Good morning! Thought I would use a brighter color today for my text, lol. It is wonderfully sunny out today, but that sun is deceiving! Brrrr! A good day to stay indoors for sure!
Well, I've got a couple of pics to show, just 2 of the lovely things I won on ebay lately.

The first is of an antique wooden stave bucket, I just love it! ( Thank you Ann! :), and the second is of an primitive antique rag runner rug, it is almost 11 feet long and 2 feet wide. The pics don't do these justice but they are once again from my cell phone. I seriously need to get new batteries for my camera, lol. I have the runner on our livingroom floor , not sure where I'm putting the bucket yet, I have to find just the right spot!! I have a few more things to arrive in the mail soon so I will definitely post pics of them!! Oh, I got my new issue of the APP magazine and I absolutely love it! It is going to keep me busy reading and looking forward to spring on these bitterly cold days!
Well, I'm off to have some lunch, hope everyone is having a fabulous week!!
Cheers, Trish

I hope that everyone survived the big snowstorm last week! We did, not as much snow as expected but it was windy so it drifted and I had alot of digging to do to make a path to the chicken coop and water bucket for our horse. The kids had a snow day as well but dear hubby had to go to work which was not fun driving as the roads weren't really plowed yet. We also had the lovely stomach flu go through the house :( After my last post, early that morning, I was horribly sick as well as my oldest daughter, ugghh. We couldn't move, not even to put wood on the woodstove. Thank goodness for the propane backup fireplace! Than Wednesday, my 12 yr old and 4 yr old starting the throwups one right after the other, I am so thankful that my husband has a strong stomach as I don't! Than Thursday, my 7 yr old daughter was sick. Friday was the only day that everyone was half decently feeling better and it was a P.A. day for the kids thank goodness. Today my hubby finally fell victim to the flu and has been in bed all day, poor guy. I honestly hope it is all over and done with because I need things back to normal!!
I'm so excited because 2 of the things I got of ebay arrived on Thursday so that cheered me up this week. I need to get a pic up of them but I have been so distracted with what's been going on,well, you know how it is, lol.
It snowed again tonight, very heavy at times and I shovelled our front porch 4 times before it stopped. I'm so sick of winter and snow and am eagerly awaiting spring to arrive! Yesterday it was mild enough that I heard the birds out calling and it was just a tease! Hurry up spring, I need to see green grass and flowers poking up from the gardens :)

Well, I hope everyone is having a nice weekend, I am enjoying the quiet as everyone is sleeping for the night, lol. I'm off to enjoy reading some more of everyone's blogs since I'm so behind!

Blessings, Trish

Welcome to February!! Actually, I can't believe how fast time is flying by, it seems like almost yesterday that it was Christmas.
I had a pretty good weekend even though it was a tad chilly. On Sunday, I had the wonderful opportunity to finally meet a friend of ours that has an MPS disorder similiar to my son Rhys's. We have been trying to get together for awhile now since we only live about 20 mins from each other, but things always seemed to come up etc. I was so happy to at last meet Justin! He is 29 and an inspiration to us for all the things he has overcome and it gives us an insight to what is ahead of us for our Rhys. Rhys had been sick for a few days so he was not able to meet Justin, but when I got home and told Rhys about him, he asked me if he could email Justin to invite him here to watch a NASCAR race when it restarts in just a few short weeks. I thought it was so cute and so did Justin, so Rhys is planning on emailing him very soon. The computer is Rhys's best friend since he can't print on his own very well, but he knows how to run a computer better than I, lol. I cannot wait for the 2 of them to meet! :)
Our weather forecast is looking very snowy :P Yep, that snow storm that many of you guys down in the states are getting is heading our way with lots of snow. Sometime over Tuesday night and Wednesday morning we will be looking at **icky white stuff** and Wednesday is likely going to be a snow for the kids which doesn't happen very often here as we country bumpkins know how to deal with snow and schools are almost always open even if the schools in the bigger cities aren't. I cannot wait for winter to be over myself. Lugging in wood and feeding the animals in freezing, windy weather isn't really my cup of tea but since I'm the only one home during the day, well, let's just say, "lucky me" :(
I wanted to wish my mom a Happy 79 th Birthday on February 2nd, she's down in Florida til April, lucky her! I wonder if she will see her shadow since it will be Groundhogs Dog, haha!

Guess I'm off to bed now, everyone stay safe and warm!

Hugs, Trish

Hello again my friends!

