I am officially in love with garage sales now! People who know me IRL will find that amusing because I would never in a million years go to a garage sale when I was a kid. No way, no how, never going to happen. I found it totally embarrassing that my mother would go to...
Refinishing Dresser
This is a furniture refinishing project from a few years ago. I thought you might enjoy the transformation. This is a dresser I confiscated from my Mom when she moved out of her house. It had been in her house for years in various locations, but the last few years it had been used for...
A Dog's Tale
I've had quite a few people comment on our dog pictured in the sidebar so I thought I'd devote and entire post just to her. First of all she is a Shiba Inu which is a Japanese breed. There are more Shiba Inus in Japan than any other breed, but they are definitely not as...
Weekend Garage Sale & Auction Finds
I only had two good finds at the garage sales this weekend. I went to a housing development not far from my house which was having a neighborhood sale. They had a ridiculous number of houses participating in the sale, but a lot of baby stuff and not a lot of stuff for us who...
How to Make A Penny Bowling Ball
This weekend I turned an old bowling ball that I found at a garage sale into a gazing ball-like piece of yard art. A penny bowling ball! I bought this bowling ball, bag and pair of old used bowling shoes (yuck) at a church garage sale all for just $1.00. I knew I only wanted...
First Post
Wow! I'm so excited. This is my very first blog entry!!! I thought I'd try my hand at blogging and see how I like it since I spend so much time looking at and enjoying other people's blogs. I will probably have a little bit of everything on here from decorating, gardening and crafting. Have...