tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15620994153748072882024-02-20T10:53:22.114-05:00Willow Ridge PrimitivesMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-62490401735623192172011-12-30T22:03:00.002-05:002011-12-31T00:10:24.297-05:00Catching Up<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">You Snooze, You Lose!</span></u></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Well, I wasn't exactly sleeping but I have been very busy with x-mas decorating and shopping and adding a new member to the family in the midst of it all. I just can't believe the whole season has come and gone and I didn't get any x-mas pics posted. I began snapping some pics but I didn't get very far. Any way, here's what I did get, better late than never right?</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">"The Guest Room Tree"</span></em></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkwosshcXqzU7fiEwE9kx_i8xqhWUZApphN0ghLL93TbqxUxpaW4rxksRJFFAp251GgYcK2hOOQjcei8PuYfoY7g_Uz8qOa6fB-YLnye08WZaWMSZJQ1kttZOaRztM8oQFNu-7cQvLvA/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkwosshcXqzU7fiEwE9kx_i8xqhWUZApphN0ghLL93TbqxUxpaW4rxksRJFFAp251GgYcK2hOOQjcei8PuYfoY7g_Uz8qOa6fB-YLnye08WZaWMSZJQ1kttZOaRztM8oQFNu-7cQvLvA/s320/009.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Beneath the Tree</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">(standing in antique doll buggy)</span></em></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KWMgLjw-epk2lVECoJvCAui85qDmxYMZz35AHd1S_ZcBu-hqZobK_TNpwwQonPPFkYzGv7liBG3Lj0Ac2hsnKYj5tNFNhm-dgrOrRiRg1pMqYt4XuqtxhvF6PVHTzggyueojh8A1q4U/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KWMgLjw-epk2lVECoJvCAui85qDmxYMZz35AHd1S_ZcBu-hqZobK_TNpwwQonPPFkYzGv7liBG3Lj0Ac2hsnKYj5tNFNhm-dgrOrRiRg1pMqYt4XuqtxhvF6PVHTzggyueojh8A1q4U/s320/023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Full of Jan Hagara's and little bears and lots of rusty ornaments and stitcheries</span></em><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> in between.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f4K8kQv1q3Iyr9I1VE9qIghw1k2gFOCb1G31_jqX4jTW3rObx2pH2XaYTdCMumfhSc4bVeYuPVUPSGr7BDQNdFSnzIoaIcq70sWq6JspRe6-VzWum1btEVCMzGa6_Qs_WPKiw0OFbtA/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f4K8kQv1q3Iyr9I1VE9qIghw1k2gFOCb1G31_jqX4jTW3rObx2pH2XaYTdCMumfhSc4bVeYuPVUPSGr7BDQNdFSnzIoaIcq70sWq6JspRe6-VzWum1btEVCMzGa6_Qs_WPKiw0OFbtA/s320/017.JPG" width="229" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The diningroom including my new vintage drop leaf / gateleg table from Craigs List for $95. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3h3cBMVMcNB8EvZigAHLuNWHmhFqaUKh4DYx7az8ggLotokl-xiT_P0ecUUheThgvvCn0PdaOvPMx63Hh4ItGe7dJNcXUPDGARGaEtYdwNc3ur_oI1J-xPHv1_tl6QaQw5SVfLrv4oNo/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3h3cBMVMcNB8EvZigAHLuNWHmhFqaUKh4DYx7az8ggLotokl-xiT_P0ecUUheThgvvCn0PdaOvPMx63Hh4ItGe7dJNcXUPDGARGaEtYdwNc3ur_oI1J-xPHv1_tl6QaQw5SVfLrv4oNo/s320/053.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I love this little Santa which I got on Ebay. I was paying close enough attention to the description though. I was just thinking he was the size of one I got from the same artist last year. Wow was I surprise when I discovered I bought a Santa the size of my thumb for $26 + shipping, LOL. But I still love the little guy. And he is perfect standing on one of my plaster tarts.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The Livingroom Tree</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And the frosting on the cake, my adorable grand daughters opening their presents on x-mas eve.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I had a little after x-mas shopping fun. Not in a mall where the crowds go, but to the antique stores.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I got a great scoop, the perfect size and color for my big 'ole bowl. $18</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4_1Sz1gC98fYpADeA8i7hWOc4w4VSOO5C90z56zeql5R5Fjg64Yfaft0oIx9ju7vvbWOkmnIL_bffCCB_2bWeeCwB8-jG0VfsdQksv7eDkGk-zGo6KpEtZ5QuG7V1BQd2za7tNPckBU/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4_1Sz1gC98fYpADeA8i7hWOc4w4VSOO5C90z56zeql5R5Fjg64Yfaft0oIx9ju7vvbWOkmnIL_bffCCB_2bWeeCwB8-jG0VfsdQksv7eDkGk-zGo6KpEtZ5QuG7V1BQd2za7tNPckBU/s320/030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Some wonderful little kitchenwares for hanging on my diningroom tree which is full of chocolate molds and cookie cutters, etc. $1 - $3 except for the adorable little funnel. I splurged and paid $7.95 for that one. I am so ashamed, LOL.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">(I added the homespun for hanging)</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And the best of all........ I love antique baby shoes. At our last stop I found a giant basket full of "single" unmatched baby shoes. I have long wanted to put antique baby shoes on my guest room tree. I was like a kid in a candy store. I only wish I bought a couple more. I definately got the best though. priced $3 - $5 each.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">A wonderful early baby slipper. I would guess mid-late 1700's. A little worse for wear but perfect in my eyes.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Turn of the century strappy shoe, the tiniest of the lot.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Tiny plaid fabric and leather lace-up boot. Like no baby shoe I have ever seen before.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Lace-up with red lining inside the ankle and fold over front to reveal the red lining.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I did get some heartbreak on my shopping trip. Nob Hill Antiques at Washington Square (Holland, MI), my most favorite antiques store EVER, closed. A sign on the door said "Thank you for 11 great years" and there are for sale signs in front of the store. I am crushed!!!! It was the one store that specialized in primitive and you always knew you were walking into a treasure trove when you came through the door.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy, warm & cozy, bright & sunny, perfectly primitive, and prosperous 2012 filled with much love and good friends to share it all with. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Happy New Year!!!!</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Yesterday was such a glorious day for the month of November in my neck of the woods. Sunshine and mid 50's and there were no chilly breeze's whispering "winter is coming" in my ear. Hubby was working and I just couldn't waste the day sitting aroundd the house. So I hopped in my cube and headed south 2 hours to Amish territory. Destination Shipshewana, IN. In the past, I have always gone on weekdays when it's a much quieter scene. But I didn't even mind the crowds yesterday. It was just good to be out for a spur of the moment adventure. And there was even an antique show in town. Perfect timing! The roads were full of horse-n-buggies and bikes as the menonite and amish were all out enjoying the day as well.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><div id="header-wrapper"><div id="header"><div id="header-wrapper"><div id="header"><img alt="Elkhart County by Season" border="0" class="header" height="127" src="http://www.amishcountry.org/images/stories/headers/87-elkhart-county-by-season.jpg" width="320" /></div></div></div></div></span><div id="header-wrapper"><div id="header"></div></div></em><div id="header-wrapper"><div id="header"> </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhtbcwDgNCtGH4kqrxZf1u6J0lgIVaXfqbEgf2AZ9WMC1cMp9iSvXvr8iQ_i7HT37BAHAtd-kOAUh5vuLVzi7bmdvPI_T7AAShq3aW38VUj1wxIVv00w_9b0iOzUs9JzN35hVNXa-XA4/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhtbcwDgNCtGH4kqrxZf1u6J0lgIVaXfqbEgf2AZ9WMC1cMp9iSvXvr8iQ_i7HT37BAHAtd-kOAUh5vuLVzi7bmdvPI_T7AAShq3aW38VUj1wxIVv00w_9b0iOzUs9JzN35hVNXa-XA4/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> I had precious little fun money to spend (saving it up for a big prim show next weekend). Anyway, antiques in big tourist areas tend to have higher price tags on them. So, I invented a new game for myself. It turned out to be "almost" as much fun as spending money. I call it.......</span></em><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">If I Were Rich</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">(things I would have brought home if only....)</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWOgNozQrJ2h3X0TnYejF8EaA9oFf-pT9yRzEDAJ_H7ggn5mtiodZTx1rV1LWDLcpsp9K06MzaVgK3DRq2NlIgPBd3hIr-QFRM92ZCW7M0SH3wbioFcIiCMhpdX1IreUOeNs5ICyhUK8/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWOgNozQrJ2h3X0TnYejF8EaA9oFf-pT9yRzEDAJ_H7ggn5mtiodZTx1rV1LWDLcpsp9K06MzaVgK3DRq2NlIgPBd3hIr-QFRM92ZCW7M0SH3wbioFcIiCMhpdX1IreUOeNs5ICyhUK8/s320/007.JPG" width="275" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">an early antique corner cupboard $2,495.00</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90Vx2Oq3gKPnV4GDFthzbgtTWdQkwSw79NMLXHMXcoVUNBZ8hULzmTv84jtp2rDDyUMKwJujVSoKppHShIifc2sB7B5meTL1Mktulu6SjjplLf6dv2EcLbmxxahYLmpEhR8-wkMWM2nM/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90Vx2Oq3gKPnV4GDFthzbgtTWdQkwSw79NMLXHMXcoVUNBZ8hULzmTv84jtp2rDDyUMKwJujVSoKppHShIifc2sB7B5meTL1Mktulu6SjjplLf6dv2EcLbmxxahYLmpEhR8-wkMWM2nM/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">dropleaf night table $295</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;">single drawer night table $149</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW98EUtsfTBziK1PAhIwnS5ERbd-hdCs6iIOps-sCmJua8UvCLUFx7HIP9i4pbb18Q3YxGWg2hEl7oVqfxPxpEnABHwOZyIRtSBT8KJUEYjOZw9ykdsA5nzr9bzZB-SvlrY62A08BGpT8/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW98EUtsfTBziK1PAhIwnS5ERbd-hdCs6iIOps-sCmJua8UvCLUFx7HIP9i4pbb18Q3YxGWg2hEl7oVqfxPxpEnABHwOZyIRtSBT8KJUEYjOZw9ykdsA5nzr9bzZB-SvlrY62A08BGpT8/s320/011.JPG" width="201" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">ladderback rocker $249</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEUNwaBKskcWBITri4UyhWkT-MI9JSMnJMt5l89GHu4QPgt9kGN5C8vAdx9Q6bTB67OqHE1bBeUtUfS-VJ6Zqw2TW3rutmS8-XEA0Ge8T26kJvfqX2_i05QVgOj2GoaiRSv9MgC6ynC0/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEUNwaBKskcWBITri4UyhWkT-MI9JSMnJMt5l89GHu4QPgt9kGN5C8vAdx9Q6bTB67OqHE1bBeUtUfS-VJ6Zqw2TW3rutmS8-XEA0Ge8T26kJvfqX2_i05QVgOj2GoaiRSv9MgC6ynC0/s320/008.JPG" width="237" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There's always room for more crocks</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CcgjSHJfmEC7MhwQEhJv8biY5G1LPFwbOdLW2SyPGqpYadea-Medaw3CBAGUz7b-vs37m6Zct8XL_A3F4kSHuSwm_gKJrVp7r4lEyc3MbilZtYpZ373QWv4wXKwtz5R7MQ9kT4uaB6E/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CcgjSHJfmEC7MhwQEhJv8biY5G1LPFwbOdLW2SyPGqpYadea-Medaw3CBAGUz7b-vs37m6Zct8XL_A3F4kSHuSwm_gKJrVp7r4lEyc3MbilZtYpZ373QWv4wXKwtz5R7MQ9kT4uaB6E/s320/006.JPG" width="296" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I did manage to buy a few little goodies though.