Moving along

Things are going slooooowly with the fence

It is starting to look good. We got the one section done. Kinda. Only 30 more sections to go.

And lots of painting.

And the bottom to go yet also.

Guess I better get to work.

Back to shabby

The fence that was looking so beautiful is back to looking shabby.

HOPEFULLY! (keeping fingers crossed) my sis and Jeff's buddy Kyle are coming over this weekend to help us kick some fence arse!

Arse is such a funny word....

So is buttocks....

and don't even ask the old man how many times he had to take down this and redo it. It's hard when you are trying to make a fence straight that is going slightly uphill.

I am just dreading all the freaking painting that I have to do. Don't think that it is beneath me to have all the stuff to paint it and leave it unpainted for a year or two.

The only reason I don't have the unpainted shed in my yard is cause the wind got tired of it and threw it on it's roof.

Then it turned into my husband's project that I could bitch about.

I was getting ready to pull out the Halloween decorations and find the Wicked Witch feet that I have. You set them against the house to make it look like the house fell on her.

I think that motivated him to dismantle it cause he knew I would do that.

So I am off to paint a fence!

Hi Ho Hi Ho

Score!

Look at what I found today at my fav antique store! I've been looking for one for my fireplace for awhile. Today I found it and it was only......

(insert drumroll)

$20.00!

I mean I think seeing me doing the Snoopy dance when I found it was well worth the 20.00.

My Sister's Blog

Ethel aka my baby sis started a blog!

Ok, so I did it and am making her keep it up.

So go check her blog out

http://thepurplerose1.blogspot.com/

The room called a kitchen

Here it is. My kitchen. This is the area for eating looking in from the foyer....

Looking at it from the opposite end of the kitchen and the sink area....

Moving to the other side of the sink....

The other end of the kitchen where the stove is....

The other side of the stove and another entrance to the kitchen....

The two entrances are both on one wall. Seperating them is the fridge surrounded by cabinets....

I do love the cabinets. I also love the storage area above them.

I am thinking that the stove and the sink need to be swapped. There also needs to be more light in here. Right now there is one light in the center of the kitchen and a small light over the sink. I had done it in a yellow and red scheme with chefs. The table is round and that doesn't work. I'm working on the colors that I want to use for it now. Still have to find a new flooring. Hopefully next year we are adding onto the house so I am trying not to put too much into this. If we do add on the kitchen is going into the addition and this room will be a dining room.

Captain's Toast

By popular demand (ok so only Lori was interested) here is the recipe for Captain's Toast. I make this for sleepovers and late night snacks for us old foggies too. Everyone loves it. My kid's friends when they are coming over to sleepover ask if I am going to do this for breakfast.

Captain's Toast Recipe

Makes 6 slices of toast

2 eggs

1/4 cup heavy cream

1/2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

1-1/2 cup Captain Crunch cereal

6 slices of Texas toast bread

In flat dish add all ingredients except for cereal and bread. Beat well. In another flat dish pour in the cereal. With a drinking glass crush the cereal. You want a fine crumb, no big pieces. Dip the texas toast in the egg wash and then press both sides in the cereal crumbs. Brown both sides in a skillet lightly pressing once. When both sides are lightly brown, serve.

So there it is my secret weapon for kids wanting to come over and stay at our house.

I'm Back!

Didn't go anywhere exciting. The internet was down. Bah Humbug!

Did give me lots of time to work on things though.

I painted the posts.....

Jeff capped the posts.....

and trimmed the posts....

and then I did more painting.

Now we have to do the bottom piece and the picket parts. Oh yeah, and the gates. Also cooked all weekend. Yummy things like.....

Roman Chicken....

Oven Roasted Red Potatoes....

and Captain's Toast for Sunday Breakfast.

The boys are going up north to play for the weekend soooo I think I am going to start on doing the kitchen. Maybe if I feel energetic I may post some pics of the kitchen now. So get ready to pull your shocked eyes out of your buttocks!

