Promised pictures.

 This morning started out with a quick trip up on Miller Hill, where there was an estate sale going on. I had stopped in, specifically looking for gallon glass jars, but they had none. 

I found a book. 

On my way out the door though, I noticed something: 

Now, remember, the last thing that I need is furniture, but this was only $40. And it was 40% off. I waffled back and forth and then left without it. The sale was about to close up for the night. I figured to let Tim have a chance to look at it and give his thoughts. Like I said, it was not a thing we actually needed. Additionally, if I returned with Tim, it would be the last day of the sale and it would be 60% off, which would take it down to a whopping $16. 

So this morning, we got up and we headed to the sale. Tim was the tiniest bit grumpy on it and when we got there, there were a lot of cars. He said, "That table will not be there, mark my words." 

But...it WAS there! AND, his royal grumpiness got very quiet. He liked it too. He liked it so much that he took the ticket and said, "We're paying for this before we even look around." 

I found a cook book. 40 cents. 

Tim got a set of handcuffs. 

(Don't ask. I really couldn't tell you.)

We headed to the new house and we set to work on the wallpaper. I bought this stuff like 15 years ago. I loved it and it was on clearance. It just looks so sweet and it reminded me of Beatrix Potter. It's a heavy wall paper, and it is vinyl, and in keeping with my whole 'this house will be easy to clean, so help me GOD!'

We got the pantry done. The lower part of the walls will be a bead board tongue and groove which we bought like 7 or 8 years ago, from a contractor who had left overs from his house. (We also bought the poly carbonate panels for the greenhouse from him at the same time. That was a great sale). I'll begin poly coating them this week, and hopefully we will have them up before the week is out. 

This is the light that will go in the pantry. I'm not sure whether I will use the shades or not. The carpet is too busy of a background, but it is wrought iron, with chickens. I saw it at Goodwill, also many moons ago. Seriously, I've had that as long as I've had the wallpaper, I think. But I loved that light. I brought it down tonight when we got home and Tim was amazed. "I didn't even know we had that!" he said. 

This is the hall, between the pantry and the bathroom, where the wash tower will go. It was starting to get dark outside. We had a storm moving in. But it is a light gray. It will match perfectly with the laminate wood flooring that Tim got on clearance some time back and stuck in the basement. We weren't quite sure where we were going to put it, but now we know. It has a dark gray cast to it, and will coordinate nicely. 

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This is the paint in the bedroom. I tried to take it near a window so that you could get a better idea of the color. It is a bit darker than we expected, but we are happy with it. 

A funny thing happened. We made a purchase for Tim from a medical supply place, and it was supposed to be here last Monday. It wasn't. There was no update from the USPS tracking site, just that it was running late. It had been mailed out, the company claimed. I had a sinking feeling. This had happened to us a couple of Christmases back. A company that claimed to be from NJ was actually a Chinese company. They were also scammers. This situation seemed much the same, the vague tracking info. With a sinking feeling, we decided that we'd been scammed once again, for $209. 

Today, the package was waiting when we got home!

Finally, apropos to absolutely nothing, here is a gratuitous shot of my little two dollar hibiscus. I had no way to know what color the blooms would be. I'm happy with this color. 

Oh, and one more final comment: When we got to the new build, I called for Gaza, and she came darting out to meet me in front of the garage. I carried in the cat feeding supplies and sat down to assemble their dinner. She did not run about nervously. She sat patiently. I was able to reach out and give her a bite of food. I fixed her dish and set it next to me. She ate, and listened to me as I talked. I made the kittens' "platter" and set it out and all four of them came to eat, about six feet from me. They eyeballed me nervously, and darted off when I spoke to them. However, they returned to feed in pretty short order. When I stood up to leave the garage, they darted off once again, but I feel like they are getting used to me. 

Unfortunately, no new pictures of them. I didn't bring my cell phone to the garage.