Does anybody know???

Are these Lilacs in the making???????

House Project #3 "The Spare Room"

I would never show what the room REALLY looked like before I started my project. But anyone who has a spare room can probably just imagine.

I started by sanding down all the woodwork and then scrubbing the entire room from top to bottom with Mr. Clean.


It is now day three of my project and I have everything primed from top to bottom. Next I will be painting all the woodwork and then the ceiling and walls. My next post will be the finished room!!! So far Butch thinks I am doing very good for my first "Room Makeover" but I am a very slow painter. He also wished he would have taken a picture of me with the power tools in my hands and the dust mask on my face, but he just was not thinking fast enough.
Oh well, maybe next time.....

House Project #2 "The Finishing Touch"

We did a bathroom remodel but never finished the floor.

Here are the kick plates that were never put down. They require cutting, priming and painting.....

And here is the finished project after two years!!!

We will be, or should I say Butch will be, putting kick plates on the floors in the rest of the house as time goes by. I keep telling him one project at a time and since the doors are not done yet the kick plates are going to have to wait a short while.

House Project #1 Out with the OLD in with the NEW!

Here are the OLD!!

Here are the NEW!!

We are (well Butch is) replacing all the doors in our house, it is quite the project. Cut holes for the new door knobs, router out for the new hinges, prime, paint and hang, of course don't forget all the lovely words in between all of this. But the good news is we (Butch) have five down and only five to go!! We do have other projects in the works so stay tuned!!! And one them I am doing on my own. YES ALL BY MYSELF!! BEWARE OF THE OUTCOME OF THAT ONE!! Just a hint it is going to be project number three......

Christmas Trees

Here is my first tree, yeah I know it is only 3ft. tall. This year I decided to only pick out certain ornaments to put on the tree. They are all either needlepoint, knitted or crocheted. And were ALL made by my Grandma Russell. She even made the tree angel. Next year I will have another "theme" maybe all wooden ornaments.

And here is my second tree. All of the ornaments on this tree are antique I believe. Glass bells and balls that came from one of my Grandparents. If I had more of these the 3ft. tree would have them next year, but unfortunately this is all I have.

I do have a 6ft. tree, but maybe next year!!!!!

Hail Storm 6/16

We had a hail storm today at 2:45 in the afternoon while I was at work. Who would have thought that when I arrived home there would still be remnants in the yard 2 1/2 hours later. Tried to take a picture next to a penny to show the size but everytime I picked one up they would melt to fast. Sorry!!

"Tis the Season"

So sorry I have not blogged. But the flag says it all, this is my time of the year. I never thought 10 years ago this would be a sport that I would like. But I have become very additive and VERY competitive. I probably play about 3 to 4 times a week, belonging to a golf club does that to you because I guess you need to get your monies worth. My league is on Thursday's and for the second time in my life as they say in golf terms I got an "Eagle" . It was on the 360 yard tenth hole at Wa-Noa which is a Par 5 for women. I chipped in from the fairway for a 3!! We have a couples tournament coming up this weekend that is supposed to be fun, but last time Butch and I played it was nothing but arguments!! He insisted we sign up this year after taking two years off from it. The format is alternated shot-the men tee off on all the odd holes and the women tee off on all the even holes-then we alternate shots from there-it gets really UGLY!! Hopefully this year we will have a little bit more fun! I will fill you in next week.