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 🇺🇸 

September #5 - cooking and home plans

Hello everyone.  Our garden is still producing, this was Sunday morning’s harvest.  See the late coming lblackberries and strawberries? 

Tonight for supper, I prepped these veggies below 

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I cooked the green beans and then added the potatoes and made salmon patties.  The cucumbers and onions are something my mom always made in the summer and I think most all people in our region eat them,  it’s just sliced cucumbers and onions,  salt, pepper, a teaspoon of sugar and half vinegar/half water.  They keep in the fridge for days.  

My grandchildren love granola bars and I tried this recipe 

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link to granola bar recipe

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They were delicious and I will be making them again. 

In January,  we decided we  wanted to update the 3 bedrooms on one end of house.  We’ve lived here 18 years and the white carpet in those rooms (especially after 8 grandchildren and 2 dogs) has seen better days.  We got distracted by the quarantine but we decided a few weeks ago to just go ahead and do it. 

First,  we picked out and ordered the carpet.  It’s a process and everything takes longer right now.  It will be at least 2 weeks until it’s installed. 

In the meantime,  we are emptying those rooms and painting.  And were also doing some minor changes in other rooms.  

   The dining room is getting full 

 And 2 of the bedrooms are just about empty.  

All the groceries for ‘just in case’ were moved to the master bedroom.  3 of the grands were a huge help with this task and I sure hope they are available when it’s time to move it back. 

And here’s my current to do list.  Some of it is things to do, some are things to shop for.  

I have no idea why we buy toys,  this 8 year old was happy for hours with a box 😊

Busy days here with gardening and home things.   I will try to blog as updates occur.  

All of our grands are in school in their classrooms, some full time and some 1/2 the week.  I know we are all just ready for life to get less stressful, right?  

Hope you all are fine 

❤️ Rhonda 🏠