The Hopeful Homestead

Happy 4th of July! (or...what it looks like when you house throws up...)

Happy July 4th From our house!!!

While most of you will be having a bbq or a dip in the pool...

(Well, some people here are too...)

Some of us have a house not fit for company...

...or the internet, quite possibly...

(Sorry, Jared & Sherrie, I guess you don't count as company)

This is what my front porch looks like this morning...  Yes.  That's my dryer.  Wait it gets better...

Here's my washer.  Yes.  It's hooked up to a garden hose. On the front porch.  Now my in-laws (with the help of several out of town friends...) are probably scrambling to host a "help they moved to TN and have lost their minds" intervention!!!  I think this may have been on my "100 things we must not do lest we look like rednecks" list.  But the view of the lake from the washer is great, and it's only 3 steps to the clothesline (quite literally...)

Inside isn't much better.  Here's my kitchen from a few days ago...

But wait... here's WHY it all looks like this...

This is the new slate tile floor in my mudroom...

Isn't it GORGEOUS????????????

Mr. Incredible, and his faithful sidekick, Jared (of alpine fencing blog fame) have been tiling the mudroom for me this week.  And let me say, they are doing a GREAT job!  Soon, the mudroom with be the fanciest room in the house!  Maybe I should thank Grizabella (the cat) for ruining the carpet.  On second thought, maybe I should just thank Al & Jared for my awesome floor!  And Sherrie for letting me steal her hubby (not REALLY, but you know what I mean...) for the week, and for her keeping me company here in the land of Chaos.

So... for the weekend, I'll be doing house re-assembly, I think... and well...  Tomorrow is the 1st Sat. of the month.  50% off at Goodwill.  Maybe I'll go early to see what I can find.  Miss E has already read the 3 H. Potter books I got last month, and we bought # 4.  Maybe I'll find a couple more, if I'm lucky.  And I have a whole crisper drawer full of cukes.  Once I can get to the kitchen, I'll be making pickles.  Just another day here in Paradise! 

~Peace~

Shari