BEST LAYED PLANS

Oh I had such good plans for my blog, my house, my summer. Well I just needed to get past some minor surgery last Wednesday. Well my minor turned into major. Had one cyst on my ovary that turned out to be more than one and some other fun things. So I am now sitting here with about an 8" incision in my lower abdomen and strick doctors orders to lay low for 6 weeks. UGH! That seems like a lifetime from now.
I am still trying to wrap my head around it but I intend to make lemonade with these lemons. I will soon be more mobile so I plan to do lots of sewing in a new craft room I plan to do (I should say have my brother do) I am going to finally organize all my photo's online which should result in lots of before and after posts on my blog.
I will say that all your blogs have saved me from long days of watching all the truly stupid stuff on TV. Thank god for my computer.
I'll be back soon!

UGH!!

Hubby is back to work thank god but now my computer is sick. It's at the doctors now so I have no way of posting pictures etc. Today I am at a friends to borrow her computer so I can do bills (what fun!)
Of course I am taking some time to browse all my favorite blogs and as usual have seen so many good things.
Hopefully computer will be better by next week and I hope to get some good posts going. First on the list is to update the picture of my house. Need to show how pretty it looks in summer, at least how pretty it will look when I get some time to go out there and plant some things. Just never enough time in the day, week, month.
Hope everyone has a good week. I'll be back soon!

Everyday with Hubby.

So as I am sitting here devouring all my favorite blogs and wishing I could completely redo every inch of my house I remind myself that I to have a blog and gosh darnet I haven't posted in like forever. I have to blame it on my change in routine. Hubby's union went on strike about 3 weeks ago. (they just settled and are back to work Yay!) So there went my normal days. When I got up in the morning he was there and when I went to make lunch he was there. Now I did enjoy him being home and really miss him now but man did it throw me for a loop. I am def someone who likes order and schedules but I didn't realize just how much I need that. Having him home changed everything. We did get a few more major things done but what I found really hard was just finishing my normal everyday stuff.
Right now getting ready for a long weekend at the Jersey shore. It will be fun but I am so looking forward to next week when it's just me and girlie girl doing our thing. Bring on the cleaning supplies, laundry etc. I think I will enjoy it for at least a day!

PROBLEM SOLVED

Problem: The hubby thinks there are too many pillows on the couch when he goes to sit down and watch TV. I sometimes have to agree with him but I like the look when no one is sitting so I won't get rid of them.
Solution : Buy a cute basket from Homegoods that looks great in the room and provides a nice spot to throw pillows in other than the floor (previous solution)
I think we will all be happy now!


PROBLEM


SOLUTION

LIFE IS GOOD

The sun is finally shining here in the northeast. We had 2 days of rain after a not so nice Easter weekend. That rain brings me down but I am motivated today. I got up nice and early this am and got to work. My house is now clean from top to bottom. Okay I took the easy way and feather dusted but at least it's done and the bathrooms are even clean. It's been awhile since the house was all clean at once. Love that feeling. I also took some time to tweak a great find I got recently at TJMaxx. See the cute little birdcage below. It was 6.99 - I couldn't pass it up. I loved the gray patina but it really doesn't go with my scheme so I spray painted it cream. I love it. So as I sit here in my clean kitchen, listening to the last load of wash in the dryer and bite into my peanut butter and jelly sandwich all I can say is LIFE IS GOOD!

DOORS TO ADORE

I am joining the DOORS TO ADORE party that ask Kari and Kijsa are having today. Check it out at http://kariandkijsa.blogspot.com/ Here is my front door all decked out for Easter. The door definitely needs to be painted black. Just have to convince my husband this is a good idea. He thinks black says morgue. He doesn't know what he is talking about. It will take a little more coaxing but I'll get him over to the dark side soon.

BEFORE


AFTER

This is my entryway or foyer. The long table was a leftover from our old house. We used it as a couch table. It fit in the foyer and served a purpose for a couple years. I knew I wanted a bedroom dresser to take it's place. It took some time searching but I found it at a great 2nd hand store near my house. Was $65 then got marked down to $35. Either price was a good deal. It was meant to be. I didn't take a before picture but it was just a natural wood. We have alot of woodwork and a hall tree opposite this so I wanted to paint it something that would pop. Red is my accent color thru out the livingroom/diningroom so I went with that. I'm very happy with how it turned out and I can't wait to use the drawers for storage. I also am looking forward to changing up the display on top. I've been busy decorating for Easter and we are hosting dinner tommorrow for my hubby's family so I am going to have lots of pictures and ideas in the next few days.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!