The first snows are here.

Well, it was inevitable... it's not like it was never going to happen... but, I still don't like it.  What am I talking about?  Snow, of course.  I just don't care for it, never have and never will.  It affects my life so much, it cramps my style.  As I don't drive, I cannot get around as easily as I would be able to in the other Seasons.  I guess I had better get used to it, because it probably will be here for the next six or seven months!!  It's not like this yet, but it soon will be....

So, I had better find myself lots of projects to keep me busy during these coming cold months.  Not much to show you this posting.  I guess I have been rather lazy.

This little magazine rack I repainted and this is now it turned out.

 It's now for sale in my Boutique.

Here are a couple of sconces I refinished.  I think they turned out quite nicely, just waiting for someone with great taste to buy them.....

I picked up this little footstool, considered leaving it as a retro piece but then decided that it would look so much better with a "redo".

I love the finished look.  It's already sold - yesterday.

And that's about it - I have a few other items that I must get cracking and finish and will probably feature them in my next posting.

As usual, I shall finish with a couple of photos of my darling grandkids.  It never ceases to amaze me how blessed I am to have them in my life and as usual, am looking forward to my next trip to see them.

My son Dave was playing around with his camera...

And here are the darlings all ready to go out for Hallowe'en.

This is Katherine at Day Care with her adorable friends, Savannah and Cameron.

 And, last but not least, Katherine looking studious.

That's it for me this time my friends, I know, not much of interest - I will try and make up for it with my next one.  In the meantime, please take care and look after yourselves.  'Til we meet again.

Hugs, 

Never too old to learn!!

This is my first posting on my new laptop.  I'm not too sure just how confident I am that I can come up with something worth reading as I'm not very comfortable with it yet, including the keyboard.  So, if you find lots of mistakes, we can blame it on that, LOL

It's an ASUS - to be honest, I had never even heard of this make.  I'm sure it is just as good as all the other makes, e.g. Sony, Acer, Gateway, etc. but so far, I have lost this post twice - it just disappeared from the screen - was it me???  I was always an excellent typist, 95 words a minute on an electric typewriter but now I am lucky to be able to get by with around 40 wpm and keeping my fingers on the right keys.  Of course, my twisted fingers (from arthritis) might also have something to do with it.  I'll put the blame wherever I can, LOL

Having said that, let's see what I have been up to lately......

I refinished a lovely coffee table.  A little different from the usual, more square and with a small drawer.  I guess it could be used for more than just a coffee table - would look great in a large foyer.........

Of course, many people would say that they prefer the original wooden look and I do too, but it's so much fun working with my home-made chalk paint.

I also refinished a cute little footstool.  A friend of mine rescued it for me.  Her neighbour's dog had chewed the seat of it and was throwing it out, but my friend knew that I would give it a new life......

And, wallah, the finished product, so cute.

And yet another wooden product.  It seems that is all I did lately, but honest, I did do other things.  This one is a small stool which had absolutely no personality......

and slowly it turned from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan.....

I used a water-slide decal which I had purchased from The Polka Dot Closet - a fabulous blog and a wonderful place to visit.  Go and check in with Carol.

I also turned a dirty old thing into this, I think it is a toilet roll holder/magazine rack.....

The colour looks a little wishy-washy - it's more of a yellow/black.  The above picture is from my Boutique.

A few more things I have done.....

And, now in closing, here are a couple of photos of my most favourite people, grandkiddies, Rhys & Katherine - I can't wait to get on that Greyhound bus and go visit in September....

That's it for now.  Have a wonderful week.  Talk to you again soon.

Hugs,