Marilyn Mueller » Home Improvement

I might sew some things for around the house

Marilyn — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:11:36 +0000

One of my biggest joys is creating things – I love to make things with my hands. It brings me great joy to decorate my house with things that I have made. I am a “true blue” crafter. One of my favorite “crafting” past-times is sewing. I love to sew quilts, quillows, pillows, curtains, clothing, bedspreads - I love to sew! One of my favorite pastimes is wandering through as many fabric stores, just drooling over all of the fabulous fabrics and trims, dreaming of all of the great things I could create with all the great “stuff” I find there. I especially love looking at designer upholstery fabric, dreaming about how great my old sofa would look with that fabric on it!

Redecorating guest bedroom soon

Marilyn — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:44:27 +0000

A few weeks ago my SIL sent us a gift from where she is stationed overseas – a very beautiful burgundy & gold tablecloth. I couldn’t figure out where to put it for a while, but it eventually ended up in the guest bedroom. Now I need to re-do the window treatment to make the room look nicer.

Saying A Prayer For The Weekend Weather Scare

Marilyn — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:52:52 +0000

I’m so glad that I switched over to Direct TV. I just hope that we don’t lose power over the weekend due to the up and coming arrival of the hurricane that we have been watching the progress of on our new Direct TV system. I have always wanted a generator for the house just for occasions such as this, but we haven’t had the extra money lately to put into something like this. Right now my main concern is finding a home security system to have installed so I have Googled “home security cordova” to see what kind of deals I can find.

Since the economy doesn’t seem to be letting up at all, there has been more and more home break ins and robberies happening and I just don’t feel safe anymore. Even though we really don’t have much of anything of value around here they could still walk away with some of the electronics and really trash the place searching for more things that we might possibly have and that just wouldn’t be cool. We have worked hard for the things that we have.

In the mean time I’m praying that these hurricane doesn’t hit as hard as they are saying it could hit. Be safe.

Movie night with the Red Hatters

Marilyn — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:23:04 +0000

This month our Red Hatters event is a pj party at Janet’s house. We’ll be watching a few movies that Janet has recorded from her DirectTV and play a few games. It’s been a long time since I’ve actually played games at a party before! Everyone is supposed to wear their red and purple pjs that we made last month and bring some movie-watching snacks and beverages. I’ve never actually travelled anywhere already dressed in my pjs so I think I’ll just pack them in a bag and change into them once I get there. I wonder what the other ladies will be doing – it will be interesting to see!

Jim told me that he is going to be going to an Elk’s meeting that same night, so he reminded me to set the home security conway system before I leave for Janet’s house. There has been a rash of home invasions in the area lately, and we don’t need to come home and find our house being burglarized! Even worse would be walking in on the burglars in the act! Better safe than sorry!

T G I F

Marilyn — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:57:47 +0000

This has been a long week for me. I am really glad the work week is over now and I have Friday night to chill, and all weekend to decompress.

I hope the weather is nice so I can get outside in the fresh air. If I can get an early start on Saturday I want to go to Home Depot and buy some blooming flowers and some tomato plants. I’m ready to plant things and spend time outside. Nothing refreshes the soul and soothes the frazzled nerves like digging in the dirt and putting pretty flowers in the ground to brighten everyone’s day.

New Family Members!

Marilyn — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:24:02 +0000

Guest post written by Carla Doughut

My husband John and I just purchased two new little puppies for our children, and you should have seen their faces. Their reactions to the new puppies were absolutely priceless. I’m so glad that we were able to bring our two little ones this much happiness-it’s like nothing they’ve ever been thrilled about before. The puppies have been a great fit for the place, too, but they still need a lot of training. Right now, we are still in the process of potty training them both; next comes furniture training (as in, how to keep them off!). That’s been quite a challenge, but we are hoping to get these two little fellas housebroken so that can stay inside and spend maximum time with the kids. We hate to leave the dogs outside all day.

While we got gifts for the kids, John also got a present for me. He got some help from the Home Pro Improvement website and called some people to help him remodel the kitchen!! I’m finally going to have the kitchen I always dreamed of and I’m so excited. It’s really been a good month for all of us!

Why would anyone do that?

Marilyn — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 01:08:47 +0000

While standing in line, waiting to pay for my gas this morning, one of the headlines in the local paper was about a house that had been broken into and flooded by a burglar early last night. Who ever broke into this house clogged the upstairs shower drain with various items that they found around the house and then they left the water on while they stole valuables from the master bedroom. It seems that they before they left the house they attempted (and promptly failed) to clog a drain in the lower level of this house while leaving this water tap open and running, full blast until police were able to turn everything off again and assess the situation.

Stories like this really get to me.

A Special Trip for the Holidays

Marilyn — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:41:40 +0000

I appreciate the guest post, Jamie Guy

Every year I spend the holidays with my family and friends in my hometown. I have lived in this town all my life and never really travelled far from it. It seemed I had it all right there. But, about ten years ago, I decided to take a special trip around the holidays to visit an old friend who had moved away years ago. This friend had never married or had children and I assumed spent each holiday alone.

I made my travel plans and when the big day came to leave, I made sure I set myHome Security alarm and off I went to the airport. I was so surprised to see that my friend had come to meet me when my plane landed and it was great to see her. What I didn’t know was that my friend had planned to show me exactly how she spent each holiday where she lived.

She took me on the holiday to a local homeless shelter and she introduced me to the many residents who lived there. It seems that my friend had been doing this for many years and she knew everyone there. We served them all dinner and dessert and sat and talked with a great number of them. It was such a rewarding feeling at the end of the day. It made me realize that my perfect life wasn’t as perfect as it seemed and now I plan to spend many more holidays with my friend.

Git R Done

Marilyn — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:24:34 +0000

I can only imagine how hard a major move can be for a family that has been deep rooted in the same house for generations such is the case for my aunt’s family. They are relocating come the first of the year, as soon as they can get Christmas and all that goes along with over and done with. As a matter of fact, most of the presents are going to be placed in a few select boxes and sent ahead separate from the majority of the stuff that they have managed to accumulate in the “old homestead” for the past 75 years or so. A good amount of stuff that is still there belongs to several other family members as well that will need to be taken care of, and soon. January is sneaking right up there.

They have all ready lined up several Moving Estimates. Using the Internet made this task of finding the perfect Local Movers for the job a much easier task to tackle. There are a lot of Moving Companies out there and there are many factors involved in moving that need to be taken into consideration of course. Sites live movers.com can assist with Long Distance Movers and provide you with Local Moving Quotes as well. A good resource for potential movers.

I’ll be there to help when they call. Moving in the winter is going to bite, but oh well, nothing you can do about it, just git r done!!!!

A Nice Massage At A Mary Kay Party

Marilyn — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:29:08 +0000

Over the weekend I went to a co workers house for a Mary Kay make-over party. It was a small turnout, but everyone was very nice and we had a good time. We had snacks and beverages, played a few games, won some pretty cool prizes. Then we all spent some time doing make-overs on each other and had some good laughs which is always a nice welcome.

I was given the nickle tour of the house, since I’d never been there before. I do so enjoy looking at how everyone decorates their homes, and like to think about how I might incorporate their good ideas, or avoid their bad ones! They had recently redecorated their family room in a contemporary fashion, and had included one of those new massage chairs! Everyone at the party had the chance to sit in the massage chair for a few minutes to see how wonderful the massage was. Now I know what I want for Christmas this year!