All Over the Place Post

 This post will be an all over

the page post...

course I never blog about

just one thing, I like

my post to be full of

info!

HAHA

This was posted on FB for

me the other day.

Post read like this

My only decoration for the fall thanks

to Pam Montgomery Jackson for making

it from material from moms house.

Comment was posted by Renee,

Chris' wife (dude I dated),

Chris lost his mom a few

months back.

I have grown my hummingbird

vine three years in a row.

Matter of fact, Chris mom, 

Linda gave me the 

starting to my first one.

NEVER in those yrs have

I had it draw bees. But 

OH MY GOSH

this yr I think it drew all

the carpenter bees in the 

hood to my house in late

summer.

However, with the cold mornings

they are getting less and less.

I can go out and they are just

there, sitting, not moving 

and they will not move till

the sun heats them up. 

Course the way that vine took

over this yr. I will have to 

rethink the spot I start it in next

year...

Over taking my gate so that

the vine wraps around it and 

I have to break it loose to 

get out is crazy!

I have this thought rolling

around in my head and 

I can't decide for a few reason.

These are my kitchen cabinets...and what

you see is basically all of them.

I have never been a fan 

of oak, but these are better

cause they are stained dark.

And I feel that natural wood in 

small amounts is great...

But, these were made and hung

by my brother over 30 years ago.

They are in great condition but

could use a touch up here and there.

The kitchen is tiny.

I want to bring life back into 

these cabinets so course

I thought of paint!

Really, I have told folks don't

paint if the wood is nice. 

But the paint is still 

pulling at me. 

One reason, it would lighten up 

the kitchen and make it look

bigger. It would be bright, 

it would lend some love to 

them. 

BUT....

yes, always a but, 

painting will require some work.

Taking the hardware off, taking

the doors off, priming them and 

painting, then sealing. 

The great news is, there are

not that many, not like the 

last kitchen I did. 

However, I am not as young

as I was 25 some odd years 

ago when I painted the last ones. 

I looked into staining them 

again. That would require some

sanding to prepare them...

and once you have stained

you can only go the same

or darker as what is one there.

That does defeat the purpose

of trying to lighten up 

the room. But it wouldb

be easier and less work. 

If that is not enough reasons

as to why I have not

jumped and done, I am also

trying to come up with

someone to hire to take out

the wall the stove is on. 

That will open the kitchen 

up to the dining room. 

Prob, I don't wish to get in 

over my head and spend 

more retirement money than

need be...okay, I am cheap!

So not only would I have

to find someone to knock the 

wall out, he would have to

find away to reuse the cabinets

but opening up a spot 

for a FREAK'N

dishwasher that I so miss. 

Suggestions by friends have

been, restain.

Up date the counter tops

which I intend to do anyway.

Update the floor which I intend

to do anyway and do a back splash. 

That should help....BUT the kitchen

will still be tiny and the cabinets

dark. 

If I painted them this is

what I have always wanted

to do...

Dark (yes, I know, you thought

I wanted away from the dark)

brown on the bottom and a 

light airy creamy color on top. 

Okay, sounds like I want to paint....

but first, I need to see about

that wall and can 

the cabinets be reused?

OH MY...

now, keeping in mind, 

I am not as young as I 

once was and 

with the Fibro, I have issues

deciding on things. That

was NEVER an issue for me.

I over think things now, then 

I become over whelmed and 

I shut down...

CRAP so never ending!

What would you do?

I really did not intend for 

this post to get this long!

haha

hope I entertained you some.

Speaking of entertaining

you need to copy and repast

this link into your internet and 

if you have FB you can view it.

No FB, can't view.

https://www.facebook.com/thebrightplace/videos/6306400812764514

We tend to have so much

fun at the venue.

Now the last of the post 

is one of those silly things

you see where you give 

yourself a point for 

each thing you have

done.

19 for me.

NEVER ate a sugar

sandwich!

Although, I love sugar

and I love bread....

nope, not trying now.

Pam