Hello Again!!!

I first want to send out a big apology to everyone and a super big Thank You! I really appreciate all the kind remarks about my various posts. I will try to reply to everyone personally as I get a chance. I have been so busy the past 2 weeks that it has been impossible, to say the least, to keep up. I am going to try to my best this week. Please be patient. Your support means so much to me. As for an update...fundraising is over (yippee), Savannah is off to Catalina Tuesday for her 6Th grade field trip, I purchased a new car, still spring cleaning and winding up the school year with events almost everyday. I am beat. On the brighter side I thought I would post a few pics of my living room/ dining room combo. Several of you have the same scenario with adjoining rooms. In our conversations I have promised to reveal what I have done to try to update this problem. My home is 25yrs old. No fancy 14ft ceiling, no 1000sqft great room just a modest little Spanish style home that wraps her loving walls around me everyday. In my book less is so much more. I hope you enjoy the pics but please remember I am Crazy so you will probably see things changed again. As of May 5Th this is it....lol

My Herb Garden

Living in Arizona gardening can be somewhat of a challenge during the summer months. Not so much the growing but the maintaining. IT is hot. I love to garden and this is my small escape until my husband and I plant a new garden in a shady spot. I purchased this green house a few months ago. I love the little bird on top. Unfortunately it has lived in the garage until last weekend when I decided enough was enough I needed to make room for the huge thing that I love so much. Off to the Depot (Home Depot) I went. They had a wonderful variety of herbs. I chose basil, oregano, peppermint, chives, thyme and spearmint. It takes up quite a bit of my counter top but it makes me happy. There you have it..My Herb Garden.

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."