This Past Few Days

During my "COMPUTER" 

downtime 

I had a day or so of pushing myself

to do something.

Energy level has been lacking

with the warmer days but

with the rains from the storm in 

Fla. we have also had some cooler

days. The deck of course

has been amazing to that sort of

stuff. 

I saved a few logs that my friend

Chris cut for Amber's wedding, and 

gave the rest to Theresa. She is 

a lot like me in thinking she needs

them to do something with but

like me I am not so sure she knows

what she will use them for!

haha

I however did have ONE thought

on what I needed to use one

for.....my rings.

I hung a hook on the back of one

once I sprayed it with sealer.

If you remember I baked all the 

logs in the over to be sure

I was not carrying bugs to the wedding!

But...I did want to seal it. 

After sealing I added some cup

hooks I had here at the house only

to realize that some of the wider band

rings would not hang on that, so then

I added some nails.

Works great!

 The other day I made a run to the

barn ( not my regular feeding time) 

and was presented with this 

site!

Okay so I see the pigs in the hole

often but not all at once!

This is part of the feeding at the 

barn process by the way..

We keep the water hole filled

on the warm days!

This is how pigs cool down.

 Two days ago I sat out at my 

lunch/dinner table on the 

deck to paint. 

My goal is to create a 

Christmas ornament for

each family member.

I started in Jan. but then I do and 

stop and start again!

Here is what I did the other 

day while enjoying the

cooler weather.

This is for Chandler, one of my

new acquired grandsons.

My brother being a Vandy fan 

gets this one.

Here is where I am so far

this year with the 2018

ornaments.

So I have 9 done with the 

two I did the other day.

The theme of course this yr is

SNOW PEOPLE!

Still have a few more to go but

I had to stop for I ran out of 

pieces of wood.

Walmart or Hobby Lobby, 6

pieces of flat thin wood to a pack,

less than 3 bucks and I cut them in 

half. So off I went to Wally World.

I now have the wood, just

need to hook up the saw.

I also wanted to throw together

this for Lily.

Dakota had one on the deck but

Lily Bit did not.

I have to seal this and put a rope

on it to hang and it will 

be part of the deck 

decor.

Ladies and Gents

this is the reason I try to

stay out of the kitchen!

  

haha...only one reason but 

I seem to have my days.

I stacked a casserole dish and plate 

together, to close to the edge of

the counter when filling the sink

to wash. 

Casserole dish~ about 20 yrs old, 

Corningware.

Plate ~ so much older. Part of a set 

I started collecting in the 11th grade

from Third National Bank.

Masika ...

oops!

Main thing, get it cleaned up before

Lily found a piece or my

foot did!

While messing around with 

crafts I played with this 

hat I picked up at

Wally World a couple

weeks ago.

With the help of my fave

all time best glue

E6000 

and these cute adorable

BLING pieces

I threw this together yesterday 

morning.

I love the BLING!

Now to figure out what to 

do with the rest of the 

BLING 

that came in that pack!

haha...do I add to the hat?

Do I hold them to see what

else I come up with?

Do you have suggestions?

While reading up on my comments

last night from

you lovely folks that I missed

while dealing with computer

issues....

someone commented on my

cute table and chairs.

  

My mom got this years ago and gave

it to me a couple of years ago.

It was white.

I don't do white.

I like OFF white but

not white.

So over a yr ago after my

deck was completed I 

decided it needed to be 

painted. I did not want

(as much as I love color)

a bright red so I went with 

a toned down red, a brick sort

of color red.

I cleaned up the pieces and 

sprayed it down. 

Yesterday I failed to mention 

this great piece in my

deck tour.

My lamp.

Twenty years or so ago my

brother, being a bigger

recycler than me picked up

this piece on the side of the 

road and took it home.

I waited to see what he would

do with it. 

NOTHING...

About 4 yrs ago I asked him about

it. It was just the pole and the

decorative work, no light. 

He gave it to me, hauled it to 

my deck and I hauled it out

to my friends (at the farm, with the

pigs) house. Chris and I were 

dating at the time.

I sanded it down in his shop,

primed it and then painted it

back black. Chris helped me wire

the lamp part I picked up at 

Lowes. I use this great piece between

my glider and chair for reading

at night. 

Not sure what today will produce, if

anything. I want to create but the energy 

level is down, it requires pulling

things out to do anything....

it is 77 degrees, a slight breeze and 

I think I will be bringing the fan

out today. I have things I need to do

indoors...haha....but they can wait till

hotter days!

Here's hoping  you have a great

and productive day!