Tuesday, October 26, 2010

road trip

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hotel room in a college town...so cool...it's a "green" place...don't know much about green hotels, but i know it was beautiful

the other queen bed is there to the left...amazing layout for a hotel room

girlie and i had fun!

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the view from our "green" room...

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another view...with sound! 

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the college was founded by the Dutch

lots of buildings on campus begin with Van...love that!

fun to visit the campus

but even more fun to have a silly-fun-girl getaway

Thursday, October 21, 2010

livingwords

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how wonderful that someone put my "mother heart" on a sign

i've always wondered what advice i would write down for my children...

these 7 gems kinda sum up what i would write

and they're good reminders for me, too

thinkdeeplyspeakgentlylovemuchlaughalotworkhardgivefreelyandbekind

*and don't forget to hug your mother

Monday, October 18, 2010

wink

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there is nothing like a college campus in the fall

walking through downtown, our daughter said "i feel like we're walking through a movie set"

as we were waiting for an admissions counselor...after our campus tour

a former student sent me her daily text

{every day she sends all her contacts a short & sweet verse}

i read it and passed my phone to our daughter

for i know the plans i have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. plans to give you hope and a future.  jeremiah 29:11

i love it when God sends us little winks

*i snapped this photo because look at those gorgeous leaves THROUGH the building's window!

Monday, October 11, 2010

bOiNg!

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jumping up to shout a hello

busy week in & out of my little yard...

how 'bout you?

hospital visits and college visits...

football games...

soccer games...

a big crown from the dentist!

oh, my...wonder if i'll have any jumps left in me by week's end?

{photo: neighbor dog doing his jumping tricks behind the 6 ft fence}

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

the afters (plus 1 before)

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all but one wall {in desperate need of repair} have been painted

calm...serene...simple...warm

me!

{actually i'm not all that calm or simple, but i love the look}

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busybusyBEFOREdidisaybusy?

mrs. dunbar requested a before and after so i was forced to include at least one before shot

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oh, how i love this print from Teresa Sheeley

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we nabbed 4 of these wooden trim pieces from a house being demolished

{at least 10 years ago}

i LOVE them up there!

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can i just take a bow now?

i pounded a hole in a cork and shoved it over the nail

brilliant.  if i do say so myself. {grin}

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love these 1-4 plates on the soffit over my sink

{what a funny word soffit is!}

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tucked this keep calm sign in an out of the way place...

so as i'm cooking i can glance up and be reminded to carry on

now i need to carry on in the dining room...

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so many treasures...

{patty, do you see my little sign on the bench in the lower left corner?}

so little space to display them all!

25 teenagers coming over tonight so i better get off this computer and start putting away and cleaning up

happy wednesday everyone...hope it's a sunny day wherever you are

xoxo

Monday, October 4, 2010

scrape, scrape, peel...

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so i've been taking down wallpaper

forever

really.  for me? forever.  both my husband and i usually tackle jobs with a gusto...get-r-done mentality

but wallpaper...not so much

if i've said it once during the past few weeks, i've said it a thousand times

"i.will.never.wallpaper.again."

i tried paying my children to finish the scrape, scrape, peel

no takers...the huck finn strategy {"it's fun!"} didn't work

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so as of 8:30 last night

no.more.wallpaper

dining room is finished and accessorized

today, the kitchen gets painted after sanding the spackle

i used to be a "let's fix her up!" kinda gal

but not so much anymore

wallpaper will do that to you

Friday, October 1, 2010

{beauty}

diptych {beauty}

beauty

full


patty (dew drop) and i will be flying away from our team-up photography project for awhile

but we'll flutter back soon

because beauty is even more beautiful...

when shared
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