{Cleaning Windows}

Sure, all of you have to complete chores like Cleaning Windows. At times, this is not easy... For instance in the brutal heat of a July 5 day, even so if done in the cooler hours of the evening. But it looks great; literally, as it gives a better 'outlook' into the garden! Do you have a two story home for taking care of windows? Can they be opened up from the inside to do this, or you have to handle it from the outside like I have to? Please read towards the very end, for some revealing tidbits about work around our home.

Starting off with the 'relatively' easy ones. I JUST can reach, by standing on my toes.

Please don't laugh at our planter boxes as their contents have DIED from the heat in July.

For some nice views with flowers in them, you can click on any of the three links below this post.

This is the bay window from our kitchen, you can still see our IKEA Nordmyra chairs through the window.

Now some more stretching needs to be done in the back of the house...

Climbing on our LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) tank.

Since our subdivision is just outside of the City limits, we have no natural gas for our artificial logs in the fireplace.

I did it... however my telescoping window cleaner had to be trashed.

We got a replacement already!

And as a bonus from working in the heat I got a bout of sciatica in my right thigh...

Still, it was worth it for having a clean 'Outlook' 

Are you balancing the act yourself or do you have somebody doing it for you?

Or do you have GNOMES that do the work?

We have some gnomes but they are LAZY as hell...!

More about them in next post.

Related links:

{Our new IKEA Nordmyra Chairs} | previous post by me

{OUR FIBERGLASS WINDOW BOXES} | previous post by me

{My Old-Time Spun Glass Halloween Ornaments} | previous post by me

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #4}

Today is time for showing you my Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #4. This one I made just for personal use, from a German Neue Mode magazine. As always I used the finest DMC cotton thread from France.

Very delicate lace work around a double hemstitched batiste handkerchief.

In Rebecca's hand painted vintage train case with roses, I do keep my lace heirlooms.

Rebecca's painting work from A Gathering Place, is also a prized possession.

Our roses from the garden match it beautifully and also the large gardenia flower adds romance to the setting.

Top right is the handkerchief # 61 that I did crochet after the Neue Mode pattern.

Lovely photo for the magazine, I admire more and more those professional photographers!

Do you keep heirlooms like that? 

Handmade by a loved one or by yourself...

Just would love to know!

Related links: All are previous posts by me
A Gathering Place
{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #1}
{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #2}
{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #3}

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #5}

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #6}

{Spicy's Favorite Cow-Toy}

Felines LOVE to cuddle with toys. Our Spicy's Favorite Cow-Toy was her constant companion while being pregnant. It was so endearing to see her embrace her cow and sleep with it. Did she love it for its color? We don't know... Have a look yourself below.

We do miss our Spicy girl... She became a sweet and devoted 'Mamita' to 5 kittens. 

All 5 kittens still live with us but Spicy vanished on November 4, 2007...

These were the happy days in March, 2007.

Using a sleeping bag she would feel most comfortable, all stretched out under the coffee table in our living room.

Her Cow-Toy we had received during a dinner where S. Truett Cathy was the speaker.

That same evening we also purchased this autographed copy of S. Truett Cathy's book:

IT'S BETTER TO BUILD BOYS THAN MEND MEN

A true Father figure and he's about two months younger than my Dad.

S. Truett Cathy is a devoted family man, very much like my own Dad is...

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Like on Sundays, out of Church when we make our phone call via Skype on the iPhone with Mom & Dad in The Netherlands, over a cup of coffee. A day to relax, a day to reflect on the week that just passed.

A day for a good and festive meal around the table with the family.

A day when my Mom usually did treat her family with some special baked dessert, celebrating being together, being grateful for life.

Around that table we shared so much love and stories that shaped us for the rest of our lives.

Still, Pieter and I can talk endless over breakfast or over a cup of coffee or tea.

Continuing that culture that was passed down for generations.

Long before social media became a means of 'communication'...

How many meals a day do you share together with your family?

Fast food never can replace that!

This is me in December of 2010 when I won the $ 100 jackpot from the Dublin Laurens County Chamber of Commerce's Business & Breakfast Meeting.

The gentleman next to me, in the blue shirt, is Mr. David Roberts the manager of Chick-fil-A at Dublin. 

So there are many good connections!

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By the way: DID YOU KNOW that Chick-fil-A does serve a healthy version of their Chicken Sandwich? 

Just request whole wheat and also ask for grilled, instead of fried.

Keeping up with your FLATTER TUMMY!

Spicy's Mascot; the Cow-Toy...

After a recent discussion with Mr. David Roberts about health conscious food trends, he gave us these coupons... So  we have to cash them in on a Grilled Wheat Chicken Sandwich.

Wishing S. Truett Cathy continued good health so that he can touch many more lives, such as providing long term care for nearly 200 foster children...

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{Telling YOU the Tale of our 4 Feline Girls} | previous post by me