My Yellow Farmhouse

ROOMS WITH CONTRASTING VIEWS

On Saturday my view was this
 
this morning my view is this

now that's quite a contrast isn't it, LOL. 

Thanks to all of you who sent emails checking in on me - that was so sweet.  I have been away for awhile from blogging - but I do have a great excuse.  Mr. Farmhouse and I just got back very early Sunday morning from the beautiful island of St. Thomas where we spent a week with 6 other fun loving couples in a house that we all rented.  That 1st picture is the view from our bedroom - now that's not to hard to look at is it.  The 2nd pictures is a view I'm pretty sure everyone in my neck of the woods is really tired of looking at.  Major winter storm hitting our area with predictions of up to 20 inches of snow.  Mr. Farmhouse made it into work this morning and will be shutting down our business at 11 this morning.  In the 20 years we've been in business I think I could count on one hand the number of times he's done that.  That snow on the deck wasn't there at 3 this morning when I got up to check things out - the above picture was taken around 7:15 - crazy isn't it.  Thank you also to everyone who sent emails asking about the flooding in Fargo.  It's a very serious situation up there.  The Fargo/Moorhead area is about 45 minutes from our house.  Our youngest son lives up there and has his own business.  It was hard to be so far away as they prepared for this upcoming flood.  S#2 took all the precautions he could in prepping his gym for flood waters.  He closed down a week ago and every drain is plugged to avoid any sewer back-up.  He's helped in sandbagging and doing everything he can to help out.  One of the bigger problems to come out of this storm is actually the wind they are predicating - this can put tremendous stress on the dikes holding back the water.  2 of the couples on the trip had family evacuated from their homes in the Fargo area and were camping out at their homes here in our town.  Please pray and keep them all in your thoughts.

On a lighter note - the trip was so much fun and the weather couldn't have been better.  So many laughs and memories where made during this trip and I think everyone came back refreshed and ready to tackle the real world.  Because the house is in a bit of a remote area

 we had our own private beach which was a bit of a hike from the house, but worth it.  This was my favorite part of the beach area - this little cove area

but this is where we spent most of our water time
 

Mr. Farmhouse and I took a stroll through the area where we were staying at



building on the side of the hill

beautiful flowers around the house'



hummingbirds that came so close to us all the time to sip from these beautiful flowers

every and I mean every morning these birds woke me up with the sounds of their - uhmmmm intimate moments - and it was something that went on all morning long - no joke.  Excuse me here, but it gave a new meaning to a quickie, LOL.  This picture was taken from my bed during there quiet time :).  He sure was a busy guy, but she hung around and wasn't in a hurry to leave either.  All morning long it went on - I was exhausted, LOL.

I just have to share this view from my walk-in shower - heavenly

 

this was the upstairs hallway coming out of our bedroom - the place was full of very interesting art from the owners travels around the world.  I neglected to take pictures of the rest of the house, however we will be exchanging pictures once we all get them loaded onto a C/D so I will have them eventually.

 

great little island across a sandbar from the house that we went exploring on - very cool.  That's our house way up top and the owners house below it

 

 

 

 

eating outside at Iggy's for all you can eat crab

taking the car ferry to St. John's Island

enjoying one of the beaches at St. John's

Mr. Farmhouse and friend bobbing in the water

the surf was pretty rough and that calm look above was deceiving. This beach charged for entrance to it, however on that day they were letting you in for free because of the rough surf.  Here's Libby getting ready to be hit by a wave

I got creamed big time by a wave and decided that I was done venturing in.  Dang near lost my swim top and I'm pretty sure I traumatized the group of little boys  that were by me.  I swear I heard them screaming, "MY EYES MY EYES" ,  LOL.

Ate lunch at a wonderful outdoors restaurant with a beautiful view

My only complaint on the trip - there they drive on the left hand side of the road

 - not a big deal I guess, HOWEVER there are steep hills and sharp turns through most of the island and if you recall - I'm not a big fan of that kind of driving.  Lots of dented guard rails alongside the road.  The island is about 13 miles long, getting from one end to another takes well over an hour if that tells you how twisty turny the roads are.  Get this, they will give you a ticket for talking on the cell phone or for not wearing a seat belt, you can however drink liquor in the car if you want to, we choose not to.  Mr. Farmhouse handled it just fine - me I just gripped the the door handle and prayed, LOL.  Kari you would have been proud of me riding on those roads.

