Xmas is Next Week!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am Makin Plans & Goofing Off!

With a Productive & Indulgent Brekkie in Bed!

Charli is having as much fun as I am!

K, maybe she was Yawning when I took the pic LOL...

Anyway, 

We've been working on the Xmas Cheer...

Coffee by the Tree...

Working on the table for two in the Kitchen nook...

Garlandia! 

Work thy Magic!!!

So Cozy... How will we deal when its time to put it away & move on with our lives...

Top of the Cabs, and the Chandelier gets a touch of Greenery...

This is my after Xmas plan for the chandelier...

Paint all the things... all the time...

I did have a tiny moment outside before the snow hit...

All of those Pine Trees that I snipped and stripped last year (make your own yard) have been hangin out waiting for their moment...

Secured all the joints with twine wrapped wire...

We hustled as the first measurable snow hit to wrap it up with two sets of lights...

One warm white, one cool...

I still have a plan for that wee pine in the red bucket...

Maybe somethin like this...???

Wanna see what it looks like at night...?

Lets see if I can't get my act together later & make a lil video tour... 

When I get the rest of the lights out...?

It doesn't end... I just keep adding lights X-P

And as it snowed & froze for a week...

Putting a halt on the light up the yarrrrrd project...

I went to the Oracle (Pinterest) to tap into the Collective Creativity... 

OMG so many great ideas...

Maybe this is happening...

Hot Chocolate Bar...

Add Your Own Toppings Mania!

"Bitch Make Your Own Hot Chocolate!" Hahahahahaah!

If I can keep from getting distract......

Oh look whats this....?

Thanks Pinny McPinterest...

We've an awkward lil nook of a dining area...

Having tried out all of the tables in our arsenal... 

We are still on the hunt for the right fit... 

That will fit all the peeps at all of the occasions...

This Fab Lady was born in the 1890s and costs a mere $5k...

Lets just not think about how unimaginable that amount of money is at this moment...

& realize how this is the INSPIRATION!

Sweet! IKEA! Yeah, we'll take two...

Wait, waatzatt...?

Not in stock & it would cost $259 to ship....???

Buh :-((

Free Plans + Beggin m'Dad to help ;-)

We might be able to seat some peeps!

K...

Pinterest, y'got this...

Yep, that's the ticket! 

Refectory/Farm Table DIY...

Gears are turning...

It's what really counts... Steam billowing outta ma ears y'see...

But Back to the Task at Hand...

Lists, Curtains, Mascara, Coffee, Vitamin Potion, Water, Magazines...

&

The Heap of Sugar Love that is ...

Dark Chocolate Gluten Free Waffles...

Topped with a Large Amount of Walnuts...

Root Beer Float Flavored Ice Cream...

& 

A Drizzle of Maple Syrup...

x^D

The deets:

Had to get some of the fave!

Rimmel Volume Accelerator Mascara!

Why did I by two...?

Well, I will tell you...

Number one up there ^^

Has Big Bristle Brush Style...

Makes the Big False Lash Looks.

This one has the Lil Plasticy Brush for more of a Natural Look...

The Formula for the Price has been the Best thing since I was hooked on Channels Inimitable...

&

If I can snag both of these babies for under $20, instead of paying $27 for one...

One look for a heavy night look & one for a more natural fresh faced look... 

S c o r e.

I will be editing lists...

Looking for style cues...

Recipes...

&

Finally found the Mother Load of Sheer Panels!

My Search is over!

Family Dollar Near our old place had so many!

& at $5 a pop... hmmmmmmmmm...

Steals n Deals...

Since we have somewhere around 30 windows & Jenny loves her sheers...

Started the project in the summer... only able to find 3 panels at a time...

Going from store to store lol...

Checkin it off the list!!!

Today!

Meanwhile ...

Try an Xmas Tree Frapp... lol

Keep Making Lists... Check somethings off!

Celebrate the Solstice... &

All the HOLIDAYS...

Ring in a New Year...

