Lights are up

Great suggestion

have your roof cleaned this time of the year

and he will put up your lights

why not he's up there

I don't like the Hubs up there anymore

it's too scary

see what I mean waaaayyy too high

but I knew it would look cool with lights

Hubs kept busy with the tree lights

and I've been busy inside

more to come...stayed tuned

I am about half way done

Recovered dining chairs

I love my new dining room chairs

they are just so happy now

this is one of those times i didn't tell 

the hubs

what i was up to...

do ya'll ever do that too?

anyway....

it took him 2 days to notice the chairs were gone

then he said 

"your not going to change that leather seat i hope"

no dear....

i didn't touch the leather

men and their leather...

so much better than before

this tapestry had purple in it

it was pretty but too...

~formal~

i think is the word 

i have some other material that i have

been saving for something and now i

have it figured out what i'm going to do with it

table runners

and.....

these rods should have been longer

Julie said she can have them done by 

before Christmas

so now you know what santa is bringing me 

this year...

i am so excited....

better right?

hooking up with 

miss kim

at 

savvy southern style

for her wow us wednesday 

party

check it out 

lots to see this time of the year 

especially

Dining Room Chairs

do you likey?

~me lovey~

just got my dining room chairs back from the shop

this is a close up of the 

~before~

very traditional

henredon fabric

pretty, but just not me

well...... 

they just came back from getting re-upholstered

 and i can't wait to show you the reveal

problem is 

my computer lost it's hard drive

~yep~

in the shop for about a week

so no new pictures

this morning the hard rain drops hitting the 

~inside~

 of my exterior door in the bedroom

~not good~

woke me up at 3a.m. 

so i've been awake changing towels every 1/2 hour

&

on the hubs computer looking at his pictures

 and

found these photos that i had taken when i bought the fabric

over a year ago

sooooo...

i will be back with my dining room chair makeover

after taking a break from blogging

~forced~ 

but think of all the projects i might be able to get done

my friends...

i will miss you

have a very good, safe, peaceful, loving, blessed 

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Week

it's been good to spend time with 

~mom~

(easter sunday )

who is still here until thursday when we are 

releasing her from 

~prison~

her words

she is so excited to go home..

it's been a bit of a long recovery for her

being someone used to doing

everything herself

she's been good company while I've been

getting ready for the holidays

tomorrow we are baking pies

she's famous in our family for her pies

germans are good bakers

i need to pay attention

i struggle with pie-crusts

we are all going to my brothers house for

~thanksgiving~

then dropping her off at her home

~bittersweet~

happy she is well enough to go home

sad she doesn't live closer so i can pop in to 

check on her more often

I have lots to be thankful for this 

~thanksgiving~

how about you?

Matthew turns 3

Our little 

~Matthew Man~

 turned 3 today

can't believe how fast that went

I have been browsing through the Hubs
computer looking at his pictures
today

this is Matthew's  first christmas

He has been Opa's boy since day one

see how he is looking at him

he is such a happy little man

His first birthday party

I love what Melanie did by taking a picture each month and blowing it up

Here is where he was  celebrating last night at 

Red Robin 

All pictures from the Hubs computer

except this last one from my i-phone

as my computer  is in the shop....

keep your fingers crossed for me

I barely know what to do with computers so if I loose my computer

well it won't be pretty

my life is all my pictures

now they are backed up as of a couple of months ago

thank you sweet nephew

but I'm on pins and needles

 I don't these headaches before the holidays

Guess who's coming home for Christmas...

my little princess was a

~princess~

for halloween

this year

her brother was the frog 

his little outfit is so darn cute

they are on my mind today

cause we just made reservations

for them to come home for

~christmas~

this will be the first time in over a year

that all my little

grands will be together

matthew

the little monster

is is going to be so excited to see his

~cousins again~

and who knows maybe our little

 ~bun in the oven~

will make his appearance

on his christmas due date

i am so excited it was hard to sleep

the last few nights

this oma is

overjoyed

A long week

today is one of those milestone anniversarys for the

~ hubs and i~

i seriously got lucky

marrying this man

 

we were suppose to be in the florida keys

~celebrating~

but instead we are celebrating my mom's

arrival to our home from

~the hospital~

she went in for a routine colonoscopy

the news wasn't good and they whisked her into

the hospital for almost a week

~e y e   o p e n e r~

you don't want to be there
~trust me on this~

make sure you do those yearly exams

so important

~enough said~

so today i have 2 very grateful reasons
to be happy

i love this picture of those two