Nothing going on!

Morning friends!! Just wanted to pop on here and let you all know that nothing is going on...lol!! STILL waiting for my kitchen to get done. Still don't have anything on the walls. I did get my border up though and it looks great!! Still waiting also for the backsplash to be done...but it's free labor so I guess I gotta wait until he has time to do it!!

Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Father's Day!

Shocking news!!

Got your attention didn't I?? LOL!! I do have some shocking news though. Remember wayyyyyy back when I posted about painting my kitchen? Well that has happened..lol! I don't care for the color as much as I thought I would, but it's staying! No pictures yet as I don't have anything hung up. I bought some new curtains and coffee stained them and they are now hanging up but now my kitchen is pretty dark so not sure if they are gonna stay. I still want to do the cabinets and get a new floor. I also have a new backsplash that's going to be put up also. Hopefully that will be soon. My neighbor is going to do that as I helped him clean 4 apartments last week so he could get them done so he is going to do the backsplash for free! Love that free labor...ha!! So anyway, painting and helping him has been keeping me busy. I also have to show you what he made up for me in about 10 minutes one day using leftover wood that he used to build a window screen...I love it! Idea taken from The Pickled Pepper Patch.



And then here is a picture of it with all the other things hanging on that side of the wall. I don't really care for the display but that will be changed once I start painting that room...and I'm not even going to say when that will be...ha!!



I haven't been doing any stitching at all. I really need to get busy with that.

I also have new pictures of my 2 sons. My daughter wasn't here so she wasn't included in the pictures.

My son's and I.


My oldest son Shawn and his wife.


My youngest son Kyle and his girlfriend.


And then here the 2 boy's together.


That is basically all there is to tell you. I haven't been shopping to Goodwill or any thrift stores, but the Estate Store is open next weekend so I'm sure I will be there...lol!

Hope you all have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by.

It's been a busy week!

Hello friends!! I have been busy since I last posted so I have some things to share with you.

Got some candle mats stitched up...the designs are both by Dianne Cook of Olde-time-stitchin.com. They of course have been dipped in a coffee stain and are darker than the pictures shows.




Since we finally got some nice weather, I was able to get some staining done and get it hung up outside to dry. Hobby Lobby had some fabric a couple of months ago that looks like a top of a quilt. I bought a yard of it and stained it up...looks great. I'll finish the edges of and then hang it. Also got a bunch of muslin stained up too.


Last Friday, the Estate Dispersal store was open so of course I had to make my rounds. Also went to Goodwill and to a couple of garage sales.




This spindle is big! The other wood thing was labeled as a money drawer...I think I will use it for my jewelry so I can get my jewelry amoire out of here.


I also had my neighbor make me up a hanging candle dryer the other day. Looks great, I just gotta stain it and hang it. The tutorial was on The Pickled Pepper Patch blog. Don't have a picture of it yet.

Have been doing a lot of work outside also since it's been nice. I have to curb my spending as my hubby warned me that if I want to go somewhere for vacation that I better start saving instead of spending so I guess my trips to Goodwill and garage saling will be quite limited. (darn)!!

I did buy a program the other day for the computer, I'm gonna try and start designing some of my own cross stitch designs. We will see how that goes...lol!!

Ok, need to get off of here and get busy. You all have a wonderful weekend!!
Oh, I also wanted to say thank you to all my new followers and to all of my old ones for the great comments you all have been leaving me! I appreciate it! Great friends!!

I'm so mad!!!

I gotta vent here all, sorry! Went online today to check my bank account and a whole bunch of charges from Illinois are showing!! I'm not from Illinois!! $262.00 worth of charges on my bank card. So...........phone call to bank, luckily I get my money back but what a hassle. Now I gotta wait for a new bank card (I use this constantly), change my pin number (something else to remember), change ebay, etsy and paypal and all the other places that I pay online at!! Someone needs to get their own life!! I'm happy that it wasn't large amounts, probably because they didn't have my pin number but still! Plus I'm upset with my bank too, any charges from out of state are supposed to be flagged but something didn't work right. But they are going to give me my money back so I guess I can't be to upset with them. Ok, I'm done, thanks for letting me vent!

