A Year in Review

Hello there! 2011 has been a very busy, fun, eventful, and did I say busy year for my family!

            You know LIFE just sometimes gets in the way... LOL!
And yes, I know and apologize for not posting in way too, too long! I've missed talkin' to y'all these past few months! Hopefully the new year will allow more "ME" time and I will be able to share more, read more, and visit more with the blogging community!

Family is so important to me...

with #1 SON starting a new business

with "Daddy's Girl" (aka "Tennessee Daughter") moving back to Alabama, school, farm life with her hubby

sharing time with my young loves

fun with the Lake Family

 music, music, music

And of course TRAVEL

Change came too this past year.
With a lot of sadness, my friend and me closed 2 antique booths (just too much sT rE Ss for this ole southern gal) 

But as we all know once mother's goin' junkin'...always junkin'!!  

I'm missing the hunt and the thrill of finding that one item that is the... dare I say...the bomb!!

April 27, 2011 will forever live in my heart and mind as one of the worst days as the tornadoes raced across my beloved state of Alabama.

                                                      Don Kausler Jr./Tuscaloosa Bureau

But out of the misery came hope, neighbors helping neighbors, friends and even strangers racing to help, rebuilding a stronger community.


The road to recovery is long... But all of Alabama are traveling it together.  And we are thankful...


Yes, yes, yes, as I look back at the year in review I can really say 2011 has been good to me!

And I'm happily looking forward to what the new year has in store for my friend and me!


Have a Blessed Day!! And see ya down the junkin' road!!


Jan

Partying with:

Leavin' the Farm!

That's what the ad said..."Leaving the Farm, Estate and Moving Sale!"  Now how could we past that up?! A farm, an estate, a moving SALE! Let's gooooooo!!

The junkin' road carried my friend and me out in the country...place we had never been before.  Turn left and follow the signs...over the one-lane bridge...

up the hill and through the gate...

stopping for closer view... (Birds flying in and out!  Bet they don't have to deal with those pesky mosquitoes!!)

I have to tell you I couldn't shop for looking at all the work this couple had put into making this farm special!
The outbuildings were reconstructed and recycled...

Yes, there were chickens in the coop to the side! 


Notice the reclaimed materials that were used...even tried to hide the new-fangled storage shed!

Old wavy glass windows, tin roofs, barn boards... Ohhhh I wanted to see more! 

Ummm, back to shopping...glass insulators, birdhouses, chicky feeders, metal, wire...pretty much what we expected to find at this sale!!

As we were leaving, (and feeling quite happy), had to stop for one more photo...

Yes, this is central Alabama!  Talk about a view!  How would you like to wake up to this every day, ummm??

Have a Blessed Day!! And see ya down the junkin' road!!

Jan