Rain, Rain, Where Art Thou?

I am sure it is no different here in Eastern Iowa than it is anywhere else.... WE NEED RAIN!  Oh and while I am asking.... we could use some cooler days also!

I recently traveled south (well actually several times since last posting)....

I did see some gorgeous flowers at my daughters house...

The crops down south looked HORRIBLE...  Her flowers and vegetable garden only looked good because they had been watering....

I celebrated my grandsons' 2nd Birthday....

Was home a few days and headed south again.... My mother is 90 years old (A says she is 99)  Really she is 90...  and she isn't doing so well after having her gall bladder taken out a month ago...  She hasn't bounced back... They have called in Hospice for her at the Nursing Home.. It is so sad to see her like that. Little Miss A knew that her Great Granny wasn't doing so well and she insisted that she was 99 after all she went to her Birthday Party a few weeks back...  My conversation with little Miss A went something like this...

Ab:  Nana, Granny is going to die isn't she?
Me:  Yes, Abigail Granny is going to die sometime and her time here is not so long...
Ab:  Oh I am sad she is going to die...
Me:  Well Ab, you know what?  She and Grandpa met on a skating rink and I will just bet that he is up
         there waiting for her to skate with him again, and you know what else?  She will see Papa Gary
         too!  And better than that even.. she will see Jesus!
Ab:  I know it just makes me sad, cause I will miss her!

 Please keep my family in your prayers.  It could be days, weeks or months.

Thus the absence from my blog....

Hope you are staying cool wherever you might be!

Nancy

A mother's heart.....

I know this blog is really about, our old home, crafting things I do, but it s also about the lives of those who live here! My mother turned 90 the end of May and had been ill for several weeks, then the 6th of June she had gall bladder surgery. She just hasn't bounced back very well! I do realize that her days are numbered.... But I received a phone call Monday evening that Hospice had been called in for her at the Nursing Home... Mom has demensia, she still knows me most of the time when she sees me. I drove down to where she is at to spend some time with her and possibly tell her goodbye, of course each time I leave her I never know if I will see her again this side of Heaven! She had not been eating very well if at all for a number of weeks, but she seems to be eating better now....

June 29, 1952 A Special Day....

June 29, 1952 is a special day it is the Birthday of my late husband and of my new husband!  How in the world did  that happen you might say?  I have no idea.... but it was certainly kind of freaky at the time....

Happy Birthday in Heaven Gary who is forever 50....

Happy Birthday Mark!  We have been working in Bible School this week.  Mark rearranged his work schedule so he could help out in VBS!  It has been a crazy week... with Rock your Hair Day....  Crazy Sock Day,  Inside Out Day..... and on and on..... I am afraid there are some pictures out there that could be used for blackmail!

Mark sharing with one of our Kids!

Mark with my Dear Friend Kathy

Nancy

A new look in the Kitchen....

I have been looking for a couple of chairs for the kitchen.... (no there wasn't anything really wrong with the chairs that went with the antique table other than they creaked a lot and not that comfortable to sit in).  So I happened to be in TJ Maxx yesterday and snatched two creamy faux leather chairs for a really good price....  we already had a couple of spare brown ones, so VOILA a new look.... I really like them and wouldn't mind finding two more if I can!  BUT will have to check out some other TJ Maxx to see if they have them!  So do I paint the table??? I am thinking about it!

Oh and yes tomorrow is somebodies Birthday!!!!

Nancy

Woot Woot

I had my root canal today and so thankful my tooth is feeling sooooooooo much better!!! So thankful for my Dentist!!!!!

No pictures today.... don't think you really wanted one of that!!!  Just so thankful to have it taken care of!!!

I have a busy week with Vacation Bible School each morning!!!  The kids are having a ball and learning about Jesus!  What more could you ask for!!!

Nancy

Keeping at it....

I am still working on the craft/office room..... soon I will post pictures of the final product....  Finally feel like I am getting somewhere!  I have had a toothache and am not scheduled for a root canal till next   Tuesday I called and got in on Monday instead.... so wish they would of gotten me in this week....Toothaches suck!

So what else to do when you are in pain but keep working on straightening up and putting away everything I tore apart about 3 weeks ago.... I KNEW when I tore it apart it was going to take me forever to get it reorganized and put away!!!!  I guess I am glutton for punishment!

I found these cute knitting cards in a shop in Waterloo and framed them!

Happy Weekend to all of you!

Nancy

Craft Room/Office Redo (Kind of)

If you have followed my blog very long, I have been in search of the almost  perfect or should I say functional craft room.   I have had some awesome craft rooms.... in a house several years ago, a dear friend finished the basement off and half of the basement was my craft room, with built in cabinets, a bathroom nearby, an actual coffee bar..... but I sold that house.   That was the best craft room ever... maybe someday it will be replicated.  If not I will make do with what I have.  So in this big old house it has been a struggle to come up with something functional in a small room.  I finally decided I had to revamp the craft island I had made.... so I did some major rearranging, went through my stuff, got rid of some things and am still going through stuff as I put it away!

So for now here is what I have.... I hung shutters up above the crafting desk (used to be island), put up a few sentimental cards.... they were some of the last I made with my late friend Crystal.. the bird I bought at her "sale".   Of course I didn't' have to put that up to remind me of her, I am reminded every time I stamp.

I found the awesome chair at Marshalls, and the lamp at TJ Max!  I have a theme going on here it looks like with the green!

Oh and YAY I got rid of all the stuff hanging on the back of the door and made a gift wrapping area, plus hooks to hang my knitting bag and purse on!!!

So there you have it, this is what I have been up to and still working on!

Have a great Thursday!

Nancy