THANKS GUYS FOR A GREAT TIME

Well things are clicking along at the lake house.  It was fun to come back and see lots of changes.  I finally have my tub and it's in place

this baby has been on order since the beginning of December.  There was much frustration on everyone's part as to why it was taking so long.  Believe me it's just a soaking tub, no jets or anything.  But I'm glad I waited because it's the style I really wanted and it was worth it.

The railing upstairs also went in while we were away

The upstairs fireplace mantel went in

carpet went in the exercise room and carpet was delivered for the other areas in the upstairs


shelving went into my big sewing closet

 

I think it measures somewhere around 6x20 with shelving on 3 sides - lordy I can't wait to fill it up, LOL

We are very close to getting this project wound up - many of the things are resulting in a domino effect - waiting on one thing before they can finish up another thing.  My counter tops are coming from Fargo - so there may be a bit of a delay from the flooding.  Non-essential businesses are encouraged not to be open and so somethings are just out of our control and that's OK.  It will eventually all come together.

This post has taken me about 2 hours to do and here is the same picture of the deck, just 2 hours later - YIKES that's a lot of snow.

Today I'm going to do something I haven't done in awhile - sew.  I really need a change of pace and a feel of needle and thread.  It might only be handwork - but it will feel glorious to touch.  What a perfect way to spend a day, snowed in and sewing.  Mr. Farmhouse just got home and said it was the worst driving he's ever driven in.  Ice freezing up on the windshield and wipers and 10 miles an hour on a road that's normally 55.  Hope your neck of the woods is full of sunshine.

Until Next Time

Shameless Plugging

I'm going to take this opportunity to shamelessly plug my website.  I've just listed some Easter/Spring decorations and thought I should let you all know that I did.  So if your interested, hop on over to Farmhouse Woolens and see what's new :).

Back in a jippy :)

Until Next Time

It's been so long

that I almost forgot how to do a post.  Hope everyone out there in bloggy land is doing OK.  I've been trying to keep up with you all and see what's new in your world and being totally inspired and jealous of all of your creations and projects.  I had to take a quilt book to bed to read the other night just because I miss my needle and thread so much and needed some kind of sewing fix.  But when your room looks like this


and your fabric closet looks like this (you can't believe all of the stuff I've already packed and hauled to the lake - it's a sin I tell ya, LOL)

there's just no way I can go in there and mess it up.  The house is officially on the market and so picking up for unexpected company is a daily chore now and making a mess is a big NO NO.  Sooo I wait and look forward to making a wonderful creative mess in this area - the new sewing spot

I love love love the new cabinets in my sewing room and look forward to filling them up with all of my "stuff".  My new sewing table will go in front of those cabinets , you can see on the floor in front there is a piece of plywood and under that is the in-floor outlets for hooking up the sewing machine and lights.  It's pure joy for me when I walk into that room and boy do I look forward to spending lots of time in there enjoying the room and the view of the lake.  Off to the side is a really big walk-in closet that will hold more sewing "stuff" like fabric and WOOL - lots of WOOL, LOL.  Once the shelves are in there I'll share a pic.

The house has really started to take on it's transformation and look in the last 2 weeks.  The "wrapping" is off the porch now and even tho the house isn't totally sided or painted yet you can get an idea of what the finished house will look like. 



the house will be painted the red to match the garage once spring has arrived.  Son#2 will be in charge of all the landscaping and the patio off the back of the house. His ideas and what he's talking about doing sound awesome.  It will be wonderful to have his touch on the house for years to come.

I'm so happy with how everything is coming together and to see our dream become a reality is a real blessing.  So let's take a quick tour of some of the changes - some of these pictures are a little hard to see because of to much or not enough light - sorry. 

Part of Mr. Farmhouses office

the bathroom for the kids - the cabinet is black

the bookcases around the fireplace - red, yummmmm - the mantle around the fireplace will also be red

the laundry room - also all red cabinets but it's really hard to see, but I think doing laundry might be OK in that room, LOL


Mr. Farmhouse's room for all of his hunting/fishing stuff and just plain everyday stuff - the wall with nothing on it will hold a long hanging rack for jackets and such

and my wonderful kitchen - my goodness I'm in love with this room - it's turning out exactly like I had hoped -  think the red island is a nice pop of color - it's a little hard to see
 

So that's it for my life right now.  Our move in date is 1 month from today - it's so hard to believe that what's been in planning stages for close to 2 years is getting close to the finish line - I think we're both ready :)

Until Next Time