"Nine" Wonderful Years

Nine years ago today, I married the love of my life...for my WOYWW #272 this is what's been some of my work !  Garden products.  A steak lunch at noon....and a surprise evening ahead.

 Our Song:  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HONEY




Sharing with Stamping Ground  as each and every week Julia has a great spot for us to share our world.
My crafty spot has been outside the past month or so.  Enjoy the wonderful summer, and thanks for stopping by.

Missing In Action and Back at WOYWW 270

It's not a desk this post but this is what's been happening in my life.  Posting on WOYWW #270
Julia at the STAMPING GROUND has details and many more fun post for you to visit.
I did not realize I'd be away from my blogging for so long. I cannot believe how fast the time gets away.
I will still no doubt not be posting as much, as about only half of my projects are complete.

The grand kids are here visiting from Cedar Rapids...only a couple of weeks until school starts for them.

My kitchen cabinets before and after.  I still have some touch up spots, but life goes one and I'll have a few quiet days to take my time and finish them up.

 We also took out the kitchen carpet and this floor covering is in good condition so not replacing it
I ordered all the Satin Nickel hardware on line. Was free shipping and 1/3 the costs of what we searched for in our local hardware and lumber stores. Was very happy with the quality.

Started out with this one drawer...but I thought the color was too light  Notice the face boards behind the drawer..This is a pre fab home and the doors were solid wood, but the face board was cheap wood covered with a laminate "PAPER"....usually it is a form of plastic...that part faded over the 20 years to an ugly green.

 I want to take the dishwasher apart to see if white might be on the other side..as my appliances are white

We take the kids back today, and will have all of my family here on Sunday for my mothers 86th birthday. So I will be cleaning the garage...getting it squeeky clean for our grilling and outside conversation.

Catching up to do, but I think I'm back !  Oh I forgot to mention, beans, corn, cucumbers have been taking over part of my life also.

Thanks for stopping by, hope to back in the grove soon.Have missed making my regular visits, working in my crafty area and coming up with new ideas on some mixed media projects.
 Have a class reunion to look forward too in Sept. I have pretty much located all of the missing classmates and some others are finishing up the details for our gatherings on Thurs, Fri, and Sat.  Enjoy what is left of summer.

Farm Mishap

Thanks to everyone for your concern and kind wishes.  In case you missed my Facebook post, my husband had a bad morning Thursday.  Anxious to do his spraying of weeds, he turned short on a seldom used enterance to his bean field and the sprayer tipped over.  The hitch broke and his tractor and he are ok.

By law you have to call within a certain time and report this chemical spill.  The Sherif's office, the Emergency Management Dept,and Dept of Natural Resources,.sent out personel to make reports and oversee the accident followed by Whitemore Truck and Trailer  who came  to help with hoisting up the sprayer to it's upright postion.   Friday Earles Excavating came to dig up the dirt that had to be hauled away and disposed of according to the laws of our land.

Assessing the damages. The yellow container has a hole in it, the big arms are broken. It's no doubt a total loss. It is a fragile piece of equipment. Hoping insurance will cover a replacement. And I'm sure there's more to come with paper work.

The best part of this is my husband is ok and had no injuries, and I am very thankful for that.

FRIDAY'S SMILE #65

Good Morning, welcome to Annie's "Friday Smiles" over at her blog A STITCH IN TIME

I just had to share this cute little quip from a Facebook post which came from     https://www.facebook.com/rock103memphis?ref=stream

Thanks Annie, sometimes we need a day to find things to SMILE about! My wishes to all for a fun filled weekend.

WOYWW #264

So glad it's Wednesday, mid week break time and glad you stopped by.  Julia has a meeting of the desk sharing over on her blog:    STAMPING GROUND.  If new to this hop on over and she has all the info on her header.

I've been totally busy again in the storage room and garage. I've a gentleman coming over to buy treasures.
Hope he takes it all !
My desk has a few purchases from a friends estate sale,

 The little peat pots are the two new colors I've been painting with

And I got the little chest done..Just love it, now to find a space for it.  I might use this color in my kitchen when my cabinets are finally painted a gray.  I thought it would be good to hold spices.  And my hub told me he thinks we should hire his cousin to do the cabinets..He thinks I'll be insane by the time I'm finished.
I'm not going to disagree.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful week.

True Blue Sweetheart ATC's

I love it when I receive my mail and some of the wonderful surprises arrive. Today it was the TRUE BLUE SWEETHEART  ATC's from Kimberly's swap.  And a lovely little package.  Just love the jeweled crown. Thanks so much Kimberly for hosting and always the fun and little extra's you share.

