We have a Winner and a "Sneaky Peek"...

Well, y'all have waited long enough - I give you credit - you all are beyond patient with me - and I love ya for it!  But finally we have a winner for the Spring Giveaway and it is sweet Leisa.  My lil' man drew her name and I'll be sending her package out at the first of the week - So Congrats Leisa and thank you ALL for your kind words.

 

Now - a sneaky peek - "at what?" you say - well, you know that new job I mentioned - See - you can take the girl out of her greenhouse but not the greenhouse out of the girl.  This is my greenhouse away from home I guess you can say and I love it.

 The ribbon cutting on the greenhouse is this Friday - April 29th at 10:30 cst at Central Farmers Supply and I'm so excited.

 Plus anybody who has ever had a shoppe knows - once it is in your blood - you can't ever totally get it out of your system.  Thankfully - my new employers - who are my dear friends and long time supporters - have given me a chance to continue to share my love of  "stuff" with you.  Isn't that exciting!!!!  

 So here is a peek inside the lil' shoppe - it'll be all things garden.

 I will post more pics tomorrow night - 'cause y'all know me - I'm never ready till the very end - that's just me and I suppose that will never change!

Happy Wednesday!

Cathy

Spring Time Giveaway...

...especially for one of YOU!  Yes, a lil' late on my giveaway but never fear - I'm still here.  Y'all forgive me for being M-I-A.  Between a new job ;-) (tell ya more 'bout that later), building a new house, getting one house ready to sell, ball practices - well, ya know - life is jus' a bit busy! 

But I did squeeze in some time to paint a sign for somebody special and I hope one of you will like it.  It'll be nice by your back door or maybe on your garden shed.

 I've also got you a cute necklace with a great saying - "DIG IN THE DIRT" - y'all know how I love to do that...

 ...and it has a sweet picture of garden tools on the back...

 ...and last but not least - those WAY COOL metal tags I showed you a couple of posts back.  Tags for - well... - for you to do with whatever you please. 

I simply wanted to share a lil' spring cheer with you.  I hope you'll enjoy tossing your name in for a chance to win - just leave me a comment and of course, follow me on my journey if you'd like.

I'm wishing you all a simply beautiful spring!

Cathy

P.S. - I've got more "house pics" to show you next - we've gone green - well, the house has anyway!

Breaking Ground...

 ...literally.  Shaun broke the garden this afternoon - and. I. love. it.  I so enjoy planting a garden and watching it grow from seedling to sprout to harvest time.  And I'm especially grateful for the land to have a garden

and good health to work in it.

 

I'm  looking very forward to delicious home grown veggies to eat and to can.  Can't wait to line up the pretty jars in my new "soon to be" pantry.

 As you can see - lil' man is right behind his daddy looking for fishing worms...

...and he sure found a few.

Since I last showed you - we now have a roof - a metal one in "burnished slate".  We are really happy with it and think it fits right in.  Siding goes on next week!

Hope you get to plant a garden this year!  What's your favorite thing to grow?  Mine - well, I must say Mr. Stripey tomatoes!  lOOOOOOOOOOve 'em

Happy Spring my friends!

Cathy

Oh and P.S. - I'm having a lil' spring giveaway in just a couple of days - be sure you stop by to put your name in the hat.

Numbers...

...these days numbers are here, there and everywhere.  From furniture to wall art - they are simply "in".  So this week at my mos' fav' farm supply store - I snatched up these great metal numbers.  Now, are you ready for me to tell you what they are for?

 They are cattle tags.  Now these are not like the most commonly used tags - which are plastic ear tags.  These are heavy, thick, metal ones that look - well, totally cool, I think.

 So for just a few pennies... I brought them home and tied them on my baskets which I've been collecting for a while.  I THINK they are ole' racks out of freezers/refrigerators.  I think they are gonna look great in my new pantry filled with potatoes and the like - don't ya think they'll be cute all lined up in a row?

 I love this one 'cause it has a neat blue color to it.  I put some "project" fabric in it for now - but needless to say, the only project happening around here these days is "home building".

 The previous numbers have no significant meaning but I'll let ya in on a lil' secret - shhhhhh - I'll be this many PLUS 10 tomorrow.  Yep...39... hard to believe.  But hey, age IS just a number, right?  And I'm grateful to have another Happy Birthday.

Have a beautiful Sunday!

Cathy


We have....

...drumroll please................................ WINDOWS - Yeah!  After a very loooooooong, freezing cold, extra wet, snowy white, frigid dead of winter - we have a lil' "closure" in the construction of our farmhouse.  Here you can see the windows in the sunroom - I love the light pouring in.

 Here is our view out one of the front windows - nothing like cows, barns, trees and grass - that is exactly what we wanted to see out our front door - peace and quiet. 

 And I'm super excited about my front door.  I have seen this style door on a lot of older homes - the real solid wood ones I'm sure - I believe my friend over at Bella Della has a great old door similar to this on her beautiful farmhouse.  But I just love it - it's fiberglass but I think it looks like a farmhouse and that is what we had hoped for. 

 Here it is from the inside looking out...BUT I need your help!  If you look back a couple of posts you'll see where I talked about our exterior color choices.  Now tell me what color you think this door ought to be.  It will be with browns, kind of a rich celery green color and stone.  Now, usually I have no problem with color - 'cause I love color and I think "heck, it is just paint" but I'm stumped.  So share with me if you have a great color in mind - who knows - If I pick your color - I'll send you a Cathy Cobblestone present. ;-)  

 And another big decision - is kitchen layout.  As you can see - right now - it is just a long rectangle - kind of looks like a bowling alley - but I've got some ideas.  Many of which have been inspired by YOU!

Hope you all had a blessed Monday - and please don't forget to tell me what you think about the color of my front door - I really need your help!

Have a happy day,

Cathy

Happy Valentine's Day...

to you!!!

May your day be filled with happiness and love!

Cathy

I'm ready...

Yes, I'm ready...

I have so enjoyed my pretty yellow tulips the last few days.  Picked them up and the grocery and they jus' made my day along with the sunshine - which we had not seen around here in a loooooong time.

You can see the house is progressing - and look at those gorgeous blue skies - we just had a gorgeous weekend - but now it is raining again ;-(

Thought I'd let you in on a few selections we've made.  This is our stone which will be around the base of the house.  Actually this is the color but not the style.  We selected Sulphur Springs for the color (see the greens) and the style is actually called Southern Ledge but this is not it.  It has a more uneven look instead of a stacked look like this one.  We wanted something that looked old - like they would have used a long time ago.

You can see here - we selected a tan grout, green siding, classic white trim and a rich brown for the shutters as well as the roof (which will be stand and seam metal - we hope).

Actually there is a long story to this siding.  See, we fell in love with James Hardie siding in Heathered Moss.  But honestly - it costs lots and lots of pennies if ya know what I mean.  So we went on a frantic hunt to find just that color in a vinyl siding.  Many, many companies later - we finally found it - Cypress from Certainteed.  Each company we reviewed had a cypress color but none were the same.  I wanted a more yellow green instead of sage.  This picture shows the actual color better.  So I'm tickled we found it!

This week - the windows are going in and the front door.  So I'll give you a peek when they are in!

Have a happy week!

Cathy