HoW wE sPeNt OuR DaY!!

Well here is that free wood I came into..minus the shelf..I actually paid money for it..This was done on thursday outside while it was nice and sunny...oh the weather this week was awesome..we are getting slammed with rain as we speak..we went from 71 degrees to 50..but the rain means I don't need to water..and it just came out of no where...but this is may and the northwest..
Okay this was yesterdays project amongst mowing the lawn before the rain hit.glad I did cause it was a jungle out there..I painted all the wood and sanded it..so now I need to stain it and seal it and then decopauge a pantry label that my good friend Rene makes.. She has some great prices and I am itching to get her halloween labels..she had her first race last night..I hope she kicked some butt...;) any way I am pleased with the way they turned out..oh for my birthday my hubby is getting a little hand held triangular sander..I can't wait..it will make this job so much easier...I was worn out from all the sanding..my birthday you ask?..it is on May 12th...I was born on mothers day the year I was born..8 girls at that hospital that day..

Okay moving one..I used my new laundry line to dry some muslin that I had stained..and I will say I love my new laundry hanger..in fact we are lengthening it so I can put all my laundry out there...I will say I love baking my muslin much better as it really gets some dark parts..and I love the darker burny parts...then it looks more prim to me...but I love the new line and it takes me back to when I was little and would run through my moms clean laundry...oh it felt so good running through the bed sheets when they were moist and cool, especially on a hot day..:) you all know what I am talking about..:)that is sunny bunny running by...:)

here is a little garden area out in the middle of the lawn..used to be an old stump there..now flowers...and more flowers will be planted in the mailbox too..

here is my little container gardens with succulents under the maple tree..and I love those little wild blue forget me knots I believe is what they are called..I have never planted them..but love em...they are all over..

here is a trillium that is on its way out..they turn purple when they are done blooming..they are normally white..and they are native here too..

I picked some flowers from my garden today and brought them in to enjoy...I just love cutting flowers and bringing them in to enjoy..they make me smile everytime I walk by...

here is the new faucet that Mike installed today..and I love it..I have a soap dispenser and the sprayer is on the end of the faucet...love that feature..I wasn't too sure about the chrome but I love how shiny and new it is..took us almost 2-1/2 hours to take the old and put the new one in..the old one was a bugger...

Here is my sink..I am in love with my sink!! it is deep and do you notice no seams!! it is built right into the sink..so no caulking to try and clean around..when we remodeled and had the counters made..we splurged on this sink and I so glad we did..it gets the most complements when people come in to see...go figure..

okay my laundry room is offically been pimped..I finished my shelf yesterday and Mike hung it up for me..now my room is complete..I would have never touched this room had it not been for the laundry swap I did from Char at the pickled pepper...I met a new friend Dani..and got my room done up so nice...I love showing it off now..and I did tonight to the next door neighbor..we had to move the wooden laundry hanger there over by 2-1/2 inches into a stud cause it was coming out of the wall...so I need to patch those old holes up and paint...

okay what you have all been waiting for..the new shelf..didn't it turn out fantastic!!!all my goodies look so good there now..I used old wrought iron curtain tie backs for the hoops that we screwed onto the shelf..so i was able to hang my plastic bag holder there an old looking sock that Dani made me and a grater and the tags that Dani made me as well. I put on top of the shelf the picture she made me an old little container and her cleaning and soap supplys that she made me as well..now all the colors look really good with the water heater cover...

a more close up view of my stuff.I also put a little ceramic washer on the shelf..I got that from Factory direct in their miniature section...love it..

so now my laundry soap and vinegar rinse are in the blue roaster..I also put two little grunged up clothes pins that Dani made in the laundry jar..they look so cute and prim in there..

I am going to save old boxes new or old that look retro up there...that is why I kept the borax box..

I have been working on my stitcheries and enjoying myself..I finished the one I posted 2 days ago and am working on an americana one..but this picture here is the very first cross stitch I ever did way back in 1985...it hangs in my craftroom...remember when using hoops for hanging..actually you still could..just paint them black and sand and stain and they would look really good..I was into the country blues and mauves back then...no more..love the earthier tones and black now..amazing how our tastes change.. it was only a couple of years ago that I started wanting black in the house..now I can't get enough of it...I found a really neat website and she specializes in halloween cross stitch..I am getting two of her patterns..they are awesome..her name is Lisa of the prmitive needle..

go and check her stuff out you won't be disappointed...:)I found her through another blogger that left a comment on my blog today..and she is fabulous too..her name is Michelle...

and she has the cross stitch pattern I want on her blog..that is what got this all started...:)

this is what I captured with the camera the other night.Millie sitting in my bathroom sink..waiting patiently for a drink of water..she is our Silly Mil...

and last but not least this is what the postgal brought me today..I can't wait to go through these books and get ideas and inspiration...just wish I had a sunny day to really sit and enjoy these...I will let you know what I find...well I can smell our dinner cooking so it must be done..and I am getting hungry..tonights menu..chicken in my deep dish baker from pampered chef along with carrots, parnips and celery....yum..gotta go and bake 2 potatoes and we are in business...I hope your weekend is going swimmingly...speaking of which..if it keeps up with the rain..that is what I will be doing..Take care...:)