LAST weekend I went back in time to 1976. 40 years! and celebrated my 40th HIGH SCHOOL REUNION! It was CRAZY! It was surreal. REALLY SURREAL! I have a core group of girlfriends that I have kept in touch with over the years, weddings, babies, funerals, birthdays and reunions. We all stayed together…and every single… Read More REUNION REFLECTIONS
This is the pile of Tate’s stuff right before we packed him up and moved him into his dorm late last summer. Moving him out some 9 months later – I could not help but notice what …came back unopened or not at all! On the MIA list were these crates? He donated the rug. The… Read More DORM SHOPPING – TOP TEN LIST
Yesterday I was trolling through my blog and I stumbled upon a piece written – two blogs ago – in 2009. Tate was 13. He turns 20 next month. I thought I would share it with you…. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There was a time when I missed him while he slept. There was a time… Read More SEPARATION ANXIETY – BLAST FROM THE PAST
HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY! IN HONOR OF THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES – HERE ARE 13 OF MY FAVORITE PATRIOTIC DOGS! RED – WHITE – AND – BLUE! THESE DAYS – THINGS COULD NOT BE MORE WACKY AND WILD AND WONDERFUL AND TERRIFYING IN THIS AMAZING NATION OF OURS. BE GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER.… Read More THREE BARKS FOR THE RED WHITE AND BLUE – PATRIOTIC DOGS!
We have 3 dogs. Muffin and 11 year old Wheaten Terrier, Charlie, a 6 year old lab/border collie mix, and Bean – the 1 year old handful of a Beagle pup. The three live harmoniously. Bean runs away whenever he can … and chews my bras and retainers…but generally they eat, sleep and play together like… Read More SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS, FIREWORKS AND THE DIY THUNDER SHIRT
YELLOW is my husbands favorite color…. Our very first home was a sweet small brick home, with low ceilings and little light in the hallways. I wanted to brighten the main hallways and chose a pale yellow. The color was called…”Yellow” something…maybe “Spring YELLOW”, I can’t remember….I wanted a nice light creamy yellow and that is… Read More TIMELESS YELLOWS – NOT CALLED YELLOW
A few years ago… when TWITTER was just getting started….. I sent a TWEET to Mary McDonald…the designer……and asked her: “Can I paint an antique wooden table?” It was really only the top that I wanted to paint. “ AND Mary replied!!! ” As long as it can be taken off (IF) you ever want… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – REFINISHING THE DINING ROOM TABLE
Our LIVING ROOM is the heart of our home. Everyone lives there. and it is the room I will miss the most. I will never forget the day we first visited the house. It was snowy and cold and the house had been empty for 3 years. But she had great bones. I rounded the corner… Read More THE LIVING ROOMS
THE TRUE TEST OF ANY MAKEOVER IS HOW IS HOLDS UP OVER TIME. THE KIDS BATHROOM MAKEOVER HAS BEEN A SUCCESS ON ALL FRONT AND LOOKS AS FRESH AND HAPPY TODAY AS IT DID 3 YEARS AGO WHEN I GUT RENOVATED IT. LETS TAKE A LOOK! (Some things do not hold up – sadly that… Read More THE KIDS BATHROOM
Tucked under the staircase…like Harry Potter’s room..is our 1/2 bath – Powder room. I completely gutted the room a few years ago. One of the most important decoration lesson I learned is that sometimes dark colors are exactly what tiny spaces crave. The Powder Room Makeover is complete!! Come on in! VOILA! HANG UP YOUR… Read More SUMMER RERUNS – POWDER ROOM REVEAL
