Old Fashioned

23 May 2012

Short Bio

I had to write up a short bio for a position I may be
elected for in my
hometown of Granbury.

I figured I could share a bit more info to the folks out there in blogland.

21 May 2012

Collage of Us

Farmer and I have been together for almost 5 years now!

Here's a little photo collage of what we've done throughout the years!

*Psst*
Click on the picture
for a larger view

15 May 2012

I wrote a letter to an elderly lady that grew up in Heavenhill...way back before Heavenhill was ever called Heavenhill.

Way back like in the 20s-50s.

But I never heard from her...I was hoping to at least find the old letter she wrote to my mother.

This is a little nutty but this lady married my grampa's very good childhood friend. They grew up probably about 100 miles from Granbury.

Ten years ago----somehow the stars aligned----my gramma figured out that my grampa's friend's wife grew up in the SAME house my mother had just bought! WEIRD!

So my mother wrote a letter to this lady and received pictures and a floor plan sketch of the house from her memory (50 years prior!)

Just the other day while rummaging through the barn at Heavenhill...this letter fell out of a folder. It was the letter I was hoping to find. I had gone through that folder before but never saw it. I feel like the universe heard my wish and found it for me. Things like that happen to me..does it happen to you?

03 May 2012

Just Call Me McGyverette

I have been working full time at HH and we are at the trim & tile stage!

I got a group of guys that have been very diligent and hard working. I am very impressed with what has gone down in the past couple of day. I do have my frustrating days (i.e. this Monday and Tuesday!) but I am now very pleased with the progress.

I suppose I get most frustrated when I am working at HH alone and things are just not working out so well. I work better with other people...not necessarily helping me, but I just like to have the distraction and a bit of convo here and there. It helps!

We have been reusing material that came out of HH and also from the barn on site. I think it's lotsa fun to find and seek old wood that will work for trim or for this or that. I also enjoy seeing the inventory pile decreasing bit by bit. More room for other stuff!

We are in need of a couple more pieces of trim for the windows. Farmer has a couple of houses on his property that are falling down. (side note: a house mover used to own part of his land and "inventoried" buildings on the property). So I drove the four-wheeler over to "Perts" to go scrounging. I had a lot of fun (had to keep my eyes peeled for snakes!) and found some great trim...it is amazing how your eyes see new things now that I am in the trim business. I never noticed a lot of good stuff that are in those houses. They are a little scary b/c they could fall down any time...i wish we could salvage more stuff out of it before it falls. (but that's another story!)

I was quite the site going down the county road with my 1X4s. I even had to get creative and McGyver-ish to keep the boards from falling off the four-wheeler.

Good thing I wore my trusty head scarf today!

I also found some wire on the ground by the gate that I picked up in habit..but then I thought... Perfect!

This can hold the other lumber in place! Just tie it to the milk crate and we are in business!

I had somebody pass me on the road..I bet they thought I was a nut!

21 April 2012

Engaged!

Now that we have told our close friends and family...I can share it to the world..

Farmer and I are engaged!

We will be married next year around this time at the farm when the flowers and the green is at its best. We are also excited to have Farmer's dad's best friend, Carlton, officiate the ceremony!!

We are so excited to share this special time with our very special friends!