Scenes From A Delightful Long Weekend

Happy Tuesday!

Hope ya'll had a relaxing long weekend.

Mine was very low key
in a splendid way.

I bet most of you enjoyed a sunny and warm weekend. 


Not here in good ol' Montana.
It's still cozy fire season in my neck of the woods.

 I know, kinda crazy.
But it worked out nicely because we worked on some projects.

Josh worked on extending the new kitchen flooring through the laundry room.
Good bye dingy baby blue floor! 
Now I'm anxious to get in there and make it all pretty with fresh paint.

 I got almost all the texts ordered for next school year.
Hooray!


And we spent WAY TOO MUCH time rearranging the girls furniture into a different room.

So the house was chaos with furniture everywhere 
for most of the day.

I had a case of 'Potterybarnidos'.

Does this ever happen to you?
You have a vision for a room in your home and no matter how many different ways you arrange the furniture you're just not happy with it?
I had a serious case.
Until I realized I was basing my vision on the perfect Pottery Barn rooms and finally realized how silly and ungrateful I was being.
I have a vedy vedy patient husband.


So the the girls are in a new room 
and for the first time in 8 1/2 years we don't have a crib up.
And I bet you know how that makes my heart ache a bit.

 Oh my girls, stop growing up so fast!



I finally made a trip to the nursery.
It was quite chilly.

 But if I'm gonna call myself a Montanan, 
I need to learn to plant in the cold.
Right?


I had a Country Living moment.

 For the longest time I've wanted to try and make lil' hand-held pies.
So Kait and I finally attempted it.

 Oh my goodness.
I hate to toot my own horn, but they turned out SO YUMMY!

I think they taste better than regular pie.

I know we'll be eating a lot of these puppies this summer.


So it was a simple and productive weekend.
 Loved it.


This is our last week of school.
Yabba Dabba DOOOOOOO!!

Hope you have a terrific Tuesday!

A Happy Lil' Table

This winter I learned something about myself.

I am a fair-weather painter.

I had a storage full of furniture that needed my attention and I could not muster up the will to work on them.

I don't like painting inside.

So as soon as we had our first sunny day above 50 degrees,

I pulled out a piece to work on.

Do you see the potential?

After sanding and priming, I did a coat of aqua, knowing that I wanted a fun color to peak through.

 This lil number added a fun pop of color in my shop.

And she already sold, 

so now I just need another sunny day.

This summer is going to be paintalicious!

Hope you have a wonderful 3 day weekend.

I am so thankful for all those who have served our country.

And for all those families who have felt the absence of their loved one for serving our country.

 

Thank you!

Oh Happy Day!

Good afternoon!
I never post this late!
I was suppose to have this post for Alicia's Happy Day Project yesterday.

Thankfully she accepts late assignments.
And I'm pretty much a day late with everything lately!
 

This week's challenge was a wild card- anything HAPPY!

So I decided to get a little caught up with her previous assignments.

She only knocks off a few points for tardiness.

Happy Day # 4 Organize Something

With 4 little ladies in this house -plus Josh and I- we have a serious shoe thing happenin.'
We have shoes coming out of our ears!
I didn't take a before picture because I am much too prideful for that,
but just imagine a bazillion and one pairs of shoes kinda organized in random plastic containers placed randomly throughout the closet.
It was drivin' me BONKERS!
So I finally did something about it!

 I can breathe a little easier now.


Happy Day # 7 Organize/Plan Your Garden


So I didn't quite get this done, but it's because there is still snow on Columbia Mountain, and they say not to plant until it's melted.
I didn't believe this native tale, but I learned my lesson a few June's ago when it snowed all over my freshly planted EVERYTHING!
But I have been busy in the weeding department.

All those light colored leaved are actually a flower, but they take over like a noxious weed.
A bit of gardening advice- stay away from 'clustering bellflower'

It's suppose to be wet and cold this weekend,
but I'm hoping to get a bit of dirt under my fingernails.


Happy Day # 9 Make a Summer List For ME!


Our family loves making a summer fun list.
We plan on making one for this summer on the last day of school.
But Lish challenged us to make a list for ourselves!

I've already started  a second sheet.
It may look more like a 'to do' list than a 'fun' list.
But all those things bring me much joy.
I'm kinda nerdy like that.

So you should join Alicia's Happy Day Project.
This week she is challenging us to actually DO one of the projects we've pinned!  
Oh I hope I'm on time with this one!

Hope you've had a HAPPY day! 

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Let's Go Shopping!

Good Morning fellow vintage lovin'  pals!

