Sepia Saturday - one day late

These are pictures of my dad, he mostly grew up in Garber, Oklahoma. Dad is the
3rd boy in this picture, sadly, he says his other 3 buddies have all passed away.

He spent lots of time swimming at the Garber pool.

This is his high school football team, Dad is holding the football on the front row.
Garber has always called itself "Home of Champions" and it is still true, Garber won the class B state football championship in December and last night they won the basketball championship.

For more great pictures, visit Poetikat's Sepia Saturday

Sepia Saturday was yesterday but I am a day late as I came down with a terrible stomach bug/food poisoning or something. And I am very thankful to be better now!

Pantry re-dos - the projects that I thought would take 1 day but really took all week

Our home has 2 pantries, one is regular closet size and was mostly used for storage of cleaning supplies, cookbooks, and miscellaneous kitchen stuff.
The other pantry is bigger and has always held food. We have less food items with just Jeff and I living here but we seem to have lots of stuff so I wanted to switch the 2 pantries around. I also want to add some color to them.
So, last Sunday, I emptied everything out of the smaller pantry and thought this job would go so quickly. Well, sweet Gavin spent 3 days with me and I went to the VA hospital with Jeff one day and then on the other day, I mostly did regular home cleaning and a little shopping. But by Friday afternoon, somehow, the change-around was complete.


Before - big pantry


After - now it has red-check shelf liner with an ivory lace-look shelf trim
Can you see all the cookbooks? Uncle Rex gave me a big stack of his when he moved to the retirement home and now I have room for all the cookbooks in one spot


top shelf holds my cake pedestals, punch bowls and cups and plates - I don't use them every day but they are pretty and I like to look at them often

the bottom shelf holds Jeff's barbecue tools and pans

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Junk pantry before

After - I painted the walls green, lined the shelves with white shelf liner and added a trim on the front. I cut strips from vinyl lace tablecloths to make the trim and I really like the old-fashioned look.





I used a rose sponge stamp to add a little more color to this food pantry. I'd never sponge stamped on a wall before but it was fun and easy, and I may just put some more roses somewhere else.

Sepia Saturday

It''s been a busy week and this is my only blogpost all week. But I think these pictures are so fun, I had to share them.

I think this might of been a New Years Eve party.
The men are my Uncle Rex, cousin Kendall and I don't recognize the 3rd man.


Men at one table, the women at another.....
I think their little farm house decor, in the 50s, was just charming.

Uncle Rex resting, probably reading the weather or a farm report or maybe the sports page.

I expect Uncle Rex was going to eat both of these waffles, how he is posing with them is really funny to me!


for more Sepia Saturday, visit PoetiKat's blog - all the stories and photos are special and interesting.
I am so glad she hosts this one.

Sepia Saturday

My grandparents were farmers in rural Oklahoma. To get to school, my mom and her siblings mostly rode a horse to school. This is still hard for me to imagine even though I know its true.

This first picture is my Aunt Bernice and Uncle Rex (Mom, correct me if this is Uncle Cecil)



The next four pictures are my mom and Uncle Bill with the horse they rode to school. Her name was Topsy.
I really like that Grandma is in the background of this picture, can you see her on the porch? Guessing at my mom's age here, I think these pictures were taken around 1938.








for more Sepia Saturdays, visit the homepage, but I'm warning you, the pictures and stories that go with them are so good, you will want to read them all.

a few thrift store goodies

It is still too cold here for yard sales - Audra, The Frugal Missus, has been to some great yard sales recently in warm Arizona - almost makes me want to move, but then I remember how hot it get outs there in the summer, so I guess I'll stay in Oklahoma. She has a nice giveaway going to, if you like rooster, head over and enter.

I went to 4 of our local thrift stores this week. I bought nothing at the first 3, then found this assortment at the last one.

11 vintage washcloths for $1 - they've never even been washed, someone bought them on clearance, can you see the yellow price tags? - I think they will be great for washing Gavin's face and hands.

kitchen towels

pink striped pillow cases, also vintage and still in the original package

silly Woody Wood Pecker hand towels - again, never used, 25 cents each - I bought these with Gavin in mind as well

a yard of polka dot fabric - Nina wants a top out of it.