quack attack!

My hubby has always been a friend of animals... One of his fondest childhood memories was when a male and female duck couple made their home in his backyard.  The ducks became so comfortable around Chris, they would eat out of his hands.  He even watched their little ducklings grow up in the backyard pool!

This Christmas, his parents gave him some sentimental gifts that I recently used in his office makeover...

 ...a picture of his long lost friends... meet Arturo and Catarina!

...these wood floating ducks...

...and a painting that has been passed down 3 generations 

painted by a man his grandpa and dad would hunt with!

The Organized Hoarder

My Beloved Grandfather passed away in October at a healthy age of 88 -- a Double Snowman in his terms!

He was an avid golfer, reader, and advocate of RESOURCEFUL LIVING! Definitely a hero of mine :-)

After two full weeks of cleaning through his belongings, we named him "The Organized Hoarder."
He kept nearly everything that touched his hands...

As a property manager, he had duplicates of every tool and piece of necessary hardware...

We found a stack of every grocery receipt since 1993...

We also found a box of every pocket calendar since 1954...

We even discovered a stash of yogurt foil tops in the back of his closet! I think his plan was to invents some new antenna for his television!

The list is endless.
Several "collections" were documented by photo and then dumped...
A few were recently sold at our garage sale...
But some I've kept as TREASURES!
The biggest treasure of all is that my hubby and I have the privilege of renting the home he lived in for 36 years! 

So let the story telling begin of how I am bringing new life to the old, rusty, and fabulous items that Grandfather so carefully kept to pass onto future generations!