With the impending Book Club meeting being held at my house this month, I really should be working at the housework. Scurrying about putting things to rights and hiding the crap. Instead I am here, blogging, listening to the View, (a show that I am not overly fond of but there is nothing else on and I use the TV for company, thank you very much). I actually have the house mostly under control. I have today and tomorrow to smack the place into shape. Mostly what needs to be done is to move the boxes of garage sale stuff, the boxes of puppets for the craft sale and vacuum the rug. Move the quilt and hey presto the place should be fit for company. Being home has made me a better house keeper that is for sure.
I can't talk about my leg, lets just say if there is a drastic change in this slow process I will announce it. Until them just assume the healing is going on, slow and steady. SLOW being the operative word.
The lost shelf is still lost. I have given up on it and am now in pursuit of a replacement. The shelf that was in the kitchen is too small and has been removed. It is bound for the garage sale. I would like to find one cheap cheap to replace it since I have managed to make the one I did have, disappear.
So today I hope to clean the kitchen, dining room and main floor bathroom. I plan to make a big pot of chicken soup and start the purge of the craft room. I need to start the possum puppets today. That is the exciting events of my day. Yesterday The Banker and I went to a Retro Store.
The owner concentrates on mid century modern furniture. The Banker sold him some wine glasses and I found nothing to buy. He really didn't have a lot of stock but had some lovely chairs. Not my style but in the right house they would be fabulous. I tend to like older stuff. He had a nice chrome table with a pretty blue top that would have suited my kitchen perfectly but I need to have a fence and a lot of other things before I start thinking about kitchen tables. Being practical is not as much fun as being frivolous but it has to be done.
One of these days I need to get out and do some yard clean up. Things are starting to peak through the ground and turn green. There are things that need to be done!!
Toodles,
Linda
Tuesday 28 April 2015
Saturday 25 April 2015
Onward and Upward
So my leg is infected again and I am back to going to get the dressing changed everyday. I am back on antibiotics. My goodness I think I have taken every kind they have. Oh I am so very very tired of all of these shenanigans. I am tired of worrying about the infection, I want it cleared up and the hole in my leg sealed up with lovely healthy tissue and skin, Not to mention that these ones make me feel ill until I can eat something.
On the less depressing side of my life, two more boxes of stuff went to the Banker's garage for the sale. I have a third on the go. As I lay in bed this morning I thought up some stuff that I can part with and needs to be added to the purge pile. Its so good to be getting rid of stuff. I finally finally FINALLY put my floor loom on the local website for sale.I would really like to sell it. Well I would like to be in the position to keep it but I just don't have the room for it. I had big plans when I bought it but I have never used it, now Ihave big plans once it sells. When its gone, I will have the space to make some changes and add some storage into my house.
I have been picking away at things that need to be done. I hung this in the entry way. I bought it last road trip with the Banker. It takes me a while to get the simplest things done sometimes.
Now if you get lost in my entry you will be able to find the living room without panicking. I also bought this little crate on our trip. It looked like this when I got it:
I knew that I wanted to use it in my kitchen so I scrubbed the cob webs out of it and while I was clenng it I had an inspiration.A pinterest sort of inspiration. I managed to find my old alphabet stencils from my school days in my seriously messy craft room and hey presto I did this:
Add a few empty olive jars and I think its perfect. I was going to put the jars onto the pantry but I like them on the table instead. I tried milk bottles but the olive jars won out. These look more at home. Please note the kitchen table is still cleaned off.
So I am up to my ears in making puppets, and quilts and going to the hospital each day. I am having book club here on Wednesday evening. I have not hosted in ages and as I have the house looking fit for company, now is a good time.
Got the estimate back for the fence. $1200.00 is just out of the question at the moment.I am going to have to look into cheaper alternatives, as I am not quite prepared to sell a kidney for a fence. So until I figure this out, I will have to peak out the window before I step out my back door. If I could do it myself I would but I am not sure how I would get the fence posts in. Botheration.
New fence, new fridge, new front door, new kitchen window, new wiring, paint and carpet for my bedroom. Its all on the list for the next big lottery win!!
Toodles
Linda
On the less depressing side of my life, two more boxes of stuff went to the Banker's garage for the sale. I have a third on the go. As I lay in bed this morning I thought up some stuff that I can part with and needs to be added to the purge pile. Its so good to be getting rid of stuff. I finally finally FINALLY put my floor loom on the local website for sale.I would really like to sell it. Well I would like to be in the position to keep it but I just don't have the room for it. I had big plans when I bought it but I have never used it, now Ihave big plans once it sells. When its gone, I will have the space to make some changes and add some storage into my house.
