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I was taught a beautiful lesson by an old French gentleman. His vegetable garden was exquisite and I stopped to admire it ("C'est beau le jardin monsieur" in my best schoolgirl French). He gently moved his arms from side to side saying "doucement, doucement" which, translated, means "gently, gently." He was telling me that he gardens very gently to produce such a wonderful result. I suddenly understood at a core level that I don't have to go hell-for-leather doing stuff. I can go "doucement, doucement." I have been practising this ever since I spoke with him and it has honestly changed my life. I just hope I can remember now that I'm home. I've certainly done so whilst unpacking and sorting out all our stuff – a job that usually leaves me feeling drained and in need of another holiday. So my new mantra is "doucement, doucement." ~ the lovely Fiona Newsome, a woman I've known for several years and who is a member of my private Facebook group, "A Room Of Our Own: A Place To Practice Profound Self-Trust + Acceptance"
I love that expression, "hell-for-leather." It's British-ism meaning "characterized by reckless determination" and "at breakneck speed."
I have certainly approached many things my life that way, especially exercise. And I know myself well enough to know that I tend to go hell-for-leather when I am feeling desperate.
It shows up when I think I need to prove myself, when I want to show off and be a badass , or when I think thoughts like, "My body is bad and wrong" which usually results in me feeling fear and despair, which usually results in me making stupid decisions (and, as I like to say, any choice made from a place of desperation is destined to backfire, sometimes spectacularly).
And even though I know myself pretty damned well, this is a lesson I am having to learn again.
My right shoulder is my teacher this time. Over the past several years it hasn't been quite right. In fact, I remember tweaking it when, in a moment of badassery, I was pressing two 35-pound kettlebells over my head.
Since then I've gotten physical therapy (a couple of years ago…and it seemed to get better), seen my chiropractor, and saw an orthopedic guy who x-rayed it, saw nothing wrong with the bones, told me I had an impingement, and to do some stretches, which I did. And I continued to see the chiropractor.
About three months ago, it got worse. The chiropractor recommended physical therapy again and after four weeks, it's still not any better. The PT is convinced that I have a labral tear and perhaps a rotator cuff tear , not to mention bursitis and tendonitis.
An MRI will reveal what's going on.
But that's not really the point of this post.
The point is that I am learning that there are times when it's okay to go hell-for-leather and be badass, and there are times when doucement, doucement is the better choice.
After a couple of months of pretty much no real activity (and noticing that my favorite jeans have become uncomfortably tight), I joined the medically oriented gym (MOG) at my PT's location.
Instead of being a know-it-all, I have asked the MOG leader to direct me and design a sensible, gentle workout routine that takes into account my shoulder issues, as well as my goals. I have asked her to help me make sure that I keep my need-to-prove-something tendencies in check.
Short-term I want to comfortably wear those jeans again, keep my body as fit as possible, and get my shoulder prepared for whatever comes next (either more intensive PT or surgery and rehab).
Long-term, I want to resume swinging, snatching, dead-lifting, pressing, curling, and cleaning my kettlebells AND I want to start running again. And my inspiration for this is coming from a place of doucement, doucement rather than from hell-for-leather.
I truly love my body right now. It has not betrayed me, it has brought me to the next step in this on-going lesson I am learning. And for that I am grateful.
I would love to hear about the lessons your body has taught you.


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sikokianum seeds wanted
dpfootJanuary 31, 2008
I have moved from my home to a farm and left my beautiful garden and Jacks. I would like to start again. See my blog at mountainfarmwv.blogspot.com
Leave a comment if you like.
Does any one have sikokianum seeds? I would like other seeds that will grow in zone 5 also.

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Early as 2012 the Israeli daily Haaretz revealed that 37 percent of Israelis sought to migrate from Israel.
It quoted a study by Tel Aviv University as saying that more than 100,000 Israelis held European citizenship in 2007, which showed a 100-percent increase in comparison to 2000.
Meanwhile, many Israelis cite the obligation to serve in the army as among the reasons behind their immigration. Israeli men are required to serve three years in the military, while women serve two years.
