Living Creatively, Living the Dream
What I wouldn’t do for a kitchen makeover! The last house we built, I picked out the cupboards and counters, fixtures and drawer pulls with such precision. I had “four leaf clovers” cut into the wine rack to show a Continue reading Dream kitchen…
Maybe the potty mouth came with the potty training but I swear, I rarely cursed when the kids were little! When we were building our second house…everything went wrong from foundation to chimney. There were constant delays and we ended Continue reading Potty mouth…
Mine was not the only marriage to fall apart on our little cul-de-sac. Around the same time, as in…the same day, my next door neighbours’ marriage bit the dust too. Our fabulous little street that was known for getting Continue reading Caring Court…
There is NOTHING WORSE than a “Honey-Do” list without the honey. The dreaded list, the length of my arm, is an accumulation of a winter’s worth of dirt and grime. A month back…Snuff and Spiderman attacked the back yard. Picked Continue reading Honey-Do List (with a giveaway!)
There are things about being divorced that catch you off guard…like trying to figure out a name for the side of the bed you don’t sleep on! Here’s the thing…I have this big ol’ King Sized that’s perfect for two…with Continue reading King sized faux pas…
I was going to wait. The piece of art I’d ordered will be another two weeks and until that arrives, it won’t be quite complete. However, while picking up accessories at Homesense today I heard “shouldn’t you be home reupholstering Continue reading The Drawing Room…My Home Office Reveal…
Step One: Stare at the chair wondering how on earth I’m going to attack such a project wishing I was rich and could hire an upholsterer but knowing even if I was rich, I’d probably want to tackle this project Continue reading How to reupholster a chair…sort of…
I’m deep in the throes of this office renovation and while my “piece de resistance” is a leather couch (swear I’ll reveal the whole look soon), I knew that with that one purchase, my budget would be gone in a Continue reading I made these…sort of…
I know you’re all waiting for the big reveal! Oh…you’re not? OK…whatever. Fact is, I’m excited to SHOW you the big reveal but I’ve hit a small snag. As in…it’s not quite done! I’m waiting on fabric to arrive (about Continue reading The big reveal…
I did a personality test the other day and when finished, it said this: “You believe in yourself and others. You actively listen and give diplomatic feedback. You empathetically hear dreams. Magically, your strong beliefs make your wishes come true.” Continue reading Color me wonderful…
You know that saying where things have to get worse before they get better? Is that a saying…really? Or is it a whacked-out thought I keep in my head to wade my way through to “better”. Regardless…at the moment…after yesterday’s Continue reading Spring Cleaning…
I love my tree…the memories on it. Each year we’re reminded of stories and adventures as one ornament after the next is retrieved from their boxes. When The Tall Blonde was a baby, I started the Christmas Eve tradition of Continue reading Ten ornaments on my tree…
Bones and Spiderman are home! It’s been a chaotic two weeks… The Tall Blond losing her eyesight during the first one… and coming down with a nasty sore throat for the second! It’s probably a good thing “the littles” have Continue reading Orange you happy…
With the exception of one tiny glitch…which actually did a pretty good job putting a damper on my day…I had a fabulous birthday. The morning started with my “Birthday Basket”…a tradition between half a dozen friends on the street who put together a basket Continue reading My swell birthday…
My garden has been overrun with weeds, I don’t have one of those little rakes to bark up the mulch, there’s stuff growing in places I’m pretty sure stuff isn’t supposed to be growing and I’ve no gas in my mower Continue reading The grass isn’t always greener…
A year and a half ago, when my friend Maria came to my door with a huge canvas, painted by her father, I didn’t know how to begin to thank her. It was a gift for the future…for happier days. Every Continue reading Bouquet Radiante…
My girlfriend, C.A., went through a divorce about a year before her 40th birthday. It was what she wanted, yet her pain ran deep. Something I never truly understood…until my own. When her birthday rolled around, her dream of going to New York was in the Continue reading Enough with fools in tinfoil…
My dog’s been walking around in a skeleton costume for three days since I pulled out all the Halloween shit. The fact that my dog is dressed as a skeleton and that I have two Rubbermaid containers full of Halloween crap makes me think I Continue reading In her bones…
Have you ever walked into a store and felt like you were… mmmm… home? Little-One and I went browsing today… chatting to shop keepers as we went… discovering new places. Midway through the afternoon we visited MHome. Three floors of everything I don’t need… yet Continue reading MHome…
Since when do stores start catering to kids going to university? Has it always been this way? Have I just never noticed? Single bedspreads and ridiculous dorm room notions are suddenly popping up everywhere and I’m in the midst of Continue reading Dorm decorum…