</span></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbp_N9WmMH5aGN0bbWh_PVgZiG8jK5iXXIc3gMxjUzv105q9Qk8su5Qab6uhwumZTu9NvvtfXVXJ7ZfYuvn4ObffV0Z1Hd4a0Z6Qh-A8ipLWgJyHDm_4le3M1QLYz1g0oJUji5_iQtVg8/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbp_N9WmMH5aGN0bbWh_PVgZiG8jK5iXXIc3gMxjUzv105q9Qk8su5Qab6uhwumZTu9NvvtfXVXJ7ZfYuvn4ObffV0Z1Hd4a0Z6Qh-A8ipLWgJyHDm_4le3M1QLYz1g0oJUji5_iQtVg8/s320/017.JPG" width="221" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Yummy maple frosted cinnamon rolls & a pumpkin roll.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">From the antique show I got an old biscuit cutter and pie crimper to hang on my diningroom x-mas tree with some checkered homespun. Also a little old mold. I spent a whole $4.00.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">At the prim shops in town I bought a string of the tiniest silicone x-mas lights I ever saw, a rusted metal angel ornament, & some battery operated prim taper candles.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Mostly it was just a lovely day of walking and looking and appreciating. Oh, and a little bit of wishing I were, well.... you know...........</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">$$$$$$$$$$$$$$</span></em></div><div align="center"></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-74138477510854023702011-11-01T19:30:00.001-04:002011-11-01T19:33:52.905-04:00A Willow Ridge Halloween<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Happy Halloween</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">from Willow Ridge Primitives</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Yep! It's the day after and it appears I missed the boat. But actually.... I don't decorate out of doors until the big night. So.... here are the pics of my spooky (and not so spooky) decor, inside and out, for both Halloween and autumn.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">"The Family and Dining Rooms"</span></em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I really need to find a Halloween picture for my mantle. Serene seaside doesn't quite cut it.</span></em></div><br />
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<em><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I made these pumpkins years ago when I did wood crafts for consignment in the 90's but I still love'em.</span></span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My sisters newly adopted puppy mill rescue came from Atlanta to meet me. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">"The Spooky Stuff" </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">which comes out the day before Halloween - </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My weathered porch chair moved off the porch so the skeleton would have a place to rest his weary bones after decorating. After dark he was lit up with the first of 4 strobe lights.</span></em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">A huge tree limb I pruned out of my tree a month before and hung onto for Halloween. And a pair of dollar store crows. I brushed some black glitter glue into the limbs and on the crows. The second of 4 strobe lights was flashing into the tree and making the glitter glow. The fountain running made a great sound effect with the Halloween decor. Like trickling water through the rock walls of a cave.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kNarq_SKppGUfEwdaMK1ZSwqdtpjV6_0iqDCGxgq2vRLYj1K14cJ4rc8Rh2V6nY3HHgf6VR0uQDu-sNM6_BFC2OOstumgj3MLf-MbSxDfJgm0Vw4_2y5eg8JHSr3GUqjN1xJBrNYc-0/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kNarq_SKppGUfEwdaMK1ZSwqdtpjV6_0iqDCGxgq2vRLYj1K14cJ4rc8Rh2V6nY3HHgf6VR0uQDu-sNM6_BFC2OOstumgj3MLf-MbSxDfJgm0Vw4_2y5eg8JHSr3GUqjN1xJBrNYc-0/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The cemetary with iron look skull gates flanking the opening. The cemetary had strobe light #3 flashing on it.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">After dark.....</span></em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Very large spooky ghoul hanging in the maple along side the driveway. Strobe light number 4 was flashing up into the tree at him</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEe9_hzov29JcoWVJnzd9j9hfvgGvC5SMshH6NkTIKh2P8jRiRaBZjEEh4XaHzEXLDU-Uy4hgEVpHvNbwHNxVFF5T_BhMIvQ-cFExJ9yNBaywH09nDPDwt7kLQmoHc-bDcWy32IhlcUA/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEe9_hzov29JcoWVJnzd9j9hfvgGvC5SMshH6NkTIKh2P8jRiRaBZjEEh4XaHzEXLDU-Uy4hgEVpHvNbwHNxVFF5T_BhMIvQ-cFExJ9yNBaywH09nDPDwt7kLQmoHc-bDcWy32IhlcUA/s320/029.JPG" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">and the best of all, the cutest trick-or-treaters EVER!!!!!!!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Pretty in pink - Ava (age 2) the butterfly and big sis Sienna (age 4) as a princess of coarse.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks a bunch for stopping by.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Till next time...........</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-42332822207453608402011-10-24T21:37:00.000-04:002011-10-24T21:37:26.006-04:00A-Z<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </div><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Time to join in some blogland fun. I found this on The Cranky Crow's blog who found it on 1890 Gable House Musings blog who found it on A Primitive Place blog who found it on Renee's blog. Sorry to say I'm not familiar with Renee but give me time, LOL. So many blog's, so little time.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This is a list from A -Z to let your blog readers get to know you better. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">A - Age - 50. Oh man that hurts to say!</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">F - Favorite color - in clothing / black, in the garden / purple combined with yellow, and in decorating / dark dark reds and browns. I hope that wasn't cheating, LOL.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">J - Job Title - once upon a time - JCPenney Customer Service (uh, that was an interesting job, LOL) and most recently, mail carrier</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">L - Live in - West Michigan, a short drive from Beautiful Lake MI </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> <img alt="Big_red_credit_sharon_vanderboon_detail" class="photo" height="211" src="http://holland.org/photos/0000/1143/Big_Red_credit_Sharon_VanderBoon_detail.JPG?1253305888" width="320" /></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">M - Make of Car - Carribean Blue Nissan Cube</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">N - Nick Name - Goof</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="esc kb" id="poS1" style="display: none;"><em>You +1'd this publicly. </em><a class="fl" href="http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=toolbar-instant&hl=en&ion=1&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ACGW_enUS365US365#"><em><span style="color: #1122cc;">Undo</span></em></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="st"><span class="ft"><em>Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings. (It's a Wonderful Life)</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="st"><span class="ft"><em>T - TV Shows - Oh dear me, this could take a while. Survivor, Big Brother, Swamp People**, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Design Star, Project Runway, Sister Wives, Hoarders, Moving UP. Thats right, I'm a reality Junkie!</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="st"><span class="ft"><em> Greys Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Private Practice, Two and 1/2 Men (missing Charlie though), Everybody Loves Raymond, Andy Griffith Show (I want to live in Mayberry).</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><span class="st"><span class="ft"><em>W - What makes me late - Lola who dawdles when she is put out for a last minute potty before we leave.</em></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="st"><span class="ft"><em>Y - Yummy food I make - Coconut Pecan Rum cake. Yummy!!!</em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2009/05/22/0066813-04_Ginger-Rum-Bundt-Cake_s4x3_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Picture of Ginger-Rum Bundt Cake Recipe" border="0" class="photo" height="239" id="recipe-lead-th" src="http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2009/05/22/0066813-04_Ginger-Rum-Bundt-Cake_s4x3_lg.jpg" style="display: inline;" width="320" /></a><cite style="display: none;"><span style="color: #757575; font-size: x-small;">Photo: Ginger-Rum Bundt Cake Recipe</span></cite><a class="click-mask" href="http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2009/05/22/0066813-04_Ginger-Rum-Bundt-Cake_s4x3_lg.jpg" id="recipe-image" rel="rpe" title="Expand this picture"><span class="stupid-ie-mask"></span><span class="btn" style="display: none;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>And finally, 1890 Gable House Musings added an extra topic for Halloween - "What Scares You?" </em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">(besides the normal fears with life)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, I am plagued with phobia's, LOL. But my number one fear is heights. Not roller coasters (love 'em). Not trams, or ferris wheels, or glass elevators. It has more to do wiith climbing and having faith in my own 2 feet to get me there. Stairs and hillsides are bad. But ladders and (the worst) escalators will literally cause a panic attack. I can go up but I can't come down. No way, no how. I tried to learn to come down an escalator once. I got one foot on and then did the splits when the second foot froze. It wasn't pretty. I ended up with a sock and shoe filled with blood after getting the back of my leg all chopped up like hamburger. Now don't I paint a pretty picture?</span></em></span></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u></u></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-19366332350199656802011-10-23T12:07:00.000-04:002011-10-23T12:07:27.301-04:00Monday Make-Over<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Monday Make-Over</span></u></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I have a full day ahead of me tomorrow. Hubby is 2 hours north today, plotting out where to set up his deer blind and camp site for the opening of deer season in a couple weeks. So, I decided it was a good time to get my blog post done. </span></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I got my antique market windsor chair done and I love love love it!!!!! It turned out just as I pictured. It is so well made and authentic but was shiny finish, dark dark stain, and the painted floral design on the back were all tragic.