Warmer weather

I know that we are all ready for spring, yard sales, tag sales and auctions. I thought that I would show you all the items I have stored in my garage.

One day in Sept. I decided that I would clean out my side of the garage, that is if the is such a thing. My DH is always telling me he is going to clean it all out and put it in a big pile and burn it. I am sure several of you have heard this before. So it was time to clean this up. I stated with taking all my very valuable collectibles out, now mind you my DH 1967 Camaro is probably more valuable. LOL. So here we go, this picture is only a small amount of stuff, but I love it.

This is everything from my part, which is where the sliding door is. Getting the idea of how much good stuff I have?

This is all stuff that I need to either clean and price or items that are for making other great stuff.

This is my part of the garage cleaned out.

This is another view.

One last view.

Now I'll bet you are wondering how did she get all that wonderful stuff in the small space? Well, let me tell you about me past. I was a pack rat as and child, I don't think I have outgrown that much, but now I collect better stuff. Any HOOO! I was also a crafter for 20 years, so I was very good at packing a van and trailer. So you get the idea. I got it all back in, failed to take a picture, and still had room to spare. I purged a lot of stuff. There was a lot of it that was left over yard sale items. I took that to Good Will. I'll bet you are wondering does it still look all neat and tidy. HA! HA! HA! HA! Not at all. I have been shopping for more, plus I have several projects going on out there. It is just to cold to go out there to work. I do have a heater but I can't use it without moving a lot of stuff out of the way. I don't want to burn the garage down. I have to get out there tomorrow as we are expecting out first snow of the year and I don't want my daughter car to set out in it. She won't be going anywhere in it any way. She has a car that is not good for snow. She doesn't leave to go back to school until the 17th. So she is home for awhile longer.

I am busy with end of year paperwork for our business then it will be all the paperwork for the farm. I hate tax season!!!!!

REFLECTIONS ON 2009

As I reflect back on 2009, I think about all the ups and downs, happiness, and sorrow we have experienced this past year. The year started out with sorrow. We lost our beloved Yorkie-poo Chloe to a coyote. We had her for almost 3 years, she was soooo smart. I miss her every day. We added a new added to the family soon after that with a Yorkie I named Cricket. Cricket was my nickname as a child, my dad gave me that name, funny I have never asked my mom how he came up with that. February I had surgery and was off for 6 weeks. (nothing major). After returning to work my DH and I decided that I needed to be home to run our trucking company full time. After working in the medical office field for 21 years it was time for a change. So I have been home ever since. Let me just say this, we all dream about all the time we will have when we do not work outside the home. My dream was to clean my house from top to bottom and keep it that way. I would have time to quilt, scrapbook and have more time to devote to my antique booths. It will be a year in April and I can tell you that it has not happened yet. LOL. Maybe someday. April brought rain, May brought rain, and part or June brought rain. So farming was way behind. We did manage to get everything planted. We had a good summer, I spent much of my time going with Hannah to softball games. I planted a small garden, and a few flowers.
Fall came and harvest started with you guessed it rain, rain and more rain. We finished the first of November. December has come and gone. The tree is put away, but still have lights up outside. It is to cold for me right now to take them down. LOL
DH and I put money down on some property that we wanted to turn into an auction house/antique store. To date we still do not have it, still has some legal issues. We are not sure we will end up with it. So in the mean time I have started looking for something else. I would have loved to show you the progress but maybe I can on something else.
I am most thankful that we all have our health, and we are employed and that are children are doing good. I hope that 2010 is better than 2009. Heath wise anyway.