Showing posts with label Home life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home life. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The rain has stopped! Yeah!!

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Finally….only 4 more days until my Daughter in Laws baby shower that I am hosting, and still so very much to do, BUT dear husband was able to get all the shrubs around the pool trimmed today.

Big job to be sure….

He did get these finished up tonight….

All of these yet to be done, plus the front yard….:/
Jack and I spent most of the day shopping  for things for the party. I think it’s been forever since I’ve shopped for anything for the house. I got all sorts of goodies, including some fabric Hydrangeas to replace the ones that have been on the deck arrangement for years now. This has been on my list for the last few years.


This is what they looked like after I took them out. They don't look too bad here actually, but take my word for it, they were horrid!

Much better now…the pink is a bit brighter than I actually want, but I’m depending on them fading in the sun.

I keep these out on that table all summer, and they look really pretty looking out from the family room windows.
I’m going to be working on things all week for the shower, making some simple attendance gifts and getting the decorations done. I hope to remember to take pictures as I do them. Thus far, the blogging thing hasn’t settled in very well and I forget to take pictures. Like Jack’s birthday party Sunday! Everything turned out smashing, and after every bit of food was gone, I thought “Shoot, I was going to take pictures”! (same with the hydrangea arrangements) I’m guessing blogging one’s activities isn’t second nature….:)

Monday, May 17, 2010

More roses....

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It's been raining here for days on end. Our seeds have sprouted in the vegetable garden, but it's so muddy we haven't been able to thin the sprouts out yet. The poor roses are so heavy with water, I've had to go out and trim them of their largest blossoms just to keep them off the ground. The only good thing about that is that I got to bring some in. I arranged them in my Mothers Milk Glass vase (which I'm pretty sure she has forgotten I have) and snuggled them in along some recent purchases I made from The Shabby Chic Cottage's Etsy store.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Replacing the kitchen faucet

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I have all these party's coming up this month and for months have been telling Jim that we needed to replace this faucet. The faucet is only 8 years old, but I never had anything other then a stainless steel faucet before and had no idea the paint would start chipping. Once it started chipping, there was no stopping it and it deteriorated fast! Amazing how cruddy this looks in this photo! I swear all of this deterioration took place last week....;) yep...that's the ticket...*g*