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I like this basic white sandwich bread recipe from Joy of Baking, because I can get two loaves of bread and - [Christmas 2025](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/xmas2025/) - I promised some Christmas photos, so here a few. I didn’t get a great shot of our main Christmas tree, but no fear, it is still up! I will update these photos in the next few days. Wishing you a Happy New Year! <3 - [The Tragedie of the Scorpion & the Spider](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/tragedie-scorpion-spider/) - I woke up this morning with a story to tell but it escapes me now. In my mind that means the story isn’t finished and I must continue to write it. I will go back to sleep now, but promise to tell it one day. - [Chelle's Cookbook: Asian Cuisine](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/asian/) - I will be adding more recipes to this section of “Chelle’s Cookbook” but I wanted to get my Thai green curry recipe up to share. After years of trying different ingredients, this one is a hit with the family. Green Curry with Chicken This recipe is spicy enough to drain your sinuses and in this - [Stu-Stu-Studio](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/stu-stu-studio/) - We are still repainting Sadie, hoping to finish the front and sides before Wintertime, while saving the back for next Spring/Summer. When I say “we”, I really mean “mostly Kenny”, as he is the one repairing and replacing wood and siding and doing most of the scraping. And all that was going pretty smoothly until - [Tempered Eggs](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/eggs/) - I woke up this morning and decided to cook a big, fancy, breakfast for my family: fried eggs, thick sliced bacon, grits whisked in milk, and toast with strawberry preserves. Peacefully, I began the process:I poured milk into a pot to simmer on the stove, so it would be ready to cook grits at the - [Anglogeeking](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/anglogeek/) - My passport came in today, two weeks after I renewed it. It really is astounding how fast instant gratification travels these days. I plan to visit England next year to research family history for a book I want to write. I also want to visit Liverpool and experience everything I can about the Beatles. For - [frankenlamps.com](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/frankenlamps-com/) - Almost four years ago, I made my first “frankenlamp”, and if you have followed my blog you have seen that term thrown around quite a bit here. Over that time, I have collected parts to build many frankenlamps, with parts and inspiration left over for many more. So I decided to put a website together - [Snowmageddon 2021](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/snowmageddon-2021/) - Sadie is over 135 years old so she has seen quite a few snowfalls in her days! Here she is in 2021 with all of us bunkered in for snow and sleet until Saturday or Sunday. It’s so quiet outside and of course, cold! Time to make more soup! - [Say Hello To Our Little Friend!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/say-hello-to-our-little-friend/) - Please welcome Frankie, the newest member of our family. She started out as “Shelley” because she is a tortoiseshell kitteh and has a franken-leg (and part of the other) from an orange tabby. That may actually make her a torbie, I’m not sure.. but isn’t she precious?! We soon realized that while giving a nod - [Grisanti Family Recipes](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/grisanti-family-recipes/) - This month has been trying. I promise that I haven’t changed this blog to become merely a cookbook, but for August of 2021, it will have to do. While it would give me immediate satisfaction to unload all the negative energy of August onto this blog, I’m not going to do that. I will keep - [Renovation Blog Following Our 1883 Home](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/sadie-renovation-blog-1883-home/) - Welcome to our old house renovation blog following our 1883 home, known locally as Ms. Sadie’s Place. Sadie was the name of the original owner’s second wife, and how we refer to our house. Sadie’s Relocation: Sadie was moved a mile South in 1942, so her original spot along with the land of the 700 residents - [Dining Room Sofa](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/decoration/dining-room-sofa/) - Maybe you remember a post I made about the plans I had for this sofa nearly five years ago. It was quick and resolute in its concrete intent to bring this sofa back home to Sadie. Please note the date was before we even closed on Sadie. You may also notice that I posted the - [Sofa King Awesome!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/sofa-king-awesome/) - Say that three times, super fast and you will feel my week! 😍 I have been AWOL for awhile: two months, today! EEK! To say I have been busy would be the biggest understatement of my life! And I am sorry to tell you that I will have to circle back later to fill you - [Upstairs Landing](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/upstairs/) - Very quickly and done out of guilt for not posting since June, here is an entry on our revamp of the upstairs landing. We finished that project at the end of June, but had visitors soon afterwards – and then every month since. We are still working on painting the house exterior, and will give - [Release](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/done/release/) - Have you ever found yourself in a close relationship (platonic, in my case) where you discovered years later the other person has no respect for you? That you worked yourself to death, spending a great deal of your resources to nurture the bond, to eventually realize they never even met you halfway?All while they were - [Sourdough Bread](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/sourdough/) - Today we begin our descent into sourdough bread making on Jump Into the Oven with Chef Ken.Kenny made a humor video this morning to entertain our daughter, Ashley, and granddaughter, Izze –and maybe entice them to visit and make sourdough bread with him. Ken's Sourdough Bread Ingredients:125 grams whole wheat flour775 grams all purpose unbleached - [Resolve](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/resolve/) - It’s been awhile since you’ve seen Celie, so I made her the cover image for this entry. Just this week though, I enhanced her name to “Celié Pantonette”, given her rich palette of Frenchy tri-colors. “Let them eat treats!” she commands, as she orders up a snack for her bestie, Poppity. “Allez, dépêche-toi!“ I am - [Goodbye 2022](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/goodbye-2022/) - I hope I do better at updating my blog in 2023! The last time I posted, I had gone missing for six weeks. This time I took off the entire season of Autumn! I really wish I could share some Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas decoration photos with you this year; but like last year, Kenny - [Light Fever](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/light-fever/) - Hi. My name is Chelle, and I am addicted to antique interior lighting and lamps. 💡 Especially slag glass! Maybe it’s because I grew up in the era of twirling disco balls shimmering over the Bee Gees, glitter-bombed roller skating rinks, and jazzy episodes of Solid Gold. 