Garden is popping up!

Yes, I have started something green growing!!! I'm so excited.  Those of you who know me well know that I have the ability to kill a silk plant, let alone grow something.  I actually have radishes, two kinds of onions and garlic starting to show green stuff above the ground!  At least that's what I think they are, the little placard for each has blown away and I'm not sure which row I put what in... LOL. Thought the first one was a weed, but didn't pull it just in case.  Good thing!

Radishes poking out where I planted
them...

I must have dropped some radish seeds
as they are all in a clump where I did
not plant them... LOL

White onions starting to show more green.  There was some
part sticking up out of the ground when I planted them,
but they are getting taller and greener.

I believe this is a yellow onion...

Not actually sure what this is, I believe
it may be a white onion. 

This is a weed... pulled it!   LOL

Weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's new home

We had the kids over for the weekend a few weeks ago.  We decided to go exploring down by the creeks while it was still fairly open for hiking.  Little did I know how thick the area was with all kinds of trees and bushes and such.  We all got our walking sticks and headed out.  Crossed the creeks three times and still didn't get to the big pond where the two creeks meet.  That will have to be our next outing...

Got a call from our neighbor thinking that one of their cows was ready to give birth and the kids decided they wanted to see it, so we took a break from our hike and went to Chuck and Nancy's.  The cow decided to wait for now, but we had a nice visit.  I've never seen a pregnant cow before, OMG, she was huge.

The beginning of the creek.  We walked along the path to
the left of the creek to the end of our property then
crossed the creek back to the right toward our house.

There is a baby cow with it's mom.

Ryland and Raegan wanted to pet the cow, but Bryce just
wanted to look.  Chuck told them it could be bad to try and
pet the cow, they aren't real friendly, so they just looked.

Raegan listening to Nancy, learning about cows.  The
cow back there is one of the pregnant ones, she's huge!

How does she walk?!?!?

Starting down the trail, walking sticks in hand...

Crossing the creek.  Boy, was the water cold if you slipped!

Success!  On our way back to the house, will with sticks.
We'll keep those for our next adventure!

Easter Egg Hunt

We had a great Easter Day.  Hope you all had a great day too.  Here are some pictures of the egg hunt.  Evan experienced his first hunt.  He found eggs and put them in his basket, but when he found the next one his basket would spill out when he bent over to get it.  He'd pick them all up and start out again.  Too cute!

Ryland thought he had won the hunt, but a miss-count revealed there was one more egg left out there to be found.  It was the tie-breaker egg.  Raegan found it.... doh!  The celebration changed from whooo-hoooo to drat!  Too funny!!!

Evan and Shannon off to find eggs...

The hunt has begun!

Evan collecting his spilled eggs then off to the next one.

Evan decided there must be an egg up in the tractor...

No egg up here, but look at me... I'm driving a tractor!!!

Gotta search more, there's one more out there!

We've got a garden!

Yes, we planted our first garden.  Our kind neighbors, Chuck and Nancy, have been a GREAT help.  They came down with the tractor and tilled up the ground for us and Nancy has been a wealth of information.  We planted garlic, 3 kinds of onions, asparagus, radishes, cucumbers and zucchini.  Haven't seen anything pop up yet, but it's only been a week.  I water it every day, if it hasn't rained.  Also looking for weeds, pulled one so far... LOL.  Pretty exciting stuff.

Chuck and his tractor tilling our garden!

Chuck tilled several times to
get it just the right depth.

Several rows and two mounds
at the far end.

From the other end.  Closest to you
are the cucumber and zucchini
mounds.

Garlic is at this end.  Used plastic forks to label
what is in each row.

 Chuck and Nancy left with the power pole that we used as our temporary service during construction.  When the electric company put up the new permanent service, they used a new pole too, so Chuck is going to make an "Amish Clothes Line" for Nancy.  She's so excited, you can hang up clothes and use the pulley system to move it for the next.  It goes from the laundry room out to the new pole.  Pretty cool stuff!!

Chuck pulling the pole to their house.

I'll post more later.  I have pictures of our Easter get-together, will put them up soon.

The Deer are coming back!

Yes, the deer are coming back out into the open.  We had two just the other day outside my craft room.  They weren't far down the hill, so when Larry told me they were there I grabbed the camera and got a few pictures before they spotted me.  All the snow was melted yesterday, but this morning it was white again.  What's up with that?  I thought Spring was here, but it's only on it's way... LOL

The other pics below are the Master Bathroom which is now completely done.  The shower works GREAT!  After being in a small trailer using that shower and using the smaller shower in the guest bathroom in the house, this one seems huge.  It is big, but we are very happy with it.

