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| MY LITTLE FRONT PORCH ON THE FIXER UPPER COTTAGE |
I WOKE AROUND 5:30 so after a bathroom break I stayed up to read. By 7:30 I decided to go back to bed. I really didn't sleep very well through the night due to a foot cramp that went into my thigh. When this happens I start thinking about nutrition deficiencies. Potassium? Not sure I know where my potassium tablets are so I'll eat a banana. I bought some yesterday. Good thing I did.
Slept till 9:30 and went straight to the Kitchen to clear some boxes away from the cabinet that holds pots and pans. Needing to put some more in there when My Husband said I need to show you something. I followed him into the Living room and he opened the front door. He had managed to get the church pew out of the Utility room all by himself and wheel the church pew around to the front porch.
There sitting on our old porch was the church pew. I was stunned. "How did you do that?" He explained and I just about couldn't believe he did this all by himself. You'd understand if you saw the Utility room's condition. It's as cluttered with moving boxes as the rest of the house.
He surprised and amazed me. I went outside and sat on the pew. He had it angled like I wanted it. WHAT A NICE SURPRISE for an old woman that is exhausted. Such a nice one.
SO WHILE I WAS NAPPING, he made a dream come true of getting the church pew out of the Utility room, carried out the back door then wheeled around the side of the house across the lawn, carried up the stairs by himself and placed on the porch! He made it happen and I'm so grateful. One more thing done that I had on my TO DO LIST.
As we sat on the pew, he mentioned we could drink HOT CHOCOLATE out here. Yes, we can. We'll do that at our GRAND COTTAGE. Life in a small town while living in a small cottage will be what we have as two old people. Even with the cottage being a fixer upper, we're blessed to be sitting on this old porch on the old church pew. Wonder how many people sat on this pew while listening to a fiery sermon from the pastor?
I bought this pew years ago when a church in Hillsboro, Kansas was remodeling. I lived in a nearby town. They removed the wood pews updating their sanctuary with chairs. I paid $200.oo for a 9' long hard wood pew that had a garnet colored cushion on it.
When my oldest son graduated from High School, we used it in the back yard for extra sitting during a gathering we had to celebrate. At one time we used the pew in our family room in the Jenks, Oklahoma family room in the junky rental. It's been in Dining rooms, Living rooms, Utility rooms, Bedrooms, in garages, on porches and outdoors. At one point I decided I would sell her. No takers so I kept her. Glad I did. Now she's more of a petite size for our COTTAGE porch. With us downsizing she is more manageable this size than at 9 foot.
We kept it at 9' for years until I asked if we should cut it down. Finding places in the houses we were living in was challenging. My Sweetheart agreed and he cut it down to the size it is today. She is sitting on our porch for now and I'm so HAPPY about this I'm SMILING really BIG.
The cold wind is blowing this morning. It seems like nature is on schedule for the season. Gray skies outside with cold wind that blows more leaves off the trees. Awe, the timing of things is right on schedule. Tis the middle of AUTUMN with WINTER knocking on the door.
I'll oil the pew and the table with Scotch's Liquid Gold so these pieces should winter alright outside. I'd like to place some pretty, bright colored pillows on the pew later. Set the mood for CHRISTMAS when it comes in December.
My old worn out porch looks better with some old furniture on her. Old and full of character for our 1900 FOLK VICTORIAN COTTAGE where we are living for the time being.
Now two more pieces of furniture are out of the house! Hurrah for progress.
Back to the KITCHEN to place some pans in the cabinet. Then off to the storage unit to dig the metal rack out and haul HOME. My plants should be sitting pretty by the end of the week-end. Another sweet accomplishment.
What do you do to make your HOME a HOME? Number one, you're living in it. YOU make the place a HOME. A warm body. What does one do to make the place your own when putting your signature mark on the habitat? Some peeps have such neat decorating styles there's no denying they have a gift. Some can make the place look HOMEY without spending any money. Hang this here, sit this there, place that there, scoot this over here. Whalah, you have a HOME. You've set a mood and it shows.
Whatever your style, YOU are the MAIN INGREDIENT to making a place a HOME. It may be plain Jane or a magnificent mirage, whatever. It is what you make it.
I watched a video of a woman making snowflakes out of the paper centers from toilet paper rolls. Amazing how clever that was. I'd like to be more creative like this witty woman. I admire those who can create something beautiful out of almost nothing. I would never have thought that a snowflake could be created out of a toilet paper roll. Who would have thunk it? She did apparently.
The rest of the day looks bright as I have HOPES of getting more things put away. SO many boxes that I should be rejoicing that we have lots of things to call our own to make HOME LIFE more comfortable. OUR HAVEN is our haven. The word have is one letter shy of being the word HAVEN. To have a haven means you are blessed. Someplace to call HOME is heavenly. To have this is a warm blessing.
