The Cactus Recovery Project: Our WARM Home

2.07.2010

Our WARM Home

Our home is VERY warm, thanks to a wonderful housewarming party. We had so much fun, and enjoyed opening our home to so many friends!

In addition to a warm home, we also now have...

A name for our tree, thanks to Chris: "Spiney Mckinda Shaderson" ("Spiney" for short)
A new appreciation for how many great friends we have...though we certainly missed everyone who couldn't make it.
Lots of wonderful gifts. (Thank you--we feel so lucky!)
Tons of fun photos and memories...

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UnknownFebruary 9, 2010 at 11:59 PM
We had so much fun! Thanks for having us in your lovely home :)
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UnknownFebruary 15, 2010 at 8:40 PM
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UnknownFebruary 15, 2010 at 8:43 PM
I don't think I know Chris, but... well done! I LOVE the name of the tree! You guys will have to come to the zoo and take a picture of "Victor" the Spiney Echidna. Victor and Spiney McIdna Shaderson have a lot in common! ;)

On a diffrent note, awesome party! Thank you so much for having us!

Miss you guys!
Tristen
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What's The Cactus Recovery Project?

Jason's Take on the Story:
So we were hanging out at Ikea (one of our favorite places) picking up a few things. We passed the plant section and Julia felt it would be a good idea to get a plant. Her choice was bamboo or cactus. Both almost impossible to kill (she has some plant killing issues). I figured a cactus was cooler than bamboo...so cactus it was. Should have known from the beginning it was a bad idea after it stabbed me numerous times on the ride home. We get back to her apartment and she put the cactus in a bathroom (with no natural light) thinking it was fine. A few weeks later it was quite sickly looking and the cactus finally was put outside on the balcony. It was at this moment the cactus tried to end it's misery. Each day, it leaned closer and closer to the railing. It never made it all the way...but boy did it try. Now that we have a place all to ourselves, we are going to blog about our random day to day life. And hopefully we can keep the cactus alive this time.

Julia's Take on the Story:
The Cactus Recovery Project stemmed (no pun intended) from Jason’s fascination with my green thumb deficiency. He's right--gardening’s not my best thing...yes, I bought a cactus and struggled to keep it alive. And yes, Jason looked at the cactus on the balcony of my 12th floor apartment one summer day and pointed out that looked like it was trying to jump off the balcony. It's true: I had a suicidal cactus. Jason and I started the CRP when we moved in together in November 2009. This project goes way beyond raising sane cacti. We’re homeowners now and it’s time to get our act together. This blog chronicles our adventures as we start a wonderful, “suicidal cacti-free” home.

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The Cactus Recovery Project

2.07.2010

Our WARM Home

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