The best way to confront a “happy” husband in my house is to tell him in the morning, “we are having spaghetti tonight.” If I really need to set the stage….I will have a can of tomato sauce and an unopened bag of angel hair spaghetti and an onion sitting on the counter next to Read more about #193…In Search of the Next Big Thing…A Spinet Piano[…]
As most do, I also contemplate all the new changes that I’m going to make for the new year, but have finally given up on the physical fitness workout and dieting once and for all. Maybe not in my mind, but not committing verbally across my lips. Yet it is so exciting to anticipate the Read more about #189…NO, Thank You[…]
I’m discovering my 3 adult granddaughters, all beautiful women! Each unique with different genes of all the grandparents they no longer remember. Some of their wonderful traits mingled with the bad stuff. One is highly intelligent beyond her years. Another has the heart of my grandma and is loving and kind behind her facade, another Read more about #184…Have You Sang Your Song?[…]
Oh good grief! Beware of the “hole in the wall” shop walking up Slanted Main St. in Branson Missouri. The Classy Flea has given me nightmares and wrecked my sleep. The place is insane! Every piece of wall and every floor has been artistically painted. How can I replicate that in my home and salvage Read more about #181…The Classy Flea & Me[…]
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[…]
Garage sales and antique malls. I confess, I am an addict and very passionate about my calling. This year I turned to art. Unfortunately there is limited wall space in my house, so I have had to recycle my paintings and pictures around the rooms. Then I found a tall metal easel for $10 at Read more about #179…Painting of the Month Club[…]
What is normal anymore? The world as I remember more then a year ago is gone. Broke. I never can get beyond broke. If something I treasure gets damaged, a crack..a stain……it’s in the trash and now a memory. Love and respect seems to be out the window. But rather then focusing on the negative Read more about #172…Returning to Normalcy?[…]
The canvas IS who I am….my passion, talents….re-design…re-purpose. This treasure I found recently at Rusty Chandelier. I hung it in a neat space above a credenza, but the lighting wasn’t right and the more I looked at it, the more I thought it should go above the fireplace….but it would have been dwarfed by the Read more about #151…The “I Ain’t Got It Right” Dining Room YET![…]
How hard can this be? I set up a “kitchen rug” list on Amazon…..YESTERDAY I shopped online, checked my list of preferences, maybe 45 mins. I clicked on 2 buttons…2 seconds YESTERDAY. A few minutes ago they were delivered at our door from S. Carolina by UPS. Did I mention I ordered YESTERDAY? NEVER have Read more about #138…Easy DYI…Ordering Kitchen Rugs[…]
, 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[…]
