Booth update and yard work

Yes that is a very faded bird BUT the key is almost 5” of rain in a day. That was from March 9th. It continues to be a rainy spring

Yes that splash of red is an amaryllis ;)

Got off my duff and helped Butch trim this mess. Nogg to sure if any is still wisteria in this side. I think it’s mostly the volunteer grapes. We shall see after it buds out. 

Pulled out all the wild sweet pea. Well, Butch weeded them out with the weed eater and I got in there to dig around. Found a lot of dead elephant ears :(. I need to do more. Transplant the daffodils to the wall so I can see them in the spring. Etc etc etc. BUT I go out and play all weekend and do water aerobics 3X a week and one night with family dinner. Soooo not a lot of free time. 

Rainy drizzly day BUT we got a few things done before the rain. 

On the road over the weekend wisteria AND cherry blossoms on the road - so pretty!!

And. I had pulled these ears from the back to give away but no one local spoke up. They were in a garbage bag in the garage for weeks. And they were sprouting this far!! So, in the ground they went. I bought a nice auger tool for a drill and zipped them right into the ground yesterday after running around all weekend.

Saturday was estate sales with Barbara all day and Sunday was bookshelf pickup in Macon with Liz and then redoing the booth with said new shelves. It looks nice. 

So creepy thing. We picked up the shelves from a gal in an abandoned house that was her father’s. We moved the first case outside and u helped lift it into the back of the truck. There were spider webs on my hands that I shook off only to look on the bottom and see this 2 or 3” BLACK  spider. Eeekkkkk

This is what we think it was. It got smooshed REAL quick after I knocked it off the bottom of the shelf. Yikes. We do not ask questions. We smoosh!!  I have found I’m very flexible as I smashed it ON the tailgate while standing in the ground. Ha!  Desperate time = desperate measures. Hahahah

Funnies from sales

The things we do. This was the FIRST sale. Oops!!  Those are two Balsam Hill flip trees for Liz. Crazy!!

Yes we went to THREE more sales after this and crammed of all in!  LOL!

My GPS cracked me up. The cross street sounded like “Gaw-wan” with the turn being “Hawg”   LOL. Yes I was “going hog” said with a THICK southern accent. Hahaha!!

And a cow in this persons lawn. It’s a statue and their mailbox was cow print as well. Think they like cows?  LOL

My week in Utah (and update to Little house carpets)

It was a fun whirlwind week. I wore mom out daily!!

For some reason I thought I had blogged about this long ago however it must have been when I blogged Linda and Mom coming out to see us. Oops!

I went out in Presidents’ Day weekend and stayed the week. It was nice to not have to rush around cramming everything into two days. 

We went to breakfast, we shopped the thrift shops, we visited, played games and enjoyed our time. 

We also went to Saratoga Srings 

We were able to met up with Aunt Tuny, Sandi and Suzie AND as a bonus we also got to see Nick, Kaylee and their kids Rachel, Logan, Jane and Emily. Cute well behaved kids. Robert was also able to join I on dinner. We stayed in a hotel in Thanksgiving Point so that we didn’t have to rush THAT visit either. So much fun to see everyone!!

We played games and visited at Sandi’s house. She’s such a gracious host!


Playing games.. before the parents decided they didn’t want to play 

Sisterly love!

Cousins!!

Proof that we went to IHOP at least once :)

We also took a drive to cedar breaks up to the snow

Proof we were both there. Mom didn’t get out but I needed that view to be clear and not through a window :)

We also went to the movies (rare treat for me) AND I got us the recliner seats. Very comfortable!  We saw Ordinary Angels. You know the outcome however watching it was good. It entertained. 

And with that the week was over and I was flying home again.

While I was in Utah. Butch was working g in the little house in Florida. 

This rug was a huge point of contention for weeks.. he did NOT want to take it to Florida because it wan't the best carpet in the world.  It was an estates sale rug and was only $30.  I knew it had issues however it had lots more than I thought. The edges were horrible with a few stains and/or burn marks that were not removable.  BUT this rug was slated for the Master... it wouldn't fit.  Literally would NOT fit in the room.  Sigh.  So, Butch made the executive decision to put it in this room... and it worked wonderfully - AND all issues are hidden under couches  - bonus!!

It looks surprisingly good in this room - which I didn't anticipate.

The living room rug went into the master - which, again, worked out very well as it was a better size for that room.  