🕺💃 The 1980’s that followed did nothing to - [Goodbye Frankie](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/goodbye-frankie/) - Before July 17th, our Frankie became sick with an upper respiratory infection (possibly pneumonia) and we took her to our local animal hospital. The vet gave her an antibiotic but wanted to try a stronger one the next morning. We left her in hospital care overnight as we increasingly became aware it was all way - [Grass is Always Greener](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/greener/) - Since we last met here, Kenny and I have been all over Louisiana and to South Florida.. I think we ended up on the moon at some point. Then we house/pet sat for Ashley, while she, Dustin, Gabe, Izze, and Isla went to Hawaii. I didn’t take a bunch of photos, so you will just - [New Sister Smell](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/new-sister-smell/) - Back in November 2018, I learned that I have a new sister on my Dad’s side, through a DNA test from Ancestry.com. Her name is Margo, and she jokes that she has heard the term “new sister” so much lately, that she thinks she probably has that new sister smell. Oh we are definitely related, - [Chelle's Cookbook: Cajun Cuisine](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/cajun/) - Back in Fall of 2020, in case we needed a little extra chaos, Facebook discontinued the “notes” part of their service. This probably went largely unnoticed; unless like me, you had been storing all your original and tested recipes there for fifteen years. While there is no longer a notes link to be found anywhere, - [Chelle's Cookbook: Desserts](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/desserts/) - Don’t we all wanna cookie? Well crack open a bag of Oreos because there’s no cookie recipes on this page – but there are plenty for pies and cakes. My photos here are fifteen years old and you can really see how far we still had to go in developing photo resolution in smartphones. Why - [Christmas 2019](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/christmas-2019/) - It’s starting to feel like Christmas ? My “new” sister, Margo, is coming here for Christmas and our brother, Travis, will be following about a week later. Margo’s husband, Ricky, is cooking a corned ham for us this Christmas so we will finally know what that’s all about! I wanted to be sure that our - [Potato Soup](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/potato-soup/) - My super bestie and sister from another mister, Billie Anne, told me I should put my recipes up where she can get to them. She wanted to make my potato soup recipe, because it’s still cold… in APRIL. I lost my Notes on Facebook for the longest time, which was the Holy Grail of my - [Sadie is ALL Ours!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/sadie-is-all-ours/) - So one huge, expensive and stressful maintenance item was removed from our life and replaced with enough moola to pay off Sadie, all of our debt, stick some back for emergencies and house projects, AND pay for a trip to Italy next year! 😁 Sadie is ALL ours! 🏡 ALSO: Kenny sent me this - [Burled Walnut Wardrobe](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/burled-walnut-wardrobe/) - Last week I bought an old, burled walnut wardrobe off Facebook Marketplace. It replaces the very dark, sawdust-and-glue armoire, that stood there previously. I love how the lighter wood of my new/old wardrobe helps to brighten up the room! Everything feels like it is starting to come together now.. I think it will all feel - [Porch Plantapalooza](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/porch-plantapalooza/) - We started Spring 2022, sprinting out of the gate… and that was at least ten nursery trips ago. By early Summer, we’ve gone completely insane and now live in a giant terrarium! 🤪 I think it was a Saturday afternoon in March, when I mentioned to Kenny that we should visit our local nursery and - [Paint Gonna Do It!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/paint-gonna-do-it/) - Oscar. Mike. Golf. I haven’t written anything in this blog since JULY of last year. No, I am not dead. In fact, I am feeling great and raring to get to work on Sadie! Time away was crucial to break a lot of stress-coping habits that kill you, but now I return to you: A - [PROST!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/prost/) - “To die, to sleep – to sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub, for in this sleep of death what dreams may come…” – Hamlet It is Friday the Thirteenth, of January 2023, and nothing is really happening. I am far too superstitious to willingly journey out on such a day, but I - [Safety Gates](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/safety-gates/) - A pause in house renovation to fabricate some dog gates. This was kind of a necessity as Mom's dog, Scooter, was chewing up the door frames in the enclosed porch. We moved my mom down to live with us, and with her comes her long haired Dachshund, Scooter. Anyone who knows me knows I’m an - [Studio Interior](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/studio-interior/) - Here's the interior of Moosh Print Studio. It holds a metric ton of art supplies and tools, so there's no way it will ever not look busy! - [Congratulations Clay!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/congratulations-clay/) - My ex-husband, and father of my son, Clay Jones, won the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Cartoon Award yesterday! This prestigious award is sometimes referred to as the "poor man's Pulitzer" and is the achievement of a lifetime. Kenny and I are very proud of Clay and would like to extend our congratulations, and - [Alien Abduction](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/alien-abduction/) - It's been over six weeks since my last post. I cannot readily account for that time, except to wonder if perhaps I was abducted by aliens. Similarly, the recent tasks commanded by Sadie, are ones that I would like to forget; but I guess I will try to at least get some Shakespearian entertainment out - [Solarium Slated for Fall 2022!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/restoration/solarium-slated-for-fall-2022/) - A lot has happened in the past six months towards freedom and momentum for long awaited improvements on Sadie. Kenny had both of his hips replaced in September and December of 2021, respectively. This time last year, he started having trouble with back pain, and even walking, so we were really worried what might be - [G.O.A.T. PICNIC](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/goatpicnic/) - Egads! Here I am a month after I first went missing for six weeks. Silly Segue: Can you tell I am a child of the Sunday funnies? GADZOOKS! No, I wasn't abducted by aliens (you do know I am KIDDING, right?), yet completely overcome by really good music! Here in Coldwater! The G.O.A.T. PICNIC and - [Isla's Doll](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/islas-doll/) - In the middle of making this rag doll (my first ever, don’t laugh!) for our youngest granddaughter, Isla. Talk about unrealistic body expectations! Thank goodness she has a long skirt. Her crotch literally is right above the hem! ? Kenny laughed at me and calls it my thalidomide doll. She has weird lobster claw chicken - [Frozen](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/frozen/) - We are in the middle of a melting ice storm and it's snowing with a refreeze warning tonight. Our electricity shut off last night, after midnight; but was magically restored when I woke up mid-morning. Whew! As it turns out my Moosh, is scared of the dark. She stayed on our heels, until we put - [Studio Transom & Gypsy Doorbell](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/studio-transom-gypsy-doorbell/) - Behold: the “transom” I made with two 1960’s knotty pine built in china cabinet doors that have been stowed away for 20 years for the right project. I don’t know if this is the right one, but they aren’t precariously stacked where they can be broken by everything now. Yes, they are up there well. - [Polyurethane on Hardwood Floors: Part 1](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/polyurethane-part-1/) - We have returned to the Southaven house to continue work on the floors to get the place ready to put up for sale. It's been a long Covid-19 year filled with much Covid-19 drama, that I won't bore you with.. because we all know that life right now. Earlier this week, Kenny went over all - [Polyurethane on Hardwood Floors: Part 2](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/polyurethane-part-2/) - Finally finished the repair and refinish job in the Southaven house. Last coat of poly yesterday. Here is the “finished” product. Can’t even tell where I filled the 10” gap down the center of the largest room. I learned a lot with this project: mostly, that I don’t ever want to do this again! Ha! - [Ziggy Stardust](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/ziggy-stardust/) - We got Greta a puppy this afternoon. We need a guard dog and we were hoping it would help her want to stay in the shop and convalesce instead of chasing every noise she hears and hurting her elbows even further. So far it’s working! Greta is fascinated with her new baby and hasn’t left - [Everleigh Ann Ellis](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/everleigh-ann-ellis/) - Our new granddaughter arrived today at 1:46 p.m., weighing in at 3 lbs, 14 oz, and is an hour old right now. Introducing: Everleigh Ann Ellis She’s a tiny little girl and will be in NICU for a couple of weeks. But don't worry, she, Mom & Dad are all doing fine. Congratulations to our - [Rebuilding The Blog](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/rebuilding-the-blog/) - We bought our beloved house on September 6, 2017, and it feels like we have been moving, restoring and improving every day since, with no end in sight. She was originally built prior to 1883, then moved a mile South in 1942, when the Arkabutla Dam was built, in response to The Great Mississippi River - [Neighborhood Fire](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/neighborhood-fire/) - Nothing like a neighborhood fire to break up the Sunday monotony. Happening right now, around the corner from us and down the street, on Forest Circle, in Coldwater. The house has been empty and abandoned for a few years, so no one was hurt. I'm standing in the driveway of our artists friends, Tom and - [Crawfish Boil](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/crawfish-boil/) - Seven years ago, today, was our first crawfish boil, held at our 1961 ranch house in Southaven. To date we've had three: the last, here in April 2019; but I am missing the OPTION to have one, now that we live in corona quarantine. I'm a native Louisianian, so if I don't make a trip - [Italian Meatballs in Marinara](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/italian-meatballs-in-marinara/) - I made these Italian meatballs in marinara the other night, using Sir Mitchell Bird's recipe. I used a crockpot, set to low, adding a jar of marinara sauce and a can of tomato sauce. In a big bowl, I mixed a pound each of hamburger and Italian sausage together, (really squished up good) then added - [Garden 2020](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/garden-2020/) - Finished fencing my garden against our newest little beast, Ziggy! She’s all puppy right now. Shes really a sweetie and she cant help herself yet for the most part, but she is so smart and shes learning. But the joy of walking down the top of a freshly planted row, or yanking a green fluffy - [Frankenlamp: Table Bridge Lamp](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/frankenlamp-table-bridge-lamp/) - I've been wanting an old table/desk bridge lamp with jadeite for a couple of years now, but I haven't been able to find one that won't break the bank. In June 2019, I found and bought an old floor bridge lamp with a damaged and painted jadeite ball, but I haven't stripped it yet. Because: - [Pate de Verre Shade Lamps](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/pate-de-verre/) - I have mentioned in a few of my posts, my lamps with French pate de verre shades and I wanted to take a minute to show you two of my faves, flanking the love seat in the master bedroom: The only thing I changed on the bridge floor lamp (above) since I got it in - [Frankenlamp Switcheroo!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/frankenlamp-switcheroo/) - You may remember the original Frankenlamp table bridge lamp I made a couple of months ago, as described in my blog post here. Well, I had a change of heart in the design of that lamp when I FINALLY found the perfect jadeite piece I had been seeking for months. So what is an insane - [Frankie Loves Hummingbirds!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/frankie-loves-hummingbirds/) - I'm sure you remember Frankie, she makes quite an impression! She isn't quite a year old yet; with our vet's estimation, we think she was born mid to late November, 2020. Still learning about the world around her, this week Frankie discovered hummingbirds! Let me first explain that the during last few of weeks in - [Southaven House](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/southaven-house/) - Three and three quarter years after we bought our big old house in Coldwater, we FINALLY have the home we moved from in Southaven, fixed up and ready to sell. Why did it take so long, you ask.. the list is long and laborious to recite; but it boils down to family and health issues - [Freudian Slip!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/freudian-slip/) - This blog entry will stray from the home restoration and decoration content that normally fills its pages. I'm working on a weekend presentation right now, so I simply don't have time to take on anything "house" this week, and still meet my mark. But, I also need a little break from the monotony of my - [Dining Room Chairs](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/dining-room-chairs/) - Right before Christmas, we returned the original dining room, from a bedroom, back into a dining room. There was a lot of work (and hip surgeries) to get through before this event, but I pre-empted everything and ordered a smaller table with chairs (and later, a retro step stool) for the breakfast nook, as my - [Pantry Light Installed](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/pantry-light-installed/) - This may not be a big deal to most of you. HOWEVER: for four years I have been using a flash light to search through the four cabinets that make up my pantry. So a couple of weeks ago, I ordered two battery powered sconces for the pantry, believing that the electrical source to the - [French Door Restoration](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/french-door-restoration/) - More doors to start restoring today: a pair of old 15 light French doors to separate the dining room (being used as Mom's bedroom) from the foyer. I found the ONE pair of doors with my dimensions and window count, in hundreds at the restoration house we visited in Memphis. We bought them for $400 - [Upstairs Bathroom](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/upstairs-bathroom/) - How can someone be so bad at hanging wallpaper, yet so confident to glue the hell out of it. I’m removing wallpaper from the upstairs bathroom this weekend. My mood won’t improve. Update: March 27, 2019 After six weeks of what felt like CONSTANT work, the upstairs bathroom is finally done! Can I say, that - [Ceiling Medallion & Chandelier](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/foyer-ceiling-medallion/) - I painted the medallion for the newly painted foyer ceiling.. twice! My first attempt was lighter green with gold, but I decided I needed more color value to keep it from clashing against the connecting green room. My second attempt produced a deeper green with copper ceiling medallion that will look perfect with the yellow - [That's Life!