I have been picking away at things that need to be done. I hung this in the entry way. I bought it last road trip with the Banker. It takes me a while to get the simplest things done sometimes.
Now if you get lost in my entry you will be able to find the living room without panicking. I also bought this little crate on our trip. It looked like this when I got it:
I knew that I wanted to use it in my kitchen so I scrubbed the cob webs out of it and while I was clenng it I had an inspiration.A pinterest sort of inspiration. I managed to find my old alphabet stencils from my school days in my seriously messy craft room and hey presto I did this:
Add a few empty olive jars and I think its perfect. I was going to put the jars onto the pantry but I like them on the table instead. I tried milk bottles but the olive jars won out. These look more at home. Please note the kitchen table is still cleaned off.
So I am up to my ears in making puppets, and quilts and going to the hospital each day. I am having book club here on Wednesday evening. I have not hosted in ages and as I have the house looking fit for company, now is a good time.
Got the estimate back for the fence. $1200.00 is just out of the question at the moment.I am going to have to look into cheaper alternatives, as I am not quite prepared to sell a kidney for a fence. So until I figure this out, I will have to peak out the window before I step out my back door. If I could do it myself I would but I am not sure how I would get the fence posts in. Botheration.
New fence, new fridge, new front door, new kitchen window, new wiring, paint and carpet for my bedroom. Its all on the list for the next big lottery win!!
Toodles
Linda
Monday 20 April 2015
Moody on a Monday
Today I woke up with lots of plans to do lots of different things and over the course of the day I managed to talk myself out of doing just about every one of them that required me to leave the house. I am so good at putting things off. I always was but now I have become a master at it. However, I will have to do some errand running tomorrow, I will not be able to get out of it.
I called the fence guys this morning and the nice young man just left my house. Now all I have to do is wait for the estimate and see if I can afford to get the new fence installed and I will not have to worry about becoming a doggy snack. They will take out the old fence and dump it for me which is a plus in my eyes. I could take the fence down but I would have to pay someone to take it away. That is why they send nice young men to your house and you pay them.
Strange thing has happened, I have lost a shelf that I bought to put up in the kitchen. I have no idea where it went. I have a total blank spot in my memory as to where it is. The only thing I have is the little blue wooden heart that I pried off of it. No recollection, no idea where I put it. I may have taken it to a charity shop in error but I just have a big blank void in my head. I have looked and looked for it and I cannot find it. I cannot find it!! I cannot remember what I did with it, I am flummoxed. So I am moving on. If I find it, wonderful, if not, it will be one of those mysteries of life. Tomorrow I am going to get something else that I can use.
I did get a couple of puppets made to day and I did the dishes. I bagged the garbage and shuffled somethings around in the kitchen. Now I need to find my old alphabet stencils from my school days because I want to stencil on the crate I bought last week. I had an inspiration today when I was doing
nothing productive. Finding the stencil will be a pain. Next week I am going to start to put my craft room back on some sort of order. It, like the kitchen gets out of hand in the blink of an eye. The stencils are somewhere in the craft room. Sigh.
Now I need to figure out supper. I may go get something as I have no wish to cook anything. Today is most definitely a do nothing day. Tomorrow will be a whole nuther animal I hope.
Toodles,
Linda
I called the fence guys this morning and the nice young man just left my house. Now all I have to do is wait for the estimate and see if I can afford to get the new fence installed and I will not have to worry about becoming a doggy snack. They will take out the old fence and dump it for me which is a plus in my eyes. I could take the fence down but I would have to pay someone to take it away. That is why they send nice young men to your house and you pay them.
Strange thing has happened, I have lost a shelf that I bought to put up in the kitchen. I have no idea where it went. I have a total blank spot in my memory as to where it is. The only thing I have is the little blue wooden heart that I pried off of it. No recollection, no idea where I put it. I may have taken it to a charity shop in error but I just have a big blank void in my head. I have looked and looked for it and I cannot find it. I cannot find it!! I cannot remember what I did with it, I am flummoxed. So I am moving on. If I find it, wonderful, if not, it will be one of those mysteries of life. Tomorrow I am going to get something else that I can use.
