Artist lesli devito has reluctantly found herself rasing her family in an old country house. Much to her surprise, she loves her rural home and enjoys sharing her adventures with her readers. There are always makeovers to be done and animals to paint. Come along for the ride. Green acres here she comes!
Cooper has a Basil Plant. We have watched it sprout in it’s tiny pot on the front porch for a few weeks and yesterday, right before we hit the road, he had the honor of planting it in the ground. …and today we watched as our Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup!!! …the Bruin’s send Cooper… Read More GO Bruins!!!
I inherited my Grandmothers Silver when I was in Graduate School. I am embarrassed to admit, that at the time, broke and immature, I really wished I had the cash. In fact I thought about selling it in during the lean days. I was an idiot. Thank Goodness, my Dad kept my beautiful silver safely… Read More My Grandmother’s Silver
I have NEVER had a project bring me to my knees like this kitchen cabinet Door – RE-DO. I am so far in over my head, in so deep, that to even talk about it is stressful. I think to be successful, at almost anything, you have to know your strengths and weaknesses. And… Read More The Kitchen Cabinet RE-DO
…today…he graduates… from Middle School.. .the first born son of a first born son… of a first born son… …congratulations my beautiful boy we are so proud and we love you… “Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They’re its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones.”— Anna Quindlen (Black and Blue) …more to come…
Doors…Doors…Doors! …my fingers ache from sanding…my arms are getting buff from reaching and painting… and I am still sooooooo far from the finish line… …I must remember to… PBTEEN oh and by the way…I figured out where the money has all gone…
….I have this little problem. I will go onto my computer to blog, for example last week, to ask the question: “how do I style my Hutch?” and then…two hours later, I was still reading beautiful blogs! I found a great one with hutch tips called…. Get you Martha On.LOVE THE NAME!! Get Your Martha… Read More My Hutch – or – get your style on
…you think you wouldn’t know it when you smell it… but you do. Death in the house. It starts out like really stinky feet, or a mildewed towel or a bad diaper, just smelly, so…you take the first line of defense…you clean. And for a minute anyway, the cleaners overpower the stink and you feel… Read More Dead Mouse
Few things… can you say… Did you see? Million Dollar Decorators!!! OMG OMG OMG I am completely obsessed with this show. I have watched and re-watched it 4 times already! I want to go to Nathan Turner’ store and dream: Nathan Turner – Amanda Peet’s House Jeffery Allan Marks – “You should always decorate a… Read More
…we spent the weekend, on the soccer fields, watching our kids, play their hearts out, in the heat. One child’s team came in dead last, one in the middle and one team ended the weekend as “Champions”. We ran the gamut. Yesterday morning, I woke up and my instinct was to jump put of bed… Read More Good Bye Oprah…
…speaking of legos, My 4rth grader is in RoboticsI asked him to explain to me what they do… Cooper said, “we make robots out of legos and then we have to program them. We also have a lego brick which we plug into the computer and go onto an NXT (don’t ask me!) file on… Read More Robotics
