, 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! ! ! ![…]
Obviously I have lost my mind! How could I have chosen this rug to base my whole palette on? What was I thunking? Thank God that Russ is not saying a word. I saw the silent shake of his head….The problem is that FIRST of all…we are talking open concept, so we have in one Read more about #128…Postpone Reveal…Chaos on the Decor! (3)[…]
Got ‘er done! We started with brick wallboard down in our basement….looked on Pinterest for color combinations using light brown furniture and decided the latest color is grey. But oh so many shades of grey, not to mention endless possibilities with browns. Out came the magazines and I started matching the browns, greens, tans….the carpet, Read more about #125…Drop Kick a New Color Palette (1)[…]
I HATE CHANGE! Today, a few moments ago, I shut down my eBay store, tt SECOND GO ROUND by teptithings13. It was a great ride! There were times in my singlehood when I made $2000 extra a month selling used jeans……on top of my regular daytime job. And it gave me something to do. I’d Read more about #124…Saying Goodbye to a 10 Year Run…[…]
It’s all in the magazines! I have often said, you need to fill your mind with new things, ALL THE TIME ! ! ! Are you bored? Go read some magazines in things that trip your trigger. Go to the library and look at all they have. Are you a ham radio operator, do you Read more about #112…The POWER of a Picture[…]
Having pretty much wrapped up my obligations and activities, I’ve jump started on my Sabbatical 6 weeks early. Being a difficult person who HAS TO HAVE every “t” crossed and every “i” dotted, I have had to spend time just thinking…. as I can look at a project to do, do it perfectly, only to Read more about #108… Confessions of Looking Back[…]
It’s ALL about THE HUNT for THE TREASURE! So #1daughterconnie and I, take on the insane morning rush hour traffic downtown Kansas City in search of the West Bottoms, #1 rated in the U.S., 1st Friday Antique Malls, namely Bella Patina where we started. Unbelievable the things we saw! ! ! It was almost a Read more about #106…The Kansas City MO West Bottoms Experience[…]
Ed is so much like Russ. They both work overtime to set things up…… “Why don’t you bring some stuff over to our garage sale and then we will have pizza?” I had no reason to suspicion anything other then that, so sure, I gathered up half a truckload, tagged it and off we went! Read more about #102…Aggravation with Fast Track[…]
I remember the year I got color coded and discovered I was an “autumn”. Everything in my wardrobe changed. Probably for the 1st time in my life I started learning what colors flowed together and caused a magical coordinated look. Since I looked hot in my orange sweater, sitting behind the wheel of my red Read more about #90…”Let There Be Light”…unquote GOD[…]
