tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67804447183902250622024-03-08T06:34:25.945-05:00COSMOGIRL'S EMPORIUMCosmoGirl Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756698123430026996noreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780444718390225062.post-40888849949098530032012-08-15T20:14:00.003-04:002012-08-15T20:16:21.342-04:00To Blog or not to Blog . . . <div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">That's the question I've been asking myself quite a bit lately. For months, actually. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Seems I've been in a rut most of this year. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I've been </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Unmotivated</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Uncreative</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">In a down right funk.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Guess you could say I've been in a<i> funky rut</i>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Can't put my finger on it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Don't know if it's mid-life kicking in hard. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">God willing I live to be 96.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">It could even be the onset of pre-menopause. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Maybe it could be the realization my boys aren't quite boys anymore. Just proving even more I'm getting older! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">My older two both officially over 21 now, and the youngest starting high school.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Possibly a combination of all of the above.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I can't say it's been a bad year . . . </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">not a particularly great one . . . </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">But overall I can't, <i>shouldn't,</i> complain.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">As for my blog, I feel with all this <i>funky rut</i> stuff going on, I've not had much, if anything, to offer. When I started this blog, my main objective was to feel more a part of the blog world I obsessively loved to visit. To share a little of me with so many wonderful bloggers who've shared themselves and their homes and their ideas. Hell, I haven't even visited so many of my most favorite blogs in forever. Frankly, I'm hardly on the computer at all anymore. I check my email from time-to-time and keep track of my bank accounts and bills. That's pretty much it!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Maybe it's a computer thing. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Maybe I've burned myself out with all the ongoing, never ending amounts of stimuli out there on the world wide web. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">So, I've decided to let my last 4 or 5 regular readers <i>{if that}</i> know that I'm officially declaring a blogging hiatus. My heart doesn't tell me to shut it down. I'm hoping I can break free from the <i>funky rut </i>eventually, and get back in there reading and sharing with all the wonderful bloggers I've met over the years.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I felt the need to compose this little post just so ya'll knew. There's been a few bloggers whom I just loved to visit, and then one day with no word, no warning, they just stop blogging. Hoping it wasn't what some might think is the worst obvious scenario, I could never understand why they never published a little blurb if just to say <i>"that's all folks"</i>. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Let's hope I can find a way to get rejuvenated and dig up that inspiration and motivation to get the </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><i>oohhh</i> <i>sooo</i> many unfinished projects completed. Start the ones I've had tucked away in the back of mind forever. And get back to reading and enjoying the blogs I've loved for so long. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Can't say I'll be gone for a week, a month or even a couple months. Let's hope it's not much longer than that! In the meantime, I'm going to at least try to get back into reading the so many blogs I've loved for so long. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Thanks to those of you who are fairly regular readers and leave comments. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I've truly appreciated your readership. </span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Thanks for visiting!</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Leave a comment so I can get to know you.</span></i></div>
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Albeit slow, we are making some progress non-the-less.</div>
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This has got to be the longest room redo<i> evah! </i> </div>
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I've almost lost track when we first started working on this room, our master bath. Maybe two years ago or longer? What's held us up currently is Hubby can't raise the tub faucet to accommodate the tile because of the way the plumbers originally hooked everything in. So, we were kind of at a standstill there until we could get a plumber in here to do the work. After a while, I realized there was no reason why I can't get started on the painting, etc. </div>
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Adding tile around the whirlpool tub, replacing the vinyl flooring with tile and new vanity counter top with glass tile backsplash. Fresh paint on the walls and painting and adding trim to the vanity base is also in the works. Also replacing and painting baseboards and trims.</div>
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You can view this great e-zine <a href="http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1s18x/TheLetteredCottageMa/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F326443%2FThe-Lettered-Cottage-Magazine---Summer-Fun"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">here</span></b></a>.</div>
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I would love to gut this room and start from scratch, but that would be a renovation nightmare, not to mention quite costly. Since it's our master bath, and only me and Hubby use it, or even see it, we just couldn't warrant the expense. And, besides, there's nothing wrong with any of the main components of the room. It was all just a bit dated and tired-looking. </div>
