Hard to believe we finally got this project done and still have a marriage left. Golf season can’t come soon enough! So basically this is a antique kitchen with only the wine and retro refrigerator actually working. The wood burning stove was pulled out of a barn in the mountains of Colorado…found by Russ on Read more about #130…Retro Kitchen Reveal #1[…]
A lesson learned…..ALWAYS put cup under Keurig after pushing button…Not the 1st time this has happened. So I am awake early, excited about this day. Sooooo much to do, always. Four and a half months into my sabbatical, organizing and simplifying my life, unencumbered by obligations and this girl is making progress. My first decision Read more about #129…Staying True to My Sabbatical[…]
The remodel is done. Now the color palette is coming together. Awaiting the arrival of the “rug”…..8 ft. round. The colors could awaken the dead. I’m hoping my marriage will survive this unexpected surprise. #1daughterconnie sez it will be wonderful but she’s as crazy as I am. Russ has told people he has no idea Read more about #127…A New Year, a New Palette (2)[…]
Well, I did the big one this time and have hurt people’s feelings for which, I am truly sorry. On a Facebook post, on Thanksgiving Day….I gave thanks for so many people and OMITTED so many more…..I plead insanity, I plead being old and forgetful, I plead ignorance for not realizing that you cannot mention Read more about #123…I Messed Up! Can I Be FORGIVEN?[…]
The Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp ends today at Missouri Western in Saint Joseph, MO. School buses start rolling tomorrow. That is the happiest day of the year for me, the 1st day of “my” new year. #1daughterconnie began her senior year when my youngest of four children, Doug, started kindergarten. Thirty years of laundry, Read more about #110…My Happy Place[…]
Having pretty much wrapped up my obligations and activities, I’ve jump started on my Sabbatical 6 weeks early. Being a difficult person who HAS TO HAVE every “t” crossed and every “i” dotted, I have had to spend time just thinking…. as I can look at a project to do, do it perfectly, only to Read more about #108… Confessions of Looking Back[…]
Yellow object’s de art don’t look the best when your walls are a burlap color. On top of that,…THAT being the ceiling, IT is a dark paper sack brown. So awaiting my upcoming 2 year sabbatical, when I can go room by room changing everything! ! ! I can’t hardly wait to get started but Read more about #104…YELLOW on my Mind…Again![…]
Ed is so much like Russ. They both work overtime to set things up…… “Why don’t you bring some stuff over to our garage sale and then we will have pizza?” I had no reason to suspicion anything other then that, so sure, I gathered up half a truckload, tagged it and off we went! Read more about #102…Aggravation with Fast Track[…]
It finally happened. I packed up and shut down my booth at Rusty Chandelier…….my home away from home. Six years of having multiple booths both at Rusty and Jesse James Antique Malls. A great time in my life, somewhere to go, something to do. But a part of my plan to move into my September Read more about #101…Shut ‘er Down[…]
The kids all know when coming to visit Mom, PS……bring your work clothes. It has taken Russ eight years to put things together on what is going on and now he is turning on us. #2daughter2Too and I come home from long morning of shopping only to discover that Pops has removed an outside door Read more about #98…Almost on Sabbatical…Making it Work![…]
