YOU MIGHT WANT TO SIT DOWN FOR THIS ONE. We are thinking that the time has come to downsize to a smaller home….and that means… We will be moving from My Old Country House. Every time I say it out loud I get a bit sad and dizzy …and then…I kind of get excited…and then… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – DOWNSIZING
One week ago ….everyone went about their daily lives. We watched football games, we ran the kids to soccer….did the grocery shopping, walked the dog, drank with our friends and watched TV. No one knew she was missing yet…It was just a Saturday in our sweet town that tops the “Best Places to Live!” lists.… Read More PLEASE BRING HANNAH HOME
THE GOLD FRAMES IN THE UPSTAIRS WALL GALLERY WERE JUST THE BEGINNING! I began to look around and find framed photos, nice black and white “favorite- iconic” shots all over the house, in the nice white TARGET frames THAT I had so proudly displayed them in and I thought…”Maybe I should make the upstairs hall… Read More MORE GOLD FRAMES
Our animals are a part of our family. All of our cats and one of our dogs are Rescues…friends we have brought home from the CHARLOTTESVILLE ALEBMARLE SPCA. (Charlie was rescued at he soccer field! but it was I who needed the saving in that instance…) The Charlottesville SPCA is a no-kill shelter whose mission is… Read More CHARLOTTESVILLE ALBEMARLE SPCA – CRITTER BALL TIME!
DID YOU WATCH DANCING WITH THE STARS? Believe it or not I had never watched this show before last season and I watched…every single episode…I was rooting for Candace…I think she was robbed…but mostly it was just a fun distraction and the kids got into it as well. Anyway, I have decided to have A… Read More DANCING WITH THE STARS AND MY FAVORITE AQUA LAMPS
Sometimes, more often than not…it is the little make-overs that float my boat…Make my day…inject a dose of HAPPY into my life. Such is the case with the Upstairs hall Gallery wall frames.I simply painted them GOLD. Let me insert here that…while I hope this is simply a refection of my severely over worked HOUSE-… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – GO GOLD
For over 20 years now, we have spent at least one Summer day at Saratoga racetrack …on the back stretch …making $2 bets and eating hot dogs and freakishly good french fries. This year we took Ellie and fed the horses candy mints… it was a day made in heaven…
MY DINING ROOM/STUDIO IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. The room is painted a lovely peaceful color… I have things to show you in the dining room…little things Like the amazing “MUDROOM” piece I bartered for that has changed our life…but the room is such a busy messy place that I have not yet gotten the nerve… Read More CLIMBING HALF WAY UP A WALL
I don’t need to tell anyone what day it is today. Who can forget that day that changed the world and forever altered the way we view peace? But on the last “normal” September 11, we welcomed a third child into our family… …all 8lbs 6 oz of him…the little dumpling…Cooper arrived just 2… Read More SEPTEMBER 11 – AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY COOPER
