Call Me Crazy.....You won't be the first

After I redid the entry, you might recall a few posts back, I stood back and it felt off. Time to go shopping. I found this adorable old table at one of my favorite haunts as well as this incredible old chippy window. I am trying to decide what to put in the pains. Some of my thoughts are; white starfish, bird prints, old sheet music, vintage post cards, or family photos. What are your thoughts? I will finish the table scape according to what I put in the window.



Thanks for your help. I will post the results soon.
Heather

93 Blessings

My husband's (Shawn) grandmother turned 93 yesterday. WOW! I can not wrap my mind around what that means. All of the changes in the world she has seen and experienced is truly amazing. Her father owned the local general store when she was a child. During the Great Depression they moved out to a farm. What a change for her. Not sure she liked it to much. She went to College, yes college, in Chicago. She married my husband's grandfather in her late 20's and had two daughters. Grandpa was is the Navy so they lived in Japan and all over the US. Until they settled in Phoenix.




I am not sure what you wish for at 93. By that time it seems that most dreams have come true.


I am so glad that I have had the past 20 years to know and love her. My daughters have been blessed to have a great grandmother who is still able to participate the best she can in there life.





I thank God for giving her such a long and wonderful life. She has inspired me to look forward to growing older and that although the body changes you still see things through the same eyes.

We love you Grandma Alyce.
Heather

OH Savannah

Hello, I am back. So much in going on around here....Endless fundraising for the Odyssey World Finals in May, out of town guest and trying to get through my Spring cleaning. In my madness I managed to clean out Savannah's room. If any of you have a tweenie you know what a chore this can be. My daughter is a Pack Rat to put it mildly. I am always amazed at what she keeps as mentos of her life. Needless to say after many tears, Diet Pepsi, and hair pulling I DID IT!!! Yippee!!!!! I am happy with the results and I hope it stays organized for a few days..LOL Let me know what you think.







Please scroll down to Holly's room update. I published it second but it went after Savannah. I know some of you were curious to what I am doing in there.
Heather

More Dots...

Still working on Holly's room. The bed arrived on Friday. Yippee. It feels like this room will never be complete. In between..planning our trip tp Maryland, fundraising, yard sales, closing my shop, out of town visitors and taxes there is no time. One by one I am putting the fires out. I did this fun project yesterday. A mild distraction.

I found these paper mache letters at Joann's this week. They are $7.99. I bought some white paint, foam brush and circle stamper.



First give the letter a coat of white paint and let dry.



Second stamped on the dots using the wall color paint. Dab off the extra paint before applying. Let dry.




Hang on wall. I used a little hot glue..bad me. You could probably use double sided tape but mine fell victim to Holly's art project this past weekend.



What do you think? It was fun and staying with in the demands "Only polka dots". "No art", "Only blue and white"...what a pain but that is Holly the decorating diva.
Heather

A Best Friend

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN- Weep not for me though I am gone into that gentle night. Grieve if you will but not for long upon my soul's sweet flight. I now am whole, I am at rest there is no need for tears; as with your love I was so blessed for all those many years. I wait for you my master friend so until, that time I plead. Uplift your heart with what we shared, as 'cherished' memories.


As some of you know in January our beloved 17 year old collie, Max passed away. This weekend it was time to spread his ashes and place him back into the yard that he loved so much.


My husband brought home a gardenia tree to plant in his name.


We cried, we prayed and we said "Welcome home".


We placed him in the soil and planted the tree.


Holly added soil with his food scoop



"Welcome Home Max, Welcome home."

Night and Day

People always told me before I had children "They will be your teacher", "You will never be the same", "No two kids are alike", "They will change your life"."Yeh, right"I would say. I knew it all. I had baby sat, taken child development courses and had younger siblings. I knew every thing there was to know. I knew the schedules, how I wanted them to behave, what I would teach them...They would be "mini me's" HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!




The first one Savannah is easy going, very proper, responsible, smart, pretty and always wants to do the right thing. I think to my self "One down one to go" Perfect all according to plan.


Then came Holly. She is full of life, determined, self driven, nonconformist, visionary, master of self and manipulation. She is artistic,creative, thinks out side the box and never I mean never does she do anything the traditional way. Not even writing her letters. Me being some what of a perfectionist and a lot like Savannah I have a hard time understanding why anyone would want to reinvent the wheel everyday. Never taking the easy was as I see it. She is brilliant at finding an even easier way. Stubborn to the core and never gives up on what she believes. Case in point she will not say she is "sorry" because she believes it is a lie and that she meant to do what she did...Brutal Honesty I tell you. She will take the consequence but will not compromise self. I wonder some times where will this lead her? What can I do as a mother? It can be very frustrating but at the same time I do not want to break this incredible spirit. Most of us only dream of having the confidence and strength to live in self truth. There countless books written on the importance of this. And yet when faced with a child with a in born nature so strong to live this way our reaction is to change it.......


Last night Savannah had to make Irish Tea cookies for an international heritage presantation she is doing at school. She researched the recipe, made the dough, rolled it out, placed sweet green sprinkles on all of them and when she was thru she cleaned the kitchen...I know remarkable for a 12 year old. Love it.

Now Holly, she tries to be involved in what her sister is doing. I give her dough to work with. She begins to roll it out, cuts a few shapes and decides that it is terribly boring. She finds inspiration and when I come back into the room this is what she has created.





You have got to love creativity..And I remember to let her be her and embrace the differences between the girls for Night is as beautiful as Day.
Heather

Silly Girls

Well, I had several ideas for my blog today but first I took a tour of Blogland this morning. I found....

The Nester is calling for Rosie the Robot.......





Rue is singing like Mr Rodgers......




I thought who am I today? Then it hit me Pippi Longstocking..




I want to go on an adventure..No housework but if I must I want a funny little Monkey named Mr. Bojangles to help me..cap and all. I want to dress funny with striped socks and put my hair in braids. Sail away to a foreign sea and wait for the pirates...I want to play practical jokes and laugh so hard that I grab my belly.
I want to travel down a dirt road singing completely out of tune and believing in my beauty. I want to be free from all responsibilities today and see life again as a "Silly little girl"