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The look I'm going for is a cross between spa and coastal. And I think I'm getting there. I was worried about the wall paint color, Lowe's Valspar Hi-Def <i>Beach House</i> in egg shell, </div>
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But, it's really working for me! I'm sure once I get to the decorating stage adding some slightly darker, natural elements like the matchstick roller shade, it will work even more!</div>
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As you can see by the pics I'm sharing, we don't always do everything in the order that's practical. For instance, I should have completed painting the vanity before the new top was installed. Or finished painting the walls and ceiling before installing the new vanity light and chandelier over the tub.</div>
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I've never been able to successfully decorate that area. What I kind of have in mind is finding, or purchasing new and painting and distressing, some columns . . . porch columns . . . something like that. Using a variety of heights and styles, creating some architectural interest back there. Oh, and towards the one corner near the "top" of the tub to the right, we're mounting a small flat screen. Nice, huh?! </div>
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So, this is where we are so far. A busy week and upcoming weekend will mostly put what little progress we've made on hold again for a short while. But at least I can actually see a bit of the light at the end of that long tunnel. And getting this far is making me itch to get that much more done. </div>
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After spending most of the day Saturday in the gardens cutting back, <i>cleaning up</i> a little and weeding {primarily the veg garden} a lot, I took a little stroll around the yard Sunday snapping some pics.</div>
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It's near the end of June. Summer officially starts tomorrow, and my beds are still looking good! I asked Hubby just the other day when was the last time the perennial garden looked this good. Neither of us could even remember!</div>
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Gaillardia grandiflora "Fanfare", or Blanketflower grows quite prolifically in my garden. And it self-seeds all over the place! So much so that early in the season I yank out a lot when weeding and still get tons of plants popping up. I don't mind this pretty flower's little invasions. Isn't it so unique with it's trumpet-like petals? Hence, the "Fanfare" name.<br />
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The Butterfly Flower is in full bloom; although, I haven't noticed any butterflies flitting around it yet. Those white plumey flowers mixed in is Gooseneck Losestrife {Lysimachia Clethorides}. I used to have a ton of this flower all over. It's terribly invasive, and I tore most of it out a few years back, but I let some of it grow here and there keeping a very vigilant eye on it to make sure it doesn't take over the garden again.<br />
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Over by the shed, the Lavender I replanted from the herb garden is flourishing. I even cut a bunch to bring in the house. </div>
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The bumblebees were absolutely feasting on the flower's pollen while I was taking pics. They were darting around so quickly, I couldn't get a good shot of them.</div>
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Below, Calibrachoa - Callie Orange, or Million Bells, is one of my favorite annuals. They bloom and bloom without the need for much deadheading. This discarded chair makes a cute plant stand on the little porch of the shed. Mmmm, looks like the railing is need of a bit of fresh paint. Add it to the list!</div>
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We don't have much shade any where around our yard. The few trees we have are still growing and maturing. Our neighborhood was erected around 25 years ago in what was once a wheat field. The only area I can work with in terms of shade loving plants is a little section on the north side of the deck that measures about 2 feet by 5 feet.</div>
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I have a couple varieties of Astilbe growing there. As you can see, the pink is little past it's blooming prime.</div>
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The red Astilbe is still looking good. I especially like this variety. Mainly because red is my favorite color, and I like the darker, glossy leaves.</div>
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The little bed above is an area right behind the garage. It gets shady there by about noon, or else I probably wouldn't be able to grow those Hostas as large as they are. </div>
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This native, perennial sunflower called Helianthus hirsutus, seems to like this spot of partial shade. I purchased this plant years and years ago at a fundraising native plant sale at a local nature center. </div>
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The Morning Glories that self-seed here every year are beginning their ascent up the fence and trellis pole. I planted seeds here many years ago, and have never had to plant again. What a bargain!</div>
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By the end of the summer, this little piece of fence will be heavy with Morning Glory vines.</div>
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Next to that little fence, right by the back garage door, is the mate to the shed porch chair. This one's been prepared to permanently house a plant by having a hole cut to accommodate a pot.</div>
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Another favorite annual, Sweet Potato vine. I love this limey green color, especially mixed with purple Petunias - another favorite. Let's see now, that's 3 favorites. Can they all be my favorite, or do I have to pick just one?!</div>
