I am sooooo subtle....

I decided to add this diddy to my chalkboard in my kitchen..It is my feeble attempt at hinting that I want tulips for Valentine's Day...Do you think he will get it? I hope everyone has had a great start to the new week!

Project # three...

Just taking a break in between coats... on project number three. The room I am painting today is our guest bedroom. I am going for a completely different look, it is called the hotel line. Very simple. My sweet friend Lynn inspired me to go with this change, she saw it at Pottery Barn and is going with this look in her bedroom. We have had fun shopping for bedding and picking out paint.While I was painting I was thinking about all the guests that have stayed in this pretty soft room. My dear little nieces who called it the princess room...a teenage niece going thru some growing pains who needed a break from Mom and Dad . My girl, my adult niece who stayed in this romantic room the night before her wedding ! I laid a monogramed hankie with a locket pinned to it on her pillow that night, like her mother did for me many years ago. And A dear friend who also needed a break from reality.I could go on and on.. But it was back to reality for me...my niece is going to be married six years! I redecorated that room a year before her wedding!Time for a change! Good bye cottage look! Here is to a new fresh start and many more memories to come!

And the winner is....

Hi Blog Buddies! Today is the day for the give a way drawing! And the winner is: Gordostyle. Congratulations! I hope you can take some time away from your little kidlets and curl up and enjoy this book!Please email me with your address and I will send it off to you! Have a great weekend everyone!

A chilly day...

Nothing else to do but go to the mall! Miss Addie loves our trip to the mall....nothing better than a cozy fire and nugget's and fries!

Birthday wishes from Addie

I love you Uncle! Happy Birthday! XOXOXOXOXO

Birthday Boy

Today is my husband's birthday! I don't speak of him much on this blog ...sometimes there are people so close to you that words for them do not come easy...but I will try. I have known him almost all my life, he has always been a constant. He is a strong man with a gentle soul. Once I read a online survey that he had filled out and one of the questions was What is your favorite scent? His answer was: my wife's hair. Don't u love him already? and he cooks too! Sometimes I think my family likes him more than me. He has been called the Mr. Rogers of our family...we have 30 nieces and nephews! and they all gravitate towards him...that says alot about a guy! He reminds me everyday of how he loves me, not always with words but by his actions, he has gotten into the habit of tucking me in at night when I go to bed before him...what a way to end each day....what a blessing. Happy Birthday!!! I love you!

One Year old!

Hey Blog Buddies! On Jan. 29th my blog will be one year old! Yay! so to celebrate I am having a give away...I will be drawing the name of someone who leaves a comment on this post. The prize is the book CREATIVE VINTAGE STYLE. I will draw the lucky winner this Friday, Feb.1st!! good luck! and thank you for your kind comments and friendship throughout this past year...