LIKE PEA SOUP

I came out of work tonight to dense fog. I am glad that I only have about 6 miles to drive. You could hardly see the lines in the road!! Rainy day. We are suppose to get rain until next monday. Better then snow though.
The bathroom is done except for hooking up the sink and decorating also need to get a mirror or medicine cabnet.  Going with a beachy theme. We have a framed 3 tile picture of a sea turtle that we bought when we vacationed in Hawii. Now to decide on what else to put in there.
Murphy was asleep on the couch. He just woke up howling. He does that once in awhile. Really a eerie sound.
There hasn't been much else happening this week. Sometimes boring is GOOD.  Teresa

What a beautiful day....

It was in the 40's and so sunny. Lots of birds by the bird feeder. We had some of the windows open and it smelled like spring...well when you could smell anything over the smell of primer. Jeff got the bathroom walls primed and other projects done in there. Tomorrow he will paint. Hopefully it will be one coat. but more likely it will be two. I spent the day vacumning the house, laundry and grooming the dogs. I used the furminater on Tanner (corgi) this is a really good grooming tool. It reall takes out the loose hair. It is one tool that I found to really work. I think he sheds for a living. I also trimmed the bottoms of Murphy's feet as he was sliding on the wood floors too much ( English Cocker Spanial). We really do need to get him into the groomers. But I was afraid of him slipping and getting hurt. I usually do this once or twice between groomings. They were both so good.
Tanner of course being a herding breed love to herd the vacumn. He loves to grab any part he can and can actually lift it off the floor. I always have to put him outside as it is hard to vacumn when the vacumn is airborn and dragged every-where but where you want to vacumn! If you don't mind hair and a vacumn wrangler get a corgi they are so amusing. You never know what he is going to come up with next.
Then we went to the store and bought a new shower curtain and rug. In a few days we will have a "new" bathroom. It will be so nice to have a sink again!
All-in-all it was a great day. Teresa

I am o.k. at sewing

These are the curtains I made for the kitchen. They have a tuscan style print. It is kind of hard to see but their is green piping along the bottom. Jeff has to adjust one end up a tiny bit as I was a tiny bit crooked. I couldn't get a good picture because of the shadow from the decorative cabnet trim. The fringe has all the colors that are in the material. Now I think I will cut out the curtains for the window in the door going out to the garage. My eyes are really tired now (I have very weak eyes). The fringe was surprisingly easy. I though it would be harder to sew because the top of the trim was so thick. The piping was the worst. I never did that before. Not perfect, but I am still proud of them. O.K. enough playing around, ack to work.

Award!

Thank you Allison fron http://www.miniaturealsort.blogspot.com/ for the Kreativ Blogger award.
That was so nice of you.
I would like to nominate:
Lara- http://www.larasminiatureworld.blogspot.com/
Mags- http://mags-nificentminiatures.blogspot.com/
Jody- http://www.peachbloosomhill.blogspot.com/
Julia- http://www.bearcabinminiatures.blogspot.com/
Tink- http://www.minitink.blogspot.com/
De- http://delightfulminis.blogspot.com/
Josje- http://josje-bouwt.blogspot.com/


7 things about me:
1 I LOVE green
2. I love to read everyones blogs!!!
3. I didn't get married until I was 47
4. I love all plants and have huge gardens
5. My husband says I have to remember that I am 54 not 24. Last year I took pictures of the flower garden from the roof.
6. I love shopping at consignment shops
7. I decorate with things I like- not nessarilly the current trend.
Thank you again for the award!

Power Outage

This is a joke...so I hope no one gets offended. We females have all gone through this test.

POWER OUTAGE

At my recent assault trial, I offered a plea of "Guilty with an explanation."



The judge asked me what my explanation was, so I told my story.



"Your Honor," I said, "I had a mammogram appointment, which I actually kept. I was met with: 'Hi! I'm Belinda!' This perky clipboard carrier smiled from ear to ear, tilted her head to one side and crooned, 'All I need you to do is step into this room right here, strip to the waist, then slip on this gown. Everything clear?'



I'm thinking, 'Belinda, try decaf. This ain't rocket science.' Belinda skipped away to prepare the chamber of horrors.



