More Jazzed Up Junk

How about more Jazzed Up Junk photos?  I have all the painted, planted, sanded stuff as my speciality but Jeannie has all the furniture, fabric, beaded stuff at her house.  I haven't taken my camera over there yet but I will this weekend so I can show you some of the cool porch type decor we have going on.  

Loving this sedum bird bath planter with hurricane lantern for night time enjoyment by the fire pit.  If you've never light candles in hurricanes on your patio at night you don't know what you're missing.  We have lots of them scattered around the yard, it's a beautiful site.  They're not just for weddings anymore!!

Below the birdbath is a wildflower adorned box that seriously was the ugliest thing I ever in my life created.  I couldn't believe that I wasted a perfectly good wood box...... it was ruined, it was gross, it made me swear.

So I took my favorite garage tool and was determined to get every spec removed and start over.  After lots of elbow grease and 3 sanding pads later this box is absolutely beautiful.  It can be used on the patio as a planter or on the porch as a remote control holder, who doesn't hate the 5 remotes that the guys need laying out in the open.  This will hide them and make a great conversation piece.  Bright colors in the garden and the sun porches screams summer.  My living room gets a burst of apple green every summer and looks totally different than the drab days of winter.  Find a fun bright color and splash it everywhere.  Better yet come to our sale and find your inspiration piece and we'll help you build off it.

We are less than 1 week away and the response Jeannie and I have gotten is over whelming.  We may just have a prize for the person that drives the longest distance.  This could become on addiction...... not that I don't have enough of them already, what's one more??

On the right side of the photo you can see a slight glimpse of another sedum type birdbath.  I am seriously having a hard time letting that go, after a bit of painting, welding, torching and planting it's been with me for most of the summer and I've become attached.  One lucky gardener will be very pleased to own her.

See you all soon {wink, wink}

Are You My Mother?

John was getting yelled (tweeted) at while mowing lawn yesterday and today he found out why.  Of course I needed to make her mad tonight while I snapped a few photos.  That baby doesn't look real happy with me either.   I love the book "Are You My Mother?", I think I read it a hundred times to Miss El.

Troubles and Jazzed up Junk

I'm having computer troubles tonight so here's a quick photo of some fun garden jazzed up junk.  This has been decorating my patio for a few weeks now and I'm gonna be kinda sad to watch it go.  Whoever will be the new owner is going to love it, it makes me smile everyday.  

Mark your calendars for July 20th 4-8 and the 21st 8-4.  If you have a blah patio, deck, sunporch, family room or kitchen you will find all kinds of fun stuff to jazz it up. 

strength

This word had two meanings for me today.

Strength - something I lost very quickly in the last 9 days, those damn weights were heavy this morning and it didn't help that the instructor thought we needed to do 50 reps for every lift that she could dream up.  Along with crazy jumping jacks and lunges until one of the girls screamed "Oh my poor legs".  I think she was on a mission to make us pay for those summer legs we all dream of.  

Strength - something I needed in the first 10 minutes back to work after their 1 week of freedom without me.

Our staycation is over

What a fabulous week we had, it was beautifully hot weather and lots of sunshine.  My favorite type of staycation is HOT weather, get up early...... well not quite as early as I usually do but of course my eyes popped open at 5:15 every morning.  Just wait till tomorrow morning when I have to get up for boot camp again, it's amazing how fast our bodies slide back into pre-fit heavy sluggish mode.  When we got up it was breakfast outside, working around the house and bumming in the afternoon. 

My sister-in-law and I are working on a Jazzed Up Junk Sale in 10 days so many of my hours were spent buying, painting, pounding, planting, sanding, waxing, staining...... junk.  We have so much stuff and it's all so cool I want to keep everything.   I will share some photos with you soon.  Everyone who comes over can't wait for the sale..... it's going to be so fun, we love transforming junk but our houses are getting full so it's time to share with others.  

Now for a photo.  

Just in case he wasn't close enough for you to see his polka dotted body.... how fun to have a polka dotted body.

We should get back to the regular scheduled program this week.  Thank you all for coming back to check.

Fireworks

All of us were together at the park last night to watch the fireworks.  With the grandkids getting older we had multiple reactions.  Elly wanted to be Miss Social and visit with everyone but us "it's not pitch black yet Grandma", Garrett couldn't wait for the fireworks and after the first one he cried to go home.  He spent the hour snuggling with Momma and his key (blankey), Mallory ohhhh'ed and ahhhhhh'ed for the entire hour, and Max flinched for the first one and fell asleep in Courtney's arms.  It was a beautiful display of fireworks along with Adam's truck lights flashing multiple colors with each boom.

Happy 4th of July

 Country radio streaming out the speakers, flip flops our only shoes for the next week, morning spent relaxing on the porch and jeep rides every afternoon.

Have a safe and enjoyable 4th of July