but this Spring there are no big projects going on\u2026and I really need to fix a few things, tweak a few others and finish up some stuff that got put on the back burner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And since I am SO far behind, maybe I can catch you up a little!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?p=96\">Bike Riding<\/a> \u2013 Because of a hurricane, and the finish line being under water. The big MS150 City to Shore was cancelled.  We were ready\u2026at least ready for the first 80 miles of it!  Jen, Pat and I all took the road safety course, had our bikes \u2018inspected\u2019 and were riding weekly\u2026we were a bit let down when it was cancelled, but who wants to ride bikes in a hurricane anyway?? Instead of signing up for next year\u2019s ride we decided that we would rather find local rides or maybe a local bike club\u2026but we are still riding as often as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have taken up another hobby..one that Jen has been pulled into and we share with all our friends.  <a href=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?p=978\">Wine Making<\/a>!  This may one of the best hobbies yet! We made 4 wines last year\u2026I have already completed the first one this year (\u201cThe Siege\u201d \u2013 Cabernet Franc) and have started the next one (grenache cabernet).  I bought a 70 bottle wine rack, it is damn near full. Spring BBQ, my friends??<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?p=1178\">screened in porch<\/a> is 99% done, I plan on getting some pictures up and give it\u2019s own page(s). Finishing up the details and another coat of paint are my priorities this spring!  I want it 100% done, time to decorate, DONE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>front_porchfront_porch_inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Had some <a href=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?p=974\">fireplace <\/a>issues this winter.  That was a story within itself\u2026has it\u2019s own page!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jen and I also decided to try a small garden again this year. The \u2018garden boxes\u2019 that we built a few years ago still look good. Jen started looking at \u2018raised garden beds\u2019 online\u2026and I can\u2019t believe the prices, so I decided to make one\u2026and if the garden does well, we may buy one next year (made of teak, cedar or eucalyptus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>raised_garden_bed tomato_zucchini_beets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally I make a wish list, but this Spring there are no big projects going on\u2026and I really need to fix a few things, tweak a few others and finish up some stuff that got put on the back burner. And since I am SO far behind, maybe I can catch you up a little! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1190,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions\/1190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}