I have found some quiet time, yes, late at night again, to post.
It has thankfully been warmer the past few days, -2 degrees instead of -30 +++, although we have a problem with the snow melting on the roof and huge icicles melting and the water is dripping down inside our front door and in our living room wall. I guess we can't win either way, lol, we either freeze or deal with melting messes. Since I have been stuck at home because of snowy weather lately and I don't drive when the roads are slippery, I have been bored and started to do a wee bit of shopping on EBAY. I found some awesome deals and I will post pics when they arrive in the mail. I really can't wait but it will likely be next week before they start arriving. I also met one the friendliest EBAY sellers there ever was, and we have the same tastes, primitive, old fashioned , things from the past. Ann has kept in contact with me alot and and we have some great email conversations. If anyone would like to visit her EBAY store, here is her link: sallyscellarstore items - Get great deals on Antiques, Collectibles items on eBay.com! hope that worked, lol. I can't wait for better weather to arrive so that I can get out and visit our antique stores closer to home as well, yes Natalie, I need to visit you soon! :)
So far this week has been fairly quiet compared to last. Last week a neighbor of ours from down and around the bend had 4 horses get out, twice! The second time around, the horses were running loose on our road in front of a plow and went into the forest. They were also on our property trying to get into our paddock. Luckily 3 of the horses showed up back home and the 4th was found nearby later that morning. I was more concerned about them running wild while my kids were leaving to catch the school bus so I drove them to the bus stop as you just never know what can happen. This week I decided to stain the 4 kitchen chairs that were remaining. 2 are completely done and 2 just need one more coat. It seems to be taking forever to dry, lol, and trying to keep 5 kids from touching them and making sure the cats don't walk across them is a challenge for sure.
Well, I think it's time for bed, I'm yawning :) Thanks for stopping by and I'll post again real soon!

Hugs, Trish

Wow!! Another post already! I'm on a roll, lol.
Just a few pics pf the snow we got over night and today, lots of it!! It stopped finally but it's suppose to snow overnight again. Since the roads were crappy to drive on we stayed home and this is what hubby and I made today... a pot rack! I just have to do some touch ups with black paint on the chains and hooks but I love it already :) This is a short blog since I'm off to get the kids in bed... if it's nice tomorrow they plan on going back outside again to spend time playing in the snow fort they made out of the huge snow bank from our driveway. Have a super night everyone!!

~Trish~

Good Friday morning everyone!
Well, it started off to be a late morning since I forgot to set the alarm clock last night :P We all woke up half an hour late but managed to get back on track. Everyone got to work and school on time! I decided to take my youngest son Kaedyn who is not in school today out to the hardware store to get some things for the pot rack that James is making. Since we are supposed to get a good snow storm Saturday, I figured he would stay in tomorrow and work on it :) I've been working on my kitchen table this week. Since I won't be getting a harvest table for awhile, I decided on a whim to stain my table and rough it up a bit to make it look older and more prim that it was. I also stained the seats of 4 of our chairs to match. I just have to sand and stain the last 4 chairs that don't go with the first 4, lol. The color of what the table looked like before is color of the 4 chairs that aren't stained yet. I really enjoyed working on the table and chairs and my hubby said he liked the color, so I'm pleased at how it turned out. What do you think? I've never stained furniture before so this is all new to me. Sorry the pics aren't too great, they are taken with my cell phone, lol. I also added a few pics from around our home. The sun was to bright to get a full shot of the front of our house, so I did took the one half. Than there is the barn, and lastly our dear horse Hobbins munchin on some hay. Of course he wouldn't lift his head up for his pic, haha. Anyhow, I'm off to finish some more chores, like bringing in the wood and feeding the chickens etc. Than I think lunch and a little catnap is in order. Hope you have all had a wonderful week!

Blessings, Trish

I'm a little late on this but.... Happy New Year!! May 2011 bring you many blessings :)
Well, there's not much happening here. The kids have been back in school since last Thursday and adjusting into routine. It's colllldddd here, right now -6 degrees celsius but that's not including the windchill. Last I heard we are expecting more snow. I must admit we haven't had a whole lot of it so far compared to other years but we still have lots of time left. I would love to say that being down in Florida with my mom right now sounds inviting but she said it's been so windy lately that she can't even leave her rental place to go anywhere and it's been chilly too. I guess I will have to be content on cozying up here with the woodstove keeping me toasty. Our latest project here is making a hanging pot rack which I'm so excited to start, oh wait, my hubby is making it, lol, okay, I'm excited to have it done. I have no room for the new pots we bought before Christmas and we found the perfect spot to put a rack up. My job is to make it look nice and prim, so we shall see what I come up with :) I also inherited an antique rocking chair from my mother and it belonged to her grandma, since my mom is almost 79, this chair is pretty old. It needs the seat recaned which I don't know how to do but I might try hand at it and it was painted a dark green long long ago so I don't know if I will try and restore the wood or leave it. I kinda like it the way it is but my mom looked at me funny when I said that, so we'll see about that too. I'm still re arranging things around here now that the Christmas decorations are down and trying to get rid of junk that is piling up in every corner, I hate messes :P
Anyhow, that's about it for now, I think I will go curl up in a nice warm blanket and see what the rest of the night brings. Hope you are all having a blessed week!

Take care, Trish