Winter Projects

Well look at me I did learn by watching my Dad.

And watching Danny too.

My talent for wood work is very basic so don't put in any orders. I layed out the basic form on the concrete.

Yes I was working outside, in 54 degree weather in January,

building a book case for my craft and garden books.

It will be installed in the craft room.

Had to reduce, reuse and recycle.

The plywood was left over from another project and the smaller wood came from wooden pallets the the stone was delivered on.

Hey it 's just a shelf for books.

And here they are after Kathy helped me paint them.

I screwed them up against the wall.

Not bad for a girl!!!Then with my electric skills I installed the old kitchen hanging light, painted it white and hung crystals off it to give it that fancy touch it went into the blue room.

Well I'm makeing next years presents and got these pinecone wreathes all finished.

This is a craft handed down to me from Beepa.

She taught me this when Dan and I lived on the farm.

Some of the pine cones came from an outing that Beepa and Ken

took me on to Lake Tarlton in Warren , NH. And some other pine cones the girls might remember I had them help me yank them off a pine tree on the state office property in NH.

The wreaths have to dry out for a few days then I trim a few tips off the longer pine cones around the edges to make the wreath more compact.

I cook them in the oven to melt down the pine pitch. That's me busy, busy, busy
so I don't give in to the winter blues (or menopause).

Just us enjoying life.

Macy the "cat"

Danny loving his new CAT fleece.

Our home :)

Kathy and her man Jason

Kathy our middle daughter

Our neice Steph and the new puppy "Boston"

New Years Eve fire.
Cortney our youngest daughter and Teresa with her husband Michael.

My oldest daughter Teresa.

Our neighbors horse.
Have a happy day!

Winter projects

Well Christmas Eve started out expensive. Our condenser died on the ac/heat pump. So to save on the energy bills Dan and I updated our unit and got a Trane. This is the crew tearing out the old... And this is the new one. Isn't it shiny and pretty.(This was my real sports car)Then With Kathy' s help we started painting the many rooms in this house.

This is the office before...
And here it is today after.Our laundry room got a makeover too and I went soft light blue.Prissy note the shirt Kaki is wearing. Hee Hee

Then I thought about the good times we've had with Mary Kay makeovers.

So and had our new lady Irish come over and we played dress-up.

Kaki looks smokin'

And Beepa is on a man hunt.
Loved hearing from everyone about my hot fake sports car.

Had a few people fooled,but I won't mention any name s(Prissy)

New Years weekend

Well selling the house in NH really paid off. Danny was able to buy me the sports car of my dreams. This Shelby will need a car port right away.

We got the weekends started with Karen and Connie and the twins Steve and Steph stopping by for a couple of days . Got the wine flowing around the fire and had a hang over on Sunday just in time for my birthday. 50th...

Oh yea Drew and Priscilla... we found the Piggly Wiggly!

Steph is in college in MA. And enjoying the fun part of higher education. Scoccer is still her love.

Steve is majoring in business and he likes the fun in college more also.

Boston is growing like a weed and so damn cute.

Got my birthday off with a new car and a weekend getaway to a B&B at the coast.

The kids were all here and made dinner and gave me lots of love. Also got the inside scoop on Disney for ADULTS. Here we come


Oh yea did I metion that the car Danny gave me is a Shelby Cobra....