Getting more done for the party

Im getting projects done for the party.  Had 3 chairs like this and they were scrunzy. 

I cleaned them and painted them. It took 1 can for each and coated with a gloss spray. LOVE this new spray paint. Paint and Primer in 1 and it paints over anything.

 I love them for the front porch.

II had this old door and so I turned it into a game toss.The bottom part is chalkboard so they can keep score. Can't wait  for them to see it.

 Onto more projects. We had a bad storm Wed night and  got some water in the basement. What a mess. Luckily....the rugs are area rugs. We have a sump pump but it came faster than the pump could keep up with. The floors are dried up now so I want to clean them with a good cleaner so that's todays project....not a fun one but needed.

Things are growing

The tomatoes are slow but sure. It was getting full towards the bottom so purged them. Hopefully it wasn't too soon.

 The green beans and potatoe bin.

The flowers are growing also. They are looking good.

Rainy day project

Its raining today so I figured this was a good time to work on a project

I'm a bit quirky and like out of the ordinary things. I saw these footed pots one day and there was only 2 left. So....I knew that it was coming home with me. I'm not big on yellow so i knew I'd have to jazz it up abit.

Since purple is my favorite color i knew the sandals would be purple and it matches the flowers. Of course we need pink polish to go accordingly lol TaDa....

And there has to be bling also!!! I'm also in the process of making a cool blinged up ankle bracelet but I was anxious to get it posted. 

 Im pretty happy with my new footed pot.

A Reality check

Sunday My husband and I had a real reality check. My Mother-in-law lives in a retirement home in her own apartment but she goes to the dining room for her lunch and evening meals. My husband picked me up from work and we went straight to go and visit her. Normally when we go, we never really see anyone cuz they are all in their apartments, we just walk down to her door.

When we got there it was about 4:30 and I said do you think she will be at dinner? We walked around the corner and there are all these people waiting in the lobby with walkers, canes and some going really slow. Some were sitting there all hunched over. She was also sitting right there. They were waiting for the bell to ring to go into the dining room. Don and I just looked at each other and we had the same thoughts at the same time. She ended up taking her food back to her room so that we could visit.

After we left, we both said... Is this our future? It was kinda discouraging. We saw a lady waiting that we used to know years ago and she was always going places and she can hardly move now. She didn't recognize us at all. We were both just dazed!!!

So we decided that we have to keep moving and keep active as we are getting closer to the older years. If you don't use it you loose it right? We don't want to just sit our life away...we dont want that for our life...we really don't. I know there may come a day where I will need a walker and even then I want to keep moving with my walker.

Old age is scary when I think about it sometimes!! I think its the uncertainty of whats going to happen. If only we knew then we could plan much better HA!
We both decided that we really need to get back to loosing weight. We are both up some lbs and so we're on it again!! When Don retires, I told him that I want us to take dance lessons and we can have fun doing that together and it will keep us moving. We both have 2 left feet so that should be very interesting, lol. Think Ive been watching too much of dancing with the stars lol

I'm back at the pool and hope to be able to swim in my older years.

I just want to be like this lady and just be ME and life the rest of my life with vitality and fun and enjoy the little things and family and my hobbies until the good Lord calls me home!!

I just love this picture. Hes still fishing with his walker!! Too cute!!

So my exercise program started on Monday so i am in day 3 and so far so good. I'm sore but that's good!!

My garden is slowly coming along

This is my 2nd year planting. I wish I had more room but I have limited space. The green beans are starting to come up and the onions. It is fun to plane and keep an eye on the plants...I just want green beans and I want then now!! LOL

Tomato plants....slowly coming

No tomatoes yet but....little yellow buds...hopefully soon.

The potatoes are really slow. They have hardly broken through the ground. I guess because its been so cool here idk. Just getting anxious for the rewards of the plants.!!