Today is May 1st!

Today is May 1st - the 19th Annual Tour of Homes!!!
Woke up at 4am -- just too excited (nervous?) 
Dozed a bit and got up at 7...soon I was again getting panicky...too many things to do..
finally I took my camera and did a room check-

Flowers in entry---

Library-

Living Room -

Dining Room -

Master Bedroom -

Master Bath

Downstairs Hall

Den - aka  Backroom - where we "live"

Kitchen - (now a nice pale yellow)

We are displaying photos of former owners, original blueprints,

digital picture frame of work being done, and THE COOKBOOK!!

(the cookbook is printed by the Methodist ladies and has a picture of our house on the cover)

Also serving LEMONADE!!

Upstairs-- the landing..

Upstairs and Downstairs

The BLUE room - aka The Hydrangea Room -

The ONLY room that actually matches this crazy carpet!!!

The green  -Azalea Room

 Magnolia Room and the paneled room....OK....(pics posted a while back)

Upstairs Bathroom

OUTSIDE - the sign is up..the table, WITH table cloth is ready by the door...

In the side yard....

All homeowners received a pot filled with annuals at the dinner last night...the sunflower pot is my birthday present and will be going home with us...beyond that is where my Missy is buried...

Everything looks just about as good as it can....

and shortly after 10 the people started arriving.

This was the fun part ... the work was done, time to greet the people.  Met so many nice people,

 At 3 o'clock "Blessed" arrived and set up on the front porch

Unfortunately the crowds came this morning...

but the people that were here sure did enjoy the  southern gospel music

Our next door neighbor, Pat, was great - she  was here all day.  She did all the coordinating of hostesses, since we don't know that many people here.  When the music started she ran home and got her tamborine!

So it was a great day..it started out cloudy and was very humid - but NO RAIN!!  We had about 200 people go through the house (yesterday and today) - it was nice - we are tired and glad it is over - but it was a nice day - a very nice day!!!

Ready Or Not.....

Well it is finally Friday!  It has been a difficult week --- Monday we had to have our Missy girl put down and it broke my heart.

My week has consisted of crying and cleaning and cleaning and crying......

We worked so hard today, I never thought we would finish on time. 

BUT we have made it -the tour is TOMORROW - which means that today at 5:30 the homeowners and board members of historical society all gathered and went from house to house (then we had a delicious dinner at one of the local churches) ---  I am soooo tired tonight... just a few things to do in the morning and I will be ready..................

LOVE Is In The Air

Today, we attended a wedding (I forgot my camera) AND  had a bridal party from the Methodist Church take pics in front of the house.  Bob's friend from church, Jerry, married Mary in Albany and had a reception in Dawson.  After the wedding we went home to get my camera and the Methodist Church wedding was just finishing up their photos...When we pulled up, there were LOTS of people in front of the house,

but these two playing in the driveway were ADORABLE...Notice the ringbearers shoes...ALL the guys had them.  And that cute little Flower girl, with her pacifier and holding a magnolia leaf....soooo cute!!!

Another shot of the little ones....                                                                                     

And we were off to the reception

the limo pulled up just as we arrived......and what a limo is was

Mary & Jerry Causwell

Mr. & Mrs. Causwell

A DAY of  LOVE!!!

Our Day----

Today I finished up another not so fun job---- the chandeliers/light fixtures are now all clean!!!!

#1


#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

Today I started on the downstairs...

#8

( the dining room chandelier was a major PAIN --- toothbrush & q-tips)

#9

#10

(this one in the entry is my favorite, the prisms reflect the light and just SPARKLE!!)

#11

#12

#13

It was before noon, (gonna get LOTS done today) and I had just finished the ceiling fan in the family room and was climbing DOWN  from my ladder - to move on to the LAST light fixture -(small one in the kitchen) -when  Bob came flying in the backdoor ----- his thumb had gotten tangled up in the table saw...

WELL anyone who knows me...(like my sons).... knows that I am NOT very good in situations like this!  I couldn't find anything to wrap around his thumb...first I brought a bath towel, then decided a wash cloth would be sufficient...then I'm yelling - just get in the car, just get in the car....as I am looking for shoes and realizing that I do not even know how to get to the hospital....we get to the car and as soon as I start it, the little bell that tells me I am almost out of gas goes ding ding ding .........at which time I said POOP (or something similar) - to make a long story a little shorter, Bob suggested we stop at the clinic in town first to see if they can stitch it up ..... after a couple of hours and 9 stitches, we were back home to continue with our work.

I finished #14 .......

and Bob painted the porch (notice the thumb) - can't take a day off, time is quickly running out before the home tour, AND a couple being married at the Methodist chuch this weekend want to have pics taken on our porch, so he wants it to be looking GOOD!!

He worked so hard this afternoon that his bandage came off  - - -

Don't ya just love this face??  Anyone who has said to their sweetie, "just one shot for the blog" will understand this face...

ANYWAY, before Bob stuck the bandage back on, he says take a pic of the thumb-----

so if you do not want to see a YUKKY looking thumb, now is the time to click the close button!

It is a very nasty cut for sure - it goes right down into his nail on the other side.  Hopefully it heals quickly - we both know he is very lucky to still have his thumb.....he said he was being soooo careful and still it happended.......

AND that was our day!!!

Oh Crap!!!!

Today I worked on valances for the transoms over the doors upstairs - NOTHING went as planned.  While on the ladder wrestling with a curton rod over the transom that looks out the front of the house I see -----

AND

OH CRAP!!!

I scurry down the ladder, run downstairs...

Robert.... ROBERT....

they are outside with a camera

and the porch is all messy

(a couple floor boards pulled up,

cushions piled on funiture),

WHY didn't they tell us they were coming???

Bob hollers out to them

Then hollers to me

We're going to be on television!

OH CRAP....

maybe those minor imperfections with be over-shadowed

BY THE CRAZY LADY PEEKING OUT THE WINDOW WITH HER CAMERA

A Day Off ----Yaaaay!!!

It seems silly little jobs are taking about 3 times longer than they should lately .... so today we did NO JOBS at all!!  We hit the road, going nowhere in particular.

We went to the west side of the state, near the border, and headed north.  We came to a dirt road with a sign that said Eufaula Wildlife Refuge and decided to check it out.  The refuge covers about 4 counties on both sides of the Chattahoochee.  We crossed a little creek and came to a locked gate, the end of the road....BUT we did see this little guy, just enjoying the sunshine

I took this pic from the car -- just in case mama was nearby!! 

Next we saw a sign that said Rood Creek Park...

this time the little dirt road took us to this beautiful park -

sooo pretty, wished I had a picnic lunch!

We stopped at Providence State Park - then drove through a couple of little towns before heading home.

A very nice day----

Tomorrow we play catch-up!