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/thats-life/) - Dinner at ACME Oyster Bar: it started raining when we went in. It was lightly raining when we came out. It was only about 10 blocks back to our hotel so we decided to don a couple of ponchos and walk back in the sprinkles. We really enjoyed it. So glad we didn’t call an - [Willow Flycatchers](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/willow-flycatchers/) - Setting fire to metal and beating the crap out of it today, for components of a piece, I hope will be in an art exhibit. The only documented nesting of the Willow Flycatcher in Mississippi occurs at Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge. I have sculpted each bird and some of the leaves from silver plate - [Frankenlamp: Slag Glass Lighting](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/frankenlamp-slag-glass-lighting/) - I created two Frankenlamps this week: A floor lamp and a plugin ceiling light Floor Lamp: I bought this old green slag glass shade on Ebay and retooled a newer floor lamp I had hanging around, to accommodate it. I updated the harp with an antique (Ebay) and added a new switch (Amazon), since those - [Frankenlamp: Dresser Lamps](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/frankenlamp-dresser-lamps/) - I made these Frankenlamps this week, using a pair of lead crystal trophy lamps and pearl glass globes that I really loved and wanted to use in my lighting somehow. I added new brass lamp parts and made cold connected and formed collars in my metal shop to join it all together. Can you tell - [Upstairs Bedroom #1](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/upstairs-bedroom-1-2/) - It's super dark in here with the shades down and the lights off, but my son, Clayton's, room is mostly finished. No more pink flowery wallpaper and pink carpet. This looks like a room for a young man now. We still need to put his TV and desk/PC in.. plus the two other valances that - [Offer Accepted!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/offer-accepted/) - I'm over the moon right now! Our offer on the perfect new (107 year old) home has been accepted! I will post more info after the acceptance is signed and sealed! ????? - [Henredon Sofa](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/henredon-sofa/) - I have this exact sofa at Mom's, but it's in desperate need of a good reupholstering. I think will recover it in a solid color period appropriate color and texture and put in the living room. Or maybe the upstairs guest room. - [They Accepted Our Offer!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/accepted-our-offer/) - They accepted our offer on this 107 year old house. It's in great shape. We're pretty excited about it. At one time this was Garnett West's family home. She had old framed photos of it dating back to the time it was built, but The lady we are buying the house from told us that - [I Might Have To Convert To Methodist](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/i-might-have-to-convert-to-methodist/) - The chime hymns played at noon on the Methodist church clock across the street from the new house. ? I might have to become a Methodist! https://www.facebook.com/pukachelle/videos/10214563607869935/ https://www.facebook.com/pukachelle/videos/10214563626390398/ https://www.facebook.com/pukachelle/videos/10214640012059992/ - [Hand Hewn 9 x 8 Floor Beams](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/hand-hewn-beams/) - I'm sure this house was built with local timber. Maybe cypress and oak. You can see the main beams were hand hewn with an adz. The floor joists were milled at a saw mill and are true 2 x 10. I have to do some more in depth research at the court house, but I'm - [Identify This Table?](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/identify-this-table/) - I have this coffee and end table set (excuse the dust, please) in what I believe is folk art or possibly Indian brass inlay. I may refinish these, replace brass where needed, and use in the new old house. Can anyone give me any more details on these? See the photo of the coffee table - [Grandfather Clock](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/grandfather-clock/) - Our new old grandfather clock we picked up from Grenada today. And the antique cabinet I bought later from super bestie, Dana, to go with the antique mirror she gave me. I think they look perfect opposite each other! - [Our First Dinner In Our New Old House!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/our-first-dinner/) - Thanks for the wine Barbara! - [De-Spidering The Workshop](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/de-spidering-the-workshop/) - Yesterday was so awesome! We closed on the house and I walked on air all day and slept on a cloud that night. But it was time to come back down to earth, and get to work on the one place I haven't been able to get into until yesterday: the big workshop out back! - [I found the dump.](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/i-found-the-dump/) - It's on Hogfoot Road! Gotta love Mississippi! Also, It's lovely hearing the church bells across the street chiming on the hour. And it's lovely they stop after 8. - [Sofa & Chair](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/sofa-chair/) - I got these two reproduction pieces from the 1960's off Facebook Marketplace this week. They are in perfect shape and will be perfect in the parlor. I suppose this means the Henredon sofa will go in the upstairs guest bedroom, if anywhere at all. With the mounting expenses of restoration and decoration: reupholstering an old - [Washing Machine TV](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/washing-machine-tv/) - We haven't brought a TV down yet, so I'm watching the new Samsung HE washer. https://www.facebook.com/slydog1227/videos/10213143328245099 It actually is making me nervous and apprehensive; like when you're on a carnival ride and dude that put it together is driving; with his Motorhead t-shirt and his meth mouth. No. This is too fast for a washer - [I forgot to get the alarm code.](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/alarm-code/) - I forgot to get the alarm code from the lady we bought the house from. I accidentally armed it. We were kind of imprisoned in the house. Until I was on the phone and forgot and walked out the back door. Well....it wasn't really an accident. I was playing with it. As Chelle says about - [Gas & Electric](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/gas-electric/) - I had our gas and electric changed over on the phone. I went down to Coldwater city hall last Friday to have the water changed to our name, telling the clerk we had just bought the house. Clerk: "Do you have an ID?"I hand her my MS drivers license.Clerk: "Ummm...Do you have anything showing you - [We Located Old Photos](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/old-photos/) - We located the