early Saturday morning having my coffee.
This is the fish pond in the back yard at Michael's folks house. I love to sit out here in the early morning before the day gets started. We are heading to Houston Friday afternoon after I get off work for the labor Day weekend. Woo Hoo! Texas here we come!
Hope you have a wonderful Labor Day!
early Saturday morning having my coffee.
This is the fish pond in the back yard at Michael's folks house. I love to sit out here in the early morning before the day gets started. We are heading to Houston Friday afternoon after I get off work for the labor Day weekend. Woo Hoo! Texas here we come!
Hope you have a wonderful Labor Day!
This hasn't been a very productive weekend for me, as I haven't felt much like working or doing anything. Granted I have a list a mile long of projects but just didn't feel inspired. Although with saying that, Michael has spent most of the weekend working on finishing up our bathroom renovation from last year. Yes, last November.
Once he finishes it completely I will post some pictures. I wish had of taken before pictures but I didn't. But I do have some of the redo of my kitchen...so I will share those.
Before ( although originally the cabinets were the standard builders oak cabinets), I had already painted them antique white. Notice: old white linoleum, replaced with wood flooring. All appliances were replaced with stainless steel.
After (these were made right after the renovations, I have made several other changes since then. I will share some of them soon.)
I can't believe that the weekend is almost over and I didn't do anything this weekend. I feel like I just wasted my weekend....but I haven't felt like doing much. I guess sometimes you need to do nothing. It isn't because I didn't have things to do cause I did... You wouldn't believe my project list.
Today I have just sat around and visited with my boys. It has been awhile since they have both been here at the same time, and it was so nice. 
Although Derek and Nikki just left to go to Hershey Pa., they are going to see Rascal Flatts and 
Taylor Swift tonight. I know I will see more of them now that Football season is starting because they come here to watch the games. That makes me very happy. I love my Sunday's in the fall.
This is going to be a busy week at work this week, and then on Friday Michael and I are heading off to Houston to visit with his family. Primary reason is going to see his mom and check on her, but also Michael's sister has her 50th birthday, plus Michael will get a chance to celebrate his with his family. His is actually on the 12th so he will be just a little early. It will be nice for him, since he will get a chance to see his kids.
Just thought I would check in and say hi. Hopefully I will get some blog visits in soon. Thanks everybody that has stopped by, it means alot of know that I am not forgotten, and I haven't gotten you all either....just real life has been kinda chaotic for me lately.
Hope you had a wonderful blessed Sunday and the same for Monday.
Hugs!
One of the wreaths that I made several years ago on my red door, that I no longer have. When we did the renovating last year we repainted the door and now it is antique white. But love this picture and the warm fall hues.
Just a couple of pictures of my home from the last couple of autumns....I am biting at the bit to get out my fall decorations to start decorating. Most of the ones in the collage are outside, but as we loved how our yard turned out. Care to share some of your favorite fall displays!
This picture is in my family room before we redid it last November.
Let me know if you post some displays and I will bring the hot cider and pumpkin and be right over.
Fall blessings!
This morning I woke early and since I didn't have anything scheduled that I had to do, I have been kinda taking it easy. I piddled in the house for a little bit just mainly light maintenance work, but really don't feel up to getting into anything major today. In saying that, Michael is outside in the garage working on the molding to go around my bathroom and bedroom windows. A job that has been needing to be done almost a year.
Thought since I don't really have anything at the moment to show you, I thought I would share some wonderful pictures of Lancaster Pa. You know how I love Amish Country and I also love covered bridges and Fall so thought you might want to see one of reasons I am longing for Fall now. And yes Danna, there is a Intercourse Pa.
Enjoy your tour of the awesome covered bridges of Lancaster.
I saw this at Kathy's blog and thought it would be fun to play....let me know if you do this so I can check out your answers.
1. Where is your cell phone? sitting next to me
2. Where is your significant other? on the couch reading the paper
3. Your hair? naturally brown, bottled blonde
4. Your mother? getting ready for surgery tomorrow
5. Your father? not sitting still...he doesn't know how
6. Your favorite thing? not sure, I have alot of favorite things...but couldn't live without books, so will say that. 7. Your dream last night? who knows....
8. Your dream/goal? having a big cozy home in country with some land and a place for future grandchildren to roam and play.
