House Updates...

Hubs and I have been talking a lot lately on how much we have changed the house/yard.
Last night I went on a picture hunt to see if I could find earlier pics of the house when we first moved in (or rather the first year+)... Here is what I found.



This D.E.A.D. tree was in the center of a power line triangle (scared me to death anytime we had a nasty wind storm come threw).
$100 and it came down one Spring morning. Opened the backyard up.



The chain link fence (I just recently pulled that down) and that too opened the back up so much! Before that the back lot was nothing but weeds...then it was weeds and a large pile of dirt.
The red fence there to the right....Ugh, that was so hideous; it was leaning a good 3 feet into our yard, the 3 feet is was hovering over was nothing but weeds. A couple Mother's Day ago, I was out there pulling and ripping that fence down. We put up a nice chain link.



My garden....was a 'patio' of sorts (note 2 pics down w/ muddy child).











We put in a 8'x8' sandbox.







(these are out of order...Hmph). We painted over the bruise color on the lower part of the house (note next pic)...we painted over with an Blue Spruce Green color.







I hated the honey color to the kitchen cabinets (top and bottom) so I ...



painted the lower an olive green and the upper...



an antique/off white. I still have to finish...needs another coat.

Other updated pictures to follow.

My New-To-Me Find

I went junking at a girlfriends house today (she had her In-Laws down for a yard sale)...Can you guess what Mama-in-Law had??? PYREX!

She sure did use this piece...





It is a 403 2.5QT nesting bowl. It looks to be an olive green.

Hubs says I like them because I don't have to be too careful with them - it's true, but I also like them because they were used/loved and they have character, they are unique...there is not another piece out there that will have the same exact worn look to it. By the way... $.10

GIVEAWAY

Love free stuff? Love Great looking Free stuff?!? Then come over to this blog and see how you can enter!
http://michellem-spontaneousdots.blogspot.com/2010/08/giveaway.html

WOW

We had a nice little storm come threw tonight; Hoss asked me to take pictures...








Then I went around front and saw this:















...it's a double rainbow. Second time in a week we have seen a double rainbow, first time however, to see a rainbow at night (8:45p Aug 5, 2010).








An awesome storm and a double rainbow = Beautiful.

Cute finds...

I was eager to get out today and junk...went to my usual 'hot spots' and came out with these:

Pyrex Creamer.

I don't think it's very old (1980's maybe?) - most of the vintage have the design up on top, but this here is centered. I have looked and haven't found what pattern this is...Ribbon Bouquet.



Fire King Sugar/Creamer - Primrose.



I was ready to walk out of one of the stores, when I looked down an my eye caught on the creamer - the colors (red/pink) spoke to me...they are just dainty and girlie (I am none of the above), but I really like them.
Then walking back down an isle (to make sure I didn't miss anything) I caught sight of the sugar...SCORE!



Pretty huh.

Moment of Silence

I wanted to take a picture of my collection (I also use them daily).




Setting them all up, just perfect like.







Below are the ones I have for trade/sell.



.......*sad*, I just bought this one yesterday ($.50) and I loved it! Good thing they don't cost much. It was a nice piece. An here hubs was worried last night that Sprout would break it (he was standing on it). *cries a little on the inside*

My Secret Garden

The sunflowers are taking off! In order to 'try' and keep them out of my little garden, I put chicken wire up...to help me get into my garden I made 2 trellis like things, made from rebar, PVC looking stuff, more chicken wire and zip ties (I did run out of chicken wire tho).

I love my garden.