99% pure salvage

tiny texas houses

love this concept.  

so anyway back to ME.  heh.  i haven't had a bed of my own for a few weeks now.  and my old back is feeling it with moving around from bed to sofa etc.  i never take pain meds but i downed some ibuprofen this morning so i could stop focussing on back pain and get to work.  

my daughter, olivia, moved back in with me recently and i've been trying to get the large upstairs room here set up as two separate spaces for eli and me so liv can have the room that was formerly mine.   to that end, i got a couple of painter's canvas drop cloths and some big screw hooks and some grommets and i'm going to make a fabric room divider.  could turn out a little college dorm room but we'll see.

i also ordered myself a new futon and i'm trying to figure a platform for it before it gets here.  i saw a pile of old wood pallets in a yard down the road and maybe i'll knock on the door and see if maybe the owner doesn't want those pallets.  anyone ever use these for a bed platform?

and before you start snoozing or move on to the next blog, i want to tell you i got this antique dresser recently for $26!  my price range.  but then i found a variety of antique drawer pulls on etsy and decided to order them for the dresser.  thus nullifying my thrift.   when i get my bedroom together and if it doesn't suck i'll take some pics for you to see.

see you later beauties.  thanks for hanging in there and reading to the end.  brings a tear to my eye.  

xx

L

backyard, baby

my backyard is a raging mess right now and i'm not just saying that or being coy.  everything is drying up because of the GODAWFUL heat wave here and plus i'm not taking care of it whatsoever.  i'm too busy rearranging the stuff in my living room.  plus i've been kind of popular lately. quit snickering.  i have engagements almost every night this week. 

but, here's my question: i have mint coming out my eyeballs and i picked some of it which you may view in the basket above.  i'm going to hang it inside to dry and usually i make tea throughout the winter but i need some other clever ideas about how to use it once it's dried.  please advise. 

also i have an update regarding Major Asshole.  that's him up there.  seems he's not so much a MA but more of a Captain Wuss.  When I go into the coop to muck it out of feed the masses or what have you he cowers and sometimes hides under the pigpile of chickens in the corner.  so much for protecting the ladies.

anyways, what's going on in your gardens?  we are eating cucumbers and snap peas but still waiting on the tomatoes. 

love forever,

me