more home decor

Some of the home decor I got was a dark brown or black which would have faded in with my walls. I spray painted and then sanded some parts, so it looked a little worn. It came out nice.

Sorry the pic didn't come out great, but the three words are "Live", "Laugh", "Love", I put them above the sliding doors that lead to the porch.

I also spray painted and sanded this decorative wall vase.

I think it looks nice between the living room and dining room.

Then I moved the star above the dining room window, it has brown vines and blue flowers.

I added blue candles this picture/candle holder, (sweet pea fragrance~ nice aroma when you walk in the hallway)

I added red and orange candles to the mirror in the entrance way (apple and clementine fragrance) the blue, orange, and red are in my rugs, so it all ties in.

feeling better

So I haven't been exercising, but I get it at work. One of the schools I work in has seperate buildings, so I help walk the students to class. In addition, since I am so busy I don't have time to sit and eat, if I do get the munchies the only food I have in the office is raisins and natural (unroasted) almonds.

I keep eating my hard boiled eggs with 1 slice of low sodium bacon for breakfast. Eating eggs keeps me full in the morning.

I have planned my lunch and dinner for tomorrow. I made a salmon steak, string beans, and brown rice. I have enough for both meals, plus it keeps me from over eating.

I put up some of my home decor from Lakeside Collections. You see this when you open the door, it's in my little entrance cove. It's a little hard to see, but it has tealights in certain spots and brightens the dark hallway. Yes I know right mirror is a little crooked, but I measured for a half and hour, so I refuse to move it.

I also put up this decorative tealight and photo holder. You see it when you walk in, you either look straight into the kitchen or turn right towards the hallway and see this on the wall. I have to get pics of each of us and a group family photo.

This was dark brown, but I spray painted it taupe, I used a shine, but should have went with flat. I then ran sand paper over it to give it a rusted look. I think it looks good. This is on the long wall connecting my dinning room and living room.

You can kinda see the "rustic" look, or am I just kidding myself?

Home all alone

We can't pick up Balboa from the vet till Tuesday, so I won't see him till I get home from work on Tuesday. I am so lonely and sad without him and feeling very guilty. How will I sleep without him?????? Tomrrow I'm heading out to buy him a few new toys and some treats.

I FINALLY got the home decor items I ordered. I guess I'll keep busy by getting ready for work, cleaning, and putting up the rest of the home decor items. (I'll post pictures when I'm done).
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So, camping was fun. My sister joined us, but her fiance Phil could not make it, he got stuck fixing a computer problem in Houston.

Our tent, it's a four person tent so two people can sleep comfortably in there. We had an air mattress and our sleeping bags. It was COLD Friday night, but the sleeping bag kept me warm and the mattress kept us off the cold ground.

















The screenhouse, so glad Tony got this. We eventually set up our table and eating are in here.















Me and Janet















Tony eating pasta and turkey sausage I made. (We eat good when we camp!)















Tony chatting away!















Tony stoking the fire.
















Tony being silly, he makes me laugh.
















FIRE!!!!!!!!
















Me and Tony taking a pic in our tent, on our comfy air mattress.

















Me and Tony by the fire, my hair is CRAZY!!!!!
















Me by the fire, you can't see but the cup WAS filled with Sangria!

dinner and Beautiful dining room

DINNER.....
Steak: So I started by marinating the steaks in olive oil, water, balsamic and white vinegar, barbecue sauce, and adding lots and lots of spices (orgeano, parsley, basil, garlic powder, chives) I let the steak marinate for about 3 1/2 hours (In my opinion the key to a great steak is marinating it) sorry to busy eating the steak to take a picture of it cooked.















Brown Rice: I use minute rice, it is easy and fast to use.















Peppers: Organic frozen mixed peppers, again, I LOVE MARINATING! I defrosted the pepper strips by running under luke warm water in a collander, then marinated them in olive oil and baslamic vinegar and my spices of choice (see above). When it was time to cook the peppers, I sauteed them in a pan for about 20 minutes (also add the juice they marinated in).
















DINING ROOM.....


Okay, so I love my dining room. Sure I wish I had a bigger place and eventually we will take up the carpet and sand and finish the parque floors that the previous owners covered for some strange reason!?!?!?!?















I used to have a blue and then cream colored table cloth on the table, but I love the color of the wood and think it looks beautiful. When we eat we put an cheap table cloth on the table and just shake it out and fold it back up when were done. Tony complains about alll the work of taking the table cloth out and then putting it back. Why are men so lazy?????

















So why do I love my dining room. First of all the color!
I also love this print, my sister bought it for me, she got it from The Christmas Tree Shops.


















My mother got me this decorative bow at Home Goods.


















My mother also got me this two tiered serving basket also at Home Goods (sorry, the photos sideways, and I forgot to turn it)

















Our beautiful chandelier from Lowes, the shades are white glass. We love it!
















A star I just love from Cape Cod Crafters
















The hutch we bought from Gothic Cabinet Crafters many many many years ago. I also LOVE LOVE LOVE baskets and will buy tons of baskets, you can always find a use for a basket, in closets, in drawers, or just for decoration~form and function!!!!!