theKat ⋅

I am a professional shopper, interior decorator, furniture painter and a picker. I am also a new Nana to Brooks and baby Tucker

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I got new blinds for both front rooms and hated the way both curtains looked…way too formal! So I took off the swag of the dens drapes and they look pretty good now and I am having drapes made ...


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Penny in Hi This is Kat!

This is Penny… I know he is a boy but he is like a bad penny that keeps coming back! He is determined this is his yard! He is here ever morning and every night. Mark tries so scare him away as ...


I wasn’t even going to have a garage sale during the annual one.... but my daughter in-law had other ideas lol. She had boxed up lots of stuff… toys and maternity clothes mainly. Sooo Here I am a...


I just got my hair cut… bangs! I have been thinking about bangs for months now… and I finally did it! I actually love it! Not a great pic but you get the idea. I think it took a few years off


Brooks got a new hair cut! Which kinda surprised me because I thought he wanted long hair like his mommy??? That was a week ago and for months he has want long hair. But omg he looks adorable an...


April 22, 2024

Ribs and work in Hi This is Kat!

This morning I got up and started painting… I got the two larger iron planters, small table, bench and 3 chairs finished… Mark was BBQing some ribs but he started to help paint a bit… 7 cans l...


April 22, 2024

facelift in Hi This is Kat!

These gorgeous antique iron planters got a facelift this morning. It is always nice to see the fruits of your labor pay off. EVERYTHING is getting a face lift in my yard! I am basically down ...


I am basically down to painting all the wrought iron table and chairs… that is 5 round tables and 22 chairs. I also need to paint two antique iron plants and a bench. The yard should look fresh ...


April 20, 2024

prep in Hi This is Kat!

I finished painting the first coat of paint. It definitely NOT the same color But the can I took in to get the color code was two years old so that color might have changed? I like this color ...


This is a leaf of my agave plant… look at this pattern. it is so peculiar… guessing it was formed after the leaf bent and cracked and the little side veins of the leaf died too??? I first thoug...


April 17, 2024

Italy in Hi This is Kat!

Today I was selling some agave plants and an older gentleman for Italy came to pick up a few plants. He actually gasped when he looked around my yard… He said Italy! Your yard looks like t...


April 15, 2024

disturbing text in Hi This is Kat!

I am getting ready to leave for Tennessee this morning to help out with my grand babies while Kelsey is out of town. At times Matthew has to work long hours and it is hard for him to do that with...


But it is paying off! Mark has been tweaking the pool chemicals and cleaning the pool… I have finished planting all my planters! painted these two pots. I love this odd plant… I have never see...


April 12, 2024

black poo in Hi This is Kat!

Jo calls me up tonight. I really have not talked to her a lot in the past month. I have mostly been hearing from her via Texts. I could tell she had been heavily drinking as her words were a bit ...


April 10, 2024

dreary day in Hi This is Kat!

Tucker Tom’s 1st birthday party is about a month away! Everything needs to be perfect :) I am working on this sign to let people know the party is in the back yard via the gate not front door......


April 09, 2024

looking good! in Hi This is Kat!

Or at least I feel it does. I know it is a huge improvement. Classic class always looks good with brick Today we need to level it again and get ready to add water and check the pump… we have to...


I am repairing and painting my water fountain today. it is metal and over the years it has rusted small holes in it. It is completely just cosmetic but I wanted it to look new again. I bought s...


April 04, 2024

dishwasher died in Hi This is Kat!

So I guess after you live in a house 11 years everything breaks in the same year? Pool liner last year and pool cover, pool pump and pool heater, both a/c heating units and now the dish washer! G...


April 03, 2024

wild child in Hi This is Kat!

Brooks getting ready to take Tucker for a ride in the jeep After church they turned around and didn’t see Brooks until he was half way up the tree! Tucker had to stop to look at a bug Brooks ...


Not A fun way to wake up! Tornado warning blaring at 5:45am! 100 miles an hour straight winds about 15 miles from me… We were spared any damage but round 2 is coming soon Today is my mother’s bir...


March 31, 2024

happy Easter in Hi This is Kat!

What a gorgeous Easter Sunday! Sunny and in the 70’s Gorgeous flowers in bloom.... I was watching the kids behind us hunt for Easter eggs :) My block has so few families with children it is ni...


March 30, 2024

Bla bla blah in Hi This is Kat!

someone asked me to post the other side of my planter.... Here are some little pics of Tucker under a little glass stones. I am making these to put on his gift table for his first birthday. Ju...


I love my cool MCM planter… she has opened eyes on the back side. I found two of them in a storage unit we bought. I fell in love with them. I face them with one with open eyes and the other wi...


I got my hair cut today… He evened up my sides where I tried to cut it by myself… I have not had my hair cut to frame my face for probably 10 years or so… and I really like it. It takes years off...


Finally the crew is here to repair my porch… These guys are our new go to handyman. I hope they do a good job. I have not used them before but I have heard good things about them. Most people ...


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