Fabulous Home Made Soaps!

I have to tell you that I've never found anything that will remove onion odors from my hands until now. Remember the little soap that Danielle gave me from her Palmetto Bloggers meet up? The one from GoodDaySunshineStore.com? It does the trick, no kidding. Last night I chunked up some onions for fajitas and eyed the little soap as I was washing up and decided to use it instead of just picking it up and taking in the divine fragrance. I had already washed with regular dish detergent but the onion persisted. After washing with the soap one time the odor was gone. Folks please take a look at their website. I adore the scent of the soap and plan on ordering some and candles from them soon. I want my house to smell like that soap. I want everything to smell like that soap!

Scrap Metal And Whitewashing...

Happy Friday! I'm still working away on the shed. More painting is what's on deck for me today. I wouldn't mind it so much if it were making a huge difference, but it's looking more like whitewashing than painting. Sheesh...

I'm also going to take a ladder out there and try to drag that steel post or whatever it is down from the shelf. After that I plan on dragging it and the box springs to the front yard and placing a sign on them for someone to please take. Thankfully there is a scrap metal buyer just down the road and truckloads of metal go by here frequently. Hopefully someone will take advantage of them. Of course if I didn't want anyone to take it they would've stolen them already. Don't know why it works that way but it often does...

After sitting here writing about it, I'm suddenly depleted of the energy it will require to drag box springs and big steel hunk around the house. Maybe I'll just put a sign in the yard and let the folks who want the stuff do the dragging? Yep, I think so...

Okay, enough about me and the lunacies that run through my mind. What are y'all doing this weekend? Tell me what your plans are! Spook houses? Planting mums? There are so many fun things to do this time of year!

I hope what ever you do that you'll have a blessed weekend filled with joy. I'll be here. In the shed. 

Painting whitewashing...

Getting Closer...

Well it's a tiny bit closer to looking like a little something, but I still have a long way to go on the shed. On the days we've had good weather, I've been out there cleaning and going through Christmas decor from years past. Most of it has only been used one time and was still in the original packaging. Some of it was never used. 

It really isn't clear what's on this shelf so I'll explain. It's my son's Lionel train set. I've loved that thing as much if not more than he ever did and hope to use it for display in the shoppe. Hope I can get it figured out, I'm not really good at putting things together... I'm also not good at lifting huge iron bars down from the shelf either. I can't help but wonder what in the world that thing was doing up there in the first place. I inherited it with the cottage. I'll take a pic of it when/if I get it down. 

I got one of the trees out and started putting it together. Looking forward to having it lit and decorated. Love the old sled and planning on using it for display. I've had that thing forever!

Wonder how I can use the old iron bed? 

And yes, I have finally started painting. This is what two coats did, looks more like a white wash than paint. I definitely have my work cut out for me but I can do it. I just need at least two more of me....