Weekend renovation

It’s starting to cool off now at nights if you consider 26 – 32 degrees cooling off and the rainy days are hit and miss. 
I live in a 1930’s Mount Harris house that was auctioned off and moved when the mine shut down front door was probably a original Mt Harris door (that’s another story). Mt Harris, Colorado
Before I bought this house the back door had be broken into, which caused a warp to the top of the door 3 1/2” out from the door jam.
With the weather changing the door really needed to be replaced, so this weekend I got a new front and back outside door

new back door, notice the dog door.  Monster can actually get in and out with out much problem

This is my dog Monster out in the snow last winter.  Not looking forward to so much snow like this, but I do live in Colorado!

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

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Fall clean-up

with this new job of mine I never really know what day of the week I get a day off my supervisor says she has a system. huh?

well I had today off and guess how I spent it going to the dump.  It’s all good my truck has been loaded since Monday. I had planned on going Monday but I woke up to sounds of pitter patter out side my window. Out in the small town your taking your sanity to a new level trying to get around on muddy slipper roads at the dump.

So I put this job off until today.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

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Canning anyone?

Quite a few years ago I was all into what I considered simple/basic living. I had a garden that I canned out of, I recycled everything, I even made my own occasional cards from recycles.

As my girls got older and I started working out of my house, it was a little harder for me to stay on track.

This year as my girls are moving on with their lives, I have notice more time on my hands, so I’m trying to get back to doing some of the things I enjoy.

Crock-pot Apple butter as I was reading some of my favorite blog they also have recipes for apple butter, but here's mine right from my crock-pot booklet

3-4 cups sugar

2-3 tsp. cinnamon

2 tsp. ground clove

1 cup of apple cider

 

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Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

Halloween project

I was surfing my favorite blogs last week and found a couple of really cool wreath I thought I’d tried to make before Halloween.

As you know I’m a little frugal. I look through my craft stuff and wasn’t able to find a wreath I could reuse.

So I went to the Budget Center (our Good Will) and purchased two different grapevine wreaths for $5

I had some gogglely eyes and 2” styro-foam balls in my Halloween craft box and cut them in half and glued to the wreath painted the styro-foam ball base with Americana glow in the dark acrylic paint and around the eyes with Delta lime sorbet acrylic paint. 

I found some white and glow in the dark green webbing and some spider rings, also from my Halloween craft box and a beany bag spider to tie in the middle .

I surprised my self I think it turned out great!

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

Front Porch decorated for October

Hi friends,

This year I got really ambitious and decorated my front porch for the month of October

 - I used the pumpkins the grand kids carved the with the help of auntie.

 - A purple and black striped fuzzy spider one of my girls had, I added a black web with wrapped up bugs. 

 - A skeleton made from gallon milk jugs I made quite a few years ago.

 - A black bat hanging from the portico above the door.

For a last minute idea, I think it turned out okay.

Thank you for stopping by.

Happy Halloween,

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Outside Halloween Decor

This skeleton is a milk jug project I made several years back and it still is a nice addition to my Halloween decor.  The black cat in the window is a vintage die cut I found at a Good Will store many years ago.  In the right corner is a vinyl blow-up bat I believe I bought at Target some years ago.

Halloween project I made this month using a straw wreath form styroform balls cut in half, google eyes ring spiders and webbing cloth.

May God Bless you and your family, Vicki a Colorado Junkett.

I’m cramped

I had to move some of my office into my very small bedroom 7’x9’

I have my computer desk, my printer and job search files, my bill file and spring semester notes books .

My last oldest daughter moved up north and my youngest daughter is off to college, it’s time for MOM to get her space back!

Now all I have to do is have a plan of attack-

1. move bed out
2. vacuum
3. unload the book cases
4. move book cases to use as a divider
5. load up book cases
6. vacuum
7. move bed back in and set up

Doesn’t sound to complicated right? Right just back wrenching! Ouch

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

Fall Vignette and Colder Nights

Fall Decor

I’ve notice some one in my neighborhood has heated up the fire place or wood stove smoke in the air

Thank you for stopping by, to check out some of my Fall Vignettes.

God Bless you and your family, Vicki a Colorado Junkett

There's a nip in the air



It's 7 am and 36 degrees this morning.  When I went to bed last night @ 11pm it was 68 degrees.
Fall is in the air!

Have a Great Day!
Colo Junkett



College Bound

 

My favorite blog sites are all blogging about back to school parties, getting the kids back into routines.

At my house we have been having the peace out people, I’m college bound get together.  It is not unusual to have kids coming and going from my house on the weekends, but I’ve had kids at my house every night for a week! It took my daughter a week to get together with every one of her friends one on one. She is acting like she moving to another country and never see them again, she is only going to be 3 hours away. 

Beginning a  parent a see how our children mature and grow. I had always thought that my daughter would be so excited about moving out, that would be the only thing on her mind, but in reality she has noticed that all of her friends since grade school will also be moving on and that friendship start fading  away as all the friends are moving on their own adventures.

Have a Great Day!

Colo Junkett

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Fall is approaching

All the blogs I follow are talking about stocking up for winter baking.
Funny thing is, I recently started working at a Kroger branch store in the bakery department and I have had a dozen customers, asking to purchase, used icing buckets, to store their oat, flour or sugar in.
Have a great Day!
Colo Junkett