Bedrooms Are To Rest In

It sometimes takes a tad bit of time to make a room presentable for resting in.  At the end of the month we will have been in this house for a year.  WHAT A YEAR.  Still piecing together our HOME from suffering a HOUSE FIRE.

Getting back on the saddle has been exhausting.  Forging ahead and keeping on.  That saying, "STAY CALM and whatever you want to fill in the blank with" speaks volumes to this old Lady here behind the BLOG.

"STAY CALM AND CARRY ON"

My Husband knows full well that I am HIGH STRUNG.  Carrying on isn't the easiest thing in the world for me.  I get tired rather quickly and have to pace myself with loads of breaks and naps in between.  I'm a seasoned LIST MAKER.  Waiting isn't one of my best qualities.  WAITING is truly part of LIFE and I sometimes hesitate to continue on.  

We cleared out what I call the GREY ROOM that was intended to be a Doll room/Office.  If I have learned anything in LIFE it is that we should stay FLEXIBLE.  

Our antique bedroom suite was destroyed a year and a half ago in the house fire.  For sure with our insurance money I wanted to replace this lost furniture.  LAST SUMMER we went looking when we came across this one.  Let it go.  Went back to look at it almost a year later.  It was still in the antique store waiting for us to take her HOME.   

We looked her over and decided this was the one to get in our price range.  Walnut wood.  Old.  1880ish.  Well made.  Interesting.  Just about right.

I had it in my head that I wanted a really ornate Antique Bedroom set with a dark stain.  The hunt was taking place and decided this one was in the neighborhood for easier delivery and in the financial neighborhood.  OKAY.  This is it.  She isn't dark stained, but will make a few concessions.  She is beautiful burled walnut and I think I will be just fine with her sitting in our third bedroom.  

Knowing that a Walnut Antique Bed, Dresser with Washstand would be coming to our HOME we cleared out the Grey room that was full of things to be dealt with.  Rented a small moving truck to load up.  She now sits in the living room waiting to make the climb to the upper floor on our house.  

This week the suite will go upstairs?

Mattress and box springs will have to be ordered in June and delivered this Summer.  Bedding will come.  The little Grey room will be a sweet and cozy.  I have to figure out where to go with with my dolls.  That will take some doing.

May have to set most of the DOLLS up in a closet for now and take a peek at them from time to time.  Leaving a few to sit out in the Bedroom.      

We're morphing right along as furniture is being replaced, items purchased, rearranged to enjoy.  

Ready to have furniture upstairs and in the bedroom to make a Bedroom.  Giving it more thought as to where everything will go.  Dolls, office papers, blankets, etc. etc. etc.

Not sure how this will unfold.  
More pics to follow.

As the messes go away, I will be a happier camper.  

~FROM THIS TO THIS~
Good job.  

Making progress.

I fell asleep in my easy chair once again as I was cooling off from being outside.  We made a trip to Manhattan to the Pharmacist to pick up our meds, fuel the car, grab a Starbucks, walk through the Kansas University Gardens to see more Irises, pop into Dollar Tree, Menards, onward HOME.  I had big ideas about pulling weeds from the flower garden in the cool of the evening.  

I got so far as to put my work gloves on and sat down to cool off.  I nodded off and woke to being just too tired to pull weeds.  

Better luck next time,
d

Product Review

LOVED IT!

As I massaged the lotion into my dry hands and arms, 
the lotion quickly soaked into my skin without a greasy residue.  

Smells nice, affordable and non-greasy.

A Flint Hills Prairie PLUS.

Blessings,

d

Heirloom Irises

 PURPLE IRISES bloomed with fragrant scents 

that fill the air.

Noticed the wonderful fragrance as I walked along the sidewalk 

to go inside the house as the sun set.

Disappointed that not more colors popped this year.  

Hopefully next year.

When relocating Irises, they tend to go into a shock mode.

Next year will be much better.

In July, we will hopefully purchase grab bags 

from Kansas State University Gardens.

Brilliant colors,

d

Purdee Iris

~SPRING TIME~

The Iris.

Beautiful flags have started to bloom in our flowerbed.

    Some heirloom purple ones with bubblegum scent 
are starting to bloom.

One of my favorite flowers.

EVER.

Friends are like flowers in a Life garden.

Which one will you be?

Blessings to you,

d

Purpose

Romans 8:28 King James Version (KJV)

28 And we know that all things work together 
for good to them that love God, 

to them who are the called according to his purpose.

ROMANS 8:28 IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES TO THINK ON AND PONDER.

TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THE SCRIPTURES IS TO KNOW GREAT TREASURES.

GOD BLESS YOU THIS DAY,

d

Sitting....

Sitting in my easy chair with the french doors open enjoying this LIFE that God has given me to live.  It's a partnership between us.  He directs the steps I take and I cry out to HIM for help, guidance, direction, instruction and the list goes on.

Without my quiet time with the LORD, I get cranky.  

I so need it.

King James Bible PROVERBS 16:9
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

I must get around and complete some errands.

With my new computer I am once again able to surf during the day lite hours.  For 20 months I had reverted back to no daytime computer time unless I went to the Public Library or had my Hubby with me.  I adjusted to the change of habits, but have enjoyed rearranging my schedule once again.  Change happens.  Change matters.  I will be doing more typing as I work on paperwork for fire recovery.  Next week is my goal to further this task.

Having access to the internet during the daytime hours is another way to HAVE TO BE disciplined and not be on the computer ALL THE TIME.  My phone doesn't have me leashed to cyberville yet and I don't believe I want to get addicted in this way.  
  