old photos from the house! Our neighborhood "jam" lady and artist, Sheri Rieth, gifted us this one on the right this morning! She had purchased them all at the estate sale for $2 to use in some of her wonderful artwork. She is going to let us have copies of the others - [I'm predicting a long hard winter.](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/long-hard-winter/) - Squirrels are furiously gathering acorn's. Hummingbird activity seemed diminished today. The climate is continuously wreaking havoc with hurricane activity and abnormal weather patterns are an everyday occurrence. All of that, but mostly, I've got an aching in my bones. Not a figurative ache. An honest to God prognosticator of an ache. I stood under a - [I took a bath last night.](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/bath-bomb/) - Yeah I know, but I'm retired, it was Tuesday, and these things occasionally happen. We had this idea to luxuriate at the same moment, but seeing as how we don't have a tub in this old house big enough for two, I chose the upstairs tub. Actually, she got to the downstairs tub first and - [Building My Son A Fence](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/dustins-fence/) - I retired for this??? Sheesh! The purpose of the clamps: Dustin originally wanted the double gate in the middle of the section of fence facing the street so he could get his truck and or trailer in the backyard. My buddy, Russ Battles, came over in the 95 degree heat and helped me lay it out two - [The motor went out on the automatic litter box.](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/litter-box/) - The motor went out on our automatic litter box and I ordered another 2, to have a spare. The automatic box itself makes having a cat just slightly less of a waste of any intrinsic value one could possibly gain, by choosing to be the life long provider of welfare for these beautiful but loathsome - [I Love These Church Bells](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/hells-bells/) - I love these church bells. But I wish... just every once in a while...after the intro gong...they’d break out with a rousing rendition of Hell’s Bells. https://www.facebook.com/slydog1227/videos/10213385618542205/ - [The ugly papered over cracked plaster ceiling is covered.](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/parlor-ceiling/) - Skim coated the walls in the breakfast nook this morning after we removed the old wall paper. The ugly papered over cracked plaster ceiling is covered. Now I just need to paint it and install the chandelier. I've been wanting to paint it for a week but things keep popping up, I have to do - [New Shower Head Hell](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/shower-head/) - Ahhhh! The joys of working on an old house! I was changing out a shower head. Which lead to a cracked PVC elbow, in the wall. Which led to the removal of this closet panel which dude felt a need to caulk totally in. Which led to PVC pipe behind a plaster lathe wall and - [Peeling Old Wallpaper](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/peeling-old-wallpaper/) - It's almost pretty enough to leave this way. - [Generous Gift From A Stranger](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/generous-gift-from-a-stranger/) - Before we purchased the other grandfather clock, I had been discussing with a lady in Greenville who was selling an old German one her father had bought in Germany in the 60’s. She had listed it on FB Marketplace for $800. I was very interested in it and we had chatted a lot about it. - [Lord Coldwater](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/lord-coldwater/) - Our latest correspondence from Sir Mitchell and Lady Michelle, of the House of Bird, The Duke and Duchess of Rogers Wood Cove: - [Sitting Room Chair](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/sitting-room-chair/) - My new second hand chair in the master bedroom sitting room. Got it for forty bucks off Facebook Marketplace. I repainted the master bedroom and sitting room, sans border, in the same color used in Clayton's bedroom (Upstairs Bedroom #1). It was a subtle change in color, but I cannot stress to you, how much - [Up On The Roof](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/up-on-the-roof/) - Adding some incline to the flat roof over the HUGE carport: - [Coldwater Creepy Chair!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/creepy-chair/) - Chelle bought this chair. We just noticed this. Does anyone else see the face in the chair? See The Coldwater Creepy Chair! $5 per person! This is gonna be our goldmine, babe! No more sitting in the creepy chair! Off limits. I’m doing some quick Googling here, but this could very well be the long lost - [Roof Finished](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/roof/) - Roofing is done just in time for the rain! Thank you to this fine, hard working crew of roofers! Now my nephew Brian and his crew, Shane and Tim have to finish my siding and cornice work. - [I'm So Tired Of Going To Lowe's](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/im-so-tired-of-going-to-lowes/) - My poor Kenny has been battling plumbing issues in two houses for three full days now. He just returned from his fourth trip to Lowe's in 24 hours and was singing "Im so tired of going to Lowe's" to Al Green's "Tired of Being Alone. ???? - [Basement Stairs](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/basement-stairs/) - I got the hot water heater finished in Southaven this morning. Now I’m cleaning out the basement in Coldwater. The HVAC guys are coming in the morning to install the new systems. This basement was such a mess I was embarrassed to post a picture. I’ll bet I hauled out 600 old jars in rotten - [New HVAC](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/new-hvac/) - The old furnace is cut loose and moved to the side. It took 5 guys to move it. I’m going to disassemble and cut it into pieces to get it out of the basement. When the house was moved in 1941, they built the foundation and the basement, set the furnace in the hole, and - [New Fence](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/new-fence/) - Today I’m clearing the old fence line ahead of my Nephew Brian who is helping me put up my fence. Let me correct myself... I’m helping them put up my fence! I’m having to work my ass off to keep ahead of these guys! Sheeesh! - [Upstairs Bedroom #1](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/upstairs-bedroom-1/) - Today's project: This bedroom was wallpapered with gak! It did cover some bad plaster, and the seams were well adhered. We stripped the paper from the rear wall which peeled pulled big gaps of old paint from the plaster. That required much skim coating. Our solution for the other walls (Thank you Brian Box for the suggestion!), - [Murano Chandelier](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/chandelier/) - The Murano blown glass chandelier is installed in the foyer at last! I almost fell off the last step bringing the stem downstairs to install. Chelle said she saw my life pass before her eyes... - [Christmas 2017](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/christmas-2017/) - No art-making today, try back tomorrow. All I can think about is putting up a Christmas tree, so that's about to happen. Then maybe I can focus on art. Putting up a Christmas tree is an art, right? This was a found Christmas tree from the attic above the workshop. After lugging it down the - [Beige Christmas Tree](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/beige-christmas-tree/) - Chelle found this Christmas tree in the upper shop. We think it was originally white???? But it seems to have aged into a champaign beige, maybe due to the heat in the summertime. Does it look funky? What do you think? Yay or nay? - [Hay, STOP!