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I wanted to share this annual I have potted up on the deck. Doesn't it have the most beautiful flower? I love that dark purple center, fuchsia petal with the lime green edge. I didn't save the tag, so I'm not entirely sure what it is. I think it's in the Calibrachoa {Million Bells} family.</div>
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Out in the vege garden, there are a few things blooming and some actual veges growing. This plant is going to be a surprise. Obviously it's a melon or gourd of some kind. It most likely stared from seeds from the compost I added to the garden at the beginning of the season. </div>
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Not exactly a bloom, but just as pretty, a few purple sweet bell peppers are just about ready to pick.</div>
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Another thing of beauty for me, teeny tiny tomatoes. Around these parts, if you have ripe tomatoes by July 4th, you've earned bragging rights as an accomplished gardener! LOL</div>
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As you can see below, I always have to add a few flowers to my vege garden. This year in an effort to keep the new pup, Xena, from traipsing through the garden, I've added a few barriers.</div>
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One being that old, rusty, beat-up wheel barrow. I just can't get myself to taking it to the curb. I love junk in the garden, and this is about the junkiest thing I have! I'm envisioning those flowers to completely fill in and be spilling out.</div>
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You can also see temporary fencing on both long sides of the garden to keep the dog out. It seems to be working, and I like the way it looks too.</div>
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We have a a few near 100 degree days coming up later this week, so we'll have to see how the garden's fare during this upcoming little heat wave. Guess I better start hydrating all these plants over the next day or two.</div>
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In my last post, I mentioned my niece's bridal shower was this past weekend, and I was in charge of the cocktails. </div>
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Imagine that?! The <i>"CosmoGirl"</i> in charge of cocktails!</div>
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Since it was an afternoon gathering, and a bridal shower, I didn't think my signature drink, Cosmopolitans, would be a good idea.</div>
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So, I started searching for refreshing summertime cocktails, and I found what I believe to be the best thing <i>evaahhh!!! </i>Not only me, but all those ladies, <i>and a few gents</i>, at the shower agreed. They sucked down this cocktail like it was the last bit of sustaining liquid on the planet. </div>
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I decided to serve this amazing concoction in super-cute quilted crystal canning jars, that I will be able to use later in the season when I start canning goodies from the garden. </div>
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They looked so adorable all line up on the lime-green tray just waiting to be grabbed up by the party goers. I wished I'd taken more photos of the drink table, but you know how hectic it is setting up for a party . . . especially a surprise party. </div>
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I also made up a batch of Blue Margaritas in honor of my niece's "something blue" she's wearing on her wedding day ~ a fabulous pair of blue Manolo Blahnik shoes. </div>
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The Blue Margaritas played second fiddle to the Raspberry Beer Cocktail, renamed <i>"Rachel's Blushing Bride Cocktail"</i> for the shower. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">I also could not find raspberry lemonade concentrate in my supermarket, so I used lemonade frozen concentrate and raspberry juice from the juice case. I sliced lots of lemons and limes to place inside the drink dispenser with the frozen raspberries. And in each mason jar glass, I added a couple fresh raspberries and thin slice of lime.</span></div>
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I'm so excited to share this relatively quick and easy project with you.</div>
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As a lover of cupcakes ~ baking <i>and </i>eating ;o) ~ I have always wanted a pretty way to display those luscious, tiny round cakes. </div>
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I made a trip to Lowe's, bought an appropriately sized piece of maple plywood, and asked the nice lumber boy to cut it into the sized pieces I needed ~ 6, 10 and 14 inch squares. Another trip down the furniture pieces aisle and I grabbed a few chair legs with screw plates. I'll explain the reason for the screw plates in a bit. And lastly, I grabbed a decorative finial for the top. The only other supplies needed were a few cans of spray paint, and a trip to AC Moore Crafts for small unfinished wood candle holders for the feet.</div>
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I wish I could say I crafted this all by myself, but Hubby did attach the screw plates to the bottoms of the top and middle tiers; although, I <i>sooo</i> could have done it all by myself. You know . . . <i>he's a dude </i>. . . and there was a bit of power tool usage needed for the project . . . <i>so</i> . . . he had to get involved.</div>
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Now, the reason for the screw plates and chair legs is, as you may have guessed, so I can break it down for storage if needed. Pretty smart, huh?!</div>
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It really was a very simple project. Oh, I think I would have loved for it to be round, but not having the proper tools to make it round, I think it looks pretty okay being square. Besides, everyone has a round cupcake tower, so mine is a little different :o)</div>
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And, when it's not displaying yummy cupcakes, I can use it as cute centerpiece, or in this case on my hutch decked it out with some beachy-inspired elements.</div>
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I was able to get this stand finished for my niece's bridal shower this past weekend. She seemed a little disappointed that it wasn't hers to keep, so I think I'm going to have to whip one together for her. </div>
