Red Geranium Cottage

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HUNKA!!!

Today hunka and I celebrated our 20th anniversary.  Were did the time go?? Nooo I didn't say it went by fast.  lol   I'd never say that.  It's been quite the 20 years.  We've had our ups and our downs.  But bottom line is we're still around together to celebrate that big 20!!!   And here's to 20 more. 

I woke up this morning and this was sitting by my chair.  Hunka and I had seen it at a local shop. It's a reproduction of an old flower cart.  OMG I wanted it soo bad but I just knew I'd never see one.  Hunka said..........it cost HOW MUCH???   Well..............was I ever shocked this morning.  And happy.

 
  

Boo offered to take us to dinner tonight but I decided to make hunka his favorite dish........no not me!!!   Chicken crotch as he calls it.  Chicken Cacciatore. 

Can you smell it?  He loved it!!

Thanks anyway Boo, it was nice enough to have you here for dinner.  To celebrate with us.

We toasted across our new island.............FINALLY!!!!   Hunka said he's gonna kill me for posting this photo with those pants on. lolol  Sooo there goes another 20 years I guess. 

I remember the day 20 years ago.  I told my mother in law she could plan our wedding. She always wanted a daughter to help plan her wedding, and she had two sons.  She was sooo happy to do the planning,  the whole thing. She even picked the day.  All we had to do was show up. She sent out the invites, did the food, the flowers....everything!!!   I just wish she was still around to see that we  made it 20 years.  She'd be proud of us. 

Happy Anniversary honey, I love you!!

I'm not sure if this week could get any better, yet tomorrow is my first Thanksgiving since being back home.  I am beyond excited. I'll probably not be able to sleep tonight.  I never thought I'd see this day.  It's gonna be a great one. 

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. 

 
   

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Today we had our feast at school.  We worked out butts off this month making little teepee's,  hats, indian costumes,  turkey cups,  glitter, glue,  more glitter,and did I say glue???  Necklaces,  Indian head dresses,  more glitter and did I say glue???  Name place cards,  glitter and did I say......................Oh lordy I went home each night and had dreams, uhh... nightmares, singing those freakin songs in my head until I couldn't go to sleep.  Well today it all paid off.  Those little kids got up there in front of all the parents and sang their little hearts out.  The parents sat there with big smiles on their faces happy as can be.  It was all worth it right.............It WAS worth it wasn't it?  Did I tell you about the glitter and glue??  I swear when I blew my nose glitter came out. 

This is the BEFORE photo this morning as I was leaving for Glitter heaven.  Are you checkin out the Indian Mocassins?? ARE YOU?? 

And here is the AFTER.  Do you see I'm still smiling?? Is there GLITTER on my face?

Here's my morning little Indians.  I just love them to death!!! I want to bring them all home with me.  Instant grandchildren!! You gotta do what you gotta do right?

This is my afternoon class. I was missing two kids one of which was my only girl in that class of 6 boys.

All in all it was a great day.   After 220 chicken nuggets, 80 mini muffins,  two large fruit frienship salads,  and gallons of lemonade,  I'd say it was a success.   But my question was.....what do we have to do for Christmas??  I'm just ASKIN!!!!

I'll leave you with this..........The turkey is a funny bird....his head goes wobble, wobble, wobble,  He only says one word............GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE!!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Boo, Wilster, my little sister Linda and her family all will be here at our house celebrating this year and I dont have to tell you how blessed I feel being here.  I am beyond happy and couldn't be more grateful to my hubby for getting me back here where I feel I belong. 

New tile went in today.

Finally the new back splash went in today.  I'm so glad that the other one was the wrong color because I love the new design I picked out instead.  This was the design I picked out but not that ugly gold color. When I walked in and saw this I wanted to cry. 

The bull nose that goes on the corner and at the top was WHITE instead of all like that darker piece there. 

 

Here's the new one.   LOVE IT. The cabinet above isn't blue it just shows that way in the photo. 

I couldn't resist putting in one red plate.  This side is where my oven/micro used to be.

This is the other side of the kitchen.  That chandelier by the door is going to be strung up with the chain and hung on a cook we'll put in the ceiling.  There we will get a small table just for two.  I love my lights. 

More later. I'm decorating now.  WOOHOOOO!!!!

Route 66 antique shop link

Here is the link http://www.route66antiquemall.com/to the antique shop for those of you that have asked for it. 

Antiquing at Route 66

Hunka and I stopped at this great antique shop on our way home from Branson last month.  We can't wait to go back to this place. It was a primitive place for sure.  I wanted so much stuff from there. And so did hunka.  He's getting into this primitive stuff. And I like it. 

Hunka spotted a cabinet he wanted. Only problem..... where to put it.

