Odds and Ends

I've been meaning to post for so long that I have a lots of odds and ends to share!

Kids being occupied. Does your dinner table ever look like this? Ugghh.

Wyatt receiving his first promotion in the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program.

Sweet Girl finishing up a project.

Rewards of a busy, blessed day. First batch of dried apples in my new dehydrator, and first time making lemon curd (mmmmm, mmmm). We also made Italian Wedding Soup for dinner and an angelfood cake from scratch with whipped cream and strawberries. Gotta love those days where you feel like you actually accomplished being a housewife. I love this role and thank God for giving it to me.

P.S. Don't you just love my old-fashioned sparkly countertop?! I have actually grown fond of it except for the fact that it stains easily.

Shelving It

I'd been keeping an eye out for a shelf to go in our dining room. A quaint store in our neighboring town had one before Christmas that I liked. Of course, it was gone when I went back after the holidays. But it was perfectly fine because in it's place was this beautiful shelf! It's actually put together from an old door. It even has a hook-latch up under the shelf. It reminds me of the latch on our old family cabin's screen door. Of course, the picture isn't great, but I hope you get teh idea of it's charm. The color wasn't exactly what I'd had in mind, but I'll just make it work.

Unfortunately, I didn't measure anything before I bought it so it doesn't fit where I had originally planned. It's a bit crammed in the corner instead of in the limelight like I'd hoped, but I love it just the same. I hope to find more great charming additions for our home to share with you! The unfortunate thing is that thrift and antique stores in this corner of the U.S. seem to know that they are "hot" items so there isn't much thrift involved. My acquisitions will probably be far between.