To A Wonderful, Merry, and Peacefully Chaotic Christmas…

From our Happy{ish}Home…

ok...maybe some of us don't like photo shoots that much

To yours…

You have all made my heart and soul sing.

Each of you…The commenter’s and readers…the non-commenter's and readers…the just looker’s

the e-mailer’s…each of you has warmed…

The veery cockles of my heart.

I think I wuv you. each of you.

Merry Merry Christmas!

And...for what it is worth...

I think the Big Black Dog is smitten with you…too.

yep. Positive

And an extra for what it's worth...Happy 22nd anniversary to us!

yep...cuhrazzy kids married on Christmas Eve!

Imagine.

Post Title → To A Wonderful, Merry, and Peacefully Chaotic Christmas…

Finishing the Livingroom/foyer today. Meanwhile…

A certain someone

Has decided that he is indeed from the zebra tribe

and maybe the king

of said tribe

I cannot put this rug down anywhere…

without him claiming it.

You can see I’m moving at such a stellar pace…I have not done a thing

with the door/window paint or not paint issue.

and…yes… that would be a drop cloth on the desk…still a work in progress. oy.

I’m finishing it all today. More pic’s to come.

promise. { ish.}

Happy Father’s Day to my hus… a true king of men…

and all Dad’s. You rock.

and…could’ja move the Piano for me? someone???

pretty please cherry on top?

Post Title → Finishing the Livingroom/foyer today. Meanwhile…

Milo’s last post…

::cue somber music::

A freeze...

not the snow kind like many of you have lived through

but a freeze that kills tropical plants

blew through here this winter…

Much damage to repair

or mourn

So... my trusty new bug friend

Milo and I

with clippers and machete in hand

went to survey the damage

...and commence chopping

we’ve learned living here…through hurricanes

that nature is beautifully resilient

most things will come back with a vengeance.

that is good

But...

there is also a true beauty in what is left behind

So I brought some in

why not?

Milo was having a ball…

And then HE came

The end.

~~~~

ed. note: Milo is fine and is being shipped away to the next destination on the Milo World Tour

No stuffed bugs were injured in the making of the post.

I'm pretty sure.

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So…..

::Thankful::

...for Big Black dogs managing all the comings and goings...

For the imperfection ( perfection?) of messes in the kitchen

made by once little people

creating a part of the meal…

and husbands

brining turkey’s

because they saw an article online…

and Grandma’s

making apple pies… teaching those with once tiny hands...
now large.

yep.
Thankful…sooo thankful.

~~~

The best to you and yours this Thanksgiving Day...

Hold ‘em tight.

Post Title → So…..

Watch dogs...

Ever feel like you are being watched....

Closely...?

Hard to get anything done around here without a
brown eye staring or a wet nose sniffin'.

Big Black Dogs.

Gotta love 'em.

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A simple chair story

It was at a yard sale...all alone.

$5.00.

I brought it home in its golden ratan color. Old florida...

well, mid-florida.Think Golden Girls

Last weekend I gave it a fresh coat of black/brown depth.

plopped some pillows that were leftover from another couch...

they fit... somewhat.

...and gave it a new home in the ever-changing

Living room.

I thought...not bad for $5 bucks...

You know...re-use, re-purpose....

Then.....

He found it.

'Nuff said.

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Any ideas???

So...

I would love a little help with this bath. This is another one we tackled last summer.

It also was a beauty in brown retro tile with harvest fixtures but enrobbed in a wallpaper that could only be described as tin foil with daisies painted on it.

This time... I found a gorgeous old Chinese Butcher table...which we, again, somehow found the courage to cut a hole in.

Lots of subway tile in the step down shower. Retrofitted a funky (once mirror) into a medicine cabinet. Here it is still "healing" from a broken door last year.

added our own river rock carpet in front of the vanity.

Painted it a warm white as a refreshing temporary change to the tinfoil.

But now what??

Sconces on each side of the mirror? A textured dark seagrass or bamboo shade?

Paint color, maybe?

A real bed for the big dog??? Anyone??

Would love suggestions. I'll give you a dollar.

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