Days of Racoons and Cat Food

We've got a little visitor who's been helping himself to the cat food!  We've been feeding a stray and lately we've noticed he's been chowing all of his food. Also, the feed and water dishes are knocked over in the morning.

Lo and behold we began seeing a racoon sneaking around the front yard and climbing into the large tree. Tonight, he ambled across the front lawn and made his way to the back yard. I knew he was headed to the cat food so waited until he appeared.  Took a couple of snapshots while he was in action.

Been into making tassles again - found a pair of silver shell salt and pepper shakers that I transformed with beads and trim into a tassle for the lamp. Picked up a big bag of trim from Goodwill that will come in handy to make more.

Grabbed some flocked pumpkins at Dollar Tree then decorated with beads, faux pearls, and other costume jewelry and shells to make fancy autumn decor.

A few weeks ago ran across these huge, and I mean HUGE, potted mums.  It started flowering so now it has become a mammoth spheres welcoming everyone to the front door.

Added more lights to the front flower bed. Piece de resistance is the lighted, floating rubber ball in the bird bath. Found it brand new at Goodwill - you plug it in to charge then it will last several hours before it needs to be recharged. Bought it for $2.99 and searched on line to find the actual price is $50. Bargain ball!!

This last Saturday we spent exploring downtown Centralia.  Been years since I've been to browse their antique stores.  Ended up with a few small items but it was fun digging for treasure.

Tomorrow is Monday already!  And October 1 arrives on Wednesday!!  

RIP Robert Redford

So many memories of Robert Redford - The Twilight Zone episode, Barefoot in the Park, The Way We Were with Barbara gently swooping the hair from his eyes, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and All The President's Men. The list goes on and on.

I was lucky enough to be at a conference in Las Vegas staying at the Hilton many moons ago when I crossed paths with him. He, Woody Harrelson, and Demi Moore were filming a scene in Indecent Proposal on the gaming floor. I stood and watched a bit then they broke for a break. He then passed by me within such close distance I could have touched his tuxedo. Be still heart!  Alas, I wasn't brave enough to speak to him or touch the seam of his coat I was so starstruck. But it's a moment I'll always remember!

Farewell handsome prince and may your legend live on.

 

Finished the Bedroom - Finally!

Finally finished the bedroom organization. Much better!  Here's the closet and bedroom before and after.

Auto Repair and Organization

Well this weekend has been jam packed!

To start with, on Thursday took the rig in to have the transmission fluid drained and refilled. The "See For Service Soon" light came on so it was time for a looksie.

Jordan and Candy referred us to Jiffy Lube. Great tech team, honest, friendly, and humorous. They fixed the problem, the dash message disappeared, and gave us a quote for additional belt and gasket valve cover replacement.

Appointments are not allowed as it's a walk-in business anyway so we showed up bright and early at 8am on Saturday when they opened. It was going to take around three hours so we walked to Pancake House for breakfast. It was raining so Jordan and Candy gave us a ride home. We left the house around noon to walk to Jiffy Lube as we figured the service would be done by then. 

Well no. Apparently they were having issues untightening the gaskets so it was going to be a bit longer.

Well that was an understatement! We ended up being there until close to 3pm. Jordan and Candy even stopped by to visit and bring us homemade meatloaf and cherry tomatoes from their garden to pass the time.

Appointment finally done the SUV runs better than ever!

Sunday turned out to be a day of cleaning and organization. Started with the closet which holds linen, towels, and apparently every bit of odds and ends we weren't sure where to place. What a mess!

The after looks fabulous! All cleaned, sorted, and organized!

Began tackling the office/craft room. Moved a table to the garage and began moving the majority of the craft supplies and projects to it, under it, and around it. Cleaned and organized the armoire to keep my frequently used items.  No pics yet as it's still in progress.

And now it's Monday! Enjoy your week everyone!