Goodies In The Mail

Hey everyone, I hope you all are

having a great week....It cooled off

some and then went back to the

mid 90's....

Well, I guess I better get on with

what I got on here to post about.

First of all, I was lucky enough to 

have won one of Cyndy's giveaways 

over at Crafty Stitchers! I won

this cute scarecrow, he is just

awesome! Cyndy does such great 

and I am happy to have one of  her

creations in my home! Thanks so 

much, Cyndy, I just love him!

I also received this cute little 

gingerbread guy from Dina of

The Country Primitive Shoppe,

she was giving away 5 ornies that

day and I was lucky enough to 

post a comment to receive one. I 

just love him, too! I decorate my 

kitchen with gingers for Christmas.

We are making head way on the

kitchen....We had to take a counter

top back, it had a flaw right down 

the middle of it, but we have it all

on, now.....just need to adjust and

hook down the last part.  We got the

kitchen sink back in, we went a 

week without one....I still have 

the lower doors and drawers to

do, yet.  I took a break, last week

from working on them and I 

haven't gotten back at it. I have

been trying to find the dining 

room table, it has been piled up

with all kinds of things from 

the kitchen. I have two boxes of

things, that I took off the table,

that are not going back into the

kitchen.....There was way too much

stuff on the counters.....I might 

post some of it on my selling blog.

I have been putting things back

on the counters and then changing

it to another place....Tweak, tweak, 

tweak.....I might get 

it where I like it all, soon....

This is going to be the 4th weekend

for working on the kitchen, plus

the 10 days on doors, knobs and the

hinges.....It will take another week

or more to do the doors, etc.....

I will post the pictures, after we

get it all done.....I need to make

curtains and do a couple other 

things for the kitchen, also....I 

swear that I am getting an arm 

like Popeye!  The muscle on my 

right arm is getting huge! I guess

it is from putting all the hinges 

back on....I did it all by hand, so 

I wouldn't scratch off the paint 

on the hinges....

Between the clogging

and working on the kitchen,

I am building lots of muscles!...

Better not mess with me...he he...

Well, I need to go back to work on

 the dining room and maybe mop,

the floor, too.....I think I will do my

outdoor decorating this weekend, 

since Saturday is October 1st.

I have enjoyed seeing what everyone

has been doing (that is when the 

internet has decided to work)....

You all have a great weekend!

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

Autumn Equinox

Happy Fall, Y'all!  I thought I 

would show you all my egg 

sitting on the counter top, this 

morning!  You should be able to

do this during the Spring equinox, 

also....The earth is not tilted on 

it's axis, today.....It is straight up 

and down, so the Eastern and 

Western hemispheres are getting

the same amount of sun....You 

can sit an egg on the counter, in 

the morning and it will just sit 

there!

I couldn't get it to work on the new

counter top, but it worked on this 

section of the old one, that we have

left to replace....Now, I wish I had

picked out an green egg to try it with.

I even opened to drawer to get out a

spoon and it didn't fall over, I was

surprised! It has been sitting there,

since 8:02am CDT and it is now 

9:24am...How cool is that?

I took a break from working on

the cabinet doors for a few days,

but we will be back to work on 

the counter tops, tomorrow and

getting the sink back in...

I am so happy that Fall

has arrived, it is

my favorite time of the year! We 

probably won't have any pretty 

trees, this year, it has been way too

dry....It was 93 degrees on 

Wednesday, but only 73 degrees,

yesterday and we got some rain! 

That makes me HAPPY!

My hubby called me yesterday 

to let me know that the grocery

store in the town, where he works,

has gotten their huge mums in,

so I am heading over there to 

have lunch with him and get me

a bunch of mums!  Yippee!

Have a great weekend, I am 

hoping to get a lot done in the

kitchen and maybe get my 

scarecrow out and decorate

outside!

Until next time....

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

I'm A Big Helper!

 Hey everyone, Chum here...I just

wanted to show you all what a big

helper I am in the make over of 

the kitchen....Here I am helping

my Daddy with the measuring.....

