5.7.2021, Friday Happy Weekend and Mother's Day!

 Hello Friends!

Well it is Mother's Day weekend!  I am going to dinner with Jenny tonight.  She will be away in FL for Mother's Day, so she is taking me out early!  It will be nice to visit with her.  Megan and Ken are coming up on Sunday morning.  They are going to make me a Low Country Boil for our meal.  Ken has never seen the house before.  It will be interesting to get his take on, since Megan and Ken have remodeling their house for over a year now.  Jenny and Kevin have made changes in their house too.  I guess we all have it in our blood LOL!!

I thought I would show you some more photos today of things around here:

This hibiscus is from the one I bought the other day.  The stem broke off and I couldn't waste this beauty!!  

Look how much my veggies have grown since I planted them!

Tomato plant is getting blossoms too!

This is the back wall of the Den.  I cannot imagine having valances like this in my house!  You can hardly see them but there are roman shades under this valance too!  Yikes!!

Here is the same room after I took the valance and roman shades down.  So much better!  I have also bought a fan to replace the "lovely" brass chandelier!

Last Friday and Saturday the fence company I hired installed this new fenced in area for the dogs.  They love it!  Atleast they have a safe place to go into and run around.  It also gives me some peace too!

I spy squash blossoms.  I love yellow squash.  I hope they mature into lovely squash I can steam!

I don't know why the text has shifted the way it has and the photos.  Very odd!  I hope you enjoyed the photos.  Have a good one!!

Sherri 

Photos of the New House! 5.6.2021

 Hi Everyone!!  I have some photos for you of the new house!  It has been a busy month so far.  Here are some pictures (well alot of pictures):

This is what the house looked like when I bought it.

This is the Veg Trug I put together.  I want to grow veggies and herbs in this.

This is the veg trug planted.  From left to right:  Cukes, yellow summer squash, chives, basil and tomato.

View of the golf course from my backyard.  It has been dry here so they golf club was watering the course.

This is the view from my front door.

I brought this rose from my old house.  I will plant it along the fence I'm going to have put in for the dogs.

I planted this purple hydrangea in the front garden.  So pretty!!

I brought the Jackmanii clematis from my old house (it was in a pot).  It is loaded with buds!

My backyard.

This is the front part of my living room.

I have a small fireplace in the living room in the middle of the room.  I put my couch across from it.  The bigger fireplace is in the den.

This is one part of the screened in porch.  This has the rocking chair area, then my picnic table and a comfy swivel rocker.

This is the eating area of the porch.

The sunsets here are gorgeous!  This is from my front yard.

This is directly across the seat from my house.

The girls love looking out the front door.  Emma on the left, Ginger on the right. :)

The renovations start next week.  The bathrooms (2.5 baths) reno starts next week.  I can't wait.  Here are some choices I have made for the reno.

This is the granite that will be used for the 2.5 baths countertops.

This is the engineered hardwood that will be in the kitchen, 1/2 bath, breakfast room area and the den.

This is the double Shaker cabinets I chose for the kitchen.  The top cabinets will be white and the bottom cabinets will be the gray.  The vanities in the 2.5 baths will be all white.

This is the granite for the kitchen countertop.

This is the backsplash tile and the accent piece behind the stove.

This is my new dishwasher.

This is my new refrigerator.

This is my new gas stove.

I hope you like everything you have seen so far!  I'm really happy here.  I love a small town and the views are wonderful.  It sure doesn't help being close to the girls and the grandboys!!

Everyone have a lovely evening!  There will be more photos, but I thought we would start with this!

Sherri

This is the house now.  Megan cut down the ugly shrubs on either side of the porch.  I put the American Flag up.  I like it this way better!

Tomorrow is the Closing on the New House!!!

 Finally 4/6 will be here tomorrow!  I close on the new house in SC at 11:30!  I cannot wait for this to happen.  The movers unloaded all my furniture last Tuesday but I was not allowed to occupy the house until the day of the closing.  I have been staying at Megan and Ken's (thank you to them!).  I feel like a vagabond without a home!  They have been very gracious to let me stay here and we had a really nice Easter also.  Jenny, Kevin and the grandboys came down from their home and we had a wonderful day!  The boys especially loved the Easter Egg Hunt.  

I have to say the view from where I am typing is gorgeous.  Megan and Ken live on a pond with a golf course on the other side.  I have seen herons, alligators, turtles and various birds.  Megan's hummingbird feeder has also been very busy!  It is so quiet and serene here on their back porch.  I will miss the view for sure!  The new house does back up to a golf course also but there isn't a pond behind me.  It is still a very pretty view!

4/8 my contractor is coming to go through the renovations and repairs that need to be done at the new house.  That is going to take some time.  I need to have some flashing on the roof repaired, the kitchen gutted and redone, 2/5 baths gutted and redone and a few minor repairs.  Everything will take a while but as you all know I love projects!!  I am trying to pick out some new colors for the walls to be painted.  I will be repainting the entire house inside.  The carpet will be ripped up upstairs and on the stairs and replaced also.  The carpet is original to the house (1979) and is just plain gross!  I met one of the new neighbors right next door.  He was very nice and said his wife is looking forward to meeting me.  I am really ready for a new, fresh start!  I sure wish John was with me, but I know he is here in spirit and has helped guide me through this entire process!  

Everyone have a wonderful afternoon and follow along for the next few weeks for all my projects and new house items!

Sherri

P.S. Next time I will have photos of lots of things!

Things are getting packed up around here!