With the right side finished, Belinda flipped me (literally) to the left and said, 'Hmmmm. Can you stand on your tippy toes and lean in a tad so we can get everything?' 'Fine', I answered. I was freezing, bruised, and out of air, so why not use the remaining circulation in my legs and neck and finish me off? My body was in a holding pattern that defied gravity (with my other breast wedged between those two 4 inch pieces of square glass) when we heard, then felt a zap! Complete darkness and the power went off! 'Oh, maintenance is working. Bet they hit a snag.' Belinda said, and headed for the door. 'Excuse me!



You're not leaving me in this vise alone are you?' I shouted. Belinda kept going and said, 'Oh, you fussy puppy...the door's wide open so you'll have the emergency hall lights. I'll be right back..'



Before I could shout 'NOOOO!' she disappeared. And that's exactly how Bubba and Earl, maintenance men extraordinaire, found me ... half-naked with part of me dangling from the Jaws of Life, and the other part smashed between glass!



After exchanging a polite 'Hi, how's it going' type greeting, Bubba (or possibly Earl) asked, to my utter disbelief, if I knew the power was off.



Trying to disguise my hysteria, I replied with as much calmness as possible 'Uh, yes, yes I did thanks.'



'You bet, take care' Bubba replied and waved good-bye as though I'd been standing in the line at the grocery store.



Two hours later, Belinda breezes in wearing a sheepish grin. Making no attempt to suppress her amusement, she said, 'Oh I am sooo sorry!' The power came back on and I totally forgot about you! And silly me, I went to lunch. Are we upset?'



And that, Your Honor, is exactly how her head ended up between the clamps...."



The judge could hardly contain her laughter as she said "Case Dismissed."

Followers

I have some new follwers!
They are:
 Angeles- Elrinconde.blogspot.com
Allison- MiniatureAlsortsBlog.blogspot.com
Lara- laraminiatureworld.blogspot.com
Janee- blinkleblinkle.blogspot.com
Sabiha- I don't have a blog for her
Mags- Mags-nificantMiniatures.blogspot.com
Talluhah Belle= TalluhahBelle.blogspot.com
Josje- ABeautifulWorld.blogspot.com
Jody- PeachBlossomHill.blogspot.com
My Ralitty
Hopefull I didn't leave anyone out. Thank you for folling my blog.

Hi again

I feel like I am neglecting my blog lately. But there really hasn't been much going on.
The HBS building is in dry fit yet. Trying to do some research and picking out what colors I want to paint it. Greenleaf dollhouses has also thrown out a hint about what the Spring Fling contest piece will be. They only showed a door so far. But it is laser cut which should make it interesting. I was only thinking about doing one contest this year, but I am now getting excited to see what Greenleaf has come up with.
Our vanity is now gone. Jeff took it out today. Tomorrow is the big garbage day for us. Once a month we can put out something like a pile that is 4"x4'x2'. So he took the vanity apart to make it small enough to go out there. Otherwise our garbage goes out in tall bins on wheels.Then the truck comes along and lifts and dumps it, the trucks have arms that hug the bin and lifts and dumps into the top of the truck. I know alot of you probably have this already. So we don't have a vanity/sink for a few days. He put the new vanity and sink, etc together in the computer room. It looks so nice and modern. After this weekend we should have a nice fresh looking bathroom.
I hope everyone hops over to http//sabsminiinteriors.blogspot.com/2010/02/giveaway.html
She is having a giveaway and the prize is a surprise that will be made with the winners tastes in mind. Doesn't that sound intreging?
Everyone have a great day, Teresa

