The scene across the street - they told me there was a better breeze up there than on the ground!!??
Have a great day!!
Have a great day!!MOM & Gramma
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
A Tiger In The Tree - for Sam
This blog is being written for my very favorite 7-year old in the whole wide world. Sam, this is my friend Mr. Tiger who came to live in our tree in the front yard. This picture is taken from my front window. One morning I looked out and there was Mr. Tiger sitting in my tree. At first, I was very frightened that he would want to pounce on me and eat me when I went to my car. However, when I did go outside, I found that Mr. Tiger picked my house out of all the houses in Brandon because he heard that a very nice Gramma lived in this house. He's very kind and sweet and he likes me a lot.
His name is just Mr. Tiger.
He says this is a very good tree for a tiger because he can sit in the crook of the tree and watch everything that's going on. He's anxious for the leaves to come on the tree so he won't have to jump down to eat the grass. He can then just lean over and eat the leaves.
So, Sam, do you believe me now? Do you like my Mr. Tiger? I sure hope he stays here long enough so that you will be able to meet him this summer. Chase said he was going to chase him away but I told him, NO!! Leave Mr. Tiger alone.Well, that's it for this week. Hope you all have a great week ahead.
Love,
Gramma and MOM
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Our New Home in Tucson
Holly was able to "finally" get to accomplish one of her Arizona goals when Mr. McNierney went and got the keys and took Holly for a ride on the park golf cart. He even let her drive!! Way to go, Holly. The older generation of Wagons West thought this little blonde lady was so special and of course, who am I to disagree. Everybody wanted to meet her and were talking about her a couple of weeks after she'd left.
You can come anytime, Miss Holly. Grampa and I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED having you with us all to ourselves for the whole week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my latest gift from one of my very dearest friends - there is no one in the world like Linda. I absolutely cherish her and hope she knows how much she means to me. Isn't this the neatest little dish - someday when she's a world-famous potter, I will be able to say I knew her when.
You can come anytime, Miss Holly. Grampa and I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED having you with us all to ourselves for the whole week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my latest gift from one of my very dearest friends - there is no one in the world like Linda. I absolutely cherish her and hope she knows how much she means to me. Isn't this the neatest little dish - someday when she's a world-famous potter, I will be able to say I knew her when.Now to our new home:
This is the wall hanging that Holly and I picked out at the swap meet - it's my inspiration and I really like it. You see it as soon as you walk in the door.
Here's the kitchen with the new terra cotta paint. The pictures are now hanging rather than just sitting there. I really need a cute one of Chase yet but in the meantime I have one of our home in Brandon with all the snow on it. Reminds me why I'm in Tucson!
Another picture of the kitchen.
I have my stereo speakers sitting on this little shelf now but the tv will go there when we get one. DeAnn, note my little bird ornament that you purchased for me at the gift store in Lynden - can't remember the name of it just now. Sorry.
Looking down the hallway toward the bedroom. Note the clock which I purchased for $4.00 on a garage sale - goes very nicely with the woodwork.
This is the light fixture and the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. It needed some freshening up so I painted it white, along with the vanity; however, I didn't get a picture of the vanity. I really like it painted rather than the wood color. Might do it to my master bathroom in Brandon also.
This is the wall hanging that Holly and I picked out at the swap meet - it's my inspiration and I really like it. You see it as soon as you walk in the door.
Here's the kitchen with the new terra cotta paint. The pictures are now hanging rather than just sitting there. I really need a cute one of Chase yet but in the meantime I have one of our home in Brandon with all the snow on it. Reminds me why I'm in Tucson!
Another picture of the kitchen.
I have my stereo speakers sitting on this little shelf now but the tv will go there when we get one. DeAnn, note my little bird ornament that you purchased for me at the gift store in Lynden - can't remember the name of it just now. Sorry.
Looking down the hallway toward the bedroom. Note the clock which I purchased for $4.00 on a garage sale - goes very nicely with the woodwork.
This is the light fixture and the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. It needed some freshening up so I painted it white, along with the vanity; however, I didn't get a picture of the vanity. I really like it painted rather than the wood color. Might do it to my master bathroom in Brandon also.
Well, that's it for tonight. Dad and I were sitting in the living room of the new trailer one evening and he says, "I really like the way the kitchen turned out, dear." When I was painting it, he wasn't sure he liked the color, at all.
Have a wonderful week ahead. Holly, I have more pictures coming of you on my next blog. Love you all to pieces!!!!!
