April 15, 2011

  • not much done on the house this week ,our final walkthru is a week monday ,they still need to do floors, backsplash, fence, central air, central vac,  cut the curb (driveway comes after we move in they do all at once)..... 

    they did put the sidewalk in and have marked where the curb is to be cut !!!

    before sidewalk

    no sidewalk

    after sidewalk

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April 14, 2011

  • which rug should i buy

    this one is 3ft 6in by 5ft 6in reg 468 can get delivered for 350 

    311-Red--bg

    this one is 5 ft 3 inches round reg price was 300 can get delivered for 150.

     Imperial+Fleur+De+Lys+Red+Contemporary+Round+Rug

    for living room to go with these colors and this furniture

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April 12, 2011

  • today's projects

    in between dropping girls off to school, brisket to vet to be fixed, microchipped and get a shot ,cleaning the house for a showing tonight, i am refinishing a bench dad made for me when i moved into my first bowmanville house (1993) so it will be ready for the new bowmanville house .will be on the front porch.got this outdoor fabric at ikea and will make a cushion for the bench and also cushions for the red table and chair set,that will hopefully also fit on the front porch of the new house.

    bench before....light color ,bench after 1 coat.......dark color

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    outdoor fabric from ikea, cushions to cover from walmart

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    red table and chair set we bought in france for front porch .marianne painted it on a previous visit (was green)...now i need her back to paint the front door on the new house matching red!!!!!also got enough fabric for tablecloth.

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April 11, 2011

  • bought some more fringe and made runners for coffee tables and end tables from left over drape fabric .the fringe cost as much a metre as the fabric !!! 11 metres to do valance boxes and 6 metres to do runners.

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April 10, 2011

April 3, 2011

  • made the toppers to go with bedroom drapes. (marianne ...found the metal button maker kits and they are cheaper )

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    made runners for the dressers (just need tassels).

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    bought a wider whiter lace and finished off the edges of the chairs that marianne reupholstered(just have arms left to do,saved the hardest for last)

     

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March 29, 2011

  • consuelas (a.k.a marianne ) left today

    she finished up her chores, these are the drapes,recovered chairs (lots of cursing during that)and show pillows for the master bedroom...

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    thanks marianne ..i mean consuelas !!!!!

     

  • Little Red Riding Hood is skipping thru the forest road when she sees The big bad wolf crouched down behind a log. 
    ' My, what big eyes you have, Mr. Wolf.'
     
    The wolf jumps up and runs away.
     

    Further down the road Little Red Riding Hood sees the wolf again And this time he is crouched behind a bush.
    'My what big ears you have, Mr. Wolf.' 

    Again the wolf jumps up and runs away.
    About 1/4 mile down the road Little Red Riding Hood sees the wolf 

    Again and this time he is crouched down behind a rock.
    'My what big teeth you have Mr. Wolf.'
     

    With that the wolf jumps up and screams, 'Will you fuck off, I'm trying to take a shit!' 

March 26, 2011

  • today was shopping all day ...left at 7 this morning for stratford then shakespeare then st jacobs....antiquing...got home at 9 tonight van was full...good thing marianne goes home tuesday .....tomorrow she is making drapes so my checkbook is safe ...only 1 more shopping day left glenn......................some of the stuff i bought today

    5 foot knight

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    new apron and 2 foot knight

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    vintage fleur des lys sconces

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    gift for erika... the farties

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    toast and tea set

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    ventriloquist dummy with case and instructions(1950's or 60's)

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    vintage bowls and milkshake maker

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    puppet family

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    retro kitchen utensils

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    stuff from the other day

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    stuff for ashley...lunchbox and heinz ketchup cookbook

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March 24, 2011