Looking Forward to a Beautiful Weekend...

This weekend is suppose to be a Beautiful one. Kind of like the calm before the storm... Monday-Tuesdays storm is suppose to be the BIG ONE!!! West Virginia is suppose to get hit hard...

Remember me... I'm the one who hates winter!!! ENOUGH ALREADY.... I want Spring. But maybe our groundhog might not see his Shadow on Monday ! That is a good thing...

The sun did try to sneak through the dark clouds on Thursday evening, only to let the snow come down again this morning. After a 2 hr. delay today it hit just as I was pulling into school, like a white out, putting down about another inch in just what seemed like minutes... Then letting way for some beautiful sun glistening on the fresh snow....

As you can see that sun was still lighting up my dinning room when I arrived home this evening. See I did sneak some plants into this picture, for my garden blog!!! LOL

But of course the little tree that stays up year round still has showmen decking it out. They usually stay there until early March...

Also on this tree are an array of Antique Spoons and Forks I have been collecting just to add to the tree. "SEE MY GARDEN SNOWWOMAN???"

Hope everyone stays in and keeps warm this weekend, watching the Super Bowl. At least here the sun should be shinning that day. We are having a party Sunday to cheer on our Steelers, and also celebrating the 19th Anniversary of My 35th Birthday!!!!

Have A Good One,

Lynn

North East Getting Hit Again...

Another Snow Day in WV..... Home Again!!!

We will probably be off for a couple days with this storm. Snow today and Sleet and freezing rain expected tonight,then snow again tomorrow.... What a winter this has been. I love having snow days but I know what it will do to our spring break. They will take those days away from us. I much rather have the days off in the spring where I can get outside.....

But this gives me time to work on my couch. We got a lot done this weekend, I am so excited I'm almost at the point I can start putting things back together and start on batting and fabric.

Here is the leg before, you can see where the carved wooden detail was. It was broken and pieces were missing

This is the after picture, if you look really close you can see this is two pieces of trim.....

I ordered two sets of this trim, using one set for the center section and cut the other set apart and used them for the feet... A little bit of sanding and creativity I think it works....So things are finally shaping up...

I am really learning with this piece, I have never done anything this old "1902" so it has been an experience. Look at these springs, I had no idea they would be all tied together. Or in this case rotted strings....

But here they are all tied and ready to go...

OK time to go back to work...

Have A Good One,

Lynn

Big Weekend....

It was a big Birthday Weekend. My oldest daughter is turning 30 tomorrow and I just don't know how I could have a 30 year old daughter... It seems just like yesterday that we were telling everyone we were going to have a baby... With all the excitement of the first grandchild in the family,everyone was excited. She was due on Feb. 11, but decided she couldn't wait that long. After a long day at work, then an even longer walk up the hill to a friends house in 8 inches of fresh snow. It Was Time!!! Now it is 30 years later and I wonder where the time went. She has grown into a wonderful young lady,with a great personality.

We had a wonderful dinner last night at her favorite restaurant with lots of friends and family. There was also another party going on in the same room with about 50 others. When without any warning my Brother-in Law stood up, put his fingers in his mouth and whistled very loudly, very out of character for him. He asked for everyones attention, told them it was Colleens birthday and would everyone please join in and sing Happy Birthday!!! Her eyes got so big and she loved it!!! We just couldn't believe he had done it!!!

Here she is later that evening out partying with her sister and friends, just enjoying the moment!!

Have a Good One,

Lynn

Another Snowy Day... In West Virginia

Well I'm going to try and keep to a garden theme today, at least a little!!! LOL It is really hard to think about gardening in this weather. Here are a few Summer and Winter Pictures...

We got some more snow last night, the roads are a mess and I can't imagine we will have school again tomorrow.. It is so hard for our buses to get up in these hills safely in this weather. I've worked on the school buses in the past and it is hard to get up some of these roads on a good day!!!

We didn't have school on Thur. or Friday last week. I have not left the house since last Wed. when I came home from work. But I do have my priorities, so I will be leaving the house tonight. I have a MASSAGE at 6:30 and nothing is going to stop me from that appointment...

It has been a pretty lazy week around here (except for last nights Steeler Game!! We did do a little screaming!!!)

