Freshening up the house for Spring

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New door mat. Target $12.99

12 Geraniums for $26 from Costco. I filled all four of my big planters out front!

Kitchen sink rug. I like the pink in it. 50% off at Jo Ann Fabrics. I hope the cats don’t pee on it! What is with them lately?

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I repotted my bulbs already

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My white pots were pretty and the look I was going for but both of them were leaking! I am happy with the new mercury glass homes for the two amaryllis bulbs, but I am not impressed with the paper whites new home. Might have to rethink it? Anyway, now that I have [...]

Thanksgiving preparations

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Fresh flowers. My favorite! Purple seems a bit Thanksgiving-y, right?

$20 from Giant. I am always so proud when I come up with an interesting arrangement of flowers from Giant. There is so little to choose from! I really have to dig. AND use my imagination! It is like a treasure hunt. I love [...]

I have always wanted to make one of these…

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pretty enamel brooch bouquet.

**pic is from Bluebird blog**

I want to make one that emulates my wedding bouquet. Mine was made of a lot of white freesia, white tiny roses (maybe some other white flower?), and the palest blush pink tiny roses and I think it had some ivy in there because it [...]

Christmas bulbs and the current Thanksgiving mantle

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This is my favorite part…the little deer are mine from when I was little.

PS I have to return the pretty flower light string to Walmart. They are colored! I thought they were white lights. Ok, so Christmas decoration budget $20 spent so far.

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So, today marks the end of a very busy couple of weeks…and now I can play Christmas!

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I met with our social worker today for our last check-up. YAY! The paperwork is in. I just have to mail her 3 pics and we wait for our court date/finalization! FABULOUS! I feel like I can relax a bit now…ok, maybe after I take the family pic tonight and print the pics, I WILL [...]

Bday flowers…

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This orchid from Auntie H. LOVE.

And these:

Just from Giant (like $11 or $12). Our Giant has pretty slim pickings as far as flowers go. I am always inspired by Lucy at attic24 blog. She always has some fresh flowers at home. But when she shows her grocery flowers, they are so [...]

Don’t look too close…

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At the table I mean, the dust is quite thick!

This is my new flower pot and African Violet (instead of fresh flowers for our anniversary, got it at Home Depot).

I am actually going to put it by my bed.

Today is our 15th Anniversary

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We are on a “stay-at-home mini vacation”. I guess this means we eat out a lot and we don’t clean anything and we do whatever we want all weekend. I LOVE it.

Sat we went garage sale-ing. I spent $6.25. That is a vintage play ironing board for Mila.

We ate ice cream and [...]

Birthday flowers

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I thought these were so pretty! Purchased from Safeway. Lilies and peachy-orange roses.