November #1 hello

Hello everyone.  Yes,  I’m still here and still busy with our home interior changes.  I can’t say they have gone smooth as silk but it is all starting to come together and we are very happy with the results.  

And I’ll show things when it’s done.  

October 31 is not my favorite today but children sure like it, especially for the candy.  

I made these treats for my grandchildren- 

Latex Gloves that are so 2020 were  filled with candy and little toys I bought last year on clearance for .09 a bag.  

We do have 8 grandchildren and their gloves were already mailed to them when I took this photo.  

I didn’t feel  comfortable being face to face with the trick or treaters last night so I set up this little table, blocking the front door. 

I put a sign on it that said "take 1 each.  Happy Candy Day”

Then I watched at the window and refilled as needed.  

The children all took 1 and our dog wasn’t crazy all evening with the doorbell ringing.  

This worked out great.  

We only had about 40 children come by and past year’s, we have had many more.   But everything is different, right?  

Last week there was an ice storm in Oklahoma.  Most all the trees still had their leaves so the ice made them especially heavy.  Many broke or fell and much of the state lost  power.  

Thankfully our power was only off 8 hours or so.   

We have a gas fireplace that kept us cozy. 

And we don’t have any limbs to clean up because we don’t have any trees in our yard-  we have lots of plants but no trees.  

There is a beautiful home behind these damaged trees.  It’s near my parents home and the way all the limbs are broken and hanging down, the house can hardly be seen now.  

That’s what most trees around our area look like after the ice.  

Happy November everyone 

❤️🏡❤️

Rhonda 

October #1 - home updates and grandchildren fun

Hello everyone

Welcome to our front porch, all decked out for fall.  My husband bought the mums. 

My son bought the pumpkins and we filled them with the succulents that grew like crazy on our patio this summer. 

The white pumpkins went to his home and he arranged the orange ones at our front door.  

Our interior re-do is still in progress.  

There’s a pretty new rug in our entry way and that will give a clue to the home style I’m working toward.

We are waiting on the new carpet to be installed and have those 3 bedrooms and hall emptied and their contents are pretty much living in our dining room for now.  

The new furniture has been ordered and most of it is in boxes in my husband's shop. 

Some of the new curtains are here and some are backordered.  I went with insulated  ones from the Vermont Country Store and I think we are really going to enjoy them.  

Once it’s all done,  there will be more to show but for now,  this  house is anything but normal.  🤪

Some of the grands have been here. 

These guys were very happy to get crocheted toys from my mom,  their great grandmother. 

 

Braeden is missing his top front teeth.  Gavin is wearing a mask just because it was a new mask.  

Most falls, we make acorns out of mini Nilla Wafers, Kisses, chocolate chips and chocolate frosting to hold them together.  

All the local grands made them but they weren’t here at the same time and I didn’t get a photo when the countryboys were here,  

Here are the city cousins very happily making and eating acorns 

  

I hope you all are enjoying fall and making the best of it as possible.  

❤️ Rhonda 🇺🇸