I’ve had this post long in the works and hanging out in the behind-the-scenes and drafts in my dashboard of my blog. Therefore, with much ado, I bring you OUR FARMHOUSE TOUR. And a few quotes about home…. Be it ever so humble, There’s no place like home!!!!! There is nothing like staying at home […]
Memoir Monday {No. 55}
Cold outside. Warm inside. Fresh, hot biscuits. Yes, please! Appetizer served ~ crackers & cheese on a pretty plate. Study time ~ Trusty wheelbarrow outside the basement door. Wonderful wood hauler! Garage ceiling! Hurrah! Basically finished. Now, thinking about paint for the walls. Another winter project. Glowy, shimmery candleholders ~ I’ve been enjoying […]
My Painted Cupboards Project
For quite a while I kept tossing around the idea of painting my mismatched kitchen cupboards in our basement. They were fine, but I knew I would love the look better if I painted them all. My husband wasn’t quite sure, because he’s just not so keen on all the painted stuff that is a […]
Chairs and Swings and Porchy Things
Here are my birthday chairs! They’ve been loving hanging out on my front porch! The color schemes on my old porch furniture comes straight from the most élite and expensive Paris designer. It cost me big bucks! 😉 It takes a lot to pull together old colors and chipped patinas. I am quite pleased […]
Our Guest Room Makeover, Decor Style, and a Good Bit of Rambling
Back in the winter, I dug around for the leftover paint I knew I had and moved a few things out into the room-at-the-top-of-the-stairs and rounded up paintbrushes, dropcloths {a.k.a. as old shower curtains and plastic}, paint rollers, and such, and commenced to paint my guest room. We didn’t paint it before we moved in […]
Planting Boxwoods
Hooray! Boxwoods to go along the front of the porch! Let’s hope they can survive our hot Kansas weather. Especially this spring, because we are dry! Very dry. Back in April, we dropped Tucker off at a friend’s so he could celebrate his friend’s birthday with him. Then the rest of us headed off to […]
Memoir Monday {No. 19}
Planting a bit… Pushing down trees and ripping out roots… Small Lego farm… Birthday present for our baby niece! I discovered I had the flower decoration and it went perfectly with this wrapping paper that we also had. It didn’t work out for us to travel to Matthew’s brother’s for our niece’s birthday party. Kind […]
Memoir Monday {No. 17}
Time for some daily details and weekly remembrances! I know, I know. I say it over and over and over and over and over and over, but time really does wing away so quickly. I want to savor each moment as much as is humanly possible and as much as I can, even though […]
Memoir Monday {No 13}
January flew…January fled…now here is February instead…. Are we getting it just right?! Better organization…a place for everything and everything in its place…snap, the job’s a game…spit-spot…{Mary Poppins on the brain} But really, better organization for the recyclable bins and shelves for shoes and hooks for coats! Love shelves! This is the way we work, […]
Memoir Monday {No 12}
A bit of this….A bit of that….a few of our endeavors and work and life in January! Work in the garage! Tearing out comes first! Basking in the sun or any warm spot during the cold spells we keep having! Outside work on the porch during the warmer days and nicer weather! Fun Lego boat! […]
I May Not Have a Green Thumb, But I’m Still Excited About My Rosebushes
We have rosebushes!!!! I do not have a green thumb or even come close to having one. Not even the tip of one. So, I’m all about plants that do well here in Kansas and don’t require a lot of tender nurturing. Cause they aren’t going to get much nurturing from the winds that like […]
Real Life and (in)RL Meetup {hello monday}
Hello horses coming out for a gallop! Hello yummy lunch baking in the oven! Hello riding along to haul a load of hay and hello pretty country! Hello playing outside and making a swing-around-the-pole gymnastics course. Hello Loves! Hello beautiful rainbow! Hello rain! Hello ice and 28 degrees! Hello Flintstone mugs adding a special and […]
Ups and Downs {Hello Monday}
It’s Hello Monday time! Hello to a pickup that has a transmission overheating. Hello to a crashing school laptop. Hello to hot dogs roasted in the stove. Hello to staying home with all the snow outside. And hello to getting out to go to an appointment for a massage and to clean the doctors’ office. […]
Siding, Valentines, Puppy {hello monday}
Hello Monday! Hello new week…. Hello to what we did last week! 1. Siding 2. Valentines 3. Puppy 4. Food Aussie Chicken Energy Bites 5. Living Room 6. Candles Burning 7. Lego Play We worked on siding and we’ll be starting this week off with siding as well! But we’re seeing less and less old […]
The Siding Venture Begins
The new siding started going on the house on Monday! Then, it promptly snowed on Tuesday. Won’t complain about the moisture AT ALL, though! Besides we ended up having to start the process for putting our next beef in the freezer anyway on Tuesday morning. Well, my husband did. The main thing I contributed was […]
What We Did {Hello Monday}
Hello Monday! Let’s see some highlights from what we did last week. Come along……. We received a birthday/valentine box from Grandpa and Grandma! Three cheers! I love boxes in the mail. We cuddled in bed and watched “I’m Farming and I Grow It.” We got braces! Oh my. A new adventure. Her dad and I […]
It’s Another Monday!
Time for a few hellos! Hello to coughs and head colds. Not so happy to have you here. Renae had it first and I had a couple of days where I didn’t feel real great. Tucker caught it next and came down one morning feeling pretty rough. He seems to always get sick close to […]