We Have Drywall

Things have been crazy around here!! Hubs is working hard to get my back room of the shop done. He has 2 wks from today, and I don't let him forget. They've started prefiling the drywall and I've been trying to get the front half done, so as soon as my poly is dry on the floors, I can start working in the back!! We've been putting in long hours up there and we are working on doing spagetti sauce tonite and probably salsa in the coming days. I have a load to take to Waseca, MN on Saturday. Geesh, fall brings the busy season!! I do love fall, but it seems like I don't really get to enjoy in until about mid-Oct!

Well I best be on my way. Here are a few pics of what I've been up to

More Progress at the Shop

This weekend was so much cooler, but still humid, here in Northern Iowa. Hubby was busy finishing up a few of the things he needed to get done. So, not much done at the shop. We took out a doorway that leads to the back. It was kinda boxed in because there were 3 doors in a 3 1/2ft by 3 1/2ft area. Hubby ripped out the steps that went up to an attic space. Now we have a straight shot into the garage area. It'll be so handy when we unload in the garage.

We also got 2 new windows put in last week and start putting up electrical boxes where I'd like them to be. Here are a few pics I took

 Hubs cleaning up after demo

 The kitchen, utility room and bathroom. Small, but it'll work

 2 new windows, they let so much light in

 Still putzing away on the paint

My fish pond needs a few more limestone rocks.

Ready For The Colors Of Fall

Good morning!! It's a beautiful Sunday morning! It's a bit humid, but with the estimated high at 79, I'll take it!! I was out this morning snapping a few pics of some of my flowers. Thought I would share with you!

 Finally got my bittersweet planted

 Very excited how well my mum came back

 Love these orange zinnas

 Another of my mums

 Some black-eyed Susans

 One of my winterberry bushes...and the boys

 Black-eyed Susans cheering up my outhouse

 Picked up these mums yesterday, thought up front could use some fall color

Cut oddles of broom corn the other nite. And cucumbers. This heat has pushed my broom corn ahead a month

Very excited for fall to get here....as I know, all of you are!

Hot Weather Brings Progress At The Shop

Is it hot enough for you?? It's so crazy how it was such a cool, wet spring and now it's sweltering!!

Last week, it was so miserably hot, temps in the high 90's and heat index well above 110. Hubby choose to work at the shop, so we turned on the window air and fired up about 4 fans. They ended up getting most of my floor built up to the level of other parts. They also got my plumbing moved around so I can have a bathroom, yay!!!

We have the chance to buy another building, the man's just not quite ready to sell yet, but when he is, it's our. So this means, we are putting in a shower in the bathroom and a few other things, so we can turn my current shop into a studio apartment. It adds more work now...but it would be soooo much more work later on.

I snapped a few pics of the projects. They aren't very clear, but I'll try and keep the pics coming so you can see the progress!!

Stay cool!!

It's That Time Of Year...

When my laundry lays on the dryer or sits in a basket. I don't do laundry until I realize I have no clean shorts/capris left. Supper is on the go, my daughter rarely plays inside with her toys, ohhh and it's been awhile since I've cleaned my house. Does this happen to you?? Do you collapse into bed exhausted every nite??? Go, go, go, go!! That's all I feel I'm doing.


Tomorrow I'm off the Manly's Farmer's Market. I'll have a table or two set up. I have several fresh items from the garden and also a few of my thinks from the shop. If you're in town, come check up out :)


Until I take a break again....have a wonderful summer day!!

....And The Barn Came Down

What a busy weekend!! Hope everyone is having a great long, 4th of July weekend!!

Friday nite we had a bad rain/wind storm. So windy it bent my umbrella on my patio table right over and also blew over my outhouse...ohh, and it took out our cable. The one thing we were waiting for, was our barn to blow over. Hubby had the excavator and everything ready to tear it down on Saturday morning, and just knowing our luck, we thought it would blow over. Thankfully, it didn't. I don't want to be building my neighbor a new garage.

Saturday we took our poor, delapidated barn down. It put up more of a fight then I thought. But luckily, nothing got broken (well hubby was pissed he backed into his sprayer he pulls behind the lawnmower, and my yard cart, grrr.) Other then that mishap, we won't be building the neighbor a new garage, we didn't loose anything on our own garage, and the dog kennel was not flattened.

Now, onto the next project. We've decided put a garage back up on the slab and pour a slab for the dog kennel, and I'm hoping for a little covered patio, since our deck bakes in the late day sun; it's not very usuable.

Here are some pics of before, during and after! Have a great 4th!

What I've Been Doing For The Last 3 Weeks

I see I haven't posted in over 3 wks, opps!! I've been quite busy. Now that my summer open house is over, we've tore into many projects. We started demo-ing in the back of the shop. I also started painting the outside of the shop, excited for it's new reveal! I've also managed to get some more plantings put in and the arbor done. We got fish a few nites ago for the pond and started rearranging my limestone rocks for around the pond. Also have a few picked out for a foot path into the garden. It will all come together, just not quick enough, haha!!

Last weekend was city wide garage sales. I gladly got rid of several things, but also picked up a few things :) It's a disease, I can not help it. Also picked up a few things at an auction, I'll have to get pics of them later. I hope you enjoy a few shots of this and that. Have a great 4th of July weekend!!

 My pile of barn doors, so many ideas!

 This wall is coming out, it'll open it up quite a bit

 Hoping to leave this "room"

 This is where my bathroom/kitchen are going

 My new paint color. I've gotten a lot done since this pic, my building is almost 100 ft long....it requires a LOT of paint!!

 My new bittersweet plants

 Mark brought this home yesterday, I've been wanting one so bad

 Garage sale find

 She's a beaut!! haha I think it would look great with a crate of flowers on the back

 Garage sale find, already slapped on a coat of paint

My other garage sale find