Because some of you might not know me well enough!

I was over at my dear friend Lisa’s blog and decided that this would be fun to do. I haven’t done anything like this in a LONG time and I’ve gained a few more friends and thought you’d LOVE to know more about me. You do right? Of course you do. So here you go.

The ABC’s about ME!

Age: – Old enough to have fun and young enough to remember!

Bed size: King! See Height!

Chore you dislike: I don’t really enjoy vacuuming.

Dogs: None at this time.

Essential start to your day: Coffee, Bible, Working Out. Makes for a good day!

Favorite color: Red

Gold or silver: Gold!

Height: 5 foot 12 inches

Instruments you play(ed): Piano, very poorly. I want to take lessons again.

Job title: Wonder Woman (Because I’m constantly wondering how I get anything done!)

Kids: 3 BEAUTIFUL children.

Live: The Sunshine State: Florida!

Mom’s name: I like to call her Momther!

Nicknames: When I was a teenager I was called, Amazon Woman, Too Tall, Stretch, Berlygirl. My hubby calls me Babe.

Overnight hospital stays: I’m thankful to say that I’ve only had to stay in the hospital when I gave birth.

Pet Peeves: Rude people, impatient drivers, talking during a movie, people not being on time and many more I’m sure.

Quote from a movie: “In my world everyone is a pony, and they all eat rainbows, and poop butterflies.” Name that movie!

Righty or Lefty: Righty

Siblings:  2 older brothers and an older sister

Time you wake up: I usually wake up around 5:45 am.

Underwear: Essential part of my wardrobe.

Vegetables you don’t like: Eggplant. YUCK!

What makes you run late: I don’t generally run late. I’m pretty good at timing things. Check my peeves.LOL!

X-Rays you’ve had: None, thank the Lord.

Yummy food you make: If you asked my family, they would probably say that my homemade pizza is their favorite dish I make.

Zoo animal favorite: Giraffe

If you decide to do this let me know so I can come check it out!

HAVE A LOVELY DAY MY FRIENDS!

I’m Sorry My Daughter!

Since I really had nothing to write about I decided to go back and look at some old pictures files. By old I mean a few months ago.  Half the time I take pictures for something to blog about then completely forget about them. It happens more often than I want to admit. So basically if a picture is in a folder, it’s fair game.

My daughter has the same camera we do so when she takes pictures, they get dumped into the same folders as ours. This could be dangerous……for her. As I was virtually thumbing through the photos I stumbled across one that just cracked me up.

First let me say that my daughter is an EXCELLENT photographer (and I love her very very much). But she does have a weak spot. I loved the idea of this photo but there is a slight problem…….

Do you see it? It’s like an I Spy of sorts.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not very hip these days and in order to give her the benefit of the doubt I looked up the word “craty”. It doesn’t exist.

The End!

Mantel Makeover!

Warning the word “mantel” is used without abandonment in this post. If you are allergic to the word mantel please be advised to stay away. You’ve been warned.

When I started writing this post I was on the phone with my BFF and as I was writing the post title I asked her how to spell mantel. I spelled it mantel, she spelled it mantle. So she looked it up in the dictionary and you can in fact spell it either way. Who knew? Just thought I share that little tid bit of information.

I haven’t been crazy about what I had on our mantel since we moved here a year ago. I’d never had a mantel to play with so I really didn’t know what I wanted it to look like.  Back up to a few days ago I remembered that I still had some old windows from my grandparents home in Maine that I hadn’t used for anything yet and this stemmed the mantel makeover.

This is what I was working with. An old window and a bare mantel.

So I (mostly my hubby) took this old window, sanded it down a little, cleaned it off, wiped the glass and then put a clear coat on it to seal it.

It is now the main focus of the mantel.

  

Since Spring will be here before we know it (it’s 80 here today, don’t be jealous) I thought I’d try some Spring decor’ on it. I love the fact that I’ll be able to change up the wreath in the middle of the window depending on the seasons or holiday. For this picture I chose just a plain grapevine wreath with a vintage hankie tied around it.

 

I placed some previously spray painted vases on there with some fake flowers and Voila’, my Spring mantel.

But that decor’ was so two days ago and since Valentine’s is just around the corner I had to change it up already.

This is what it looks like right now.

What do you think? Cute? Scary? Too much? Not enough. Talk to me.

 

I’m still critiquing it, so it may change a little but for now I think it screams Valentine’s Day.  Not to mention it makes me smile.

 

Have a lovely day my friends!

Blogging Encouragement!

My dearest friend Lisa over at Stop and Smell the Chocolates has put a lot of time and effort into this series.

She broke it down into bite size pieces for you and you can check it out by clicking on the button above.

We all go through slumps in our blogging so if you are in need of some blogging encouragement, I’d check it out.

There isn’t a whole lot I can add to what she’s already said but here are a few things that I think are important to remember.

1. Don’t compare your blog to another. It’s unhealthy. We are all different and will write different, have different tastes, have different talents etc. You can’t compare apples to oranges. I’ve got news for you. Not everyone is going to like you and that’s okay. Be comfortable in your own skin.

2. Enjoy it. If you don’t enjoy it it will reflect in your writing and people won’t want to read it therefore leading you to discouragement. Blogging isn’t for everyone.

3. Give in order to receive. We all love comments. We are naturally interactive and love hearing feedback.  But remember, people are reading even if they don’t comment. I’ve had people out of the blue tell me what a blessing my blog is to them and I’ve never heard from them again, but that one comment meant the world to me. So make sure that you take a little time to leave comments around the blogosphere and be an encouragement to someone because you know how good it feels yourself.

4. The Niche’. I’ve yet to find mine. Yes, after 5 years of blogging I’m still nicheless. I’m a wearer of many hats and you never really know what you’re going to get on my blog and that’s okay. It reflects me and after all, you’re here because of me right? *wink*

Well that’s all I’m going to say on the subject. If you have time and really need some in depth encouragement make sure you check out Lisa’s series and if you yourself have an encouraging post, she is having a link up today. Come join in. The more encouragement the better!

HAVE A LOVELY DAY MY FRIENDS!