Tuesday, 22 April 2008

"I'M SORRY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG"

  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HE-HE HE GOODBYE DECKCHAIR!!!
 
GOOD GRIEF WHAT A PERFORMANCE INSERTING PICS I HAVE HAD.
 
 
I'M SORRY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO SHOW YOU ONE OR TWO SNAPS WHAT IV'E DONE.
 
LIKE THE DRAPES I TOLD YOU I WAS MAKING COR BLIMEY THEY WEIGHED A TON.
 
I HAVE TAKEN LOTS OF PICTURES BUT I CANNOT GET THEM HOW I LIKE.
 
SO AFTER TODAY IF NOTHING CHANGES PHOTOBOX CAN GET ON IT'S BIKE HE-HE.
 
YESTERDAY I WENT AND BOUGHT CUSHIONS AS I SIMPLY COULDN'T FIND.
 
THE ENERGY TO MAKE MY OWN JUST NOW BUT I SHALL DO ALL IN GOOD TIME.
 
HERES A FEW PICTURES OF MY TINY ROOM YES I TOLD YOU IT IS PRETTY SMALL.
 
BUT KNOWONE TO PLEASE ONLY MYSELF SO I DON'T NEED A MANSION AT ALL.
 
IT'S LESS TO CLEAN AND LESS TO FURNISH AND LESS TO POLISH AND DUST.
 
AT MY AGE I THINK IT'S PRIORITY LESS SPACE TO ME IS A MUST.
 
IV'E THINGS STILL TO PURCHASE TO FILL IT UP  BUT FOR NOW I JUST TOOK A FEW SNAPS.
 
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IV'E BEEN UP TO YES ME OLD LAUGHING KATH.
 
HERE IS THE DOORWAY INTO MY KITCHEN AND ON THE RIGHT DO YOU SEE.
 
ANOTHER DOOR WELL THAT WAS A  STOREROOM BUT NOW MY POOTER ROOM. HE-HE.
 
WHEN NOT IN USE IT SHUTS AWAY SO KNOWONE CAN SEE THAT I OWN.
 
A COMPUTER IF STRANGERS LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOW AT ALL WHEN I'M NOT AT HOME.
 
IT'S MY LITTLE NEST I CALL IT IN THERE I INSTALLED A LAMP IN THERE TOO.
 
BY MAKING A SMALL HOLE THROUGH THE WALL WITH A SCREWDRIVER TO THREAD THE WIRES THROUGH.
 
I INSERTED A TUBE OF PLASTIC TO RUN THE WIRE THROUGH AS WELL.
 
TO MAKE IT LOOK NEAT IT'S A PLASTERBOARD WALL AS WHEN I KNOCKED I COULD TELL.
 
WELL INSIDE MY KITCHEN DOOR YOU CAN SEE MY LITTLE BOY WHICH I PUT .
 
IN THE GARDEN IN SUMMERTIME BUT FOR NOW HE'S INSIDE WITH MY DOOR SHUT.
 
IV'E RE-STAINED THE DOORS AND SKIRTING BOARDS AND PAINTED ALL THE WALLS.
 
AND THESE ARE MY CURTAINS I MADE CAN YOU SEE THEM I DECIDED NO TIE BACKS AT ALL.
 
I BOUGHT A COUPLE OF SWAG RINGS DRAPED THE CURTAINS OVER THEM.
 
THEN LOOSLY HUNG SOME SHADES OF RIBBON IN WARM COLOURS THIS MOTHERHEN.
 
I FIND THESE EASIER THAN TIE BACKS AND I THINK THEY LOOK NEAT DON'T YOU.
 
DON'T  I  FUSS AND WHEN I GET IDEAS I DON'T HALF MAKE A TA DO . HE-HE.
 
WHEN THIS MOTHERHEN GETS GOING AND PLANS TO DO THINGS HERSELF.
 
NOTHINGI LET STAND IN MY WAY I'M NOW MAKING A DECORATIVE SHELF.
 
FOR OVER THE GAS FIRE ON THE FRONT WALL AS I'D LIKE  A NEW ONE OF THEM.
 
BUT THERES MORE IMPORTANT THINGS I NEED FIRST THAN A NEW GAS FIRE AMEN.
 
YOU WILL SEE ON ONE PICTURE THE STAIRCASE LEADING DOWN INTO MY TINY ROOM.
 
THE MIRROR I SPRAYED GOLD AND LEADED MYSELF I'LL GET THERE I'M SURE QUITE SOON.
 
CAN YOU SEE THE SMALL WINDOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRCASE THATS THERE.
 
WELL THATS THE VENETIAN BLIND I FITTED  MYSELF SO KNOWONE  CAN STARE.
 
IN AT ME FROM OUTSIDE WHEN I'M SNORING ON MY SETTEE HAVING NAPS. HE-HE.
 
OR IF I FALL ASLEEP IN THE EVENING  WHEN IV'E DRANK MY YUMMY NIGHTCAP. HE-HE.
 
THE CURTAINS HAVE A SELF PATTERN OF A TINY EMBROIDERY SQUARE.
 
BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW UP MUCH ON THE PICTURE IT MIGHT BE THE LIGHT SHINING THERE.
 
NOW FOR THE LITTLE SETTEE WHICH I BOUGHT I DIDN'T WANT IT IN CREAM.
 
I THOUGHT THE MINK COLOUR MORE PRACTICAL AS EASIER TO ME TO KEEP CLEAN.
 
NOTHING ELABORATE AS I SAID BUT IT'S COMFY AND PAID FOR SO WHY.
 
SHOULD I WORRY WHO DOESN'T LIKE IT AT LEAST I AM GIVING THINGS A TRY.
 
IV'E WORKED REALY HARD THIS LAST FEW WEEKS AS YOU KNOW SUCH A LOT TO DO.
 
STARTING FROM SCRATCH ISN'T EASY AND HAVING TO BUY ALL THINGS NEW.
 
HERE ON THE WALL FOR NOW IS A PICTURE I BOUGHT YEARS AGO IT'S NAMED.
 
BEARVOYANT AS MOTHERHEN CAN TELL FORTUNES AND LOVES TEDDIES AND I  LOVED THE FRAME.
 
IT'S WALNUT BUT LATER THIS PICTURE  WILL GO UP ON THE LANDING  ABOVE.
 
UNTIL  MOTHERHEN SEES ANOTHER PAINTING FOR MY LOUNGE YES ONE WHICH I LOVE.
 
I'M STAINING THE GLASS DOORS THIS WEEK MY FRIENDS SO BUSY AGAIN AM I.
 
ALSO TRYING TO DO COMMENTS AS WELL AND POSTINGS I'M GIVING A TRY.
 
IF I HAVN'T GOT AROUND TO YOU YET PLEASE HAVE PACIENCE I'LL GET THERE EVENTUALLY.
 
LAUGHING KATH  DOESN'T GIVE IN EASILY AS YOU WILL CERTAINLY SEE.
 
I'M ALSO TRYING TO SORT PHOTOBUCKET IT'S BEEN A PAIN OF LATE.
 
TODAY AOL PICTURES WERE HAVING NOTHING AND PHOTOBUCKETS NOT TOO GREAT.
 
UP ON THE DELPH RACK IV'E PLACED MY PLATES OF THE "CHILDREN OF THE WEEK".
 
I CANNOT GET USED TO THEM BEING UP THERE THOUGH WHEN  I TURN MY CHEEK.
 
STILL THERE OUT OF THE WAY AND MY DAUGHTER THINKS THEY LOOK GOOD ON THE RACK.
 
HERE ARE THE VALANCES WAITING TO BE HUNG WHEN FINISHED BY LAUGHING KATH.
 
I WAS GOING TO PUT THEM ON DOUBLE TRACKS BUT THEN I DECIDED NO.
 
IT WAS EASIER TO JUST THREAD THEM ONTO THE POLE AND EASIER TO LIFT DOWN SO.
 
FINALLY I THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO SHOW YOU THE FAMOUS OLD DECK CHAIR.
 
WHICH MOTHERHEN SAT  ON FOR ONE MONTH NO I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A PAIR.   HE-HE.
 
I COVERED IT WITH A DUVET AND THEN DRAPED THE CLOTH ON TOP.
 
WASN'T I HAPPY WHEN I GOT MY SETTEE IF BEEN WOOD I'D HAVE CHOPPED UP THE LOT.
 
HE-HE I'D HAVE  GIVEN IT SOME REALY HARD CRACKS WITH MY HATCHET I'M PRETTY SURE.
 
NO KIDDING I WOULD HAVE GLADLY THROWN IT THEN STRAIGHT OUT THE FLIPPING DOOR.  HE-HE.
 
MY BACK USED TO ACHE AT THE END OF THE DAY AND MY BACKSIDE WAS ALWAYS NUMB.
 
AM I MAD I KEPT SAYING TO MYSELF EACH DAY OR JUST STUPID AND SILLY AND DUMB. HE-HE.
 
BUT IT WAS MY CHOISE TO COME AS YOU KNOW SO SUFFER A WHILE THAT I DID.
 
IN THE OLDEN DAYS WE HAD VERY LITTLE  SOMETIMES NOT EVEN A QUID.
 
SO IV'E BEEN THERE BEFORE AND I CAN TAKE IT THE BAD WITH THE GOOD THAT'S ME.
 
EVERYONE CAN HAVE THERE LUXURIES BEING  HAPPY 'S THE MAIN THING WITH ME.
 
I NEVER HAD MUCH AS A GIRL MY FRIENDS SO THIS WOMAN IS BACK IN THAT CLASS.
 
BUT I AM HAPPY NOW BEING BACK HERE BORN AND BRED AS A WEST YORKSHIRE LASS.
 
LIKE I SAID I WILL GET THERE I KNOW I WILL I HAVE ALL THE PACIENCE AND TIME.
 
SO FOR NOW BYE BYE AGAIN ALL MY FRIENDS FROM KATH AND
 
                " MY SIMPLE RHYMES".
 
