It's Saturday!!!

Yippeeee! We're leaving for the beach and I'm so excited! The sun on my face, the sand between my toes! Oh wait, I was dreaming....It's Saturday and I'll be mowing clover. That sounds much more like my life...
The beach does sound wonderful, but only if it's a quiet deserted beach, not the beach where there are droves of people, lined up like the Rockettes at the pool or down on the beach, and at night it looks like Las Vegas with all of the lights.
No sir, I wouldn't even go to 'that' beach if it were free. I like the little coastal towns that are sleepy and sweet and remote. Can't say the names of them or they may not be sleepy and sweet for long...
Doesn't much matter anyway, the closest I'll come to the beach is if I drive two minutes from the cottage to the landing at Lake Bowen. Which come to think of it will be crowded today. Guess I'll just stick around here, mow some clover, listen to some cottage tunes (Those would be tunes by Steve Tyrell and Bobby Caldwell singing the standards), maybe eat a burger for filet for dinner. It will be burger I'm sure. The filet was me dreaming again...
BTW...I haven't heard Grace Ivey trying to crow like a rooster anymore. Let's hope she got that out of her system...

A Room Of Her Own...

Technically, I guess all of the rooms are my own, but there's just something about a woman's sewing/crafting room or office that's well, different. The space where a woman creates is special. For some of us, that's probably why our kitchens hold a dear spot in our hearts. And that's where the food is...

I'm ashamed but yes, those are Christmas and Easter decorations in the photo above and yes, I'm showing you...

Recently purchased craft items, with no home...

Old laptop, this and that on top of my grandmother's sewing machine...

Junk, junk and more junk...

After three hours of working, moving a table in, moving the Christmas items to the storage building and tons of organizing, this is what I have so far. It's a huge improvement, but still needs some work. I want it to be purdy and functional...

Tupperware cups are not purdy...well, not in my craft room...

I hope I remember how to use this thing...

Much better...

I see pillow covering in my future...

We're excited about getting started and hopeful that we'll be able to generate some income. Melissa and I are both unemployed at the moment and money coming in would be a nice thing...

Kee Ke Ri Kee! Is There A Rooster In The Coop?

Just before six o'clock this morning, I heard a really funny noise outside of my bedroom window. It sounded just like a rooster. I don't HAVE a rooster. Or do I? I went outside, opened the coop door and went in. Looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary. No intruders, nothing. The girls were still sitting in the roosting boxes, except for Grace Ivey (she's the golden one in the pic above). Miss Grace was on top of the box, making a sound that resembled a rooster crowing. What!!!

I sprinkled some feed on the ground and one by one they flew down to eat. All except for Grace Ivey. She just sat up there and made that sound a few more times before descending to join the others. 

She doesn't have a rooster's comb. Yet. Is she confused or is it me? 

Oh, BTW, kee kee rickee is Italian for cockle doodle doo....

No Escape!

I'm reminded of all the work that needs to be done around the cottage, no matter where I go.

The roses remind me of the pink redo going on with the sun porch...

And the hydrangeas bring to mind the blue and white remake of the kitchen. May as well stay inside and get it done...

I did find some beautiful fabrics for the sun porch in Landrum yesterday. But silly me didn't have the pillow cover to match them to with me, and once I was in the sea of pink, I got terribly confused. And once you cut the fabric, you own the fabric! So I'll be going back with the pillow cover to decide on something. 

If I don't stop running here and there to gather supplies, nothing is going to be finished. There's also the task of organizing a craft/sewing room here at the cottage. My little BFF and I are planning to start a tiny 'cottage' industry soon and we need a place to work. There is a very small room off of the guest bedroom in the cottage that will do just fine. If I can get it cleaned up and organized. 

I'll take some before and after pics to give you an idea of what we're working with. 

Stop blogging. Start working!

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Pieces Of Sun Porch Inspiration...

It's Wordless Wednesday, so I just thought I would show a few of the pieces I have for the sun porch redo, so far...

Rather girly, yes, but I am a female after all...

Off to see what I can find for fifty cents to pull it all together. 

Just teasing. Or not....