First of all a new swap... and THANKS to all who let comments on HELP???

I would like to invite everyone to a Secret Santa
Honeypot Swap!! I found it through Ann-Marie
of This Simple Life...
http://thissimplelifeofmine.blogspot.com/
a friend of hers is Cindy...http://primcyn1.blogspot.com/
which had this post on her blog about a friend of hers,
Darlene of Bee Sew Whimsical go to her site to sign up http://beesewwhimsical.blogspot.com/search/label/Swaps
follow her directions... you have until October 31st
to sign up!!! I have enjoyed reading her blog!!
Boy that does seem like a few friends of friends huh?
But still will be wonderful!!!

I would now like to thank all for there ideas on my last post of "HELP??"
More ideas are always welcome too!!! So far, I put the things back on the
shelf... and living with it for a day or two!! Taking your ideas into
consideration... and will decide it later. :D I have to go today... to help
they youngest clean her old apartment... and I am getting to where I
am really not liking an unclean, things not in there place house!!! So I
had to put things back! Please feel free to leave me more comments
on what you think!!!


Here is a pic of what it looks like for now....
The bottom is in need of having the top
(bookshelf taken off... and painted
underneath!!) I didn't have anyone
here to help lift it off... and I wanted
it done NOW!! (one of my many
character faults... I AM IMPATIENT!!!)
lol DH came home last nite... took one
look and says "Did you have to paint it...
black??? Did you do this TODAY??"
The tone in his voice said he didn't like it!!!
But... I do!! (I know not nice!) Sorry all!!

Here is a pic of the top... I love how things stand
out now!!! Even the glass pieces!!!
If you look really close... you will see
both hubby and myself as new grandparents!!
This is Taryn with in her first few minutes in life!!!
So precious a pic!! I wish I had one of Brock too!!
(boy you can look so bad in the early morning...
but soooooooo happy too!!)
I need some advice too... on what color would you paint the walls???? This is the way my whole
living room and dining room (one big room) looks!! Hubby loves it... but I don't!! How do I convince him he doesn't either???
lol (Terrible huh???!!!)

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Need your opinions PLEASE!!!

I need some advice... as my mind is not sure what to do!!
The advice I am asking for is way of your opinions of what would
look better?? I am trying to paint
some of my furniture to look more primitive...
I like the black color... but should I use my
sandpaper and rough it up??
Sand off the edges?? Beat it up???
(It is already slightly well used!!!)
This is my dresser and shelves turned
hutch... I do like it... just didn't like it in
white! What would you do??? HELP???


The drawers are on the floor getting painted
also... All of your help on this would be greatly appreciated!!!!

My second thought is should I paint the drawer pulls???
I do like them... not sure why... but I do.
They are actually kind of a black
color... not so bright as the pic would
make it seem. But should I brighten
them with a coat of paint? Should I
darken them??? What exactly???

I would really appreciate all the
advice any and all of you offer!!!



I hope you all feel free to offer your advice!! I would love to hear
from everyone!!! Thank you all for your help in advance! I can't
say enough how kind everyone in blogsville has been to me!! I
feel like we are some of the very best friends!! Thank you!!!! :D


As for Sunday... we, (my nephew, Samantha, hubby, and myself)
did get Samantha's stuff moved from the third floor of her
apartment... to the trailer ( yes, we did wash it out!!! ;-) used
most days for the cattle lol) back to New Strawn... and into the
storage unit!!! Everyone is kind sore today... and my nephew
(who is only 10) did tell us yesterday... that he "would never
volunteer to help someone move again!! How can one person
have sooooooo much stuff???!!!!!" Poor fellow. I had to give
him a really big hug!! How soon would he learn how much
stuff he will accumulate in his lifetime!!! :D


I hope everyone is having a great Monday!!! I know I am. It has
been quite productive!! And hope that it will continue to be so!!


Well all I need to close get some more stuff done!!
(Laundry for one!!)
Oh I am going to make myself a new sign too, it will be placed in my laundry room. "Laundry today.... Naked tomorrow!!" I think that one is so fitting!! Hope you all have a great day!!


