Monday, April 15, 2013

Love London

We are here in England!

Jet lag hit me hard yesterday. I almost nodded off in the restaurant last night at 5 PM. I laid down at 7 PM and slept straight through to 8:30 AM today.

We had a lovely day today sightseeing on our own. Our tour guide gave us Oyster cards to use for public transportation. We took the London city bus 148 to the Churchhill War Rooms Museum, Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. What a fantastic day!

We returned to our hotel and ate supper at a local deli. We love London. It's easy to get around because of the wonderful public transportation. Everyone is so nice and polite.

Tomorrow we join our pre-tour group for a trip to Hampton Court.







Friday, April 12, 2013

No. One Tussy-Mussy 12" Square

Yea, I finished it.


Just in time too!


I wanted to finish this one before we leave for London tomorrow.

And before I forget how to do it.

LOL!


Crazy colors.

Soft pink, two shades of blue and red.

Sorry, photos are dark because it is raining here today.

That beautiful weather we had left us yesterday.


We have a late night flight tomorrow.

I'm so excited I don't know if I'll be able to sleep at all on the plane.

Hubby just texted me that Margaret Thatcher's funeral is in London at St. Paul's next Thursday.  

While we are there.

Don't know how much I will be blogging while on our grand adventure.

Or if I will at all.

I just may be too busy.

You may have to wait until we return to hear all about our journey!

Now I have to turn control of my laptop over to my Hubby so he can download the 2,252 photos on my iPhone to my laptop...then I can delete them on my iPhone.

I want to have a clean slate for our trip.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

My Laundry Room

No, it's not cutesy but it is functional. 

 It's teeny, tiny thanks to the builder of our subdivision homes.

This is where we enter our home...from the attached garage through the laundry room and into a small hallway and then to the kitchen.


When we bought the home there were no cabinets over the laundry area.

It came with one plastic coated wire shelf.

We had it removed in order to paint and never put it back up.


Several years ago I complained to Hubby I needed more storage.

So we visited our local big box building supply store, Lowe's, and bought these white cabinets that we hung ourselves.

I keep baking supplies, extra K-cups for my Keurig coffee maker and miscellaneous dishes in the cabinets over the washer and dryer.


This is the door to the garage.  

See how narrow the pass through is...if the door to the dryer is open you can't get out the door to the garage.


This was a small non-functional closet that originally came with a bi-fold door.

It had a clothes rod to hang stuff but it wasn't deep enough to hang anything.

It was useless as a clothes closet.

We removed the door and put this cabinet on wheels and wheeled it in the space.

This way the space can be converted back to a closet.

If we move, we can take the cabinet with us too.


I love how the cabinet holds all of my cleaning, ironing and laundry supplies.


We have a rod over the laundry tub to hang wet items to dry.

And we used a track from the Gladiator Storage Shelving under the cabinets to hang supplies, paper towels and kitchen towels.  (Gladiator is the storage system we used in our garage.)


These items slide on the track so they can be positioned where ever I want them.


Over here I have a hook to hang my central vac attachment for cleaning the floor.


There's no window, no wall space to talk of...so really no place to hang decorative items.

There is just room for the functional supplies and items needed in a laundry room.

Every so often I have to pull the washer and dryer out and vacuum and clean behind them.

With all the traffic in and out every day this space gets very dirty...very quickly. 

That's the tour of our laundry room.

Hope you enjoyed it. 


Coffee sayings for your enjoyment:



Funny post from Pinterest:



Maybe it's a good thing we don't have any pets.

I could go crazy crocheting something like this.   

Ha!