Decorating Is For The Birds

December 7, 2009

At least, the decorating I have been doing the past couple of days is for the birds. And it’s for the squirrels, and the possums, and the mice … and probably even for the coyotes who will come to eat the other critters if they aren’t quick. I know, that thought is sad, but coyotes [...]

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Maybe I AM Glamorous!

September 22, 2009

Just a few days ago, I took a quiz to determine my decorating style. It proclaimed that I was a “Glamorous Classic.” All tongue in cheek, I told you about that quiz and admitted that my style was really Gypsy Garage Sale. Maybe I was wrong! I think the day I posted it, I saw [...]

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I’m a “Glamorous Classic.” Who Knew?

September 15, 2009

My little sister is all into those HGTV shows. “Experts” tell you how to make “attractive” home decoration (which quite often just look “home made”). They call it “DIY,” for “do it yourself.” She keeps telling me about a store called Home Goods. Her claim is that they are always showing fabulous finds from that [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #42. One Woman’s Trash Is Another Woman’s Treasure

June 11, 2008

I thought I would take you on a visual tour of my house for Thursday Thirteen. My sister looks down her nose at my decorating style. She complains that I have too much stuff. And, she thinks my stuff is just “too weird.” Y’all take a look and tell me what you think. There’s no [...]

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Fan Dance

May 28, 2008

It’s said that when General Philip Henry Sheridan marched the Union Army into Texas during the War of Northern Agression, he remarked, “If I owned Hell and Texas I would rent out Texas and live in Hell.” I believe the good General must have experienced our Texas hospitality in August (or June, or July, or [...]

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In A Pig’s Eye

July 2, 2007

Raise your hand if you had a piggy bank when you were little. Do you still have that first piggy bank? I have mine. In fact, I have a “pig” I got before my first piggy bank and a whole slew of others as well. My Granddaddy and I walked down to his bank in [...]

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