Organized

It is fun having a husband who is willing to build you things. I think he did a pretty nice job too! This is the closet in our back entry way. It serves as major storage, laundry storage, and a pantry. I wanted Rob to build shelves to hold all of the jars of beautiful produce from our garden. We are going to need a lot of space! I am planning to can up a storm.

Discarded Items.

Rob found a listing in the Doon Press that a flower shop in Hull was going out of business. They were going to be selling all of their plants and store items for cheap. So, he went there and came home with some great finds.

Snow at home

Just a few pictures of the winter wonderland outside.

Fabric and Frames

I am not sure if I quite like the placement of these. I also have an oval one filled with a beautiful fabric by Amy Butler. Anyway, I found these frames at a garage sale this summer. I spray painted them black and set them aside because I was not sure what I wanted to do with them. Finally, I decided to fill them with fabric pieces I had in my stock. I attached the pieces with hot glue. After I had taken down the wonderful Christmas cards that we had received, I decided that wall seemed bare. They are only temporarily attached to the wall, so if I find I don't like them, it will be easy to move. Any suggestions?

Home exploration....

Saturday night when we came home from a family Christmas, we found that our toilet wasn't working. We were kind of nervous about the whole deal because we know that the corner of the house where the bathroom is located is prone to pipes freezing. (We need to do some work on that) Sure enough, the pipe that went to the toilet was frozen. Rob started running some heat in the basement to help warm it up. It was after midnight already, so doing more intensive work would have been really tiring. We got up the next morning, equipped with a hair dryer and some space heaters. Rob finally got it thawed with no damage to the pipes! What a handy man. The great part of the story is what Rob found while doing this repair. The place where the pipes are located are way in the back of the basement. there is a partial way and a crawl space with a dirt floor. Here is where he had to climb through...



While back there he found these things...

Sure you can come see our new house!

Saturday, October 23 at 6:30pm, Rob and I are opening up our home for people to come and hang out. We want to invite you to our Housewarming/Open House! Rob ordered a small keg of Fat Tire and I will have some snacks around. We might even try out the fire pit, if you stay long enough! We have some pumpkins, gourds, and squash from our summer garden you can take home as well. It is sure to be a fun time. It is really informal, come and go are you please. But please come!

Something new to try...

This past Saturday was the Fall Party out on the farm. I needed to bring along some sort of squash dish to show off the produce from the garden... this is what I came up with.

1 butternut squash cut into chunks
1/2-3/4 c brown sugar
1 TBSP cinnamon
1/2 c water
2 TBSP margarine or butter

Combine and put into crock pot for until squash is tender.
Enjoy!

(the brown sugar and cinnamon may vary depending on how much squash you use or how sweet you want it.)



Started painting the kitchen and dinning room this weekend; therefore, I haven't been blogging much. I will post pics when I am finished. Rob doesn't like to help paint, so I said I would do it all if I got to choose the colors. And I did. So... much work to do!

The Homestead

Well, I think we have waited long enough. Rob and I are "unoffical" homeowners. We started looking this summer for a house, just in case we would find the "house of our dreams." Right now, I don't think it quite fits that description, but eventually it might. It is a small farm house in Doon, Iowa with a good sized pasture in the back. We hope to raise chickens and goats and have a garden. There are few more things brewing in the back of our heads, but not everything can happen at once. We are super excited and really can't wait to put our feet down in a place that we own. We are planning to move in October 1.