Apr 30, 2012
Well, it’s official. I’m making a road trip! I just got off the phone with the reservations desk for a hotel in Leesburg, Virginia where I plan to visit The Old Lucketts Store for their annual Spring Market! I’m so excited. This is a two day event showcasing some of my favorite antiques dealers and some [...]
Apr 29, 2012
It is another beautiful Sunday here in the Hudson Valley. The cold and rainy weather earlier this week makes it all the more welcome. I’m itching to get outside and get on my mower. The grass really took off this week with the rainfall. I worked late last night and then again this morning and [...]
Apr 27, 2012
All houses have secrets. Maybe, the older your house is the more secrets it holds. Our house was built in 1850. Think about that. This house was built before the Civil War. This house was built before the first ride of the Pony Express and the invention of the telephone. . . This house was [...]
Apr 26, 2012
Let me start off by saying that I am overwhelmed at the response to yesterday’s post. It’s left me wondering just what it was about that post that seems to have struck a chord with so many readers. Don’t get too excited (I know you’re not that excited – but I am) – in the grand [...]
Apr 25, 2012
Look. I don’t want to go all Little House on the Prairie on you – wait – that’s a lie – I always want to go all Little House on the Prairie. I have a story to tell. One day, when I was getting ready for school in the morning, my mother approached me with a [...]
Apr 23, 2012
It’s still raining today. That’s only for informational purposes – not for complaining purposes. I don’t complain about the weather. It’s such a waste of time. And I already have so many things to waste my time on. . . I really don’t mind the rain – if it had stayed (or if it [...]
Apr 22, 2012
Our house is old. Really old. I mean, it’s not as old as the ones on Huguenot Street, but I think one-hundred-sixty-two years qualifies as old. If I look closely enough I can see evidence of time all over the house and the property as well. I’ve said before that I enjoy the feeling of history [...]
Apr 21, 2012
Just when I was beginning to despair. . . Just yesterday morning I went back and looked at the package. When will they come up? I think they might not come up. Maybe the seeds were bad or too old or there wasn’t enough rain. . . They didn’t come up in 7 days or [...]
Apr 20, 2012
A few weeks ago, in my second weekly Pinspired and Produced feature, I mentioned that I was working on another, similar project. Not very long before I started this blog, I bought four quarts of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and one can of each of the two different kinds of Annie Sloan wax. So far, [...]
Apr 19, 2012
You’ve maybe seen this quote around? You’ve heard it and felt it’s positive message? The other day I made a sign with this quote on it and put it up in my kitchen. Today I realized that it is much more descriptive of my 7 year old daughter than of myself. My son asks a [...]