</span></em><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I sanded it all down to bare wood, mostly with my orbital sander on the lowest setting and some bits by hand.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Next I painted it with a little sample size jar of valspar paint from Lowes. They have tiny little 7.2 oz jars of base paint which can be mixed to any of their paint colors for just $2.99. After sitting in my poolhouse with approx 12 different shades of aqua I decided on a color called Evening Stroll.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Once painted I sanded it all down again, leaving just enough paint in just the perfect places. Then I added a simple little white stencil across the back and sanded that down too.</span></em><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Next step - I rag stained over it all with minwax's Special Walnut oil based stain. I gave it 24 hours for the stain to dry and then gave it a water based satin clear finish (Repco).</span></em><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We also got our free Craig's List cupola placed on the roof this week. I just love a cupola!!! One of my favorite historic home tours ever was the Cupola House in Edenton North Carolina. Gorgeous! And don't ya know the diningroom was all painted in aqua?</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Of coarse my cupola isn't that big or that beautiful (and neither is my house). But it was free, LOL.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And here is my cupola - finally off the driveway and placed on it's new home.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Now I need a make-over on my computer. Somehow my picture file is no longer working. I thought I had lost all of my saved photo's (probably 1/2 are saved on a memory stick). I did find them. Somehow they've been moved to epson print studio. Beats me how all this happened. Even new pics are being loaded there. Guess it's a trip to the computer doctor to see if they can get my photo program restored. System restore did naught. So if you are wondering why I have some pictures un-edited here today, that would be the reason. If it's not one thing it's another when it comes to computers.</span></em></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-22145708345298491752011-10-11T00:10:00.000-04:002011-10-11T00:10:58.566-04:00Monday Makeover<div style="text-align: center;"><em><u><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">Monday Make-Over</span></u></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I have been working over-time trying to get some projects wrapped up while this incredibly beautiful weather lasts. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">First up is the poolhouse with barnwood ceiling I have been slaving over. We got the ceiling put up and the walls painted this week. Still need some flooring and trim work and (next spring) run the electrical out there.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJm_BkzAXdztTkA7OzXLrjGPq_nuuut7jd3p1Jd2KDkkJVeUsuNbyjSn3943a_wKDta_tyiYf-lvvkmGRMoo7I9102xzIvuwqYntDTSKvYKx_DW0WM02MA3QkN5fjdk7ZTixuY847_d8/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJm_BkzAXdztTkA7OzXLrjGPq_nuuut7jd3p1Jd2KDkkJVeUsuNbyjSn3943a_wKDta_tyiYf-lvvkmGRMoo7I9102xzIvuwqYntDTSKvYKx_DW0WM02MA3QkN5fjdk7ZTixuY847_d8/s320/027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I have a small antique table that needed some serious lovin'. I got it free 3 years ago and am finally getting to it. I spent yesterday working on the table and a windsor chair I recently picked up at an antique show. They are both nearly stripped with just a little touch up to do tomorrow. Then the table will get some replacement stretchers (as 2 of them are missing) and some stain and clear coat. The chair (a very nicely made 70's reproduction with super shiny finish and terrible painted accent) is going to get a weathered crackle dusty aqua over white paint job and probably a small white stencil on the back. Maybe, LOL, we'll see about the stencil.</span></em></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This one does'nt look like much now but it was an awful lot of work. I sprayed a lot of vegetation killer in the area and then hubby tilled it under for me a couple days later. Then I rolled the old broken down hay wagon into the bed, planted some false indigo, coreopsis zagreb, some clematis to climb on the wagon, and somewhere around 250 bulbs (giant daffodils, blue scilla, and some big blue hyacinths). Next spring I'll be adding a couple hosta, a bunch of pachysandra, and some bird houses. I already have some big old porch posts to mount the bird houses on.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75oVFVKz8Kpb3Ar3fdTC5mW_blcAq5EbAoPdSJ6voxgjbIXqASUsFa5w0G-aPV_89fMFWC7Ax6lY15wbrLD6AWaWLAi5XtNxXDQTdRg7R5Zq8p_Gx5kNHamXBvw2nTFCB-dVHE3DsiKc/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75oVFVKz8Kpb3Ar3fdTC5mW_blcAq5EbAoPdSJ6voxgjbIXqASUsFa5w0G-aPV_89fMFWC7Ax6lY15wbrLD6AWaWLAi5XtNxXDQTdRg7R5Zq8p_Gx5kNHamXBvw2nTFCB-dVHE3DsiKc/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So far I have planted 406 bulbs and there are another 50 coming. If you ever want to plant bulbs in large quantitiess be sure to check out Van Engelen Bulbs. Awesome company with amazing wholesale prices for the general retail public.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Next week expect pics of a completed chair and table as well as my autumn garden. I am just waiting for the mums to open.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-90268904839985008742011-09-30T17:37:00.000-04:002011-09-30T17:37:53.509-04:00Frugal Friday<div align="center"><strong><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Frugal Friday</span></u></em></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Ahhhh......... Fall, my favorite time to get out and about and do a little shopping. Last Sunday was the final Allegan outdoor Antique Market. My favorite. I finally bought myself an antique butter paddle ($12). I'd say thats about the going rate in my neck of the woods. Heaven knows I waited long enough in hopes of finding a cheaper one, LOL. I also got a reproduction birdcage windsor for $25 at the show. It's a great shape but not a great color. That'll be a future Monday make-over. Here is my butter paddle pictured with a basket I found at a garage sale last Saturday for .25 cents.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7JR9qDu-NTTO7I_GEzgvIh0sUgtfGNPVHOwAJStBqmCrqvPKl-IQh0a-pc4lDGLeXfne9rn6ELEnuNhiEjL16OQHFtUr1grZlP_8aYzrAAKSk0-Xoick8DnrxxTHQIFJOZUgoB028TU/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7JR9qDu-NTTO7I_GEzgvIh0sUgtfGNPVHOwAJStBqmCrqvPKl-IQh0a-pc4lDGLeXfne9rn6ELEnuNhiEjL16OQHFtUr1grZlP_8aYzrAAKSk0-Xoick8DnrxxTHQIFJOZUgoB028TU/s320/007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This morning I went for a country drive to an orchard and pick up some farm fresh cider, some spies, & several little boo's along with a couple other pale colored little gourds to fill the basket. Their mini gourds are .50 cents ea.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz14qsAKDicJFhrTNeW5V6lZwRMG28LwY4c11H28Sw7ULHi9IQwiTYOS18TCyXNtibTVi7E7LY1EETFisfA1WwbixypwOuAk7Zd_tJHnTEWRKP9tdxKPF7YyDzihZgFj3pkIyRd_lz6M/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz14qsAKDicJFhrTNeW5V6lZwRMG28LwY4c11H28Sw7ULHi9IQwiTYOS18TCyXNtibTVi7E7LY1EETFisfA1WwbixypwOuAk7Zd_tJHnTEWRKP9tdxKPF7YyDzihZgFj3pkIyRd_lz6M/s320/001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">From there I went to Changing Thymes antiques and decor. Lucky me, they were having an anniversary sale. Discounts in every booth and plates of goodies and hot cider all through the store. Cookies, apple bread, red pepper spread on home made french bread, brownies....... Oh My!!!!! That was my lunch today, LOL.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I bought the beige berry sprig that is in the basket for 20% off ($3.20) and an adorable little sampler (pictured below) stitched in 1988 for $10.80. The frame has got to be replaced. Better sized and maybe heavier. But I love the sampler!</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdnqst4pnyM7k6qsV7CPCM9GxISV1WVAbV3Lgc_QtEY5_INLCmbb1UpzTjApDi9KGoJCw_ocDQTryekUZIdQi6mH8Zxjw5B1S8xp4wHqiYN9xQMC-ye3MXSv5N0oupbgZnRH1M3hJGZC8/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdnqst4pnyM7k6qsV7CPCM9GxISV1WVAbV3Lgc_QtEY5_INLCmbb1UpzTjApDi9KGoJCw_ocDQTryekUZIdQi6mH8Zxjw5B1S8xp4wHqiYN9xQMC-ye3MXSv5N0oupbgZnRH1M3hJGZC8/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The lantern above is electrified and very weathered. I just love it! I got it off ebay for only $15 and $5.95 shipping. A steal. My hubby, the electrician is going to rewire and add a plug with switch for me since I haven't figured out a good place to hang it. If only there were 2, then I would know right where to put them.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I am still at, buying up wool clothing, cutting it up, and storing it away. Much like a squirrel storing up nuts for winter, LOL. So the last tuesday of the month is always 1/2 price day and I tend to go "a little" crazy. I hit the jackpot this week with some really fabulous colors I didn't have yet - rusty oranges, olive green, eggplant, plus lots of brown and tan - great fall colors. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZXa5Wd_Du5Gnk4fyD4x3sDn039GeasfqB9hwXyPTA8sM2gbfWirYyoa2O_egVyYZB9c9bfRrnpBgEye6O4XeYnyNt6EgFSKo1AEgxte-l228sXWM2LVVNiVWZb9TdMLBdNm1LAk2SOY/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZXa5Wd_Du5Gnk4fyD4x3sDn039GeasfqB9hwXyPTA8sM2gbfWirYyoa2O_egVyYZB9c9bfRrnpBgEye6O4XeYnyNt6EgFSKo1AEgxte-l228sXWM2LVVNiVWZb9TdMLBdNm1LAk2SOY/s320/002.JPG" width="183" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">It's been a busy month around here. For starters, I finally re-finished a dovetailed box I got for $2 at a garage sale earlier this summer. It had a very unattractive label and a lot of paint splatters on it. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmAlP6y6ewpFfOSxPVlZ3uRDS48wpLZ6yflsCQBFssHg3wmUsKCr1xtYWngh0fquhMADY6bKGWHoaAm3Dv5mm_K7o3_HLqQAd4zLyGEU7KG8hrkmq0cVL3S05W0OYbXVJjJ5Ieygpq8I/s1600/0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmAlP6y6ewpFfOSxPVlZ3uRDS48wpLZ6yflsCQBFssHg3wmUsKCr1xtYWngh0fquhMADY6bKGWHoaAm3Dv5mm_K7o3_HLqQAd4zLyGEU7KG8hrkmq0cVL3S05W0OYbXVJjJ5Ieygpq8I/s320/0004.