Master Bedroom Re-do

Finally my bedding is done!!!

I

Before

I know it's a fashion disaster

but I love my massage chair

can I slipcover that thing????

This is the old stuff

I was always trying to fnd something to work

When we moved in 3 1/2 years ago my bedroom was painted a creamy buttery white

The lush thick carpet was the same

The beautiful white white millwork was lost...
so we painted a yellowy tan and now we can really see that millwork
But I could never figure out what to do with the bedding???

~Enter Jen~

I love that girl

I told her she could do anything she wanted except

 blue

my least favorite color

I am a warm person not a

~cool person~

She came back to me with 

 Brown, Gold & Blue in the fabrics

She said to trust her...it would make sense of that

Blue pearl granite right around the corner

~so glad I did~

She did all this sewing herself

We waited for JoAnn sales, used coupons and finally had everything

ready for Jen to start this big project...

Waiting for the Hubs to help move the new rug
under the bed more
that bed is HEAVY

The new rug from

~Tuesday Mornings~

$199

She did all this sewin herself

next project is the window treatments for the bathroom...

she found some Candice Olsen fabric...

be still my beating heart....

 and a new ottoman that she is recovering...

we have a long way left to go with this bedroom

but I am so excited about this bedding

finally it is feeling right!

I am linking to
 Kim's Boring to Better
be sure and check her out!

Hello Sunshine

With my Mom in tow this year

we set off on our trek south

We are Snowbirds

most years

There was the year that little Matthew Man

was born and I couldn't go

no matter how cold it got that winter...

I was planted near my first Grandson

He just turned 2 last week

But this year off we went..

We made it through the Siskiyous

just in time

Mt Shasta is beautiful but that pass can be brutal

I got a text from our friends heading the opposite way

They go home for the holidays

They were stuck at the top of the pass for 3 hours

My first thought was how do you go to the bathroom?

She said her hubby just got out and went....

she was next.... OMG

How do you prepare for that?

We made it to the other side with just a hint of snow coming down

got to spend the evening with my Sister in Redding

Then off at 7:00 a.m. to make it home to the desert by 8:00pm

That Hubs is a driving machine

It is 8 degrees at home right now

I have mixed emotions about being gone

when my house is cold and lonely

Take care Seattle
Drive safe kids....

We really will be thinking of you

Surprise Wind Storm

This is the Port of Tacoma

I've been off for a few days and here's why

 We didn't have a computer, TV, telephones or water

We have a generator which didn't come on

The power went off at 8pm just after
Dancing with the Stars
started Monday

The next morning the Hubs went out to get the generator running

so we had the fridge  and the outlets to keep the cell phones charged

gas fireplaces to heat the place but then

what do we do with no computers?

We discovered that TV and computers

are our life......hummmmmm

is this good?

The neighbors were taking their kids to school and bringing us  back goodies

Mary brought  Starbucks

Denise brought  McDonald's sausage egg McMuffins

it was a great morning for us

just knowing your neighbors are the very best

 ~we are all  in this together~

We are on a community well and realize we have to get a generator for that

because being without water is the worst part
The Hubs left the chainsaw at the farm this year
~not good~
we all had a tree or limbs down

I got some paperwork done

cleaned out the china cabinet

The Hubs did some yard work
and read a book

~but~

we felt

~lost~
Better work on that

Without TV we didn't  even know how bad it was

~out there~

click on the link below

she has a newscaster clip on her blog
showing what was going on around us

It's the little things that make a house a home

Leaving Fall behind & A Giveaway

I am going to miss Autumn

I have come across some really beautiful scenes from fall

this year through the blogs I follow

One of my favorites is Delores's

Vignette Design

Her homes are stunning

 one is on a vineyard

 and she is such a good photographer

she travels to Europe

and takes us along the way

you have to check out her blog for

~breathtaking beauty~

and I'm not just saying this because she is having a

fabulous

~giveaway~

please don't enter because I seriously want to win

just kidding....not!

Check out these beautiful fall pictures

Here is my attempt at creating fall in our home

We leave in less than 2 short weeks for the desert

It seems like I just got my fall decorating done
my favorite new thing is the banner
Jen made...
I just LOVE it
It says
Welcome Fall & Friends

Look what's hiding on my mantle

courtesy of

My Sweet Savannah

At the entry way

there are little lights in the wire gourd

looks so pretty at night

learning to take pictures with no flash

As you can see I

don't have much for decorating
 it seems we have always been
 gone during the fall

Went  to Europe for two years in a row

during the fall to be with my daughter...
look how tiny Mattie was then

The Germans love the fall & 

~Oktoberfest~

My sister & I had a blast

Can you guess where this is?

Wonder where Fechy is?
Switzerland is also beautiful in the fall ..
Ok I'm getting off track here.....I must do a post on that place!

Before that we loved going to
New England
 in the fall

traveling back there in our motorhome
ours is behind the Sister-n-laws pretty one
 I love this picture

So we didn't get to enjoy the

~Northwest Fall~
Now granted it's not as spectacular as Germany or Vermont

But it can be great if all the stars align....

usually it is windy, rainy and the leaves are just

brown & mushy

But this year we lucked out

a few days ago  was a record breaking 77 degrees

Wow we were all

~blown away~

(excuse the pun) 

This is a little leaf maple at our gate
I've never seen it so pretty before

A pretty red leaf maple at the neighbors

my little guy doesn't have a leaf left

Oh you should see those Rody's behind the red leaf maple in the spring...spectacular

Mary's wisteria so pretty yesterday

My little weeping cherry is pretty this time of the year

But our glorious sky is what everybody was

talking about 

The good weather got me outside to take some pictures
See Spanky waiting by the door wanting to go out too....

The back door my sister built

This is our *back door* where 99.9% of our guests enter...

I have plans (see the wall on the right)

to fix our entry so everyone will know where the front door is..

someday....

The front door is under the arch in the middle of the house

but everyone parks at the top of the driveway on the right

and enters here...

~the back door~

My ivy even turns slightly red

Well it's all coming down shortly and we will button up the place

for winter

Good night Fall