The deer are back out in the open!

Looking a little thin!

Looking around for more grass to eat.

Looks like they spotted me.  Once they did that, they took
off toward the creek down the hill behind them.

The stain on the doors make all the
difference in the world!  Love it.

The finishing touches of the trim work.

It works great!  Jake doing his inspection, he passed it!!

Master Bath Shower is DONE!!

Yes, we have finished the shower in the Master Bathroom.  Larry put in a LOT of work on this project.  He installed all the tile and trimwork.  There is enough tile in this shower alone to tile the entire Great Room!  Larry did a great job, I'm so proud of him.  Now, it's on to trimming out all the interior doors and staining them.  Then the baseboard and crown molding throughout the whole house.  His "to-do" list is quite long, as you can imagine.  LOL.  Once he finishes the trimwork in the Master Bath, I'll post pics of that too.  The tile he put down out in the main part of the room looks terrific too!!!

As you walk around the corner, the shower seems so
open and inviting!  The picture makes the closer tiles
look tan, but they are all the silver/gray and black
accents

We decided to get the larger shower head, the center comes
out and will make it much easier to clean the walls and floor.

The floor is amazing!  It actually came in 12" squares on a
mesh backing, so he didn't have to set all those tiny little
tiles individually.  The shower itself is 5'x6', very roomy!

Larry added a small shelf which will let us hang towels and
robes just below it.  It is on the small wall as you walk out
of the shower.  Just on the other side of this wall is the rest
of the bathroom.

Drapes are DONE!!!

Yes, we have finally finished all the window coverings for the house.  Mom has been nothing short of tremendous in her love and dedication to getting this done.  Not only did she teach me how to make professional looking pleated drapes, she got some cushions made too!  We have a cushion for the garage where we will change shoes from snowy and muddy to inside-appropriate footwear.  She also made a cushion for an antique rocking chair that we found in a yard sale, as well as a cushion for the Great Room Bay Window Seat.  She truly is the best!!!


We haven't gotten out much, it's been quite cold and just perfect weather for working inside... LOL.  It is beautiful but it does hamper site-seeing.  We went to the Corning Museum of Glass up in New York, that was a great day.  Saw the demonstration of glass blowing and watched a beautiful bowl be made from a blob of glass.  Lots of information at that Museum!

Here are some pics.

Our first attempt at actually decorating.  This needlepoint
piece on the chair was our original plan, but ended up
making a cushion instead.  This piece just wasn't the
right size.

Jake and I relaxing after a long day
of opening boxes and trying to
get organized.

Mom jumped right in and spread
around the rock as Larry placed
it in front of the garage doors once
we got the permanent garage
doors installed.

Mom hard at work making the first
pleats.  We finished the brown drapes
and the white lace drapes for the
Great Room first.

Isn't she too cute?!?!

Mom "dressing down" the brown
drapes in the Great Room.

That's me putting the drapes on the
rings, ready to go on to the next.  Not
exactly a good "hair day" for me,
but that's not a surprise to anyone
who knows me well.

Curtains for the guest room.  There is
nothing behind the house except trees
so we didn't need anything very
heavy for this window.

Great Room brown drapes with white
lace behind them.  The window seat
cushion is matched with the tie-backs.
Once the wood work is done
around the window, the drape will
hang straighter on the outside edges.

Window seat cushion for the Bay Window
in the Great Room.  Both sides are useable,
we placed different focus portion of the
fabric so that both sides are the same, but
one shows more deep purple flowers and
the other side more red flowers.

Master Bedroom done.  The drapes
go very well with my "retirement" quilt,
not shown in this picture... sorry.

Sewing Room is done too!!   This larger
window on the right has the best view
in the house.  It is so relaxing to sit at
my machine and glance outside to
such a great view.

                                                                                                                             Back Door, we made a Roman Shade. My
first one of those!  Turned out pretty
dang good.

I have some more pictures, but have run out of battery life on the laptop.  I will post more pictures soon, I promise.  I know it has taken a while to get these in, but we have been soooo busy with all the little things that need to be attended to for the house so that we can officially get it "done".  We have been sewing up a storm and Larry has been working hard and long on woodwork, tile and even installing a toilet in the Master bathroom.

It's been hectic here for Mom's visit, but we sure have been enjoying having her around.  We've gotten a LOT done and our list is much smaller now.   Will post more soon, enjoy whatever you are doing!!!
Debbie