I did get a couple of puppets made to day and I did the dishes. I bagged the garbage and shuffled somethings around in the kitchen. Now I need to find my old alphabet stencils from my school days because I want to stencil on the crate I bought last week. I had an inspiration today when I was doing
nothing productive. Finding the stencil will be a pain. Next week I am going to start to put my craft room back on some sort of order. It, like the kitchen gets out of hand in the blink of an eye. The stencils are somewhere in the craft room. Sigh.
Now I need to figure out supper. I may go get something as I have no wish to cook anything. Today is most definitely a do nothing day. Tomorrow will be a whole nuther animal I hope.
Toodles,
Linda
Sunday 19 April 2015
Random Sunday Stuff
Its grey and dreary outside, raining off and on, the sort of day made for naps and curling up with a good book. In my house, the washing machine is chugging away, the cats are curled up, snoozing and I am drifting from one thing to another. Unsettled and unable to settle at any one thing. I think I am feeling a bit fed up and sorry for myself but that is not new.
On Friday the Banker and I did one of our road trips. I wanted a certain sign. This little decor store had the pair and several months ago I bought one of them. SO unlike me but I could not think of where I would hang the other so I bought this: It was red, it was whimsical and its tin. I love it.
Once I got it home I immediately saw where I could hang the other. Saved up my toonies and off we went to see if the store still had my sign. It was meant to be, not only did they have one left, they had two, I was so meant to have it. Isn't it cute??? Its not hung up yet but trust me I have a spot to put it.
Back into the car and off to the next town to a little antique and collectibles shop. There I found this little guy. Sort of like an egg cup but too big.
Blue and yellow he is perfect for my downstairs bathroom. Since I sent a little jar flying off this shelf the other day to its death, he will be a perfect replacement. Spend the rest of his days holding q-tips for them that are in need. He ups the cuteness factor of the room I think.
I also found two egg cups to add to my collection and a little crate to use on the kitchen table. The crate will be revealed at a later date. We lunched at a tea room, all in all a perfect day. I also bought a little pin and a pair of earrings.The Banker and I love doing this sort of a day. Lots of fun.
On Saturday, I discovered my new neighbours have two huge dogs. I feared one big dog from the size of the turds in the back yard but oh joy, there is two of them. My heart has just now got back to normal after they lunged the fence, barking their heads off not once, not twice but three times yesterday. My back door is like three feet from the fence that separates our houses. Three times I went to go out or in yesterday only to have a dog induced heart attack. Time to get a new fence I think.
The fence has needed to be replaced since I moved in here but the dogs have just pushed the issue. I don't like the barking but I could live with it if the added fact that they could clear the fence with ease did not scare the crap out of me. Silver lining, I know have decided that I will be getting a high fence, not the same size as is there. I could not make up my mind before. Monday I will be phoning for estimates. Sigh, I hope the fridge hangs on for a bit longer.
Toodles,
Linda
On Friday the Banker and I did one of our road trips. I wanted a certain sign. This little decor store had the pair and several months ago I bought one of them. SO unlike me but I could not think of where I would hang the other so I bought this: It was red, it was whimsical and its tin. I love it.
Once I got it home I immediately saw where I could hang the other. Saved up my toonies and off we went to see if the store still had my sign. It was meant to be, not only did they have one left, they had two, I was so meant to have it. Isn't it cute??? Its not hung up yet but trust me I have a spot to put it.
Back into the car and off to the next town to a little antique and collectibles shop. There I found this little guy. Sort of like an egg cup but too big.
Blue and yellow he is perfect for my downstairs bathroom. Since I sent a little jar flying off this shelf the other day to its death, he will be a perfect replacement. Spend the rest of his days holding q-tips for them that are in need. He ups the cuteness factor of the room I think.
I also found two egg cups to add to my collection and a little crate to use on the kitchen table. The crate will be revealed at a later date. We lunched at a tea room, all in all a perfect day. I also bought a little pin and a pair of earrings.The Banker and I love doing this sort of a day. Lots of fun.
On Saturday, I discovered my new neighbours have two huge dogs. I feared one big dog from the size of the turds in the back yard but oh joy, there is two of them. My heart has just now got back to normal after they lunged the fence, barking their heads off not once, not twice but three times yesterday. My back door is like three feet from the fence that separates our houses. Three times I went to go out or in yesterday only to have a dog induced heart attack. Time to get a new fence I think.
