room redo

Last week we stopped by Target to grab some snacks

for our time at the hospital.

Now you know my relationship with Target...

I go in for one thing and come out at least $100 poorer.

Its like a weird vortex that I get sucked in to.

We went in for food and came out with the items

to do a little room makeover.

What can I say?

I'm not right.

 

Behold my sister's living room...

 

She picked up the chairs on overstock.com for a song.

We grabbed these pillows off the 50% clearance endcap...




and these chevron curtains


In person the deepest blue in the curtains was an exact match
with the blue in the ikat pillow, the lightest blue matches the chair color.
I can't tell you how many fabrics we emailed back and forth about
and then to go to Target and find these.
Kismet.

Here's a before...

{before new paint and new hardwood floors
oh and before rearranging the furniture...}



and after...
sorry these are phone pics are blurry
but you get the idea...

 

 

She just ordered a giant clamshell

at the best price I've found yet...

2 for $100

{one for me and one for her}

 

 

 

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and we picked up some picture frames to pull together her bookshelves.

It's coming together quite nicely.

Stay tuned for other views of the room...



blogger tutorial - DIY nautical iphone covers

or in other words:

another reason I need want an iphone!

 

 

via jones design company

And its free.
From JDC.
I love her stuff.
She had me with the octopus.
Click here to visit jones design company
to see the full tutorial and links.


 



life changer

Last week was filled with lots of things.

Drama, sadness, fear, all the things that you might imagine

when an aging parent has a health crisis.

But it also had moments of happiness

in that I got to spend time with a couple of my sisters

that I very rarely get a chance to visit.
The last time in fact that we got so much time together
was when my dad had triple bypass surgery in 2006.

 

A little background on my family.

I have four sisters...

Sister #1 is hard to explain...let's leave it at that.

Sister #2 is a sweetie pie.

She has a special needs son and is a devoted mother to him.

Then there's me, #3.

Sister #4 is a hoot and we always cut the fool when we're together.

She's a school teacher and is the one sister who lives closest to our parents.

Sister #5 - she may be the youngest but I think she may be the wisest of us all.

 

Dad was only allowed two visitors at a time

so we spent our time waiting and

 rotating in and out

like a "tag - you're up" rotation.

One day in the waiting room sister #5 starts talking about

this lady named Brene Brown.

She ended up pulling up this video on her iphone

and we watched Brene's TED talk.

I sat there thinking that this talk might be a life changer for me.

Watch the video yourself and tell me if it speaks to you too.

 

 

 

 

 



Father's Day

 

Thanks for all the prayers, comments, and emails about my Dad.

He's still in the hospital but has been moved to the rehab unit

to help him build up his strength before he goes home.

Last week was drama filled to say the least

but I think some good things came out of it...

more on that later.

In the meantime I hope that you all have a glorious Sunday today.



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