Category Archives: real life

A Wake Up Call

posted on April 15, 2014

This morning my alarm went off at 5:00 a.m. and it was a reminder that a week ago today I set that alarm to prepare for my surgery.

It’s crazy to think that a week ago I was headed to the hospital to have spinal surgery. Surgery is a trippy thing to me because basically it’s something I elected to do. Oh yes please, cut me open, drill a hole in my spine and cut my disc…..that sound like a hoot! Sign me up! Insanity.

Since so many of you have emailed and sent texts I thought I’d just do a post ….

Decisions Decisions

posted on April 5, 2014

I hate making decisions sometimes. Don’t you? Especially important ones. I’ve had to make some major ones lately and it’s been kind of insane around our house.

So many of you have reached out to me over the last month or so and I want you to know how much I appreciate it. Every sweet comment and email has meant the world to me!
So here’s the latest. I will be having surgery on my back, Tuesday the 8th at 7:30 a.m. They’ll be doing a lumbar micro discectomy on my spine to alleviate the pain caused by a herniated disc and pinched nerve. I figure if Tiger Woods can ….

Style Journey: Country to Modern – Part II

posted on March 14, 2014

We pick up where we left off on our Country to Modern journey. If you missed Part I, you might want to back up and catch up. Our transformation began with the decision to get rid of everything and we did.
(I know, I know… I’m really late with PART TWO. I explain at the end of the post.)

The kitchen was the next room in the house to see changes. It went though a lot over time. Kitchens are expensive and we had to do things in stages. So yes, like the rest of the house it started out a ….

Style Journey: Country to Modern – Part I

posted on February 18, 2014

We weren’t always into modern design and this post proves that anyone can change styles and get the home they want.

I’ve been promising this post for a while but sitting down to put it together was quite a task, I have to say. Most of the pictures I had were not digital so I apologize for their quality. Scanning doesn’t always get great results. I had no idea where to start or how to share this without it turning into a never ending post that causes your scroll bar to stop functioning. I decided to go room by room, so ….

Begging for Dollars

posted on October 10, 2013

As much as I love working on my house and blogging about the projects sometimes real life gets in the way and it seems impossible to get anything posted. A sweet friend recently told me “I miss you” and it occurred to me just how long it had been.

I wish that I could tell you I’m in the Caribbean kicked back in a beach chair sipping something fruity with an umbrella in it but I’m really parked in front of a microphone begging for money. I say begging because it sometimes feels that way but really it’s more like ….