This One Has My Name On It!

Is there such a thing as Junkers Anonymous? Well if there is, my husband might need a 12 step program.  At first I couldn't get him to even slow down at a junk pile and God forbid I wanted to stop in at Goodwill while he was with me; now he hits Habitat For Humanity in every town he visits on business.

He brought home this baby and it has my name written all over it!

I knew the minute I saw it's country charm that it would be a Halloween chair!

Wait till you see what I have in store for it.  I am chomping at the bit to bring out the Fall decor so this will jump start Autumn in my house.

Take a look at this price.

$5.00 is his favorite price (next to free)

Now I don't want to call my husband cheap, but he's tighter than skin on a grape!  He loves a great deal.

I have so many girl friends that walk early in the morning and I am on speed dial for Curb Alerts. Today a friend emailed and said she had drug home two children's chairs and they were on her front porch waiting for me.  When I got there they were very heavy and she had to carry those all the way back to her house. 

 Boy do I have good friends!

I Have Created A Monster!

Mr. MySpareTime has turned into a Picker!  He has fully embraced the Goodwill and Habitat for Humanity stores. He gets a real rush out of finding something that is one of a kind.  Take a look at his new find.

A vintage school desk chair! 

And check out the price tag!

That's right, only $5!!!  What a score.

The man was giddy with excitement over this find, I will post later when I get it finished.

God help us if he ever overcomes his fear of what people will say if they see him digging through a trash pile!

First Meeting!

The first meeting of the Houston Chapter of A Primitive Journey was this last Saturday.  As director I am in charge of getting all the members together on the third Saturday of each month for something fun.  I guess the state of Texas is not the hot bed of Primitive decor.  As of Saturday, I am the only member signed up for this chapter, so taking things into my own hands I decided to do some recruiting.

Mr. MySpareTime and I are members of a Supper Club and three of the women in that group are Prim Lovers.  Our August dinner was this last Saturday at the home of Sharon and Bob Oakes and I took this opportunity to tell my friends about A Primitive Journey and our group.  I also wanted to see the improvements Bob and Sharon had made to their home since Hurricane Ike put a few trees in their living room. Here are a few pictures of the beautiful prim displays Sharon has around her home and the wonderful appetizers she had prepared.

Sharon and Bob had to move out of their home for several months while work was being done to repair the extensive damage done by the storm and Sharon says she has still not gotten all of her things back in place.

Thank you Bob and Sharon for letting me share a small tour of your beautiful home.

If you live in the greater Houston, Texas area and would like to join A Primitive Journey Chapter, just hop on over to A Primitive Journey Forum and sign up.

Must Be The Heat!

It seems like summer has been here in South Texas for months and months and months.  The temps are in the very high 90's with about 90% humidity.  The other night we had a heat advisory AT NIGHT!! At 10pm the temps were still in the 90's. So working outside in my garage to finish the remaining items has been a challenge.

I finished all the snowmen and all I have left are the Santa's.  There are 40 left to finish and if I push hard I will have them all finished, tagged, priced and ready to go by the end of August.  Mr. MySpareTime finds satisfaction is that number.  I must admit it is like pulling teeth to get me outside, but I find if I get out there very early in the morning I almost enjoy it.

As you can see the room is filling up!

I mentioned before that my youngest son was going to make private label potpourri and room sprays for my craft shows, well all the supplies arrived and I can hardly wait to see the finished product.  Here are a few of the mixins we got from Sammye at Prim By Design.

They look real and smell like a real cinnamon bun!
Thanks Sammye for all your hard work, I love them. I can tell you I was worried about shipping in all this heat. So stay cool and I will talk to you on Friday.

Hallelujah!

There is light at the end of the tunnel! 

I have not gotten much done this past weekend because my oldest son, Trey, graduated from Sam Houston State University.  Mr. MySpareTime and I are so proud of him and I know he is too.  My sister and her husband came for a long weekend and we all made the trip to see the big event.  I know he is so relieved to be finished but he is freaking out now that he is no longer a student.  Instead of a student he is just un-employed!

I don't know which one of us is happier!

One son down and two more to go.

Guess I will have to work overtime to get caught up with everything.

Mish Mash

Today is going to be a very busy day for me. My oldest son, Trey, is graduating from college this weekend and my sister and her husband are coming for a long weekend. I have a million, OK maybe a slight exaggeration, but a laundry list of things to do before they arrive. As a matter of fact I have had this list going all week.  Mr. MySpareTime has been gone on business since Tuesday morning and is due to arrive here in Houston in about 3 hours.  He had better hit the ground running because I have a list for him too! One of the things on that list is straighten up my game room/studio/craft show storage. I need the room for people to sleep, we will have a full house for the weekend.  I must admit I have let the work area go!

Between the cleaning, yard work, filling orders, ordering new product for Kraft Outlet and general living, I broke my little toe.  Oh I knew I had broken it the minute it got caught on the leg of my family room wing back chair.  Boy did it hurt,  I was hopping around the room and thinking many bad words.  It has really thrown me for a loop, I will now have to wear flip flop sandals to graduation!  This minor mishap has made that list a little harder to achieve. 

You know your feet sure look fat and oddly shaped when you take a close up picture!  It actually looks better in this picture, but still swollen and painful. 

I wish my mom was here to see Trey graduate. She flew to Houston to be with him for his first day of Kindergarten and then surprised him and his brothers with lunch at McDonald's.  I asked him if he would like to go for a Happy Meal today to make school a full circle, but he said it wouldn't be the same without Nana.

Cutting is Through!

I can see light at the end of the tunnel! 

This weekend we finished cutting, sanding, painting, scuffing, sanding(2) and assembling all the wood items for the fall shows. 

I now have to add all the accessories to them and
then they are ready to go!

It has been around 106 degrees heat index here and it sure takes it out of you to work outside in that heat.  But they will get finished in the next week or so.

P.S. ~ just wanted to share with you a great place I found for potpourri.

Mari at Rachel's Potpourri is great and her potpourri is fantastic, stop by and see the great selection and wonderful prices she has to offer.