Michele from Nook and Cranny had a lovely gift of extra's included

And many layers of lace adorn this lovely lady

And this majectic looking beauty surrounded  with lovelies from Donna at A little Bit of Jumble

And the lovely layers of this sweet little girl and her dog from Jane at Aralia Jane

I loved Jane's True Blue Heart too..

Thanks to all of you...I do treasure the ATC's. and I shared them with a group of classmates at our luncheon and they were amazed at the detail and fun layers.

The ATC's I created and sent on  are here Little Treasures   Thanks for stopping by.

Friday's Smiles

Over at Annie's she offers Friday up as a day to submit smiles to her blog A STITCH in TIME

Today mine are some creations my hubby made for our yard art. We've been having storms since Sunday and so much wind, rain and some areas had hail and tornado's.  So many places have deep water the roads are impassable.   So to keep busy, he creates too

 Steel rods, farm equipment parts, rusty finds.....he paints, welds and creates "Yard Art"

Have a lovely weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW #263

It's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday over at STAMPING GROUND  and haven't been at my regulard workspace...in the garage painting.

A little kids cabinet in a very ugly color

A spice rack that needs a second coat of paint  

        The new color for the cabinet will be the aqua....the bright pink I am using on some other items.

We were very lucky...our weather turned nasty Monday, no electricity until 1 AM, heavy rain 6 inches in neighboring towns. We had 3 inches, and very high winds.  missed the hail and tornadoes, many downed trees around the area.  Mother Nature can be wicked. Prayers go out to the town in Nebraska that was destroyed.            

Short and sweet. I'm off to meet some classmates I haven't seen in 50 years for lunch. Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your week.

Friday Smiles

Oh the fun of Annie's Friday Smiles.....you can join in by visiting her blog A STITCH in TIME  and of course this week I am featuring my 9 year old granddaughter CAMRYN..

She is an athlete in all things playable !   And GOOD. This time of year here she is playing softball. 
She got her 1st homerun  and did I smile. (just because deep in my heart I always knew she was just like her grandma !)  
I think her mother's phone went into overtime with all the CONGRATULATION comments. 

I don't get togo to many of her games as it is a 3 hour drive and on away games it could be 5, but this weekend they will be 2 hrs away and I plan to go for sure. So proud of her. She works so hard at improving and her dad is a good catcher, while she practices pitching.  She normally plays 2nd base. 

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy a SMILE  and more by stopping over at Annie's blog. 
Just wish I could give her a great big hug right now.   Have a fun weekend...I know I will as I am off to her game.

It's #262 at WOYWW

Good Morning

It's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday over at Julia's STAMPING GROUND  and this week I have a desk to share.  If you are new to this just pop over to her blog and she has all the info to get you started.

 I had a 'little' time to clean off the area and unpack a little sack of purchases. I collect frogs and this little orange one is a book mark. Seemed the short time I was at my desk the phone kept ringing, and the week has been busy.


Below is a FINISHED white window.  The finish carpenters got here Monday at 7AM finished all 7 windows and put in our new door.  Sure is a good improvement.  Hubby put up the blinds this AM and I have the curtain toppers all ready to hang.

The flowers were fresh from my dad's Peony patch. Wish I would have had my camera with me.
I keep my bike in that garage as it is in town and so much easier to ride than here on the gravel road.
Our weather has been perfect. No wind, mid 70's and no humdity. So taking full advantage of being outdoors.

I just received 2 more ATC's with our exchange. These came from Chris @teddywares and flutterbies blog
She has very detailed pen sparkle outlining her objects and the little girl is popped up. So very precious.
The blue butterfly and flowers is a dimentional silk and quite sparkly. The ATC exchange was so fun.

 This was the little protective envelope, she made and enclosed the ATC's within. The tag is just adorable too.  Thank you so much Chris.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful week and enjoy WOYWW.

FRIDAY SMILES

Annie over at A Stitch in Time hosts Friday Smiles for any one who wants to see something to smile about hop on over, or it you have something to make us smile, hop on over and share it.

My little granddaughter "SAVANNAH" who lives in Germany for the time being.  I just wish I could hold her.  And I love the pretty pink she is dressed in.  That is her visiting grandmother from the Philippines. My son arranged for her to come and spend 90 days with them. So she could meet her 3 little granddaughters. I think they all have been having so much fun.

Thanks for stopping by, HAPPY SMILES..........and enjoy a lovely weekend.

ATC' S for the 5 Year WOYWW

It was 5 years ago the the lovely Julia Dunnit started hosting WOYWW....Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday and  each Wednesday  that's what so many of us do.  All across the world over 100 partake, exchange fun visits and yearly we have started to create ATC's to share on the Anniversary date.

The ones I have received are here :  Little Treasures   and these are the ones I sent on.

 

It's always a good trade off.  And THANKS to JULIA for HOSTING !!!