Sphnicker. Sphnicker. Sphnicker.

Ben’s gone.

He left me for the week.

It’s our anniversary week too. (At least it’s not for another woman.)

What’s a girl to do?

Play with power tools.

We don’t fight much. But, Ben has been known to say, ”Why is it if I bought another $500 gun you would throw a fit? But, if I came home with $500 worth of tools you wouldn’t say a word.”

That’s because, your princess loves power tools, Honey. Lowes is my mall. I love to go to the lumber yard.

In high school, I made my mama proud when I dropped out of Algebra II to make a water bed in wood shop. It’s been downhill ever since.

That explains why my second kitchen is in total shambles.

W came in this morning and said, “Ohhhh Mom, what’s that smell?”

I love the smell of paint thinner in the morning, Baby.

That’s right! No make-outs this week, just make-overs.

Here’s a couple of pictures of how the kitchen looked the day we looked at this old farm house.

She had a thing for the Pillsbury Dough Boy!

It’s too cutesy and 1950′s for me. I like leather, hides, skulls, cast iron, and rustic stuff. I’m heading for the Sandhill Sis’s Ranch Kitchen look.

I’ve been working at this for three years now little by little. But while Big Daddy Tom Cat is gone this week I want to redo the cabinets and maybe even the counter tops. We’ll see. When I run out of time, money, or both. I’ll stop. As you know, we pay cash for everything. 

Rhoda has pounded sand to for the week, too.  She left a few recipes, I might share. But mostly the fare will be simple, fast and hopefully microwavable.

So that’s what I’m doing. Forgive me if this week is filled with posts on how this love story got started, power tools, make-overs and of course, SINthia. SINthia has come and gone and what a tail tale she has to tell this time. Just one more reason to barricade myself in my house this week and hope it’s not the law that comes knocking on my door…I’ve she’s had enough of them.

It ought to be interesting.

Stay Tuned!

Simply,

Sandhill Sis