hello from the rain day...

we had rain and dark skies most of the day...

which means we don't have to water for a couple of days...

we are getting tomatoes now and waiting for the next batch of green beans...

so what do you do when it rains?

you play...

(after you get the house work done, of course...)

just some moving things around on the desk kind of a day...

where do you store your clips and clothes pins?

lamp shade?

an original swanky swig...

with black stars...

the only one I have kept that had a design on it...

don't I look like a pint sized gardener?

even back then...

does anyone else get these in the mail?

I have gotten them for a year and half to two years...

free...

I did not pay for them and no one else paid for them...

they send them free...

I used to get them...

got about 4 issues and called them up and told them to save their postage...

they weren't worth bringing home from the post office...

I told them to cancel my subscription...

truth:

they are 99% ads...

yep- under 10 pages of something actually not an ad...

there is nothing that's really my style at all...

mostly modern...

I don't do recipes...

(I make up my own stuff as I go)

so, took me a whole whopping 10 minutes the thumb through all of these...

my suggestion is to start in the back...

the covers are pretty but that's about all it has going for it...

well, there you have it...

my day in a nutshell...

:O)

tonight is pizza night...

Dominos...

haven't had them for a few months...

DH has been talking about getting them for a couple weeks now...

withdrawl?

surely not...

:O)

come back soon!

have good days...

I have been sore from the last couple of weeks...

so we kind of took it easy on me this weekend...

but I did get a few photos...

my attempt at disguising the christmas tree in the play room...

found this little night light while cleaning the shelf in the laundry...

hid in a box way up high...

this is after and before this afternoon...

this is after this afternoon...

reorganizing...

this is a work in progress...

redoing the paper on the drawers...

like this better than the old stuff...

left over tubs!

and great news!

cooler weather is coming!

I am ready...

maybe we can even open some windows!

hope your weekend was a fun one!

prayers for great things this week for all of you!

it is finished...

9 bags gone...

(kitchen garbage bags)

several boxes...

found some things that had been missing...

glad its over in there...

got the kitchen paint dug out...

that is coming up soon...

its been 3 years. I think...

need to finish...

kids are here camped out in the yard...

photos coming later...

have a good day!

this chick is shot...

need a nap...

another day in the war zone...

a rooster to wake me up...

but this is what really works...

a nice hot pot of tea in the mornings...

butternut squash blooms and morning glories...

DH and I went out to to pull the green beans and they were loaded with blooms again...

so no replanting them yet...

we pulled weeds and the morning glories out and picked a few cherry tomatoes...

its amazing what you find when  you clean and purge...

Lester and Charlie...

'

and this one I want to frame...

he's so cute...

2 more bags left yesterday and there's one more in the hallway from this morning for DH to haul out when he gets home...

Craig is off tomorrow to help with the next few totes- too big for me to be dragging around...

pretty darn sore and had a terrible time yesterday...

I was done by 9am, and then it all hit like a ton of bricks...

but doing better today...

trying not to over do it...

but its hard when you get going on something...

I am running into so called projects that never got done...

things I bought at garage sales and will never use...

had good intentions at the time, but I ain't no spring chicken anymore...

and some of these ideas are no longer in...

been asking myself these questions as I sort...

am I really going to do this?

nope...

did I miss this?

nope...

will I miss it?

will the world come to an end if I let it go?

nope...

and before ya know it, another bag is full...

ta da...

its that easy...

just keep me home and away from the clearance isles...

and we will be ok...

Susie- glad you keep coming back and hope things are going for good for you guys...

it does feel good when another bag goes out the door!

have a blessed day...

It's so much cooler...

we are at 75 right now...

nice day and so cloudy...

we have had 4 good showers since noon yesterday...

about to head in and take a nap before the guys start coming home...

and supper has to be cooked and all that fun stuff...

but I did want you to know that a full bag if stuff went out of the play room/storage room yesterday and another went out today...

that's 5 now...

and I am not done...

just watch a couple of those hoarders videos on youtube and it will scare the socks off of ya...

its not happening here...

my grandmother made a clean sweep when she hit 70...

the thought of someone going through her crap stuff didn't sit well with her...

there wasn't much left for us to do when she died...

except the butter tubs and the unused return envelopes that came with all her utility bills...

why she ever saved those is beyond me...

so if you need motivation...

just look at something and ask yourself...

do I want someone else finding this when I am gone?

or worse yet...

while you're still alive and someone has to come in to take care of you...

and you have to answer their questions about certain things...

yeah- its not pretty when you put it that way...

I really don't have a hoarding problem...

my problem is that I underestimate the size of my house...

yep, that's my story...

sticking to it...

:O)

have good days...

ugh on this heat...

tis nasty and humid outside during the day...

pretty humid at night...

the a/c is not keeping up with all of it...

need to dig out our dehumidifier...

butternut squash and turnips in the wheel barrow...

laundry today and more tomorrow...

dishes and not one step in the play room...

DH can help me some in there tomorrow...

hope you have a good weekend...

have you missed this place?

I'll give you one hint...

I love this old jar...

I have had it for years...

its an old Ball...

and with a zinc lid...

a good place to store the small contact paper left overs...

just in case I need it later...