 Hi Everyone!  Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!  It is sunny and 70 degrees here in Stallings, NC.  I ate my lunch out on the patio!  I have purple hyacinths on my picnic table and the smell was heavenly!

I have been packing up a storm.  There is about 5 weeks until the closing and move.  The living room is almost all done.  The movers are not going to love me with my book collection-so heavy!  It is looking rather bare around here.  I even organized the garage about 80% of the space.  I have been looking on Pinterest for ideas for the kitchen renovation.  All the next pictures are from Pinterest (want to give them the credit).  Here are some of my ideas!

I would love to have white subway tiles with this grid done under this wonderful wood hood/vent.

I love this open shelf under the upper cabinets

The cabinets will be white shaker.  I love these handles also!

I have this in my house now and love it!
So that is what I have been up to lately.  I love to dream about how the house is going to look when it is all done!  It will take a while because the contractor can't start the kitchen area until mid-summer but it will look lovely for the Fall and the holidays!  
Everyone have a lovely day!

Sherri

White Subway Tile is what I would love.  So clean.

I would love a pantry like this.

This farmhouse sink caught my eye.  Simple but wonderful!

The island below is actually not for the kitchen but the Butler's Pantry area.  I will use it to craft, fold laundry, etc.

I would love this pullout for all my baking sheets and pizza stones

New News - I'm Moving to South Carolina!

 Hi Everyone!  I hope you all are having a wonderful day today!  I have some happy news - I am moving to SC to be closer to my kids and grandsons!  I had been eyeing a house in Lake City, SC for some time on Realtor.com.  The price was dropped and I went and looked at it.  I love it!  I made an offer that day and after some intense negotiation, I GOT IT!!  I came home and put my house on the market and it went under contract after 3 days!  I've had the home inspection at the new house and there are a few things that need to be taken care of (the house was built in 1979).  The inspection was done on my house today and the appraisal will be done tomorrow.  I have a March 31st closing date on my house, the new house will be right after that.  So many things to think about, but I'm not letting it get to me.  Here are some photos of the new house:

This is the front of the house.  

This is the driveway side of the house.

This is the back of the house.  The lens the photographer makes this view look huge!  The house is a normal sized house.  There is a breezeway to the 3 car garage.  The garage has a room over it.  I'm going to use that as my studio (stained glass, painting, refinishing furniture, etc.).

This is the den.  It is in the back of the house.  I love the big fireplace in here.  Should be nice and cozy on a chilly winter day!

This is also the den, but there are French doors that go out to the screened in porch.  I love the screened in porch's floor-it's brick!!

This is the view from the den into the backyard.  I don't know why the previous owner has a brass chandelier in here, that will have to be replaced.  I will be replacing those lovely curtains too!!  I am going to paint the wainscoting and the trim bright white.  Not sure what color I'm going to paint the walls.  Something that isn't yellow will definitely be chosen :)!!

This is the Dining Room, which is the front of the house.  When you walk through the front door, the Dining Room is to the right off of the foyer.  It will be nice to have a dining room again!

This is the back part of the living.  You can also access the screened in porch from this room.  There is a little fireplace in here also.  It is across from this couch.  I just love the layout of all the rooms.  

This is the Master Bedroom.  Carpet and cornices will be going.  Hoping there is hardwood floors under this awful carpet, but if not I may just recarpet with a lighter, fresh color.  

The other two bedrooms carpet has to go also!  It is that lovely 70's/80's turquoise color!!  One room has terrible pink (really bright) wallpaper which will also be going.  All the rooms have walk-in closets which is a plus!  

I will also be redoing the bathrooms (2.5 baths) and the kitchen needs a complete overall.  I love redoing rooms, so I am really excited to do this!  I just love having projects to do!  I am already on Pinterest almost everyday looking for ideas and wall colors.  I am going to take some of the colors from here and use them in the new house.  The colors in my existing house are so soothing and relaxing.  

Everyone keep your fingers crossed that everything goes through and smoothly!  Have a wonderful day and stay warm!!

Sherri

A Little of this and a Little of That 1.29.21

 Happy Friday Everyone!!  It is so cold here today.  I don't want to go anywhere!!  I walked down to the mailbox and nearly froze!  I hope where ever you live, it is warmer!

Wednesday, the 27th was my oldest daughter, Megan's 40th birthday!  Seriously where does the time go!  I remember her playing with her baby sister, Jenny pretending she was Jenny's Mom!  She always drug Jenny around where ever she went.  She was a big help when Jenny was born, going to get diapers, burp clothes, etc.  It's really funny the things that come to mind when you look back on how they grew up to be the person they are today.  Here is a photo of Megan I took 2 years ago.  John, Megan's husband, Ken and I went out to dinner at Epic Chop House in Mooresville, NC.  It was a great night, but also very cold!

Last weekend Jenny and the grandboys were here for a visit.  Owen and Emma (my Golden) had a moment:

Owen is so good with my dogs.  He loves them.  I find him petting Emma and Ginger and talking to them.  It is really cute!!

I made 3 knitted hats this week.  They are out of the Harry Potter house colors.  Jenny will be working on some Harry Potter related homeschooling things, so she thought it would be cute to have hats to wear.  She would also like scarves.  I will be making them at a later date.   Here are the 3 hats:

When I walked down to the clubhouse to get my mail I noticed the Jan/Feb blooming cherry trees have started.  They always a welcome sign of Spring will be coming sooner than later.  They have such a delicate flower and I love the color.

I focused in the wrong place so only the ones at the top are really clear, but you get the idea.  

Well I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!  Stay warm and enjoy!!

Sherri