Tardis close call... Szwoosh!

Well, my geek senses went into overload, and now I am on the hunt...

One of my geeky enjoyments is Doctor Who.  I wrote a blog that I want to make a garden shed out of a Tardis.  (Stupid spell check doesn't know what that word is... Hmph.)

Anywho, I was on Craigslist, the bastion of all things cheap, interesting, or generally unwanted, and found this.

This is the item on Craigslist.

Thumbgal (This is what the Tardis looks like, for reference)

Ack!  It was plastic, it was cheap, it was the right general shape, it was cheap, and it was lightweight.  

Oh, and it was cheap!

I called.  

"Sorry, we have someone coming over right now."

I thanked him, hung up. And grumbled.  I decided to look it up online, to see if I could find the same thing... 

Husband suggested I call them back and ask what brand it was.  I did, and they said it probably was Home Depot, or Wal Mart...  It had been some time ago.

So, I looked, and tried different ways of describing it, I have found:

• Rubbermaid makes something close, but not close enough to do the doors correctly.
• Google Image thinks what that first image is a "door", and while there are some lovely doors in the Interwebby World, it wasn't what I was seeking.
• Google also doesn't discriminate well, I asked for images of Plastic Cabinet, and it came up with wooden cabinets, plastic bins, doors of various types, and for some odd reason, a tan couch.

So, I will keep my eyes open, this would make a neat 'shed' for what I want, and it would save me so much work.

(I think Doctor Who just threw his scarf over his shoulder, waved, and closed the door on the Tardis, but I will keep trying...  And for any of my geeky friends, Your Doctor May Vary...)

C is for Cows.

This is the time when the neighbor moves his cows to the field in front of our place. 

I love it, it is a sure sign of spring here for me.  The cows, especially with new calves, are a neat thing to watch, from "Breakfast at the Udder Cafe'" to seeing how fast a calf can run.  They graze near the fences, and that attracts our llamas, who finally have figured out they don't have to stand there giving out an alarm call for several hours... Continually... 

The neighbor is finishing off the silage, so my sinuses are waaaay too cleaned out, at the moment... We just hope the next few days the wind is the OTHER direction!

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C is also for Chick?  I can't take credit for this idea, but I did want to share.  This was the centerpiece of my egg tray at Easter.  It's a trifle smudged in the photo, but it was sitting up and surrounded by deviled eggs, and being oohed and aahed on by the attendees.  The actual directions called for olives for the eyes, but I wasn't about to open a can of olives for just the 2 little bits I'd need, so I used capers, instead.  Seemed to work fine, if a bit lighter than a normal baby chick's eye...

And now, may we have a moment of silence for the passing of... My favorite pair of jeans.  I have worked, and nursed, this pair, to the point they were rather thin.  Thinner than I thought, in fact, for as I was vacuuming, I felt a rip in the back.  And by the time I was finished vacuuming, so were my jeans, pretty much.  And, of course, that's when one of Husband's friends came over.  I prided myself on NOT turning my back on him the entire time I was talking to him!  

I have had this pair about 6 years, and the darn manufacturer doesn't make them anymore, that I can find, so this is goodbye. Sniffle...  Husband says I need to make them into short shorts.  I told him HE can wear them, if I do that.  But, they won't go to waste.  I am planning on taking the better part (near the knee areas), and making a shopping bag out of them, along with some other jeans.  

But darn it, they were just getting broken in!  Now they are just broken!!