Just a test post

Test post.  And a picture of a bee going in on one of my dahlias. 

Vanilla With Red Sprinkles!

So you know that Hubs painted for me...
a nice, lovely shade of...
vanilla!

I know!
I know...
But here is the thing-
I've been doing some decorative soul searching
I checked books out of the library
I poured through magazines
I stalked your blogs


It finally dawned on me.
I LOVE color.
I do.
I am easily seduced by it
HOWEVER-
and this is a big one---
I get bored easily.


I like to change things...
OFTEN
So, when I'm seduced by a color and paint it on a wall...
I get stuck.
I will love it
...for awhile
then, when I get bored and want to change things around...
I can't
It won't flow with my wall color.


I was so proud of myself for coming to this conclusion
until
my mom spelled it out for me...
As I was getting ready to tell HER...
SHE told me
"Amy, you should paint your walls a light neutral.  You have all your pretty things that you like to put out and change all the time."
Um....


Of course Mother knows best...
Gosh Mom...
Why didn't you tell me this before?
(how about 4 wall colors ago)


Wonder when she's going to tell me what I should be when I grow up?

So, the last time I painted,
I went with a light blue...
loved the whole blue/brown look...

Today, I'm feeling RED
Perhaps in honor of Valentines Day.
Give me a month, and I'll be bored again...
But for now-
I'm going with this---

Do you see Hub's Vintage golf clubs?

Homemade apothecary jar with buttons.

The whole vignette.

Forgive the magnetic letters.

Monkey is learning how to spell and when he discovered

this metal box was magnetic, he took it over!

Oh look, I made something!

The blue was lovely for the first two months...

Same spot- I brought out my crusty window. 

I forgot how much I love this window!

My little red and white chippy chair from when I was younger.

And the picture hanging is Monkey

 when he was about 5 weeks old. 

So... there it is.

My new, vanilla walls with red sprinkles.

This girl couldn't be happier!

I'm linking up to Funky Junk Donna's Saturday Nite Special over at Funky Junk Interiors!

And to Susan at Between Naps on The Porch for Met Monday!

Also, to Cindy at Cottage Instincts for Make It Monday!

And to Barb at Grits and Glamour for her first Tabletop Tuesday!

Also to Kimba at A Soft Place To Land for DIY Day!

~Amy

She Must Be Stopped

Oh, she is a beauty.
Mother Nature, that is...

(Taken in my backyard tonight)

But, she sure is wicked.

Somebody (probably a man) has really ticked her off.

I sure hope he apologizes soon...

~Amy

We Interrupt This Blog

I am a football fan.
HUGE football fan.
I even understand the game.
I do.
I could give a tutorial on football...
Important things all women should know about football.
Don't worry, I won't.
 Oh, but wait-
You should know this...
The cute guy on the team is usually the quarterback.
No, really.
It's like a pre-requisite or something.
Must. Be. Cute. To. Be. The. Quarterback.


Elway, Marino, Brady, Farve, Montana
See---
Told you so.


Anyway, love football.
And REALLY love Iowa Hawkeye Football.
So tonight my dear bloggy friends I will be away.
My Hawkeyes are playing in the Orange Bowl.
Can I get a, "Go Hawkeyes"???

Monkey in Aug. '09

Patiently waiting for football season!

Really, don't be sad that I'm gone tonight.
You wouldn't want to be around me.
I yell.
I kick.
I have been known to throw stuff. 
Our poor doggies hide when we watch the games at home. 
They do.
They run upstairs and hide in the closets.

I think Monkey's first words might have had something to do with the Hawkeyes...
I won't repeat them.
They aren't nice.
And would definitely get us a phone call from his teacher if he ever said them at Preschool!
It's not his fault.

Monkey 8 Months Old

So you see, you don't want me around tonight.
Unless, you are an Iowa Hawkeye fan...
In that case---


See you tomorrow.
Wish my Iowa Hawkeyes luck.
Unless you are a Georgia Tech fan...
in that case, YOU are the enemy today. 


~Amy

Hubby's Gift

It worked!

Pictures soon!

~Amy

I Gave Hubby A Gift

I gave my hunky, hubbalish a present.

Hope he likes it!

~Amy

This Window Makes Me Crazy

We have a window in our house.
It makes me crazy.
I stopped looking at it years ago.
Do you do that? 
Walk past things in your house so many times, that you stop seeing them?

I'm going to stop doing that.
Because---
I noticed the window the other day.
The one that makes me crazy.

I know.

I'm disgusted too.

Those are the same curtains and blinds that were there 9 years ago when we bought the house.

See the odd location of this window?

That is the door that leads to the upstairs.

...and the door is usually open.

I have the Hubby and Monkey under STRICT orders to leave the door shut.

And the dogs.

Yes, they can open the door.

They think they own the upstairs whole house.

And the other side of the window is a wall that makes this an odd little corner.

It isn't a room, it's not associated with a room, its just there.

Anyway, when I stopped to look at the window---

I ripped the curtains down.

They were filthy.

Which made me think...

when was the last time I washed these?

And then I thought...

if I washed these, did I really hang them back up?

Hmm...

Anyway.

There is a post by Donna at Funky Junk Interiors.

(whom I currently have a blog crush on)

Her ten minute hanger curtain post...

Did you see it?

Go Here to see it.

She takes a Hotel hanger and drapes a white sheet over it and hangs it in her window...

Its simple, elegant.

Perfect.

I have a white sheet.

I have a Hotel hanger.

Mine did not turn out simple and elegant.

Stupid window.

It didn't work because---

1.  The stupid window is too wide

2.  The hanger and the trim around the stupid window are the same color

Fine.

I collect scarves.

Told you I was an accessory junkie.

I didn't want to give up on this hanger/stupid window idea

So I went to my scarves, where they are neatly folded smashed into a couple of drawers.

And went back to the window.

I came up with this.

And this version with a different scarf...

Then I started playing around with different scarves.

...This is a vintage Vera scarf.

I love it.

It's Mod.
I would never decorate my house in this style.
I appreciate it.
But a whole room would be just too much for me.
I like it here.
Small dose.
A touch of Mod in a Modless house?


And then...
I put on my fancy pants and went to my jewelry box.
...and somewhere in that transition,
I lost the abillity to take a picture that wasn't blurry.
(my apologies)

Update from this afternoon!

I took a few more pictures:

I am thinking the possibilities are endless with this stupid cute little window.

Thanks Donna for the inspiration.

Speaking of Donna... I'm linking up with her for her fabulous Saturday Night Special  Go see what everyone else is doing!

Also linking to Susan at Between Naps on The Porch for Met Monday

And to Thrifty Decor Chick for her Before and After party!

~Amy