Well I got something done today

I actually got the HBS contest building into dry fit. Now to decide what I want to make it into. I have one idea so far. I think I want to make a winter scene. But I will let it stay in dry fit and live with it until I really decide. Then the lips will be locked until I enter it in the contest in December. Not that it will be a big deal, but I want to have something to tease everyone with....LOL. Just wanted to show you that I can actually get something done lately.
 We also picked out the paint for the bathroom. A very light pink. But it makes the granite pop. We went to The Home Depot and tried different paint sample cards next to it. This one seemed to be the best. We couldn't go with a dark color as the room is small. Pink isn't my favorite color, but I like soft pink or mauve, just not the brighter pinks between these two colors. The "kid" at the paint counter was rude. He told us that we have to use a oil based primer because we had wallpaper on the walls. Even though we get all the wallpaper paste off he said that the paint would still buckle. We tried to tell him that we already primed and painted two rooms that had wallpaper and didn't have a problem. One was done 4-5 years ago and one about 2 weeks ago. We would have gone somewhere else but it was already 6:45 and all the home do it yourself stores closed at 7. We always prep our walls well. Wallpaper paste remover, and 3 different kinds of rinces. He also argued with another customer. But at least we have the paint now so that is all water under the bridge. Jeff and I work opposite shifts until saturday. He has wed. and saturday off so he will probably work on getting the paste off on wed. The bathroom will probably be our last indoor home improvement for this year.
I also want to show you a picture of the closet I have for craft supply storage. Get ready it needs to be organized again. All the smallest minis are in small plastic containers with deviders that are labled for each room and one with  mini landscaping supplies. It's the rest that needs organizing. LOL.  This is one of my areas. We took the closet doors off and put two shelving units in there. The second picture is a bookcase that I bought at a yard sale for $8.00. But even with that closet I have minis everywhere. The computer desk has supplies on top, the work table is always a mess, the closet in the computer/craft room has another smaller shelving unit that holds my paint and tools, ect. Plus we have a 6' table that holds my dollhouse neighborhood (2 houses on it so far) in the basement with storage underneth. Some how most of that has migrated upstairs though. I should really work down there but it isn't as comfortable. Nicer to be upstairs where there is natural light.

 

Anyway at least I got a couple of things done today. Still feeling like this flu is never going to end, but at least I didn't sleep all day like yesterday.

Well talking about getting sleep I guess I should get some shut eye. Have a great week everyone, Teresa

This and that kind of day

Blinkles Boulevard: *FREE Treasures* and some new designs!#comments

Janee at Blinkies Boulavard is having a giveaway of the most amazing pieces of art. These tiny treasures are so wonderful. You have to see her fairey nests and wish bottles. I don't know how to put her giveaway picture on here so I just added the link.

Man the flu sucks...opps, but it does. I am so happy to be able to go to all these blogs and read everyones fasinating thoughts and art work. It takes me to a happy place where I don't dwell on how crappy I feel.
I really haven't done much this week. I did finally get my HBS kit. Hopefully I will feel like putting it into dry fit tomorrow. Also get started on the curtains for the kitchen. But when I feel sick things don't seem to go as planned. I don't want to make mistakes with the material. But it will be nice to get curtains up again. I did sleep most of the day. I must have really needed it as I don't usually do that. But tomorrow is another day.
I can't believe that March will be here in a couple of days. Closer to spring!!! I shouldn't wish my time away, but I find it so exciting to see what pops out of the ground each spring. We have huge flowerbeds so I am always anxious to see if we lost anything over winter. It is such an exciting time of the year.
I think I will spend the rest of the evening resting, maybe get the kit out and at least look at it. Read the instuctions. Then start planning what I want to do with it for the contest. Maybe a winter scene. But of course I never know until I at least get it into dry fit. Have a great evening everyone. Teresa

A few more

Here are some more pieces I had picked up at the consignment shop. The picture is 3D and isn't really Tuscan but I like it. I had the shelf already. I am thinking of putting saucers on the shelf and hanging cups under the shelf. The shelf isn't deep enough for the cups.

I also bought these. I need to get a plate holder yet to hang it up. The plaque has a hook in the bottom. It's called a wine hook.  The vase Isn't really Tuscan, but like the picture above I just love it. It also matches the color of the wall paint. I am still looking for a picture for the other side of the hutch.

Now we have started on the bathroom. Walls still have to be washed down to get the wallpaper paste off. We pretty much decided to go with a very light lilac. I think it will go good with the new counter top. Jeff took the rest of the wallpaper off tonight when I was at work. He also took the baseboards and door molding off so that we can match it to the hallway flooring. We will probably sand down the door and resatain it to match. Also will do the window trim. All we need yet is a cabnet for over the sink. This house is getting more and more to our style. Plus UPDATED! Little by little we will get the remaining rooms done. It will take awhile, but we aren't going anywhere.

Well time to hit the bed. Good night or good day by the time you read this.