Jeep Jam Pictures

Here are the pictures from Dave's weekend.

Projects

I almost have the table stripped. I have to go to Lowe's tomorrow and get a little more stripper and mineral spirits. I got quite a bit of the wallpaper stripping done but I need more stripper for that too. It is coming down fairly well, I will have to sand the walls and prime them before the paint goes up but all the work will be worth it! I put a before picture of the table too.

Front of House and Yard Pictures

Here is the front of the house, I wasn't sure if you had ever seen the front of the house before. Then just some closer shot of the backyard beyond the doggy fence and our parking lot of vehicles. Looks like the Beverly Hillbillies live here??

More Garage and Yard Photos

Here are a few more pictures of the garage and then some pictures of the yard to kind of give you an idea of the size of the lot. It is .64 acre and is on the corner. So, in one picture I am standing on the corner taking a picture of the front yard to the neighbors driveway. Then I am turned and taking a photo down to the fence of the neighbors back yard. There are only two houses on the side of the street. I also took a picture from our back patio area all the way out to the end of the yard to give you an idea how big it is.

Dave's Garage

Here are pictures of Dave's work in progress. He finally got all the floor up today and is starting to put shelves in at the far end. When you look from the large garage door that used to be just two car garage and the other half was all walled in for a "man cave" that is all the stuff that Dave has taken out so he can park his Jeep in there and work on it.

Another Thrift Shop Find!

I found this hallway table at the base thrift shop Wednesday and of course I had to have it because I was looking for one. This one needs some TLC. I am going to strip it and paint it to match the mirror that I am going to hang in the entry way above it.

I think I have my final layout for my shadow box. I need to take everything in soon, I'll probably do it tomorrow because I will keep changing it if I keep it here much longer.

Here is a couple pictures of the puppies since I have not posted any lately. As you can see Puppy has taken over the ottoman as if he were the sultan of the ottoman empire! LOL.

I will try to get some pictures of the garage soon. We keep having these really bad thunderstorms lately.

June 1!!

The beginning of another month, one step closer to retirement! I am doing pretty good in my recovery, I seem to have a hard time in the morning in getting going but am pretty good by the afternoon. I am trying to finish up the last few weeks of my class, it is getting quite boring because we seem to keep repeating the same thing over again. I'll be glad when the final paper is done. I start two classes next term which is going to be challenging.

I have put in several applications for adjunct faculty at the local community colleges and I am hoping to hear from them soon. I have a meeting with my consultant partners next week to discuss what we have coming up in the future and more importantly discuss my consultancy fee :).

I am going to try to get my craft room together this weekend. I have to get David to put my new IKEA furniture together so I can get everything set up. I want to start making my drawstring purses with the Jane Austen notes inside, I am also thinking about a line that men can buy for their wives or girlfriends kind of like pajama gram or bear gram. I want to have purses with little gifts inside. I think it will be work well, I just have to figure out the advertising.

David is busy on ripping out his garage. I will get pictures of it tomorrow and post. He worked really hard all weekend ripping out the man cave and trying to get it back to a garage so he can park his Jeep in there to work on and not worry about having to put things away. The garage definitely looks huge with all the walls down, it looked so small with that room in there.

Our renter's seem to be getting settled in although they are having issues with well water since they have not been on it before, so now they want it tested and the well shocked, etc, etc. Oh well, what can you do? They are a nice couple with three small children.

I think I have a few pictures to post let me check. Okay, here are some pics of the house, even though it is still a mess. also paint colors. the slate gray and leaf curtains will be going in the foyer, I have to take down the pink wallpaper, it was okay to begin with but don't want to live with it any more, it does not match the dinning room colors. Enjoy!