A Good Saturday

This is where Sam lives for 6 weeks of the summer.

A nice warm tent with a roommate.

Yes, bunkbeds will fit in these along with television, dvd player, 3 fans, plastic chests of drawers, places to put dirty clothes, food items, (when the raccoons aren't piliging through it), magic cards and movies.

Here are my 3 guys.

You have to have a picture with Mom.

Only one more week and he comes home!

We miss him very much.

We drove to Auburn Indiana and had some lunch at the Mad Anthony Brewery and I even saw someone I worked with. Then we found an antique mall to browse through.  Its fun to go through and see the items we have at home-yes, that must mean we are becoming Antiques.

Then we decided to find some of the statues on the Square.

Here is Kevin taking the cigarette from the street sweeper.

Here is Tom speaking with a builder.

Sam is squatting with the photographer.

Taking a picture of his family.

The famous kissing picture.

I loved the look on this policemans face.

We then found a gallery that was also part of a garden walk. 

This was really breathtaking if you are a flower person.

Here was framed greenery.

I'm not sure what these blue flowers were but they are surely pretty.

I finally got one!

Another breathtaking picture.

Pickles!

I met my friend Pam for lunch on friday and she took me to a place that they frequent often.

It is called Pickles and it is in Dunfee Indiana just on the Whitley-Allen county line.

The words I would use to describe it, quaint, fun, very tasty, busy (that's always a good sign.)

We tried the pick 3 platter.

I had a turkey artichoke pannini along with chunky vegetable soup and a pasta-pea salad.

Pam had almost the same except she had brocolli salad instead of the chunky vegetable soup.

We then tried a sampling of the homemade desserts.

Which we chose peanut butter pie, blueberry-peach pie and a white chocolate/raspberry cheesecake.

All quite tasty but the peanut butter pie and the blueberry-peach pie were fantastic.

Along with the restaurant there was a general store with antiques and candy and folk art.

Behind the building was another aged building that housed the Two Sisters Flowers.

I was immediately drawn to that.

Here is a corner that looked inviting.

I enjoyed this planter.

I had to touch it to see if it was aged leather or metal.

It was metal.

I always like it when they reuse old chairs.

After that we renentered modern day

and went to Tuesday Morning and Big Lots in search for bathroom mirrors for the new house.

Also note that I understand they are open for breakfast only on Saturdays.

Pam says there is a hash thats worth the drive, it has a mashed tater tots crust.

Today we are off to see Sam at Scout Camp.

We haven't seen him for two weeks!

House Pics 07-08-2010

Wow, the guys are just going to town on the drywall.

The whole house has some tape and mudding on it.

This is the masterbedroom, sunroom and bath.

Looking into the Great Room from the Dining Nook.

Looking into the Family Room part of the basement.

The pillars on the front porch were installed today.

They are a really nice touch.

They so kindly installed the screen door that leads into the outdoor bathroom. 

The door that leads up to the attic above the garage was put on.

House Pics 07-06-2010

The front box bay window has the siding on it now.

It is beautiful.

The covered porch has siding on it also.

We are really, really happy with this.

I LOVE this ceiling that looks like beadboard.

Steve-this is so good that I can't come up with the right words.

This crew is AMAZING!

How much they got done in a short amount of time. 

We just stood looking around the room in awe.

The garage ceiling was even put up!

The basement insulation should be getting done soon. 

Smith Builders-You Are Tops!