The dogs have been just as lazy as the rest of us...

This is comfort to the max... Claudia just chillin' on her blankets...

Keegan all wrapped up, and probably mad because I uncovered his head to take a picture!!!

Claudia was wrapped up with him....These two little ones hate to go out in the snow, so it's a quick trip when they go out!!!

Keep Warm,

Have a Good One,

Lynn

PS The Wonderful husband is working on the Fainting Couch frame!!!

One Winter Project Finished...

At least one project is finished... I started this one right before Christmas and just got back to finishing it... This is one I got at Penny Pincher (a hand me down store) this summer for $15.00. Knowing it would be a winter project.

One down and one more to go..... The couch is the next to finish...

If the weather stays this way I may get them all done!!!

Have a Good one,

Lynn

Cold...Cold...Cold...

With the North-East getting hit with all this Cold and Wind Chill, I will be staying in again today. It was suppose to get down to 1 degree with wind chills of -10 to -15 last night. I didn't go out to check it out!!! LOL It is beautiful outside though, with the snow and beautiful bright sunshine today. But I'm going to try to keep busy cleaning and maybe a little work on the furniture piece...

I hope everyone stays warm today...

Well in keeping with the flower garden theme of this blog here are a few picture of summers past to brighten thing up...

Have a Good One,
Lynn

She's NAKED and I'm worn out!!!

Well how many of you did I get with that title ??? LOL


Yea I'm worn out and tired... From pulling out nails and staples out of the very worn out fabric. As I pulled off the old fabric it just fell apart in my hands. I have no Idea when the last time this piece has been redone. But it had been in my friends garage for 50 years.

There is going to be plenty of work we have to do to the frame before I can even think about putting any fabric back on it...
So I am really hoping for a "snow day" tomorrow from school so I can tear into it and work on the frame...
Actually I could use 2 snow days and have a really long weekend!!! LOL
A girl can DREAM...

Have A Good One,
Lynn

Jan.15,09 UPDATE.... I did have a snow day today, weather is really cold but life is good!!!

An UPDATE to my update.... NO SCHOOL TOMORROW....

How do you know when you have Spring Feaver ???

Well for my husband, he knows exactly when I am getting a little antsy for spring to be here!!!

It's when he sees little baggies taped to the kitchen window!!

And when he sees my big box of seeds....

I just have to try to start a seed or two in my window, and of course I have to get that big box of seeds I so diligently picked from every flower in the yard. Just before the frost hit everything and they were gone forever...

So I take my little coffee filter, wet it and lay a few seeds down and fold the filter up ever so gently. Slide it into that small baggie, just leaving it open enough for a little air to get in. Then tape it to that bright sunny window, in hopes that something will sprout and I can plant them in little pots.

It doesn't take much to make me happy, and he knows it. So he never says a word, just gives me that look that tells me yea spring will be here soon and I will again be back out in that back yard planting away...

The next move is to the basement where the lights are up and ready, but even I know I need to wait a few more weeks for that step.

So for now I will just watch my little baggies and wait for those much wanted little sprouts!!!

Have A Good One,

Lynn

Snowmen...

As much as I hate winter, I love snowmen. Go figure !!! LOL So each winter I seem to collect a few more. We have snow here from October until the middle of March. I have even seen snow here the first of May.. So I am able to keep them up for quite a while.

This one is on the front porch, it is one I painted a few years ago.

This one sits on top my kitchen cabinets, the center panel flips over with another spring picture on it. I must have painted it in the 90's.
In the family room there are a few on the couch...
In the dinning room it is another story, there are lots in there... Snowmen Garland,

Let it Snow just to remind me that there are good things that come from snow "SNOW DAYS". Then there is the tree that stays up all year, that gets decorated for every season...

My "NEW" Snow Lady nuzzled among all the snowmen and snowflake garland...

And my favorite that stays in this flower pot all winter....So I guess I can say Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...

Have a Good One,

Lynn

WHO KNOWS THESE THINGS ???

I am under the firm belief that you can find anything on the computer.. But it is still amazing to me! Why and How does it all get here and why would someone know all of this stuff. I Googled antique love seat and found someone that knew about this old (really Old) love seat I am about to undertake...


He told me that my Fainting Seat is found on page 777 of the 1902 Sears Catalog.

