I'm BACK

Just in case you fellow bloggers

have forgotten who I am ....

take a look below!

I am BACK!

HAHA...

COMPUTER problems!

YUCK!

My laptop had acted silly a couple

of times in which it would boot up 

but the screen would not come on.

I would shut it back down, set it aside

for a bit and then try again. It always

came back up...

UNTIL the other day!

It's booting up, screen just is not

lighting up.

It was suggested that I remove

the battery and  put it back in.

Even the internet suggested that.

Well on ACER laptops the WHOLE

back has to come off. I sit and unscrewed

all those screws, went to lift the back off 

only to have it stick in one area. Being a afraid

to pull on it I put it back together.

The yucky behavior of my laptop

 took place

on Thursday (at this point, I think 

it was Thursday)!

Anyway...I have another older 

Acer that I had lent

Caleb my grandson. Since he was not 

uing it I requested

Amber bring it to her work on Friday. 

She forgot but

did remember today so I am on it now.

Still needing to have the other one fixed.

And lets not forget to 

mention that I have

a desktop but it is a 2008

and I only basically use that

for editing photos.

Anyway....if you missed my intro...

I'M BACK!

And I have been somewhat busy with 

small little projects.

One being that I wanted a rug on my deck.

A 

PAINTED

ONE 

of course!

Being that my base of the deck is weather

worn the paint was soaking in and falling into

the grooves the paint was not covering

like it would on new boards.... BUT I love

it. The weathered boards giving

a well worn look to it. I hit it with some green

then a beige. I then stenciled some areas and 

added the fringe. 

I still have yet to spray it to seal it...knowing 

that it will probably not last long at all...

But I don't care 

I LOVE IT

this way.

So what do you think of it?

While on the subject of the deck I 

thought I would share the whole 

thing with you since you hear about

me and the babes being on it all the time.

This is where, believe it or not, I curl up

and take naps. I lay on my side, bending my

knees and I sleep so well.

Course Dakota did a photo bomb!

Next to that is my chair. It did sat 

across from the glider but I love looking

out into the yard so I moved the glider 

down and put the chair on the side of 

it. 

You can see better in the pic below 

how they sit side by side. 

Kitchen window is behind the glider.

Also in that pic you will see the far end

of the deck. There is a divider that separates

my neighbor and my deck. 

If you look hard you can see the painting

I did on the wall where the storage unit

door used to be before I had it sealed up

and a door cut in the pantry to access that

area better. 

Here is a better shot with a streak

of sunlight covering most of it.

It is a narrow deck  but I still have

all the room I need.

I even have my lunch/dinner table....

which today serves as a painting table.

I have been working on crafts.

Course I just leave Lily's perch out

these days cause she is never inside

to enjoy it in the window like this past

winter. She goes straight to the back door

when I get up, I open it, out she goes and I 

leave it cracked for her to come and go.

The other end of the deck does not

allow a lot of room for things since

the deck screen door is on that end as 

well as the door to the kitchen.

But with that I have Lily things! HAHA

The grill used to sit there in the corner

and Lily perched there to watch the birds

on the creek. First time I fired 

up the grill I became

concerned with her jumping up on it while

it was still hot, so the grill went to the

 backyard off the deck and I got a cover 

to protect it. 

But as you can see, Lily has her 

t-shirt box for getting in 

(green item~ PINTEREST IDEA) 

and the directors chair I was going to 

make a suitcase stand with became a spot

for Lily to lay. I placed a board on the 

bottom 1/2 of the directors chair and 

one of Dakota's doggie pillows. 

(Lily photo bomb pic)

And there is the tour of the deck.

I used to live in the glider when I was

out there however after purchasing 

the newer chair and removing the first 

two I had out there (now in the yard) I 

use the chair more....with that said, I 

have to watch my seat so to speak cause 

if I get up I might come back to a cat

or a dog in that spot.

Yesterday, the 28th was my son and 

daughter in laws anniversary.

Happy 7th anniversary 

Cory and Britney.

This is one of my all time fave

pics I took of these two 7 yrs ago.

I even took the top portion of the

pic and made business cards before.

I hope you enjoyed the tour.

The worn rug.

And my fave Cory and Brit 

pic.

Oh...yes, and the fact that I am 

BACK!