Today is the FIRST day...

Of my diet! How fun is that?? Woo hoo!! .... What? No enthusiasm? Joy? NO!! I HATE to diet, though I have lived MOST of my life on one diet or another!

Now, I am not one of those people who weigh everyday! In fact I don't weigh EVER! I don't even OWN scales. Can't handle the pressure! I can tell by the way my clothes fit, if I am where I need to be.....or not! My clothes also "speak" to me!

Here lately, they have been screaming their heads off!! I have not been listening!

Finally....I looked behind me one day....Lord have Mercy! Where did THAT come from and whose is it???

Alas, it was mine...My rear end!! It seems to have taken on a life of its own! It's own little personality...if you will...

I'm not happy with it! Nope....not at all!

So...BACK to Weight Watchers I go! AGAIN! It just seems to me that once you lose the weight, it should stay gone!! But, that is not the case...

So, once again, I am counting points, which I don't think I get NEAR enough of, let me tell you! It is 1:30 p.m., I get 21 points a day...guess how many I have left???? 10! Yep, 10!

That's not enough! Not near enough!

But I am motivated. All I have to do is turn around if my resolve starts to fade and I instantly RE-motivate!! Dear Lord!
So....15 lbs to lose....really I would prefer 20....I am keeping my goal "real" however, and setting it for 15...aaack!!

Poor Steve....when he met me I was a skinny minnie! Not necessarily by choice mind you. You know how it is when you go through a really bad divorce and you aren't dieting, you just CAN'T eat! So pounds just drop off before your very eyes!

I did warn him that that size was NOT normal for me! I am a big boned gal! Yeah, that's it! It's my BONES that weigh so much! Dense little hummers!

That butt bone there? She's a doozie!

FUNKY JUNK INTERIORS VIGNETTE PARTAY!!!

I am SO thrilled to participate in the Saturday Night Funky Junk Interiors Vignette Party~I am NOT a less is more kinda girl! So I am always finding a treasure here or there that I feel that I have to have, and worry about where to put it~~later...

Things just "speak" to me! Does that happen to you? Birds and nests are speaking to me these days...I have tried not to listen, but they just speak louder!! So I have broken down and started gathering nests and birds....

I'll worry about where to put them....later!

Here is a happy Halloween Cat! I have put him out every year at this time since my boys were small! This year he got a new pumpkin for the Season...

I am also a lover of the Rabbit...and there are rabbits all over my house....I am trying to "cut back" but I don't feel good about it...

I think this is my favorite because I love these salt and pepper shakers and my Honey Pot...

I think I need a runner here, some texture....I'm still tweakin'

I also love this one...the birdcage....these hydrangeas I plucked off of my favorite hydrangea bush which is located at our church...I was so afraid I would get into trouble when I was getting them....I picked them off the back ;)

I loooooove skeleton keys....

Thank you for visiting...and be sure to check out the other vignettes being featured! I always get so inspired......

Met Monday :~)

Welcome Monday! I am once again joining Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for her wonderful Monday party!!

I have had QUITE the weekend let me tell you! I decided after getting the new door :) that of course call for MORE projects! Of course...right?

The first project was "relatively" easy. I wanted to move the below rug into my kitchen! I know, I know, everyone in my house has said, "I have never seen a rug in a kitchen." Well, they have now....

This would be Sissie trying to stay up high and out of the way of a certain Bella....

And this would be the kitchen with said rug on said floor....

What do we think??

I think it warms the room up. I HATE the tile in my kitchen! It is white! I mean, who does that? WHITE TILE! Cold, impersonal and so not easy to keep clean! Yes, it could get dirty, I will be careful! It's just a rug after all...no big deal, right? If I decide I don't like it, I can always move it back!

Second project of the weekend, painting the dining room. It has anaglypta paper on the bottom half below the chair rail which was painted deep red (see first photo) with a pale gold on the top. I was ready for a lighter and brighter look.