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBNUS-rptKUZJlKdRkbnS1uVPvRZVPCsyud5KP2W_N7tmoDqZuDHqoiS_yadQB-PBK5JTKwvcd2KlY9koknRCkbJC_EzCw1uw2Z-NTyhke8FZFnDlVihWU6DpLIC3mg6SKROR_-f56xM/s1600/006+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBNUS-rptKUZJlKdRkbnS1uVPvRZVPCsyud5KP2W_N7tmoDqZuDHqoiS_yadQB-PBK5JTKwvcd2KlY9koknRCkbJC_EzCw1uw2Z-NTyhke8FZFnDlVihWU6DpLIC3mg6SKROR_-f56xM/s320/006+%25282%2529.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The sanding went super fast with my orbital sander. It's a crafty girls best friend.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNbYBiLlpuK-HNXkoXNSr5udBpgS-tyYQ_hplH6GlojDpmMAVF1483np6Elug3q1_jlCHu4UOXrHA4DcJ12JO7PxFqtDnyaAw-icfmIobgxFz91QoV9DV_CyIB6d7Mu9eFvFiNDA3nk4/s1600/0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNbYBiLlpuK-HNXkoXNSr5udBpgS-tyYQ_hplH6GlojDpmMAVF1483np6Elug3q1_jlCHu4UOXrHA4DcJ12JO7PxFqtDnyaAw-icfmIobgxFz91QoV9DV_CyIB6d7Mu9eFvFiNDA3nk4/s320/0012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I sanded it down just enough to remove the label, paint, and the old finish. But, not so much that I removed the character and age of it. It still has it original saw marks and all it's scars, bumps, and dings. Then I restained and varnished. It is gorgeous if I may say so myself. The pictures just don't do it justice.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48vnJEptWPvbZedkcdYG4tmZm5iAMxfASXmtHNmYCc-WiykXFNTiG1otCXZCCjvNtjXYt2dnrcEJuaW4VZPh83RaQU1ytktAWdSBnTlPf4qWdYoBEywUCBNPvm6nQCoXCp4UvbLFLNWk/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48vnJEptWPvbZedkcdYG4tmZm5iAMxfASXmtHNmYCc-WiykXFNTiG1otCXZCCjvNtjXYt2dnrcEJuaW4VZPh83RaQU1ytktAWdSBnTlPf4qWdYoBEywUCBNPvm6nQCoXCp4UvbLFLNWk/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">We finally got the outside of the pool house done.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This is a picture of the area when we first moved in.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFNRUL1fDPlDBHfLLA4J1QeygG1KY22CZheB_mBpfM8VI64DhlAoSQceIgi1tw9QR_R687Ql6HD6NNWiLnQadchucQ9OwoLEO330VCnNG-I4ZcUL8oMCEk_Ke5qtN6jOoLJqtTWjyEE4/s1600/160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFNRUL1fDPlDBHfLLA4J1QeygG1KY22CZheB_mBpfM8VI64DhlAoSQceIgi1tw9QR_R687Ql6HD6NNWiLnQadchucQ9OwoLEO330VCnNG-I4ZcUL8oMCEk_Ke5qtN6jOoLJqtTWjyEE4/s320/160.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The unsightly chain link, over grown shrubs, and hosta were pulled out as soon as we moved in and the fence re-used elsewhere in the yard, behind a wall of Junipers and out of sight. Then replaced with hydrangea's and evergreens and a split rail fence.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkJ9YC3LTFAcsi7hPQU3Aj7Qax2hdeTLxWvqWNXwyu36lPuQ-nvWt3PMKEbjANPns2S0A2mDWNzJcaP1nd5c7PSPL-nqxieDFN2AyVFgd8r7h0up-h7ZRjYPFbLu5RarnJdY86X0duVE/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkJ9YC3LTFAcsi7hPQU3Aj7Qax2hdeTLxWvqWNXwyu36lPuQ-nvWt3PMKEbjANPns2S0A2mDWNzJcaP1nd5c7PSPL-nqxieDFN2AyVFgd8r7h0up-h7ZRjYPFbLu5RarnJdY86X0duVE/s320/015.JPG" width="162" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The view from the road. We put in the half round window to match the arches above the bedrooms windows on the front of the house.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0h52Pm3_634inaauMl6dJKEn9L03B0n0GQCAcNEEgKbhyZH6Ychc2P5Ieqw654gE1uKtaL44mFxaZQ_SLQqjeLtcff4TTz3z5T6EpjK05SqEOPu13xFKu_Q6oYO1j0vtovaHy37S6mM/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0h52Pm3_634inaauMl6dJKEn9L03B0n0GQCAcNEEgKbhyZH6Ychc2P5Ieqw654gE1uKtaL44mFxaZQ_SLQqjeLtcff4TTz3z5T6EpjK05SqEOPu13xFKu_Q6oYO1j0vtovaHy37S6mM/s320/017.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3l4ZPX9wiNY5RBGn61mONGmOSvms_tVtaby9cA5zL6RtvpLlhSzC0-0Zrxv6842UUSyAqe_fR9yE03PW6eggWfGOe3RYBsVw6PepeABiTQxpiUP8vdQDMkbIGAtlEqawt9NcocYTqdPU/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3l4ZPX9wiNY5RBGn61mONGmOSvms_tVtaby9cA5zL6RtvpLlhSzC0-0Zrxv6842UUSyAqe_fR9yE03PW6eggWfGOe3RYBsVw6PepeABiTQxpiUP8vdQDMkbIGAtlEqawt9NcocYTqdPU/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The cupola was ordered on-line from Annapolis Weathervanes and Cupola's. It's definately the frosting on the cake.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz4HDBHzXrxGdRf27ECAvAAl8LPWrCu86vjM3E25FMcXA1xtQxM3qcLlptmG1T74EF26IaEg00LFGuIcHdrAvA3j9B9h2_rKVE86VB2ZeOQokAzOUKcmEIlfkMOS8UMn6wmkhB6kTz60/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz4HDBHzXrxGdRf27ECAvAAl8LPWrCu86vjM3E25FMcXA1xtQxM3qcLlptmG1T74EF26IaEg00LFGuIcHdrAvA3j9B9h2_rKVE86VB2ZeOQokAzOUKcmEIlfkMOS8UMn6wmkhB6kTz60/s320/018.JPG" width="302" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We are still working on the interior. The drywall needs a little more mudding and then paint. The ceiling is going to be paneled in some old barn wood. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJksrpt40iZmskTAB7m9f5_WGKNAoZ4i5SmUAk2XgP1bcRNkDqfcV_tqLJo8QB2i_1xnURMJqXeBNzTvJlPZacc2nTxyGgIrVClBuzmdgJn6YJ3Qs6l4O1AM01ba6EkOfCCJz3WuKK0s/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJksrpt40iZmskTAB7m9f5_WGKNAoZ4i5SmUAk2XgP1bcRNkDqfcV_tqLJo8QB2i_1xnURMJqXeBNzTvJlPZacc2nTxyGgIrVClBuzmdgJn6YJ3Qs6l4O1AM01ba6EkOfCCJz3WuKK0s/s320/005.JPG" width="181" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It was ReaLLy ruff so we ran it through the planer to clean it up.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VYWVfb9QJN_IDGvUyEgVBk15-U0yeZtHg3-FnH9li_uSPPIR2r0AET9kfOq2UAhAUbo3C-dQc5zx16bMdLLSx2sSB61kmZaNkOBpgyY3OZc3BrqSVz-9owif36RVgboa6TSmeXY5Tsk/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VYWVfb9QJN_IDGvUyEgVBk15-U0yeZtHg3-FnH9li_uSPPIR2r0AET9kfOq2UAhAUbo3C-dQc5zx16bMdLLSx2sSB61kmZaNkOBpgyY3OZc3BrqSVz-9owif36RVgboa6TSmeXY5Tsk/s320/006.JPG" width="181" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Next I rolled on a light coat of flat, thin, cheap, white wall paint that we got free after re-bate from Menards. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGer4o803wZTSLReszp2d9mho-9-APuMzoo683WEKM9rPg4d63KY27mS_rrXLOXSzWMcl_afVDC12vqdg5F2GCTqIWBkPfQ3wIDIxoJYhWaGnefxUO8-i2uWP6_qKI6k494pM7n7NOV0/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGer4o803wZTSLReszp2d9mho-9-APuMzoo683WEKM9rPg4d63KY27mS_rrXLOXSzWMcl_afVDC12vqdg5F2GCTqIWBkPfQ3wIDIxoJYhWaGnefxUO8-i2uWP6_qKI6k494pM7n7NOV0/s320/008.JPG" width="181" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> When the paint was dried I took my trusty orbital sander and sanded the paint way way down. And then I stained over the top with an oil based wood stain.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO44W7IKxzjksihG0amxJapO-Zj1odbnnfrP1ISVHluRWkjUHENfbkvEKSkVnjv-JS_7Jg7goIDuDgNAqEpMW900gO9oSNFx79jieYyMQVLjp5k7za3gzBNFejYuECuM3Yt3t0VIhhflc/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO44W7IKxzjksihG0amxJapO-Zj1odbnnfrP1ISVHluRWkjUHENfbkvEKSkVnjv-JS_7Jg7goIDuDgNAqEpMW900gO9oSNFx79jieYyMQVLjp5k7za3gzBNFejYuECuM3Yt3t0VIhhflc/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And set them all out in the sun to dry.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRm3wKvQmN79_ynRFyRaGn82CH9Drr3wqCup4BM1zN-dxDKYBJquxU2iVyoJlv1qmimxkCyAZu4zkhQKUlycE5nxvZA49dDpWmWlukqQgGlZ4X3RFvzjZB8_NWrjz26M2AToPGx-T4EQE/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRm3wKvQmN79_ynRFyRaGn82CH9Drr3wqCup4BM1zN-dxDKYBJquxU2iVyoJlv1qmimxkCyAZu4zkhQKUlycE5nxvZA49dDpWmWlukqQgGlZ4X3RFvzjZB8_NWrjz26M2AToPGx-T4EQE/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And now they are sitting on saw horses in the garage waiting to get installed. I sure hope I like it after all that work which included 1 day of planing, one day of painting, 2 days of sanding, and 2 days of staining.</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Till next time (hopefully with a finished ceiling).................</span></em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-68651390820254438212011-09-26T20:25:00.000-04:002011-09-26T20:25:42.827-04:00<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Happy Birthday!!!!</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My adorable little Grand Darlings celebrated their 2nd and 4th birthdays this week.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My Sweetie Pie, Ava, turned 2 today. She's a pip!</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1WglQT8AMi0MR1SSJZmy_dsW46kQEX93nJ0Z-gHb-ePKQwPRF6HaYDnxOkj9eoyTEUYH2eY3tuGYXtMKyk8CVmbnj3r0RADPxJQuMz-scfWdaazr1LsK4jtgWOT6aWiSRzIZuKH0oR0/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1WglQT8AMi0MR1SSJZmy_dsW46kQEX93nJ0Z-gHb-ePKQwPRF6HaYDnxOkj9eoyTEUYH2eY3tuGYXtMKyk8CVmbnj3r0RADPxJQuMz-scfWdaazr1LsK4jtgWOT6aWiSRzIZuKH0oR0/s320/003.JPG" width="249" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Sienna and her bestie, Hannah, were born just a day apart. This year they got to share a princess party in the park for all their little friends. It couldn't have been a more beautiful September day and prince and princess costumes were worn by all as Princess Liz read them princess stories.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16utoognerTeJJSM86fcZguqek_0MPcYeSA5gtlQ7BiMPKhF10TpNuPM18lu81KXLoR0NrwBWvwcTEUxwoTqywbF6-eTnO2RFNZ3fMkwQUKNYFeo7mSIHiEfZ2NjgJm5MoHXR9YflnJE/s1600/314046_2350878407846_1126701233_2779066_1084582079_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16utoognerTeJJSM86fcZguqek_0MPcYeSA5gtlQ7BiMPKhF10TpNuPM18lu81KXLoR0NrwBWvwcTEUxwoTqywbF6-eTnO2RFNZ3fMkwQUKNYFeo7mSIHiEfZ2NjgJm5MoHXR9YflnJE/s320/314046_2350878407846_1126701233_2779066_1084582079_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">They are growing up so fast. Too fast in fact.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center"></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-55062380138042796512011-09-09T10:00:00.000-04:002011-09-09T10:00:57.571-04:00Frugal Friday<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">A Fabulous Frugal Friday</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;"> Make-Over Monday</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">Combo Day</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Busy, busy, busy!!!! Now that it's too cold for swimming the mad push is on to get all our outdoor make-overs done before the snow fly's. A free Craigs List fence to install, a house to paint, finishing the new poolhouse, pruning trees, refinishing an antique dining table and a small end table. Work, work work.