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This huge, vintage, solid as a rock, heavy, Ethan Allen Early American sofa has been in my family for as long as I've been on the planet. Well over half a century. But back then is was a groovy avocado green, baby.
My mama passed it along to me back around 2005. So I went ahead and had it reupholstered along with new foam cushions in a cottage-y/farmhouse-y plaid. That I absolutely love.
But an off white sofa isn't conducive for every day living. At least not in this home with my sweet hubs, a couple furbabies and quite frankly... me. I'm usually covered in some kind of paint. Or dirt. Or Stella drool.
Then there's my other problem... I change wall color like I change my underwear. So I had a whole new color scheme after only a year or two.
For the record. I change my wears about every six months. ((giggle))
I'm kidding! I'm kidding! That's all I need is a rumor like that!
Remember I had a green living room?
Make that three different shades of a green living room.
But I still couldn't bring myself to part with it completely so I asked my extended family if they wanted it. Nope.
Sigh.
That's when I had the brainstorm to put it upstairs in the spare bedroom. You know the kind of bedroom that has all the furniture you can't seem to let go of and really isn't a bedroom at all? Yeah, that kind of bedroom.
So my sweet hubs and I (by the grace of God) carried it up our extremely narrow stairway and weaseled it into the spare bedroom. There it sat for a few years.
Well this weekend, I decided it was finally time to say goodbye. Sentimental or not, I had to let go.
Yesterday, I put it up on **all together now** Craigslist. Since I've been blessed with getting fantastic deals on there myself, I thought it was best to pay it forward and list if for a great price.
I got an email from a sweet, young gal who said she wanted it.
You should have seen us trying to get it down the stairs last night! Ummm... God's grace was running a little behind yesterday.
This afternoon, she and her hubs and their four wee ones drove about an hour to pick it up. I found out this young family farmed their land. Well, you all know I'm always tickled to find out a young couple decides to get into farming. Lord knows we all need that and we need young people getting into the trades too.
When they got to our home, my sweet hubs greeted them from the front porch. When he saw the wee ones he says, "Well go on in and try out the couch!" Once Mom gave the go ahead, they all piled on the couch. It was an adorable sight that warmed my heart so.
Just then a little one asks, "Mom, can I have something to eat?" That's when I knew all was good.
So I leaned into Mom and quietly asked her if I could give them each a lollipop. She was fine with it and I saw a sea of smiling faces when I brought out my lollipop jar.
When all was said and done and they strapped the sofa down in their pickup, I was at peace with letting go of a piece of my family.
Who knows? Maybe 50 years from now, that little (hungry) one will want to have it reupholstered and continue the history of the huge, vintage, solid as a rock, heavy, Ethan Allen Early American sofa.
Lords only knows with four wee ones and an off white sofa... It will definitely need it. ((giggle))
P.S.
Now I can set up the daybed I had leaning in the corner of that bedroom, in that bedroom!!!
Yee-haw!!
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and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."
~Mother Teresa
This quote is one of my favorites.
As of late, I seem to be reminded of it.
I turn on the television and I see nothing but arguing, chaos, fighting, anger, jealously, pain, violence, deceit... I could go on but you get the gist. It's absolutely everywhere. Whether it's a reality show, the news or the weather.
Even what's considered a comedy, isn't really funny. It's a lot of crude comments peppered with a few funny lines. Heck I'm by no means a prude. But I find myself shaking my head thinking, "Did they really have to say that?" as I turn the channel to find something else to watch.
If you're a history buff, you will see the pattern. I promise not to go all crazy, nasty*ss Honey Badger on you. All I will say is please do the research and educate yourself and your family.
So this past week I decided (for the most part) to turn off the box full of "noise and restlessness."
I can honestly say it's been quite wonderful.
No noise.
Peaceful.
Have a terrific weekend, all.
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I've been asking my sweet hubs to try to removal a maple tree stump very close to our house. We've both hacked at it over the years thinking over time it would rot away. Wrong! This thing is just as solid as the day we had it cut down.
My sweet hubs had a "brainstorm" idea. His country living roots brought him back to if you needed something removed, you'd wrap a heavy duty chain around it and "remove" it.
So he wrapped one end around the stump. The other around his old Jeep's hitch.
Hmmm... I was a little hesitant. So I decided to watch from the kitchen window.
Well what happened next could have been a YouTube moment if I only had my camera!
C R A S H!!!
I swear, that chunk of maple had it in for my sweet hubs. Its projectile, laser aim was perfect!!
I ran outside to make sure he was okay. When I saw him get out of his old Jeep laughing, I breathed a sigh of relief and started to laugh right along with him.