Beth at from The Stories from A to Z says that the BEST green color in the world is Benjamin Moore Rosemary Twig! Hey, I took her at her word and went and got a gallon. Didn't look at a swatch, just told the girl what color paint I wanted and took it to the house.

Luckily..... Beth was right! I love the color.




This is the before...


After...


I also changed the overlay on the table.
It was deep red velvet and I got a couple of yards of
fabric from Hobby Lobby and just threw it over the table.

I am really happy with the way it turned out. BUT...see that buffet thingy back there? Needs to be painted...and, the rug that I moved out to the kitchen? Needs to be replaced....

My work is NEVER done...

I'm just sayin'

Thanks for your visit so much

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Mish Mash

This is my newest "M"

I got it from Twice as Nice

I put it on my mirror!

I love it!

They are wonderful!

Bella is adjusting wonderfully :~)

She is pretty much ruling the roost around here...

She hasn't had any problems handling things...

Are Chloe, Sissie and Simon adjusting?

Not so much.....

Maybe time will help that little "situation"

This is my most adorable skeleton canvas....

I got it from Jen at Sanctuary Arts At Home!

I just love him!

I may leave him out allllll year!

I could put a turkey in there for Thanksgiving

in place of the pumpkin...

A Wreath at Christmas....

A heart for Valentines Day...

You get the picture

Jen is in the newest edition of Country Living Magazine!

Page 74!

She is SO talented and her blog is amazing!

I can say I knew her when...

Be sure and check her out!

And Have a Great Friday !!

WELCOME

I am joining in Doors of Welcome hosted by Karen at Some Days are Diamonds. Thank you so much for your visit and be sure to check out the other wonderful and welcoming doors! It is such a great way to admire and be inspired!

This was my door before....I liked it. Mostly I love my Welcome! But I wasn't entirely happy with the door...I wanted more...


I wanted a more "Welcome-ing Door...so here it is...

Inside shot.....

Outside again....I painted it "Red Fleck"... My old door WAS red, then I painted it black, then I painted the sidelights black....and I hated it, so I painted the sidelights white again, then I got the NEW door and I painted it Red again....

Following me?

I am leaving it Red....Red Fleck...I am tired of painting....I do not like to paint....but I seem to do it all the time.... Do you feel Welcomed yet?

Thankfully, I am now officially done....with the door anyway!

Unless, you think it would look better black.....

Thank you for visiting and be sure and visit the other Doors of Welcome!!!

Oh No He Didn't!!

I am at work on Friday

totally minding my own business

working.....

I get a call from Cameron..

Mom, I was on my way to baseball practice and there was "something" in the road

I stopped but it wouldn't move....

It just kept sitting there in the middle of the road...

So I got out and picked it up.

It's eyes were matted shut and it couldn't see.

What was "It" Cameron?

Yeah, ANOTHER cat!

How many do I have you ask?

Um .....4

I have 4 cats!!

I did have 3

Now.....I have 4

Because you see, this one was really sick on Friday.

Cameron was calling me from the vet's office.

"Our" cat had an upper respiratory infection,

She was dehydrated

She had about 4.8 million fleas

And she was very, very thin!

They gave her a shot for the infection...

They gave her a shot for the fleas...

They gave us medicine to give her twice a day for 7 days.

When Cameron got home with her (before me)

Seth sprung into action....

He gave her a bath and tried to get the 4.5 million fleas off of her.

I came in and got the last million off.

She is feeling much, much better!!

Amazing what a little tender loving care can do!

Yeah, she fell asleep in my hand.

She is five weeks old...

She has blue eyes.

We named her Bella.

We love her...

I hope she can make the transition from life in the streets.....


To life with the Munroes....

It's gonna be tough...

But maybe she can adjust.
What did Steve say?

Well....Steve is adjusting.
He said people were going to call me the "Cat Lady"
I told him I have been called worse...

ALOT worse!