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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Happy Valentine's Day


Happy Valentine's Day




 
Come on in . . . 






Just a little tour
nothing too special.








These are Mug Rugs that

I made to place around

the living room.








Some little hearts
scattered around the house.



This little heart
is on Butchy's collar.
He is missed.
It's been hanging on my
bedpost ever since he pasted.



He was a sweetheart.

💗💗💘💗💗

Remember 
God Loves You
and 
He is always near. 

💗💗💘💗💗

Happy Valentine's Day
Your blogging sister,
Connie :)

Monday, February 10, 2025

Another DIY


 




Here I am again doing a DIY

and hunting through

Steve's scrap wood :)




I looked on Amazon for grow lights

to start seedlings.

I could purchase two lights

for $19.99

or

one light on a stand 

for $42.29





Can you believe that I was  

able to squirt enough paint

out of that same bottle

that I painted the cabinet with

to paint this stand :)





🌱🌱🌱🍅🌱🌱🌱

Well, my thrifty decision 

was to purchase two lights

and build a stand 

that holds both lights

instead of purchasing 

one that holds one light 

for twice the price. 




Now all I have to do 

is go to town and buy

some soil to fill 

my starter pots.

Seeds I already have.


🌱🌱🌱🍅🌱🌱🌱


It's suppose to get down to

9 degrees the next three days.

Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrr . . .

that's stay inside weather :)


🌱🌱🌱🍅🌱🌱🌱


Can't believe I'm thinking

about spring planting

when it's this cold outside.


Stay warm dear friends,

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Saturday, February 8, 2025

My New DIY Ironing Station

 

Last Saturday a warm day 

snuck in-between 

all of our cold weather.

I used it 

to go out to Steve's shop 

and scavenger wood to create 

a new ironing station.




This is what I had before.





I was bound and determined 

to not buy anything 

only using materials I could find 

here at home and in Steve's shop. 

This was all the paint 

that I could find. 

I ended up watering it down 

to make it work.





Here it is finished.





And here it is complete 
with baskets and containers 
that I already had. 
It's going to make 
my small sewing room 
so much more efficient. 
And it didn't 
cost me a single penny. 

🧵🪡🧵🪡🧵🪡🧵🪡🧵

You may have noticed 

that I have wheels on one side 

and not on the other. 

I saw a cart on Amazon

made this way. 

It kept me from having 

to put locking wheels on one side, 

which I couldn't find anyway.




I needed handles to make it 

easier to lift it up 

and 

wheel it around. 

I couldn't find any old handles 

in the shop 

but I did find these two coat hooks. 

I just installed them upside down 

so that I could put my hands under

 them and lift. 

It works great !




I'm really happy with the results 

and the fact that in helping Steve 

with his projects through the years,
 
I truly learned a lot. 

I'm not a carpenter 

but I do have the ability 

to build rough projects. 



 🧵🪡🧵🪡🧵🪡🧵🪡🧵

That's it for this post. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Never get in a rut 

and think you're not capable 

of doing something

Before you first give it a try:)


God bless you all 

You're blogging sister, 

Connie :)