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Posted on June 30, 2011

Around sundown, toads can be found all over my yard. This little fellow was hiding in my vegetable garden.

Posted on June 29, 2011

My latest project involved a door from an aunt’s old house.  I really like how it turned out so I thought I’d share with you.

Here is the door before I started. Lots of paint and a few unsecured boards/trim.

Hubby helped by sanding down the boards for me. It was so much easier than trying to strip off three layers of paint. Plus, I didn’t want all the paint off.

I did have to strip some parts of the door. The trim inside the panels were hard to sand so I sprayed paint remover on them to help. I also sprayed paint remover on the metal lock plate.

After I had the paint off of the trim, I was ready to paint the panels of the door with magnetic primer.

Once the magnetic primer had dried, I painted the panels with chalkboard paint.

At first, I had plans to stain the wood but changed my mind once I saw it all sanded down. Instead, I applied a coat of Tung Oil to bring out the natural beauty of the wood.

And here is the finished product, a chalkboard entryway thing-a-ma-gig. I bought some dresser knobs to hang things from and some old pop tabs for magnets.

Thanks for looking. I hope you enjoyed it. I have another door and I’m ready to start that project too. Stay tuned!

Posted on June 21, 2011

Summer wouldn’t be fun without a snowcone!

Posted on June 21, 2011

Most kids love to play in the dirt. As a child, I spent many evenings getting dirty as did my own children. Besides the fun, according to an article I read, playing in the dirt can be good for you as well.

(The Daily Telegraph, Lelita Rowlands, November 24, 2010)    Why Playing in the Dirt Makes Kids Smart

“PARENTS, step away from the baby wipes and put that hand sanitiser away – eating dirt could actually make your child smarter. Research published in the current issue of Kidsafe NSW’s playgrounds newsletter shows the positive side of a soil-borne bacteria that is likely to be inhaled when children are playing outside.” read more here.

While attending one of the many baseball games this summer, this little girl brought back memories of my mud pie making days. She worked to fill her empty bottle with water, dirt, rocks and anything else she could find. She was absolutely filthy by the time she was done. I should have asked her what she was making. I’m sure she had some wonderful recipe in mind.

Posted on June 14, 2011

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