The fence has needed to be replaced since I moved in here but the dogs have just pushed the issue. I don't like the barking but I could live with it if the added fact that they could clear the fence with ease did not scare the crap out of me. Silver lining, I know have decided that I will be getting a high fence, not the same size as is there. I could not make up my mind before. Monday I will be phoning for estimates. Sigh, I hope the fridge hangs on for a bit longer.
Toodles,
Linda
Friday 10 April 2015
One Step Forward, Two Backward
The cats and I are settling into a routine of sorts. I really really do like being at home. I would like it more if I had the physical energy to do all the things I would like to do. Well that and the money to do it all but whatever.....
Desi says "Just find a sunbeam Mama, nothing else matters in a sunbeam."
I want to finish the reno on my bedroom. I have half the carpet out. The wall paper was put up once and then promptly fell off. I want to make a new quilt for the bed. SO today I went looking for a paint colour. I ended up going back to the original one I picked out months ago. I toyed with the idea of going with a dark colour. I love the thought of a darker colour against the crisp clean white trim that I plan to paint. I wanted to leave the nice cream coloured trim but my inner bossy voice will not let it go. White trim it is, the voices demand it!! One must listen to the voices or pay the price.
Getting back on track again. SO I, after much thought and listening to the voices, went back to the pale blue. The house is old, my furniture leans towards old looking and is vintage. The main fabric is a toile. It all goes better with pale. Now I know the paint colour, I need to glue that wallpaper back onto the wall and get that carpet out. In short I need a massive dose of energy. I want to be ready when my physical well being is ready to go again. It gives me something to dream about.
Today I took the milk jug collection down from the kitchen window shelf and washed it. 9 milk jugs that have not been given a good cleaning in longer than I care to admit. I was so stinking tired by the time I got them down, washed them and got them back up. ANNOYING. The consolation is they are shiny clean. Did I mention my kitchen is still clean!! I am so much better at housework when I can be home all day.
I also painted an old set of candle holders. I love scented candles but the fancy candle holders can be costly. Time to get creative when you like something that is costly. I found these at a yard sale. I am sorry I did not take a before picture but I found them long before blogs were even invented. They are ceramic and used to be painted to look like wood. I originally painted them peach and sponged cream on them. My living room has since changed from peach and I put them away. I found them again in the great purge of 2015 and almost put them into the garage sale box. After second thoughts I painted them red, added some Ikea candles and am happy to have them out again. A rather good 50 cent investment. The paper is under them until I get some felt feet on them to prevent scratches.
The purge is ongoing, three more boxes are ready to head to the Banker's garage. This weekend I am going through my spare room closet which hides my seasonal decorations. I am sure some of that can go.
I am still working on quilts. puppets and a new sweater for me. Tonight is No Cook Friday and I am looking foreward to some good food and some good laughs. Then I can forget I have a new infection in my leg. Oh bother. I am banking on it being nothing serious and easily cured. That is my story and I am sticking to it.
Toodles
Linda
Desi says "Just find a sunbeam Mama, nothing else matters in a sunbeam."
I want to finish the reno on my bedroom. I have half the carpet out. The wall paper was put up once and then promptly fell off. I want to make a new quilt for the bed. SO today I went looking for a paint colour. I ended up going back to the original one I picked out months ago. I toyed with the idea of going with a dark colour. I love the thought of a darker colour against the crisp clean white trim that I plan to paint. I wanted to leave the nice cream coloured trim but my inner bossy voice will not let it go. White trim it is, the voices demand it!! One must listen to the voices or pay the price.
Getting back on track again. SO I, after much thought and listening to the voices, went back to the pale blue. The house is old, my furniture leans towards old looking and is vintage. The main fabric is a toile. It all goes better with pale. Now I know the paint colour, I need to glue that wallpaper back onto the wall and get that carpet out. In short I need a massive dose of energy. I want to be ready when my physical well being is ready to go again. It gives me something to dream about.
Today I took the milk jug collection down from the kitchen window shelf and washed it. 9 milk jugs that have not been given a good cleaning in longer than I care to admit. I was so stinking tired by the time I got them down, washed them and got them back up. ANNOYING. The consolation is they are shiny clean. Did I mention my kitchen is still clean!! I am so much better at housework when I can be home all day.
I also painted an old set of candle holders. I love scented candles but the fancy candle holders can be costly. Time to get creative when you like something that is costly. I found these at a yard sale. I am sorry I did not take a before picture but I found them long before blogs were even invented. They are ceramic and used to be painted to look like wood. I originally painted them peach and sponged cream on them. My living room has since changed from peach and I put them away. I found them again in the great purge of 2015 and almost put them into the garage sale box. After second thoughts I painted them red, added some Ikea candles and am happy to have them out again. A rather good 50 cent investment. The paper is under them until I get some felt feet on them to prevent scratches.
