Been a Long Time...

Just wanted to stop by and let you know I'm still here. Not much been going on... My DH and I did make a quick trip to Pigeon Forge last weekend, to purchase some APPLEBUTTER, and fritter mix at the Applebarn... they have the best applebutter ever, nice and spicey. But other than that, life has been quite, which is nice, but boring for blogging. Here are some pictures of our trip...

Maybe tomorrow I will take pictures of my fall stuff and post that... Well off to bed...

Good afternoon everyone.. thought I would show you a few of our neighbors that come and visit everyday. Don't you just love getting company... these birds had babies in the ferns on our front porch and they have decided to stay here. Which is fine bye me, I enjoy hearing them sing and watching them in the bird bath.

Here is the family feeding, looks like I need to fill up the feeder. The birds can eat the whole feeder filled full in about a day and a half.

Here are a few things I have been doing.

I love pumpkins! I am counting the days till I can put out all my fall goodies!

Do you remember this crate I got? Well it has been painted, sanded and stained. Now I just need to make an appropriate label to put on it, this one is just leaning there for effect. Any suggestions as to a label for this crate??

Here is the little cracker holder all primed up, although I'm not sure what to put in it. I saw one on someones blog that they had redone, but now I can not find it. Was it you? I would love suggestions on this as well.

And now the cabinet... the picture doesn't show it very well but, I painted it a cream (Alabaster) then sanded it and stained with Dark Walnut to age it. I love how it turned out, but, now it looks bare... I think it needs fabic, something to soften it... what do you think it needs??

On saturday my DH finally hung up my cabinet and also put up the shelves. I am so excited to have more storage in my craft room. It is quite a mess right now, so I will NOT share the rest of the room now. Soon though, when it is suitable for company... : )

And lastly, here are a few new pieces that I have picked up lately.

Summer stacking boxes.

A new square quilt block. I actually want to frame and hang it, but for now I like it here.

And lastly a new quilt. I love all the colors in it. Just the other night while looking at everyones blogs I saw that someone had the very same one. Great minds think alike!!

Well that is all I have for today. I'm still hard at work on a few TS finds and hope to get those posted by the weekend. Hope you are having a very blessed day!!

Everyday stuff...

Not much been going on here the last several days. Hope everyone had a great 4th. I have been on here everyday checking in with everyone to see what you have been up to, and I have to say that compared to most of you, I feel, inadequate. Your lives seem to be filled with things going on with family and friends. Not that we don't have great family and friends. It just seems that they are all also very busy with "stuff" going on in their own lives. I'm not complaining, oh, yes I am, woe is me. HaHa... I mean we do the usual stuff, work, take care of the home (mow, weed, laundry, cook and clean), go to church, spend time together, but that's it. I guess when you don't have kids, you have more "free" time on your hands. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Today I hope to paint a little stand in our dining room, I'm going to paint it cream and then sand it and then rub a stain on it. Here it is before....

And I would also like to redo this cabinet in our master bath. I would like to paint this black, sand it and then rub it with stain. Here is the before....

With in the next few days I would like to make a trip to Hobby Lobby, I hear that they have out fall stuff and even some Christmas things. I would also like to make the thrift store rounds, and redo a little pink shelf I got last week at Salvation Army for 50 cents and these chargers for $1 a piece. They will all be painted black, sanded and stained.

Well I'm off for now, Hope that everyone has a Blessed Day!!!

My new Star Hook and other outdoor things..

Well, here it is. My new Star Holder. I just love it, of coarse I love stars!! We went to Lowes last night to get a hanging geranium but they looked terrible. So we got the purple petunia instead. I think it looks just as lovely. We have only last fall and this spring started doing our landscaping, so mind you it is a work in progress. But while taking this picture it inspired me to take some outdoor pictures of our flowerbeds and where we like to hang out, when it is cool enough too.My little sheep my DH got me, another thing I love is Sheep!

I got this star birdhouse on my trip to Md. Isn't it cute? It's for rent right now, if you know any peeps in the area. LOL.

The plow.

The star bird bath... Love it!!

This is one of my Favorite places to hang out. Whether I am out there reading, listening to the birds, having conversation with my DH, or on the laptop. I LOVE this part of my home!!

On a really nice night we can be found here eating our dinner.

This is where my DH would rather sit, in his rockers on the front porch.

I like it here too... but, I like that the back porch is screened in. I don't like BUGS!!

Well that is all for today. We picked beans last night, so I better get to working on them, so I can get them canned. Ihope everyone is having a blessed day!!

My trip to Maryland and two Prim shops

My mother and I went to Maryland last week to see my Grandfather and help with things around the house that he doesn't always get to. Cleaning and washing windows...While we were there he thought that he needed a change in the living room. As you can see he has dark brown paneling. So we took him to dinner and then to Lowes to pick out his "New" living room color. He lives in an old farm house and heats with wood heat, so we had to scrub the walls down first.
My mother hard at work.

We got the primer tinted to make coverage easier.And the final product. He was quite pleased with it, although it doesn't exactly match his John Deere green throw.And of coarse the dogs had to get in on the fun. There is Wags with his blue streak. There were 3 dogs there and they all 3 had blue paint on them by the end.

After two long days of work, we took a little trip to two of my favorite Primitive shops in the area. First on the trip was "The Barn" in Ridgeley, WV. The owners Shari, Lisa, Lori and Terry are such lovely ladies. They treated us as if we were life long friends. Thank you ladies for allowing me to photograph your beautiful shop. The ladies of "The Barn" have a Christmas open house every year, and it is coming up soon. So if you live in the area and you would like more information go to www.thebarnwv.com

The front porch.

Looking down the front porch. So much to take in...

An old washing machine made into a fountian. I just love this idea of recycling.

And our next stop was at "Dillons" in Romney, Wv.

It was a home, converted into a shop.

I got a large Star here. It free stands in the ground and holds a hanging flower. I will take a picture of it this week and post it. I need to get a flower for it first.

They have so much going on on the front porch, and southern mountian folk music playing. Very homey.

This is the back porch.

More of the front porch. My mother loved this multi-bird house. But we drove a Honda Accord and somehow I don't think we would have got it in the car. HaHa. At least not with my star holder that I got. It's about 3foot tall by 3 foot wide, or bigger...

All in all we had a great time. I took one day and went to visit with two highschool girlfriends, to catch up with what is going on in their lives. To often we don't take the time to do it. And their friendship means alot to me and I cherished the time we spent together. Thank you my sweet friends.

I hope and pray that we are all blessed with a great week. Till next time.

New member to the family

This will be short today, but we just found out that are family has grown over night. Please welcome our newest member.... Luke.

He and mommy are doing well.

We thought we would have a Fall baby, so he was a very pleasant surprise. Well I need to go get things done so I better go for now. Have a great weekend! I have some Prim store pictures to post later this weekend...

Calm after the storm

Good Afternoon, I am hoping that everyone is having a good day so far. Not much going on here, my FIL was out this morning grating the driveway, we had a storm last night and it washed the driveway out a bit.

I was visiting blogs this morning and noticed that alot of folks where displaying their Americana decorations so I thought I would show a couple of mine....

This is a painters cloth hanging on my door leading downstairs to our den.

I just got these last week from a local Primitive shop, Primitive Swan, as a matter of fact, she has asked my husband to built somethings for her to sell in her shop. My DH is very excited about this, and should be, he does a GREAT job at it. At least I think he does!! :)

Well I am off to make dinner, Tuna Casserole, so that when I come home I don't even have to think dinner. I love a good casserole, don't you? If you have any casserole dishes you would like to share with me, that would be great!!

I best get started, I hope everyone has a blessed day!

c