Garage Sale Finds

Hello everyone, I hope you are all having

a great week!  I said on my

last post that I would share with you

all what I got over the weekend at the

garage sales.  They were having a bunch

of them in one town, so after the storms

went through, off we went in search of

some treasures!  There was an estate sale

going on, outside of the town and we got

some of the things there.  They were the

most expensive of all of it, of course.  I got

the two rolling pins and the big cutting

board, there.....The marble rolling pin was

$8 and the wooden one was $2 and the

cutting board (which is very heavy)was $3,

All the rest totaled $7.25...

The little mister that you put in a bottle

to mist your clothes, was the 25 cent buy...

I need to find an old bottle, in some of my

stuff, for it and put it in the laundry room.

I got the little bibs to hang in the laundry

room, also....I thought I would hang a red

hankie around the top of them.  The cutting

board is butcher block and needs some

sanding and cleaning....I bought a little

ladder from a bunk bed, at a resale shop,

for covering the ceiling light in the kitchen,

I got it home and it isn't long enough, so we

will have to modify it and I am going to hang

the copper collander and my old graters on

it....(Oh hubby, you need to find some wood

and get out the saw.)

So, everything on the table, except for the

lamp came to $20.25.....pretty good haul,

I would say!   The little cabinet has shelves

in it and I am going to put it on the jackson

press were my toys are and put some of the

toys in it.  My hubby says that my bears have

more toys than he had when he was a kid!

I want to do some changing around here, I am

wanting to change the living room all around,

that will involve moving a lot of heavy

furniture and a lot of books.....

Hubby offered a couple weeks ago and then

wasn't sure he wanted to get himself in all

that work....I have other

plans, I want to get some paint for the

kitchen cupboards, they are all white, the

trim in almost the whole house is white. I

want some color, I can't decide, I want red,

but then we are planning on selling this

house in a few years and I might not want

to repaint them....

My hubby brought me home a funny out of

the paper the other day....It was Hi and Lois..

Lois is asking Hi "How long do you think it

would take to repaint this kitchen?"  He says

"About 3 hours to paint....and about 3 months

 to decide on the color."

Yup, that about sums it up!  I had swatches

taped to the bedroom wall for months and I

got tired of them and took them down....

Well, it was cold and I don't paint in

 the winter! 

Is that a good enough excuse???   My

friend thinks I am not happy unless I am

tearing something up and re-doing it!  I

like change, hubby doesn't care, but he

likes it when I get done....

Well, that is enough rambling for now, I

need to figure out where to put all those

treasures, do a load of laundry, wash some

dishes and make a rice bag for a friend....

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen