Extreme JOY, Trials, LAUGHTER, Hard Work & Family bonding!
I have been a touch absent from the Blog-phere the summer of 2011!
My disappearing act has been mostly due to Adventure & hard Work that has taken my Family & I out of State for most of the Summer. Now that the weather is getting a little chill-ie we are back to our home base surrounded by the Wasatch mountains.
A little recap on this Summers adventures......
LAKE POWELL

TREK like the PIONEER's

 

  A wonderful experience for our youth! The lessons they learned while "treking"  through the big sky country as the Pioneers once did, will stay with our children for a life time. It was amazing to see them returned home with dirty faces, sore feet, blisters & aching backs, but yet a spirits of joy that was profoundly impacted.

ISLAND PARK / YELLOWSTONE
surrounding areas

  
 *Love that the girls can look like movie stars in the morning & can get down & dusty by mid-afternoon..

 *Zak did a great job blowing everyone off when we came down off the mountain

I love the people in my life! U all bring me so much joy!

after a summer full of fun & games....

There was LIGHT!

My Maverick, Renaissance Man "B" did all the Electrical in the cabin.  I cant believe he can figure this stuff out & do it to such perfection. It looks amazing! Better yet, we had the Electrical Inspection done & it passed with flying colors. He was told that his handy work was better than most seasoned pro's.. I am a proud owner.. (hahah)

BORN in Bed!

             MInka (MommA)

              & Pierelli (daddy)

The story goes like this...
B rolled over in the middle of the night to a slimy, goo-ie,  oil slick sort of  notion. He woke me & to our SHOCK & SURPRISE we had 2 little creatures in our bed.  As I jumped out of bed, I noticed a little lifeless body was under my leg as mommy Minka was attending to another little fur baby. We checked the lifeless little body & were sad to note that she did not make it. As I started working on the living, B was not about to give up on the little girl. He picked her little 1 ounce body up & started rubbing in a warm towel that Xanthi was heating up by blow dryer. Sucked her little lungs out with the bulb & continued his goal of making sure this little gal was given every chance of life. 45 minutes into it, there she was breathing on her own.

Angels Among Us!

My beautiful Mother became my Heavenly Angel this summer! The most amazing Woman I have ever met. She was the "fun" Mom! All my pals wanted her as their MOther. I believe the reason why most of my boyfriends spend so much time at our home was just to be around her.
She is now guiding me, her grandchildren & all she loved so much from our Fathers thrown.
p.s. like you told me daily Mom, I 2 "love you all the summer rains" ooxoxo

Vintage Library Catalog I HEART U !!!

The story began when I fell deeply in love with the most magical piece of furniture my two eye balls had ever beheld (online).  After that very moment, I knew I must create it for myself..
The Search was then on for a Antique Card Catalog! The search has been painful & disappointing at times. FINALLY I found one on the West coast, & low & behold it was only 30 miles from where I live. I was certain I would end up having one shipped from NYC or tim-buck-2...

 The day I found my lovely, I was over-joyed & so was my pocket book.. I paid only $250 dollars in American GreenBacks..

Here is my Beauty... What do you think of her?? Isn't she just Grand, her 72 drawers & all...

As I have delcared many times before, my husband is a Saint & is going straight to Heaven after being my partner in crime the last 24 years. When I told "B" I needed him to CUT this sought after Equisit-Antique-Card-Catologe in half he thought it was high time for the white- straight- jacket, tape-over-mouth & a therapist.. Lucky for me I am pretty good at talking my way out of sticky situations.. ;) He agreed to hear me out & my "CRAZY" plan then bagan..

FIRST I needed to take all the drawers out, all 72 of them, & dismantle the Yummie Patined hardware..

Did I mention there are 72 drawers & millions of tiny screws?? 

SECOND I painted each & every one of those Beastly Drawers, all (72) with a SMILE & a SONG in my heart.. Okay, I guess there were a few "naughty" words that went through my mind a time or 2..

THIRD "B's" time to shine.. He got "the go ahead" to CUT a piece of History in 1/2 with his manly saw..

I think "B" ENJOYED this a little 2 much..
FOURTH it was time to attach the 2 half's Side-by-Side.. Thanks "B" you did a Great job screwing & gluing..

FIFTH attaching the Legs (purchased at Lowes)

SIXTH Then came the "Painting Party Extravaganza". We painted over every inch of History.

SEVENTH  Time to "AGE" it in the modern sense of the word. I GLAZED my little heart out...

 EIGHTH  Paint, Stain & added Trim !!

NINTH assembling all the Hardware with those tiny teensy little screws back to those 72 drawers..
                !!!!! I am EXhAUSTED !!!!!

FINALLY! One of my Favorite DIY weekend projects is dOnE-Zo.

LOVE how she turned out!

 One day she will have a spot in the Kitchen as a sideboard, but for now she is holding her own in the MAN CAVE.. Now if the "Men" & "Mini Teens" in my life can keep those pesky remotes, games, movies & paddles in those darn drawers, (72 if you lost count)...

(**wink-wink**)

 (Many thanks to Adrianne & Jeremy, you 2 ROCK my World!)