Time slipping on by...

Well Hello there...my name is Sandy :) Do you all remember me???

I can't believe that I have stayed away this long. I want to Thank the Ladies who emailed to check up on me. I am fine, just so busy, not enough hours in a day.

I am not even sure where to start off...I can't believe I haven't posted since May and now here we are, August. When did that happen?

I had something major that was suppose to take place back at the end of June. I was all set, pshycked up to go and hours before the big day, I get a phone call and it has now been post-poned till the end April 2012. I did alot of crying and did not want to talk to anyone. I needed to handle this on my own. I have now accepted it, but I am not happy that 10 more months of waiting has to take place. I think I cried so much, that I can't cry anymore.

But enough of that! I had to start keeping my mind busy...very busy! After talking it over and not having any house viewings, hubby and I decided we are no longer selling. I really wanted the other house but things happened with that in which it made our decision easier :) So since we are staying, I had told hubby and I making it even more of a home for me. NOT for others. Plus it looks like other plans may happen. I am a person who has to plan out the path for the future and when I hit a bumpy road, it throws me off track. But as my MIL tells me, everything happens for a reason. So NOT selling our house right now is the reason.

Hubby had his meeting a couple weeks ago with the BIG boss and he has plans for him. It looks like in the future, we will be owners of a Canadian Tire Store. We don't know where, which I have a hard time with but I can't sit and worry about it. This will be something very major for us and we are both quite happy about it. Since we will be owning our own store, that means we will have to move. So this is the reason we did not sell our house right now. That's what I am saying anyways ;)

So hubby and I have been busy turning the house into more of my decor and am I ever LOVING it! You see, we live in a Townhouse, a end unit. It's big but not that big. We use the entire living space in this house, sadly we have no storage room. So we purchased a rather large shed for all our storing. By doing this, we were getting ready to install our pool and found out that we did not have enough land for it. I was getting sooooo discouraged! We then went to where we purchased our pool, we were able to trade it for a hot tub! YEAH! We are very pleased with our decision. We will be able to use it ALL YEAR ROUND and not just the Summer. Besides, the Summer that we have been getting, we would not of had much swimming put it.

WOWSERS!!! We have been having severe thunderstorms in our area. Yesterday, a storm hit our town real hard. Some people are saying we didn't get a tornado but if you drive around town and see the damage, you would say YES it was a tornado. Not everyone was hit, only sections. ALOT of old, large trees were either split in half or up rooted. And I really mean up rooted, the entire thing and we are talking about trees that are hundreds of years old. Very scary! We have a very large mess here at home to clean up now. But today it's been down pooring with thunder...so I guess it will get done sometime this week.

Since we decided to go with a hot tub, hubby has been working very hard on our lower deck setting everything up for the hot tub. He installed a metal ceiling because when it rains, it goes straight downstairs. With the ceiling, it stays dry down there. I am slowly converting it too look more primitive. But now we have a large mess to clean up before we continue to work on it.
I'll take pics when it's all set up for you guys. It's like a little paradise for us :) And I have to admit, the hot tub is helping my aching bones. It feels so good and relaxing. Especially before bed...you sleep just like a baby.

Now let's get onto why I am here today :) I am sure you guys want to see what we have been up to RIGHT???

Well, I have hit quite a few awesome Garage Sales. Never did we have Garage Sales like this before. I was like a little girl in the candy store. I have some photos to share with you today and I will share some more treasures later on this week. I don't want to loose you all since this is already a rather long post. And besides, I need to tease you guys so you will come back ;)

Here is one Garage Sale Jackpot...They had soooo many crocks and jugs, it was so hard for me to choose just a few pieces. I could have bought it all but ya know...kinda of need more money ;)
The brown top jug is in mint condition! No chips or anything...the glass bottle is a baby bottle. It has a baby on it and it's a 8oz bottle. I never saw anything like this before. And then of course when I bought this large white crock/over sized mug thing. I didn't know what it was until I brought it home and someone told me. I had to laugh but was so pleased that I purchased it :) And since I am a New Brunswicker, Canadian, I had to have these old sap buckets for homemade maple syrop. I had a plan for them but never got to it this year. That's OK because next year, they will be put to use.
At the same Garage Sale, they had this extra large jug. It's quite large and in pretty good condition. I am trying to collect different kinds, don't want to duplicate. I wanted to have a jug or crock going up all the stairs. I am almost there :) I'll have to get a picture to show you all what it's looking like. I found this tiny crock, not sure what it would have been used for but I liked the look of it. A pewter piece...it's a beauty! And then this wooden bucket. Can someone tell me what these buckets would have been used for???
I then made a order from Farmhouse Primitives quite a few months ago...I LOVE their website! They have such wonderful pieces for a Primitive ~ Colonial Home. I had to wait for the pillow case cover to made by the weavers. I am so pleased with it! The pillow case now sits on my bed to add just that little splash of color. I forgot to get a pic of that...I will post later. I also ordered a feather quill...plans for that and a real beautiful piece of redware. She was having a sale, since it was such a good price, I had to get it.
As I mentioned, since we are no longer moving, we changed the entire house around. As I mentioned, the house is not too large...we use to have the dining room in the living room, the dining room was my computer area and a breakfast nook. But with Tabitha growing up and liking to have her privacy when friends are over. I told hubby that I needed my living room back on the main level. I LOVE the change!!!

We started off by painting the walls in this area. This was the only spot in the house that we did not paint when we painted the house back in the Fall. Since we have been here for 7 years now and I had the same paint color in my previous home, I told hubby it was time for a change :) It's called Shaker, the paint color...we went lighter...take a look...
The next pic is of the wall that goes from the living room to the dining room. It looks so much calmer...Since we were converting the living room back, we no longer had furniture for this area. I did not want to take the furniture out of the basement. We had a Garage Sale the end of May, so with the money we made, we purchased this love seat.
Not exactly what I wanted but it's the next best thing and besides, the price was perfect! As you can see, my babies have claimed it already.

My old table set was too large for the dining area and it was never what I really wanted. So I paid a visit to the man who builds all my large pieces and had him build me a table. All I could say was WOW when we went to pick it up. I am still schocked over the price he charged. I bet no one can guess how much this table cost me???
It's beautiful! I ordered two Colonial Style Chairs to place at each end. I am hoping they will be in this week. It took 8 weeks for them to come in...WOW! I am patiently waiting ;) We can fit 8 people at the table comfortably.

Look at the top of the table...all the knots and grain...
...and then look at the legs...
WOW!!! He and his wife are really awesome workers! They are very talented that is for sure.

I then had a cabinet made to go with the table. I am slowly collecting pewter and this is the cabinet that I want to put the pewter in. Since I took this picture, I have done alot of tweeking. I will show more updated pics. You can also see that I am slowly getting decorations up...
Once we got the walls painted...I told hubby that the walls were missing something. I would envy pictures of other homes. So we decided to go ahead and do this on our walls in the living room and the large wall that goes into the dining room...
What do you guys think??? Here's a close up...
...and here's some more...
I'm in LOVE...LOL...

It's all done now and looks awesome! I love it so much that I want my bedroom done in a different style now :) That will be more of a Fall project because we also want to do the stairs going up stairs. Right now, my goal is to get my house back in order.

Still lots to do...we have been working inside and outside. Big projects that I can't wait to finish. But when you own a house, the work is never done! But I am enjoying myself along the way...

I must run for now since more work is calling my name. But I promise I will be back this week to show you some more goodies that I have picked up at Garage Sales and a new Prim Store that I found :)

I hope to see you back...Until next time...

Sandy