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Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) review
"Okay, I have never played Dracula X: Rondo of Blood and probably never will. And even though others have said that the SNES version is a disappointment compared to the original, from what I played of CV Dracula X, it appears to be a very solid and fun ''remake'' for the SNES. Much, MUCH better then that other CV game for the SNES.... "
Community review by pickhut (October 11, 2004)
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Very Disappointing
I'm afraid this was the most disappointing night of our whole trip. The hotel lobby is fine and the pool/leisure facilities made it bearable but our room was very shabby with a faintly musty smell. The bathroom looked positively unhygenic - both could've done with a good scrub and a lick of paint. We didn't eat in the resturant but the breakfast was horrible and tasted like it had been reheated several times.
Clean, comfortable rooms
The Actons hotel was clean, comfortable, and convenient to the Jazz Fest. It is not spectacular looking, but it isn't awful either. It's just a good deal, good location and clean. The front desk people were great and extremely helpful. And nobody made us spell our Irish last names once while there, like they do in the states!
Felt like we'd been ripped off
The hotel itself is in a good location, has a good size car park and a lovely leisure facility. I can't comment on the restaurant but the breakfasts were ok, nothing fantastic. There's a heated serving unit which one member of the hotel staff serves you from and if there are a few people waiting it takes some time.
I paid for a harbour front room as it was a special occasion which cost �320 approx for two people for two nights, I'd consider this to be expensive but was willing to pay because I thought the rooms and hotel looked so nice on the web site. THE WEB SITE PICTURES ARE VERY DECEIVING.
The reception was very nice but that's where it stopped. The carpets were shabby, the decorating was very shabby especially in the hallways and it continued into the bedrooms. The decor & furniture in the bedroom was very plain and cheap looking, in fact I can honestly say I have stayed in a better Travel Lodge. The bathroom had a bad case of mould all around the bath and shower area and the shower, well I could have got wetter if I'd had my boyfriend throwing tap water at me from the hand basin.
Overall I think Actons need to spend some money on decorating, furnishings and get some decent power showers PLEASE!!!!! I would have expected to pay around �100 per night at the most for the level of accommodation. Very, very disappointed indeed!!
Pleasant break with a toddler
Just had a reasonably priced 3 day break with a 2 year old, and would happlily choose to stay at the hotel again. Overall great place, with only one or two niggles. Staff were friendly & helpful, although I was disappointed that most were not even Irish. Public rooms and bedrooms were well presented and with good standard fittings - just been refurbished. We had a front facing 1st floor room which had lovely views over the harbour - didn't ask for it (or pay extra) so this was a nice, unexpected touch. Pool was great, bar and bar food OK. Dinner in the restaurant was good standard, but given that it is part of the good food circle, I hadn't expected a pretentious, laminated menu with no specials board (I was looking forward to a simply prepared catch of the day). Seafood platter (35 euros) was tasty but not enough of it. Breakfast was standard hotel fare. A toy corner would have been welcome too. Oh, but the town was mobbed, so the hotel car park was greatly appreciated!!
A great weekend in Actons and Kinsale
My Girlfriend and I recently spent a lovely weekend in the 'gourmet capital of Ireland'. The decision to stay in Actons was an easy one. They offered reasonable rates and had very good reviews (not least on this site). On arrival at the hotel we found the staff to very helpful and courteous. My girlfriend had never been to Kinsale and so was rather inquisitive about the local area and the staff helped her with this. Our room was clean and spacious with a lovely veiw of the marina. We wasted no time in getting down to the leisure centre and especially enjoyed the outdoor hot tub which is a lovely touch!
In the evening we dined at the Captains Table in the hotel which I must say was fantastic. I am a huge fan of seafood and the 'Derek Davis' steamed seafood platter did not dissapoint! The sticky toffee pudding finished it off nicely!!
Over the course of the weekend we found the hotel to be nothing but top notch. We even got to catch a bit of Jazz in the waterfront bar before we left, which my girlfriend was thrilled with!
I would recommend Actons hotel to anyone, they really made our weekend a pleasure!
