time capsules to Rorschach

In the eighties when I was in elementary school we made a time capsule. Our teacher, Miss Richcreek helped us write a testament of the times on the largest piece of news print paper the Second grade had ever seen. We then had a raffle to see who got to take home the rough draft, I WON!! I had been saving it my whole life like the hoarder, I apparently have been since youth,  waiting to read all it's glory when I "grew up". Well my parents basement flooded a few years ago now and I will never know what it said, except that Ronald Regan was president. This post is dedicated to all of the weird things I was saving that drown...

during the rehab of our house we have found a few pieces from owners past, put a few back and kept a few and added this. Blue Palatine is the name of our house

time capsule

feb.2.12

contents:painting from an add in a local magazine, a crumpled, decaying piece of the Seattle Post Intelliger circa 1930, Mark's card, the dial from a thermostat circa 1950, a piece of old wallpaper from the kitchen circa 1920, beer cap, rusty nail, penny from 2011 the year we bought the house and a piece of a letter with our names and address post marked 2012   

and a kiss from Mark

location: mid kitchen this shows straight down into the basement

perfect fit

buried for the next person to find

this nearly sums up our weekend. I spotted that gas station lamp on the side of the road saturday, it just happens to match the light we just put up on the front of our house! It's like someone put it there just for me!! It certainly made my day

Dear Uncle Tom, little did you know that your "hilly billy stem wear" gift would not only be funny but also practical while allowing you to enjoy drywall free red!! AMAZING and a must have on the list of  dry walling tools because man is that the lamest  of lamety lame lame lame jobs.

this is our new coat closet for the entry, courtesy of Mr Buckles. We are going to build it in, it's likely from the late eighteen hundreds!  

progress report says that the Larkin's are very busy working and they are hoping to see a kitchen and living room in the very near future. The view is from the living room looking into dining and kitchen.

from the entry

dining room-window seat... all I can think of is the day I cook a huge meal and we can celebrate with friends and family in this house..House warming party will be a huge milestone that we are so very ready for!!

kitchen through to the front door, entry, dining and living area

kitchen cupboards, salvaged from the re-store from a beautiful house on Volunteer Park, Ill find some pictures of the place and re-post. They will be amazing with a library ladder because im short and they are so very very tall

Rorschach Dry wall test

find the fun part of life and stay in it for as long as you can...hmmmm is that my mantra...maybe just one of them

Surprise!

Surprise it's Jesse's French birthday... if your wondering why French, well he can dress up like a mean French-man, so why not? We really got him good, surprise guests, photo-booth fun and a whole lot of Jesse meets France decor!!!

 

 

 your never too old for mad libs

photo-booth complete with props, stick mustaches...yes please

handmade "French" wine labels

Here hides Liz ready to "ice":a game Jesse taught me where people hide Smirnoff Ice beverages and upon finding one you are expected to slam it immediately". She then jumped out of the phone booth and made his night!

Bruce and Janine, Jesse and Mark's parents were with us, via Skype dressed up and all!!!

WTF???

how quickly he adapts to the party and the "ice challenge"

Liz jumps out of the telephone booth

photo-booth fun

baby Ava was so cute

god that's cute

I think it is safe to say that fun was had by ALL!! Jessica, Allison and I are starting to collaborate on an event-design business. We have hopeful dreams of self employment and amazingly detailed perfection in the form of parties of all shapes and sizes.  Stay tuned as we venture into our New Years Resolutions and become more established!