Let us not forget!

Of the 6,500 Union troops who went into battle, some 4,300 were taken prisoner and more than 1,000 were either killed or wounded.  The Confederates, who were some 6,600 strong, lost only  128 men — 118 who were killed and 10 listed as missing in action.

Summer Time!

This is just one of the many reasons I have not been blogging! Summer time calls out to me and I just have to go! My summer vacation started about 2 weeks ago. I have tried to do everything possible since then! Swimming, horseback riding, caving, you name it..

Live your dreams: Beauty

Live your dreams: Beauty: "Make yor own coffee scrub: WHY? Applied topically ground coffee beans help redistribute fat cells to decrease the look of cellulite an..."

Another's man's trash is my treasure

So I love to get what is old and turn it into something new. I think is something I HAD to do at one time, you know when you are first starting out in life.
I left my comfortable family home at 21 and married my sweetheart. We thought we could live on love, don't we all?
I use to go home to visit my mom and dad and go upstairs and lay in my old bedroom and wonder what on earth I was thinking. But of course when we are young we think we know everything. Okay enough of that, I need to get on with why I redo someone else's trash..
It started out as a way of getting my home furnished when I was young. People would give me their old things and I would turn it into something different. My little house began to take shape with others throw aways.
When I finally was able to afford nice new things, I realized I didn't really need them after all. I would rather go on the hunt for something unique than spend a lot of money on something that will go out of style or break down in a couple of years. Face it folks, the new stuff is not made like the old. So with that being said, I continue to do what I have always done. Now I do it out of love and enjoyment instead of having to.
This room in my house was furnished with all old things that I have reworked. The table was an oak table my husband inherited when his grandmother passed. I painted it , much to my mother in law's dismay and my mother gave me the chairs. The old fireplace mantel topper in the background came from a yard sale for 5.00. I painted it, and hung old plates in the center. The concrete, yes that is concrete, light post in the corner was salvaged from a friends junk pile. The window brackets are the trim from the porch posts that once stood on my house.

{sweet pickins}: {Sewing desk/Side table} - SOLD

{sweet pickins}: {Sewing desk/Side table} - SOLD: "This sewing desk has been refinished in a creamy white and then distressed. Top has been heavily distressed to add a little character. Fal..."

How unique is this?

While looking around on the internet I found this! I can almost see myself sitting in this drinking coffee.

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