An awful experience: Acton Hotel, Kinsale, Ireland
After reading the glowing recommendations for the Acton Hotel, we booked and paid for a 2-bed smoking room, April 2nd and 3rd, at the Acton in Kinsale. We paid for this several months in advance. Our driver got us there about 6 p.m. after a long day on the road, and we were anticipating a kind welcome and a good meal at their highly recommended restaurant. We are two senior ladies and one of us was limping from a painful heel problem. The clerk informed us that all smoking rooms had been taken and more or less told us to take it or leave it, even though we paid for this long in advance. We were sent up to a 3rd floor room which certainly could not be classified as acceptable in a 3 star hotel. Both beds had broken down mattresses and one bed even had a noticeable dip in the center. The bathroom door was rotten at the bottom and appeared to have been in a flood. The room was depressing. We were also informed that we could not get into the restaurant, although we noticed at least 4 empty tables. The clerk could have cared less that we were unhappy with the entire situation. He advised us to walk about six blocks to some restaurant. It was not possible for one of us to walk that distance; however, we found a hamburger in a place near by. We didn't come to Kinsale to eat hamburger. Complimentary newspapers were available to us at all of the hotels we booked in our 14 day stay in Ireland. Well, the Acton didn't provide that either. This was our one and only bad experience in Ireland. We are not whiners and complainers as we were more than pleased and very happy with all of our other accommodations. I have to say that we did not feel welcome, ached all over from the horrible beds, never got a chance to eat at the famous restaurant and were very happy to get out of there.
We love Actons
We often go to Kinsale and if we can afford it will always stay at Actons.The short break deals are excellent value for money. The staff are always friendly and helpful and nothing's too much trouble.The views from the front rooms (slightly more expensive but worth the extra) are fantastic. They've got a lovely pool and a hot tub set outside.The restaurant food is fantastic. A couple of years ago we had booked to stay at Actons and through no fault of our own (airline cancelled flight) had to cancel our trip the day before we were due to arrive.Instead of charging us 50% of the first night which they were perfectly entitled to do they took the line of |"sorry your trips been cancelled, hope to see you soon". Its that sort of attitude rather than the "It states clearly in the smallprint should you not...." that made us head straight back as soon as we could.
Jo Nevin, Battle, UK.
Nice to be pampered
Having spent last week in Co Kerry we travelled down to Kinsale and spent Sat & Sun nights in Actons Hotel. Reasonable rates. It was wonderful to look out our window over the harbour and stroll the narrow streets of this untypical Irish town - it has a continental feel to it. having had lunch in the town we ate in the hotels 'Captains Table' restaurant which is part of the local Gourmet Good Food Circle - now I know why. Sunday morning we enjoyed the outdoor hot tub in the sunshine before breakfast. One of the highlights was the Sunday jazz session in the bar (the Cork Jazz Band apparently plays this gig every Sunday).
Now back home and the diet is starting tomorrow.
Fell In Love with Acton's
The town of Kinsale and Acton's hotel truly made the journey to Ireland worth it. The service was impeccable, the acommodations crisp and clean, and the location superb. Anyone considering a travel experience in southern Ireland should look into this area, particularly this hotel and the surrounding environs.
A gourmet food lovers hotel.
A full service hotel with great rates. Superior service with a staff willing to please. Now for the best part, the award winning restaurant. We took advantage of an online special which included a nights stay, a gourmet dinner, and breakfast for a fantastic price. The meal alone was worth the full price. Forget about the speak you may of heard about Irish food being bland and tasteless. I've eaten at many fine restaurants and can honestly say that I have eaten my best meal at Actons. My wife agrees. Whether you stay at the hotel or not, I suggest you visit the Captains Table restaurant.
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Day at Kinsale Harbor
First off I would like anyone reading to know that I don't take hot showers here because there is limited hot water. If you really want, you can use the 'Boost' button and wait an hour and this restarts your hot water tank and sometimes gives you hot water. Probably every 1 in 4 showers that I take are hot. Anyway, as I sit here waiting for the hot water tank to heat up I will share my day. Me and two friends took ...
... like a millpond, picked up a few four leaf clovers, and stayed the night at Doolin in a place within walking distance of O'Connors pub - Irish band and a one legged old bloke who sings ballads (the Peter Cook & Dudley Moore skit of the one legged applicant for the role of tarzan keeps popping into my head). Haven't sung any Irish ballads yet, but a lady in the shop told me I was a good whistler. Off for a long walk ...
Kissing the stone
... s and woman's bathroom. After about an hour we headed to Kinsale for lunch. This is a picturesque harbor town. We found ourselves at the Lord Kingsale where I had a guinness and a plate of sausage and mash. Now it's back to Cobh where we were left off at the site of the White Star ticketing office, where we looked around a bit then headed back to the ship.
Tomorrow is a sea day then it's Dover, England where we will be visiting Canterberry.
Quaint Kinsale
... the harbor was just a seabed of muck.
