Hi Mary

I am doing pretty good right now, finished with my last operation, (have my check-up tomorrow), I am feeling much better than before, unfortunately I have side effects left over from the treatments, but I suppose I can learn to deal with them LOL

Right now I am deep into redoing part of my kitchen over (a very simple reno, nothing fancy) The fun thing is that with this mini reno, I will be able to display my favorite everyday dishes on the kitchen wall, so that makes me happy. :) I also have a ton of outdoor work to catch up on since I have been out of commission so to speak since November (my neigbors will be happy to see that).
I know I have been a bad girl and not posted any tablesettings I will try to do better!! LOL

My home computer is still messed up so it limits my time on the computer on my time off....

Thanks for thinking of me!

Hey Judith! Good to hear from you. I asked Mary Ruth from HTE to say hello for me when she posted about you.
Glad you are up to doing some projects, take care!
K

Judith, so glad to hear you are doing well! Your kitchen project sounds like a nice one, especially since you have such pretty items to display!!
Don't forget to take a break often with your yard work! Hopefully it is warmer there than it is here...raining and cool.

Take care~~

and cooler than it is here!!!!!!
I'm so glad to "see" you out and about!!
Many blessings to you,
J

Whew, sure relieved to hear from you, Judith. Hope you get an A+ on your checkup. I'm very sorry you're still having to deal with treatment after-effects. And your computer not back to normal either. I know you are so glad to be able to do more, and enjoy your kitchen redo.
Take good care of yourself,
hugs, Karen

What a pleasure to see you posting again. Hope soon you'll be done with the treatments. It's good you feel like doing some things in your house. Remember not to over do.Wishing you lots of good days ahead.

Our computer was in the shop 3 1/2 weeks, I hate that.
linda

Hi Judith, We've all been waiting to hear from you. So are you saying those guys couldn't fix your computer? Charged you all that money and it still doesn't work right? That's just the pits!

Glad you are feeling better, and pressing on with getting some projects done. Always so many things that "need" to be done that it is sometimes hard to get to the ones we "want" to do, isn't it? LOL

Take care and join in here whenever you can. We are trying to keep things moving on this forum as best we can. Thank goodness we have Kathleen who loves to cook and actually uses her pretty dishes and shows us pics of both! ;o)

Luvs

Thought I would show you all what I have to work with, the tinyest kitchen around. There is even a washing machine squished in there, hopefully in the next few years I will be able to remove it from the kitchen to the garage. And right in front of the washing machine is my refrig (just out of picture view). I will be repainting the bottom cabinets and adding new hardware too, putting up a new light or ceiling fan if I can find one that looks sort of Country French....no luck so far with that though. I will be putting up shelves "aka" in the style of my favorite designer Charles Faudree. I will then be able to display my blue and white transferware dishes or my red and white transferware OR my green "cabbage" leaf dishes. So hopefully it will be pretty and practical. (on a very low budget) LOL

Hi Judith, That's great that you are getting to make a few changes that you want in your kitchen. Will be nice for you to be able to display some of your dishes so you can enjoy them. And just think--someday when the washer gets moved, you could install a "pantry" to fill with more of your pretty dishes! ;o)

I have a very small kitchen/large eating area. I actually have a cupboard with tin panels on it that sits in the eating area and I use that as a pantry for food. Other food items have to be stashed in cabinets in my laundry room. I do like my kitchen though, it's a U shape and really energy efficient for one person--just a step or two to the fridge, sink, or stove! LOL

You have such a "magic" touch, I know whatever you do will turn out looking great. ;o)

Luvs

Luvs, my kitchen has just been reconfigured to be a "U" kitchen too (one entry was closed in), and just like yours it will be a one step kitchen LOL. I won't have room for a pantry though, I really want more counter space. I will just have to deal with squishing everything in the lower cabinets for now. I love the tin panels idea in your kitchen, they always add alot of pizazzz!
Here are a few things that will be incorporated on to the open shelves in the kitchen.

P.S. (I still can't get my emails, so if anyone is emailing me I am not ignoring you, I just havent been able to reset it yet :(

ohhhh, be still my heart....those blue and white roosters!
I love them. I only have a plate on the wall like one.
Your "new" kitchen is going to be wonderful for you. Tho sounds like a lot of work ahead. Hope you are finally getting past some of those awful side effects, and feel much better these days.

hugs, Karen

Hi Judith! Good to see you here..
Even during renovs you still have a neat stack of pretty dishes..
The end result will be beautiful, I know!
Hope you are feeling better each day!

Judith - yeah, you are back! I'm assuming your home computer is working now (except for emails). Thanks for sharing the "before" pics of your kitchen reno. If anyone can make a tiny kitchen look beautiful, it will be you. I like how Luvs and you turned it into a positive saying "one step kitchen". It is all a matter of perspective like the blog link Luvs showed in a previous post of the various house sizes. Your collection of roosters will no doubt "make" your kitchen, they are terrific! Hope you don't overdo it with the work ahead of you.

