Tolentreasures

   I am totally struggling with this blog post. I have written it twice and it won't publish. Maybe the third time is the charm. Spent a day working on this house that my sister is on her way to now. I still have the poison ivy to show for it! I started this post way over a week ago. Not sure where my weeks are going ! This dresser is finished and in the shop and has been rearranged twice. This little girl is back in Colorado with (I hope)  great cousin memories!    This landscaping is already growing weeds. I am seriously fighting the week battle this year!       Paintings are already moved to the new booth in the shop in Saxonburg. More on that later.

JWS baked a rhubarb strawberry pie!  Is is amazing!    Kendall had a softball game last night!  What form!  Garren had kindergarten graduation.  He looks less than impressed!  But he did his spoken part perfect!  All signs of summer coming!  Thanks to my klutzy friend,  I have some great painting surfaces!  She keeps breaking mirrors.  I have a third one in the garage.      And these two flea market finds!  Counted cross stitch and framed  beautifully!  Another crazy week here,  just trying to find time to do  some yard work,  some laundry and  clean those porches! 

Wednesday was a delivering day. More on that later.  It was a great excuse to go picking in a different territory.  I found these awesome paint by numbers at  Home Again in  Boardman https://www.facebook.com/homeagainconsignmentfurniture/ Check them out!   I have not had the heart to put a price on them and sell them.  I know, it's the hoarder in me.  But I might never find another set as nice as these!  and the colors... I can't bear to part with them.    Found a couple of coffee pots.  I think I will paint them!   And these little beauties.  I think I will sell those.   It will justify keeping the other ones. And this rug....struggling parting with it also!   All found at  Four Seasons Flea Market  in  Youngstown.  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Four-Seasons-Flea-Market/120953331249511 And these?   They are just perfect for my camp kitchen.  $1 each and they have little chips in them so there is no

  Saturday night and the boys and I headed  to  Pittsburgh Mills.   I wanted them to try zip-lining.  They were hesitant.      So we settled on bungee jumping. However,  on the way,  since we were running a little late,  we drove through McDonald's. Tyler, bordering quickly on 12, has apparently passed by the whole happy meal thing and  orders  two double cheeseburgers and a Diet Coke.  (Gramma refused to kill his brain cells with a Diet Coke) and  Logan is struggling.  "A 20 piece Chicken Nugget, No wait... there is a Mario Toy I want a Chicken Nugget Happy Meal  and  a  10 piece Nuggets"  So I order.  The girl wants to know what he wants to drink with that Happy Meal.  I ask him and he replies, "I think I'll have a French Vanilla Latte!" I calmly reply that Lattes are not on the Happy Meal menu. We finally decide on a Sprite  and as we drive away I inform him that perhaps his

Alstroemeria, my favorite! Flowers from Shelby and kiddos for my birthday.   Found these glass pieces in the house. They were from a chandelier but will make fun candle holders. They are glued and waiting for a place.   Some flowers and plants for the windowsill. JWS informed me that all old ladies have windowsills that look like this. Painted some roosters.     And     Kamden was so excited when he found "this bird sitting on his nest"

Can't you just smell it? The warm dirt smell? The first trip in a greenhouse in the spring? The possibilities stretched out before you? Of course, I am a realist and know that I can't go overboard. By mid July I will be struggling with keeping it all alive. But they are so pretty!     And unique.     How cool is this one?      And plants and flowers I have not seen before! In the end, I didn't go crazy, but let's be realistic. It's only early May. There is time. This greenhouse is located on Mahoning Road. Owned by Noah and Lydia Byler. It is one of my favorites!

  It was time.  Time to take a break  and resume normal life. Whatever that is!   I needed to get back to painting things for the shop.     And a friend found me all this and more  at yard sales on Saturday!      Look what a difference a few decoration make!      And... I know, I know.  It is time to take a break,  but I have a couple bedrooms to "do"  before late summer.  Ran across this photo on Pinterest. Can't wait to get started!