Yahoo!  My chandelier is finally up and I love it!  I had two chandeliers at my old house and I wanted to bring one of them with me.  This one use to hang in my scrapbook/craftroom.  It’s perfect over my clawfoot tub!

Yahooooo! And there are more coming!

When my pumpkins first starting growing they look just like watermelons – very green.  They started turning orange a couple weeks ago.  I took this picture this morning.  I also planted some white pumpkins and they kinda look like honey dew melons so I’m hoping they’ll get a bit more white.  Well Happy Labor Day weekend and bring on FALL!!

When I was planning how I would set up my mudroom, I envisioned me coming in from my garden and washing my vegetables in my farmhouse sink!  And so it has happened.  There has been so much to do (and still more to do) that it’s hard for me to take a minute to really appreciate how much I have accomplished.  When I brought in some lettuce and radishes last night I remembered my vision for my mudroom and it just made me smile.  I can remember my realtor and friend Laura Ruch saying to me as we were going through the process of purchasing the property, “are you sure you want to buy this?” and I just laughed and told her “yes! I can just see it in my head, how it will look”,  she laughed and said “I know you have a vision, I just can’t see it” and we both started laughing.  It is an awesome thing to have a vision in your head and then be able to see in unfold in front of you.  I am truly blessed!

Thanks again Sherry for hauling your old farmhouse sink from California to Colorado last year – I love it!

December 2014

July 2015

August 2015

I’m making some progress in the backyard.  You all know that I added my deck and another concrete pad, now I’ve added some mulch and mapped out where I want to put my fire pit.  Taking some time off next week but when I get back I’ll be at it again.  I need to dig up/find the septic lids again.  Before I moved in, shortly after I took that first picture, the previous owner buried the lids.  So I’ll need to locate them and probably buy some risers so they are accessible and at ground level, then more rock.  Slowly but surely!

I finally got my coat hooks up in the mudroom and the picture shelf – yahoo!  I love it!  I bought most of the knobs from Hobby Lobby and only had to cut the cow and the rooster backs off with the bolt cutters, the others screwed in from the front.  The red flying pig & the turquoise bird w/crown I bought at Michaels.  I still have some touch up paint, baseboards and a shelf over the washer & dryer to do but that will come when it’s too cold to work outside.

June 12th

August 2nd

I can’t believe how fast my pumpkin seedlings have grown, it’s been about 7 weeks between these two pics! I did wrap a soaker hose over the mound of dirt – thanks for the advice Annette.   I have several softball size and a couple cantaloupe size.  Hope they’re ready in time!

Ok, so technically they’re not chickens, they’re roosters, and technically they’re not real but I couldn’t help myself – they were clearance at Walmart for $5.  I’m still cracking myself up! 😉

It was toooo hot to work much outside this weekend so I painted the accent wall in my pantry.  I love this color – Behr “Green Meets Blue S430-4”.  It looks great with that counter top I found for $24 at Bud’s Warehouse.  Still have a ways to go in the pantry (floor, bead board, paint cabinets & ceiling), but that’s my life story these days.  😉

Yahoo – my deck is stained, at least with one coat.  I still need to do the face boards and I’ll second coat it in the fall.  It’s been so hot here, forever, and in the evenings it always seems to hint of storms but then they don’t happen.  I’ve been wanting to get a least one coat of stain on my deck before I move my stuff on top of it.  My friend Maurene mentioned I should just come in a little late and paint it in the morning – duh! So I up this morning and got ur’ done!  Good idea Maurene!! 🙂

I love this color it’s “Valise” Semi-Transparent Stain by Behr, here is a link: http://tinyurl.com/j7kafpj