&

Most Importantly...

MAKE SOMETHING!!!!

XOXO

~JM

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December Breakfast in Bed 2017

December is here!

Where did the year go...?

We've been trying to keep up... Lots going on & it won't be long before the Snow Flies!
There's a Coziness Creepin in... Logs are stored here... and lil bits of Xmas/Solstice is beginning to Sparkle... The plug in seed lights FTW! Seriously! All the Sparkle with out having a bulky wire... $9... I'm buying a thousand of these!!!

Self Care... I will outsource my energy if I have to!

Tigers Eye & Rose Quartz! 

Crystals!!!!!!!!!!

What are you afraid of, you know you feel sluggish & stickin these in yer pocket might just give you the leg up you need... not hard... just do it... JUST!!! 

Dern't be Skerd!

Cuz you will need all the energy you can get your hands on to decco all the things, or go to all the festivities... I've had my eye on that whole put yer tree in a basket thing... I've been stalking it on the Pinterest & Instagram for weeks... Creepin up on it like hey......... 

Then I see this bitch! Whaaaaaaaa... You know... freakin neat 'n' mannnnnnn... I could make that... Someday... When I have all my ducks in a row, or decide to hire minions lol!!!

Now this I can groove on!

Love me some boho mounted buddies... the faux-er the better... I mean if yall hunt to feed yer fam & do it with respect... I'm totes in awe of you... & if I knew how, had the need... or liked eating game... I gotcha... 

Y'Gotta love the POMS though!!!

Our olde Paper Mache Deer buddie could use some Poms!

See what I'm Sayin...

I have some lil tinsel trees that I will be scattering around...

This wee one is a 15 inch... need more... ordering more... all the sizes... need a forest!

Neet with the wire seed lights too... link above...

And we so dream of the better seating situations... eventually turning our screen porch into a 4 season dining room of sorts... mmmmmmmmmmmm.....Cozy!!! Pinterest, you're my Fave!!!

This was a fun find last month... a Coffee Seltzer...

Yum... Thank you Local Co-Op!

There was a snag in a project to clean up and level behind the ramshackle shed... 

BIG HOLE...

Oh well... we will post about what we remedied this with asap...

Lets just say we've been pricing new sheds online lol

It's like the Internet Hands me these things...

If you are not buddying up with us on the socials... I thought I'd share this here...

I did sneak down into the dungeon... to find some treasure...

This year I chose only the silvery and whites...

Thats a theme right...

Paperwhites have been Planted up...

There may be a video to come... with resulties... 

Fingers Crossed...

Happy Tree..

Keepin it simple...

And I found a nice Galvanized Bucket to put her in...

I found mine at a HomeGoods, Amazon has a ton... you can get one that will fit your tree stand in it... our tree is faux... the metal cross bar style stand for it didn't fit inside... so I lined it with books... and used a triangle of cardboard to steady it... It's not super locked in... if I fully crack that code... I will let you know... don't put an unsteady tree in yer living area if you have pets or kids that can tip it, no breakables, not near fire... you get it... use your best judgement! Don't try this at home... measure first, yadda yadda...

Country crafting...

NO!!!

Eliminating Invasive Bittersweet!!!

By cutting out any of the berries I find out in the yard... I'm hoping to keep any new plants from being seeded by birds eating them or by them dropping and propagating...

Meanwhile... Just JUST! for fun... 

MMMMmmmmuuuuuahahahahahahhhaaaaahh!!!

Running down some Memories...

Competing with settling in... is the want to be free to create...

We will be two years into the homeowner journey soon...

When I finally know where everything is... I will feel at home...

Until then...

I will be stealing my moments...

Ripping out of thin air opportunities to gain back my sanity from this wild ride...

So many possibilities every day...

So much inspiration to be had...

Let me know if you like the Dark Season & how you celebrate bringing light into your world...

I'll be watching the stats to see where me wee clickers are coming from...

US

Brazil

Ireland

Taiwan

Canada

Switzerland

France

Malaysia

Nicaragua

Romania

Cheers!

