Carmen got my name in Pea's Halloween swap. I received my package today. Thanks Carmen!

I will probably be a witch for a while. We have started the kitchen redo today. I am staying right with the handyman every step of the way so he will get this done. No dragging around on this and it will get done fast! Yeah, I know after reading Rosa's posts on her kitchen redo I am entering a nightmare.

Frosty Dan and Brown Robyn are growing up. They are no longer little boys. Dan is starting to get dark on his chest and looking more and more like his daddy, Nitro.

Brown Robyn's spots are coming out more and more. He is looking alot like his mommy, Diva.

I have talked William into letting me keep Brown Robyn but will be listing Frosty Dan for sale. We just can't keep 3 bucks and we really want to keep Nitro for Diva and Brown Robyn for Sammi.

Flower had 6 baby bunnies. They are all solid black or solid gray. Dotty had 4 babies and they are all spotted like her. One day I hope to have one that looks like the daddy, Thumper.

Time to build a fire and settle in for the evening. Hope you had a blessed day!

Dining Room

edited to add my give away winner is posted below this one so if you know how to get in contact with Vickie please tell her I need her mailing address.


Thought I would go to bed early tonight after a crazy day but it didn't happen. I started cleaning up the dining room from the dust and mess of hanging the ceiling fan and ended up putting some more things around the room. I still have to get covers for the plug-in outlets and clean my big crocks and set them beside the Hoosier, and put light bulbs in the light fixture. I thought I had bulbs but it was just empty boxes. Overall the dining room is done.

Too Tired Too Party

Stayed up till 1:30am putting up the wallpaper border, then got up at 5:30am for the yardsale. Yes, there are still tools laying around as there are a few more minor things to do. I also haven't gotten the light fixture yet. Yeah, I know, I know. It wasn't suppose to start till 8am but we had people stopping to look while we were setting up and it was still dark! I lucked out though. Some people with a big uhaul truck stopped and bought almost everything I had. Funny that I took it out of a uhaul to get rid of it and it ended up going back into another uhaul! At least I made a few hundred dollars while freezing. All week it has been hot and this morning it was in the 30's and all day it was windy and cold. I packed up the few things I had left and came home at 2pm. I have done the evening milking and feeding. Got 17 eggs today. Going to take a nice hot shower, eat a bowl of hot soup, grab my blanket and settle down on the sofa. Watch tv till I fall asleep. That will be how I celebrate St. Paddy's Day. Hope you are having a great one.

Thought For The Day ( Sorry I have gotten behind on doing these)

If you expect more from yourself that from others, not only will others not disappoint you, their actions will often be a pleasant surprise.

In The Groove

Mom to be doing what she does best- eating!

I have moved Sammi away from Nitro so she can have a break from him. I have already been to the feed store for alfalfa. Gave the rabbits new straw for bedding. Flower should have babies next weekend. Gotten 2 soap orders ready for shipping and listed 3 more items in my ebay shop. The day is going great so far. I still have to haul off more trash from yesterdays sorting adventure, load the trailer with the yardsale items and cover with trap as its suppose to rain tonight and tomorrow. I still need to set out my lavender and rosemary. Need to worm Nitro and Sammi and give Ms. Diva her vitamin E injection. I have a ton of laundry, wallpaper border to hang and a gift I need to work on as well as a mountain of paperwork but I am getting lots done! If you get bored take a peek at my ebay shop. If you are looking for something special or collecting certain vintage items let me know as I have boxes and boxes of items left from the antique/ collectible shop. If I have what you want I won't list it on ebay. Well its off to finish outdoor projects before the rain hits. Have a wonderful day and don't forget to count your blessings... especially the small ones.

Beautiful Saturday

Got up bright and early this morning to feed all the animals before hitting all the yard sales with my neighbor. The first few just didn't have anything that I needed or wanted. Then we found a estate sale! I had a ball! There was so much I wanted but am going to go back tomorrow when they cut the prices in half. I did pick up a couple of glassware items that I will be listing on ebay next week. It got up to 72 degrees here today and was sunny. Almost like spring passed by and summer came knocking on the door. I am working on getting things arranged in the dining room. Here is a sneak peek. The rooster painting was done by ArtbyDonnaRose at etsy. She did the painting for me and I made soap for her! It looks beautiful in the diningroom. The chickens on the buffet are just a tiny part of my collection. I am going to be putting some of my collection on ebay when I unpack them. I put them away to redo the diningroom. I have had the doors and windows open to let in all this wonderful fresh air. The sun is going down and its getting chilly so think I had better close up the house and start supper. Everyone have a great weekend!

New Floor

The diningroom floor is finished. The beadboard walls are up. The baseboard and shoe molding is finished. The door trims are done. Still have the window trim and the trims for the corners to put up and plug covers. Have to put up the ceiling and I still haven't found a light fixture I like. The diningroom is starting to look like a diningroom!

