I have been anxiously awaiting the day I would say buh-bye to the last of the basement’s heinous blue carpeting complete with forty years of wear, tear and stains. Ewww, the stains. So, in a budget conscious and little friendly manner, we (ie. Honey) stripped out the nastiness and painted the stairs and hand rail. … Read More
It’s hard to believe that John will be heading off to Kindergarten next month. NEXT MONTH. Yikes! Around these parts, we count down to all of the things littles look forward to… Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, you get my drift. So it’s only fitting that we’d count down to the day the PCP first steps… Read More
Earlier this week when we were faced with a good long, lazy summer day with nothing to do, we had a grand old time doing exactly as we pleased. Clad in diapers and jammies, we “worked” at collecting bark from the tree. We watched a bevvy of Scooby Doos while dressed like Bumblebee and Bat-Bob.… Read More
Mother has evidently been working her fingers to the bone, sewing up precious little ensembles for her three grandsons. Twice in the last week I received a present package bearing her return address and both times I squealed with delight! I just want to go and hug her neck!! She thoughtfully decks out her creations… Read More
Back when I shared my foyer dress-up, I promised a tutorial on making your own chandelier sleeves. Here is the before… And here’s how to dress it up: 1. I really wanted to tie in the quatrefoil pattern from my favorite, drool-inducing Dash and Albert Plain Tin Slate rug. So I used the image on… Read More
My sweet nephew Bird spent a short stint at Children’s Healthcare at Scottish Rite last week having an exploratory surgery and being examined by an assorted lot of specialists. He weighed in at only three and a half pounds at birth and, since he still hasn’t “caught up” at age two, he needed to have… Read More
Honey and I scooted off on a date night to the Braves game last night. Back when dates were plentiful and littles were not, a ball game would have been just about the last place I’d want to spend a night out. But these days, before I’ve even heard his proposition on where we might… Read More