What Makes A Home?

Home

It's different for everyone

Unique

Depending on the people that live there.

Here is a peek at what home means to me...





The cats have taken a liking to my library. I took some laundry baskets and made HIS and HERS beds. Nikki (the calico, HER) loves her bed. Joe (the black and white HIM) lays in front of his bed. Go figure.



This is my inspiration board I keep at my desk. Yes, I saved the big block Hershey's bar, paper. I'm inspired by chocolate...what can I say? I love the house decorated for Christmas and the iced tea recipes on the right. I have eclectic interests:)



"D" is for Dawn. Also Daring. Delirious and Dorky. No comment.





I collect Boyd's.  I love the nostalgia of teddy bears.



I also collect antique pictures...the bottom one is of cotton pickers from the early 1900's. (no relation) The top picture is of my great grandmother. People never smiled back then. I have no idea where I get my "camera ham" genes.



This is a picture my son created when he was six, in first grade art class. I have always loved this picture. It is a water color of wild flowers. I framed it and hung it in my library. It makes me happy.



Yes, okay...I collect antique books too. I know I have a running theme of all things old. I really do think I have an old soul. I'm not kidding.



I have a quirky thing going on for architectural salvage as art. My husband totally does not get this about me. He thinks I'm weird...I'm not here to debate that fact. I hung this piece on the wall over the fireplace mantle. Maybe I should say, my husband hung it....I "helped" him by telling him to move it a little to the left, um....now down a little....no, up on the right corner....tilt it..... Okay. Put it there. Are you sure? Yes. I'm going to put a hole in the wall. Are you positive. Yes. Sure? No. Let's start over.



These are fake. I love sunflowers. I can't grow them. The wind at our house beats them all down. At least fake ones don't die. They just get dusty.



Enamel bowl. Cute, huh? Perfect for snacks.



This is what my laundry room looks like most of the time. Seriously, do we need clean bath towels? Can't we all just air dry?





This is the view from my front porch this morning. Our neighbor is working very hard to plant, since we've had a string of days without rain.

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What things "make home" for you?

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What Makes A Home?

Home

It's different for everyone

Unique

Depending on the people that live there.

Here is a peek at what home means to me...





The cats have taken a liking to my library. I took some laundry baskets and made HIS and HERS beds. Nikki (the calico, HER) loves her bed. Joe (the black and white HIM) lays in front of his bed. Go figure.



This is my inspiration board I keep at my desk. Yes, I saved the big block Hershey's bar, paper. I'm inspired by chocolate...what can I say? I love the house decorated for Christmas and the iced tea recipes on the right. I have eclectic interests:)



"D" is for Dawn. Also Daring. Delirious and Dorky. No comment.





I collect Boyd's.  I love the nostalgia of teddy bears.



I also collect antique pictures...the bottom one is of cotton pickers from the early 1900's. (no relation) The top picture is of my great grandmother. People never smiled back then. I have no idea where I get my "camera ham" genes.



This is a picture my son created when he was six, in first grade art class. I have always loved this picture. It is a water color of wild flowers. I framed it and hung it in my library. It makes me happy.



Yes, okay...I collect antique books too. I know I have a running theme of all things old. I really do think I have an old soul. I'm not kidding.



I have a quirky thing going on for architectural salvage as art. My husband totally does not get this about me. He thinks I'm weird...I'm not here to debate that fact. I hung this piece on the wall over the fireplace mantle. Maybe I should say, my husband hung it....I "helped" him by telling him to move it a little to the left, um....now down a little....no, up on the right corner....tilt it..... Okay. Put it there. Are you sure? Yes. I'm going to put a hole in the wall. Are you positive. Yes. Sure? No. Let's start over.



These are fake. I love sunflowers. I can't grow them. The wind at our house beats them all down. At least fake ones don't die. They just get dusty.



Enamel bowl. Cute, huh? Perfect for snacks.



This is what my laundry room looks like most of the time. Seriously, do we need clean bath towels? Can't we all just air dry?





This is the view from my front porch this morning. Our neighbor is working very hard to plant, since we've had a string of days without rain.

