September 20, 2006
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In home improvement news we are restoring another room in the barn for the rest of the book store, we have already renovated a smaller room behind it and this will complete the project.
We have our work cut out for us.
This part of the house/barn was built about 50 years after the original cape was built and is about 150 years old. These two rooms used to be a summer kitchen & pantry and the brick hearth is still in place. The walls are slats with horsehair plaster and in need of some serious help. We are motivated to get it done soon though, as the paint/plaster will cure much better in these temps. And the books (4000 of them) are now in Roo’s room.
And she has recently realized that she has no room of her own.
However, she is the owner of yet another hat by Mummy and the distraction should hold her for another few days (or minutes, you just never know)
Either way, she is pretty stinking cute.
I love this kid.
Jesse is cute, too.
Lest you think his recent foray into the world of fashion is limited to clothing for the male species, here is the most recent acquisition to his “wardrobe”;
a lovely oversized ladies blouse worn with or without boots.
Today, he accessorized with a stick, a hankerchief (to hold all his $$, $8.00) and his skateboard.
I love this kid.
Jesse: “mommy! You won’t believe how comfy this is, it’s almost like wearing nothing plus peeing is very, very easy”
Lastly, something for the adults
A little Olde Frothingslosh
and something for the bigger kiddies (and adults because the child in me loves these guys!)
(don’t let the kids on if you don’t want them hearing the word poop, etc)
I’m off to submerge myself in drywall mud, I’ve heard it’s great for the skin…
Comments (29)
your life is so amazing. i so hope i can find myself like this someday.
Oooh, Roo’s hat is gorgeous (like the girly wearing it.)
I adore Jesse’s fashion sense. That boy always makes me smile.
Won’t it be wonderful to have a completed book store. 4,000 books! I’m amazed. Happy plastering. Can’t wait to see the finished room.
Roo is so very lovely, and so’s ther hat! Jesse is just an amazing little boy, and I am grinning from ear to ear hoping if I ever have a little boy, he will be as cool as Jesse.
Where, oh where did the Olde Frothingslosh come from, and what the heck is it????
I love roo’s hat. I want one!!!! And Jesse looks wonderful in his fashion design. And how envious am I of you??? I want a bookstore!
Jesse has your wit
i wish you great progress today!
Mom_with_a_Chainsaw: here are some other Frothingslosh labels
and here is the story of the very first beer with the foam on the bottom.
(this can was empty, we found it in the barn)
Beautiful Babes, Beautiful Mama and Beautiful Life. As always….you inspire dear Julie!
I think I would frame Miss Roo’s looking back at ya’ picture… I do.
Oh , and Jesse in a full run with his huck like presence— His ‘goods’ tied to a stick for safe keeping with in arms reach—Adorable!
=)
Have a beautiful day making a new room! That is something I delight in- remodeling and making it mine.
-Kimberly
ooh keep us posted with the home improvement. Sounds like a lot of work, but fun work.
I love Roo’s hat, sooo pretty.
Jesse’s shirt is a riot. I love that he says peeing is very easy in it. lol!!!
Jesses shirt is too much! I love it. Great job on Roo’s hat. Good luck on the drywall,its not one of my favorite things,and we too end up doing alot of it with our young 120+ farmhouse crumbling around us!
oh, to spend a day in your barn!
Roo’s hair is getting so long!
We’ve been Homestar Runner fans for many moons. I love your (or Roo’s, depending on how you look at it) hat. It’s gorgeous. Jesse cracks me up. Good luck with the home improvements.
That hat is just gorgeous!
You should make some and sell them.
thank you julie
julie, you rock.
and I love the hat! jesse’s fashion sense is awe-inspiring.
olde frothingsloth.. pretty interesting!!
That kind of housework looks like a lot of fun. Hope it all goes well and Roo gets her room back soon. That hat is gorgeous. I love the spiral and the colors. I’m off to check out Homestar Runner, as if my boys don’t joke about poop enough already.
you people just have too much fun. I swear, with all your free-peeing ways! Anarchists!!
Love the hat- did you felt it?
I love the hat – can you be my mom and make me one? Ok, I know you are only 4 years older, but I would really like a snazzy hat like Roo’s.
Speaking as the wife of a taper, not so good for the skin. I abhor that stuff…….
Your kids are too beautiful! And they always keep me laughing. lol Good luck with the building. I would love to be doing that as well.
Hi dear…thanks for your well wishes.
These pictures of the kids are so great. Wonderful hat…and Jesse’s outfit is a hoot!
Wow, that’s a lot of books!
I love working on the house! Lots of work, but so much fun
stunning picture of ROO..TOO CUTE FOR words! Love Js outfit!
good luck with the mud!
I actually love to drywall. I think it is a lot of fun. I wish I lived closer so I could come over and help
I love the hat! Roo looks gorgeous in it.
A book store! I can’t wait to see that finished.
Your children are so beautiful!!
VERY cute hat!! Lovely blouse, Jesse… he needs a big floppy straw hat to match.
And I LOVE HomeStar. I spent many an hour in college when I should have been studying reading StrongBad emails.