WE’RE HERE! After an uneventful 8 hour drive(the first long trip in my New-ish car) we arrived (I brought Cooper and Phoebe to see their cousins) at the hotel in Atlanta which is hosting the Haven conference at 5pm on the dot. There was plenty of time to check in, shower change and have Phoebe… Read More We are HERE! The HAVEN CONFERENCE BEGINS!!!
I cannot believe that I leave in two days for the Haven Conference in Atlanta!!! Per usual, I am so in the weeds that I really have done little by way of preparation except …think about outfits. Every night I go to bed and say… “Okay, before you fall asleep think through all the logistics… Read More DOGS AND POOLS AND LAKES AND DOGS
ONE TWO THREE FOUR? …..and a million more reasons why we are Thankful this Father’s day for the Best DAD ever! AND Happy Father’s Day to myDadPop Pop my Hero.Thank you for teaching me what a good parent IS. You have always been my biggest fanand…. I love you so much. and Happy… Read More HAPPY FATHERS DAY
…..and then, Don’t ask me why…but I started thinking about… PINK Pink and I do not have a casual relationship. Nor am I a fair weather friend of pink. I have loved it for years. My most popular and pinned Board on Pinterest is My “and if its pink” board with over 250 pins! Yesterday I… Read More PINK RULES
Yesterday I introduced you to Jennifer Carroll a neighbor of mine, who has, among other things a wonderful BLOG. I found a post where Jennifer featured my beloved Greenwood Country Store. The store has recently undergone a renovation and is now open again for business. **************************************** Jennifer and I are both attending the Haven Conference in… Read More BLOG RULES – MY 5 RULES of BLOGGING
Yesterday I had the absolute pleasure of spending a few afternoon hours visiting with a fellow blogger: the beautiful and MULTI talented and accomplished Jennifer Carroll who has, among other things… an Online Magazine– entitled (Celebrating Everyday Life with Jennifer Carroll) a Blog and a Website. I also had the pleasure of meeting her 15 month… Read More MEET JENNIFER CARROLL
Pet Portraits. Remember the painting I did of “Bogey”. THE LITTLE WHITE POODLE…. and the amazing mantle styling I featured a few weeks ago? Well, Bogey has a buddy… “Brodie” (LOVE these names) Brodie is quite the personaility and actually remindS me, in photos anyway, of our dog “Dash” “Brodie” and here is “Brodie” with his… Read More CUSTOM PET PORTRAITS – MEET "BRODIE"
From where I sit… Today is the FIRST Monday of SUMMER VACATION, NO school. …and….This is my view… …the VIEW from the sofa… NO SOCCER. No graduations, or parties or dances… or shopping to do for someone or something… and I keep thinking…did I forget something? Are we done? It is over? Yep, it is… Read More HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZANNE!!
SUMMER IS HERE!!! I tried to post yesterday.. I wrote…. “SUMMER IS HERE”.and that is as far as I got… I got busy doing the first day of summer. …we went fishing. …we went wine tasting… Then to Lowes. (try it sometime)….then a Target run… then some Bocce in the yard with Mimi and Poppi and… Read More SUMMER PROJECTS – and FINISHING THE KITCHEN!!!
Every day is important. But many resemble each other. The ones where everything and nothing happens. We chug along. Then there are days… where irreversible changes occur. Some are bad, And some are really really good. And sometimes… in fact…quite often… they both happen in the same week. Yesterday, my youngest graduated elementary school. He… Read More MIDDLE LEAVES MIDDLE