Who knew that these all say they are 9'x13' and yet they are distinctly different sizes in reality.  The blue would not fit fully in the kitchen like the coral rug would.  So, the coral is NOT a 9'x13' rug... but it works for the next room

I really LOVE this rug - it's a thick wool rug and is lovely underfoot.  I would love to have it our house, but it purchased it at a sale for the little house - for a whopping $20.  Yep $20 - plus a cleaning fee.  The cleaning fee was actually used to clean ALL area rugs in the Georgia house, so it all worked out well as it was $100 to clean them all... so we'll consider that a wash for the cost to clean... The blue I did myself with my cleaner - mostly because I couldn't lay it out anywhere for someone else to clean it.

The comforter isn't the best match, but honestly we were in a pinch to get these quickly to get the house on the market with the new rental company... so I picked cheap and functional in colors that I wanted.  It's now to time to go to TJ Maxx and HomeGoods on occasions to look for alternatives for these... I don't mind the ones in the bunk room, but honestly I'm about ready to pull out the bunks and put two twins in there as the bunks are probably not long for this world.  BUT that is for the future... I've done all I'm going to do for a while.. for now it will do and it will make some money to pay for insurance and taxes... and that will have to do.

Linda and mom and sights around town.

Kidding I have no pictures of that!!

Day 1 I went to ATL to get them and Linda called me when they headed to the tram. I thought “ok I’ll go sit in the line” nope. I was moved along rather quickly and the NEXT time they moved me on I was passing them on their way out of the elevator area. Oops!  Good news is that it’s a quick circle around to them again!  Yay!!  Zip zip and you’re back. The cellphone lot has moved as well and no longer is next to the ru way but at the END of the runway do a smidge louder and not as fu. To sit and watch takeoffs. Oh well. I talked to David for a bit until I started going around in circles waiting for them to come out ;)

We ate dinner at Gambino’s Mexican   It always makes me chuckle because the name is so Italian. Oh well they have good food and an OK bathroom. 

We got home at a decent hour and everyone settled in. 

I had Marja’s funeral to attend. And it went fairly well. I just cried a little. Grace (her daughter) and Earl (her husband) were stoic. I wonder how people do that? I can NOT blubbered through dad’s funeral :(. We (Butch and I) didn’t stay for the service just the open house as I had things going on. I’m sure Marja would have understood. 

The plant party was a success. Lots of food consumed and what wasn't is getting eaten still to this day!  I had some of the cheese with lunch :)

It was awesome to have mom at the end of the hall. I popped in on her to chat and visit (no escape!!)

And as usual we find beds as the BEST place to visit and chat ;)

We went to Liz’s house after Brunch in Macon in Sunday. Even mom made it upstairs to check out the whole house.   Yay her! 

We had a good lunch and a short stop over at Barbara’s to pick up some socks as well. Mom now has more fluffy socks to keep her toes warm!   Linda’s gotten really good at ensuring we have pictures because I sure didn’t. I have taken less and less photos as the years progress. Not sure why!!

My skills are still required to put people into photos with photoshop however :) 

After these adventures we went back to the house where most took a nap.  

And mom with her new fuzzy socks :)

Monday I drove mom around to see all the old sights. We went to Striplin’s to get some sausage and then to Groom to get tickets transferred to me since I picked them up at the airport and they were non-refundable. I took that as my sign to buy them from Linda and shuttle to my flights this week. Decision made :) the transfer was easy enough to get done. 

It was a great visit and I’m glad I’m able to have mom here and care for her a bit!  Next week I’m going to Utah so it’s sort of funny that they were JUST here. I’m not changing plans. Still going to Utah for the week. It will be fun. Even David will be there !

The plant exchange party

I was planning a plant exchange party and invited all sorts of people who claimed to be thrilled to come and get only two of my friend showed up but the WONDERFUL part was Linda and mom came out. I laughlingly told them I have no friends. They thought I was joking. 

The party day. Barbara showed and my former boss from Robins of all people. It was a good time regardless as the girls came as well as two friend of mom’s from church. (the lawsons)

Angela wasn’t supposed to be off work however a sad event happened and we had a funeral to attend for Ms Marja Cooper - Angela’s second mom in high school

It was such a shock. She and I had gotten together for a lunch about 4 months back and had seen each other when voting and kept saying we should do it again and yet we didn’t. It was in me as she initiated the first meeting. Sigh I had invited her to the plant party but not personally. I should have done more. Don’t we always say that?  Sigh. The funeral was sad. 

Anyway after that we all came home to have this party. A little awkward but most didn’t know Marja and it was a good reminder to keep in touch!. 

Food prep!

Not a clue what’s going on here but it was entertaining!

The Lawson’s had a great visit with mom. 

The plants we exchanged. Ignore the “stick” that was my attempt to propogate a fiddle leaf fig. It failed. 

I’m horrible at taking pictures and these are all from others!  Thanks for taking pictures - it was great to have everyone here!!