Gone Away

Will be gone from blogging until the 15th. Will return with new stories, some yummy recipes, updates and new items for the Etsy store. Seems my brain is working overtime! Will miss everyone and look forward to returning!

While the cat's away...

.....the fat mouse on a decorating binge will play!

So...... let's play!

I haven't posted pics of my kitchen yet. I will when I start working on it though.

Promise!

But for now.... I'm planning and scheming. I want to redo my kitchen while my husband is gone to Canada at the end of August.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the look of beadboard and these black countertops. I found a great tutorial that I think I can do here. I also like the look of the beadboard. I have chair rail that runs around the kitchen willy nilly already. So I don't want to replace it. Even though I would love to raise it. Also beadboard can be pricey. We want cheap.

Well look at this! Paintable beadboard wallpaper! A double roll covers 56 square feet and is only 23.00 a roll! I can do wallpaper....

I am thinking of painting it as close to the color of my oak cabinets as I can come including the baseboards. Then a very off white on top.

Then a new floor. I also like the look of cabinets with feet.

I love Jen at Sanctuary Arts shades she made. I still don't think anyone at my house would get the hint though so I am thinking of using kitchen terminology on the valances with cafe curtains made from ticking material. Still have to work on this idea.

A new old table....

...a cute little bench for the one side cause I cannot get enough of hearing "Mom! Jeffrey's on my side and touching me!"

Hmmm... never noticed that dresser before.....

Some cute chairs for the other side. Maybe even refinishing the table legs and the bench to match the chairs.

Would love to add a Hoosier cabinet

but I might have to settle on a stepback. The kitchen is reaaaaally small.

Subway tile for a backsplash

Ugh! That just makes me want to paint the cabinets and go in a whole new direction.

Of course the first thing I would have to do after painting the cabinets is find a good divorce attorney!

Or a nice cemetery.

Of course there is this....

Any suggestions?

My Husband's Hobby

Sorry if this offends anyone, but my hubby loves to hunt.

He's gotten a couple rams here at a ranch and a whitetail in Texas....

.....a javelina....

....and an Axis deer from Florida....

....an Eastern turkey also from Texas....

....a Buffalo.

He is still waiting to get back his Red Stag and Zebra mounts.

He also has a European mount of a boar.

He likes the European mounts but I don't care for them too much.

In August he is going for a week or 10 days to Canada to hunt for bear.

You know what that means?!

DECORATING TIME!

WOO HOO!

My Returning Home Gift

We got back home and I found these nice surprises....

Again, I don't remember having these last year.

And the daylilies are blooming now!

The oranges are always first. These grow all over here. You see bunches of orange daylilies by the road.

These are yellows don't grow as tall. Not sure if they are technically a miniature.

This year I do plan on redoing all the flower beds since everything needs to be divided. Not sure what I am going to do with all the flowers cause I got them coming out the wazoo!

The Long Weekend

We got back yesterday afternoon from a long weekend up at our property in Houghton Lake.

One of my husbands buddies, Kyle went with us. They trailered the Harleys so they could go on a ride.

We got there very early Friday morning and just hung out all day. We did end up having a bonfire later with some more friends that dropped by.

Kyle is quite the kid magnet. He said he wished he could get the girls to hang on him like that.

Saturday I spent the day with the kids while they rode.

We went go kart racing.....

I learned that I will not loan my car to ANY of my kids!

We also played puttputt and went to the beach.

Houghton Lake is supposedly the largest freshwater inland lake.

During winter the lake freezes over so thick that they have 2 weekends in January called Tip Up Town. The lake is covered with RV's parked all over it and snowmobiles racing around.

Just to give you an idea how cold it gets in Michigan.

We had so much fun, we went back on Sunday too.

We drove up to Traverse City to see the fireworks on the bay.

When we weren't busy, the kids occupied themselves playing board games. I chuckled at Jeffy cause he told me doing things the "old-fashioned" way was fun.

That is Jeffrey speak for no Wii or Playstation.

Lots of happy faces though!