she's alive!

Lol!  I have chicken reincarnation!  So yesterday morning, Laverne and Shirley come strolling out of the woods!  Seems Laverne just went on a jaunt through the forest and never really did get eaten by the dog!  So the five musketeers are together again!

Bought my Anna apple tree yesterday..will be digging the hole to put that in today.  I also dug out about 6 more feet of garden space.  I am using the pulled up sod to cover some concrete we have in our back yard that I am SO NOT digging up.  Hoping to just re-seed right over the top!  I may need to dig up one more garden bed, or just elongate the main bed.  I think {ummm} I can fit all I want to plant.  I also put a small wire fene around what will be the herb garden.  About two more weeks and I will be planting my seeds for the summer garden.  This is my first time starting everything from seed...it's a labor of love!  Yesterday I uncovered the smaller garden and was happy to see everything I re-seeded from the frost kill is starting to sprout!  Hooray!

I never did get my table painted yesterday and today has brought the stomach bug to my house {via Emma} so I don't know how much I will get done....

xoxo

sue

grrrr...

We lost another chicken yesterday...Laverne I believe, met her demise due to a neighborhood dog.  My husband saw the dog chasing the ladies and Laverne never made it back from the woods.  The rest of the ladies will be staying indoors (in the coop, not my indoors) today as I just spotted the culprit in the yard again this morning. 

On a postive note, Shirley has begun laying eggs!  They are very small, but an egg nonetheless! 

A few things to do today...paint the thrift store coffee table I found a few months ago.  And I've been scouring the internet for cottage inspired living rooms...or maybe farmhouse rustic...there's just something lacking in my decor :)  I found these two fabrics that I think would make nice curtains.  A little bold and graphic, but I like the colors and print...

I think I like the second one best...I will also be couch shopping in the next week or so.  And recliner shopping for the husband.  Ugh, I hate a recliner.  I don't know why, but I think they are just ugly. 

...and then there's that garden bed out there that needs to be dug up.  It's halfway done, but I have to pull the sod up and re-gas up the mower to pull the weed cart.  Busy, busy, busy. 

here's wishing you a happy day where all your tasks get completed!

sue

St Patrick's Day

Valentine's Day has come and gone so last night the kids and I decorated our mantle and put up our green decorations!  The heralding of St. Patty's Day always makes me feel so "springy", the crisp green colors giving hints of what will come outside our doors soon...

Jacob and I glittered up this home made banner for the fireplace.  It readys "lucky".  Glitter and a 7 year old, oh Lord.

I didn't know what to do with the branches, but i still like them, so we added some glittery ribbon and made a few green ornaments.  I taught the kids how to make curlie q's out of pipe cleaners, too!

Leprechauns and shamrocks decorate the back door..

How are you decorating for St. Patty's Day?

xoxo

sue

Tybee...black and white's

As I said we went to Tybee on Sunday...lovely eighty degree weather and today, {can you believe it?}, it's raining and like 50 degrees!

Wanted to share some pics of the kiddo's I took in b/w.  Beautiful place and (despite Sam who was scared the water was gonna get him) everyone had a great time.  Emma picked up tons of seashells that she took to school today for sharing...

no shirts and skins here! 

they just enjoyed playing in the water..

meathead...one of the few times he was smiling...

ms. madi

My favorite pic...

all lined up by age and size...probably will get this one on canvas..love it!

don't you want to just pinch him? 

they found a watering hole by the rocks...water was COLD!

Patterns in the sand...

As soon as we got there to our horror,  Sam for some reason stripped down completely naked and went running towards the water.  We had to fetch him and put his clothes back on noting to him that this was not the "nude beach". 

After a few minutes he decided he wanted to go "home" and kept running back toward the pier. 

It took several running trips over to retrieve him.  He's such a brat sometimes:)

Madi wasn't particularly fond of the cold water. 

{note face above}

this pic pretty much sums of jacob's thoughts on the day :)

xoxo

sue

River Street

On Sunday, we took a trip to Tybee Island with the kids....it's was 79 degrees!!  On the way home, we decided to drive thru Savannah and drive down River Street.  After a year of living here, I STILL haven't found the time to go down and walk it, but's it's coming soon~!

I just love Savannah, it's so beautiful!

Horse and carriage...

Getting onto River Street....

The Georgia Queen...my kids would LOVE to go on a boat like this.

emmy says it looks like the Princess and the Frog boat!

Monica's favorite place!

I want big old shutters like this on my house!

The waving girl....

xoxo

sue

planting in january?

It will take me a while to get used to this.  I'm from the Northeast.

There's snow on the ground in January. 

The ground is frozen.

You can't grow anything.

But here, well here in Georgia, it's different.

Lowe's is carrying flowers.

Lots of them.

So I'm planting flowers in January.

These are my knockout roses.

Gosh I hope they do well.

I'm babying them. :)

I bought another Golden Raintree.

I'ts on the opposite end of the deck

Things got moved into the beds. 

I can't wait to see it all filled in.

Everything seems to be doing well

The chickens are loving taking dirt baths in the beds though

I also just threw some wildflowers seeds in, just to see if they

grow!

And I also planted my first raised garden bed this week...

beets, carrots, radishes, peas and onions.

I'll photo that in about two weeks, when hopefully we will have some seedlings

sprouting!

xoxo

sue

(wanna be gardener)

More 101 uses for leftover wood...

I diligently cut the pieces a few days ago with my mitre saw and asked my husband to put it together.  Well, I had to kick him in the pants the other day, because the pile of wood was still laying in the yard (just like the chair railing I painted, procrastinator!).

A few nails and my big old heavy table for the deck was done!  I had to add some aqua paint to the top because it just screamed for something?? 

Do you love the color?  I do!

I topped it off with some viola's, a few candles and some newly planted lettuce and cilantro...

I just adore it.  It's super heavy and just needs a coat of waterseal and it will be ready for the summer!

And since I was painting things and have recently decided that I am going to decorate my house for ME

and not worry about other's...I painted these big old stars on my picnic table. 

Not really sure I like it, but again, it can be repainted.  I think I just do't like the orange seats.  It's more of a washed look.  I think it needs some big old letters stenciled on the seats that say...sit here.  lol!

ah, it's just paint!

xoxo 

sue

Valentine Mantel

i changed out my mantel last week to spread some Valentine love around. 

The bunting is handmade by me and the letters are from leftover fabric  scraps.

Easy, peasy!

I've had this metal envelope for a long time. I filled it up with doilies and love notes and little Valentine-y things

to doll it up.  It's leaning on a chalkboard cookie sheet.  You can leave a little love note on it if you want!

Remember that white frame I had for Christmas?  Well, here it is all dressed up for Valentine's.  I had some leftover

scrapbook paper and I cut a heart out of some printed christmas paper (polka dots...love it!)

A few mor elittle trinkets completed it and I just set it in the frame.  Foam hearts got glued onto plain candle cups.

An easy mantle, but just enough to pass on the {{love}}.

xoxo

sue