MOM & Gramma
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Welcome to Arizona, Holly
Welcome to Arizona, Miss Holly. After picking up Holly in Mesa and having her plane come in 15 minutes early, we were off to Eloy, MN. On the way, we kept looking for a DQ but of course, when you're looking, you can't find one. We did find a little ice cream joint which served the purpose. This is where they do outdoor skydiving but because we were experiencing high winds, they were not able to skydive. Next best thing is to go to the indoor skydiving arena. They have big blowers and people are able to experience the feeling of skydiving. Sorry we didn't get any pictures of the inside. After leaving Eloy, we made it to church just in time for the Youth Service. It was a very nice service. Ended the evening at Wienschnitzel for hotdogs and chili/cheese fries. 
Monday is shopping day - a day that Holly and I thought we were going to be going it alone but Grampa came along. Unfortunately he was not around when Holly was trying on dresses or he could have given us his opinion. This is the picture of the Kohl's dress. I thought it was very cute on Holly but I'm not sure she liked the little "ruffle thing" over the boobs.
On to the Foothills Mall where I went to Kirkland's to find some "inspiration" for my new kitchen. There was an Old Navy store there and they had a couple of navy blue dresses and a really cute eyelet sundress but it was black Here's our girl:
Aunt Amy, this is the one that Old Navy had in white also. It's really cute. We think you should take a look at it.
This was a knit sundress in navy, also at Old Navy. Only thing with this one was that it was a little lowcut and you would have to wear something under it but it was still cute!!
Monday is shopping day - a day that Holly and I thought we were going to be going it alone but Grampa came along. Unfortunately he was not around when Holly was trying on dresses or he could have given us his opinion. This is the picture of the Kohl's dress. I thought it was very cute on Holly but I'm not sure she liked the little "ruffle thing" over the boobs. 
On to the Foothills Mall where I went to Kirkland's to find some "inspiration" for my new kitchen. There was an Old Navy store there and they had a couple of navy blue dresses and a really cute eyelet sundress but it was black Here's our girl: 
Aunt Amy, this is the one that Old Navy had in white also. It's really cute. We think you should take a look at it. 
This was a knit sundress in navy, also at Old Navy. Only thing with this one was that it was a little lowcut and you would have to wear something under it but it was still cute!!Check out the new sunglasses!!!!
NO, these are not Holly's new sunglasses. She had to wear Grampa's glasses until we could find some for her. We found this at Old Navy and besides the fact that they're really cute, they were on sale!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not sure what's on the agenda for today, but it'll be fun whatever it is. We're planning to play mini-golf before going to pizza with the others at the park this afternoon. We "may" do a little more shopping or we may clean the house or we may go swimming. You just never know!!
NO, these are not Holly's new sunglasses. She had to wear Grampa's glasses until we could find some for her. We found this at Old Navy and besides the fact that they're really cute, they were on sale!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Not sure what's on the agenda for today, but it'll be fun whatever it is. We're planning to play mini-golf before going to pizza with the others at the park this afternoon. We "may" do a little more shopping or we may clean the house or we may go swimming. You just never know!! Have a great day and see ya tomorrow. Love from warm, sunny Arizona
MOM
Sunday, March 27, 2011
The Man Cave
No, we're not in the tropics, we're here at Wagons West at the Spring Fling Luau. Don't we look good? 
Welcome to our new home!!! This is our front door.
Our "new" living room furniture, compliments of Uncle Rich and Aunt Henrietta. I really like the color it adds to the living room but it's not quite what I want. For now, we're going to just get dad a recliner and then probably wait til next fall for the rest. What do you think of that "beautiful" lamp in the corner. It's on loan also until I find what I want.
Welcome to our new home!!! This is our front door. 
Our "new" living room furniture, compliments of Uncle Rich and Aunt Henrietta. I really like the color it adds to the living room but it's not quite what I want. For now, we're going to just get dad a recliner and then probably wait til next fall for the rest. What do you think of that "beautiful" lamp in the corner. It's on loan also until I find what I want.Dad's workshop shed plus my laundry room. The washer and dryer are old but I used them yesterday and they work great. Lucky me!!!
THIS IS THE MAN CAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As you can see, it's nothing special, just a carpeted room with sheet-rocked walls. I suggested painting the ceiling a nice white but dad and Roger said, NO Way!!! Because when they smoke their cigars and drink their beer, they don't want the white ceiling getting all yellow???!!
There's a little closet in the corner for the vaccum and things like that. We'll put some new fabric on it once dad decides what his theme will be. Behind the burgandy rug is an air conditioner.
As Porky Pig used to say, "Thhhhhhhhat's all, folks!"
THIS IS THE MAN CAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As you can see, it's nothing special, just a carpeted room with sheet-rocked walls. I suggested painting the ceiling a nice white but dad and Roger said, NO Way!!! Because when they smoke their cigars and drink their beer, they don't want the white ceiling getting all yellow???!! 