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/hay/) - Standing on the front porch and watched as this roll of hay rolled off dudes trailer, took out the trash can, and the end of the neighbors fence. No one was home. The driver left to get his tractor. I told him if anyone showed up I’d tell them he dropped off their hay. Good, - [2017 Coldwater Christmas Parade](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/2017-coldwater-christmas-parade/) - Live at the Coldwater Christmas Parade from our front porch. This should only take a minute.... https://www.facebook.com/pukachelle/videos/10215588119762092/ https://www.facebook.com/pukachelle/videos/10215588119922096/ https://www.facebook.com/pukachelle/videos/10215588120002098/ - [Front Threshold...](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/todo/threshold/) - :head slap!: - [Sari Patchwork Ottoman Cover](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/indian-sari-patchwork-ottoman-cover/) - I picked up a really basic grey storage cube/ottoman, with a rip in the fabric, last week for nine bucks. Have you seen how much these things are going for now? Unreal! I understand, I'm cheap, but come on! I wanted to spiff it up a little to suit my Bohemian soul, so I ordered - [Bon Temps Poulet](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/bon-temps-poulet/) - I finally got my beautiful piece, created by ceramic/mixed media artist, Linda Berman, (one of my favorite artists, ever!) put up in the breakfast nook today. Can you believe I bought this piece months before we bought this house? I wasn't even sure where I would be able to put it because I have long - [Orchids](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/orchids/) - I have grown various orchids for years, but I'm downsizing my collection of over fifty (yes, you read that correctly: FIFTY?!) orchids, as Sadie is eating up all our time these days... with no end in sight! And if you grow orchids, you've already noticed that I scorched a leaf on my cattleya at the - [Ding Dong Ditch!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/ding-dong-ditch/) - Our doorbell only works sometimes. So someone was outside the front door, presumably having rung the non-working doorbell. The pekes and I were dancing around the house but I passed by in that pause, and through the lace curtains, with very poor vision, I thought it was Kenny hanging out there.. and flashed him. It - [Water Damage Door Repair](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/water-damage-door-repair/) - Water had been seeping into the back door during rain storms, for who knows how long. It rotted out the bottom of the back door, but I repaired it by removing the damaged wood, gluing/nailing in new wood and gluing everything back together. Since then we have added a metal awning above the back door - [Coffee & Bird Watching](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/coffee-and-bird-watching/) - Lots of Cardinals! Many immature ones. Also a Carolina Chickadee, picking bugs off the JuJube tree. Butt’s on the grill! Put a few apple wood chunks from our apple tree on the coals. It’s smelling really sweet now! It’s after noon now. Think I’ll put a touch of OC in my lime tea and put - [79 Years Ago Today](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/79-years-ago-today/) - Earlier today, someone in a Facebook group I'm in posted the resource of newspapers.com to research the history of their old house. I got a trial membership and the first article that came up was about a wedding that took place in our house 79 years ago... TODAY! I have chills! Having took place 79 years ago - [Good Fences Make Good Neighbors](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/good-fences/) - It’s never boring being married Kenny. We renewed and transferred two car tags to our new county today. They were gonna charge $2 per tag to be paid via debit card, until Kenny remembered a hundred dollar bill in his wallet, thereby saving us $4. The clerk took the bill and marked it with a - [Mooshie Monster](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/mooshie-monster/) - The ruthless dictator has claimed all three beds this morning. I suppose she's really more of an empress. A dictatorship implies that at some point she had a group supporting her take-over. She stared right through me just daring me to upset the power! But I did. ? That girl can hang on to a - [Weird Grandkids](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/weird-grandkids/) - We were dubbed "Weird Gramma and Pappaw" or more simply now, "The Weirds", by our oldest grandson, Gabriel. Now all the grandkids call us this, and I couldn't be more pleased with my label! All the grandkids (Gabriel, Isabel & Isla) fall under the umbrella of Weird Grandkids, because the apple don't fall far from - [Garden 2018](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/garden-2018/) - Photos from my vegetable garden this year. - [Dead 'Possums](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/dead-possums/) - Found two dead ‘possums in the yard this morning.Like we say here in Miss’ippi,No one can eat just one. I need to do some research on them. It may have been a mating pair. It appeared they had been hit by a car. They both made it the same distance into the yard before lying - [Irises](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/irises/) - This is a gallery of irises between my yards in Coldwater and Southaven (the old house). I am in the process of transplanting many of these in the new yard, but it will be awhile before they start to bloom. My sister's name was Iris, and she loved them, especially purple irises. She died in - [Great Blue Heron](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/blue-heron/) - Wow! I wish I’d had my camera ready, a blue heron just flew overhead, while I was in the back yard. That may be the coolest thing I’ve seen since moving here and I’ve seen lots of awesomeness! I'm super sorry, but I didn't stop to get my camera because then I would have missed - [Mothers Day 2018](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/mothers-day-2018/) - Happy Mothers Day! I made applewood smoked grilled salmon on the grill for Mom and Chelle. Along with fresh asparagus, jasmine rice and garlic knots. Here's my mom, Louise (left), having fun with the widows group that has friended her here in Coldwater. And here she is (left again) with our friend and neighbor Ms. - [Sadie's Lawn](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/sadies-lawn/) - Sadie's lawn is mostly centipede grass. I put some fertilizer down once last Fall, but that's all I've done, besides mowing it. - [Closet Library](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/closet-library/) - We have a closet in our guest bedroom we turned into a library. It has high ceilings so we are also putting a lot of our art stuff around the book cases. We brought the bookcases and the leather sofa down and put them on the landing at the top of the stairs, but that - [Artsy Neighbors](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/artsy-neighbors/) - Besides being Sadie's slave, I am a painter, print maker and sculptor. One of the very cool things about moving to Coldwater was we live five miles north of my super bestie, Dana, who is an artist and art professor. We also now live around the corner from two additional