Wordless Wednesday

 

                                 

 

                                  

 

                                  

Later,

Debbie

The newest member of our family

 

                        

                                                 Cheddar

We adopted him today from the shelter.  He's very sweet and lovable.  (And hopefully a really good mouser!)

One more picture, please!

                         

 

Later,

Debbie

 

Behind Door Number One...

                                    

                                      

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                                  My new and improved sewing room!

                            

                  This will look better soon with a few thing on the wall.

                                     

                                         I have a few things on the floor!

                                        

                                   Yay!   I have room for my quilting machine.     

I'm so, so happy that I have "my very own sewing room".  I haven't gotten everything put up yet, but I haven't gotten everything in the house where it goes either!  But since I plan to never, ever move again I think I have time!

Last week when I was in Decatur, Bonnie and I went to Hobby Lobby.  While there, we looked at fall wreaths.  $50!  For real?  So...I bought a few things, went to the woods behind the new house, got kudzu vines (about the only thing it's good for!) and made a wreath...it didn't cost $50!

                                                           

                                                          

But with all the rain, maybe I should have been buying umbrellas instead!  Are any of you waterlogged?  I'm so sick of it!  It's rained everyday for 2 weeks.  It rains....it's humid...it rains....it's muggy!  I'm getting soggy!  I'd really appreciate a nice cool, fall day!

Gotta go paint some baseboards...

Later,

Debbie

Ohhh...sorry?

I was just reminded that I haven't blogged in a while.  Awhile?  Can you say a month?  Wow!  I've never been away that long.  But I have an excuse...really!  We've finally moved!  Yay!

Well...sorta.  We've moved in.  Do we have all our stuff?  Nooooo.  We're leaving the most of it in the old house.  Leaving it there is suppose to help it sell faster...you know...HGTV...the new thing...staging?  Yeah...that means there's an empty house sitting in Decatur, AL with my furniture in it.  While I sit here on 35 acres with only a  bed, a  couch, and a big, ol' honkin' TV!  On which we watch Alabama football, Nascar and the stock report.  (Sarcasm!)  I've gotta be nice though, because I was allowed to watch Big Brother 11 on it!  And if I'm not nice, I won't be able to watch Biggest Loser on it, or NCSI, or Survivor, or....well, you know.  And I really shouldn't complain anyway, because we had to buy new stuff until we can get our old stuff!  (And...I will have my old stuff before Thanksgiving even if the house hasn't been sold!)

So...how about a few pictures of the new place?  You've all seen the outside...how about a few of the inside?

                                     

                                                                     Kitchen

                                      

                                                                Another view

                                       

                                                One of my obsessions - Fiestaware

                                         

                                               My place in the corner of the kitchen

                                         

Dining room...sans dining room table and chairs.  Due to now having a big, ol' honkin' TV, we didn't need the entertainment center anymore, so I put my china cabinet between...now I have a big, ol' honkin' china cabinet!  LOL

                                           

My new couch...which matches my love seat and chair...which I don't have.  Also...see the lemon yellow walls?   Look quickly 'cause soon they'll be green!

                                             

                                                                  The big, ol' honkin' TV!

So!  That's enough of the tour for now.  I'm sure you've just about gone blind with the amount of pictures I've posted!  Sorry some of them are so dark...it's night...what do you expect?  I'll try to take the others in the daylight.  Yeah, I'll have others...now if that doesn't scare you away nothing will!

But, now you know where I've been lately and what I've been doing.  My conscience is now clear!

(Thanks for reminding me Jennifer...or was that nagging?)

Later,

Debbie

Packing 17 years of stuff!

It's not fun!  Thankfully  I'm not a packrat...like others in my family.  I regularly throw things away that I don't wear or use.  Some people still have things packed up from our last move 17 years ago....hmmmm.  I shouldn't be mean, but I know there's going to be problems getting everyone to let go of things.    I'm just saying that I hate to move trash.  I would like a new start.  Start fresh...that's my motto.  Am I convincing anyone?

Sorry 'bout that, I'm really, really stressed.  But, that's the way I roll!   I'm the only one at home...David is still in Louisiana, 'Bama Girl got moved into her new place in Tuscaloosa last weekend, and of course William is working.

