Feb 23 and it’s going to be 70 degrees. Of course I have spring fever! The miracle is that hub-side kick does also. We ordered up BLACK windows and BLACK doors! ! ! 3X3 sheets of gray flooring. OMG! I am painting up everything I can find in flat black. So I have a black Read more about #230…Black/Gray & Coral…Weaving a Common Thread[…]
9 lbs may sound like a pittance, maybe a good office joke today, but consider that for 10 years, I have steadily eaten and drank my way to be the PLEASANTLY PLUMP person that I am. All the attempts to change have only added on more pounds. Then there’s that other man in my life, Read more about #226…21 Days Later Loss of 9 lbs! ! ![…]
Never have been a box type dry cake person, probably because Polish cakes are heavy yeast roll cakes filled with poppy seeds or prune butter which I’m positive were designed in Heaven! And Polish jelly filled donuts have no match, they are sooooo delectably delicious, well ok… Wally’s Pastry Shop on North Oak in Kansas Read more about #212…Best Ever punkinapplejellostrawberrydumpupsidedownmeringuepie ![…]
…my daddy was born. Last month, hub side kick and I, traveled back to discover my roots. I met everyone, everything, everywhere for the 1st time. My two cousins, daughters of my father’s sister, and their families. The emotions and tears have been overwhelming. But what a special gift from God to give us 3 Read more about #200…Once Upon a Time…in Schenectady New York….[…]
#1daughterconniesezthemagicwordsImissedmymamalet’sgoshopping! Having just returned from a road trip, it seemed the most logical thing for us to do. A few more days and I can paint some furniture in the garage, yes it has to be at least 50 degrees, so gathering ideas is good. Those decals fascinate me. I have to have visual ideas Read more about #191…-8 Degrees Outside, Rabbit Trailing[…]
I am overwhelmed by all the birthday greetings I received through my Facebook family. MOSTÂ humbly, I thank all of you for your kind thoughts, remembrances, silly comments…pictures…etc….etc…etc! It’s wonderful to have the love of friends, to realize that we all struggle through common issues, just the names are changed, but that the same things Read more about #185…The Joy of Facebook[…]
If you read my last blog about my painting of the month club, you see that I have a new entry from the one garage sale I went to yesterday, a treasure for $2! Hub sidekick did not smile or say a word. Little does he know I have a new vision! Ok, yes, I Read more about #180…$2 Color Infusion Staging for 2022[…]
, Hub side kick told everyone last year our house is never the same from one week to another. He has now revised it…he never knows what he will walk into. So I posted Weds. morning that the remodel was done, decorated…..finishing touches done……beautiful! Then I left and spent the day with #1daughterconnie. Thrift stores, Read more about #135…Tweaks, Peeps and Perks[…]
I’ll never forget the mortified look on Russ’s face when asking him to mount the full size bicycle on the dining room wall. Everyone loved it. Everyone talked about it. Eventually he got used to it and four years later when I asked him to take it down, he was very sad. “Why?” Well, I Read more about #132…It’s ALL About the Hunt…SURPRISE! ! ! ![…]
One room….. kitchenbedroomlivingroomdiningroomofficeourpresidentgotacquitted! Happy days! Finally the basement is done! The curtains set the stage, the 2 matching rugs incorporate the charcoal black of the hobbit table set, the mint green of the frig…the browns of the furniture and the splotch of orange, the accent splash! ! ! Diane H gave me the yellow folding Read more about #131…Bedroom…Reveal #2[…]
