*Welcome to part two of my Christmas home tour! Part one can be seen here.* ~~~~~~ "Mom, will I inherit this wooden spoon when you die?" My daughter and I were in the kitchen baking Christmas goodies last weekend and when it was time to stir the ingredients, she immediately reached for our favorite wooden spoon. Anyone overhearing us would, most likely, have been startled by this question. Why would a 14 year old ask her mom if she can have an old spoon as part of her inheritance? ... continue reading...
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Christmas Home Tour Part One
*Welcome to part one of my Christmas home tour where I will be sharing with you my entry, living room and dining room. I'm so happy you're here!* I am a Christmas music purist. Give me all of the old standards with crooners like Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Etta James, Bing Crosby and the like. I do not enjoy modernized versions of the classics and I am regularly teased about this by my family who will often try to play some heinous new take on 'White Christmas' with way too much 'woo woo woo' ... continue reading...
Easy Hot Cocoa Station
Ahhhh...the hot cocoa station. For some reason this seems to signify the start of the season to my family more than anything else. Maybe it's because it's usually the first area that I get completed. Or maybe it's because it's just so much fun! ... continue reading...
Simple Fall Decorating Ideas for Your Home
Happy autumn dear friends! I'm so thrilled to invite you into my home to see how we've welcomed the new season. I stepped outside the other morning to clip some flowers and leaves to put together a little arrangement for my kitchen counter and as I walked through my backyard, I had to stop for a moment and just soak it all in. There was a cool, gentle breeze blowing through the branches of our maple tree. ... continue reading...
A New Mirror for a New Look
Please tell me I'm not the only one who suffers from having totally unrealistic expectations about what I'm going to be able to accomplish over the summer months! When my kids were little and the summer days involved running through sprinklers, blowing bubbles, hours spent at the park and praying that I could make it to naptime without falling over from exhaustion, I imagined that the summer days with teenagers would mean I would have unlimited time to check projects off of my list and lay ... continue reading...