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">We've been in this house for just a little over 3 years now. One thing I have wanted to do since we moved in was to put a cupola (or 2) on the roof to give my 70's ranch a little personality on the outside. In an ideal world I would have 2 smaller cupola's - one for each end of the house. But I would have settled for one larger cupola centered on the house as well. I discovered cupola's don't come along everyday (or every year) on Craigs List and if I was going to ever get one I'd have to pay. So, giving up on the dream to put one on the house, I ordered a smaller 21" cupola for the poolhouse (according to hubby, still too much $$$). Then, 2 weeks after placing my order, what do I find? A free 36" cupola, copper roof and all, on Craigs List. I quickly e-mailed my request, certain I would never hear back. But, an hour later the phone rang and the cupola was mine. Out of 48 other e-mails I was the lucky winner. So this is, for sure, my most fabulous Frugal Friday EVER!!! A new 36" copper topped cupola would be $1,000 + shipping. So while it isn't exactly the cupola I would have ordered, I couldn't be more thrilled with my find. It is about 40 years old. Hubby re-braced the inside. I scraped and sanded. This weekend (when I finish painting the house) it will get painted. And then............ up to the roof it goes.</span></em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Now deciding where to put it. I really always pictured a smaller one on the garage and a second smaller one over the brick end of the house. I'm thinking it is too big for the brick end. And, the solar heating for the pool is on the garage. So now it is between centering over the picture window or the above the front door. Hmmmm............</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Now this brings us to Make-Over Monday. We had no plans of taking on this project, but when we got the free vinyl fence for the front of the house it just sort of snowballed.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So this is the house before (ewww) - </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">and after -</span></em></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Still needing new front windows, a couple large rocks, and 2 mugo pines but we've come a long, long way.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The garage before and after (the walk-in door is another Craigs List freebie) - </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">It's a frugal Friday "on" Friday. What do ya know? LOL! Looks like hubby has returned to a five day work week. No more Friday's off. Ah well, nothing lasts forever. It was nice while it lasted though.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So early in the spring I posted a nice little lantern I which I hung from my limbed up pine tree. Well since then I found 2 more little mini lanterns for $1 ea. I used the green check hopespun gift ties from my Primitive Heartstrings pear pinkeep to hang them in the tree.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This vinyl fence was a great Craigs List find I got last saturday. I was the 3rd caller but callers one and two didn't have a way to pick this up. Caller #1 dared to aske the guy if he would deliver the free fence, LOL. It's 2 sections of vinyl picket plus the 3 posts and post caps. It's exactly what I wanted for the front of the house but didn't plan to spend the $$$ on till next spring.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">and here I am all ready to post Frugal Friday with 2 minutes before Friday has even arrived. Now to sit and wait for Friday to arrive so I can post .......................................................</span></em></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-46326176476633005272011-08-25T13:09:00.001-04:002011-08-25T13:16:32.034-04:00Pear Pinkeep Arrives<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">It's Here!!!!!</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><br />
<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The gorgeous velvet pear pinkeep I won on the blog giveaway from Julie at Primitive HeartStrings arrived yesterday. Can you believe it is even more beautiful in person? I never would have thought to use velvet but it was a perfectly amazing choice of fabric. And the little berry hanging from it is adorable. Julie even included the cutest little ball of darning thread, a thimble, and some buttons and everything was wrapped in brown tissue, & tied in homespun. It even smelled wonderful, like cloves I think. It was like Christmas morning! </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Well, back to the project at hand.......... cleaning the sewing room. Who knows what forgotten treasures I might discover under that pile?</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">All my thanks to Julie at <a href="http://primitiveheartstrings.blogspot.com/">http://primitiveheartstrings.blogspot.com/</a></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">for the beautiful pear and the much needed inspiration to clean up my mess. ;o)</span></em></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-74937111276687479642011-08-19T08:45:00.001-04:002011-08-19T08:56:13.290-04:00All is Well<div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I just wanted to drop a quick note to say "disregard" the request in the post below please. Julie from Primitive Heart Strings found it last night. Whew! Just in time for me to get a good night's sleep, LOL. I just don't want her to get a flood of notices about the giveaway now. You should drop by and check out Julies fall pumkins. They are gorgeous and displayed perfectly in an old prim tool box. <a href="http://primitiveheartstrings.blogspot.com/">http://primitiveheartstrings.blogspot.com/</a></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So you know what this means? I must go and clean up the sewing/ craft room for my new pear. I'm afraid the closet in there erupted (a couple months ago) all over the room. This is just the boost I need to go in there and face up to my mess.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> Hello. My name is Mary, and yes I am a craft supply/ fabric hoarder.</span></em></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-61451237664902878042011-08-18T20:16:00.002-04:002011-08-18T22:43:08.942-04:00I Can't believe I won!<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">I Won! I Won!!!</span></u></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">In case you haven't already heard...... I WON!!!! I won the pear giveaway from Primitive Heart Strings!!! As a great blogger (Cranky Crow) once said to me (and I have found myself saying it every since) "Oh My Heck"!!!! I never win anything. Well, almost never. There was that beautiful ruby and diamond ring I won once (20 yrs ago) </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Now, I can't begin to tell you what a frustrating and disappointing day this has been. I had wonderful plans to start my day at a season end sale at the nursery and then spend a hot sunny afternoon in the pool with my gorgeous granddaughters. The pool is perfect and the weather is perfect and the construction mess is almost cleaned up. And then.......</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My day began - with an early morning phone call while I was laying there stretching and contemplating getting up. It's never a good sign when the phone rings at an unreasonable hour. I won't go into the who, the what, or the why. But, I had to cancel my glorious day. Especially painful because it had been so cold and rainy that I hadn't been in the pool in nearly 3 weeks. By the time I do get home to swim it is nap time for the grand daughters, so they won't be coming. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I have a very late lunch, suit up, and I am on my way out the door for a late swim. Again the phone rings. UGH!!!! Foolishly I answer it. Then.... I turn around and go get dressed to run off and handle catastrophy #2. No swim for me today. </span></em></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><em>So I get on the computer and decide to visit blog world since I hadn't been on in over a week. And what do I find? I can hardly believe it! I actually won a blog giveaway! Julie's primitive pear is just gorgeous and will be positively perfect in my sewing room (or maybe even my diningroom). Right away I go to comment and leave a Woot! and a thank you on Julies blog to tell her how this has been the one bright spot in my very dismal day. I click to post my comment and I get "</em>Your current account (MaryOs@comcast.net) does not have access to view this page"<em>. I try signing out and back in. I comment again. Again it says no access to view. I went and commented on a friends and a cousins blogs to test. No problems. Back to Primitive Heart Strings - rejected! I click to send an e-mail. I get a message my mail client default is not set. No surprise because I get it every time I click on an e-mail link. Hubby comes home and we spend an hour trying to figure out how to set it properly. We fail. I reached that point - Do I laugh or do I cry. Well, I did neither. Instead I decided to blog about it, LOL. So, Julie, if you see this, I am beside myself with joy that I won. I am also beside myself with grief that I can not contact you to claim my beautiful prize. My only solice is that I am in good company. My bestie has the same trouble not being able to comment on my blog for a few weeks now so I know it isn't just me, LOL. Because...... I HATE when it is just me having an internet issue. ;o)</em></span><br />
<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So, if anyone is passing by Primitive Heart Strings you might want to mention this post by poor me and that I even included my e-mail here for her. I just don't know what else to do.</span></em></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-67923585508903138922011-08-06T15:02:00.001-04:002011-08-06T17:13:46.284-04:00Frugal Friday<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Frugal Friday</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Ok, I know, it's Saturday. Once again I missed the boat. Hubby has been working 10 - 12 hr days, Mon-Thurs for the summer. That sometimes screws up my Friday posting. So I either wait till he goes to bed and post late or, if he is working Saturday for over-time, I wait till then. </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So this week I got an amazing steal at the re-sale store. I had been eyeing this trench coat for a couple weeks. But, it was a size too small and $15.00. But, this week they were having their season end sale and all clothing in the store was $1. So I was standing on the door step when they opened Monday, LOL. Really, they should have held on to it to put out with the fall/ winter clothing. It has a wonderfully soft warm flannel zip out lining and will be plenty warm for winter errands, even in MI. It's so well made with lots of nice little details and looks as though it was never worn. Now I just need to stop eating ice cream and get back to business on the diet. I am down 30 lbs and one size but I have a ways to.