Most interesting fact is that in 1915 the RMS Lusitania sunk 12 miles off the coast of old head golf course, torpedoed by a German u boat. Many of the victims are buried here. I went to St. Multose church today, where they are buried in a very old cemetery. The church was founded in 11th century.
We will head out in the morning to Powerscourt, outside Dublin, for our final night in Ireland.
Boats, Long Walks, and Charles Fort
The last trip we made with our four friends that were visiting was to the quaint harbor town of Kinsale in Southern Cork. When we arrived there we were dropped off right at the harbor and with all of the boats there it was very picturesque. From there we made the journey to Charles Fort which is a bit of a hike from the town. A little history of Charles Fort, which dates from the late 17th century, is that it was constructed to help prevent foreign naval forces from ...


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I can finally tell about Beetle Bits System
Finally can tell what all happened with the BB system & the shoe. Remember Ray seen the Dorothy shoe I posted here & asked to email him. He used the shoe in an ad. But then I did a 3 1/2 page tutorial for Glass Pattern Quarterly making a Dorothy shoe (2 actually) & Ray used those shoes in an ad that appeared in GPQ. It's in the summer issue & has finally come out & I can tell.
I had so much fun working with Ray. When this all started it was like a tornado hit & my life was the shoe for about a month & a half. Ray even let me be involved with the ad & I felt so part of the whole thing. It was fun as it could be. GPQ was real nice to work with too. I took pics while making the shoe & wrote a tutorial & burned a CD & mailed it in. An editor called & interviewed me over the phone & edited the tutorial for me. I was genuinely surprised how much they kept of what I originally said.
I was going to make a PDF file of the tutorial but all rights & pics to the tutorial now belong to GPQ.Borders has GPQ magazine & not sure what other bookstores but you can read it while visiting the store. Here's a pic of the ad.
Texasfern - Ray is the owner of Creative Stained Glass & invented the Beetle Bits Cutting System. I received the BB system for Christmas & made a Dorothy shoe. I posted here, the girls asked where I got the tile from, I explained about the system, & posted pics. Ray got on & asked me to call him & this is the rest of the story.
YES!!! What a way to show off what the beetle system can do!!! I still wanna get me a Bettle system....maybe for my B-Day....Congrats on SGQ!!!! WOW!!! The lady who owns the local stained glass shop here in Nanaimo, has been featured a few times, and I let my subscription run out, I'll have to order this one!!!!
so exciting. Now I want to pick your brains. I have been playing with my beetle bits and I have a few questions, can't think of them at this moment, and I know Ray said I could call him or email him, but curious how you did those beautiful shoes!!
Congratulations!! You are on your way!!! Too cool!!! Enjoy your fame!! Is that Stained Glass Quarterly?? Wonder if we can pick up one issue? have no idea how much it might cost.
Here is the website for SGQ....
Here is a link that might be useful: Stained Glass Quarterly
That is soooooooooo coooooool..........
Now YOU are published ! ! !
WOW !!!! How thrilling is that....
Thanks for
sharing the pics and telling your story !!!!
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It's called Glass Patterns Quarterly & Borders sells it.
I made a web page with the BB system experimenting & playing with it, doing whole sheets of diamonds, squares, & triangles. It will probably answer some of your questions.
Here is a link that might be useful: Beetle Bits System


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1. an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
2. a device for launching an airplane from the deck of a ship.
3. Brit.a slingshot.
1. to hurl from a catapult.
2. to thrust or move quickly or suddenly: His brilliant performance in the play catapulted him to stardom.
3. Brit.
a. to hurl (a missile) from a slingshot.
b. to hit (an object) with a missile from a slingshot.
1. to be catapulted.
2. to move or spring up suddenly, quickly, or forcibly, as if by means of a catapult: The car catapulted down the highway. When he heard the alarm he catapulted out of bed.
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this time with a droid related question.
Im running Eclipse Helios and Mac OS X 10.6.8
I have been following a book and a few tutorials on building the NDK from both command line and Eclipse.
I am copying the source over there is no static library business. I can compile from the command line fine with the "ndk-build" executable and it works fine.
Though i need to compile inside Eclipse for the reasons i don't need to go into here.