Hurry up, Dad......How long do you

expect me to hold it in place??? 

Here I am holding down the 

newspapers, that Dad covered the 

stuff up with, before he ripped off

the old counter top.....Oh shoot, I

am out of order.... 

Shhhh, I bet I  shouldn't be showing

this much, so don't rat me out to Mom!

This is what the counter top looks like...

Isn't it purrrrrty?

 Mommy has been working hard for

days and days....It takes 2 or 3 times 

to fill in that ugly design that was in 

the doors, she has been sanding, 

filling in, sanding, filling in and 

sanding and fixing any spots 

and sanding and then painting the 

doors a couple times!!! 

And look, she has painted all the 

knobs, screws and hinges!  She has 

18 doors done, but she only has two 

back up to see how she likes them....

Actually, these

are lower doors and she put them on 

to keep me out of the cupboard, 

cause I am so curious, I want to snoop 

in everything! Yup, I think I should 

know everything that is going on in

my house!....he he....

She has to take off the other 7 doors 

and get them done, along with the 

hinges, plus help Dad with the rest of 

the counter tops, etc, tomorrow. Dad

has to move all the outlets and 

switches up some, too and I will be 

right there to help....More like 

supervise to make sure he is doing 

it all right!

She has really been busy, with all 

that work, plus she is learning to clog 

and has started back walking...I know

her legs were hurting the next day, 

from all that clogging....I think she 

is getting old, but don't tell her I said

that!!!!  

Well, after all that work and this big

post, I think I will lay here on this 

door and take a nap!

Before I go, I want to say "Hello" 

to all my furry friends and to 

Skippy.....Where are you?

Until next time.....I hope you all

like what I showed you, of the

kitchen....

Big hugs and squeezes~Chum

Paying Tribute

Paying tribute to those who lost their

lives, 10 years ago, today....

God bless our great nation....

Until next time...

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

I Haven't Fallen Off The Map!

 Hey everyone, I know it has been a 

couple weeks since I posted, but I 

have been having problems with my

internet. They had to adjust it for 

the extreme heat and then they had

to come back the next week to adjust 

it, again.  I didn't want them to have

to come every week, and I knew it 

was gonna cool off eventually! It has

cooled off this week, but it is going 

to be back to almost 100, next

week.....The internet would work 

about a half hour a day, so I wasn't

able to blog much, 

which can be a good thing, if you

are wanting to get things done. 

I am taking advantage of the cooler

temps and I am working on my 

kitchen make over.....Here are some

pictures of what it looked like when 

I started....

Beautiful wavy trim...NOT! Hubby

banged it up, trying to see if we could

get the facing off and it just didn't 

want to come off.....Had to go to 

plan B...We would have to take a

lot of the front of the cabinets off,

to get rid of all the places, that it

has been routered....We had two 

other ideas for the cabinets....

 

 I am not too fond of the routered 

design on the doors...

 Or this beautiful formica.....he he...

 

Getting started, getting the OLD 

stove out....This was the pits to 

cook on.....It didn't work too well 

and it only had one large burner. 

This is the dining room side, you

can see that we have taken the trim 

off the top, already....That is bead

board at the back of the stove....

I am trying to decide whether or 

not I want to paint the cabinets

a different color....I am not good

at making decisions on things like

this, it takes me forever....I wanted

to get new counter tops, then the 

lumber yard didn't get the ones 

that are already miter cut, so I had

decided to paint them black with 

Caromal Colours paint, then I 

thought I might like to tile them 

and I priced the tile....Then I went

back to painting them....THEN, 

we went to another town and they

have the miter cut counter tops 

and I found one that I just love,

so.....I am going to get them and

we will go pick them up on 

Saturday....I can't wait to get it

done!  When we bought this house,

we planned on selling our house

in Texas, but changed our mind.

I was going to get all new 

cabinets, when we sold it....So, 

that is out....Anyway, I think

I will like it when we get it all

done.

More to come!

Thanks for stopping by....

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen