What a Day!

I am so glad to be home from work. I work at a large restaurant and today was a zoo. I sure hope tomorrow is a better day. I think I am going to go take a shower and do some rug hooking and try to relax tonight. I hope wherever you are and whatever you are doing there is something that will "make you smile" good night all!

My Favorite Collections

I thought I would link with http://primitivedevotion.blogspot.com and list some of my favorite collections. It is hard to narrow them down. One of my newest loves is these white pitchers. I have them all over my home. I thought about grouping them all together, but since I was cleaning up my home today I didn't want to make a mess. So I am just going to post a few.

I also have a thing for old ladders. I took a picture of a ladder and one of my other collections...Baskets....I counted and I have six ladders just in the living room alone.
Just realized that I should have cropped out the tv screen. It is very distracting. Anyway...

Here is one of the other ladders in our living room.

Old spools and the like are another collection. I never seem to have too many. lol

I am not sure exactly what these are spools, bobbins...I just know I like them.

Swans are one of my newer collections. I just think they are so pretty.

This one I found on monday at the thrift store. It is my largest swan, probably 12" long. I was so happy that I looked over the spot that it was in again, I missed it the first time thru. It was marked $1.00. Woo Who... Jackpot!

Well I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the things that make me smile. Hope you have a great night and that you take time to enjoy the things that make you smile. Lisa

God is So Good to me!

I know that there are countless ways that God is Good to me! I always try to acknowledge these events whenever possible. I realized Sunday afternoon that I had lost a diamond from my wedding ring. It was such an awful feeling because I had been out garage sale shopping and there was no way I would be able to find it....Right?...I just started looking around my house, no luck....The thought came to look in my bed. Maybe just Maybe.... Low and behold there it was. I was so thankful for the random thought that came to me..or was it random. Love it!!!

make it for monday

This is my first attempt to participate in this event. I hope that all will go well. Cross your fingers for me.

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I thought I would show my cabinet in the kitchen that holds our dog food and all their treats.

We found it on the curb and brought it home. We were in my car and it would not fit in the trunk very well. My husband, who loves a challenge, put the back seats down flat, helped me rest the cabinet on the rim of the trunk, had me hold the cabinet while he climbed in the back seat, laying on his back he grabbed the cabinet and told me to get in and drive the 10 blocks or so to our home. Can you say the word "Hillbilly" I am sure we supplied our neighbors with a good laugh or two that day. But we were able to get home safely.

Next came paint. Now we have a place for all those wonderful treats for our little "kids".

Here is a shot of our sink and vanity area. I just love the way the counter turned out. It was just a piece of wood when we started this process. I just love the edge.

Here is my new soap dispenser that I found at the thrift store a while back. I got it for 90 cents. I put soap in it today. I am so excited for this bathroom project to be done. I have been saving some items to put out to motivate me to keep on keeping on. Today was the day for the soap. lol.

Here is the latest picture of our toilet in our master bath. If you remember I was unhappy with the stain on the tank cover etc. I painted over the stain with a flat black paint and I like it alot better. My next obstacle is the pull chains. The toilet had a button for liquid and solid flush. I thought it would be funny to have a chain for #1 and #2 (literally). The problem is what do I use for the #1 and #2 symbols on the end of the chains. Any ideas? We left the chains long until we come up with the ends.

Results of Friday nite sew in

I was able to work on the wall hangings tonight. I pieced the borders and attached them, fused on some of the items and most of the blanket stitching on mine. I think I will give the other to my mom to put her finishing touches on it. She will enjoy it. Now it is off to bed. Another 10 hour day at work tomorrow. Hope you all had a fun evening of sewing. Nite!

Friday night sew in

Tonight is the night. I am planning to work on two wallhanging. They have an autumn theme. One is for me and the other is for my mom. I haven't decided if I should do all of hers or let her finish the hand work and quilting. She loves quilting but doesn't like to pick out the fabrics. I love that part. What do you think? Should I do the whole thing or give it to her to finish? If you want to join in on the sew in tonight go to http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com and join in. I hope I will still get something done...I can't start til about 9:00pm after I get home from working 10 hours on my feet. How long do you think the quilting will last.lol. Nite!

The New Toilet

Larry and I both wanted a high tank toilet but didn't want to spend the money for one. Surprise surprise.... So he decided to make one. This is what we came up with. There is two chains that you pull to flush the toilet. #1 and #2...Get it! Just one more thing that makes me smile. Does that mean I have a sick mind?Anyway... To cover all the plumbing he wanted to incase it all with wood. We had run out of stain when I was doing the cabinets...I didn't save the can....Thought I had the same one....NOPE...so I am going to try to fix this today. I don't like the way it looks now. I think I am going to paint over the stain with flat black paint with a dry brush. I thought it might look neat to make the tank cover look like an old crate. It seems like everything in this bathroom has been a do-it over and over again type of deal. So here we go again. Take two....or is it Four?

Some new goodies

Here are some new goodies that I picked up. The basket is wonderful. I just love the dark color. I picked it up tonight on the way home from work. It was on the curb. I am hoping to make a liner for it and put it in my laundry room. The tulips were from the thrift store. Then the two picture frames(50 cents each), the sheep($4), stars(1.25)each were all garage sale finds from Sat. before work. I thought I might paint the frames black and make some wool applique type thing to put in them. Pumpkins etc. for fall . The sheep is going into the new bathroom.

Painting the Bathroom

I am happy to report that we were able to paint the bathroom tonight. We are almost done. This has truely been a LONG journey. I am so excited to that the end is in sight. Items left on the TO DO LIST: Finish the shower surround, finish the faucets, Put a sealer on the beam for the ceiling. ( I am hoping to put that on on Wed.) and seal the tile floor in the shower. Then the baseboards and decorating. Well I guess we still have a way to go. But we are getting there slowly. I am really excited about how it is turning out though. We wanted something original and I think we are going to have a truely unique master bath when we finish. I can't wait to show some pictures but I don't want to ruin the surprise. Good night.

Such a Lovely Place

Larry and I visited this wonderful place. I thought I would post it for a day or so. This is what we hope our little shed will look like once we get it stained and it ages a little. It is so peaceful. It is definately one of the things that make me smile. Good night.

I love wednesdays!

I work for a large restaurant and they are closed on wed. and sun....therefore I love wed. and sun. I had grand plans for my day off. I was going to get up before it got too hot and vacumn my car, wash the windows and take it to the car wash. I then planned on running errands and end the day at my company picnic. Well.... I didn't do any of those things except the picnic. I did however get to go to one of my favorite country stores and look around and I did get to go to the thrift store. I found some cute salt and pepper shakers.

Larry went to bed early so I got alittle more done on the rug. Eventhough it was not as planned I still had a very good day off. I looked at so many wonderful blogs. So many things to get the creative juices flowing. lol. Hope you enjoyed your day...whatever it had to offer.