Going Back...Way Back

Been organizing and you're thinking, is she not finished yet?! Anyway found some old pictures, this is Jake in diapers...I told you they were old!

Cash Crop

Large and very small

Charme before she came to live with me

Christmas '05 Maria(daughter), Andrew, her son, Melissa (oldest daughter), Jake, her son and Marcy, my oldest sister.

I Skipped A Day!!

Now you are saying, oh, no, she will bombarde us with two or three posts to make it up. I am goning to surprise you and NOT do that.

Monday, being a Monday, kinda sucked the life outta me. Then there was Terrible Tuesday which dined on whatever was left, so...no post.

Although Bev did not give me homework this weekend, I have been trying to keep this rock rollin'. I moved out a big craft table I had made and placed it on the dreaming porch. I brought in my Grandpa's old table he had made for my "art" table.

I have also been sorting papers for taxes (dirty word!) and trying to get my desk area organized, paper wise. Piles of tax use, piles of no use, and piles of future use paper are cluttered in my desk area. I have yet to finish.

May Wednesday be a wonderful, beautiful day to inspire me to achieve great things and seize the day.

Miracles By Beverly

It was another productive day in my humble dwelling. Beverly worked my tail off! One daughter even took another truck load!

May I present my new used for nothing else sewing area? This was the old utility closet in the lodge BEFORE we built it onto to Mom and Dad's house. There may be a little finessing to do but the bones, once again are in place. My machine sets on an old treadle sewing machine. This area shall later be painted.

This is the sitting area in my computer room. Pink Lady has found her home. Side table is a wooden bar stool covered first with a curtain then draped with the same scarf that is on the foot stool.

The Now Cook Book corner has been covered with bits and pieces gathered carefully by Beverly. They must be in the same color and they all must connect, not in theme but in color. Beverly is an artist!

See how the colors are carried to actual cook book shelf?

Last but not least, the flower corner, where a few survive my brown thumb. The hangings to the right are Mom's. This window faces east so Bev placed a lacy curtain so the flowers would have all the advantage of the morning sun.

We are getting closer to being organized totally. Sometimes I think, I should not post these for I do not live in a fancy dwelling. Then I think, why not, it is my home and I love it.

Can't wait to see what happens today!

Ice Pictures By Maria

More ice art...Mother Nature does it so well.

Beverly lost many large pine trees.

When the power went out Maria and family stayed with my sister in town. Today she brought me ice pictures.

Bev and I have been working all day. Washing and moving curtains, moving furniture, and moving it again. My office corner is almost done. The computer corner is done except for some tweaking. The lodge living room is done. This shall hold my art center and computer area. The back bedroom is the sewing crafty room. I have taken no pictures today but will do so when we get closer to being finished.

I am delighted with all the changes and the rooms flow so much better and feel open and spacious. I even did some painting today. Will look forward to scaring you with them

Andrew is wondering when we are going to get his room done.

Both daughters and all three grandsons were my valentine. Both girls moved some of their stuff out so I am making head way. Thank God!

Did You Ever Notice...

How when a woman takes a day off, she works her tail off? My man takes a day off and goes fishing!My new entry corner, phone corner, whatever you want to call it corner. My favorite picture is the large one and it is called "Reflections".

I have photographed my humble home and its projects. I have two corners done in my homework. I'm in trouble! Bev will be here tomorrow to continue my organization and I am not through with the first part. This is a dusty chair in the tv room. I should have dusted BEFORE I took the picture.

As you can see one spot on my desk is clear and things are poked into the holes.


Why do I always see things after I take the picture? I will not retake it for a tilted lampshade so please imagine the shade is in place.

This cabinet was made by me by putting parts together from this and that. It is an old chest of drawers that fell apart. I made shelves and installed doors. The top shelf will hold my computer paper and the doors hide my uglies. I will unify the colors as I get to it. I emptied one box!

This old buffet was Mom's. I found it in the barn a few years ago. The veneer has come off in some places but plan to stain it all to match. I put new handles on it and also glued all the pieces back into place that I found in the floor of the barn. It had been placed at the entry door but Beverly has changed it to the tv table. I must say I love it here 'cause all the equipment can fit in one place. Behind it is an old sleigh bed head board dividing the room from my new business area(one of the places I was supposed to finish).

I know Beverly says you have to muddy the waters before they clear but boy, these waters sure are muddy right now.

As I Sit...

In my new computer corner away from the television, I have my sister, Beverly, to thank. I hear the muted tv in the next room where Andrew and Dennis are watching some horror movie. I think I am not missing that noise blasting. I can listen to my music or to yours as I visit. Something about the muted sounds brings me a sense of peace that I did not have.

I am facing a window surrounded by horses. I have statues, prints, my art and art of others. I feel very comfortable in my new corner. I still have boxes to empty. I must arrange my computer things in a cabinet and this corner will be completely in order.

To my left is a very unusual statue, almost oriental, of a high stepping horse. I purchased this about twenty years ago at the Folk Festival in Mountain View. Over my window is a half moon tramp art shelf with mirror. On this sets three horses. One was given to me by my friend's mother before she died. She had purchased it at a Five and Dime many, many years ago and requested that Belinda send it to me. Each horse on the left and right are gifts from my sister Marcy. One is a very old rubber horse made in Germany and the other is a beautiful plastic horse, unknown origin but pretty none the less.

To my right are two wonderful framed and matted Greek horse prints, my own painting of Charme and a copy of a prehistoric pitcher with horses. A large chalk board has been placed on the wall and my sister has written "gail at the farm BLOGGING" Following down the wall are two paintings by me, horses of course! On my computer storage cabinet sets a old, old cast iron horse from Beverly, a double horse statue, a lamp and a wooden box.

I am in my happy nest!

Thank you, Beverly, my angel!