artists and art professors we - [Moosh Print Studio](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/moosh-print-studio/) - I got a quote this morning to install the giant picture window I bought in November (where the middle door is in the carriage house), in my future art studio. I prematurely present to you: Moosh Print Studio. Named appropriately after my muse, Moosh. Update: July 3, 2018 Picture window installed, now Kenny’s got to - [Life After Hernia Surgery](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/life-after-hernia-surgery/) - Things that happen right after your hernia surgery.. Clayton called on his way home from work. Upper ball joint broke on his truck. We’ll take the wheel off tomorrow and see the extent of the damage. It definitely folded that knuckle up at about a 60 degree angle so that's a must replace. If we - [Citizen Schuety Balsac](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/citizen-schuety-balsac/) - I remember filling something out months ago, I thought might incur some junk mail, so as a quick indicator for me to drop it directly in the trash. I listed my name as “Schuety Balsac”. I didn’t think they’d take me seriously. I opened it and it refreshed my memory. It was from some "church" - [Hummingbirds](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/hummingbirds/) - I've mentioned before that we live in the migratory bird path, and we get a ton of hummingbirds in September. In fact, 40 miles East of us in Holly Springs, Mississippi, is where the Hummingbird Festival takes place every September at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center. Thousands of hummingbirds can be seen there, all at once. - [Sausage & Biscuits](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/sausage-biscuits/) - I made some home made biscuits and sausage if anyone is howngry! I dumped about 1 and 1/2 cups flour in a bowl, about 1/3 cup Crisco and tablespoon of cold butter. Add 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt. I worked all that together with a ..... um... one of those things you work - [Papaw's Sewing Cabinet](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/papaws-sewing-cabinet/) - A couple of years ago, I made a removable desktop to cover the sewing machine cabinet my maternal grandfather built. I just finished covering that top with the well worn leather and hardware of an old suitcase. ? - [Mom & The Memphis Sound](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/mom-the-memphis-sound/) - After being laid off when RCA closed it’s television manufacturing plant in Memphis, and moved to Taiwan, my mom, Sarah Bond, went to work for a small local electronics company called Audiotronics. Audiotronics built state of the art mixing boards for music and sound recording studios. Mom actually physically built these boards, soldering up all - [New Year 2019](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/new-year-2019/) - Happy New Year! Here's to a great 2019: The Year of the Pig.. I'm feeling confident I can live up to that! We rang in the new year with the addition of our daughter, Ashley, and her babies/our weird grandkids, Gabe and Izzee. We made hats and noise makers to celebrate the magic hour and - [Sophie](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/sophie/) - So excited! The cat tree arrived yesterday for us to install so Sophie, our 18-1/2 year old Siamese, can officially ignore it. I knew to install the thing next to the vent, since Sophie has always been a heat seeker. I also quickly learned to put her favorite bed next to it or she might - [Izzee's Going To Regionals](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/izzee-regionals/) - So proud of my “weird” granddaughter Isabel! She’s a 4th grade Spotlight student. She took 2nd place in the 4th and 5th grade chemistry/physics division with her science project this week. She’ll be going to regionals at Ole Miss. She’s a smart little cookie! You ROCK Izzee! - [Frankenlamp: Slag Boudoir](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/frankenlamp-slag-boudoir/) - Another Frankenlamp finished: crystal boudoir lamp with old slag glass shade in the sitting area of our bedroom. ? Easy Peezy, Lemon Squeezy... just rewire the lamp and use led lightbulbs so it doesn't burn your house down. Then add a small, old slag glass shade to the top.. TA DA! ALSO: here's a photo - [Woodpecker](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/woodpecker/) - There's a pileated woodpecker, hammering happily in the neighbor's pine tree this morning. ?? No, that isn’t it at the top of this page. But if you didn’t know what a pileated woodpecker looks like in flight, now you do! I tried to get a good, close photo of him, but he flew off. ?He - [Ex-Husband-In-Law](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/ex-husband-in-law/) - Congratulations to my ex-husband-in-law Clay Jones! He's a finalist for the Herblock Award for political cartooning! - [The Fun Never Ends](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/fun-never-ends/) - This was in the fortune cookie I got with my Singapore Mei-fun at China Wok today. I may put it in the wall now for the next owners! Rebuilding half the deck which has started rotting away with water damage. I'm sistering in joists with new wood and getting it rebuilt enough for visiting company - [Speckled King Snake](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/speckled-king-snake/) - Sweet little speckled king snake going down a hole to eat mice and moles! God speed, snek! ? No, that isn’t it at the top of this page. But if you didn’t know what a speckled king snake looks like in flight, now you do! Here's my photos: - [Tanks A Lot!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/tanks-a-lot/) - I found this in my old shed while rebuilding the floor. I kind of feel like I dug up a WWII bomb in the back yard and now I'm stuck with it. Does anyone know how to dispose of one of these? The cap is rusted on it, and I don’t know if its full - [Wood Sink Base](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/wood-sink-base/) - Finally finished the new sink base for our camper. Now I can get it back together. - [Main Board TV Repair](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/main-board-tv-repair/) - Trying to repair my 47” Vizio TV. I think the main board is bad. It's about 8 years old but was a $1500 TV when I bought it. I can get a new main board for $130. I think a new 50" would run me.. maybe $500 at least. If I can repair it for - [Homemade Antenna](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/homemade-antenna/) - Put up my homemade antenna on my shop and I'm getting 35 digital channels! Memphis, and MS public broadcasting from Oxford. Not too shabby! Here are extensive instructions for the Hoveman antenna I made:https://www.hamradio.me/antennas/superbowl-dtv-antenna.html This just shows the dimensions on the bends for the 2 sections of wire that you make. You want to use - [Hardwood Floors Under Carpet](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/hardwood-floors-under-carpet/) - Working on our 1961 ranch house in Southaven today. This floor in my old office/Clayton’s old bedroom/Ashley’s old bedroom has been setting for over 40 years, under at least two versions of ugly carpet. ? There was some 40 year old dried paint here and there but it came up with alcohol and elbow grease! - [Gold Finches](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/gold-finches/) - Gold Finches are visiting. There were two pair trying to eat at feeder, along with house finch, cardinals, and a