     
 
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21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kath your little nest looks so comfy ~ and I love the curtains you have made and the colourful ribbons you have added ~ all really very smart ~ and I enjoyed your rhyme as I always do ~ Looking forward to seeing some more pictures ~ Ally x

Anonymous said...

Every thing looks wonderful.  What a nice job you've done.  It all looks mighty welcoming.  I like the plate rack and your drapes are very professional.  Deck chairs have their place and time for sure.  I like extra cushioning in mine for sure.
Take care with all that work yet ahead.  Slow but sure and you'll have it just the way you want.  'On Ya' - ma

Anonymous said...

Very well done dear Kath ,as Brucie used to say ''Hasnt she done well ''? It all looks so lovely, gosh girl you've worked hard ,and all your labours have paid off because you now have a delightful new home,and you can sit back on your new couch with pride and say ''all my own work ''....bless you Kath ....love Jan xx

Anonymous said...

You've got more talent in your little finger than most of us ever have!  Those curtains - they're gorgeous.  And you're right, you don't need a mansion, just your own 4 walls and your 'computer room'.  Well done, laughing  Kath!
love, Angie, xx

Anonymous said...

Good Morning. Love the pics of what you've done. Your home is pretty. Have a great day.

(((((hugs)))))
Cindy

Anonymous said...

Well done Kath!   It all looks brand spanking new and beautiful!
You are a very clever lady.  So talented and driven.  Your door stain has given you a new door to look at. Your curtains are beautiful and so are your cushions.  Lovely new sofa too.  
You have made a lovely little nest Motherhen.
Fabulous!

Hugs
Jeanie xxxx

Anonymous said...

Lovely to 'see' you again Kath; as long as you are happy where you are that is all that matters - home is where the heart is my friend. love Joan

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful job you have mad you are such a clever girl. You reminded me of the time I tried to put a screwdriver through a wall for the same purpose as you did only mine was not plasterboard it was brick and the driver got stuck fast so much so it was still there when we moved . May I wish you well in you new home. Love Joan.
http://journals.aol.co.uk/jaymact1/JoansMusings/en

Anonymous said...

Just beautiful!  Love the woodwork!  And the computer nook is great!

be well,
Dawn
http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/

Anonymous said...

Kath, it's a little palace!  Just what I would like, if I can ever tear myself away from this wilderness.
Bunny xx

Anonymous said...

Everything is sooo beautiful! You are so very talented.
Hugs,
Sugar

Anonymous said...

Oh Kath! Beautiful decorating. Your little cottage looks so elegant and peaceful.  Wonderful job on decorating. You have been ever so busy!! I have a roll top desk to put my pooter in!! lol My goodness... you even painted too!? I love the tie backs and they look great! Too funny about your chair. lol I have had things like that which I wanted to throw out the door. lol I grew up poor too so it does not bother me to even buy used items. I love to get a bargain. Little mice are cute in the graphic. lol You and I both are going to be busy... but we need to take a little time once in a while to sit and drink some tea. lol In my prayers, Janie

Anonymous said...

The drapes came out great! I don't care for tie-backs either. To much trouble. I like your swag holders. I always just stick a nail in the wall. Hahahahaa. --Cin

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful and cozy room you have now. you did just a wonderful job. it would have taken me much longer I think. Good job.
Sandra

Anonymous said...

It's looks a beautiful place to be.
You must be so proud of yourself.
You put me to shame with all your hard work.
Take care Kath.
Hugs
Carolxx

Anonymous said...

Kath, you don't live in a mansion... You live in a castle! Your home is so beautiful. I love the way you decorate and your drapes look store-bought. What lovely work comes from the love of your hands... It seems as if you know exactly where to put things... It takes me so long to decide where to put things... I am so happy that you were able to add my graphic to this entry. I have been having so many problems with photobucket, too!
XX,
Win =.)

Anonymous said...

Oh Kath,
Your place is so beautiful and you have done such a wonderful job with the curtains and decorating!!! I can't believe how talented you are...doing everything yourself!!!!
God bless you KAth..I hope you have many happy days there.
love ya,
carlene

Anonymous said...

Kath your new home looks so warm and inviting!  You have such a talent for decorating!  I could use you down here!  I'm so glad that you are back posting again.  I truly missed you my sweet friend!  
love,
Marie
http://ayearatoakcottage.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

wow..what a beautiful home! Is it a cottage? You have done so much..take a little break you hear me? from one mother hen to another...;-)
hugs
Lyn
http://journals.aol.com/ukgal36/Britsblog/

Anonymous said...

Kath you have worked so hard but it looks so beautiful .I hope you spend many many happy years there ......love Jeanxx

Anonymous said...

Goodness, Kath, your place is just gorgeous!  You have such a knack for decorating.  I love it!  I wish I lived closer...lol...I'd have you at my place helping me.  Seriously.  The place looks wonderful!  You are so handy.  It looks so comfy and cozy.  I know you will enjoy it.  Love xx Chris