These are a few of my favorite things

 

 

 

Who can tell me what this is?  Don't worry, I won't be mad at you if you get it wrong.  Super hubby got it wrong too.  I think he thought it was a Popsicle. 

It's a sailboat on the water in the sunset.  See it now?  Cool, huh?  Grandpa George made this and I was lucky enough to get to keep it.  So it's safely tucked into my china hutch right here:

Perfectly hiding my bottle of Patron.  Shhhh.

 

Grandpa also made these:

These were the windows in the front door of the house.  You''ll have to excuse my next few photos because I couldn't find any photos that I had deliberately taken of the door.  But they'll suffice.

 

 

Obviously, when I took this one, I thought I had the most awesome fake Christmas tree ever.  Dig the carpet it sits on.  Nice.  No presents under the tree either... I'm pretty sure that's because the date of this photo is pre-children and all of our extra money was spent on beer.  I digress.  See the door to the right?  That's the point of this photo.

 

The wood in the door was quite discolored and starting to split and rot so when we did some painting later on, we also painted the door aka polished a turd. 

Now let's take a moment to appreciate the real beauty of this photo... Jace, Daddy and his eternal piece of gum in his mouth. This was taken in 2007 with a camera that used real film and didn't have a screen on it so I have to give an A for the selfie... Pretty impressive.

 

We had to bid farewell to the door but Husband was able to preserve the glass so now they patiently sit waiting to be re-purposed.  I haven't figured out yet what I am going to do with them but when I do, it'll be super neato.  Ideas are welcome.  Maybe I should ask Pinterest... She would probably have some good ideas.  Whatever I do, I promise you'll be the last to know :)

 

 

 

These are some little window corners Grandpa also made... So cute and elegant. 

It's the little things in life.....

 

 

 

In wanting to keep with some of the history of the house, our new front door is also glass.   

Not as interesting as the previous one but still nice.  I've been wondering if I colored the different window panels with magic markers if it would have the same colored effect? The kids could help me with that project.  Husband works long hours in the spring and will be gone a lot so maybe we'll find out then......
Yes, I AM kidding.  What kind of nut job would ever color on their house with magic markers? 
Oh.  Nevermind.