Thank YOU to Rhoda at  SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY BLOG where I am the  FRIDAY FEATURED HOME TODAY!!! PORTRAIT OF LOLA IN Honor of their dog BURGER’S 6th Birthday My friends, John and Sherry  …who have that little blog…you know…  YOUNG HOUSE LOVE hosted a GIVEAWAY OF one of my  CUSTOM PET PORTRAITS. OVER 5400 Parents of… Read More YOUNG HOUSE LOVE GIVEAWAY WINNER

Halloween is one of my favorites… It does not pretend to be anything it is not… pure and simple… it is about ..Dressing up and being someone else… and the acquisition of CANDY! The kids  now really like to INVENT their own… Phoebe came up with this one… she even had the song on her… Read More HALLOWEEN HANGOVER!

WE INTERRUPT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED  MONDAY MAKEOVER TO TALK ABOUT HURRICANE SANDY LIKE MOST PEOPLE I have a healthy respect for Hurricanes. I grew up in Florida…I remember Camille… HURRICANE coverage was more limited then, predictions were more general… and TRUTH be told… to a CHILD….it was kind of fun. This hurricane is NOT going… Read More HURRICANE SANDY and my date with nate

YOU KNOW MY FONDNESS FOR AQUA…RIGHT? WELL, I have been thinking….If I can’t have my DREAM sink in the kitchen…. since I can’t have my dream sink in the kitchen…. perhaps….I could have a version….thereof…in the kids bathroom. Our plan is to take the kids bathroom cabinet AND our bathroom cabinet and link them with… Read More VESSEL SINKS….Who knew!

IT IS A   QUANDRY “HOW MUCH should we invest in a kitchen that we Neither OWN Nor DO OWN and would GUT renovate, if our ship came in…???.” This is in fact the position we are in with our kitchen. The LAYOUT is fine…unless we can take down a wall… And taking DOWN a… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – SPIT RENOVATION

GOODBYE If EVER  there was a month that ran the gamut… ….filled the spectrum the highest of highs and and the lowest of lows… this was the one…   LIFE IT just keeps going…and going. I am Blessed.  We are Blessed. and I am Grateful.

BALANCE THE YIN AND THE YANG…. HOW MANY PAIRS CAN YOU COUNT IN THIS PHOTO….? I am the FEATURE FRIDAY at   6th Street Design School today  so if you would like to see more symmetry and me head on over!!! and if you would like to see the  KIDS ROOM CONTEST WINNER ME !!! AT THE  WASHINGTON… Read More SYMMETRY feature friday

I AM A FIXER I am a Mother and  Nurse. I see something that is broken…and the wheels start spinning… .”How can I fix that?”  ….make it better, hurt LESS…be more beautiful, more functional… ….but HOW does one … fix a broken heart?  Times like these… I long for the days when I could pop… Read More FIXING THINGS like hearts