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOyQCJNPyEk01KK5CILdBMNomuY7Q6s85X_XgiXW-_t9EHTVFc8LDM7UpImgmX-VbRW09505aJ071T0YV3S3Qodzt5Vt6sp7E4ylMnjLhiUJuoXSsHHP4w2MMvvwL3KivJsf1nXCK6qw/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOyQCJNPyEk01KK5CILdBMNomuY7Q6s85X_XgiXW-_t9EHTVFc8LDM7UpImgmX-VbRW09505aJ071T0YV3S3Qodzt5Vt6sp7E4ylMnjLhiUJuoXSsHHP4w2MMvvwL3KivJsf1nXCK6qw/s320/007.JPG" t$="true" width="157" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzeA4DvKWSWta8OSdS_gDRtYWyehwH5ZmRkLlEDHo2ff1LjkaXELVCANEn2vb-Y8sfurvszhssPQc5EqMzwjw33PKpsv_-7lNHSGrrVgmqGq31_IKhnAuQyT3wjrStJ4vTTOC97LfKbw/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzeA4DvKWSWta8OSdS_gDRtYWyehwH5ZmRkLlEDHo2ff1LjkaXELVCANEn2vb-Y8sfurvszhssPQc5EqMzwjw33PKpsv_-7lNHSGrrVgmqGq31_IKhnAuQyT3wjrStJ4vTTOC97LfKbw/s320/006.JPG" t$="true" width="246" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I was complaining to my hubby one day that it had been much too long since I got a curbside special. Don't ya know the very next day, while garage saling, I find a weathered old wicker chair!!!!! I couldn't wait for hubby to get home so I can show off my new treasure. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D6V5G2QqSActDFFuCWQRrDXtharWE7pMx8Z3m1XxaYZ0bvkk9uugrqP1TjPAnKKtEiWe8TGG1l9Zwzt0MPbi_Je0F-XBn-lQy9TEKuytynJu1ziIUE-rEuB1dFwhRgL5zrOSlI7_C5w/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D6V5G2QqSActDFFuCWQRrDXtharWE7pMx8Z3m1XxaYZ0bvkk9uugrqP1TjPAnKKtEiWe8TGG1l9Zwzt0MPbi_Je0F-XBn-lQy9TEKuytynJu1ziIUE-rEuB1dFwhRgL5zrOSlI7_C5w/s320/024.JPG" t$="true" width="257" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I planted a clematis along side the chair. Hoping next summer or maybe the year after it will climb up on the chair. The ox yoke hanging above the chair is a garage sale find I got for just $10. It is in pretty rough shape but then it wouldn't be prim if it wasn't, LOL.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">When hubby got home he was pleased as punch. Not because I found the chair but because he found me 2 old divided wood windows. I have to say they are terrible color but I love the size of 'em. Just means I will have to paint and age them myself.</span></em><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> I am going to print off some pics of the grand babies in sepia tones, put one in each of the window panes, and hang them in the new pool house above a daybed once I find one I can afford. I would go out and take a picture of the windows but it hasn't stop raining all day and they are out leaning against the side of the house. Instead, here's some craigs list beds that are priced a bit too high for my budget or are too far away. But either one would be perfect. </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Only $160, but three hours away and needs a custom mattress.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">But I LOVE it!!!!</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsHrQ0828ZtAxhIDh-weIKn5fg5v2gktzw8xLxTa6LzAjX736glx8t8Pw5KIn_CjXvHvgG8B_on_zm9ScrUioNTD7iO2nD81zay2MvQ20nOaJ8cX-2aubrIf_ceJZzDA9wcBf4RgSbtw/s1600/bed2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsHrQ0828ZtAxhIDh-weIKn5fg5v2gktzw8xLxTa6LzAjX736glx8t8Pw5KIn_CjXvHvgG8B_on_zm9ScrUioNTD7iO2nD81zay2MvQ20nOaJ8cX-2aubrIf_ceJZzDA9wcBf4RgSbtw/s1600/bed2.jpg" t$="true" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This one is local, $300, and it's great too with new custom mattress included. But, too much $$$ for my frugal budget.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElu8bl9Wl6JoFiObZ9iRiOV1BGhyphenhyphenvUkeHQdhgsrCjIklXc-kmNYvfMKr5iXcYfA_RmRpQ9_hhfLhGKGFxRjyayfcjUoyehc7JDvhvIYCLSe_jvKyqWQjlC2K1qFnt-uYsQCWUCTm9-Fg/s1600/bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElu8bl9Wl6JoFiObZ9iRiOV1BGhyphenhyphenvUkeHQdhgsrCjIklXc-kmNYvfMKr5iXcYfA_RmRpQ9_hhfLhGKGFxRjyayfcjUoyehc7JDvhvIYCLSe_jvKyqWQjlC2K1qFnt-uYsQCWUCTm9-Fg/s1600/bed.jpg" t$="true" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Last week, after my shopping spree at Saltbox Farm, I drove over to my aunties house who lives just a country mile from there. She has always had a green thumb for both veggies and flowers. I wanted to get a look at her garden in all it's summer glory.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-80050938714847350142011-08-01T21:44:00.000-04:002011-08-01T21:44:55.008-04:00<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">Make-Over Monday</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Finally!!!!! This project has been a couple years in the making. I was about to give up hope. </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Before</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This is a picture taken of the built-in china hutch the day we moved in. Yikes! I lived with this for a year. A very very loooong year. Then hubby let me hire a cabinet maker to make me a new door. Yeah!!!</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And just so you don't think he is doing ALL the work, he does the cutting and I do the sanding and stain and poly finish. Then we install together. All's fair in love and war, and remodeling! :o)</span></em></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-37098422368075994022011-07-30T01:11:00.001-04:002011-07-31T11:28:05.170-04:00Frugal Friday<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">It's Frugal Friday!!!</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I had such a great week. I got the most comfy new sandals ever. Might not sound like much to you, but with feet like mine it's a miracle. I wish I could say they were part of frugal friday, LOL. They definately were not frugal. Some things are worth paying more for and happy feet are one of them. Maybe not the cutest sandals I ever had, but these were more comfy on the first time out than my broke in Brooks running shoes.</span></em><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Those things were hardly worth a mention after my spree yesterday though. I have to say it was a bitter sweet day. Sharon of Saltbox farm was having a bit of a fire sale. Her beautiful shop burned last month. Everything she could salvage and then some was being stored in her barn and needed to be cleared out so she could do a remodel in there. Perhaps this is where she is relocating her store to? Anyway, she had some amazing deals and steals and I did my very best to help her clear it out.<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">First up, I had admired this beautiful little stenciled chest on a couple of my visits to her shop. I was beside myself when I saw it. There wasn't a tag on it and when Sharon told me $25.00 I think my jaw hit the ground. "SOLD!!!!" I say.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BZSu7c2jko4yjY0gz1OnoZpdi8LItmv64x4mimvpuVRJfWxld3LJiQrZ-ijDNqpSEiT6UeGO1RUbar8K9DmRpXBU8laGCaUeWENt5kiXiqyVrMZGkYbaEjTsF2JU52Fj1VPwAS3sBss/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BZSu7c2jko4yjY0gz1OnoZpdi8LItmv64x4mimvpuVRJfWxld3LJiQrZ-ijDNqpSEiT6UeGO1RUbar8K9DmRpXBU8laGCaUeWENt5kiXiqyVrMZGkYbaEjTsF2JU52Fj1VPwAS3sBss/s320/014.JPG" t$="true" width="235" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I bought a couple woven placemats by American Heritage. One in navy and another in brown. Just $5 each. I just can't get enough of their stuff and the placemats are great for putting baskets and trenchers and bowls.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZefNTE_wuYeXx5928JozkuoRhR3MuTxlOwI_ZX6AxnubCyVvwx0Nc5Qr2stsk8-Dyg54n9o0ugIL0zFZ6fLYTY8b7jOLNzb-8KRzn29c0c8P7YSDVG9J8udiY9W7bxPw0vKtp2pd5gM/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZefNTE_wuYeXx5928JozkuoRhR3MuTxlOwI_ZX6AxnubCyVvwx0Nc5Qr2stsk8-Dyg54n9o0ugIL0zFZ6fLYTY8b7jOLNzb-8KRzn29c0c8P7YSDVG9J8udiY9W7bxPw0vKtp2pd5gM/s320/001.JPG" t$="true" width="242" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">PS - I already have Mondays make-over complete and photographed so I might actually be on time with my Monday posting. Till then..............</span></em></div></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-10294094487184673652011-07-26T00:57:00.001-04:002011-07-26T00:59:37.315-04:00Make-Over Monday<div align="center"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><u> Monday Make-Over in the Garden</u></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Hmmmm........ It's getting awfully close to Tuesday. By the time I finish my post I may have to change the title to Tuesday Make-Over. I was editing away on my photo's earlier this evening. I was forgetting to click save between each edit. Suddenly the screen faded and a message popped up that said photo shop needed to close unexpectedly. Unexpected was right. Almost every pic for this post had to be edited all over again. And being the hot head I sometimes am, I had to go out and pull some weeds and dead head some flowers before I could begin again. Worked off some frustration in the garden, LOL. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So today's make-over is a garden make-over. When we moved in 3 years ago. I brought 40+ hosta and daylilies with me from my last garden. The yard was unfenced (cept for some chain link around the pool) and there was no garden. Immediately we got the fence up for the dogs. Then, in went the garden to get the hosta all planted before they died on me.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This pic is the first summer right after the hosta first went in, before it got mulched. The bench should be on a frugal Friday because I found it in someones trash about 12 years ago. It was electric blue and splattered with white when I found it. Ewww!</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kjgl2Oxp0LlsJZYxvFl48tvB0JgJRUjC_OFduEUSkMK_fbmYMloijenp1iJt6kv6GjvrzKLd8HqdgH-grw96I498mPpZVPzQdTadO3l7QEGvES3tigpDBeihRtmXFTjikUfeJ2W8Rcw/s1600/IMG_1555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kjgl2Oxp0LlsJZYxvFl48tvB0JgJRUjC_OFduEUSkMK_fbmYMloijenp1iJt6kv6GjvrzKLd8HqdgH-grw96I498mPpZVPzQdTadO3l7QEGvES3tigpDBeihRtmXFTjikUfeJ2W8Rcw/s320/IMG_1555.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The bed now. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOSUVRS4jbwMXRcRvt7iYjxTibmTNA7kzrjb3tRDhbXzO0yL_S1V7ZwPJfW66HXkYf5a-tm-3I9S9Ppvjz0UWu1XkjLYBOPlONl1UBGzF8_IpBJyxvNBr5wMAUH0ofeZwwgZC3cbVfEw/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOSUVRS4jbwMXRcRvt7iYjxTibmTNA7kzrjb3tRDhbXzO0yL_S1V7ZwPJfW66HXkYf5a-tm-3I9S9Ppvjz0UWu1XkjLYBOPlONl1UBGzF8_IpBJyxvNBr5wMAUH0ofeZwwgZC3cbVfEw/s320/016.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This spring I filled the flower/ hosta bed with pink and white impatiens. The windows were $5 for the pair at an antique show 2 yrs ago. They've been sitting in the basement every since. The wreaths were picked up for 50% off at Hobby Lobby. I love that place! I wanted to hang window boxes below but they would have been much too low so I found some inexpensive big pots at Walmart. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFhSuobLm747R91ly5EF0noJR5hifiuApfhKAZ7wUsJnVIF2-u7dMshowoP4kLkQbhUY3VSwfIntQ6NkGRz7azYoxIHavp1XdaAnki5LsRVcf3fRL7dnDu4Q8Oa9L7ijjbVxqilVvDkE/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFhSuobLm747R91ly5EF0noJR5hifiuApfhKAZ7wUsJnVIF2-u7dMshowoP4kLkQbhUY3VSwfIntQ6NkGRz7azYoxIHavp1XdaAnki5LsRVcf3fRL7dnDu4Q8Oa9L7ijjbVxqilVvDkE/s320/015.JPG" t$="true" width="242" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I also got an old cultivater at an antique show this spring and hubby was going to throw out the old wood crate. So I threw it into the garden and filled it with flowers as well, LOL.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08VK8uaSXf_0GHAHyGbxxz3Bw9eCyrsb78C11uN0L7l9PI9FhSPS0AJPRRCYCzZ6F_77k0TdWDBUdtWdIS6mPTFyx2Tdyfr22TsKGOVdmL1RaRKyPLOe-LIIVdGB8vTsgqbABZSn6fnU/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08VK8uaSXf_0GHAHyGbxxz3Bw9eCyrsb78C11uN0L7l9PI9FhSPS0AJPRRCYCzZ6F_77k0TdWDBUdtWdIS6mPTFyx2Tdyfr22TsKGOVdmL1RaRKyPLOe-LIIVdGB8vTsgqbABZSn6fnU/s400/006.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXEEEfPZgvp_kLddr0GSWWJfRGupJURPJRjxL1ojZSHb9ZlEfJS6lkRe3_fgHFbmXYp1KdoohgViplnz_31shOIrRM6gsQR4YbRYCj1BTMTg4HEBIz6jQ3GUBkekFAOkjDohZd56U3DM/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXEEEfPZgvp_kLddr0GSWWJfRGupJURPJRjxL1ojZSHb9ZlEfJS6lkRe3_fgHFbmXYp1KdoohgViplnz_31shOIrRM6gsQR4YbRYCj1BTMTg4HEBIz6jQ3GUBkekFAOkjDohZd56U3DM/s320/007.JPG" t$="true" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The little birdhouse above the crate is the broken down rusty windchime birdhouse I was given at a garage sale this spring, hanging on a dollar store shepards hook.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Below is one of my bottomless baskets (.25 cents) planted beside the bench in the garden.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDIvBXHv7gcappZw8iyQHu4wOXjvHuur9HgRI0D_QRLlUHzgThdNU23NZ2_Pngbi3jHMMgjMdTcNWJhluqNQtTtFlyEgXchXwFdbdpuYRBVHD412JSJ85idmAP3VUiLswGqQGUKVT3TQ/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDIvBXHv7gcappZw8iyQHu4wOXjvHuur9HgRI0D_QRLlUHzgThdNU23NZ2_Pngbi3jHMMgjMdTcNWJhluqNQtTtFlyEgXchXwFdbdpuYRBVHD412JSJ85idmAP3VUiLswGqQGUKVT3TQ/s320/022.JPG" t$="true" width="242" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I also picked up a couple items to hang from the bottom branches of a pine we limbed up beside the hosta garden.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Mini rusty votive lantern - $1</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PoX7YSodoJirf0xc_zVjKnU2dAHt1027nsBpMLfgtDHLosfeIiPiWsymbflliF7DGYTyYnWYFJlxvHClhb4WqnDcNY9jA0WqRDK3EFt7W_SlBIy4S9e4mwxaVOXXgmcaw0eLusjyxG4/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PoX7YSodoJirf0xc_zVjKnU2dAHt1027nsBpMLfgtDHLosfeIiPiWsymbflliF7DGYTyYnWYFJlxvHClhb4WqnDcNY9jA0WqRDK3EFt7W_SlBIy4S9e4mwxaVOXXgmcaw0eLusjyxG4/s320/010.JPG" t$="true" width="258" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> Mini Decorative birdhouse - .50 cents</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvl8ykR3aB5kQ_rQXw2yuZvPVhgBLQtaRjzse7TxnAXLyH3S8RTOZrUT0NareT41fcEbXgYyQQ_xbEbcvU5DIzT4piKbSI-seeTSFvZ7lc9IPdTlOx_oQITMAhdi-gQMyG8rUm-O63pM/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvl8ykR3aB5kQ_rQXw2yuZvPVhgBLQtaRjzse7TxnAXLyH3S8RTOZrUT0NareT41fcEbXgYyQQ_xbEbcvU5DIzT4piKbSI-seeTSFvZ7lc9IPdTlOx_oQITMAhdi-gQMyG8rUm-O63pM/s320/011.JPG" t$="true" width="242" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Here's a couple more nooks of the garden below - </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">the patio beside the gate</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbAWDwiyBYW3_N2K7g8RafgDZnagXOgVNS_GfyabDHdUJZ8FY1Jtuhi5ZheuYZywNMIpnC3vOl69E90FCHlqe2Lwty_Us1tCAvxBAmUjAHyw2SwsvI4ktfL5fXsk68ozefdi9rk3_aZU/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbAWDwiyBYW3_N2K7g8RafgDZnagXOgVNS_GfyabDHdUJZ8FY1Jtuhi5ZheuYZywNMIpnC3vOl69E90FCHlqe2Lwty_Us1tCAvxBAmUjAHyw2SwsvI4ktfL5fXsk68ozefdi9rk3_aZU/s320/025.JPG" t$="true" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The chair also came from a curb - over 20 years ago. Most of it's original green paint is worn away now and the seat was splitting so badly I had hubby screw a steel plate to the bottom to hold the seat together. The rusty finial was actually painted green. I gave it one of my spray paint jobs to look rusty. It was 75% off at Hobby Lobby.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gO5jNBO5J0SzFgcUG3g6ciy-ioxJWogQmJNk7-6tw97lCIPMSliuKtu1_riWEXMyfqJMqGbTUD81JqLs-diLP9ob2iJIf-3OQDvNI9dRFjHwkRvnOIsZsfAkgbX1JHFugfcZP-98Pdg/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gO5jNBO5J0SzFgcUG3g6ciy-ioxJWogQmJNk7-6tw97lCIPMSliuKtu1_riWEXMyfqJMqGbTUD81JqLs-diLP9ob2iJIf-3OQDvNI9dRFjHwkRvnOIsZsfAkgbX1JHFugfcZP-98Pdg/s320/027.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The garden angel hanging was another garage sale find.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5A6DwIr7rqbXbIWj0Z4hB9vqxq2de5g44R96gGPdA_Y2PRtSKS0hfwsMJsYz4DP9kjV8ujNdvP6kQleMGhlWwfUXPG_X04cmbVprAbq9wHyEu1oV0XcE31gIKGlek9Ni9Zn-tRLqcw18/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5A6DwIr7rqbXbIWj0Z4hB9vqxq2de5g44R96gGPdA_Y2PRtSKS0hfwsMJsYz4DP9kjV8ujNdvP6kQleMGhlWwfUXPG_X04cmbVprAbq9wHyEu1oV0XcE31gIKGlek9Ni9Zn-tRLqcw18/s320/028.JPG" t$="true" width="311" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Another nook in the garden. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The birdbath was suppose to have a base which was missing at the store so they sold me the $45 dollar birdbath for $10 anout 12 years ago. I mixed up some concrete and threw it in a pot lined with bubble wrap to make it more uneven to make a new base.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBWsQmqfCouNRdw64eHVmlbp1GrdSuVCocR93f0Fne92Rz6nCYIGxth0YGoyx7VE6oBjZBCI7PUbAnaAd0vZJ1kI9EE8Q_3iQ1S3Acst8RYByeVc3lOyhE4Edq729Re8-6cauWntJJuE/s1600/bath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBWsQmqfCouNRdw64eHVmlbp1GrdSuVCocR93f0Fne92Rz6nCYIGxth0YGoyx7VE6oBjZBCI7PUbAnaAd0vZJ1kI9EE8Q_3iQ1S3Acst8RYByeVc3lOyhE4Edq729Re8-6cauWntJJuE/s320/bath.jpg" t$="true" width="306" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And just as I suspected, it is now Tuesday at 1:00 am. 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</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-26987327978669135322011-07-22T12:31:00.000-04:002011-07-22T12:31:27.695-04:00Frugal Friday<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">My bad! It's been so long since I posted I aparently forgot what to do. I got typing away, all the way to where I was ready to add a pic, when I realized I forgot to change up the font. Well, better late than never. But given my rather slow typing skills I am going just ignore the fact, LOL.</span></em><br />
I have not been a very good blogger. I have not been a very good dieter. I have not been a very good crafter. But man am I great great swimmer, LOL. Once pool season hits I forget about pretty much everything else and live in the pool. June was cold and rainy and there were only 2 days spent in the pool Then July hit! My favorite month of the year.Turn up the heat I say. I am lovin' this heat wave that has everyone else complaining. And I dare not talk about the weather around hubby. He is not a fan of summer and he gets very grumbly. Of coarse he is allowed to celebrate when fall arrives and when the snowflakes begin to fall. Carries on about how much he love winter. But guess who does most of shoveling - if you guessed me you would be correct. And guess who goes out to scoop the doggie poop in the snow - you betcha! So, hubby has gone on strike in the back yard. He began building a poolhouse. He assured me it would be done in just 2 weeks and long before hot weather hit. Not!!! Everyday, while floating in my pool, my view is the 2x4 framework for the house. I am planning a b-day party for my mother in the backyard in a couple short weeks and there sits this mess. In his defense, his project buddy has been unexpectedly tied up with some family matters. But, perhaps if he started in May instead of the July 4th weekend ........ Just maybe, I am just saying.<br />
But I digress. I thought I would hop on here today, while it is rainy and cloudy and share a few goodies I picked up here and there since my last post.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Some antique lace-up boot $20</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Ok, it's not often I post twice in a day. In fact I'm not sure if I ever have. But, I wanted to tell you all about a fabulous giveaway I found this afternoon. Brenda from A Rusty Thimble is offering one of her wonderful primitive witch dolls as a giveaway on her blog. I don't tell you this out of the goodness of my heart. Oh heck no! I am only sharing to increase my chances of winning. I even included a button on my side bar for yet another chance to win. So what I am really saying is "Please ignore this post and do not go to visit <a href="http://www.therustythimble.blogspot.com/">http://www.therustythimble.blogspot.com/</a> because the doll is really not that wonderful. Quite plain and dull in fact. Forget you ever saw this. Please!"</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Hmmm........... I was going to post a picture of the poor sorry thing but it keeps telling me the server won't allow. Well, the photo is on my side bar or you could just take a quick peek on Brenda's blog. That's <a href="http://www.therustythimble.blogspot.com/">http://www.therustythimble.blogspot.com/</a> </span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Maybe it's the hormonal imbalance of being peri-menapausal (like wanting another baby), or maybe it's just that I am a little more educated than I use to be on the subject thanks to PetFinder.com. But, I find myself spending hours scouring petfinders.com looking at all the lonesome little faces needing homes. More likely it's this video I just saw on Facebook of a puppy mill owner in this country, the great lengths taken to get her prosecuted, and the unbelievable injustice her poor dogs recieved in this nations court system.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I won't lie. This video is difficult to watch and I had to go back a couple times to get through it. But, I think it is vitally important for people to know where those darling little puppies in the pet stores and from on-line breeders are really coming from. Please do click on the link below and watch. It's the same footage a court judge saw before delivering his sentance. At the end they tell you the sentance this woman actually got for torturing these innocent animals to turn a quick buck.