What a week!

On Wednesday we had to say goodbye to our friend of 15 years - our dog Murphy.  He was our best friend and companion.  Life will be different without him.  He provided us with many laughs and tons of love.  Rest well buddy roe!  De-cluttering my life did not include pets! ugh!

On Thursday I decided it was time to get rid of the Christmas tree at last!  And in true recycling fashion I put the tree on the deck for the birds to enjoy this winter.  I will be taking old toliet paper rolls and covering them in peanut butter and then rolling in bird seed to place over the branches of the Christmas tree.  I also like to thread (use cotton thread) fresh cranberries and hang them from the tree. If you place the tree near a window you get to enjoy all the birds!  Great way to relieve stress!

Friday we were on the road again!  To the cabin we went.  Worked on the kitchen area.  Mr B worked on my plate rack and I tackled the glass tile backsplash behind the stove.  Turned out great!
I also painted and stained the trimwork for our master bedroom.  We found some very inexpensive trimwork at Habitat for Humanity Restore in LaCrosse - LOVE that place!  We have found alot of materials for the cabin at the Restore store.  If you have one in your area I suggest visiting it!  Whether you need to buy or donate it's all good.  Check them out!

Saturday night we got to watch our beloved Green Bay Packers defeat the Minnesota Vikings!! GO PACK GO!  :)

Now back to reality... work on Monday.  And time to start the de-cluttering again.  Start looking thru the seed catalogs...love them!   Just wish I had more time to garden.  We use to put in a large garden but now that we spend every other weekend at the cabin it is too hard.  Can't wait to be living at the cabin and get a huge garden started.  Have you heard I also want chickens?  Yep I wanna be the crazy chicken lady!