DD

I can't wait to see how this comes out!
You should start a new thread with these pictures so no one will miss it!

Oh, what pretty roosters! Those will look so neat in there and how nice to get to have them out where you can enjoy them.

I agree with Mary Ruth--should put your "before" and then the "after" pics all on a new thread on here. Know it's lots of work and requires patience to tolerate the mess during "renovation", but you will enjoy it so much when it is done.

And yes, more counter space will be a good thing--make sure you leave room for your gorgeous candyland scene at Christmas! ;o) Luvs

Judith, your kitchen re-do looks like it will be very nice; you have such great items to display and like Luvs said....you have the magic touch so it will turn out great!

I needed some kind of light over my sink and really didn't know what to get until I seen a picture in a magazine of a chandelier in the kitchen so I searched online for the right size and style I wanted. This is what I got and I just love it!

Mary, I love your chandy--it is wonderful. Really like your valance on the window also--very pretty. Luvs

Mary, that chandelier definitely would make being in the kitchen seem less of a chore to me. Its so pretty. As is the valance.

Rooster lovers, check out this unusual pitcher!

hugs, Karen

Here is a link that might be useful: rooster pitcher

Judith - curiosity has gotten the best of me...What is the square of the blue painters tape in your reno kitchen pic for? LOL

Jim

BTW - Looking forward to seeing the kitchen transformation as well!

Luvs, Karen, thanks ! There is no elec. source there so I had to find a swag type chandelier. The chain is hid behind the valance top & then runs down the side to the outlet so the cord doesn't show all that much. I am thinking of trying the flickering bulbs in it just to see how they look, I can always change back and forth.

Karen, that is a cute rooster pitcher! I hadn't paid much attention to roosters (and I am on a farm) until I saw Judith's collection and now I am on the look out for them and want some! :)

Hi again everyone,

Karen, yep, there is a fair amount of work, since I can only work on the weekends and sometimes I am busy doing other "honey dos" (must get on ladder this weekend to clean out gutters...oh joy) LOL Unfortuantly I have retained side effects from the treatment that are permanent..but at least I am alive, so I guess I just have to pay the price. I got the blue and white chickens from Marshalls if I remember correctly, and of course my DD was with me so I got lots of eyerolling and comments like "do you really NEED more roosters?" to which I give her the look of "don't go there...I'm the MOM!" LOL (I am sure she is secretly checking out "senile old ladies homes" for me LOL

MaryRuth, and Luvs yes, I guess I will start a seperate thread, I need to take a few more before photos so everyone can see the "challenge" that I have before me LOL

Mary, that chandlier is beautiful, I would love something like that in my kitchen (or any room for that fact...they are so romantic)

Jim, LOL, that is a piece of plastic covering a hole that I found when I took down a layer of "fake tile board" the previous owners had put up, I did not want my expensive airconditioning to "disappear up that hole" to the attic! So I will have to patch that before I can "stucco" the wall in a french country style.

Karen that is a nice rooster, it would go with my green cabbage plate collection.

Love the chicken/china grouping... And gosh, Judith, when you attack something, you really go all the way. Treatments AND remodeling? When just ONE or the other would be quite a lot to take on.

Glad to hear you're doing well, I think about you.

-Jenn

Mary, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your chandelier! It is so pretty and having it in an unusual spot like that makes it all the more romantic. I want to get one for my dining room but have never thought of one in the kitchen....good idea! Your valance is pretty too.

Yes, Judith, hope you will start a new thread for your "Before" pictures and you can include as many pics of roosters and other accessories you like on it too! Love to see ALL your stuff!

DD

Mary, if you are interested in Roosters now, there's almost 8000 listed on eBay. LOL. I like to look thru them sometimes to pass the time when I can't sleep. Torment myself since I can rarely buy another one. They are in my little kitchen, which forces me to be under control. Tho I may be in trouble now as one I've wanted for some time is on eBay. Its blue and white like Judith's, only its laying down. I just love that rooster!

And Judith, how would the blue rooster pitcher go with your green cabbage plates? Am I missing something? LOL
I am quite sad to hear that some of the side effects are permanent. I'd so hoped they would go away once the treatments were done. I still will pray for that!!

hugs, Karen

Here is a link that might be useful: rooster I want

Hi Judith,
I'm so glad you are well enough that you can tackle the reno of your kitchen. Can't wait to see it when it's done. So sorry to hear that you have permanant side effects. We are still in the hospital but better each day lately. Can't wait to get home. Still have 3-4 weeks of rehab once he is over the major medical stuff.
I think I bought a tea pot exactly like your white one when I was in NC at Marshalls. I love it but haven't really been home long enought to use it.
Please post pics of each step of your reno. Love those blue and white roosters.
Betty

Judith, Dining_Delight, thank you so much! From the kitchen archway you can see the dining room table with the larger chandelier over it so the one in the kitchen looks like it was "meant to be"! :)

Karen, thanks for the tip. I only have one green rooster(you can barely see it in the picture) so I am now off to check them out on ebay!