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Keys are not nice looking, so I would never have my actual keys out on display. Yes, roll your eyes, but it comes under the category of tissues too. My friend’s know I hide my tissues. Even with a pretty box, they are still not nice to look at. After…

My front doors. Hello! These are the back of my front doors. It’s too cold outside there. Where has the Spring gone? Bring on that summer luvin! And these 2 photos below are of a side table in my entrance on the left as you enter. Now THIS table is…

Here is the big coffee table in my family room. Yep, you guessed it….nothing stays the same on it either. We can even eat of this thing. Look at that magazine on the table – Real Living – I haven’t read it yet (I haven’t even peeked). I am waiting…

I have been a fan of Natasha for years. I have bought bits and pieces from her over the years and so have my friends. She is the first person I turn to when a friend or family member has a baby. I love her work and she knows I…

A few years ago, my sister and I decided to email each other some of our daily battles with being pregnant, breastfeeding or raising children. Out of these emails we started rearranging the wording for each other (see, she’s a school teacher!) and now we have all these little stories…

Found this house via House and Garden. I think it was also featured in the magazine a few months ago as I remember seeing it. This house is PERFECT! See full story here. Thanks for following my blog and reading it via RSS! But you know, I am so much more awesome…

A family brings their elderly mother to a nursing home. The nurses bathe her and set her in a chair at a window. After a while, she slowly starts to lean over sideways in her chair. Two attentive nurses immediately straighten her up. Again, she starts to tilt to the…

I live my life by these principles. I am not perfect and often I forget I should be thinking positive. Sometimes I feel down, paralysed by stress and unhappy. But I always find a way up. It’s The Secret that has shown me how to do it. No I am…

Here it is! This was taken early in the morning. Ahhh.. no landscaping yet, but that will all happen soon. We had breakfast there this morning (freezing cold mind you hahaha). The deck runs straight off our lovely inside floorboards and the big sliding doors all stack back so we…

A timber deck is going down at our house today. The picture below is just an idea of what it will look like when done. Finally after 4 months we have a proper outdoor area. When I left home today it was well under way. It comes straight off our…

Pic from bhg.com. Has anyone done this? I think I am going to attempt this today. I would really love some covered clipboards for my office. I have been busily rearranging it. Found here and here. I just can’t seem to stomach all the green I had in there! Plus…

No I am not having any more babies. But my sister is. Well she was due yesterday! I am posting this in the hope that this sends a good vibe her way and she has that baby today please!!!!! The birth will fit in nicely with my schedule.And yes she…