{"id":58718,"date":"2015-09-26T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=58718"},"modified":"2015-09-26T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T14:47:00","slug":"looking-for-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/09\/26\/looking-for-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for rocks\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not the ones in my head, they are still there and rattle once in awhile.&#160; We need a new big , single rock to cover our counters and island\u2026 I am not good at picking this out so I tried real hard to leave it up to Sherrie for her decision\u2026 we didn\u2019t get around too early but early enough\u2026 had a few minor things to take <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/car\/\" title=\"View all articles about car here\">car<\/a> of here before heading to <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/okc\/\" title=\"View all articles about OKC here\">OKC<\/a> to the Granite warehouses\u2026 had two that the Granite Guy (the <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/one\/\" title=\"View all articles about one here\">one<\/a> we will use) gets his rocks from so we went to see what they had in the racks\u2026 now we are talking slabs that are over 1 inch thick and polished up real nice\u2026 We hit the first <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/one\/\" title=\"View all articles about one here\">one<\/a> at 11am\u2026 it was a big warehouse and we walked up and down the rows till I was lost\u2026 they all kind of blended together to me\u2026 colored rock you know\u2026 but found a few that were ok, as per the \u201cpicker\u201d\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SAM_3274.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3274\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3274\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SAM_3274_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This s the ones we picked out\u2026 similar to what we already have (tiled <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>granite<\/strong> in 1 ft. sq., not solid) so not a big change, although it is more white, has much deeper crystal sections that make it look deep\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SAM_3278.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3278\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3278\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SAM_3278_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At a different warehouse we spotted some that were \u2026 for lack of better terms\u2026. 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href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/computer\/\" title=\"View all articles about computer here\">computer<\/a> parts) and picked up some \u201cyellow\u201d yarn for something she is making we went back and put a hold on our pick at the first warehouse\u2026 and on the way there\u2026 I got off on the wrong street turn\u2026 ended up in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neighborhoods_of_Oklahoma_City#Crown_Heights.E2.80.93Edgemere_Heights\" target=\"_blank\">Crown Heights<\/a>\u2026 interesting area, some decent old houses and a very interesting central area\u2026 especially with this\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SAM_3294.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3294\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" 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and should of done it but wasn\u2019t as good at just <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/working\/\" title=\"View all articles about working here\">working<\/a> for my self\u2026 We got <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/home\/\" title=\"View all articles about home here\">home<\/a> about 5:30\u2026 checked out doors for our remodel\u2026 filled the <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/car\/\" title=\"View all articles about car here\">car<\/a> with gas\u2026 of all things <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/gas\/\" title=\"View all articles about gas here\">gas<\/a> is cheaper here than it was in most placed in OKC?&#160; that just never happens but did today\u2026 then picked up some FireHouse Subs\u2026 since we had not eaten since breakfast\u2026 got <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" 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