Almost done - Wahoo!

Almost there! This is my 'pretend' kitchen. Do you notice anything? I have a floor!!!!!!!! Yes, I know, sounds simple; however, it's been missing since we started this reno.

Check below to see what it looked like before...I will do 'before' and 'after' once we are done.

LOST beneath this mess ......

LOST beneath this mess.............I am still hopelessly lost in the renovation stages and will be back to blog as soon as I can. We have set a deadline, therefore, I must run. Even the dog stops to rest once he gets tired of searching for his dishes. Take care for now. Chat soon.

UPDATE: 04/24/2009 We are almost there! Wahoo by week's end I am thinking I might be washing dishes in the appropriate sink.

FURTHER UPDATE: 04/25/2009 Well, the kitchen's painted! Wahoo, now to move EVERYTHING else out so the cupboards can come in. We are seeing lots of MESS but we are also seeing progress.

Happy Easter - my drive going to work...Where is that plow??

Busy, busy as a Bee oh what will become of me?

Okay, so I felt like being 'outside the box' today. Well, the cupboards are cleared and my house is lost. Why DO we keep so much 'stuff'? Is it because "Aunt Mary gave me this I should keep it"? Well, I am sorry 'Aunt Mary', but somethings have just got to go.

Thank goodness for 'take anything' days, too bad it's another month away - the garage is full now. Well, to the storage I guess..........basement somewhere..........lost forever.

I am under the weather today, so I am headed back to bed for more rest.
Thank goodness for helpers!

Take care - we'll catch up again soon.

Quirky finds within my cupboards …and more

Well, I have made it through about ¾ of my cupboards only to confirm that I have too much ‘stuff’. I can’t begin to count the number of times I thought (or said) ‘where did that come from’ or ‘I wondered where that went’. Oh, so you aren’t like me and haven’t dug into that back corner in over 20 years? Perhaps it’s that you don’t want to admit such a mystery exists?

One such find was this. What do you think it is? I find it to be a bit quirky but I like it.

It’s a coffee perk. I like that it has a personality and not just ‘silver’ like you would expect. Here are pictures of a teapot (sidebar) that we had given Patty to add to her Teapot Collection (see Wilson’s Disease in the blog archive-February).

This brings me to ask you – have you visited Gwen’s site Desideratum? You really should. She and hubby make jewellery (plus more) and one pair of earrings is a coffee pot and tea cup as in ‘coffee or tea’ (I have a pair and love them!). She just introduced their latest earrings which is a book and a coffee mug. I am picking mine up in a week or so. Check them out – there’s a link to your right.

Well, I must get back to it – I truly think we all should consider convincing ourselves that we are selling the house about every six (6) months. But then, I like a little mystery in my life -as long as it’s not scurrying. (This coming from a person whose teen has a pet rat).

We miss you

April Fools Day always brought Daffidils and more to my Grammie's house. Today would have been her 92nd Birthday. She passed away in July 1999. We miss you Great-Grammie Ione as she was called when my daughter was younger. (She was our 'original' Red Hatter)