Sunday Evening Nonsense

Sitting in bed, in my jammies, laptop on lapdesk, eating Reeses minis, loaded up on Robituss*n, aspirin, Benadr*l, Vicks rub all over my chest, & I can't decide whether to hang a bucket around my neck or stuff a tampon up each nostril to stop the steady snot-flow from my nose.  (NOTE:  I looked on the web for pictures of this, and just couldn't post one - you wouldn't believe all the junk that comes along with that subject - oh, yeah, you would, too!) So, suffice it to say that I'm pretty  miserable this weekend!

On a bright note, Tony and I did get out yesterday for just a little bit - he took me to the mall, and surprised me with some diamond stud earrings for Valentine's day!  Isn't he a sweetie!  I had some tiny little "dots" of diamond studs way back when we were first married, but he wanted me to go and pick some  nice-sized ones out! So I did! I didn't know if we really needed to spend the money on something so frivolous right now, but he insisted. I've been wantin' some for quite awhile, but you know there's always something that is way more important than frivolity.  He's so good to me ~ sometimes I don't think I deserve him.  He's always doing nice things for me - even when I'm being a pill.  So I had a VERY nice Valentine's Day!

My oldest son, Adam, sent me some pictures from last week in Nashville.  He is a song-writer as well as a musician. Back in the fall, he and a couple of other writers wrote this song called "The Gospel According to Jones". (George Jones - don't worry, it sounds sacreligious, but it's all about country music)(hey, they don't ask me what I think of their song titles...).  Adam has his own band, and he also plays in a band with Eric Lee Beddingfield. ELB is an up and coming band and Adam plays lead guitar and sings vocals. 

Well, there is a part at the end of the song where they invited George Jones, old  "Possum" himself, to come record with them.  Well, HE DID IT!  He met with them in the recording studio last Monday, I think, and did the recording!  Adam was so excited as were all the band members.  They got to meet and greet George and his lovely wife.  He said they were just  very nice regular folks like you'd run into anywhere.

Adam sent me a few pictures that they took of the ELB band and George and I thought Id like to share them with you...can you guess which one is Adam?

Adam is third from the left.  This is the Eric Lee Beddingfield band. Eric is the big guy in the middle. Good looking group if I do say so myself.  A couple more shots of Adam being Adam - he's always a clown and always cuttin' up, but he's always fun to be around...

There's no telling what he was saying or doing to Eric - just no telling.  I wish I could be a fly on the wall when they are in the studio.  I'm sure its a hoot!

Well, I've been able to do a little visitin' around today. I'm trying to get around to everybody.  It's been nice to have some time to do that. I have to go to work tomorrow, cold or no cold. I do not have a back-up.  At least I work in an office by myself so I can keep away from other people.  I'll take my arsenal of medicines and my bucket with me, and hopefully, in a few days I'll be feeling better.  I hope you all have a great week, no snow, and remember to keep your dress down!

SNOW!

Just had to show ya'll some snow photos. I know we're all sick of snow, but we haven't had snow like this since back in the 70's, I think ... Debbie at Of His Pasture can rub it in a little bit now that we're getting some. haha! First a few of the farm - we went into work at noon, so I hightailed it out the farm to get some pics! This may not happen again for another 30 years!

Now, then, I'll do a few from our neighborhood at home... K?

Played with this last 'un a little bit. Enhanced the colors. The values were there but not quite that much color.  So, there's my snow pictures. I took 124 but I thought I'd spare ya'll.  You folks up north probably are tired of looking at this stuff. I'm tired of the cold, but it was nice to see this amount of snow.  It'll be gone tomorrow as it's spose to get up in the midi-50's'...  Ya'll take care now, ya hear?

SNOW!!! and other stuff

Can you believe this?

This is what we woke up to this morning. A rarity around here in east Texas. It swooped through the Metroplex and it's still coming down even at 10:00 a.m. here at my office. Man, it's practically a blizzard! The roads are not frozen so we're okay. They might tonight if it gets below freezing, but we'll see.

On the way to work this morning, I swung through some country roads. It's always prettier in the country...

I'm really glad I went to the farm yesterday evening and covered my little broccoli and cabbage plants!  It's a redneck version of flower blankets. I turned my old metal lawn chairs upside down and put 'em between the rows, and then covered that whole stretch (about 35') with painters drop cloths and anchored 'em down on the edges with iron ore rocks.  In the country, you make do or do without ya know...  I hope those little plants make it. It's just about 32 degrees right now.  They might get cold, but at least they won't be gettin'wet or icy.

New topic -  Here's my garden all tilled up for this year.  We had about a 35' x 55' plot for the last two years, and we added another 12' x 20' specifically for corn this year. It's where it will get more direct sun all day. We added it kinda whonky-jawed to one side, cuz my hubby had transplanted an oak tree to the side of the main garden and we had to work around that.  Plus, this year, we're going to lay PVC pipe all around the garden to keep it watered. In the past we've had to set up sprinklers or do it all by hand which usually took at least an hour or two to do.

