Pictures, pictures and more pictures……

During this time of my confinement, no I am not in jail, just the flu, I have been going through hundreds of pictures and memorabilia.  It’s been fun and has kept the Hubs busy going to Jo-Ann Fabric getting me more and more pages and covers for my photo books.
I came across this picture of Nick which btw I have been looking for for quite some time.  This is the picture they sent us when we expressed interest in adding him to our barn.  Isn’t that just the cutest picture of him?  He hasn’t done any jumping since being here but who knows what Miss T might do with him when she is ready and able. 



Also found this picture taken many years ago.  I don’t know why I had the red theme going but it’s cute of the cat.  Her name was Sasha and we had her for 17 years.  She was such a nice cat and when Son came along she just loved him and would let him do anything with her.  One day he was pulling her around in a pillow case and she was purring up a storm just as happy as could be. She had the prettiest big blue eyes that were totally crossed.

Lots of memories.  Good memories.

I also have been going through my craft cabinet as I mentioned in my last post. I sure needed Tina’s help on this one!  She always does such good Tuesday Tackles, it inspires me.  I didn’t take a picture of the before and it’s just as well as you all would have sent my name in for the tv show Hoarders!  It is a nice old wooden cabinet that came out of an old house that belonged to a friend of mine.  It is just perfect for all my craft stuff.

A coat of paint or three and some new hardware and it was ready to go.

This is out on the sun porch and will have to be moved when we do a little renovating to the room, but will be put back.  We want to winterize the room as we use it so much and the floor is very cold out there in the wintertime even with the stove going all day.  The windows are very drafty also and need to be replaced.  We never dreamed we would use this room so much so are looking forward, not to the construction, but to the finished product.  We are going to put radiant heat in the floors and that will make Noodles and Munchie very happy!  They love this room too and spend lots of time out there watching the birds and squirrels and snoozing in the sun.
What is it about this time of year that makes us want to declutter?  Is it the promise of a fresh new spring?  I know I have been on a quest to clean things out that I don’t need, don’t use, can’t fit into, too big, worn out etc etc….
Over at my nieces blog Musings Of a Housewife she talked about this today and recommended The 30 Day Cut the Clutter Challenge.  I am going to try to do this challenge and whip this place into shape.  I have a good start as I have done the Hubs and my closets already and now the sunroom but there is plenty more to be done!
Thanks to my buddy Miss Pea over at Pea’s Corner I was able to on Ebay and find some more of the Switchables that go on the night light in the powder room.  There are TONS of them!  I picked up a few more which I will show you when they get here. Thanks Pea!!!
Here are a couple more pictures that I found. This is my Dad and look at the curly hair!  Guess that must be where I got mine! I don’t know how old he is in this shot, how old Dad?

This is Dad and his little sister Cathy.  Don’t they look like they came right out of Our Gang?  :o)






This is Mom and Dad on their wedding day in Oklahoma.

This last one is my grandparents that lived right down the road from us growing up.  We loved to go down on the farm and see all the animals.  I especially loved haying season as I got to drive the truck through the fields as the men threw the bales on. It smelled so good and to this day I love the fragrance of fresh hay.
Of course there was loose hay too and did we ever love to jump in the hay!  It was a no-no and we knew it but sometimes we just couldn’t help ourselves! :o) 
Look how tall the hollyhocks are in Grammies garden.  She had a real green thumb and always had such pretty gardens.  When Grampie had to start using a cane in later years he would always poke us with it when we came in the kitchen door and of course we would run off giggling our heads off!  We loved watching him doing the milking and squirting the milk into the barn cats mouths.  He would let us try to do some milking but I never got very good at it.  He was very patient and so was Momma cow!

Like I said, good memories!