9. The room you're in? family room
10. Your hobby? to many to mention
11. Your fear? creepy crawly things
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? living in the south
13. Where were you last night? at the church
14. What you're not? energetic at the moment
15. One of your wish list items? a houseful of happy healthy family and friends
16. Where you grew up? Kentucky
17. The last thing you did? surfed the net
18. What are you wearing? pj's
19. Your TV? on
20. Your pet? one sweet adorable poochie, Mocha Bear
21. Your computer? addiction
22. Your mood? tired
23. Missing someone? yes
24. Your car? Kentucky Blue
25. Something you're not wearing? bra
26. Favorite store? Antique malls
27. Your summer? humid
28. Love someone? yes
29. Your favorite color? red
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? not sure, but it hasn't been that long ago
Isn't this just too much fun!!!! Everyone is in the giveaway mode. I had to post about three that 
I have seen, all are simply wonderful so be sure to hope over to and Bonnie's place to leave a comment. Now to see what Bonnie is giving away the most adorable handbag. Check it out at Calamity Jane's Cottage.
Sue at Country Pleasures is also having a fall giveaway, to enter you just have to share with her when you start your decorating for fall. How easy is that? Click on the link I provided and it will take you to the post to register. Tell her I sent ya.
Now, scoot over to Kindra's at 3 Guys,A girl and a Prim 
Place as she is giving away this checkerboard. But hurry, you have to be entered before 10 pm on the 21st of August.
Happy Blogging!
ith some friends and got AUCE Maryland crabs, king crab legs, 
and steamed shrimp. Can you say YUM! It was so good. We try to go there at least once a year and it was so worth it this time. We all enjoyed it so much. The evening was perfect as the temps have been somewhat cooler for this time of year. Outside it was a light sweater night. PERFECT!
tell you about.... I also got a 12 placesetting of Christmas dishes for $2. I think they are very pretty and I do like them, just not sure yet how I will use them because I tend to decorate a little more country than most. But might just have to decorate using them this year.
That was a great feeling, and a load off my shoulders, I had also picked up some lovely little prints at a yard sale weeks ago, but HATED the frames they were in, so I painted them black and distressed them weeks ago, but never got them hung. Well I did yesterday too. Love them! Now I am thinking that I have several more old frames that I don't like the look of, that I most likely will paint too. I went through six cans of spray paint yesterday and still didn't have enough of the projects that I did. I need at least a few more. I have a metal lamp that I want to spray so that it matches the rest of the a lamps in my family room. So most likely I will be working on that this weekend.
Yesterday I decided to start a sourdough bread starter. Michael loves sourdough bread so thought this would be a good way to keep in him the dough. :) K
eep your fingers crossed it turns out.
Anyway, let me backtrack. Friday when I got off from work, Michael and I went out to dinner with some friends and got AUCE Maryland crabs, 
king crab legs, and steamed shrimp. Can you say YUM! It was so good. We try to go there at least once a year and it was so worth it this time. We all enjoyed it so much. The evening was perfect as the temps have been somewhat cooler for this time of year. Outside it was a light sweater night. PERFECT!
What else can I tell you about.... I also got a 12 placesetting of Christmas dishes for $2. I think they are very pretty and I do like them, just not su
re yet how I will use them because I tend to decorate a little more country than most. But might just have to decorate using them this year.
Yesterday was spent working on my little list of projects. I've had a increasing list of items that I have wanted to update with some black spray paint, so I finally got that taken care of. That was a a great feeling, and a load off my shoulders, I had also picked up some lovely little prints at a yard sale weeks ago, but HATED the frames they were in, so I painted them black and distressed them weeks ago, but never got them hung. Well I did yesterday too. Love them! Now I am thinking that I have several more old frames that I don't like the look of, that I most likely will paint too. I went through six cans of spray paint yesterday and still didn't have enough of the projects that I did. I need at least a few more. I have a metal lamp that I want to spray so that it matches the rest of the a lamps in my family room. So most likely I will be working on that this weekend. I will try to post some of finished projects soon. Believe me there are many.
Yesterday I decided to start a sourdough bread starter. The recipe I used for the starter was super easy. Michael loves sour
dough bread so thought this would be a good way to keep in him the dough. :) Keep your fingers crossed it turns out.Linda over at Behind the red door is having a giveaway. I hope you will stop over and let her know that I sent ya. Just look at the wonderful goodies she is giving away.
Check it out!
Hugs!
Linda over at Behind the red door is having a giveaway. I hope you will stop over and let her know that I sent ya. Just look at the wonderful goodies she is giving away.
Check it out!
Hugs!
morning while driving into work it was 55 degrees and the high yesterday was only 77. Great weather for me. Wish it would stay that way. It is suppose to be cool again tonight and rain, so thinking that I might go home from work tonight and make a big pot of soup. That sounds yummy to me.
(Amish Country) and had such a wonderful time. Actually the purpose of the trip is he purchased a antique library table off of ebay and we had to go up there to pick it up. I love it. Can't wait to show you the pictures. Anyway, we spent the days wondering through the antique shops in the area and beyond. Now I just have to take a weekend to go up there and get to Bird-in-Hand and Intercourse. Two of my favorite little towns.
