Ice storm cometh

Did we ever get hit with an ice storm

but since we were home the hubs

went out and got the snow off

 our plants and trees

most were saved

some people were not so fortunate

my brother lost most of his

ornamental maples

the snow was pretty until the ice came

while outside the hubs heard

breaking branches

he took the snow off all the branches he could reach

pretty

but

devestating

we lost power for a couple of days

which meant no water for us

as we are on a well

sure makes us appreciate the good things in life

and how fortunate we are..

but we need to warm up

so we were thinking

let's bug outa here

&

go here

the patio chairs i got my dad for christmas

are waiting

my dad is so excited!!

don't know when we'll back home yet

probably after our old bones

warm up!

Liz's Water Diet

Well we just had a black out here
no power, no water
for 2 days and we were the lucky ones
so many trees got hit hard with this ice storm
they broke in half
the hubs had gone outside and brushed the snow off our trees
before they froze so we got lucky...
we had to learn to communicate again
after having no TV or computers
one of things we talked about was
getting healthy this year.....
sooo...
we are going to try Liz's way of losing weight

my friend

&

*neighbor*

she lives about 2 hours away

which in blogland is certainly a

*neighbor*

right...

well

Liz

is having a linky party for this diet she has been on

i'm in 

&

 so is the hubs

the most recent picture of us

sorry it's bad quality
picture of a picture

this sounds like a very healthy way to lose a few extra lbs
and boy do i  have a few extra lbs

just drink 3 glasses of water
before, during and after each meal
if you are interested go check it out

she has lost 13lbs
in
17 days
wish us luck!!

Coastal Living named Gig Harbor #1 Harbor

Whoo Hoo

We're number #1 harbor 

so says

coastal living magazine

so what does this mean...

more tourism..

increase in home values..

hopefully both as our little community has some

wonderful shopping and restaurants

and we absolutely love living here

and want the very best for our little

~harbor~

I subscribe to coastal living

and love it

do you?

 

A marriage made in heaven... ok, well an upholstery shop

meet

~ mr frenchie~

here is the tale of how he found love
with
~miss frenchie~

a pair of swivel chairs

that the hubs

~loved~

 were here before

~miss frenchie~

came to live with us

remember how i saved little miss frenchie
from the dump

 from this post

we moved her to the windows..

tried a table in the corner...

not
 working for me
or the hubs
he loved sitting there in that corner

i got this rug from home depot
just to have something for the settee to sit on
it is perfect, as it is cheap and the puppy is still.. well in
~training~

but with a cute mug like that
it's worth a few new rugs

sorry back to the
~love story~
the chairs went to the other side of the room

to create a conversation area

it worked, the hubs now joins me in the

living room to watch tv
"have favorite chair"
~will travel~

he will go anywhere to sit in his favorite chair
those swivel rockers

 are the best for rocking babies to sleep

and he is so good at that

the tree was here for the holidays

and that miss frenchie gots lots of use

Christmas morning

when i took it down

there was a big gaping hole waiting for the perfect

~reading chair~

this wasn't it
back upstairs please...

i started thinking wing back...

but could i find the perfect fabric

that would look good with 

~miss frenchie~

i had the curtain fabric to consider as well
so...
i looked and looked...
i went to the design studio

and found a fabric to die for

yummm

it was perfect in every way except the price

over $100 a yard!!!!
well i needed 6 yards to cover up this old

$50 wingback chair i found on
~craigslist~

enter my uber talented local upholster

~Julie~

she beefed up this

 ~bad boy~

he sat in her studio until i could find the perfect

fabric

i was browsing in

hancock fabric one day...

~wow~

hoping this would work

cause i just loved it.....

i bought a yard to bring home

&

my mind was swirling....

french settee

french writing

yes!!!!

 i think this will work with
miss frenchie

i couldn't wait to see them together

this would surely make a

~handsome couple~

voila
now i think this will be

~my~

reading chair

can you see the beautiful sunset

from this chair

julie put so much perfection

into her work

painting his legs the same color

as hers

and that expensive fabric i liked so well...

turns out julie had that same sample book

and had a project for some of it

so...

we split a yard

and this is what i got

2 of these

i have had this striped fabric for ages

and the expensive fabric was just what it needed

to take it to a new level

so another look at the happy couple

i have a feeling an

~offspring~

is in the works

can you think

~foot rest~

we have had some awesome

sunrises

&

sunsets

lately

but today i am sitting in my

new corner looking at snow...

expecting at least a foot tonight

yikess!!!

so i will be sitting here...

~inside~

watching it come down

with a  cup of hot cocoa

did you like this love story?

linking to
Miss Mustard Seeds
Party

I'm joining

Miss Kim's

Wow Us Wednesdays

Party



My Husbands Brother Bill

I am having a very hard time writing this post...

this blog is a journal for me

so i want to have this in here

and i am truly not sure how to do it

so i will do my best

to get through this

my husband's only brother died suddenly and unexpectedly the week

 between Christmas and New Years

tomorrow Jan 17th

is his birthday...

we are still in shock

it doesn't seem real

it doesn't feel real

he meant so much to my husband

no brothers could have been closer

they worked together almost their whole life

then they played together the rest of his life

he lived only a mile away from our farmhouse

and we would see him almost everyday while we were there

he was the most dedicated

brother, father, husband, and grandfather

there ever was

gary flew to montana and spent a week with our

sister-n-law and their family

this was such a close family

the very closest of kinds

my heart goes out to his wife and kids

there was the birth of our grandson to help

us get through this last couple of weeks

~but it is so hard~

he was so giving to us

that i wanted to recap just a few of the things

he did around the farm for

gary and i

hanging the sign

he was the right person to do things that

had to be done perfect

the rock address

the birdhouses

and any other thing made out of wood

this one has lights

he had one at his place that i really admired

the next day he showed up with this

he did so much

he loved our farm as much as we did

he was such a big reason this place looks so

taken care of

in this picture they are both down there wrapping the trees

for fall to protect against the deer rutting

bill built the cedar trim at the bottom of porch

because i had mentioned that i was worried

the puppy would go under the house

he always put this birdhouse out for the summer and

screwed it down and

kept it painted

i said

"one of these days i would like to plant clematis on that post"

so he built this trellis

and planted some clematis for me

it was such a surprise and made me cry

when we drove up

this wagon is hard to see in this picture but

it is amazing

this year i found a picture of the home i grew up in..

that's me on

~mr ed~

i showed it to brother bill and asked if he thought he could

make my mom a birdhouse replica

so i could surprise her for christmas

a m a z i n g!!!!

i added some wreath stickers to give it a holiday feel

my mom and i cried

she was going to call brother bill

and tell him how much she loved it

but never got the chance

there are so many things he did to provide memories of him

everywhere we look we will see our

very much loved

~brother bill~

i'm not a good writer to even begin to write about this

so i am just going to leave with some pictures i have handy

of my husband's beloved big brother

that we are all missing

terribly

this is how i will remember him most

shooting the breeze

with his best friend

&

brother

happy birthday brother bill

i hope you know how much you were loved 

&

will be missed