How is that for a title? It is entirely true and it pretty much sums up a goodly portion of what we did this weekend. Sally met a really nice fellow at an estate sale a couple of weeks ago. He told her he was going to get an old windmill and he wanted to sell it. Since this is exactly what Sally wants, we went to see it this Saturday. Turns out, it was not the right one for us. Too expensive, too much work and too many missing and/or damaged parts. He was a nice man though and he had a cute home and a great workshop and he loved to piddle. He is a square and round dancer and he asked Sally and I to join his group. We are definately thinking about it. Anyway, after looking at the windmill we decided to go to the steak house in Carmine. On the way, we passed a mechanic shop that had a little red Farmall Cub outside it. Sally suggested we stop and ask if it was for sell. Well, it was! We went right down the street to talk to the owner. Very interesting man. 6' 8" retired basketball coach that owns a VERY cool antique shop and his very own basketball museum. That's right, he owns his on museum. Anyway, he told us what he wanted for the tractor. I mentioned that we had been in the antique business ourselves and we had some cool things that he should come look at. He took me up on it. He and his wife came buy and agreed to take our giant shelves and a fishing calendar and a little money. Viola! We now own a 1948 Farmall Cub!
How do you top a story like that? Well, at our house you work! Last week, Sally and I removed the carpet that was in the living room. The floors needed refinishing so that's what we did. We stayed up until 1:00 Friday night sanding. Then more sanding Saturday. After all of that sanding we had a HUGE MESS to clean up. That took a while and we were so nasty after doing it. We also found time to make the first set of shutters for the house. They look AWESOME! We also cleaned a huge rug, scraped windows and refinished the porch swing. AND ... we finally settled on a paint color for the inside. Kind of greeny-gold. We are also going to do the white on the beaded board in a muted off white. What weekend! We are so tired and sore today but we are excited. Everything we did this weekend really looked great and it all made the house look great. We are inspired again!
How is that for a title? It is entirely true and it pretty much sums up a goodly portion of what we did this weekend. Sally met a really nice fellow at an estate sale a couple of weeks ago. He told her he was going to get an old windmill and he wanted to sell it. Since this is exactly what Sally wants, we went to see it this Saturday. Turns out, it was not the right one for us. Too expensive, too much work and too many missing and/or damaged parts. He was a nice man though and he had a cute home and a great workshop and he loved to piddle. He is a square and round dancer and he asked Sally and I to join his group. We are definately thinking about it. Anyway, after looking at the windmill we decided to go to the steak house in Carmine. On the way, we passed a mechanic shop that had a little red Farmall Cub outside it. Sally suggested we stop and ask if it was for sell. Well, it was! We went right down the street to talk to the owner. Very interesting man. 6' 8" retired basketball coach that owns a VERY cool antique shop and his very own basketball museum. That's right, he owns his on museum. Anyway, he told us what he wanted for the tractor. I mentioned that we had been in the antique business ourselves and we had some cool things that he should come look at. He took me up on it. He and his wife came buy and agreed to take our giant shelves and a fishing calendar and a little money. Viola! We now own a 1948 Farmall Cub!
How do you top a story like that? Well, at our house you work! Last week, Sally and I removed the carpet that was in the living room. The floors needed refinishing so that's what we did. We stayed up until 1:00 Friday night sanding. Then more sanding Saturday. After all of that sanding we had a HUGE MESS to clean up. That took a while and we were so nasty after doing it. We also found time to make the first set of shutters for the house. They look AWESOME! We also cleaned a huge rug, scraped windows and refinished the porch swing. AND ... we finally settled on a paint color for the inside. Kind of greeny-gold. We are also going to do the white on the beaded board in a muted off white. What weekend! We are so tired and sore today but we are excited. Everything we did this weekend really looked great and it all made the house look great. We are inspired again!
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