There's a little closet in the corner for the vaccum and things like that. We'll put some new fabric on it once dad decides what his theme will be. Behind the burgandy rug is an air conditioner. 
As Porky Pig used to say, "Thhhhhhhhat's all, folks!"Have a super, stupendous week. How can you hep but have a great week, Amy. LOVE your ring.
MOM
Monday, March 21, 2011
We Have The Key!!!
We got the key today even though we haven't made our final payment yet. So here's a tour of our new home. Forgot to take a picture of the front door - will do that the next time we're in there.
This is a picture of the kitchen taken from the living room.
The head end of the bedroom. I have a friend here in the park who has the exact same model trailer and she says this cupboard is a total waste of space but we'll see. I'm not sure I have any knick knacks for this space but time will tell.
This is in the bedroom, taken from the window by the back door. There are 3 sets of 3 drawers - the 3rd one is behind the sliding mirrored door and then there's space to hang long clothes.
There is storage space above the closet also.
This is the door into the bathroom taken from beside the bed. The bathroom has two doors - one from the hall and the other from the bedroom. I plan to paint the mirror, light fixture and the vanity, probably a light green since the wallboard has white with light green ferns in it. There is carpet in the bathroom - same as the entire trailer.
Taken from the living room looking at the kitchen, dining area and down the hall to the bedroom. What do you think of the chandelier, DeAnn? Dad says it's beautiful.
The living room taken from the hall by the kitchen area. The living room looks huge now; we'll see how much furniture we end up getting for that room. I want space to pull the table out. Plan to take our old chairs from our trailer and put in there to begin with, just to gauge space. Then they'll go out to the "man cave".
This is a picture of the kitchen taken from the living room.
The head end of the bedroom. I have a friend here in the park who has the exact same model trailer and she says this cupboard is a total waste of space but we'll see. I'm not sure I have any knick knacks for this space but time will tell.
This is in the bedroom, taken from the window by the back door. There are 3 sets of 3 drawers - the 3rd one is behind the sliding mirrored door and then there's space to hang long clothes.There is storage space above the closet also.
This is the door into the bathroom taken from beside the bed. The bathroom has two doors - one from the hall and the other from the bedroom. I plan to paint the mirror, light fixture and the vanity, probably a light green since the wallboard has white with light green ferns in it. There is carpet in the bathroom - same as the entire trailer.
Taken from the living room looking at the kitchen, dining area and down the hall to the bedroom. What do you think of the chandelier, DeAnn? Dad says it's beautiful.
The living room taken from the hall by the kitchen area. The living room looks huge now; we'll see how much furniture we end up getting for that room. I want space to pull the table out. Plan to take our old chairs from our trailer and put in there to begin with, just to gauge space. Then they'll go out to the "man cave".Well, this is our new home. Plan to paint the living room and some of the bathroom before we go home. I would like to paint the ceiling but that's a hard thing to do with my neck. Will paint the kitchen a nice bright color, maybe even burgandy again once I get my living room furniture.
What do you think?
MOM
I plan to get dad a sign for his birthday that reads: "Peter's Man Cave"
Friday, March 18, 2011
Our New Home In Tucson
Here's a picture of the new homeowners. They sure look happy about their new venture, don't they?
Our new home, come January 2012. We will begin moving some things in next week but will not be properly moved in until next season. Site #129
This is the carport. I did not get a good picture of the driveway - it is not cement but a very nice brick patio. Just what dad wanted all along.
THIS is the "MAN CAVE" and dad is so excited. It has a double door - the sliding one on the picture and then another inside door with a deadbolt so only those with the secret password will be allowed in. I want dad to decorate it like his family room back home. We have some extra pictures and cars that would look beautiful in there and I have some extra fabric to make some curtains or valances for him. What do you think?
Our front door - welcome to the Casa Haan.
Our current home that we will be leaving behind. Note the new Southwestern art that we just put on the front. It will be going with us.
This is the carport. I did not get a good picture of the driveway - it is not cement but a very nice brick patio. Just what dad wanted all along.
THIS is the "MAN CAVE" and dad is so excited. It has a double door - the sliding one on the picture and then another inside door with a deadbolt so only those with the secret password will be allowed in. I want dad to decorate it like his family room back home. We have some extra pictures and cars that would look beautiful in there and I have some extra fabric to make some curtains or valances for him. What do you think?
Our front door - welcome to the Casa Haan.
Our current home that we will be leaving behind. Note the new Southwestern art that we just put on the front. It will be going with us.That's it from Arizona for today. Love to you both for all of your wise words and encouragement during this process.
MOM
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