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Please, please, please do not shop at and support any pet store selling pets. It's not just a matter of not buying a pet from them. It's important not to support their business in any way until they see the light and stop selling pets altogether. We must as nation, join together to make our voices heard. </span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">If you have room in your heart and in your home please go to your local shelter, humane society, look for a rescue for your breed of choice on-line, or go to <a href="http://www.petfinders.com/">http://www.petfinders.com/</a> to look for that special new member of your family. There are thousands in need. Large and small, young and old, pure bred and mutts. They are rescued from puppy mills and hoarders, picked up as strays who have wondered from home, or turned in to rescues when their owners have lost their jobs & their homes. They come from homes where well meaning people didn't realize the commitment and from seniors who loved their pets but found themselves physically unable to provide after a stroke or alzheimers. Some come from loving caring homes and some come from abusers. Some are strong and healthy and some have special needs. The thing they all have in common is they need loving, caring humane human beings to take them in and make them a part of their family. And if you want to help in another way, you could give financial support to a rescue for all their ever mounting vet bills. Got a stack of old towels you don't need or a pile of dog toys your fur baby has grown out of? A retired pet bed or crate stashed away in the basement? These are all items pet rescues would love to have and will put to great use. As for myself, I have sent in an application to a rescue for the opportunity to foster an unwanted pet. I can only hope and pray to be accepted and be posting my new fosters photo here soon.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The Animals Savior by Jim Willis</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">*******************************</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I looked at all the caged animals in the shelter...</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The cast offs of human society.</span></em></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal. And I was angry.</span></em></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">"God" I said "this is terrible! Why? Why don't you do something?"</span></em></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">God was silent for a moment and then he spoke softly, </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">"I have done something" he replied "I created you."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-38028657065762257492011-06-19T22:25:00.001-04:002011-06-23T11:28:08.279-04:00Make-Over Monday<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">Make-Over Monday</span></u></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Finally! I got a make-over on my garage door. I hated the big blank white slate on the front of my garage and wanted a new carriage door from the day we moved in. Hubby couldn't get past the fact the the existing door was in excellant shape and couldn't see spending $1,200 to replace it. Men!!! So short sighted! Then one day he came home and told me about a new product the company he works for was making. Not only that, but they were having a fair to introduce the new product and offering it to employees at 1/2 the cost. It's vinyl window frames with dark smoked plexi-glass behind to look like real windows. Just measure and screw in place.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Before</strong></span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">In my humble opinion one of the most beautiful flowers in the garden. If it rains the enormous blooms hang to the ground. In a heat wave the flowers only last a few short days. But what a glorious show they give when the conditions are right. Definately worth making a space at the back of the flower bed or set apart as a single breathtaking specimen</span></em>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2Ba7OhedfcBpy5JaArmqO3pLDqEdExXa1bNH5yo9qaeZW4uRiTzschNXBnEcDAjJsN-6gIdCGRcCXA1MNPnA86Wschaazm-hhnw8vcO5LUjGW2P_RQcyq9aV0Ag0jB7KVxAHTxYR3RY/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2Ba7OhedfcBpy5JaArmqO3pLDqEdExXa1bNH5yo9qaeZW4uRiTzschNXBnEcDAjJsN-6gIdCGRcCXA1MNPnA86Wschaazm-hhnw8vcO5LUjGW2P_RQcyq9aV0Ag0jB7KVxAHTxYR3RY/s320/005.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25Gr9XoAZ3tBUvr5HO_E9ayNlzePN9HiiK_toJn-tFP3p7QLkO2LrBpBSqRgH9WyBBxaTvBOu2k74ckKjlgY7whB2sB6PrSK19Usmid_eufEmjbh6eDWXG-5babi-34Z-W1EHxIS4dLo/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25Gr9XoAZ3tBUvr5HO_E9ayNlzePN9HiiK_toJn-tFP3p7QLkO2LrBpBSqRgH9WyBBxaTvBOu2k74ckKjlgY7whB2sB6PrSK19Usmid_eufEmjbh6eDWXG-5babi-34Z-W1EHxIS4dLo/s320/010.JPG" t8="true" width="236" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">These gorgeous bushes were one of the few plants on the property worth keeping when we moved here 3 years ago. The poor things were being choked out by landscape fabric and rock. I went around each one, pulled the 2" rocks back & cut away the landscape fabric. Then I created some planter boxes around their bases with some leftover cut rock from the walls of our koi pond we built.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Next I spread a nice layer of composted manure around each one. I suspect they have never been fed since they were planted. How could they have with all that rock and landscape fabric? And finally, I layed down 2 layers of newspaper and covered it all with some cedar mulch.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> I detest rock used as mulch in the garden. It's so hard to keep weeded and clean and the fabric beneath always breaks down after a few short years, making an even bigger mess. And then there's the escapies. The rocks that somehow make their way into the lawn for the lawn mower to hit. My first project, after painting, when we moved into this house was to rake and shovel all that rock around the pool out of there and replace it with mulch. Well, it only took me a day to realize that I was definately not up to the task. I also realized that replacing it with mulch would create a real mess in the pool on windy days. So............... rock it is. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562099415374807288.post-53474491424698157452011-05-13T21:54:00.001-04:002011-05-13T21:56:43.754-04:00Frugal Friday<div align="center"><em><u><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"> Frugal Friday </span></u></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I was truely blessed today with a warm sunny morning and some fabulous frugal finds on my first garage saling day of the season. The first sale of the day was the best. It turned out to be someone I use to babysit for 34 years ago. I could see her eyeing me and trying to figure out where she knew me from. She said "No way!!!! I thought it was you but then I thought you looked 20 years too young to be you". Well, that was it. I could have gone all morning and not bought a thing and been happy as a lark, LOL. Especially nice to hear as I turned the big five O this year. I ended up buying </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">an old weathered old porch post ($10) an old basket with the bottom rotted out ( .75 cents), and a crib quilt (.50 cents)from her - all for a mere $11.25. Then Pat pulled out an old bird house wind chime with the greatest rusty chimes and hardware and gave it to me so it would go to a good home. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This quilt is just appliqued and machine quilted but for .50 cents I thought it might be cute in my old cradle for a while.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Unforetunately hubby took the trailer my post is in and covered it over with a load of cedar mulch. Men! The porch post is going to get a perfectly prim white bird house on top.</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I came up empty on the next 3 sales but then I found a great sale where all the proceeds were going to send the daughter to Haiti on a mission trip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">an old quilt all hand stitched and in perfect condition - $4.00. I picture this over a wicker settee' in the pool house we are about to build.</span></em><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8_O-X1sh-Zd1M2DF-OAzb8lj32kwjmoDKHpNy3FvmbuEM5S_r_HVMXDC9klpo5ndI4Nhwyg3imo-tpUNLEHSQa-dLTn3Y4D-bjvvIy363cS0eR2EVlFarx0mPg9r6IPVPktW57dPhPs/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8_O-X1sh-Zd1M2DF-OAzb8lj32kwjmoDKHpNy3FvmbuEM5S_r_HVMXDC9klpo5ndI4Nhwyg3imo-tpUNLEHSQa-dLTn3Y4D-bjvvIy363cS0eR2EVlFarx0mPg9r6IPVPktW57dPhPs/s320/001.JPG" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTKPTavaxWugM1OHzR-iZbqQoiA-fbcx0RiIKIUfT-xq_x8Wk8MqDlXO_PeKXCx6zazJf0VV2QJEYIjGwgv9pnPeLyf1J4kmJIzlL1Wpi7jRrfPIDawnYmExr0-b5aMySbU4n51xl0Zk/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTKPTavaxWugM1OHzR-iZbqQoiA-fbcx0RiIKIUfT-xq_x8Wk8MqDlXO_PeKXCx6zazJf0VV2QJEYIjGwgv9pnPeLyf1J4kmJIzlL1Wpi7jRrfPIDawnYmExr0-b5aMySbU4n51xl0Zk/s320/004.JPG" width="243" /></a></div></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I also got a dark red pendleton wool skirt for felting for $1</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">and another winter white wool skirt for .50 cents at the Haiti sale. The lady wasn't thrilled to hear I was going to felt and cut her beautiful skirts into worms for rug hooking, LOL.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">To top off my fabulous morning of summer like temps and great garage sale finds, I managed to squeeze in a bit of gardening. It never looks like much when the annuals are first planted does it? But so worth the wait for the colorful show they will provide in a few short weeks. This is just a sneak peek of one tiny little corner of the garden - hot pink, lemon yellow and some accents of bright orange this year. After the cold wet spring we've had I was ready for some hot hot colors. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhen7kprvKunXeZXBW81-slT4fc9s5K69fWPjBI7jnMItRK2B7g_BIru5x60T97sIRYo95aUl06AsIpM8An-9CnqC75WzPUjWc6oh4FNP2gVgXYr3DBhwYXPKoH5lYUP3qK-CaigBKKTtc/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhen7kprvKunXeZXBW81-slT4fc9s5K69fWPjBI7jnMItRK2B7g_BIru5x60T97sIRYo95aUl06AsIpM8An-9CnqC75WzPUjWc6oh4FNP2gVgXYr3DBhwYXPKoH5lYUP3qK-CaigBKKTtc/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I hope your Friday was as fabulous as mine!</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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