Ive tried 2 techniques and the one i have seen working is to convert my Project to a c++ project and then in Project / Properties / c/c++ Build tab / Build Command i set to ndk-build , this is set to be visible in my path (hence why it compiles when i go to directory and use ndk-build from Terminal)
I then in the C/C++ General tab add the following locations as include directories :
Then when i go to compile i don't get any out put i just get the following error:
Invoking autoreconf in build directory: /Users/me/Code/Android/DroidBlaster
sh -c autoreconf -i
autoreconf: `configure.ac' or `configure.in' is required
Configuration failed with error
Ive tried a few other tutorials but to no avail, if i could award a bounty on this is would as its urgent i get this fixed.
Cheers community :)
Ive worked out that it is using auto tools to build the project where this is incorrect as i should be building with the NDK , getting closer to an answer hopefully. Seems that i cant convert my Android project with CDT to a custom build configuration, might be a bug to do with Eclipse, trying a fresh install


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"My maid just asked for leave," a friend in Beijing told me recently. "She's rushing home to buy property. I suggested she borrow 70 percent, so she could cap the loss."
It's Shanghai hairy-crab season.
China must create more channels for investors and companies to use the yuan if it wants to internationalize the currency and put it on a par with the yen and the euro, central bank officials and economists told a forum in Shanghai yesterday.
"Leverage is one factor."
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Wayne Newton - Wayne Newton's Yacht Sinks In Arizona Marina
Picture: Wayne Newton - 2013 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena - Arrivals - Las Vegas, California, United States - Sunday 19th May...
A yacht owned by Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton has been found at the bottom of a marina.
The veteran singer's 65-foot (19.8-metre) ship, named Rendezvous, sank stern-first in Lake Mead on Friday (18Oct13) while it was in a slip at Arizona's Temple Bar marina, according to National Park Service representative Christie Vanover.
There were no passengers on the boat at the time of the incident, which took place while Newton and his wife were on vacation outside of the U.S., reports The Associated Press.


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Daylight/walkout basement - not a sloped lot
We currently live in a beautiful home on 5 acres and our house is situated on top of a large slope. We built a house with one main level and a daylight basement. We are going to be moving and rebuilding. It is very difficult creating and maintaining landscaping and gardens on sloped land! Everywhere you go, you have to have steps or terraces. In the new house we want to have several garden rooms that lead into one another through gates, arbors and pathways.
This time we want to have a level lot. Probably 2 acres (I love gardening)but we still want to have a one level house with a walk out basement. The basement provided us with so much additional space - exercise room, 2 bedrooms, bonus room and SO SO much unfinished storage! I know we could have a basement, but I want there to be full windows in the rooms. I don't want a dark closed-in basement.
Is it possible to build a house on a level lot and create some kind of daylight/walkout basement without having the house be on a hillside? Can you just excavate the area on the side of the house where the basement will be and have a slope around it, but keep the property level for landscape purposes, like pathways, patios, vegetable garden, etc.
Thanks for any information you can provide.
Yes, it can be done, but you need to be aware of the increased costs because of the retaining walls that will likely need to be build. If you don't want any slope on your land, then your basement will need to be excavated more deeply and "dug away" on the side where you want your walk out. Depending on the design of the house, that means that retaining walls will probably need to be constructed to hold back the dirt.
When my husband and I started thinking about building, a walkout basement was the #1 item on our wish list. One builder, who was very experienced in building walkouts, advised us to find land with a little natural slope because he said it's much easier and considerably less expensive to build a walkout on that than on a totally flat piece of land. He said it can be done, but it's not cheap.
Maybe you can find a piece of land with a gentle slope, rather than a steep hill. That way you can have the best of both worlds. It's also better for your septic system for your land to have some gentle slope away from your house.
hoosiegirl, I'm not sure what you mean by stairs going up to grade. Wouldn't that put the basement level with the first floor? I want the first floor level with the property. I've seen plans where the "basement" is the first floor and the kitchen, patio, great room (the main living space) leads out to a deck. I don't want a deck. Do you have a picture?
arbella, maybe a slight (very) slope might be acceptable. Right now we are on top of a knoll and the front of the house is level with the wooded area, but the back of the house sits about 30 feet up from the road. We have a beautiful view of a mountain, but we cannot utilize our property because of the steep hill. I guess all you really need is an 8 foot slope on one side to account for the lower level. Of course, you can't "order" the land you purchase! :) We'll just have to see what's out there.
Our property is a little over 5 acres, it contains both flat and sloped areas. Our building site has a large flat area and then slopes down. We are going to site our home (a daylight basement plan) to take advantage of the views, and the slope and use the dirt from the excavation to create our areas on top and sides for yard and gardens.