Thank you for stopping by for another visit. I will be looking forward to visiting you all later this evening. :D

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Thanks Rondell!! I got it to work! I now have a signature!!!!

I really want to say thank you to Rondell!!! She gave me the site to add my signature to my blog!! I tried like crazy to sign my name... but just looked funny lol. So I went with typing my name, choosing which font, color, slant... and whallaaa!! I love it!! (what is really funny... is, it is almost my real signature!! Thank you Rondell!!!! It is sooo cool!




What else do I post... I have been stalking as others put it... some of my favorites and a lot of the good reads blogs!! Sorry I haven't posted much in the last week. I am planning on getting a lot better at posting everyday!! The only problem with that is... I tend to not get off the puter... just one more blog to read!!! And then the next thing I know, it time for hubby to be home!!! And I have wasted a whole day... lol. (Not really wasted... because I love to see what everyone else is doing too!) So I will try to get better!! (I promise!)

Tomorrow... Hubby, brother, nephew and myself are moving the youngest daughter, Samantha's stuff out of her apartment in Emporia, to a storage unit!!! She has found a fully furnished apartment in Manhattan!! (She has a house full of furniture!!! BUT... I am just mom, so don't ask me!! lol) Whatever makes her happy!! (we will be moving this furniture down THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS!!!) So my back and everyone else's (hers too) will not be liking us come bed time tomorrow nite!! So I doubt there will be a post for Sunday! We will be starting at 7 am. and hopefully done by 1 pm!!!! (I am saying my prayers!)

I would love to be able to figure out how to get this scroll into the end of every post... but still working on that one... maybe on Monday!!

And hopefully by
Monday... this shelf... and the old dresser it sets on
will both be painted black!!
(real black... not blue black!)
So I will have some pics to post of the finished project!!
And maybe it will help the stuff on there stand out more!???
I HOPE!

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Two days late... What am I working on Wednesday... oops I mean Friday :)

I will post a Fat Friday later today!!!
I have been a really busy beaver... lol.
I have found a top to an armour along the streets of Burlington. I plan on using it in my den... to hide the computer and printer!!! And other stuff that everyone doesn't need to see upon entry into the den!! I will show you both the before and after pics when done... along with what the top part looks like!

Second... I finished the signs for my autumn... holloween decor. And I would like to say a kind thank you to mysteryhistorymom for her idea on what to do with the other frame... I love it!!
I also included a spider on top of it to bring home the point... ;-)

So cute... grands just love the spiders!!!

And third... I decided to follow some of the prim blogs that I have been reading... and LOVING by the way!!! So in order to copy... well to imitate... them I have spent some time painting on the last few rainy days we have had here... I went to Wal-Mart got some paint... Umbrella Black... to be exact. But... it isn't quite as black as I thought it would be... kinda has a real blue tint to it. It is sorta growing on me thou. Scoti and my mother both like it alot... so I taking their lead... and going to live with it for a few!! Time will tell. I painted my pie safe... and another cabinet that once was a bookshelf. ( Did this a long time ago... needed extra storage in my kitchen... but it needed to be skinny... I enclosed a bookshelf in 1x10's and put on doors... and some trim to cover it all up!!! and whalla!!!) And since then... I put it up on top of another book shelf... for ALL of by cookbooks and now I have the best of both worlds... storage... and extra room in a small kitchen!!

my pie safe... and the two bookshelves

I have been debating on whether or not to paint a pie on my pie safe... or to just leave it as is...

Daughter thinks it looks better as is... I would like to paint the pie... because it will tell all where to find all of my baking supplies!!! Is that silly????

Now I am trying to decide on whether or not to paint the kitchen... cabinets... or what all!! The yellow and black... just don't look right... but I am sad to cover up all of my vines and flowers...

So I will show you some pics of the kitchen later... for a vote on WHAT TO DO????