junco all at one time. I couldn’t manage to get them all in a single picture. - [Garden 2019](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/garden-2019/) - I've got 28 tomato plants: The row on far right is 3 different varieties of heirlooms I started from some old seed I had on hand. Glad they germinated, but I still lost about half in the seedling stage. I've just kind of thrown it together this year when I could find a minute between - [Solitary Mason Wasp](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/mason-wasp/) - My pet wasp is peeking above the citronella candle at me. I never knew I wanted a pet wasp but she moved into the pipes of my deck chair and we hit it off. She’s a solitary mason wasp. Yes, she. I joined the solitary wasp enthusiasts group on Facebook to learn about her. This - [Filling Gaps In Hardwood Floors](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/filling-gaps-in-hardwood-floors/) - Filling a gap in hardwood floors between two rooms where I removed a wall 30 years ago. Back then, I filled it with 1" x 4" planks and covered it with carpet, but now it's time to refinish these floors in our 1961 ranch house in Southaven, we are getting ready to sell. It’s been - [Removing Mastic](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/removing-mastic/) - Removing old mastic glue and chunks of old parquet flooring from the slab with an air chisel before installing new laminated floor in the den in our 1961 ranch house in Southaven. Ugh! Quite a chore! If you can get the flooring up, they do make a safer solvent you can roll on and soften - [Mixed Media Paintings 2019](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/mixed-media-paintings-2019/) - Here's a few mixed media paintings I worked on this year: - [Southaven Hardwood Floors](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/refinishing-hardwood-floors/) - It’s getting real! ? Sanding hardwoods in two bedrooms and a hallway for refinishing in our 1961 ranch house in Southaven. Hopefully, we can finish this place up soon.. I'm so ready to list it! When we get done, I will put a tutorial up to help others with this process. - [Laundry Room Table](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/laundry-room-table/) - The haze still has to be wiped off the tile (AND ME!) in a couple of hours, but here’s my laundry table in our 1961 ranch house in Southaven: revamped and tiled. I learned that I can lay tile but I cannot grout it and that it feels like falling off a cliff! Kenny had - [Sanding Hardwood Floors](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/sanding-hardwood-floors/) - Starting sanding the original oak hardwood floors in our 1961 ranch house in Southaven we are getting ready to sell. I rented a floor sander from Home Depot and used 36, 60, then 100 grit sanding discs. Then I sanded the edges the belt sander couldn't reach with an edge sander. Bending over to drive - [Don't Bug Me!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/dont-bug-me/) - I just now remembered, because I fell back asleep afterwards this morning: The alarm on Google Mini went off at full volume at 7 am, and Kenny got up and whispered to keep from waking me, “Hey Google, shut up”. It kept going so he moved closer to it and whispered again. So it’s at - [Recipe: Banana Poppy Seed Bread](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/recipe-banana-poppy-seed-bread/) - 4 over ripe bananas1 teaspoon lemon juice2 cups bread flour1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon1/2 cup white sugar3/4 cup ribbon cane syrup1 stick butter at room temp2 eggs, beaten1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/2 cup buttermilk2 tbsp poppy seeds Preheat oven to 325Grease and flour a loaf panIn a medium - [Italian Peppers & Eggs](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/italian-peppers-eggs/) - Kenny watched a Vic Dibitetto video that flung a craving right on both of us. His mother-in-law was making Italian Peppers & Eggs on her Vittoria's Kitchen channel on YouTube. So here is my crack at that all day endeavor. I am not an egg lover, but Kenny is, so this was totally for him.. - [Pierogies](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/pierogies/) - I was on a pierogi quest for years: seeking the right one, then deciding to make the right one. Here is my recipe and if I do say so myself, it is really close to perfection! This isn't something you whip together after you get home from work, though. This is pasta making, then giant - [Die Trash Can!](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/die-trash-can/) - Someone took out my trash can last night and left everything scattered down the street. It was probably about 75 lbs and they knocked it a good 125 feet. Surely, it messed up their grill pretty good. Didn’t do my trash bin much good either. I went outside and it was setting on the sidewalk. - [Greer's Ferry Land](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/greers-ferry-land/) - Our acreage at Greer’s Ferry was just listed on more than 500 websites and MLS. https://www.mossyoakproperties.com/land/49268ff Originally, we had planned to build a big place on the 16 acres, and retire there.. but then life happened.. and then Sadie came along, and I don't really want to live anywhere else now. Still, listing her is - [Scotch Eggs](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/scotch-eggs/) - I tested this scotch eggs recipe a couple of years ago. I found it on the FoodWishes channel on YouTube, and even though I don't really like eggs, I ate my serving up! Ingredients: Oil for frying6 cold large eggs21 ounces bulk Italian sausage¼ teaspoon dry mustard1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg1 pinch cayenne pepper1 cup - [Angel Nurse Andrea](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/angel-nurse-andrea/) - I'm seriously depressed today and I don't know what else to do but journal it out. I'm not a crier, but today I am crying tears of the broken-hearted. Five months ago, I went in to have my monthly IV therapy for multiple sclerosis and my nurse for the past eleven years was just.. gone. - [Old Windows vs. New Windows](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/old-windows-vs-new-windows/) - Maybe it’s because I’m ass-deep in lectures on The French Revolution, where real change was affected and actual lives were lost. But I’m astounded again by the self-importance of your everyday bored person getting into an argument on the Internet; and actually believing they are making a difference. I just saw two people arguing over - [Croissants](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/chelle/croissants/) - I'm pulling a few recipes I tested a few years ago to post in my blog. This way I can find them easily, HERE, where I can save them from being monkeyed with and overwritten. I may be paranoid, but I am prepared! As I've said before, I really love Joy of Baking recipes for - [Rose Breasted Grosbeak](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/rose-breasted-grosbeak/) - I just saw one of these sitting on the fence: Rose Breasted Grosbeak. They only migrate through here and I've never seen one before! I didn't take the photo above. I snagged it off Google, but he looked like that one! :D - [Replacing Rotted Deck Boards](https://sadiesoldhouse.com/kenny/replacing-rotted-deck-boards/) - I’ve been replacing some deck boards and banding on our deck. Chelle had bought our new pup Ziggy an engraved name tag in the shape of a bone. I put it on her collar three days ago. 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