“At age 26, following the death of her mother, divorce, and a run of reckless behavior, Cheryl Strayed found herself alone near the foot of the Pacific Crest Trail–inexperienced, over-equipped, and desperate to reclaim her life. Wild tracks Strayed’s personal journey on the PCT through California and Oregon, as she comes to terms with devastating loss and… Read More “WILD” ABOUT MY WINTER READING LIST!!!

THIS IS THE WEEK!!!! ….THE WEEK THAT WE INSTALL THE SLIDING BARN DOOR IN OUR  MASTER BATHROOM!!!! …..I AM SO EXITED…AS IS MY HUSBAND WHO HAS HAD TO RESORT TO LOCKING ME OUT OF THE ENTIRE BEDROOM….TO GET HIS BATHROOM PRIVACY… I AM A NOW TOTAL BARN/SLIDING DOOR CONVERT…I WANT TO PUT THEM EVERYWHERE!!!!! ADDING… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – INSTALLING A BARN DOOR and SUZANNES NEW DOORS!

I WONT’ LIE…. Sometimes I miss the days of Legos and American Girl dolls, stuffed animals and hot wheels….but now with 3 teens of my owns and all but one niece is a teen…Holiday shopping takes a bit More …courage and resourcefulness …one size fits all…..does not work…teens each have their own UNIQUE  styles and… Read More HELPFUL HINTS: SHOPPING IDEAS FOR TEENS

AHHH the Holidays…. December is knocking on the door… Target looks like the back room of a Holiday Party on steroids and MY kids are starting all their sentences with … “The ONLY thing I REALLY REALLY REALLY  I want is….” And It is CHRISTMAS CARD PHOTO TIME AGAIN… Back in the old days…I would invest… Read More “GET OFF YOUR BROTHER!!!” AND THE CHRISTMAS CARD PHOTO – PART 3

For nearly 25 years, PANTONE has been nominating an ANNUAL “COLOR OF THE YEAR” . Their prediction is INTENDED to  DETERMINE  ONE color in the upcoming year, often an underdog in the color world, which will dominate and influence design and fashion alike. The 2015 color of the year last is  MARSALA I have read… Read More PANTONE’S COLOR OF THE YEAR – MARSALA

Dear Santa, My firstborn son, as you know is 18 and a senior in high school. Perhaps because he is our eldest, he believed in you longer that his siblings did and sometimes,  I think he still does. Or maybe it is that he believes in magic. And always has. Once, when he lost a… Read More ALL HE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS

BENJAMIN MOORE ANNOUNCED IT’S 2015 CHOICE FOR “COLOR OF THE YEAR” GUILFORD GREEN I Don’t use much green as the main colors in my home, now, but I did in our first home. And Guilford Green reminds me of a SLIGHTLY LIGHTER VERSION of a color I LOVED and used in our first home…a Laura… Read More BENJAMIN MOORE 2015 COLOR OF THE YEAR – GUILFORD GREEN

MY OLD COUNTRY HOUSE IS ALMOST 135 YEARS OLD. And not once in all of those years, through all the life that has taken place here…was the exterior ever painted. The Outside walls are stucco, layered over 3 rows of brick and scored to look like “ASHLAR”…which are masonry blocks which were worked until they… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – the NEW/OLD WHITE HOUSE

“BURGER” is probably one of the most famous Little Dogs in Blog Land. This happy little suburban Chihuahua’s life was chronicled for over 7 years on the now “retired” blog Young House Love  …. with over 5 million readers stopping by each month to see what the Petersiks …including SIR BURGER were up to… and… Read More BURGER FOR SALE

CLICK HERE…. ************************************************************************* I JUST FINISHED A LANDSCAPE COMMISSION….And while this is not necessarily in my “WHEEL HOUSE” …as an Artist and all around competitive spirited creative person…I wanted to do it… ……to see where IT TOOK ME! THE PAINTING IS ENTITLED “SKYLINE DRIVE” and the journey was well worth the effort…I think I will… Read More SPECIAL OFFER AND A LANDSCAPE PAINTING