Back Extension

Back Extension
Working out is great work!
I'm starting a new site that will help me to loose the pounds and feel better!
You should check it out and find me! www.sparkpeople.com
It's really a great place to help you with counting your Cal. and fat intake and gives you a workout routine!
hope to see you there!

Summer vaca!

Our SUPER fun Upper vaca

Can you tell it was hot out? Reise's face tells it all ;)

This is our "Redneck" campsite.

We had to ride on the grated part I wasn't the only one freaked out.

"Stop moving!" "I gotta get a picture!"

:-D

It really was a lot of fun. (more pictures to come later) They were calling for rain the whole time we were up there, but it always missed us. thank goodness! I can't wait to go on our next bike trip.

The Old Dragoo House, now Bogen's

This letter was sent with pictures(posted below) by Barbara Deitz to the person that we bought the house from.

Reise made this in Middle School. I love it!

These pictures of the house were taken in 1918, and the possed portrait was in the early 1900's.

The people in the portrait are Lawrence(the son of Tucker), his wife Gertrude, and childern Pauline, Bryan, and Roy(Barbara's father).

This is Tucker Steele Dragoo, his wife Sarah, and daughter Myrtle.

Here is the old wall paper in the kitchen I was telling you about.

It's really neat!

Reise's best friend Luke had a great idea to use old barn wood for the one kitchen wall. I really like it. Luke and Reise still have some work to do on it.

We're going to go to estate sales and such to find old things to hang on the wall.

Here's the stairs to the "Michigan Basment".

Here's more old wall paper. This was where the origanal stairway to the 2nd floor was.

It looks like it was very pretty back then.

Here's our dirty basment. It's dry though!

Here you can see where they opened the wall to update the ducts and the wires.

(can you see the tree root?)

Here is the Laundry room/ Office/mud room. Nice and big.

We've got some work to do out here too.

This is where the kitchen floor starts. Yuck!

Again, Yuck! We have already bought the new wood flooring. It's gonna go really nice with the barn wood!

This is the west side of our living room. I love the color!

This is the east side of the living room. Right where the tv is used to be a bedroom and the stairs used to go right through it.

Here's the girls favorite part of the house, the stairway. Up at the top there is a nice window and a very nice double fan.

Here is the hallway to the girl's rooms and the attic. You can see the trim needs to be put up around the doors.

The pink room(messy)

The purple room(super messy!)

The door to our room. See the "door knob"? LOL

Here it is!

Yup, that's it.......but it works for now. ; -D

I couldn't get a good picture of the bathroom.

So what do you think of our new house?

All the old pictures and the information about them was by Barbara Deitz. She is the great granddaughter of Tucker Steele Dragoo.

Thank you to Barbara for sharing some of her great family history.

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Swap Goodness!

My swap goodies! I love all of it!!
Thank you soooo much Ara!
I am sorry I didn't post about this before, but I just got the internet again. **anyways**
My girls love the headbands and the hot cocoa. I love my scarf and wear it all the time. The tea is yum-o! The true blueberry got me through the flu. I am gonna buy a box of that flavor just for me 2nite! I haven't gotten the yarn out yet, too much dust in here right now(working on kitchen). I can't wait to open it and play with it. ;)I had to wait to eat the Dove bar, I wanted to be able to taste it. LOL It was gooood!
Thanks again Ara, you spoiled me rotten!

PS. I went to mail out my package and the D@*n post office was closed! Sorry, I am mailing it out first thing Monday morning. Cross my heart! ;)

I am a nut!

I just realized that I haven't posted on here in a while. So here I am!
I have been very busy these past few weeks! We are all doing good, and things are going just fine. I have just been a lil stressed lately. Today I have had a chance to relax a little, but for some reason I have a headache. I think it's from all the painting. I've been painting the girls' rooms and mine. I still have to finish mine, but not today. I need to work on my knitting, maybe that will relieve my stress. I know your thinking "work on your knitting? You're always knitting!" Well I haven't been really able to the past few weeks. Can you believe it?!
Oh I am in a new swap this month. It's called "I've been Mugged!" You send/receive a mug along with yarn and goodies! I started to spy on my spoilee this morning. I have so many ideas, I don't know where to start! LOL it will be fun.
Also, I have started a group that meets at the Utopian Marketplace to knit for families in need. We get to use their yarn and needles to make hats, scarves, mitts, or whatever. We have met once and going to meet again the 23rd! Everyone had a great time, and can't wait to meet up again.

This is me at the Utopian Marketplace. Beth Knit the hat I have on.