What's taking so long?! (long post!)

What's taking so long to get the bathroom finished you might ask? Well, we had an unexpected repair to attend to first.


We have an old dilapidated shed out back that somewhat serves as a shelter for our *junque* and the lawn mower. It is not a pretty shed, let me warn you.


I recently went out to take a bit of inventory when I noticed the roof had been leaking... and leaking for quite some time. I had this open tote up on a shelf and there was 3 inches of murky water in it! ACK!


What really breaks my heart is that I had a life size stand up Rhett and Scarlett that my mom fought hard to get for me years ago. She worked at a retail store and this was the display for the new VHS. I don't even know WHY it was in the shed, it should've been in the house. And I don't know WHY it was on the FLOOR of the shed and not up some where. But alas, Rhett and Scarlett's feet are shriveled beyond repair. So, I severed their tootsies and brought them in the house where they belong. *sniff*
Here are their feet~ underneath all of these boxes and stuff is my clawfoot tub for the upstairs bathroom some day.

This all lead to going through more boxes that I had stored out there. Some of this stuff has been in storage for about 10 years or more. I found a lot of goodies that I had forgotten about. I found lots of mice nests and one big ol' fat mouse jumped out of the box I was looking through. Good thing I'm not afraid of them, but he did startle me!

*NOTE* some of these photos might show my toes. I had painted my nails with a dark pink, but then they got heavy overspray from painting the bathroom tile. So that's why they look so gross, lol!

I found a box of elementary school work that my mom had saved for me. It's so cool that she kept all this stuff, but I thought... what am I going to do with it all? Store it in a tote for the next 50 years? So I went through it and saved some of the cuter stuff, and pitched the rest. Which really killed me. I'm a true pack rat.

Here's an assignment that I thought was pretty amusing. I think I was 6 or 7 when I wrote this. Can you not help but laugh?





I found these teapots! I collect them for my kitchen. These particular two had been my ex-husband's grandmother's. He and I were restoring her home to live in back in '95. I came home one day to see his family throwing stuff out and burning it. I was mortified! I rescued what I could. Some vintage linens and such. There is also another little teapot that I found without a lid. My little bro, who was about 11 at the time, was out playing in the fire~ naturally. While digging around in it he found the charred lid to the teapot! Bless his little heart!

Here's that charred teapot in the center~



Next I found these goodies. I never grew up you see. I was an adult when I got these Barbie items for gifts. Of course I had to have that Barbie Beauty Salon. And I still play with dolls! I adore that hand painted cheshire cat. He hung in my room as a teen.



I had been wondering where some of my grandma's old vintage purses were! Here they are! And see that vintage tablecloth in the background? I sent that to Kim as I knew it would be perfect for Daisy Cottage.


I also found my mannequin head from beauty school. I was so excited! But when I picked her up, clumps of hair fell out! It's human hair and I guess it rotted out where it was attached. UGH! Is nothing sacred!? I took an old brush and went through it till it seemed to stop coming out. I hope what's left will stay. She's the doll I did my State Board haircut on, very sentimental! No pic, she's just freaky looking.

We have these great balusters. There are two bundles. I hope we have enough for a balustrade on our porch, but I doubt it.


We believe they came from this home, (tho we found them in the shed of another neighbor's home.) This house was across the street from our last home. Harely, the owner at the time is standing in front. We put a contract on it and after inspection we were told it had the WORST case of termites the guy had ever seen. So we pulled out. I bought some great things at the auction after poor ol' Harley passed tho. Someone has since bought the house, and while they are fixing it up I don't like what they're doing to it.

Old crochet projects... this is a "John Deere" sweater that I never finished for my nephew at the time. (My ex's brother's boy). I had bought little John Deere tractor buttons and everything. But this was my first attempt at crocheting something to WEAR, and I got WAY off on my stitching and gave up.

If you squint you will see some of my junque chair collection. Kevin says I can NOT bring home another chair, ever. Hmpf. He doesn't scare me! You probably can't tell, but I can count 7 chairs looking at this pic, lol... one of which I'll be bringing in for our back porch transormation soon.

So, poor Kevin had to climb up there and patch the roof. See the big brown section on the left?


The ice storms we had this winter must have caused the damage. I remember now there being a huge limb laying on the roof, but when the ice melted it sprang back up. Here's a video I took of the ice. HEEee! I just played it and it's late and very quiet here. Melly is laying on the desk with the speaker right at her ear. She about leaped out of her fur when she heard the crunch-crunch! *WARNING* this video might make you dizzy, lol! My batteries were low and I was trying ot hurry.

Great recipes! Well, worth a laugh anyway!

As y'all know, I'm a Weight Watcher member. And well, if you didn't know you can read about it here.

Today I want to share some very humorous recipes. Click on this~ These are actual WW recipes from the 70's. The first one isn't so funny, but keep going. The commentary is a hoot!

(Though there is some *language* folks!)
All I can say is, thank goodness Weight Watchers has come a long way. I couldn't possibly eat this slop. I'd be calling out for pizza 911 for sure!
Here's just one tantalizing photo for you!

Beautiful weekend~

WOW, the weather has been so incredibly beautiful here this week. Hovering around 77 degrees. We even turned our air off and just ran the attic fan. Lovely breeze...very unusual for this time of year in Missouri!

Good thing because I wanted to wear these fab wool vintage navy sailor pants on the 4th! And the Rosie 'do complimented them nicely I think~

The blouse looks pink here but it's actually a fine red and white stripe.

You can't tell from the photo, but the buttons have little anchors on them. And the back laces up. Judging from the label I believe these are from the 60's or 70's.

Some friends of ours have been hosting an annual 4th of July party. They have a great old home. Here's a pic from the realtor when they bought it a few years ago. They live a few blocks away from the Missouri River. We can sit on the hill of their front yard and watch the fireworks.

These are pics of their home from 2 years ago. I love their kitchen! It was like that when they moved in...sans all the party paraphernalia of course, lol! They get quite a house full.

Here is their back yard. Isn't this wisteria AMAZING! Rue, this is just what you need over your pergola at the Williams house! Unfortunately, I've never been here to see it bloom~ I'm sure it's spectacular.
The home still has the orginal slate roof.
I love this gate.

See that big tree haning over the roof of the garage? It's a Holly tree! It must be a zillion years old. Just covered with berries in the winter; gorgeous!! Here are the kiddos running through the smoke bomb funk, phew!
At last it was time for fireworks! I didn't get any pictures, but this is picture is from the parade last week. This is how Nova was during the fireworks, eyes tightly shut plus tears. I don't know what was different this year but he was affraid of the sirens at the parade, and fireworks too. He loved them last year! So we sat inside the house and watched from there. At least he had fun playing outside pre-fireworks!

SEE? He was amazed by the fireworks last year. We'll have to see what happens next July 4th. Yesterday Kevin took him fishing for the first time. They had a blast. Today they'll probably go swimming while I paint more beadboard for the bathroom.

And before I go, here's a closeup of the hair. This was after we got home tho, and I was tired! I've cut bangs so I did them "mall" style as I didn't want a weenie roll and my bangs don't hold curl well.

And I am so excited that at least one of you was inspired and tried the 'do! The lovely Mamselle Duroc at Classic Vintage Beauty. Isn't she a doll?