Night Stands

Jame's latest project.... night stands for our bedroom.  The ones we had were looking oh so sad and he couldn't stand them anymore.  :)  

He did a great job on designing and building these.

I love them.

 

A New Sewing Table

Jame's project for the last month has been building me a sewing table.

Guess this means I have to sew...ha!

  I posted lots of pictures so our families could check it out.

Eventually when I get a new sewing machine, he will put a lift in it.  

It also has a special spot for a serger.  

I'm excited to get it all set up so I can get going on projects.

He did a great job.

My Little Helper

 Emma is loving the new mop that James made her.

She doesn't know this...but she is being trained to help me clean.  :)

I'm going to have to crochet more mop tops for her because she sure is picking up a lot of dirt. What does that say about my cleaning?  

Good thing I've got her to help me now. :)

Storage Space

Remember the hole in my wall?

It now looks like this.

Isn't it lovely?  I LOVE this time of year when James is home more often and he is around and can do little things for me like this.  :)  It makes my heart melt....awe!!!

He added some shelves in the back of the closet that is underneath.  I love more space for stuff.

Why I Love Winter

There is one reason why I really do love, love winter!

James actually slows down just enough to finish some projects that I would like done.

This is my new kitchen island he brought in right around Christmas time .  He had been working on it in his spare time since last March but finally decided to just get it finished in December.  I'm glad to because it was getting kind of dusty out in his garage and I was getting tired of waiting and waiting for it.  I think he did a great job and I just love how it looks in my kitchen.  

I told him I wanted some shelves in Emma's room to put her special animals, books and pretty things on.  He got these put up earlier in the week around the same time he finished the ceiling.   Yes, mom and dad, my ceiling is no longer hanging down.  ha!  

I'm very excited because I received my large order from Mountain Rose Herbs.  I can't wait to show you how to make  two new things I'll be adding in my routine: homemade deodorant and lip gloss.   I love my hand lotion and body butter that I've been making.  It's all I ever use now and it feels good knowing I'm using healthy, all natural and even edible ingredients on my skin.   I never have to worry about rubbing my body butter on Emma's dry fingers as she sticks them right back into her mouth.  Having avocado oil in it, I know it's good for her no matter where it goes.

Today with the weather what it has been, it has been a good day for Emma and I to stay in.  We were gone two days in a row and she was pretty tired today.  This morning she didn't wake up until after ten.  I had the door open and was doing things in the kitchen and I didn't think my sweet girl was ever going to wake up.  I guess not having naps the past two days caught up to her.

 I had plenty of time to do some crocheting before she woke up.  

 

Emma and I stayed in our pajamas all day today.  

 

Our Weekend

Emma and I came home Saturday afternoon and James was ripping up the carpet. I was so excited to know that my new flooring was being put in. I forget when a project like this is done though the house can easily become a mess. I also realized how dirty my walls were. We ran to Home Depot and purchased some new blinds for the window. I won't tell you how terrible the ones look that are on there now.

The new flooring.

Saturday morning Emma and I went to some garage sales. It was a good way for me to get out and do a bit of walking. I may have indulged in ice cream a bit to much on vacation.

I found this charming book with wonderful illustrations for $1.00 The copyright is 1912 which was the year my grandmother was born. It was also the year the Titanic went down.
I imagine she learned from a book like this in school and taught from it since she became a teacher.

Hopefully when Emma begins arithmetic she will enjoy using this book. I know I've really enjoyed looking through it over the weekend. It is darling.

I'm not a big fan of garage sales. I don't like to dig through things. I rarely buy clothes but what I do look for is books. We were walking by one sale and I wasn't going to stop but I spotted these yellow books on the table. I knew right away what they were.
Nancy Drew mysteries for only fifty cents! I picked up every one of them. I was so excited!

I would also like to thank my niece for introducing me to sweet and salty popcorn last year. I bought a huge bag of freshly made sweetness at the sales.
It was a huge bag!
It was $5.00
James said "you spent $5.00 on that?"
"of course I did and it was worth every penny."
Do you know what?
He does not like it...so I did not even have to share. I had the whole bag all to myself.
and.....
since there is no tag with calories or ingredients on the bag I consider that eating a zero calorie popcorn! ha!
That's my own rule I made up. Maybe I'll need to hit a few more garage sales now to walk off the popcorn.