***************

What things "make home" for you?

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• Home and Garden (jessicalynn4u37.com)


• Teddy Bears, Comfort Zones and Big Adventures (wisewolftalking.com)


• If Teddy Bears Ruled the World (femaleimagination.wordpress.com)


• Armed and Cuddly (justsimplyinlove.wordpress.com)


• Cousins are Such Good Friends! (cowgirlmama.wordpress.com)


• How I started collecting Antique and Vintage purses -On Serendipity ! (rubylane.com)


• 5 things to make from scratch (eatocracy.cnn.com)


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Mud Is Just Wet Dirt

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The snow and ice from the storm a couple of weeks ago, is now melting. The sun is shining today. It almost looks like Spring.

My husband and I had our house built back off the road. About 250 feet off the road. That might not seem like a lot until one realizes that during the warmer spring months, our driveway and yard turn into a huge mud pit. This process has already started. I almost lost a boot today while trudging through the slop. If I wasn't being sucked into the mud, I was trying to not wipe out on the ice spots that are still very slippery.

So begins the mud season. My laundry room literally becomes the mud room. For a room that was built to CLEAN and DRY clothes, I can't even set a basket on the floor because of all the mud and boots laying around. For the next 3 1/2 months I will not even attempt to clean that floor. It is a vain effort to even try.

Now, that we have an indoor dog the mud season poses another huge issue for me. You see, the laundry room can look like the rainy season in the Amazon, but the rest of the house I'd like to TRY and keep half way decent. At least half way. Decent. Sigh.

I have given my son (dog owner) the responsibility of wiping off his dog's feet. So now, he not only walks the dog, but he wipes all four of the doggie paws before passing through the threshold. I have a feeling this is going to be a long springtime.

Life is full of messes, isn't it? If you are anything like me, you are always trying to clean up a mess. Somewhere. On something.

The "nutritional bits" in the dog food, that the dog doesn't really care for...and so picks them all out of the dish and spews them around the kitchen floor. Or the dishes that had to be soaked in the sink because one of my children refuses to put things in the dishwasher until WHATEVER was on the plate is rock hard. Muddy shoes, spilled milk, chaotic rooms, cat fur on the couch and a pile of laundry. Messes. All of them.

On days when I am overwhelmed with the messes of life, I stop. I try and refocus. What is truly important?

So many times I have to remember that this IS life. Life is not clean. It is not neat. It is not neatly pressed....and most of the time it doesn't smell good.

And I take a deep breath.....and if it is a really messy day I hold my breath until I pass out.

 

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Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This...

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1. It must really be cold outside because I felt the chill as soon as I got out from under the covers this morning.I thought about not getting up...but, I'm needed so I threw back the covers and braved the day. Brrrr....

2. My feet are cold.

3. I suppose I should put on my fuzzy slippers.

4. I'm made hashbrown casserole this morning for breakfast.

5. It's now baking in the oven.

6. It smells really good..even though I had to cut onions and they made me cry. I look like I've been on a drinking binge.

7. The baking casserole is making me hungry.

8. The coffee is also smelling good this morning.

9. I'm still tired even though I just got up at 8.

10. Normally, I get up earlier...but, not today.

11. Snowy, wet weather makes a lot of mud. I said a lot. Did you hear me?

12. Mud that has found its way into my laundry room. A LOT of mud. Did you hear me again?

13. I guess they (whoever they are) call it a mudroom/laundry room for a reason.

14. I don't like a dirty, cruddy floor.

15. Especially on my bare feet. My cold bare feet.

16. How come it is most people wake up with their hair sticking up all over?

17. I hate people that wake up with good hair. It's a disgusting display of perfect.

18. I wish I was that disgusting person. Just sayin'.

19. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

20. That is hysterical. Really.

21. Sometimes I scare myself in the morning.

22. Not intentionally. It just happens.

23. I've got 20 minutes until "brunch" is done.

24. I should make good use of my time, and go get dressed.

25. That would be lazy of me to wear my pajamas all day um....yes, it would.

 

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