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Upcycle the crib springs from the crib all three of my boys used. Along with so many of you I'm sure, I first saw this idea at<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"> <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Funky Junk Interiors</span></a></span>. </div>
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Well, I finally did it. I have an area in the kitchen that's near the back hall that leads to the powder room, laundry and garage door. It's kind of dead space that we've been talking about for years having a shallow custom shelving unit built there. As you can see, still waiting on that. </div>
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Anyway, I've had a variety of different things in this space and on the wall. The last thing I had was a dry erase calendar and a small tack board with organizing slots and hooks for keys, etc. </div>
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Well, it just wasn't really working. I could never really get the calendar clean of the marker, the little tack board was never really used and only Son No. 1 would hang his keys on the hooks.</div>
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Down it all went one day, and up went the springs. I thought about painting the springs, but for now I'm going to leave them as is. And, I haven't done anything fancy on them like Donna from Funky Junk Interiors did, or all the others whose pics I've saved for inspiration. </div>
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I was truly amazed at all the cool ways people have used these old crib springs. I'm sharing my collection of inspiration pictures. I wish I would have made note of exactly where I found these pics on the web. I wasn't originally saving them to share, but for my own inspiration. So, if any of the pics belong to you, or you know who they do belong to, please let me know so I can give credit.</div>
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Oh, and guess what, I think Hubby doesn't mind the springs too much now that it's on the wall. As a matter of fact, he suggested I paint it antique white ;o) </div>
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Aren't they great ideas and uses for something that would be otherwise tossed into the landfill. I think it's not only a useful way to reuse something that would be trashed, but it also adds detail and dimension to a wall, and it's a pretty cool conversation piece!</div>
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Can I just say I am so tickled at how nice my garden looks right now. It usually looks pretty good this time of year, and by mid to late summer it seems to all go to . . . well, <i>you know</i> . . . </div>
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By that time, 'round here, the heat and humidity, lack of rain, or in some years <i>too </i>much rain, and my just not being able to stand the late summer heat to weed, water and generally care for the plants/flowers, makes my garden look just darn nasty.</div>
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I have been spending a bit more time than normal this spring trying to get the perennial garden in good shape. And I think it's paying off. I'm really hoping I can keep it up and have it look good all year long. At least mostly weed free and hydrated!</div>
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My most favorite flower in the whole wide world is blooming now. Peonies. Oh, I love their fragrance, their shape, even the way their petals feel, all silky and smooth. Actually, they're starting to wind down their blooming a little. I wish they bloomed just a little longer. </div>
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I try to really appreciate them when they are blooming by stopping by their bushes and taking in nice long sniffs, and cutting some to bring inside. </div>
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They're even gorgeous before the blooms pop open!</div>
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Above is the view of the perennial garden from the pond area next to our deck, with just a corner of the vege/cutting garden visible. That's what I worked on this past weekend - getting my veges planted. Can't wait for garden fresh tomatoes!</div>
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The view from above is what I get to see when I'm sitting on the couch in the family room. I love this view best of all. It really shows off all that's blooming now. Pretty soon, I'll have Rudbekia, or Black-Eyed Susans, Coreopsis, and Stella D'Oro lilies blooming. </div>
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It's definitely a challenge to make sure there's at least a few things blooming in the garden all season long. But, I would have to say, that my spring/early summer bloomers are my favorite!</div>
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I'm super-excited to be sharing my garden for the first time this season at <br />
<a href="http://msgreenthumbjean.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Ms. Jean's</span></a> linky party, <b><a href="http://msgreenthumbjean.blogspot.com/2012/05/its-bloomin-tuesday_21.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Bloomin' Tuesday</span></a></b><br />
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<a href="http://fishtailcottage.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Tracie from Fishtail Cottage's</span></a><br />
<a href="http://fishtailcottage.blogspot.com/2012/05/cottage-garden-party-4.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>Cottage Garden Party</b></span></a></div>
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Be sure to pop over at both blogs and check out some other great gardens.</div>
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Yesterday was a special day here in our family.</div>
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It was Son No. 3's birthday! He turned 14. </div>
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How on earth did that happen??? </div>
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Time is flying by <i>waayyy</i> too fast.</div>
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For his special day, I decided to try a new - <i>new to me -</i> cake recipe. He loves ice cream cake. And frankly, they can be expensive and I'm personally not always fan. For me, they tend to be too much ice cream and not enough cake.</div>
