A Romantic Country Home

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Back to the real world.....

Well, I'm back from a fabulous vacation....I got home Friday morn at 1 am. Saturday morning I woke up with a toothache. I thought it was on the bottom jaw, but the top tooth hurt, too. By Sunday, I'm calling my dentist, and he called in a pain killer for me. Went into his office at 8:00 am Monday morning and he said I had an infection and I should go to the endodontist. It was the top tooth. Went there and he said I would have to wait 'til the infection cleared to do a root canal. Gave me antibiotics and made two appts for me. He said if it starts to swell, to call him right away. Within 2 hours of leaving there, it started to swell! I go back in and he tries to numb it with 4 or 5 shots of Novocaine and it just wouldn't get numb. He was going to drill a hole in it and try to drain it and put some medication in there. It hurt so much that he couldn't do it. And I was not going to let him even touch it, especially with a drill! So, he gave me another prescription for stronger antibiotics and fortunately, the pain killer is doing it's job. I am still very swollen and just waiting for this to go away. Not fun! So, I'm heading back to the couch and I will waste another day. I am not doing anything because I don't feel like it. I'm just waiting.....
'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

Thursday, February 24, 2011

On Vacation.....

I will be on vacation until March 4! I'm going to see Mickey and Minnie in the Magic Kingdom! I will miss all of you and I wish you could go with me! The time will fly by and in a week I will wonder where it went! I'm leaving on a jet plane.....(singing) See you all when I return!

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

Thursday, February 17, 2011

A New Project.....

This was a Christmas gift from my Honey (DBF)...
This is a Proxxon Miter saw. It is used for crafting dollhouse miniatures. I am so proud of him because I never even hinted that I wanted one. He figured it out on his own! I was so surprised and happy when I saw it, that I just cried. I love it and I love him for tuning into my needs and wants so well. It is the best tool for getting accurate cuts and it goes from 45 degrees to 45 degrees the other way, and everything in between. It is easy to use and is great for cutting very tiny pieces. Now I can make all kinds of miniatures and have them be straight. It is so much easier using this saw.

Here is an example of some cuts that I made with the saw....

Can you guess what this is?

It's part of the new project that I've been working on.

I won't elaborate because it's a gift to someone very special to me.

I will show my progress after it's finished and presented to the recipient.

Now you know what has been keeping me away from my blog. lol

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

Thursday, February 10, 2011

A Warm Welcome......

Enough of the snow, already!!!!

I don't want to talk about it anymore! You're probably glad, too! lol

Instead--I would like to welcome some new followers to my blog.....

The names that are underlined are linked to their blogs. If there's no link and you have a blog, please let me know and I will publish it.

Sunflower Suzee

Rossana

Linda Young

Welcome to all, and I hope you like my blog. I enjoy getting to know you and making new friends! Come back often, I love your comments.

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

More Winter Wonderland.....

This is what we woke up to, AGAIN, this morning.....

More snow.....

Clinging to everything.....

It sure was beautiful.....

This is the snowbank at the back of the house.....

We had to have our roof shoveled last Friday. So far, 150 buildings have collapsed in Massachusetts from heavy snow loads.

The picnic table is under that pile back there.....

Will it ever end? Eventually, it will.....
'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

Friday, February 4, 2011

Cabin Fever........

is setting in...........
So, we've been looking for ways to entertain ourselves.........
I like to bake cakes, so I found this recipe for a Guinness (R) molasses cake and thought I'd give it a try. It turned out delicious. It is from a cake magazine that I have a subscription to. I am not sure if I can publish the recipe though. The cake is richly dense, made with Guinness Extra Stout Beer, molasses, cocoa and is "Strangely Good" as they say in the heading of the recipe. The icing is very good, too, and just melts in your mouth. Probably because it has a whole pound of butter in it!