I came across a young woman on the internet that applies make-up as she talks to her viewers.  She has a very thick Kentucky accent.  She's quite talented at her make-up skills.  Fun to see her up close and personal without make-up then zoom toward the end of her video all made up.  Kisha Royse.  Ever so often I watch make-up gurus and glean some of their techniques.  For not wearing much make-up these days, I seem to have a tendency to using taupe colored eye shadow, eye liner, mascara, and lipstick.  Simple and quick.  I believe I could work on another's face like it were a canvas.

I have a tendency to avoid primer, foundation and facial powder because I sweat so much I don't like the feel of not being able to have face breathe.  I am tempted to go have a professional color my hair  silver grey instead of waiting for my hair to turn that color all together.  Could be a change that I like.  

This week-end I made headway with getting ready for bedroom suite to arrive.  Just another clink in the link of getting pieced back together from fire recovery.  There will be continued tidying and filing of papers and items.  Please LORD, help me have a smile on my face as I work with a pleasant disposition at heart as I go through the motions of making a bedroom part of our HOME.


I did go THRIFTING on Thursday.  I spied a doll standing alone on the counter begging for attention.  Liked the doll I bought for $2.  She's sweet.  About 15" tall.  Love her hair in a bun under her see through cap.  


Amish Bridal doll missing the Groom.  I didn't care as I purchased her.  She made my heart sing.  Only spent a few dollars and enjoyed my THERAPY for the day.

May you have a pleasant day,

d

'Life Just Got A Little Easier' BBQ Chicken

'Life Just Got A Little Easier' BBQ Chicken 

makes Dining On The Prairie a simple event with delicious meal.

Chicken Tenders are covered with bottled barbeque sauce

and baked uncovered for an hour at 350 degrees.

Meal completed with green beans and mac pasta

that has tiny bits of broccoli in it.

Dining On The Prairie made easy.
Have a good one,

d

'Life Just Got A Little Easier' Prairie Steak

Making a meal the easy way.

Hamburger Steak with veggies.

Carrots and Green beans.

Stewed Tomatoes along with Tomato Soup.

Use 1/2 can of tomato soup on the bottom of the baking pan.

Place Two hamburger steaks in baking pan.

 Season with salt and pepper, 

add stewed tomatoes and the other half of the tomato soup.

Bake uncovered in 350 degree oven for an hour.

Stir Red Gravy.

Let sit a few minutes before serving. 

One pan meals are getting more popular than ever.

If a larger baking pan were used instead of the small one I used,

the Carrots and Green beans could have been added

the last 10 minutes of the hour bake to the one pan.

I used individual micro-wave dishes for the Carrots and the Green beans.

We enjoyed a tasty hot meal on the Prairie and called it hardy.

Life Just Got A Little Easier

Dining On the Prairie.

All the best to you in this busy world of ours,

d

Peace At Home

PEACE is needed in my soul.  The quiet time I have contributes to a quiet soul resting alone inside my HOME peacefully sitting to think.  The french door to the screened in porch is open to allow a breeze to drift indoors.  Birds chirping a melody familiar to their peers.  The television remains off.  It's quiet enough to hear a pin drop.  I do drop a thing or two around here.  Clumsy.

I am not wanting the blazing heat waves of Summer as of yet.  We need SPRING for a couple of months where the weather is so pleasant we sink into a stupor of paradise.  It turned so cold early on in SPRING.  Awakened pleasant temps for a short time into SUMMER temps I cannot bare.  Tis May with tornadic storms to cool the atmosphere.  DOROTHY TIME.

Thinking about visiting The Wizard Of Oz Museum in Wamego.  Taking my dear time to read every sign they display and watch the movies along the way.  I haven't taken a SLOW TOUR.  Then onto the State Capitol Building to tour.  It's a lovely building to see.  Off to the Kansas Museum of History.  I have toured all these places in quick mode.  There is a old Topeka Theatre that I want to tour.  Will have to get the directions and then there is the CHARLES CURTIS House which the first Native American Vice President of the United States lived.  Tours on Saturdays.  Would like to see it.



Mid-week.  This month will continue to be busy full of activity.  Will need to rest a great deal.  Think I will pull a ham out of the freezer to begin thawing in the fridge.  With it being Wednesday, I will more than likely slow cook it Friday or Saturday.  There should be lots of leftovers to get us through next week.  

First the baked HAM, then Ham Steaks, Ham sandwiches, onto Egg scrambles with ham chunks in it then Ham and Beans.  Lots of vegetables.  Lots.  A little fruit.  Some dairy.  Giving thanks to God for this HAM. 

SCREEN DOOR: Screen door was purchased last week.  It will need worked over to fill the holes, sanded, primed and painted black then installed.  Shall be a cute addition to our old house.

We continue to work on FIRE RECOVERY.  Slow but steady.  We found an antique Bedroom set that is in our price range.  Making arrangements to have her delivered to our HOME.  I will have to put myself in fast gear this week-end to tidy the bedroom up where the set will go.  The room is cluttered and we will have to make it presentable for the headboard, two side boards, foot board, mattress, box springs, dresser with wash stand.  She will be a nice addition to our HOME.

MILL CREEK ANTIQUES in Paxico, KS.

Good things happen to those who wait.  Not sure who coined that phrase, but I guess it has some truth to it.  After a year and a half of waiting, I got a replacement computer.  She's a jewel.  Glad to have her as I piece together our ESTATE after the house fire.  It takes a long time to get back on your feet after trauma.  

Better close for now.  I could go on and on and on and on.

The sun is shining and I want to get outside before it goes away.

BLESSINGS TO YOU and your HOME.

All the best,

d

     

Lilacs On The Prairie

Lilacs on the Prairie 

have never smelled as fragrant as they do.  

One deep smell filling my nostrils with this perfume 

can be mesmerizing.

Brings back sweet memories of SPRINGS gone by.

None better,

d

I Once Was A Bar Floozie

Dress-up was what the doctor ordered.
Remembering,
d