Bed of Roses...

Just checked out the 2nd book of my new series from the library today... So excited!

Living Quarters...

(Bare with me... all these pictures were taken on my phone)
As you enter my casa...

Dining to the right...

Kitchen off DR...

** I collect vintage strawberry cookie jars... as you can see many of them**

Bedroom off LR...

There you have it... my casa... it's constantly changing and updating.

 

Weekend Recap...

This weekend was very good... very relaxing for the most part... Friday night I arrived to LR and my lovely man cooked dinner...

biscuits from scratch... yum mm!

I sat and drank wine, read a gossip magazine while he was slaving away... I am very spoiled!

Saturday we decorated... which tested the relationship... to say the least.  We almost had a divorce and we aren't even married.  In the end, it turned out great and J was soooo thankful that he listened to me  :) We went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant and then we came home and relaxed.

Sunday J made breakfast and while he watched golf, I got to finish my book.

If you love a romantic book... you would love this.  So good.  Going to buy the next one tonight!

Then I came back and was so excited to put my new lamp shades on that I bought to find that one is all bent... :( this is my luck.  Look around the bottom... it is driving my crazy!

That was my weekend.... I have some requests for pictures of my apartment so I will be posting those this week.  Also, I will be painting my cousin C-man a razorback for his room. So I will keep you posted.  Have a great week!  Ta Ta for now...

Today is Friday! I couldn't be happier...

Today started off very early for me.  I was up at 4 am and at work by 5:30 am.  I have a group of 550 teachers here for an in-service.  I am very scared about my kids (when I have kids) being taught by some of these teachers.  Out of all the years I have been doing event coordinating, by far, the teachers are the most difficult to work with. #1 reason- they do not know how to follow instructions.  Isn't that what they are suppose to be teaching your kids?  and #2 reason-  they do not know how to read signs.  If it says do not enter, they enter.  If it says do not park here or you will be towed, they come running into the office in a tizzy because their car is about to be towed and wondering why?  What in the world? Didn't you read the sign? What sign?  My point exactly.... ha ha. #3 reason- they dirty the bathroom quicker than you can count to ten... who would have thought?  Just a little something that I wanted to share... a day in the event world... no one would notice but me.


I am off to the big city of LR tonight to see my man.  He just moved into an apartment down there so he wants me to come help him decorate. I can already see some tiffs coming on.  He is a very go with the flow kind of guy but yet very stubborn about certain things... like not letting me paint his ugly end tables and coffee table... so we shall see!  I usually always win. :)

Whoa-La...

The chair is finished... I know, it doesn't look much different but I did wash the fabric (which made it brighter) and painted the legs white.  This picture is from my phone so it isn't great quality.  She is finally in her new home.  She will be much loved.

DIY gone bad....

So I have 2 lamp shades that look like this...

I wanted something new... but I really didn't want to buy new shades.  So I found this picture and thought I could do that... that is exactly what it needs.... (the bottom shade)

I went to Hobby Lobby and purchased all the items I needed... plus some items for J's new apartment... and hurried home to get started.  I painted my lamps (they used to be orange to now white) and I painted some picture frames to go in my bathroom... and then I started cutting felt. Cutting and cutting and cutting, drinking wine and cutting some more.... I then started gluing on the pieces... got half way done and decided I better place it on the lamp to see what it would look like.... I HATE it... It is way too much... not what I thought I needed.  So I am now back to square one with a whole lot of white felt and 2 lamps that need 2 new lamp shades...  

This is the shade I need... maybe different colored stripes...

DIY take #2

PS--- my chair is being ozoned today so hopefully I will show you pictures tomorrow!

Me read? What? ...

I have become quite the reader lately (I used to HATE reading with a passion)... I decided to start reading the Nora Roberts Bride Quartet series.  I got the first one in the mail yesterday.  I love half.com... you can get books for CHEAP! The 1st book is titled "Visions in White".  I started it last night and so far so good.  I like the girly girl books... no vampires for me!  I will keep you updated...