Glass was everywhere!! I never thought I would ever say I had to Shop Vac our lawn, but I did. We couldn't have glass anywhere our precious furbabies step. So I vacuumed the lawn. Craziness.
We still have a little more to remove. But I prefer we go back to the hacking with an axe method.
Next, I must tell you about a fantastic product I purchased and used over the weekend!
It's called "Nature's Secret Weapon." It's a top notch odor eliminator product.
Remember that lovely (almost perfect) settee I purchased?
Well it had an odd, funky, musty basement/attic/ (barnyard?? Who knows?) smell that I couldn't get rid of. I tried everything.
I went online looking for something. Anything. Then I found this product. It was my last hope before I chopped up that settee and use it for firewood.
I'm telling you, this stuff is a miracle product!!! The smell is completely gone!!
It's a concentrate, so you dilute with water to the strength you need. Man, if you have cats or dogs, this product is a must! They've got a money back guarantee too. But I'm convinced, it will get rid of any funky smell you may have.
Although I don't suggest you hose down your spouse after a long, sweaty day of stump removal.
((giggle))
Happy Monday, all!
Wishing you a happy and productive week!
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these old shutters.
Okay. Maybe not that many coats. But it sure felt like it.
I have been hanging on to these old, antique shutters for years and years. I have a total of only three pairs. Two of the pairs hang in my keeping room windows. All painted black. None of them are the correct size for my windows but I don't give a rat's patootie. I love them.
So I decided to hang the last pair in our newly updated bathroom.
Sure I purposely bought pretty buffalo check fabric to make a curtain for the bathroom. But I didn't realize how dark it would still be in there. It's like a lovely bear cave with beadboard and a pedestal sink.
I then foolishly lovingly thought my sweet hubs wouldn't mind taking the time to gently pull one side of the curtain back, and neatly wrap the cute little button tie back I made and button it in place.
Well, the first few times he "gently pulled one side of the curtain back, and neatly wrapped the cute little button tie back I made and buttoned it in place."
The next few times it was haphazardly pulled back and the cute little button tie back was wrapped around the curtain like a bungee cord.
I knew it was time for a change when I saw the curtain off the window, across the chair and the tie back was laying on the floor.
I must say at the expense of my sweet hubs I had a good belly laugh when I saw that. ((giggle))
That was my ah-ha moment! The last pair of antique shutters will go on the bathroom window!!
How difficult can that be for him?!
Ummm... Only time will tell.
((hee-hee))
Happy Friday, everyone!!
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I noticed how easy it was to put on the lbs. Unfortunately for me, a little too easy. Sigh.
Summer is on its way and I'm worried when I try to squeeze into and button my shorts, it will pop off and ricochet around the room like in those cartoons. (Ooooh, maybe I need to rub some butter around my waistline. Useful and tasty!)
So it's time for me to get a grip and realize I can't eat like I used to. I also need to get outside and exercise. Sadly rolling paint on interior walls isn't considered part of the P90X workout. D*mn.
Happy Wednesday, all!
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22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Mark 15:22-25
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in the upstairs of our old barn.
I never thought to place furniture on and angle in a small room without a lot of wall space.
But I did and it worked! Hey, you live and learn.
I put the "new" (old) settee I recently picked up, on an angle and I'm diggin' it!
As you can see, I was being watched by the "peanut gallery."
I'd like to put a small table in front of that settee instead of the ottoman. But the girls use it as a springboard and thoroughly enjoy it.
I also painted the ceiling. What pain in the *ss painting in between the beams.
Next, I've been wanting to paint the T.V. stand to coordinate with the new room color. So I did just that.
One of my pet peeves is exposed dvds. Makes me crazy! Reminds me of a dorm room.
I own no dvds. These are all my sweet hubs. They are just a tiny handful of his collection.
Since I have the attention span of a gnat, I find it difficult to sit through an entire movie. Which is probably why I haven't stepped into a movie theater since the 1980's. I believe the movie was "Raising Arizona."
Finally comes the "treasure hunting." I must give my sweet hubs credit for this one. I've never been in the upper part of our barn.
Me + no stairs + only a ladder access = Emergency Room visit.
So he tells me he found something up there he thinks I'm going to like.
It's a cool, old, beat up, long wooden box! My favorite!!
Sure it has a little bird poo and mouse poo in it, but that never hurt anybody!
Ummm... Actually, it has. I take that back.
I'll clean it up and leave it out in the sun. They say the sun is the best disinfectant. So if I don't die from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, we'll know that's a true statement.
Happy Thursday!!
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