Twelfth night is upon us and it is time for the Christmas decorations to come down and the Mardi Gras ones to go up. I have at least made a start. It is always so different in a new home, but I'm liking it so far! Happy Mardi Gras!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Monday, December 26, 2011
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Well, the move is almost done and I am still trying to find places for all the stuff I have! The craft room hasn't been finished yet, so all my crafting is in limbo. I did make a few candle cards for some of my peeps, but that is about it.
We have had a great Christmas! My daughter and brother came in and we went to my SIL's house to eat and see the cousins and great-neice and nephew-so cute! I will post below the decorating I did this year-it is always fun to see how you can tweak your stuff for a new house!
Friday, November 11, 2011
We begin our move today!
I am one part excited and one part dreading the move. Always fun to get a new home and start making it your own. Always exhausting and soooo tiring on an ever aging body!
We are moving into my husband's family home. His mom had Altzheimers and is in a nursing home. Fortunately, she is happy to be there and is happy we are moving in. The home place has a beautiful setting and unique style that I think I will love (except for snakes-I hate snakes). You have seen some of the renovations on the scrap shack or creative cottage-not sure of the name yet. Well, the interior of the home is 1970s chic-what were they thinking with all that harvest gold, dark brown and avacado green? Yuk! I have had to remodel 3, yes 3 homes from harvest gold fixtures and now I have that brown to deal with. Soooo dreary! But I have learned not to jump on every new fad that comes out. Nothing can go wrong with white, black and maybe stainless, although stainless=polishing!
The photo above is of the home and here are a couple of photos of the view. Lots of yard work to do, but it is beautiful!
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Progress
I told you that it got better-and it really did. Now, I have a new tin roof, new walls and exterior siding! I'm getting weatherized so I can at least move in and store my stuff. I should get the door, completed siding and start of a bathroom this weekend. Yea! Here are the new photos.
Looking promising, huh?! And I can walk away and leave my mess and no one has to see it but me!!
Like I said, down to the studs and we replaced many of those!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
My new space!
I thought I would share a little of what I am in the middle of right now. My dad died in January of 2009 and we sold his home this summer. So my brother and I had to go through the task of dividing all the personal property of our parents and putting it in two different storage facilities in two different towns. We had to move furniture out of a 2800 sq. ft. home in Spring, TX to LA. I won't go into the details, but let me say that it has been quite the long, drawn out saga!
In addition to this, my dear mother in law has Altzheimers and the family had to put her in a nursing home this past spring. Their family home is on about 8 1/2 acres of which 5 acres is a pond. We will be moving into this home sometime this month. Yes, horrible timing with the holidays, but my dad's house selling delayed the move a bit and then, well things just don't move fast do they?
There are two buildings on the property besides the house. One is a one bedroom apartment (the Honeymoon Cottage since several of the newlywed couples moved in for a while after they married-including us) and a 12x24 old radio transmission shack. I am making that shack my new crafting cottage.
My dear husband and sweet brother in law have been working hard to turn this old building into a craft room delux for me. They tore everything down to the studs and are rebuilding from there. Needless to say, I am very excited! This past weekend, we brought in some experts and a ton of progress was made. My DH and BIL worked with them and so much was accomplished. I will try to keep you posted with photos, but here are a few that show what has been done so far. Excuse the photo quality-they were mostly taken with a phone.
The back
One side with out exterior wall-during demo.
Inside view-very little insulation
The visitor-chicken snake-that was kept a secret from me until someone finally spilled the beans.
From the front door.
In addition to this, my dear mother in law has Altzheimers and the family had to put her in a nursing home this past spring. Their family home is on about 8 1/2 acres of which 5 acres is a pond. We will be moving into this home sometime this month. Yes, horrible timing with the holidays, but my dad's house selling delayed the move a bit and then, well things just don't move fast do they?
There are two buildings on the property besides the house. One is a one bedroom apartment (the Honeymoon Cottage since several of the newlywed couples moved in for a while after they married-including us) and a 12x24 old radio transmission shack. I am making that shack my new crafting cottage.
My dear husband and sweet brother in law have been working hard to turn this old building into a craft room delux for me. They tore everything down to the studs and are rebuilding from there. Needless to say, I am very excited! This past weekend, we brought in some experts and a ton of progress was made. My DH and BIL worked with them and so much was accomplished. I will try to keep you posted with photos, but here are a few that show what has been done so far. Excuse the photo quality-they were mostly taken with a phone.
The back
One side with out exterior wall-during demo.
I'll show more demo tomorrow and then move on to the progress.
Monday, November 7, 2011
50 and Fab birthday party invites
I have a friend, Mary, who is about to join the 50 and fabulous gang and we are giving her a party! She is Irish, so we used the whole shamrock theme. The photos are not as pretty as the invitation-I really need to take my photos in the day time and not at night-LOL!! Happy Birthday to my dear friend!
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