I haven't done any shopping so I have nothing new to show. Haven't done any re-do's so I don't have anything to show you there either...lol! BUT, I have been just a stitching away!

This one has already sold off of ebay. It's a design by Beehive Needleworks.


This is a design by Shakespeare's Peddler


Design by Carriage House Samplings


Design by Clara Blalock of The Stitching Parlor


Well now that wasn't very much was it?? You would think that I would have gotten more done since my last post. I could say being outside in all the warm weather is the reason for not getting anything done but that's a lie. It has been so DARN cold here!! Some really weird weather going on this year....seems like all over, not just here. My thought are with those that have had tornadoes and flooding. I need to be grateful that it's just cold here.

Well that's it for now. I hope you all are having a good week!

Sunday

Happy Mother's Day to all you mother's and grandma's, also to the mom's of your furry kids!! Hope it's a wonderful day for all!!

And the winner is......

True Random Number Generator

Min: 1
Max: 147
Result:
12



Ok all, I used random.org to pick the winner and I can't believe who the winner is!! No other than my friend Carol of Firecrackerkid Primitives!! Congrats Carol and I need your address! I know I brag about her and her items all the time and I am so happy that she won, now she gets some of my stuff for once...ha!!

I do want to thank you all for joining in and I so appreciate you all. Wonderful comments, wonderful new and old friends and awesome new and old blogs!!

Show & Tell and last reminder for giveaway!!

Evening friends....hope this finds you all well!

This post will be the last reminder for the giveaway before I draw a name on Monday morning (once I get up and about...lol)! The entry post is about 3 post's below this one. The response to this has just been overwhelming. I have found many great blogger friends and blogs by having this giveaway, I just hope that you all stay with me after the giveaway! I also noticed that I am now at 200 followers....hhhmmm...another giveaway for that???? I'll have to see if I can round up anything for that but it won't be right away. But do keep an eye out for a post on it!!

Ok, now for some show and tell. First off I have to tell you about this shelf and fowl rack that I got from my good friend...Carol...over at Firecrackerkid Primitives.
I know I have talked about her and her hubby before on some other things that they made for me and these are the latest that I just got in the mail last week. They are just the greatest people to work with and could probably build anything you wanted them to!!





The next 2 pictures of the bowl and chair came out of a dumpster that was parked next door to me as they were cleaning out the house. The chair is in basically excellent condition except some stains and the fabric on the back of the chair is coming loose. I'm trying to find a way to get this recovered. The bowl also came out of the dumpster. I don't think it's old but it looks like it is, it is kind of warped also which makes it look even better!!







The following pictures are all redo's that I got done last week...I was busy...lol!!
I can't find the before pics for some reason.

I think I'm gonna put some kind of a label over the heart on this piece.



I wanna try and find some kind of an inkwell to put on this little lap writing desk.



My neighbor grabbed this as soon as it was dry...lol.



Cutting board that had some weird design on it. By the way, all this stuff is black, not blue. I don't know why my camera makes it look blue!



Another shelf.



A bunch of frames.



Bowls.



And this I did find the before picture.

Before:



And now. I love how it turned out but I think I hit the mirror with the sander, I can't get rid of those marks. That was bad of me!! Looks like I have the same clothes on also...haha!!



The very last thing that I have is just the one thing that I found at the Salvation Army in Omaha last week. It was depressing so I went next door to Hancock Fabrics and spent my money there...lol!!



My daughter and grandson are here for the weekend. We had went out to eat earlier. That 6 yr. old little boy just doesn't stop at all!! He's either moving or talking...lol! But I still love him so much!!

Have a great weekend all!!