Shed Update!

I'm trudging along with the paint. Still. I'm not complaining, well yeah I think I am. I'm just ready to be done. The walls are finished, Now on to the ceiling and the floor after that. I actually enjoy painting, but I'm way over the joy of the new paint and ready to get finished and decorate it!!! Patience isn't my thing...

Here's a photo taken late yesterday of the new window, courtesy of JD, what would I do without him? 

This is the back, right corner of the shed, that used to look like the picture below. 

Much better. I'm back to work now after a quick salad for lunch. 

When can it look like this? Stay tuned...

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like...

A shed. That with a lot more hard work might turn into a little rustic country shoppe...

I've been a slacker in blog world here lately. It's been house work in the mornings, shed work all afternoon, then making dinner and crocheting (Christmas gifts) in the evenings for weeks now. All of this has taken a bit of oomp-a out of me and anything that I think you all may find interesting... So simply because this shed is my life at the moment, I'm sharing photos of the window that JD is working on. Windows are interesting, right?

He carefully measured, then made the cut and is moving one of the studs. I helped. Okay I handed him thingies and tools...

He asked for me to bring the sledgehammer from his vehicle. I was so proud that I found it in less than thirty seconds and rushed back to hand him my find. Turns out that I handed him wedge back hammer instead (whatever that is). He then went to retrieve the other hammer for himself. 

Paint, paint and more paint and I still have the ceiling to go. Yay!

Hopefully he'll finish the window today and I'll be painting again. I can't wait to be finished with all of the painting so that I can begin to decorate and fill the shed with the goodies that will make it a shoppe!

Yes, this is JD crocheting a scarf for himself. I love the color of yarn he chose. And yes, real men DO crochet. He asked me to show him how, I obliged and after a couple of days practicing on some old yarn, he had it down and was ready for his own yarn and needle. He's doing really well I have to say. I'll try to get a couple of photos here soon of the things I'm working on.

Okay, that's been my life for weeks now and today I'll start the grind over again and one day in the not too distant future things will come together and my dream shoppe will happen.

I pray...

Pumpkin Carving At The Cottage!

On Friday JD's two youngest daughters came over and brought pumpkins with them for all of us to carve. We had ham sandwiches first and then it was on, what a fun time!

JD sometimes refers to the girls as one, two, three and four. The photo above is of number four, hard at work with her carving.

Here's number three, scooping out the 'guts' as they call it. 

JD masterfully creating...

I thought it was funny that they chose to place the pumpkins on the hood of their car. All four of JD's girls are just plain fun and we missed numbers one and two joining in on this!

Number three's masterpiece...

Number four's piece de resistance...

JD's punkin'...

What was I doing while they were carving? Taking pics of course. I did clean the 'guts' out of one and scooped them clean on the inside though. Did you know that a plastic ice cream scoop works great for that chore? It does! It's sharp and makes it easy to scoop all the junk out. Just sayin'...

After the carving was over number three napped on the sofa with JD. And number four who is taking cosmetology classes at the local vocational school curled my hair and styled it. I wish I had taken a photo of it before I messed it up. She really has a knack for the styling thing. I love getting my hair curled! Thanks to JD and the girls for a fun filled afternoon!

Cute Shed Inspiration...

Happy Friday! What are your plans for the weekend? Whatever they are I hope you all have a fun safe and peaceful one! I'll be here at the cottage working on the blasted lovely little shed out back. JD got it wired yesterday so now I can vacuum more easily than before. Until now I had to run an extension cord when ever electricity was required. Thank you JD! He'll be installing a window next week and I can hardly wait for that, mostly so that I'll get a cross breeze...

As I work along tackling the paint on the walls, removing the ten thousand nails from the wood work that were used by the previous owner to hang things and praying yellow jackets stay outside where they belong, I try to keep these cute sheds in my mind to keep me inspired and motivated...

I keep telling myself that hopefully someday soon my little place will resemble these adorable places....

Love the painted floor on this one. I know it's coming, I'm going to have to paint the floor of the shed to get the look I'm after. It's never ending I tell ya...

Notice the doors and the bunting on the one above. JD, can you make these doors? He isn't listening now. I am going to have to do something about a screen or glass door, yesterday a bird flew just inside but gratefully changed it's mind. A scared bird could wreak havoc in a matter of seconds...

Precious! I would love to have a tiny place like this to hide sew. With heat. And air. And a tiny fridge filled with my favorite snacks. And a television. And a sofa.

And no one could find me, except JD. He's quiet so he would be allowed...

Have a weekend filled with sweetness! DJ

New Herb Beds!

Finally I have one of the herb beds, dug, composted and planted. Lucky for me I found the herbs for one dollar each at the Hendersonville Tailgate Market. That's at least one third of what I normally pay for them and I really appreciate getting them for that. By the way if you live in or around this area, the Balson family will be at the market for one more Saturday and they had a nice selection of herbs to choose from. I got tarragon, thyme, sage and some new mints.

The mint pictured above it lavender mint and it does not disappoint. It truly smells like lavender!

This is Scotch mint and I adore it, it's much brighter smelling than most mints. I also got some apple mint at Padula's plants near Greer, SC last week. I'm planning on finishing up painting and finally decorating the shed this coming week. I'll keep you up to date with photos. \

Hope you're all having a blessed, relaxing and peaceful weekend!

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!