Even if you just clicked on fer a sec, & thought "whats this bullshizzzz"

Gratitude my friends, Gratitude.

Anyway... 

I hope you find all the sparkle and light even if you are surrounded by dark,

I hope you feel the tingle of energy creeping in when you go searching for it,

And I hope when you find it... you...

MAKE SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Super XOXO

~JM

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Paint them Cabs!

Look what we diddddddddddd!!!

Finally!

The Kitchen is really starting to feel like its ours!

K, Here we go, Ive added unedited (exposure wise) pics so you can see the difference between how the reflected light from outside and in improved once the white was ON!

Here's what started this: Painting the brick around our wood stove...

Kilz Max and a teeny lil paint roller...

4hrs and done...

I may paint the grout at some point, but that's the best thing about having a house, you can do what you want, or not, you have time... and what else would you be doing with your time... watching tv...? lol

Huge Impact! Why didnt we do it sooner...

I will post some pics soon on the instagram as the sparkle is coming in to combat the dark season.

Knowing that we would be spending at least a few days with the paint... I set up a painting tray inside a box lined with a trash bag for closing it off during breaks & over night, etc...

Lined the tray with tinfoil for the easy clean up when we are all done... letting the thin film of paint at the end air dry so pulling the foil off scrunching it & tossing it is not a total mess...

I definitely wanted to skip putting any paint down the drain & into our septic system, plus you can stick your brushes inside the baggy during your breaks so that you only need to saturate your brush with paint once, and wash them once.

Do not get me wrong, I did not think our cabinets were ugly...

They were charming & for sure a selling point when we bought the house...

With a few other types of wood going on in the space... design wise, too much muddy browns, & lacked cohesion...  that Kitch needed to git it tigether!

The Kitchen was dark, like a cave, unless you had all of the lights on... all the time... and it made me want to avoid being in there... sad...

So we got crackin! Covering the counter with plastic, cuz you know its going to get busy and messy!

And Yes we left the Cabinets intact to paint... there's no need to screw with screws and lay stuff flat... where...? & hope that they dont get bumped by a pet or even worse... outside where pine needles could land in the paint... F that! ;-)

I Love the primer stage, dries quick, good quality ones have less stink & create a smoother surface!

We splurged on Kilz Max

We had one gallon, spent close to $36 at our local home improvement store, and after putting two coats on... we still have a third of a gallon left...

Dampen yer brushes with warm water before you start & you can stretch that paint! Like a roller give it a spritz or a brush dip in a lil H2O and towel off any excess... do not soak em...

Totally worth it! And just wait till I finish the Grout Paint on the floor!!!!!!!

Betcha canno wait till that oggy bloggy... at this rate, early next year lol... nah... mebee...lol

In total we spent around 15hrs painting... this wine rack did not help... small roller to the rescue!

Looks Gorge tho...

Is that my Kitchen...? Yes, yes it is my Kitchen...

Even when the Big Lights are off, no living in a cave effect!

The windows will be painted as well... just need a few secs to have the mess n clean up...

Ive gone through with my quirky lil selection of knobs... even though we have not chosen the final shade of white that will go on at some point...

Bright and Inviting...

Swoon!

Lovely Moments like this happen now... :-) can not wait to paint everything else...

And the Stairs.... Ideas have been swirling around... (halloween btw...lol)

Thank you Pinterest... I will be loosing sleep over this one! love love love!!!


Meanwhile... Im still getting used to this new Blogging situation...

Where are my pics... how to make my pics who are from one operating system speak to the other operating system with the slow lines of old dsl... wah wah... first world probs... running out of editing time lol, misspellings and no commas lol big whoop! X-D

I will get used to it, and by the time I do... there will be another form of getting this together that I will need to adapt to... blah blah blah...

Until then...

Get yer paint stuff out!

Put a paint brush in yer hand!

Most Importantly!!!!

MAKE SOMETHING!!!

XOXO
~JM

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