Happy Birthday to My Sister In Law Susan!

Happy Birthday Dear Susan!

Susan Enters this world on May 10th 1964

Then in 1967

Now in 2012

Then in 1966

Now in 2012

Susan on her little red bike

Susan now getting ready to try on her red hair!

Susan in 1979 with brother Bobby and sister Amy

Susan Now

Susan in 1988 in red with her family

Susan now still with that great smile.

Susan in 1967

Susan now with her sassy smile and brown hair

Susan with Uncle Buddy in 1967

Susan trying out the blond diva look

Susan in 1967 giving you those "eyes"

....and the eyes

Susan with the Birthday Bunny

And Susan with Chad

Susan with the Christmas tree...

Susan now

Susan at the ocean front

Susan by the water near her home.

The cowboy hat in 1965

Now we know where it all comes from!

A Goat for Fifty Bucks!

 Juan, our yard man showed up yesterday to finish the job of laying sod.


He had started regrading the back yard about 2 weeks ago and was just getting back to us to finish the sod.  The "Boss Man" tried to get by with seed and straw even after I told him no seed and straw, but that is a whole different story.


So Juan and Juan, yes two Juans were in the back yard attempting to finish up and they ran out of sod.  I told them they were not going to have enough with the first pallet but again, that is another story.


So Juan says, "Kreesta I rooon out of sod.  I go buy aneether  load, but I no theeenk we neeed a whooole pallet." 

Yes Juan you need another pallet, just buy a whole pallet. I will give your another check (the 3rd check) go buy the sod. 


Juan was gone a while and I thought dang it, we are not getting this job finished today.


Juan, God Love Him, is the one who almost burned down my house. 


Juan also cut my cable, phone and internet line.

Juan bumped into the hot water heater and we had no hot water.

Juan is a hard worker and I really like to give him a hard time. 

A while later I hear him out back and so I went to see how it was going and this conversation occur ed.

Krista:    Hey Juan how is it going?

Juan 1:   Gooood Kreeestaaa,  You seee my gooooaaat?

Krista:   What? Juan? You not have enough sooood?

Juan 1:   Noooo, Kreeeesta, my gooooooot,  eeeets in the baaaack of mmeee traaayler.

Krista:   Juan, what are you talking about? Slow down, I flunked Spanish remember?


Juan 2:    el chivo Dama Loca   (A goat you crazy lady)


Krista:    Goat? where?

Juan 1:   Baaaaack of the traaayyler.

So I walk to the driveway and imagine my surprise, there is a GOAT it the back of his trailer hot tied and looking at me like  "WTH!"

I walk back behind the house and look at Juan like he has lost his mind.

Krista:   Juan! What are you going to do with a goat and you cannot leave him tied up in that trailer that way.

Juan 1:  I bought heeemmm for feeeefty bucks.  I see theeeese goooat tied ooop and I say to the maaan. " I geeeve you feeefty bucks for the gooooat."    The man saaaays me crazy, that gooooat is worth at leaaast one hundreeed and fifty doooolllars.   Juan says'  I have feeeftly bucks, I give you feeeeftly bucks,  that gooooat neeed a girlfriend and I have a girlfriend for him, she make heeeem haappy!

Juan got a goat for fifty bucks and he brought that damn goat to my house.

 
Meet the goat.

Sam's Napoleonic Blue Nightstand with Annie Sloan Paint

 So at the risk of sounding like a complete nut job I am posting another furniture redo.

I found this nightstand at the Will yesterday for $6.00. It was in great structural shape but finish wise it was its usual disaster. Yucky once again.

I had picked up Napoleonic Blue by Annie Sloan a couple on weeks ago. I knew I wanted to paint a nightstand for Sam's room so I had it just sitting there, waiting.

He does have another nightstand on the other side unpainted, but I wanted to practice on a less expensive piece of furniture. Wanted to make sure that I like the color in his room. The pictures to make it look a brighter that it actually is.

This time I just painted, distressed very little with a sanding block and put 2 coats of lacquer.

Used the same hardware just cleaned it up with a wire brush.

There is a headboard for this bed but it is out getting repaired. It was slightly damaged in the move.

The lamp on the left is a Will redo, I posted about it here . The lamp on the right I redid today also. Picked it up today at the Will for $4.00. Ran to Lowe's and bought a shade for $14.99. Brought it all home, spray painted it and there you have.

I am telling you people, it does not take a lot of time.

It takes even less money.