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Nov 7, 2013

My kitchen before and after reveal!!

What a difference a day can make!!

I took this picture on Tuesday....

The "Before"

and...Ta Da!!!

The "After"

Yesterday...it was cold, windy and rainy...

These pictures were taken today...

with a few just hanging on for dear life!

again the before and after

Amazing...I know!
I didn't raise a finger either! I have a Heavely decorator...
and I let him make all the decisons!

So I hope you're not feeling let down!
I sort of tricked you....
no freshly updated kitchen...
no new appliance's...
or counter tops...
In my opinion...
my "before" was actually better than my "After"
but are there really any rules to the
"Before and Afters" of blog land?
if so I guess I better read the rule book...and then I probably won't follow them anyway!

Stay tuned for the really big reveal...
My Heavenly decorator really knows how to brighten up the gray days after those leaves...leaf us

SNOW!!!

I can't wait to share it with you!!

Maybe if and when I get to the window treatments...or change and move that light fixture...I will reveal that too!
woot! woot!
I know you can't wait!!

sharon

craftberry bush

jennifer rizzo

Nov 1, 2013

A little more Halloween!

Another Halloween Post!!

Well ended up doing a little trick or treating last night despite the fact that door to door beggin had been postponed until tonight.

My daughters church/school was having a trunk or treat...that because of the weather moved inside. They asked me to come along...so of course I did!

My companions...

Batman and one-eyed Iron Man!

This church did a great job for the kids!

The halls of the school had the doorways decorated...

with everything from Noah and his ark...to a jail with prisoner!

The gym was full of games and entertainment and kiddo's...

Good job Iron Man!

Batman is checking out the candy bag...

Batman was about the candy!!

Fun was had by all,,,this smile says it all!

Halloween has come to an end....

looking forward now to Thanksgiving and Christmas!!

God Bless
Sharon

Oct 31, 2013

Happy Halloween!

Are your little's going to go trick or treating tonight? Because of the weather, it's been postponed until tomorrow night around this ole haunted house, which means I will miss it all together! I'm off to Michigan tomorrow to visit my parents...and attend the wedding of my dear friends son. I generally go to my daughters on Halloween and trick or treat with them...but will not get to this time (said with a pout)!

I did get over to their house the other night to enjoy carving and painting some pumpkins
with 2 of my favorite littles...even though they were battling a bit of a cold!
(sorry some of the pics are bit blurry)

They did an amazing job on their painted pumpkins!!

Then last night I got a visit from
a growling tiger...and a cute little lady bug...2 more of my favorite littles!!

Little Miss Lady Bug...is enjoying some of her Halloween loot!

And this is one ~~cute~~ scary little tiger!

not really scary...just plain cute m'kay!

I do believe this is the last day for the view out my kitchen window!

storms with high winds coming this way! Fall is my very favorite time of year...but once the leaves are gone...I'm looking forward to lots and lots of the white stuff!!

I am so blessed and I have so much to be grateful for!!

I leave you with this final picture, a picture of one single element of my fall mantel...manipulated just a bit with picmonkey

Happy Halloween!

Sharon

Oct 17, 2011

The Simple Things Sunday...

A bee-uuuutiful fall day!

Having a great time....

with my only daughter and her family...

Sweet Tater and Tater Tot

AAWWWW...So Sweet!

God has blessed me with a great family!

I wish we could have all been together yesterday...but that wasn't possible...

maybe next time

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Oct 15, 2011

The Linen Tablecloth

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. A time when friends and family will come together for fun, food and traditions. I love the Holidays…and Thanksgiving…is my Holiday. We can have anywhere from 15 people on up to 25.

I’d love to have a big fancy table, with fine china and stemware…

but we really just are not a fancy people…

we are a lazy people!

So we use paper…sorry…it’s just the way we roll.

Here is our table from a few years ago

This is about as fancy as it gets!

So…this post isn’t about fancy tablecloths and fancy dishes silver flatware & crystal stemware. Instead it is about 1 simple linen tablecloth and a tradition that started about 10 years ago.

I purchased a linen tablecloth at an auction…nobody else seemed to want the old linen tablecloth so I paid practically nothing for her. I had her for a few years…and still the linen tablecloth never got used (remember we are not a fancy people) but one day I got an idea…maybe I read about it or saw it on a tv show…I really don’t remember, but I got the inspiration to use the linen table cloth. We didn't use her for a traditional table covering, but after dinner was all cleaned up and put away that's when our linen tablecloth come out.

The first year…the people... (mostly the little people)... mocked the linen tablecloth…they thought it was “stupid”…to have this linen tablecloth at our Thanksgiving get together…but year after year the linen tablecloth was brought out after dinner. Everyone began to enjoy the linen tablecloth…you might even say that people began to look forward to seeing her make an appearance every year! She was invited to stay longer and longer so people could admire her…The linen tablecloth has changed over the years, it doesn’t look as pristine as it once did…it has been handled to many times now…but she is beautiful!

One year the linen tablecloth was forgotten…it was the one year we decided to go to Michigan for thanksgiving…we forgot her in the old sideboard …and to this day…we are saddened by the fact that we forgot our little linen tablecloth. I know how much she missed by not being with us that Thanksgiving…she would have been enriched by spending time with our extended family...and would have carried a piece of them back home with her.

Our little linen tablecloth holds so many memories now…