Happy New Year Anneliese. No resolutions here, I resolved a long time ago to no make any resolutions ever, just small corrections as needed, when needed.

Happy New Year to everyone. Thanks Dom, for starting us off. I have enjoyed having a friend so far away. This is MUCH better than pen pals! Looking forward to another year with all of you. Your friendship and beautiful pics have lifted my spirits so many times this past year. Betty

egganddart--we found this stove after searching the internet after falling in love with old stoves found at a place in north GA that re-did our 1951 fridge. I actually fell for a 6-burner Roper at first but nothing was available at that time so started searching while our fridge was being done. As mentioned above, our baby was not re-done the way our fridge was, only cleaning and converting to propane, and we love the little nicks and scratches in the porcelain. We loved it even more when we saw the exact same one the website of the person who did our fridge for twice the price. Granted, that stove would have been totally taken apart and re-done and would look brand new, but we wouldn't have traded ours for it. Besides, we had a great time on our road trip to pick her up. marthavilla--Your kitchen is looking good, too--especially that red hood and stove! I can't promise when our kitchen will be done as DH and I aren't the fastest and I only get up on weekends and holidays. Right now we are at the stage where we are doing the priming, painting, trimwork, and miscellaneous work before moving on to the next phase (flooring). It's amazing, I start on one project that I thought would go quickly and several hours later finally finish. We did get the ceiling in the new part of the den wallpapered with beadboard wallpaper with the help of my SIL and newphew (posted pics on Decorating Forum). We haven't painted it yet but are really happy with the way it turned out and I will be ordering more to do the kitchen and breakfast/keeping room (SIL has even volunteered to come back and help again, LOL). DH is working some on my pantry and hopefully I will have some pics of it soon to post--it's got old screen advertising doors on it and I'm loving how it's turning out! Thanks again, everyone! Hope y'all all have a great New Year in 2009!

Happy New Year - New Decade to all - never so glad to see a decade fade into the past (I'm in the investment biz) Anyway - in the last 5 years I have Owner-Builder 2 pools - both turned out great...with lots of thanks to folks on this site. Again - Happy 2010!