I love the details...

and a little wipe and its clean again...

do you use trays?

I really love them and they are all over the place...

a great place to store a couple of big die cuts...

and a little wipe here and there and these look good again...

even this came out cleaner...

how do I do it, you ask?

with these...

and what are "these"?

ta da...

cheap baby wipes...

they are quilted and really pick up all the dust...

AND...

they work wonderful on wood without taking off any finish...

AND...

they make your hands look great after all that hard work...

(people will think you have a maid)

yep, they will...

:O)

cheap?

how cheap, you ask?

well, you won't believe this one...

but they are 1.85 for 72 butt wipes...

that's a lot of dusting and cleaning in that pack...

you can thank me later...

you're welcome...

now onto more serious things...

wait- don't go...

it's HOT...

we have a warning now until Sunday night...

not an advisory...

a WARNING...

all animals are inside and not happy about it...

not one bird or bug to chase inside!

but they are safe...

I AM INSIDE!

also, an update on my progress...

another bag sitting by the door to go to the landfill...

I hate doing that, but have no place for some of it to go...

just not nice enough to pass on...

I only got a half of bag yesterday afternoon...

so much sorting and reorganizing, though...

but this morning, between breakfast and lunch...

I topped that bag off...

so I am still behind my plan, but another bag is another bag...

I am  sure I will make up for it later when I get to the bigger things...

so, stay inside, if you can...

stay hydrated...

keep an eye on pets and neighbors...

pray the power stays on!

until next time...

locked in for a awhile...

I really like the new foxglove plants in front of the deck...

and the morning glory that comes up every year now...

I made a wreath from the morning glory vines out by the field one fall and that's all it took...

the ferns are doing great in this weather...

did you know that willows grow extremely fast?

I had no clue...

more roses...

well, we ate pizza last night instead of the green beans...

Craig had picked up a couple marked down at Walmart and we just added to them...

so tonight's supper is done...

I need to get my butt moving...

need to put dishes away and grab a garbage bag and fill it...

that means play room time!

can you believe July is over half way over?

freaky, huh?

Craig and I made a trip to Family Dollar last night before supper...

and we grabbed just over $100 of cute things for the toy drive...

mostly for teen girls...

did you know that they have 10 packs of socks for $5?

that's a deal...

and they are so cute...

I need to find room in the play room to put it all, too...

get rid of one bag and bring another in...

must be my motto...

:O)

BUT...

its not staying here for long...

and some kids are going to love this haul...

was looking at their lamps, too...

may have to go back..

love finding things that will make their rooms rock...

we do not buy hygiene items of cologne sets until right before the toy drive...

I want them fresh and new...

so for now...

we shop for things that don't have an expiration date..

would you believe the windows are steamed up on the outside?

nasty out there...

holed up in here...

mama didn't raise a dummy...

have good days!

a heat wave is coming...

today is our last nice day...

then a week of very hot weather with heat advisories...

I went into my playroom/ storage room yesterday afternoon with one goal in mind...

fill just one garbage bag...

and it didn't take long...

so my plan is to fill one garbage bag every day of the heat advisory...

waiting on the tomatoes to turn!

Susie left me a comment yesterday about not doing any annuals this year...

well, we didn't either...

not one...

we put the money we normally spend on what we end up tossing in the fall on plants that will come back year after year...

annuals have just gotten too expensive around here...

and they just don't last all season...

I think they are starting them too early and are in their prime when they bring them to market...

I may take up her plan of getting artificial flowers and potting them...

:O)

my neighbor has done this for years...

and no one knows...

until the fake leaves blow into someone else's yard!

(Susie, make sure you pull them before a hard frost!  Its a dead give away if you still have blooming plants then with green leaves...)

breakfast this morning was my bran flakes with blueberries...

one of my favorite things...

we have left over green beans, potatoes and bacon for supper...

probably with some smoked sausage...

so my day is pretty much free to do what I want...

(NAP)

Have good days and keep praying for our country...

we need His love and blessings...

good morning...

hope you enjoyed your weekend...

this is one of my favorite views in the yard...

looking though the willow to the sand cherry bushes...

the roses are blooming again...

this one bloomed big earlier, and then got ready for another display...

the day lilies are blooming now, too...

just not as many as before...

some have been recent transplants and others are too over crowded and need thinned out again...

we had a slow weekend here...

we have eaten a lot of fresh green beans from the garden...

we have gotten 3 1/2 walmart bags so far...

gave the half bag to a neighbor last night...

waiting to see if they produce again in the next few days...

if not- its time to pull them and replant...

we are having a hotter than normal year with a lot of humidity...

got a really hot weekend coming up...

so thinking about indoor projects...

nothing earth shattering...

maybe just some sorting and purging of things I have held onto for who knows what reasons...

thinking I will do something great with it or I had plans I can't even remember now...

I am not a minimalist at all...

though I wouldn't mind being somewhere in the middle of that and total chaos...

:O)

with the heat, I am spending more time inside than outside...

so, I should probably get to doing something to show for that time...

hope you have a good week...

thanks for stopping by...