Barbie's House!

My sister, Debi, has a beautiful old Victorian home she purchased a few years ago and has been fixing up a bit each year. This year she's putting in new windows & painting the exterior red. She's just completed the primer in time for the window installation. Those of you handy at painting know that the primer contains some of the final color...you mix a dark red with white primer and you get...PINK! Debi says you can hear the 18-wheelers downshifting to get a look when they pass by.


Recently she went to a farmer who was selling sweet corn by the bushel. You didn't have to pick it yourself, just place your order and come back later to pickup. So Debi gave the woman her order, and in trying to figure out how long to tell her to come back....the woman asked how far Debi lived. Debi gave her the name of the house (yup, the house has a name...though I don't recall it) and the woman said, "Yes, the Barbie House! My daughter loves your house!". And, looking at it...it does resemble something that would be sold for a Barbie doll. Debi then quickly explained that it really wasn't going to stay pink, it was just the primer color. (If you look real close, you can see the lower floor, under the porch, has already been painted the dark red color.)

This is the same sister with the redneck toilet-flowerpot on the back porch...see my post titled "Redneck Decor?" from June 3rd. Yes...this flowerpot is STILL on her back porch! I think she's trying to get her husband to notice it needs to be hauled off!