Here's my onions. They're about 6"-8" tall right now.

Here's either broccoli or cabbage. When they're this little, it's hard to tell them apart - at least for me.

My garden shed. I love my garden shed. It's a hunnerd years old probably, but Tony and our carpenter friend jacked it up and made some repairs and put in a new floor and it's super. I'd rather have this 'un than a new one anyday.  I've often thought of white-washing it or yellow-washing it, but I can't decide. What do ya'll think? Should I leave it just as it is?  All rustic-y and weathered?  I like it this way, too... We're gonna run water to it so I can use my old washtub and rinse my vegetables an' stuff.

The above picture may be disturbing and graphic for some. Caution is advised. Look away if you are horrified. There's 4-5 of my gopher traps on the left in this pic with which I maim and kill innocent little rodents with big hairy teeth that tear up my yard.  It's almost gopher season again!  Will have to re-set my counter on the sidebar...  

I wonder if there's a good recipe for gophers?  Man, I never thought of that!  We really could become self-sufficient on our farm with 75 acres and gophers running amok all under the surface!  All the gophers we could ever want and our garden, MAN!   Gopher stew or... hey I know --- Gopher Kabobs!  Skewer a gopher, some onion and bell peppers and wrap it all in some smoked bacon and I bet you'd have a doozy of a Kabob!  Maybe throw a little jalapeno pepper on there too, a wedge of Monterrey Jack or mozzerella????  My mouth is watering already!  Maybe chicken friend gopher!  With some gopher grease gravy & onions over mashed 'taters & greens! 

Ok, have I run you off yet?   If not, please continue...  sorry I get carried away sometimes... more junk in the shed...

Cool wooden boxes from the lumber yard that I haven't decided what to do with yet.

Shutters for future projects - they make great shelves and window boxes!

This is my thrifty nifty aluminum weather stripping container that I got at a garage sale. It's all wood and has slots on the top that I can drop my garden tools down into. It's so cool. It was once in a lumber yard, I don't know where, but it's worked out very nicely! My husband thought I'd really lost it when I came home with this - now he likes it!

Last, but certainly not least -  here's hard evidence that spring is right around the corner. The daffodils are coming up as well as my tulips.  They may freeze this weekend with the snow, but hopefully they are hardy and will make it!  I'm so excited to see them.  The paperwhites have already bloomed and faded. The quince is blooming right now, too, but I didn't get a picture.

Well, hope you enjoyed my random post this morning. Take care all you northerners in the snow. Ya'll had quite a storm up there in the northeast. Hunker down & stay warm, and as always, keep yer dress down!

GIVEAWAY!

Go check out Tara at New Day New Season!. She is having her 100th post giveaway and it's so COOL!!!

FLEA MARKET STYLE MAGAZINE

It's here!  At last, the long-awaited funky, junky, deco magazine we've all been anticipating with bated breath!  Flea Market Style Magazine!  With writers and partners in junk, Ki Nassauer & Matthew Mead!  They've got it all together and it's a doozy - you'll have to get one for yourself - THIS one's MINE!  At Barnes &Noble AND also at my dear friend's, Margo at Robojunker, at her booth at Our Little Corner in Tyler, Texas, and at Winnie & Tulula's in Athens!  I know there're probably some more places, but go to Margo's blog to find out!

I've been poring over my own private copy ever since I got it from Margo yesterday, and let me tell you, it's a beautiful magazine - even my hubby said so!  It's spilling over with luscious colorful JUNK, refurbished treasures for one-of-a-kind decor and practical and innovative (and did I mention CHEAP?) storage solutions.   Let me tease you with just a few pics...

Who'd of thunk you could make such beautiful centerpieces from old funnels? I guess the flea markets are going to have a run on funnels now...

Look at this cool cart - you could use it for just about anything! I want one! I can think of all sorts of things I could use this cart for!

Isn't this the most romantice and rustic and easy to live in barnhouse EVER?

Remember last fall when Ki came to Tyler at the invitation of our own resident Junk Lady, Margo, and Margo took her to Canton, Texas, to the Biggest Flea Market in the US?  Well, there is a 10 page article about Ki and Margo's adventure in Canton complete with pictures!  They had a ball, found some great junky bargains and wonderful carnival food, and Margo's son, Allen Arrick, was the official (and professional) photographer who documented this glorious trip!

This turquoise is my absolute favorite color in the whole wide world!  I had to show this picture, and that's all I'm going to show you - you'll have to get the magazine for yourself to see all the rest of the goodies!  I promise you won't be disappointed!!!  Hurry before they run out!!!

Want to see more?  Click the Flea Market Style Magazine button on my sidebar and it'll take you directly there to all the links you could possibly want!  Ki's and Matthew's and many more!