Look, he found another one.   They had some awesome cabinets. And great prices.

I could move right in this room.

Love the red cabinet. Isn't the punkin cute in the little chair?

Another cute punkin and chair.  Nice white cabinet too. I bought the stool everything is sitting on. 

This looks like it's right out of the 1800's.

I want that old green cabinet.  Wonder if it's still there?

 Can you see John Boy sitting there writing?   Night Mary Ellen, night John Boy!

 

See the red little bench on the ground??? It  went home with me too.  I love those benches for decorating. 

I thought this was a cool quilt. Kathie I took this photo for you.  It would be a fun one to reproduce. 

I thought this was neat. 

Ok that's it for the tour.  Hope you enjoyed it.  

I've got a few more bundles I found in the sewing room. You know the deal,  send me an email and the price does NOT include shipping.  I sent them flat rate. 

1) Heart & Soul   by Moda.   34 fat quarters and a panel.  $40.00 SOLD thank you.

2) Cold Winter Noses by Moda.... Sandy Gervais 38 fat quarters and two panels $55 SOLD thank you

3) Forever Yours by South Seas...Robyn Pandolph..56 fat qtrs. $50.00 The colors are a little duller than they look here.  Sorry my camera wouldn't cooperate.

SOLD thank you!!!

Nighty Night!!!   Smoochy, smoochy!
 

 

 

Happy November!!

This is a mish mash of stuff.  I take pictures one after the other and then don't get around to posting so here goes.....

You know I'm enjoying these fall months looking forward to winter. But I've had to dig out my capri pants and flip flops again.  It was WARM  here the past few days.  I know, I know winter is coming and there will be no flip flops.  Instead I'll be wearing these......

Hunka bought these for me.  lolol!!!   Don't be jealous now.  You know there K- A -UTE!!

Let me seeee what else I must share with you.  Oh yeaaaa Miss Anna I do not like to disappoint you so....... Here's my fire house trip.  This is my afternoon class.  I was lucky enough to go twice that day.  The second time I was the only teacher going.  A little one on one with Mr. Hot man I mean Fireman!! 

Do ya just love a man in a uniform??  And I loved when he talked with that mask on. I'm just sayin!!!!    FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look!!! Bambi was waiting for me when I got home about a week ago.  My new pet.  Madeline's not so crazy about my new pet. But I think she's beautiful. 

Can you smell it?? That new car smell??   Can you believe hunka even let me in that thing??  Hey, hey I wasn't driving when I totaled it.  Ok I didn't total it the young kid did. We went foreign this time. Tired of the crap you get when you buy an American car and things go wrong.  Hunka has never bought a foreign car in his 60 plus years.  Ooops did I say 60??? PLUS???   Shhhhhhh

Now can YOU sleep like that??   I'm gonna try it tonight.  After I take my Ambien of course.

That looks much more comfy.  Can you see hunka's snake and skull back there? MEN!! 

Check out the different colors in my backyard a week ago.  Is that pretty or what?  I LOVE IT!!!  But.............I do not love all those leaves that are knee deep in our yard. 

This is wayyyyy down behind our yard.  Yes it's all ours but do we go in there??  Not without my boots on.  lolol 

Went out with a couple high school friends for margaritas last week.  Jeanne and Kathy still look just like they did in school.  Can ya dig that red/yellow wall?? whoa!!

 

Kathy blended in with that wall.  Yes this was AFTER the drinks.

Kitchen update!!!   Ok let's NOT talk about the kitchen. I'm trying to stay calm. Have you ever tried to stay calm while suffering from menopause??  I rest my case.  Ok those little shelfs are going.  I think I said before I did not put those in.  We decided on a paint color. It's a light beige.  A little different shade from the cabinets.  Lights in...........lights on!!  Back-splash was done but..........wrong color. Now it's about to be ripped out. I almost cried when I walked in last week and saw it.  I want these people out of my house!!! NOW!! 

I do love my new lights.  They are alike but the one above the stove is HUGE the other one is a smaller one.  Pottery barn clearance.  I've got little shades to put on each light once there done with all the sanding.

Ok,  that's it for tonight.  Sorry I've been gone soo long.  Kathy came looking for me. So I thought I should make an appearance. 

I want to wish my friends Nancy and Tammythe happiest of birthdays.  Yesterday was their day.  I finally got the packages out on time and they received in time!!! YEAH!!!  I was sad that I wasn't there to celebrate with them.  I miss my friends very much. Yes these are photo's from before I left.  :-( I'm still waiting on visitors!!  Wonder who's gonna be first???   I think I know but I'm not sayin. 

