Hydrangeas and Peonies...

Hydrangeas and Peonies are my favorite flowers. If I could have an entire yard of only those, I definitely would, without a doubt...

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It's Saturday Morning...

Good Morning...It's Saturday and the girls are sleeping in a bit before we go to the mall for more school clothes shopping. I think, I enjoy the school shopping just as much. or more, than the girls. 
While waiting for my bed babies... I'm enjoying my time on the back porch with coffee and favorite magazines. It's so fun just to look at all the photos and think of ways you can make your home just as pretty...

Have a fabulous weekend!!! 

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My Very Own Drama Queen...

It has been awhile since my last post. Not really sure why, just working a lot and doing some very much needed cleaning...
A few nights back, I was sleeping fabulously. Until, I heard this blood curdling scream, coming from my oldest daughter. Something like, what you would expect to hear in a horror movie. Yes, she is my very own "Drama Queen." She is very funny and very entertaining!!! But, not so much at 1:40 am, I might add...

When I came flying up out of bed, the only thing I could think of, was someone had broken into our home, and wondering why the dogs were not going crazy. As I'm running through the house, I now see Lindsey, standing on top of the toilet, in a total panic. Her sister, Olivia, comes out of her bedroom very annoyed, looking at the both of us. She is also, very funny, but not so much at 1:40 am.

The culprit of all the screaming and commotion was a very large, hairy, with fangs spider!!!  UGH!!!

 Now, the real problem was... None of us like spiders, and we can't figure out how to kill him, before he moves, or which one of us is going to do it!!! I knew from the get go, it was not going to be Lindsey. So now, I had to figure out how to get Olivia to do it. FYI... I'm probably more deathly afraid of spiders, than anyone you know. They can send me right into cardiac arrest. Like no tomorrow!!!
Olivia was a real trooper!!! Cranky but a trooper... She even took this photo AND killed the spider. While Lindsey and I screamed and jumped around like lunatics...  I bribed "The Killing" for a trip to the mall...
When this traumatic ordeal was over. Lindsey says to me, "This is why you should get married again mom, so we have someone to kill the spiders."  With that comment, I thought of the movie "Must Love Dogs." I was thinking my personal ad would say, "Must Kill Spiders." I just laughed and went back to bed...

P.S. If anyone knows what type of spider this is. I would be forever thankful!!! Like is it just a spider or is it poisonous? I have now found 3 of them!!! Eeeeeekkkk...


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So Many Headboards...

At this time, I do not have a headboard in my bedroom. In fact, none of the bedrooms in my home have a headboard!!! Now that I have typed that sentence and read it out loud, it sounds very strange not to have any...
So needless (is that a word) to say, I have been online looking at all my choices. Wow!!! there are a lot. And here are just a few...

I love every single one of these!!! But... My favorite ones, are the ones made with the shutters, the vanity mirror, and the balcony railing. I think I will have a new project in the very near future :) Which one do you like?!


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My Little Sewing Nook...

I just had two weeks vacation and it was fabulous!!! I did not go to any far away and exciting places. I just stayed close to home and did some major cleaning and tried out some of my organizational skills, which I must admit, I forget I have at times. Breakfast was first on my list, while I was trying to get a idea of what I wanted to do for that day...

While eating these delicious blackberries, I had to look at some of my favorite blogs and that is where I got my project for the day. So thank you very much Rebecca for my inspiration!!! Her blog is called A Gathering of Thoughts. Very, very pretty and a must see...
The next couple of pictures are a little, no a lot, frightening. Honestly, I can't believe I'm actually showing them to you!!! I just thought it would be fun to see the before and after...

 

Wow... What a mess!!! Right?! I'm sorry, but you had to see "that" before you could see "this"...

The switch plate on the wall is just a white plastic cover, that I covered with a pretty napkin and mod podge...

It's a very quick and easy project. You can find some really pretty napkins in Home Goods/TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Tuesday Mornings...

So much better to look at!!! Right?! And now I love sewing in my little nook...

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