If this mailbox could only talk…(and a cute, yet useful decorating idea!)

Well, it's 8:30 a.m. and I'm already feeling pretty productive today.  Before the kids left for school I had put a load of laundry in, vacuumed all the carpets, made my husband's lunch, cleaned up the kitchen, dusted the family room, got everyone ready for school, and exercised!  AND, I just put a pork roast in the crock pot for dinner.  I didn't know what to do with it besides our standard shredded BBQ pork sandwiches, so I decided to get creative.  I was feeling like trying my own version of Jamaican pork, so I poured in lime juice, orange juice, some chili powder, cumin, taco seasoning, and a little garlic powder.  I hope it turns out!



I snapped a photo of this old mailbox last summer.  It was on the cutest little house in a historic area of our town.  (photos of the cute house yet to come).  I knew then and there that I wanted a cute little mailbox for my house!  Only I decided to put it in the kitchen near the door to the garage to put our mail in.  (We have a little kitchen, and therefore not much counter space or space for a desk to put incoming mail on.)



So, I called a local antique store and asked them to be on the look out for old mailboxes.  About a week later the shop owner called to tell me that she had one for me!  She only charged $10 for it.  It was plain metal, so I pulled out my craft paints and gave it a few coats of cream paint and then roughed it up a bit.  Then we (here is where my husband comes in to the picture) mounted it on the kitchen cabinet for a permanent place to catch the incoming mail and bills.  Now we don't have to clutter up the kitchen counter anymore, and it is a fun conversation piece!
 

Did any of you find the plates at your local Dollar Tree?  I hope so!!!