William will be home tomorrow afternoon. He has been gone so long he hasn't seen the hallway since it was done, Bud's new house, the new chickens or Sammi since she arrived. He did see her before I brought her home. He has lots to catch up on. Everyone have a great weekend and don't forget the One World One HeART give away.http://hiddenhavenhomestead.blogspot.com/2007/03/one-world-one-heart.html

Dining Room

I am climbing over or crawling around everything that was in the dining room but now all over the house. The house is a dusty mess and I can't do anything while the remodeling is going on. There are 3 and a half walls with bead board paneling right now. The walls should be finished tomorrow and then the paint goes on and the trim work. After that the hardwood flooring goes down and the ceiling goes up and I get to hang my border and clean up the mess. I so dread the kitchen! If a dining room with a few pieces of furniture can make such a mess and stress what in the world will the kitchen redo create? The bathroom, hallway and one bedroom are finished and the rest of the house still to go. I may survive or I may just move away and come back in a few years!

Here is the border I purchased. I have been collecting roosters and chickens for several years but have stopped as I have so many. I am only going to put a few of them back in the dining room but this border will make them all stand out.These are the curtains for the double window. I am not putting any curtains on the french door. Bud's cage is in front of the big glass window and the door is right beside it. I still haven't picked out the light fixture yet because I keep changing my mind. I am just tired of having a mess all the time and want a nice clean home again. I get to thinking how nice it was living in a home with everything where it belongs and decorated with the items we have collected over the years. We have so many things packed away because of working on the house I have forgotten what a lot of it looks like. Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully I can face it with a new attitude. I will try to overlook the dust and mess and look forward to a beautiful dining room.

Friday Already?

This week has gone by fast. Making headway on the paperwork and the hall is finally finished! Wayne got the floor down today and I had decorating which means I have more items that I won't be using I can sell in a yard sale or on ebay! Trying to downsize and declutter as we do each room. Must say it looks alot better to me decluttered and alot easier to stay clean! After Wayne builds another bunny condo he will start on the kitchen. The kitchen keeps getting pushed back for other projects but I am really going to let him start after the bunny house for the baby bunnies. They will soon be too big to stay with momma and we need more condos anyway. 3 of the babies are already spoken for when they are old enough to leave mom. I have found 2 lion head bunnies that I want to purchase to raise babies and will need a condo for them. Starting to feel like Noah's Ark around here. The rug in the hall was made by my neighbor Jane. She tore sheets into strips and crocheted 2 rugs for me for Christmas. They are so heavy and so nice! Forgot to move Wayne's power cord for the photo. He had to drill a new hole for one of the bedrooms doorknobs.
You can see the bumps and boo boos on the walls. Wayne sanded and fixed some but I told him to just paint over the rest as they were part of the house's history. Wayne is a perfectionist and would have loved to smoothed every wall but then I would still be waiting for the hall to be finished. LOL The oil lamp was my step dad's mothers lamp. The antique table is one of a set that William and I got at a auction. The antique tin photo I bought off ebay and the antique locks and keys William picked up somewhere. The framed poster is of the Golden Knights Army parachute team. I was autographed for William while he was still in the military. The door to the bathroom is center and the linen closet is on the right. If you look real close you will see I need about 2 feet of border having enough to finish the hall. Hopefully I can find more tomorrow as I purchased it on sale.
The animals all seemed to have did well with the cold weather last night. Their water was froze this morning so had to bring rabbit water bottles inside to thaw and refill. Broke the ice on the chickens and goats water and gave the 2 sick hens warm water with antibiotics in it. Diva seems to be happy in her fleece shirt so I left it on. Tomorrow is suppose to be warmer so I will take it off and let her enjoy the warmth of the sunshine. All in all it was a nice quiet day and hope tomorrow is the same! I have been asked if I would post some of my recipes that I have been simmering on the stove all day. I will try to post them tomorrow or Sunday.

TA DAAAAAAAAAA

I couldn't use my mothers antique mirror because the frame was too thick to go behind the washstand. I couldn't use another big antique mirror I had for the same reason. William and I got this real old mirror from an estate sale. Its only 11x14 but very heavy. I painted the trim and when hung it seems to capture the old country theme I am going with.
Right after hanging the mirror I couldn't wait to hang my country angel wall hanging Lisa made me! Lisa it is perfect, thank you soooo much!
Here are a couple more of my country angels and my towel rack. Another country angel, tissue holder and some of my bathroom tins.
The light fixture over the washstand and a peek at the wallpaper.
Couldn't have it all angels. Here are some of the vintage bathroom signs I collected so William would know its his bathroom too.
Another light fixture, towel rack and sign.
Here is my new floor and my vintage crock that I am using for a waste can. Its old so some of the paint on the outside has chipped off. I decided to leave it like that .

Sneak Peek

There is still touch up painting to do, clean the paint off the window, hang the mirror, put the globes on the light fixtures, hang the towel rack, tp holder, hang all my angels and my special angel wall hanging and other odds and ends. . Its so close to be being finished! Will post photos when its complete but I just had to give you a sneak peek!
There will be a mirror behind the washstand hopefully Monday.
Yes, that is a ladder you see in the shower. Guess the handyman was in a hurry to get home for supper and forgot to put it away. But who cares, my bathroom is almost finished!!!!!

Bathroom

As of this evening the bathroom has a toilet, shower, floor, ceiling, paneling, wallpaper, border and door. There is still baseboards, trim, chair railing and sink to go. This one week project is going on 4 weeks. I can only imagine how long it will take to redo the kitchen. Hopefully I can take photos tomorrow evening of a finished bathroom. If not please forward all emails to the padded room at the mental hospital!