Cabin Update

I took more photos this weekend - are you surprised?  Well, here they are...

 Here's some of the living room, one of all the lines - beams and stairs and rails - lines all over. 

Then, the bumped out living room, below, with the chair my sister gave me yesterday.  She did a great job on the reupholstery!  My painting is hanging on the 'spring' side, and it will be turned to the 'summer' side in a few months.  The neighbor's son looked at the painting and said, "I don't know how to tell you this, but you've hung your painting upside down."  LOL, I loved that!  I showed him it was only fall that was upside down; spring is right side up.

 Above is the whole yard, with our land in the background.

And I took lots of pictures of Frank working because he did lots of work.  He got three main things done:  putting a railing up on the side of the deck that collapsed when we took out the tree, all of the insulation out of the crawl space so he can run pipes so we can get water, and the stump from another old tree out of the way.  (The stump in this picture, however, will remain a while.)

Yeah, finally, me on the ATV.  But I won't get on it and have it moving.  This was only a photo op.

So all in all, it was a productive weekend - especially for a day trip!

Zombie Run... The Movie

We did the Zombie Run last weekend... it was all for fun, and no real zombies (or brains) were injured in the making of this movie!

 Oh yeah - and Twinkie Hunters, our team name, refers to the Zombieland movie.  If you haven't seen it, you should, 'cause it's a lot of fun.

Pinterest Crazy

I really am crazy about the Pinterest web site because I come up with so many great ideas for things I want to do - things I've never even thought of before - and not just ideas, but also directions!

Like - directions for crocheting things - I made this heart, I used it to decorate the cabin's Christmas tree which I'm leaving up all year, since it's just easier.   I like crocheting in front of the fire...




 

The guys spent a while one warm Saturday recently, making a good spot by the spring for a picnic area.  No specific pinterest plans for the area yet, but you know it's gonna be a great space!

Here's another picnic area, right in front.  Can't wait for the summer and this to be all green.  I wonder how much my husband is going to like cutting the lawn around the picnic table...  a rock patio would be nice, wouldn't it?

A MOST EXCITING Pinterest plan below -- that's the mason jar chandelier my darling husband made for me.  I haven't even seen it yet, in person.  But I found the idea on Pinterest, and now I've pinned this one on my board.


 





 Finally, my Pinterest Pancakes. They look like cinnamon rolls, right? But no, they are pancakes, and they are AMAZING. We all enjoyed them, right Nick?

I wanna be in the woods right now.

It's a beautiful day here in town, but I'd rather be back in the woods in the rain or the snow or the blowing wind. My life feels divided into real life and another block of time that's false - and the real life is back in the woods. I'm tired of being here, tired of people, tired of not being able to be who I really am. In the woods, I'm me - I'm NOT my age or my face or my figure or my reputation. In the woods, I don't have to listen to people talking about other people, and what they did or didn't do. I don't hear the politics, and the arguments on each side. I don't have to make polite conversation with someone when I don't care what they have to say and they don't care what I have to say. I'm ready to go back to reality. But it's only Wednesday.

Before and After, so far...

When we bought the cabin in the woods, we started out with a pretty long list of things that had to get done to get the place in shape.
 Lots of the things have been marked off the list. We are about to start on a new list... if it ever warms up around here... well, here is our progress so far!



 I hope that posting this video doesn't seem like I'm showing off.

 It might actually BE showing off, but that is not my intention. I honestly just love this place. I sit on the new (used) couch and just stare at the place all evening long... I love to go through my photos over and over... I'm crazy, but I'm still so excited. I wish I could be there all the time.  Since I can't, I made this slide show so I can watch it when I'm home and imagine I'm there.

 I expect that the only one who will be watching this video will be me :)

and that's perfectly ok!

A beautiful video :)

I loved this, and I want to share it with everyone! So cool! Take a look and tell me what you think...

Deck the Halls

I'm so excited for the holidays at the Cabin!  I had to post this picture!  We had a great little Christmas luncheon there this weekend, with family.  

I'm also excited about spring at the cabin... I'm going to need to learn a lot about how to take care of the logs correctly.  I'll get there.  I've been researching, and I believe I'm going to need to stain it first, and then redo the chinking.  I think it will be a summer long project - especially considering my fear of heights.  But rain and snow and moisture are apparently bad for the logs, and I don't know how we would replace them if they rotted out.