CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT GIVEAWAY GO HERE FOR ALL THE RULES AND ENTER TO WIN!!! …………………bonnie, brisket, zuzu, loki, blue, isabella, tiny jr., oliver, izzy, desmond, scooter cash, milo, maggie, holly, raliegh, oreo, taylor, lola, nilla, bear, pickles, clementine the chicken…and the dog that got dog napped! These are but a handful of the names of the animas… Read More …………………………..DOUBLE STUFF …………………………………

The ONE ROOM CHALLENGE  is a semi-annual event where 20 bloggers, made up of Professional Designers, Diy’ers, and Interior Design Bloggers, transform a room from start to finish.  For the next six Wednesday’s, THEY will be giving you updates on the progress of their room makeovers. These are all great blogs with incredibly talented women at the helm…… Read More ONE ROOM CHALLENGE – WEEK ONE – PLAY ALONG!

Here was my plan…they (THE FOLKS AT FAMILY CIRCLE MAGAZINE ) told me to keep thing on the down low ….until close to the time the Issue came out..which is  NOVEMBER 1. It was so hard I wanted to tell you guys so bad!!!!!! …SO- my plan was to tell you my lovely followers… in a… Read More MY OLD COUNTRY HOUSE IS IN FAMILY CIRCLE MAGAZINE

Much of my Design sensibility has been gleaned along the way…absorbed from Art and the masters of color and style and beauty…too many to name and all so varied in style. But the Preppy style is in my blood. here is my PREPPY PALATE: ….I came hardwired with…PREPPY. Preppy has been around me since before… Read More PREPPY IS HERE – PART I

10 YEARS AGO – I GAVE UP TV. IT LASTED FOR 4 YEARS. At the time, it was not as difficult as I thought, the kids were little, so much on TV was inappropriate for them and they fought over the rest. We still watched whole seasons of “The Andy Griffith” show and “Bewitched” and… Read More 101 (OR AT LEAST 10) WAYS TO HIDE YOUR TELEVISION

I started blogging in 2009, a few years after my Mom passed away, as a way to write down the thoughts which bounced around in my head. So that I would not forget the moments which were happening all too fast…I never dreamed mine would become a Home and DIY and Design Blog…or that my… Read More THEN AND NOW…now and then

Some days start better than others. Today , the 6 year anniversary of my Moms death, started surprisingly okay,  with me going about the business of getting the kids off to school…excited to get back to painting and thrilled that the appliance repairmen was coming to fix my broken dishwasher…little happy things… …and then I… Read More KEEP IT CLEAN – THREE TEENS AND A BATHROOM

I will probably never completely get over not having a fourth child. Selfish, I know, and I am eternally grateful for the three healthy beautiful children I have, what can I say…I wanted one more. It has been 13 years since I needed to come up with a name to give a human being to… Read More BABY NAMES : MY CURRENT FAVORITES