New Front Door

Our front door was looking pretty bad and I was getting ready to put Roy on the job to refinish it, however he wasn't willing. Then the amazing Mike showed up to accomplish the job. Of course I got him started on the rainiest week ever. We had a rag stuffed in the doorknob hole for about three weeks, until we finally bought a new one. The old one didn't work anymore from darling little grandchildren hanging on it=)

So this is spring in Phoenix

We talked to Karen and Dick on the phone last night and they were talking about cold and snow. I thought I would show you what we have to deal with at this time of year. The African Daisies close up at night and open in the morning, if it is raining they also close. If you pick them and put them in water they close at night and don't open the next morning. The lemon tree is loaded and it's kind of like zucchini...no matter who I ask if they would like to have lemons they say, "Thanks, but I have a tree, or my neighbor just gave me some, or there was a bushel in the break room at work." Anyone for lemon bars??? How much lemon juice can I freeze?

Happy Feb. Birthdays, Happy Valentine's Day, and Super Bowl Sunday

Let's do it all on the same day so we can really have a crazy time. There was food for Super Bowl, cake for birthdays, and heart shaped gingerbread cookies for Valentine's Day. Brook, Will, and Roy celebrate their birthdays within days of each other. I think the Saints played in the Super Bowl and somebody won but I couldn't tell you who. We had a great day=)

The 1930's Chair

One day we were walking and saw this old chair in the back of a truck, a few days later we saw it again and one day we were walking and the man was climbing into his truck to drive away.
I said, "Hey, your chair is beautiful!"
He said, "Do you want it?"
I said, "Are you kidding me?"
He said, "I'm moving and all my stuff is in storage and I don't have any place to put it."
"Go put it in my driveway," said I.
Well, when we got home the chair was in the driveway. I took all of the old upholstery off of it and it had horse hair and hand tied springs, it was really quite amazing, from the Michigan chair company. I hauled it to Phoenix to the antique guy I've bought stuff from for years. He did a beautiful refinish job and then I hauled it to the upholstery lady and she retied all the springs and reused the horse hair and other items that could be salvaged. So, I present to you the before and after pictures.
This also prompted an interior redesign in the living room because there was no place to put it. Anyway, it's great and well worth all the trouble.

The Old Cultured Man

For Roy's birthday I kidnapped him and we went to the beginning of the light rail in Mesa for our first ride. We relaxed and went in to Phoenix to the Phoenix Art Museum, well, actually I had to take him to his favorite greasy spoon for ribs, Honey Bear's, the barbeque sauce there is the best ever. Then we went to the Art Museum to see the Ansel Adams exhibit. There was also a Geoffry Beene exhibit with crazy clothes that no normal person could afford. All in all we had a great day.