And then another of my projects were to recover my rocking chair... it was orginally covered in an orange material... that I covered about two years ago in a toile pattern in blue... well I am over the blue color in the livingroom... so I had found some red denim at the "God's Store" in Burlington... and gave them a donation for it ($5.00) and brought it home... and recovered my chair. I love it!!!

to get it to look red... I had to turn the flash off...

otherwise it came out a real fushia color!!!

So please forgive the yellow hue!!

I am almost ready to show you some pics of my Christmas Stocking Swap finished!!! I have to wait until Monday I think to send it!!! Sue... I am soooooooo excited!!! I can't wait for you to get it!!! There is something in there too for Amy!!! It will be on top!! I have had soooooo much fun doing all of this!! And thank you too for some ideas for Christmas presents around here too! ;-)

(I promise they will be different from yours... so yours will be one of a kind ones!!) I will post the pics before I send it, so you will know about when to expect it!!! Hope all is well with you and yours dear!!

I suppose I should close for now... and post more later!!!

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Taryn signing her heart out!!! And proud Na'Na'!!!! :D

I am doing two posts in one day...
or should I say night... ;-)

This weekend was definitely full!! On Friday... we had
the pedal pull... Brock pulled 15 feet and 5 inches...
Taryn pulled 20 feet 2 inches.... and they were both so
happy to have competed!! Then we all, Scoti, Taryn, Brock, Papa, and Na'na' went
the high school football game!!! And we won!!! 34 to 22!!!
Good game too... very exciting one!!
Grands got to play with all of the other kids there...
running around the baseball field!!! :D
Needless to say... when their heads hit the pillow...
they were out!!!

On Saturday... my day started off... needing to paint a sign...
for the front of the float!! I needed to put "Daisy Troop" and there
number on it.... well... I did kinda.... I wrote... Daisy Troup....
but didn't catch it... my daughter did when I delivered the sign!!!
Talk about feeling like..... well an aged grandma!!! (with can't remember
how to spell???????) But as it turned out we didn't need the sign...
Girl Scouts have adopted a lot of new rules... can't throw candy...
need parent permission slips... fire extinguisher on board... just to
name a few. (I can't remember all of the rest...) So the parents
decided to put any kids that wanted to ride on... and they would do
something else for their badge. And boy did the kids have fun!!!

Here are some pics of the float after they got it finished

As you can tell the sign on the front now says

"Join 'r' click" (Get it click it or ticket???)

It took me a second to get what they meant... lol

(Ok so it was a complete BLOND day for me!!!)

Sorry all!!

And here they are

in the homecoming parade!!!
Throwing candy and having fun!!!

Then I went home for a while...

hubby was at my brothers helping him side his house...

We had decided we would go to

homecoming for dinner...

and a little dancing!!!
Wow... it was loads of fun!!
We visited with lots of friends...

after dinner the homecoming committee

auctioned off leftover meat, and beans...

and the pies from the pie contest!!
(no I didn't enter lol)

We bid on a couple of pies...

but the ones that baked them wanted

them more ;-)

Then we visited some more...

and of course we danced the night away!!

It was almost midnight

(6 minutes till)

when we left!!!

it was soooooo nice to spend the evening and night with my hubby!!!

For Sunday...

as posted in the last post...

Granddaughter did lyp sync!!
That was a real blast watching her strut her stuff!!!

She was really cute!!

(and that isn't just prejudice Nana speaking) lol

you can view her at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-wm1pQ9b2k

I think...

For anyone out there that does videos in their blog..

Please feel free to tutor me on how to!!! :D

P.S. sorry about the video not being very clear either!!

Grands and I came to my house for a bit...

mom was working in the pride committee

concession stand.

We went back to get her...

had to eat again!!! :D

Then we all went home!!
The grands come out here to stay the night!!
NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!!!
Yeaaaaaaaaa we all say!!
(Except Scoti... she has all the day care kids)

So I get to keep grands for the day!!

Well I suppose I should close for now...

write more later!!

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