The purge is ongoing, three more boxes are ready to head to the Banker's garage. This weekend I am going through my spare room closet which hides my seasonal decorations. I am sure some of that can go.
I am still working on quilts. puppets and a new sweater for me. Tonight is No Cook Friday and I am looking foreward to some good food and some good laughs. Then I can forget I have a new infection in my leg. Oh bother. I am banking on it being nothing serious and easily cured. That is my story and I am sticking to it.
Toodles
Linda
Thursday 2 April 2015
Busy Week
I have had a busy week. I have been out and about more, trying to regain some of my strength back. I get tired really easy so I am trying to do more moving about and walking to get my self back to normal or at least starting to get back to normal. I never was all that fast but now I move at turtle speed and the need to rest is constant.
So this week I have been out and gone shopping. The second hand/charity shops where checked out. I took myself to my appointment to get my dressing changed for the first time ever. I was winded by the time I got to the day treatment room but I did it. I was rather proud of myself. The leg is still healing, in its own slow way. I even put gas in the car for the first time since before Christmas.
I recovered some pillows for Teddy Bear ( did I blog about this already?) yes I did. I finished the second of the five quilts I had promised to make.
Its a lot prettier and brighter in person. I really have to work with my camera and figure out how to get what I see in real life onto the picture. I have been knitting on my new sweater and I have been purging.
The biggest news of all is I have finally got the dang kitchen cleaned up. I am sure everyone, including me, is sick of listening to the continuing saga of the kitchen that is never cleaned. Here is proof that once in awhile it actually happens.
Now if I could just keep it this way I would be happy but I have done this before and in no time at all its a dump once again.
Moving on, I hauled three boxes of crap stuff to a Charity Shop that was not going into the garage sale. Christmas stuff never sells well at a garage sale in spring. Its nice to have those boxes out of my house. I have been out to eat more times this week than is good for me but I love to spend time with my friends. The Nurse and the Entertainer were in town for a visit. The Banker has been busy this week but Teddy Bear and KitKat have made sure I was entertained. Like I said a busy week for this old lady.
This weekend I am hoping to continue the purge, start another quilt, do some things on the small jobs list and get some knitting done. I have an order for 10 possum puppets so I will work on that.|( More funds for the Scotland Vacation Fund!! WHOOT WHOOT!!) I would really like to start the makeover of my bedroom but I fear that much work is beyond me at the moment. I need to work up to that. I am mighty sick of the beige bedroom and cannot wait to once again have a blue bedroom to relax in. Ah tis good to dream.
Happy Easter All
Toodles,
Linda
So this week I have been out and gone shopping. The second hand/charity shops where checked out. I took myself to my appointment to get my dressing changed for the first time ever. I was winded by the time I got to the day treatment room but I did it. I was rather proud of myself. The leg is still healing, in its own slow way. I even put gas in the car for the first time since before Christmas.
I recovered some pillows for Teddy Bear ( did I blog about this already?) yes I did. I finished the second of the five quilts I had promised to make.
Its a lot prettier and brighter in person. I really have to work with my camera and figure out how to get what I see in real life onto the picture. I have been knitting on my new sweater and I have been purging.
The biggest news of all is I have finally got the dang kitchen cleaned up. I am sure everyone, including me, is sick of listening to the continuing saga of the kitchen that is never cleaned. Here is proof that once in awhile it actually happens.
Ok I will confess that the three jars ever so elegantly sitting on the table, all Martha Stewart like, are actually for storage but I have not had the energy to clean out the pantry to fit them in. Therefore they are on the table and the cobalt blue bowl that should be there is still in the cupboard.
Now if I could just keep it this way I would be happy but I have done this before and in no time at all its a dump once again.
Moving on, I hauled three boxes of
This weekend I am hoping to continue the purge, start another quilt, do some things on the small jobs list and get some knitting done. I have an order for 10 possum puppets so I will work on that.|( More funds for the Scotland Vacation Fund!! WHOOT WHOOT!!) I would really like to start the makeover of my bedroom but I fear that much work is beyond me at the moment. I need to work up to that. I am mighty sick of the beige bedroom and cannot wait to once again have a blue bedroom to relax in. Ah tis good to dream.
Happy Easter All
Toodles,
Linda
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