Wow my first blog!

I'm starting this blog because as I work on my projects around this old place I post photos and updates on Facebook, which seems to have a bit of a following.  So here I am... sharing my ideas with the world. 

A little about me.  I work at Principal Financial Group, am a former Practical Nurse, and a mom of 3 sons, with one left living at home with me.   Matthew is my sidekick, my partner in crime.  

I have 2 grandsons who keep me young.  

Ever look at a piece of junk and think 'What can I do with this?  How can I use it?"  Oh, you don't? Well maybe you should start!  

It could be my parents experience with the Great Depression that makes me this way. I hate to see waste and I want the planet to be in better shape after I'm done with it.  Recycling is wonderful, but re-using and "upcycling" "repurposing" are becoming more important than ever. 

My neighbors are wonderful people, and they are extremely tolerant of my picking through items that will eventually be burned.  

(please no lectures - I live in the country and this is how we get rid of old wood items, we burn them... get over it).  

So check this out - I'm driving down my gravel road, and my neighbor had thrown out the above bench and crate - I stopped and threw them into my pickup - a few screws and a cleanup later and I have some interesting items to add to my house.  


12/9/12 - I thought I'd add to this posting -  I also got the below crate from the junk pile, well, two of them but the rougher one I gave to my niece Amanda.  

And look what she did with it!  She's a chip of the old block here isn't she? 

I have a few (maybe quite a few) projects finished and in different phases of completion, so I'll add to this later - but here we are... I started and will add to it again later.  I need to go get some work done.  Or as i like to say -See ya later!  I got sh*t to do!