If you find a gently sloped lot with some flat you can probably 'create' the landscape you desire more easily than with a totally flat lot excavated for your basement.
Good luck finding your land!
I don't think you have to find the "perfect" piece with exactly 8' of fall. There is a broad range that will work better than flat. You can make up the grade with a raised front door for instance. Put the front door 4-6 steps up from grade and then you only need to make up 4-5' of grade. In fact, I think it helps a house look more graceful to have several steps up to the front porch.
You could also take a flatter piece of land and orient the house so that the footprint is at its longest dimension going down the slope. That gives more distance, which gives more fall.
We're on 3 acres (and closing on Thursday!!!!) with a walkout basement. Our land had a spot that gave us exactly the fall we needed, literally to the inch. We ended up with "enough" flat space around the house. What made a big difference though was to orient things so that your traffic patterns follow the contours. We can walk across the grade from the front door over to the garage and then on to the guest parking area (a total of about 150') and stay within a foot of the same elevation. Sure, when you want to go around the side yards its a little steep, but our daily patterns will be basically flat.
Before we purchased our property, we had dhs good friend (a contractor) look at the ground to see if we could build a walkout basement on this lot. He used equipment that looked at the slope and determined that we could have a nice walkout basement with retaining walls. (We also have three steps going up to our front porch).
When we purchased the ground, several people commented that we could not build a walkout basement on that "flat" propety. It actually did appear mostly flat from the road.
We built a one story home with a walkout basement without a problem. Here is an outdated pics from the back and from the front.
Here is a link that might be useful:
blsdgal, your house is beautiful! That's exactly what I want! Where is your kitchen? Do you have a walk out patio off the kitchen? That's what I want. Is your master bedroom over the daylight basement? Thanks for the pictures. I'm going to print them out and keep them in a file so when we start designing the plan (after we find the land) I can show a builder what you did.
Tragusa3, that's a good idea about putting several steps up to the front porch. In the past I never wanted to do that because I used the front door often to go in and out of the house. However, over the past 15 years we've had garages in our houses and of course only (normally) use the garage entrance to enter the house. So, I can see how that would not only look nice, but add that additional elevation for the daylight basement.
If you raised the house up a bit....maybe even 4', then you would only have to go down about 5' below grade. You could do a courtyard. Basically, it would be built like a basement only with no house on top. You could do a large section like this and have a full bank of windows on the basement wall. The courtyard would be beautiful. Put laminate stone on the walls, maybe a fountain in the center, lots of ferns and hostas and other shade plants. It would stay cooler in the summer, great for gardening! It would not be cheap....but it sure would be fantastic. You could even do a greenhouse top over part of it to extend your gardening into wintertime. An earth-sheltered greenhouse is really nice.
Judy--here you go. I did have the kitchen redrawn by a local architect which improved it immensely.
I also made a few other minor changes. Let me know if you want more detail. In the basement I have two bedrooms, a playroom, exercise room, family room with bar and pool table area, 2 bathrooms, cedar closet and tons of storage.
It is a very livable home for a large family (or even not so large).
Here is a link that might be useful: Oak Hill Lane--SL
blsdgal, I really like the floor plan! It is a little larger than what we wanted. We are thinking closer to 3700 to 4000 sq. ft. But, I can already see some things I can live without. Like we only want a great room leading into the kitchen. We don't need an additional family room, too. Also, don't need a master sitting.
And downstairs, I only want one additional bedroom, exercise room, bonus room and another full bathroom, and, yes, I want a cedar closet. And I want all the storage!!
Do you have a copy of the lower level floor plan, too?
You must love living there!! How long did it take to build? Did you have a good building experience?
I don't have a copy of the basement floor plan. However, it did come with the house plan and it was so well done, that we made very few changes. The only rooms that do not have windows are the play room and the bathrooms--which is fine by me. The basement windows are large and to the south. We also have tall ceilings down there and it does not seem like a basement at all.
The house is 3500 sq ft, so not as big as you may have thought--although certainly big enough. We finished 3000 sq ft in the basement.
We don't really need the upstairs great room either, but surprisingly we do use it. I have my baby grand in there and it has NO television.
I do love my home. I wanted a home that was elegant but not pretentious, like so many new homes in my area.
It took us about a year to build and we had a terrific building experience with the best builder I could have hired.
We did time and materials, which I know is frowned on here--but for us it worked out well.


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