Hello Prims, I'm Back

Hi my, Prims. It is so good to be back. I have been very sick with the bug, YUK!!!!

Yesterday was Valentine's Day and Mr. Hillcrest surprised all of us and took us snowtubing at Nashoba Valley in Littleton, MA. and we had a great time. Below are my three favorite men in the world. They are all my Valentine everyday!! I  feel truly blessed to have such a great family!! Just seeing them smile means EVERYTHING to me!!



Here is Mr. Hillcrest and I at the top of the course ready to go down this mountain, to me it was anyway, even though it was a hill!!! Mr. Hillcrest was holding me there because I thought about not going but I conquered my fear and I showed our sons you CAN do anything you want to do if you put your mind to it. Did you notice I am wearing PINK. I love pink. THINK PINK,LOL



Here we are going up.


Here we are looking down at the course!!! Woo Hoo


Here I am saying in my mind " What did I get myself into"  HELP!!!



Here is our oldest Steve-o, he loves this kind of thing!!!


Here is our youngest Matthew, he loves snowtubing. He would tube ALL day if he could.


Of course here is my handsome husband Mr. Hillcrest, ready to go down the course!!!!



Okay, here I am, Steve-o was holding the tube so Dad could take a picture of me before I went down.
Then I thought Steve-o was going to turn me around, well guess again, he pushed me backwards and it sure was the ride of my life!!! Thanks Steve-o.



This is an old phone that Mr. Hillcrest and I found one day and we finally found a place for it in the kitchen.



Here is another view of our old phone.


This is really cool. This is a ticket to ride the stagecoach from Greenfield, MA. to Albany, New York, it is called a Way Bill.  It cost $3.00 to ride the coach back then and it is dated May 16, 1831. I find these things so cool and interesting.





This is for Motherbee from BB. I have a Standard Sewing Machine Co. treadle machine from 1887.



Here is the original receipt for the sewing machine, it says...Ms Webb, We have your order for 1 maple wood work machine ordered 10/3 we have the maple now and we shall ship your order at once.


Here is a picture of the beautiful machine we have. Alot of people ask does it work, It sure does work!!!!!!!


The picture below is to show you the treadle. It is cast iron.


In the shelf that I painted holds a iron box that holds all the tools for the machine and the wooden holders below that holds all the different sized needles for it!


Here is an old print advertising the machine that Mr. Hillcrest found for me.


And last but not least, I place this book on my machine to give a feeling of what it is like to own it.


I hope all my Prims loved this post. My husband and I really love to look for old things. We love the hunt and then when you buy something and there is a story behind it, it is such a bonus.

I hope you are all well. We are going to get some snow later tonight. YUK!!!!!! I can tell you all one thing I can't wait for Spring. It sure has gone by fast. I just can't wait to start to cook on the grill, hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks, chicken, chips and dips, and alot of Iced tea, and then at night, a campfire to cook smores on our fire pit.Also we can open up our in-ground pool, go swimming,  and my favorite thing to do is work in my three perennial gardens and seeing the humming birds come back!!!!!!! Until then stay warm.

God Bless Friends,
Until next time,
Tricia