I know this probably does not look all that “great” right now! BUT, when
I finish and put the “chair railing” up between the white and the
colors on top, I can already tell they are going to turn out awesome…
the plants are some I have taken over there and planted.. Mom was never a
big “garden” person, not even house plants… But, DAD LOVED the garden,
from rose bushes, to a full garden when I was small, he raised onions,
potatoes, fresh green beans, and all kinds of veggies,
plus
had peach and plum trees, and made the BEST PLUM jelly around…
This is the kitchen and it was ALL GREEN! So, it now will be a darker blue, light blue and white. The living room is going to be tangerine, with white at the bottom.....
I have red and "gold" picked out for the bedroom because it will go perfectly with my brand new curtains, comforter set etc that is on my bed. But, I am going to "try" to do what we did before... and that is paint the upper wall the red, then take a newspaper, or sponge (the newspaper actually works better) put a bit of "paint glitter" in that gold, and then sponge it over the red... the hallway we did that way is my faorivte room in the house!!!! I had "seen it" in my head before we ever did it, and it turned out even better than I ever expected!
OH and by the way, thee are my 1st photo's with my "I-Phone".....
Plants some from Mom's funeral I re-potted, and then I bought these two mini rose bushes (that I am not happy with...got them "on sale" at HEB - AN one of them, the lilac one, all of a sudden a couple of days ago, just looked like it was going to keep over... I re-potted both of them yesterday, so we shall see... but I am guessing that could be why they were so inexpensive...have to wonder what is really wrong with them????
LOL, we
got so spoiled that none of us would eat “store bought” jelly for
years…. and he also raised quail back then… he would keep a couple of
chickens (hens) and take the eggs out of the quail nests and let the
hens sit on them… the quail sometimes would injure their own young ones,
thus letting the hens sit on them kept that from happening… so there
are MANY MANY great memories, inside this house and outside in the yard
for sure… Dad loved everything outdoors, and I took after him in that
realm in many ways… I LOVE doing my own lawn work, when my body and the
weather allows me to…. I am finding out more and more each day, just how
badly the sun effects me, especially physically… and the strange thing
is I have the BEST TAN in places, my arms, my legs, and some on my face
from just driving my car… I never had the windows tinted in my Prius
since I leased it, and believe me I WILL HAVE THEM TINTED IN WHATEVER I
DRIVE NEXT!!! It really does almost feel like someone is burning me,
just the sun coming through the windows and windshield… anyway, I am
kind of “blah” today. I have a damned headache from hell, and my stomach
is upset again… which seems to be an ongoing pattern with me lately…
about the last year really, I am constantly having to take prescription
nausea medication and then try to calm my head down… it is insane and I
know the high heat, humidity, and then me painting with that brush is
not helping. It puts such a strain on my neck and shoulders… LOL, one
arm gets too “weak” so I have to change the brush over to the other arm,
good thing the ONE thing I can do is paint with either hand… LOL….
anyway, I hope all is well in your world… I am still battling with
paperwork, and need to find (I may go to Office Depot) and see about
shredding services… between my own, and ALL I did not know Mom had
saved… I will NEVER finish shredding ALL OF these pieces that must be
shredded. So, I need to do that plus I need to make sure the funeral
home let the monument place know about engraving Mom’s date of passing
away on the monument. I found out that the “special granite” almost a
pinkish color came from I believe Australia or somewhere overseas, and
it cost a small fortune. It took them over 6 weeks just to get that
piece of granite here to be engraved when Dad passed away… in fact I was
going through some papers and found the original receipt from when my
Mom purchased it…. Anyway, I am not feeling any better, so I think I
will sit on the sofa for a bit, and see if in an hour or so, my stomach
and head will calm down so I can go over and paint… and Sherwin Williams
starts their new sale tomorrow with 35% OFF!!! PLUS I have the
“discount perks” so I get another 10% oFF!!!!! That adds up to a lot of
savings as high as the paint is now… MG unbelieveable!!!! A gallon of
any type of semi gloss is regularly at least 65.00$$$$$ I almost fainted
when he told me the regular prices… but it is that way everywhere,
whether it be Lowe’s etc… plus I can get the proper paint, right here in
town, know it’s great quality, and don’t have to run back and forth to
Waxahachie for paint… I AM going over there tomorrow for an eye doctors
appt, so I am going to try and go early, and to Lowe’s to price fencing,
and cedar to redo the railings on the front porch, and then put one in
the back….. on that porch… so I hope to have some prices down etc… I
NEED to call my hair dresser, my hair is a shaggy mess LOL, in the
front, it has gotten so long, I can’t do a thing with it, so between
trying to keep my glasses on (they are worn out) and my hair out of my
eyes, I just about go nuts…. I made a crock pot (slow cooker) of
“Mexican style pulled pork” last night, and it turned out awesome! I had
already made pulled chicken with Mexican spices, then I also made some
with Asian spices and am freezing them after a meal or two… that way I
can “restock” some of my easy meals to heat and eat… I NEED to make my
famous chili, I am I think down to one small freezer bag full…. so it’s
time to do that also…I had done some pulled chicken several weeks back
but barbecued and it also is awesome… gotta say I LOVE MY SLOW COOKER!!!
My only wish is that damned thing was NOT so HEAVY! By the time I get
everything in it to cook, I almost can’t lift it up and it is already
heavy enough…..