Happy belated birthday my friends. I love you!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

We had a great day. Went to my sister's house this afternoon, had food and drink, then waited for all the little trick or treaters.  What fun handing out candy. And today is my nephew's birthday too.  Even more fun. 

Wanna see my costume?? Do ya???  HUH???  Are you ready?? If your on Facebook you may have already seen. If not here goes. 

My brother in law kept saying the picture was turning out too bright. Well DUH because there is a big yellow chicken in the photo!!!!!! I'm just sayin.

What? You never seen a chicken drink wine?   Well in Missouri they do. I think that's hwy they call it Organic chicken. 

My little sister.  Aka the black cat.

Are all cats THAT skinny?? 

The chicken looks dazed and confused. 

Cody the birthday boy and his two best friends.  Do ya see the one on the right? He's an LA LAKERS fan.  Doesn't look too happy about that does he? 

He's trying to chop off the chicken head. 

Wilster and his momma bird.  He must be so proud.  What? You do think he's proud don't you??  

I found a gingerbread guy.  Isn't he cute?    

And I found Santa Claus.  Christmas must be coming soon?

Just a lonely chicken by the tree. Ohh do you see my new car??   I know it's not red. That is a requirement in my family but there were no red ones in the lot.  So I allowed white into the family this one time. 

Birthday boy got lots of candy!  Time to share with his aunt.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 

Achooey!!!

Well the old nasty flu bug bit me and it bit me hard.  I'm not sure which one of those little cute kids infected me but they didn't mess around.  I went to bed Tuesday night last week thinking........uh oh I've got something. Wed. morning not feeling so well but went to work.  By the time I got home that night.......not so good. Thursday I couldn't lift my head off the pillow. I still have not went back to work.  Going back on Monday.  Let's hope I've paid my dues and I'll be well the rest of the winter. 

Kitchen is getting closer to being finished.  I'll take more pictures this week.  I did cook in there twice so far.  It feels good not having to eat out anymore.  We still don't have a microwave but at least we have a new stove that works.  Hunka did buy  a microwave and it was the biggest thing ever and yes.... it's going back!!!  Not sure what he was thinking.  But you know men, the bigger the better.  Thanks for all your nice comments and suggestions about the paint.  I think I'll put my stuff in there and think about it for awhile.  You know I'm in no hurry to do any painting. I hate doing that.  I'm about to bust into the Christmas cookie baking.  That sounds like so much more fun. 

I did take a few pictures of my sewing room. I'm getting it organized a bit.  So here goes.

I love having the fish pond right outside my door. I get to listen to the waterfall while I'm sewing. 

 

Hunka was trying to hang curtain rods and flipped my little raggedy ann thing above the shelfs.  Unless we had an earthquake.  Oh wait, wrong place.   Must have been hunka.

I got to get busy and make my curtains. Hunka is making shelfs to go around my ceiling so I can put stuff up there.  It's all a work in progress still.  I've not spent alot of time down here lately.  I've not got that creative feeling yet.  I'm hoping to get it soon. 

LOOK my annie swag is hanging back up again. 

I was happy to have this closet right outside my sewing room bathroom. But I filled it wayyy tooooo fast. 

Lordy what a bunch of kits.  lol   Do you think I'll ever make half of them?? Nope, me either. 

This is the view to the stairs that goes upstairs to the house.  The pictures I've shown are only half of my sewing area.  I haven't got the other half done yet. 

This is at the bottom of the stairs. The quilt rack used to be in the hallway at our other house in Ca. I'm not crazy about that wallpaper but do not feel like ripping it out now either.  So I'll live with it for awhile. 

This is the view from the bottom of the stairs.

This is looking to your left at the bottom of the stairs. That's Daisy's room over there. Yep she has her own bedroom.

I made up a couple little fall table toppers to lay around.  I started a Christmas runner that is going to my sister and I did a fall bag.  That's about it for my sewing lately.

This is the bag I'm making out of a towel.  I've still got to make the handles then it's finished.  I loved the brown towel. It looks like velour.  But it's terry cloth.

The top one is the table runner and the bottom one is a little table topper. I'm stitching little blocks to go in the open white squares. 

Ok that's it for the tour.  The other half of the room soon.

 

Here it is!!!!!!!!!!!

We're just about finished over here.  The time really has flown by I must say.  Only this last week did we start to get a little over anxious.  The eating out is getting to us. It's always fun to think about but even me the fast food Queen does not like it anymore. I'm watching the Food TV channel all the time now preparing for my first meal to christen the new stove with.  And NO Cheryl we are not christening that big new island. It aint happenin.  And I am JUST SAYIN.   lol 

Pic #1 Ok so here is the old, no not the hold man, that's HUNKA.  The OLD cabinets. 

Pic. #2 Old lights hanging..........gone now.  New Pottery barn ones going in.

