YaYa Week-end

We began our week-end with absolutely beautiful weather

An evening on the deck overlooking Spider Lake....
Our hostess Libby reading one of the many letters written by
our parents and grandparents in the 1920's - 40's. Thank
goodness our mother's were "savers" of history.



Bride-to-Be Jeanne writing in the YaYa journal-
wedding in July!


A couple of the next generation dropped by for a few minutes -
two of Libby's kids Calvin and LeeAnne .
Congrats to LeeAnne - another baby coming in Oct.!!!





.....another guest stopped by too....cousin Alan's travel companion
Otis....this little guy has partied around the world. So glad he could
entertain us for a bit.....

Loss of First Tooth

Yesterday Emma lost her first tooth....hard to tell here, but it's one of her front lower ones.

Thank goodness not a top one, cause something tells me it could be a year before a new one grows in. No sign of a new one coming in yet! She is only 4!

Sunroom Refreshment

Chaos anyone? As the sunroom floors were being sanded and refinished the family room became one of the "storage" areas for all the furnishings etc.

A view from the kitchen (which also became a "storage" area) through the visqueen

which did in fact keep most of the dust from traveling thoughout the house!

The floors are done! I'll leave the visqueen for the painter to remove....

Well....so long as the room is empty, may as well repaint the walls right?!

Went with a deeper, fresher blue, which I love!

Oh, and the window trim which I'd planned on painting white....

in the end decided it was too much of a project

and ended up just restaining.

Ahh, the finished product! Spent all day yesterday putting the room back together

and am almost done! Threw an old quilt over the table and brought the Patricia Woods chairs back into the sunroom. Even had dinner in there last night with friend Sue M.

Retrieved the green chairs - one from the family room and one from the living room.

Now they are together again which is how they belong!

A few finishing touches yet to go...like getting the valences rehung....maybe yet today....




In the meantime need to figure out what to do with the item that didn't make it back into the room!

Bag Lady or Acting Green....

Hit my first estate sale of the season today....

found the set of 60's Pyrex casseroles-

Isn't the color fun - couldn't resist and they are

the perfect size for small casseroles and microwaving!

Found some good books - especially excited to read "Wings in the Meadow" -

the life history of a monarch butterfly and the life system of a meadow.

...and now to the bag lady or acting green purchase...
that refers to the grocery cart (I haven't used one since I was a kid!)
Since I live on the same block as a grocery store and often walk to pick-up a few things
(and Emma is too old for her stroller now,
which use to be handy for hauling home the groceries)-
I figured if I'm brave enough to wander down the street with my cart, I can
save the gas (and the environment...) by walking to pick-up all my groceries.
So why do I feel sooo old when I imagine myself shopping this way!!!


...and now for spring. The crocus have bloomed

Projects and fun

Time to repair the damage done by leaky roofs/plumbing or whatever caused water stains and peeling paint! The living room had ceiling and a bit of wall damage....
The sunroom got the worst of it - leaky skylights. So while the painter is in there working....
decided it was time to paint the trim around the windows white. This required moving all the furniture to the middle of the room....day 4 and the painting hasn't begun in here yet....

In the meantime....Sat. night the fam got together to celebrate Samantha's 24th birthday!

Meg and Emma were having a bit of fun after dinner...

Samantha and Brandon posed for the camera!

Happy Birthday Sam!!!

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New Rug

Just thought I'd share my great find! While strolling from one end of Meijers to the other - on a mission to find what I can't remember - this rug caught my eye. It is 5 x 9, has the same checkerboard pattern as my kitchen floor, in similar colors and was only $50! Not that I had expected to spend any money on a rug that day, but I had been looking for years to find one to center my family room seating area. This one had the cottage look and was sooo reasonably priced for that size! Yeah!!!

( Just discovered that the rug was an even better deal, evidently was on sale for $37.49!)

"Frosty" Visits

Frosty the snowman made what I hope is his last visit the other day.

I have enjoyed winter more this year than since I was a child myself!

Playing with Emma gave me an excuse to be outside,

doing what kids do when snow is plentiful!

...but I am ready for spring!
.....so ready in fact that spring cleaning has already begun!

The kitchen was first on the list...and after a good cleaning with bleach/water

of the cupboards, counters and floor...these little shelves by my sink

seemed the perfect place for a few pieces of my Scandinavian

collection. Someday I'll have to have the trivit translated!