So.  See?  I've been busy...'cause closing is only 2 weeks away. 

                              

                                         All my quilt and sewing supplies.

                                         

                                   'Bama Girl's stuff, dishes, pictures, misc.

Okay, now that I've had my little hissy fit, let me show you what I'm now the proud owner of:

                                     

                                    My very own quilting machine and frame!

David bought it for me before he left and helped me put it together.  Talk about a pain!  The instructions were useless.  I haven't really been able to use it yet, but when I move to the new house, I'll have my own sewing room...whoopee!  I'm very excited!  I can put my quilting machine, monogram machine and sewing machine up and not have to move anything!

I really do have a wonderful husband.  Sometimes I forget to let him know.  I take him for granted, so...David, I love you!  And thank you so much for everything you do, especially thanks for putting up with me!  It's a hard job and you're probably the only man in the world that could do it!

Oh, oh...oh...oh!  Have any of you seen Julie and Julia?  'Bama Girl and I went to see it before she left.  I really liked it...I've always admired Julia Childs.  But what I really liked was that it talked about blogging.  I don't know if you're like me, but a lot of my friends and family couldn't understand why I'd want to blog.  Some still can't!  But the movie had a lot of the ups and downs of blogging in it...wondering if anyone reads it, good comments, bad comments, am I writing enough or too much?, etc.  If you're a blogger, you need to see it.  Even if you aren't, see it! 

Speaking of blogging, I'll probably be sporadic in my writing the next few weeks until I get moved and everything set up again.  But I'll try to get back to it soon!

Later,

Debbie

We bought the farm...

Really!  We...bought...a farm!  35 acres  about 30 miles from where we live now.  I made ya'll a slideshow:

(The pictures were taken by the real estate agency in the fall.  The house is getting a new roof and things are being cleaned up.  I'll take more pictures when we move in!  Did ya'll check out the "man-cave" the big building with doors big enough for an 18 wheeler?  That's what sold David!)

So...that's why I haven't blogged lately.  I didn't want to say anything about it until everything was settled...you know...not jinx anything!  We'll be moving in by the end of the month.  Then...I've got to get my house ready to sale.

But first...David left for Louisiana on a job for a couple of weeks, William is doing fine, still working at Wally Mart, and 'Bama Girl is packing to move back to college.  Alabama's band camp starts next week, so she gets to move in early.  We'll be leaving Sunday to get her moved in.  ROLL TIDE!

Also, my brother Danny, his wife Kim and my nephew Austin came to visit last weekend!  So much fun!  I don't have any pictures (David took his camera and we forgot to download them), but I have pictures of Kim's new miniature donkey:                                                    

                                      

So, I've got packing to do...but, I also have one other post to do that I've been holding off on.  I'll  do that later.

Later,

Debbie

I won't suffer in silence...

any longer!  What won't I do for my faithful readers?  All ten of you!  I'll walk through fire, I'll share my most embarrassing moments, bend over backwards to please and entertain you!  Anything.

No...I'm joking!  I won't walk through fire!  But I will go out in the hot, , make your toes sweat, sizzling Alabama sun to take pictures (for you).  Because I know you don't want to hear about the laundry, or the argument I had with 'Bama Girl, or the dishes piled up in the sink. 

I will walk through mulch and those prickly little things that fall off a sweet gum tree (sweet gum balls?).  See:

                                 

                                 

Now, let's never mind the fact that I took the pictures, went back into the house to load them to my computer and found that I didn't have the memory card in the camera...I had to go back and redo the pictures!  Did I put shoes on?  No!  I was determined to do this (for you) and if I had to be in pain (for you) I'd do it!

Even these little guys thought I was losing my mind (for you)!

                                     

All for this:

                              

Just to show that I have been doing something productive and not just sitting around eating bon-bons and watching a soap opera (I passed that phase many years ago)!  This is the new quilt for 'Bama Girl's new dorm room.  I have some more things in the works for the room that I'll show when I'm finished.  Speaking of being finished...yes, I know the quilt is not quilted yet.  But it will be soon.

So...that's enough of "Let me entertain you" today!  (You all know I'm joking, right?...right?...right?)

Later,

Debbie