WHO WOULD KNOW THAT ???

"1902" That would be right there in my memory bank!!! LOL But boy am I glad someone knew what I was talking about... I was clueless...


It was given to me this summer by a friend cleaning out her garage. She knew she had owned it for over 50 years. It had been redone, but not like the original. I want to take it back as close as I can get it...


But wow what a mess it is. It is going to take me at least a couple of months. The whole thing needs reworked. (That should take me up to just about the time to plant my seeds inside)

Well here it is...

Do you see the piece in the background, that is the back of it.. BAD REALLY BAD...

The arms lift and lay flat, but it should be done in 3 sections. The middle and the arms are not done all as one piece. I have most of the fabric off and the inside is nasty. A lot of work needs done on the frame work. But I will figure it out and refinish the wood then start on the fabric.

It is going to be beautiful when it is done.

JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER A POSITIVE ATTITUDE... THAT IS ALL IT TAKES....

"I CAN DO THIS"

I CAN REALLY!!!

I just have to keep believing it!!!

SEE THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR WINTER GO FAST

A CRAZY PROJECT LIKE THIS!!

JUMP IN AND JUST TRY SOMETHING NEW!!!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Have a Good One,

Lynn

PS.. To be continued at a later date...

How I Make My Winter Go Faster....

As most of you know I hate WINTER!!! Yes you heard me right I hate winter... I don't like to be cold. So I spend my winters inside trying to keep busy... I think January and February are the worst. So I try to dive into something really time consuming, and most of the time really off the wall for me.. I love to try new things. Sometimes my husband thinks I have really gone over the edge...

Four years ago it was stained glass. I took a class for the first time. Of course I had no idea what was involved in doing a piece of stained glass. I just knew it was beautiful and I wanted to do it. I loved it and had a wonderful teacher. So I made my first small piece, it was about 11x14 and really cute. It took 6 weeks to finish it in class. So when it came time to take another class I wanted to do something just for me and not the class project. My teacher was really worried I would never finish it, but she didn't know me well...

It took over a year and it is up and we love it!!!

It is four sided and 109 inches long...

So last winter I decided to reupholster the living room furniture...

I figured if I took pictures and took lots of notes, whatever came off first had to go back on last. But thank goodness I didn't have any parts left over... LOL

BEFORE...
AFTER... Then it was time to finally redo the old trunk that was in the attic.....

BEFORE...

AFTER....

So it is January again and I need a new project....

TO BE CONTINUED .... NEXT BLOG...

Have a Good One,

Lynn

Okra... A funny story!

As I was taking the ornaments off the tree the other day I came across these ornaments...
Strange as they may seem, they are two of my favorites... Some of you may recognize them as Okra pods! But when I was first married I had no idea what Okra was, let alone eat something that looked like that. But the first time my husbands aunt fixed it for us for dinner I fell in love with it. My father-in-law grew it every summer in his garden. That garden was in our back yard and his back yard. We have lived next door to my in-laws since 1978, and helped them work in their garden...
One year when we were getting ready to clear off the garden for the winter, I noticed some old Okra pods left on the plants... As my husband always said "If it doesn't move she will Paint it".
And that I did... I asked my father-in-law if I could have the old pods to paint. At that moment he knew I had really lost my mind!!! It was fall and that is the time of the year I am thinking about one thing.... CRAFT SHOWS! I gathered up all the old dried out pods I could carry and took them home. I painted over a hundred that year. Some small and curly and added pin backs to them. Some large and really long and put string to hang on the tree.
I put them in a beautiful basket and took them to the craft show...
Everyone went nuts over them that year. Most of them had no idea they were something you could eat, let alone the name of it. You see Okra is usually grown in the South and we live in West Virginia...
None the less I sold them all! I was so excited!!!
So I took my handful of loot, and at $3.00 each I did have a hand full. I ran down to my father-in laws to show him all my money!!! HE SAID ,"WHAT IS THAT??? "

I SAID, "OKRA"

We laughed over that every year when it was time to clear the garden for the winter. He would always ask if I wanted the old Okra...

It has been almost 4 years since he died, and I miss him everyday. Especially when we are working in the garden...

Have A Good One .... I hope you got a good laugh!!

Lynn