Pic #3 Such a wasted are with that little desk there. 

Pic #4 The island was so tiny you could barely use the cook top without burning whatever you had sitting on the counter around it.

Pic #5

 

Pick #6 ICK!!!  Noooooo, not him, the kitchen!  That's my hunka!!

Pic #7

Pic #8

No more dark cabinets and linoleum.  Now I have nothing against linoleum but this one was starting to rip up in places.  You know hard of a time I have walking when things are flat.  I don't need any sticking up pieces to help me go flying thru the kitchen.

Left side

Right side, island gone.  My new gas line waiting.  I hate cooking on electric.

This light is going bye bye too. 

Ok so let the construction begin!!!! This is where that little desk was in pic. #2.  Look how much longer the island is. It's 9 ft long now.

We did two different counter top colors.  The white in the middle and the darker on the outer sides. I love love love my plate rack. The microwave goes in that open area.

This is where pic #6 was.  The right of the window.

To the left of the window. That opening is the center is for my stove.

This is the new Pic # 1.  See how much longer the island is now? 

 

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Those little white shelf between the cabinets on the wall are coming off. They were there when we moved in. Barely hanging on. Back splash goes on this week and electric finished.

Look at the skinny one! I could just squeeze her. But I'm afraid I might break her.  Did I tell you.........she so damn skinny?   She couldn't wait to try out the new counter top. But of course it's strong enough to hold her butt.  You won't see me up on that. For more than one reason.  I'm just sayin...............Not that kind of cookin going on in MY kitchen.  Ohh and see my stove. They put that in on Friday.  We thought we could cook this weekend but the electrician had not run the electric to it yet. So no igniter's for the gas.  Damn it!  I was sooo excited. 

Sooooo now I need your help. What to do with the paint??  I like the lighter brown/beige color but does and is it going to look good with the kitchen? Im not sure what to do. It's the paint color that's thru most of our house.  And on that far wall behind Linda that connects right on into the family room.  So if we change the color where do we stop??  The tile floor is a light color and the backsplash will be the same exact tiles only small ones with that border I showed months back.  HELP! 

Hope you like!! I sure do.

EDIT!!!   I'm using red appliances, like mixer, food processor, etc. Curtains will be red and yellow something.  So there will be a lot of reds and yellow in there. 

 

  
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

More Branson

Here's more pictures from our trip.

Howdy partner! Who is this tall drink of water?  I kept talking about him and hunka finally says DO YOU want your picture taken with him?? WELL DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sometime's he's so slow on the uptake. 

While I was hanging out with my new squeeze I put hunka in here.  Then I knew he'd be no trouble. 

Look here's his new "friend". He won't miss me at all.

I would loved to have taken this sign home.  It was huge.

Love the old furniture.

Nope, I sure didn't cross that bridge. 

Hunka found his dream workshop. 

I would love to have this in my front or back yard

This is a neat one room school house.

Is this not the cutest little building?

Do you see that RED quilt? Love it, love the flag too.  Heck I love it all.

Do you like my new place?

Hunka found a new friend.  His name is Jack.  As if you didn't know that. 

This really works, the guy uses it to have power to cut wood I think. lol  That's what I got from it.

He was making some cool birdhouses.

I couldn't get over all the neat carriages, wagons, etc that were around. 

Loved the gourds. 

Ok the line for this fried food was down around the corner.  Now some of it looks good but NOTHING is good enough for my lazy butt to wait in line for an hour for. I'm just sayin!!!

Now THAT is a pan of fried okra. I love that stuff but............again not standing in the line.

Farmer John is making some fried potatoes..

WITH bacon.............now I was tempted to stand in line for this.  But I think I spied an onion an you know me and onions do not mix. So I took my picture and kept on walking.

I think that's about it for the fried food.  I've still got more to show you.  Just a little left. Then I'll show you my kitchen pics.  It's almost finished. Granite is going in on Friday and next week they will finish up everything else.  We can not wait. This eating out is getting to us. The only vegetable I've had in weeks in lettuce.  Just not cutting it.  We've eaten at just about every food place we can think of.  Even started hitting them for the second and third times. I may not eat out again for a year.  Ok I take that back.  But it would be nice to be able to just heat up some soup of a cup of tea.  Can't even do that. 

My job is going awesome. I love it still. The kids are so adorable, what's not to love about it? Today was class picture day.They cracked me up getting there photos taken.  I loved being in the middle of the class photo with all of them.  Last week we went to the fire station..........now that was fun.  Firemen, what's not to love?  I even got to go twice because I have two classes.  YEEEHAW!! sign me up for a third.  Ok I'm just kidding, let's not get carried away here. 

Be back with more soon.