I dropped off a fun piece of furniture at Station 8 yesterday

and came home wanting to spiff up my own home.

Need a little spring inspiration?

Let's go shopping!

 Hello happy pops of sunshine!

 Do you get it?

'Spring Time'

Those girls are so clever!

Remember that piece of furniture I told you about yesterday?

The one that needed to get into the shop ASAP 

or else it would find a happy home with me.

 Do you love it as much as I do?

Wouldn't it make the most PERFECT craft table?

I hope you were as inspired as I was!

I'm off to get through school so I can do the laundry so I can clean the house and then . . . .

make it all purty for spring!

Nothin' like a little motivation right?

Hope you have a day FULL of inspiring beauty!

Scenes From A Weekend Away With My Honey

What up G?

The hubsters and I had a delightful weekend away.

We took our bi-annual trip to Spokane.

We always have SO MUCH fun.

I think it's so important to take little trips just the two of us.

We go out to eat, go to the movies, be SPONTANEOUS, 

oh . . .  and junking of course!

Don't you agree that 'g' just had to come home with me?

 Sonic slushies, fun coffee throughout the day,

 Krispy Cream,  . . . . it doesn't take much to woo me.

I needed to stock up on some good ol' junk for my space at Station 8.

We had half the suburban filled before we were half way there.

(Note to self- bring a trailer next time.)

It just so happened that there was a vintage market while we were there.

 Josh is an expert packer.

We hit all my favorite stores, 

including Pink

 Isn't this book wall amazing?

We filled the car in no time.

We scored some pretty fun stuff.

We already dropped most of it off at storage.

Here's a little glimpse

 Hello happy bright yellow laundry basket.

Hello to you too amazing, industrial, super heavy, stainless steel shelving unit.

I can't wait to get you all cleaned up!

My favorite score is still in the back of my car.

It needs to go to Station 8 ASAP 

or it will end up staying in my house.

Occupational hazard.

I'm starting this week rested and rejuvenated.

We only have 2 more weeks of school!

Piano recital tonight, last cross country race on Tuesday,  . . .

things are wrapping up nicely.

Hope you had a relaxing weekend!

Hope you have a marvelous Monday!

A Quick Free Craft

Hello!

How is it Thursday already?

Is anyone else a few days behind?

Does anyone else have summer fever?

I sure do!

Last week I needed to spiff up my spot at Station 8.

It just wasn't looking quite like 'me'.

So I decided to do a quick craft to add a little whimsey to my space.

Since I put myself on a spending freeze (ho hum)

I had to get creative with supplies I already had.

So this is what I came up with.

 First, I made my girls have an apple sauce snack 

because I needed another jar.  

Yes, it is true, I buy a certain type of applesauce because of the jar.

After scrubbing it out, I gathered my supplies.

 A little thrifting tip: always check out the craft section.  

I'm always hoarding wisely buying vintage lace from thrift stores.  Lace comes in handy ALL the time in a crafty world.

 I then wrapped my jar in another crafting staple- burlap.

 And since ya'll know how burlap behaves, I coated the edges with my trusty Fray Check to keep the thing from unraveling.

To finish up, I layered with a bit of lace.

I think they would make adorable tea light holders.

But since I don't want to burn Station 8 down, 

I decided to whip up a few fun pinwheels.

 

Here's a little glimpse how it sweetened up my space.

 

I don't really expect anyone to buy these,

but I love the 'fun' element it adds to my little vintage corner of fun.

Then when I have more stuff to add, I get to bring them home and add a little happy to my home!

The moral of this little story: It is wise to hoard crafting supplies! 

Hope you have a happy day!

Scenes From Mother's Day Weekend

Gooood Monday Morning!

I hope you all had a pampered Mother's Day!

 I was sweetly spoiled.

My family made me feel incredibly loved and I had all my favorite food.

I didn't wash a dish, give a bath or wipe a bum.

It was delightful.

On Saturday,

 Kaitlyn and I had a date at I Hop.

 We did some yard work.

Some serious weeding.

 If it's a special day for me and I get to choose dinner, it's usually fried chicken and ribs.

Mmmmm . . .mmm

 After baths, Addy got a little trim.
Saturday was a great day.

 

I had a sweet start to my Mother's Day

maple bars say 'I love you.'

 I was showered with home-made gifts.

The best kind of gifts.

 Maggie and Addyson were doing each other's hair.

So sweet.

 After church we did a bit more yard work,

 soaked in some sun,

 and played in the sprinklers.

We had a sweet finish

stuffing our faces with strawberry shortcake.

I loved my weekend.

It felt like summer.

Hope you have a sun-shiny day!