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Well, while perusing through some back issues of my Kraft Foods and Family magazines, a recipe caught my attention. An ice cream cake made from ice cream sandwiches. </div>
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I stuck with the basics, for the exception of choosing chocolate and vanilla mixed ice cream sandwiches, and low fat and/or low sugar in as many of the components as I could find. And, as you can see from the photos, I bought all store brand ingredients and they all worked out just fine.</div>
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I'm please to say this cake was a huge success! Very easy to assemble, although, as you can imagine, you have to work pretty quickly so the sandwiches don't start melting too much. </div>
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1 tub (8 oz) Cool Whip, thawed and divided (I bought two and used part of the second tub when frosting the finished cake.)</div>
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Has it really been over 2 weeks since I last posted? Wish I could say it was because I've been mad busy getting all sorts of things done around here, but I can not. </div>
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I have gotten a few things done in the way of some small changes<i> </i>on a few of my walls. Nothing super-major. Just a bit of rearranging here and there.</div>
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It's funny how I'm always changing table top vignettes all over the place to reflect the seasons, my mood, whatever. But I almost never change anything on the walls. And I'm amazed at how so many of my favorite bloggers do that - change their wall vignettes often</div>
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I guess, for me, it's the thought of <i>"gotta fill those holes, then touch up with paint"</i>, and it just seems like extra work. </div>
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Well, I couldn't take it any more! I've been realizing that for, well, as long as I can remember, I've had the same things, in the same spots on my walls in the family room. <i> </i></div>
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So, I finally made some changes. Nothing wowing or jaw dropping, but change just the same. And change is good, right?</div>
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The first place I changed was the wall above the couch. Gone are the mirror, bird prints and little shelf thingy holding a potted plant that have been there for, I bet, a dozen or more years!</div>
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I shopped my bedroom for the shelf. Gave it and the Family Rules sign a coat of glaze to tone down the bright white a bit.</div>
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An inexpensive Walmart find. Eleven bucks!</div>
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A couple $3 lanterns picked up at Lowes, and real abandoned bird's nest from last year.</div>
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Nothing too exciting, but certainly different then what was there before. I'm sure I'll probably be changing the shelf a lot. Which is better then having to fill holes and touch up with paint ever so often!</div>
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Now, what I'm really excited about are my new herb boxes below.</div>
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When I saw them in Country Living's Bargain issue, I immediately ran to the computer and ordered them from<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"> <a href="http://www.farmhousewares.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Farmhouse Wares</span></a></span>. Love their stuff!</div>
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Took me a couple weeks to get them up on the wall after they arrived. I had to find the right spot for them. I'm hoping to pick up a few faux herb plants to fill them. But for now, I can live with what I stuck in them.</div>
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I changed a few other things that really were much less exciting then what I've shared in this post. All in all, I'm happy with the changes. Even if some of the changes were moving things to different walls.</div>
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I have been wanting to make one of these for so long now. For years I've been looking at several hunks of old garden hose hanging out in the shed. But, like most projects I have filed away in my brain, I just never got 'round to it.</div>
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Today, <i>finally</i>,<i> I got 'round tu'it!</i></div>
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I wanted to use old, weathered items to adorn my garden hose wreath. So I gathered up a couple old, rusty garden tools out of my collection of<i> old, rusty garden tools</i>, and a pair of crusty dirt-stained canvas garden gloves I wasn't using anymore. I wired everything to a small, twig swag thingy and then wired the whole shabang to the coiled garden hose. </div>
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Something was missing, so I added a faux sunflower right to the middle.</div>
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This is just that kind of rustic junky stuff I like in my gardens. I think gardens should be fun, whimsical with a few unexpected adornments here and there. </div>
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My garden hose wreath will greet me every time I'm outside at my potting bench playing in the dirt. </div>
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<i>Ya know,</i> my Mom's an avid gardener with lovely gardens in her yard. I bet she might like one of these for Mother's Day . . . </div>
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That's what I've been doing this past week. </div>
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Moving a mountain of mulch. </div>
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Hubby helped a <i>bit</i>, but I did most of it. No complaints, though. I don't mind a bit doing hard work outside. I consider it a "workout". </div>
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We've kind of neglected our landscape beds lately. We never even got around to mulching last year, so this year it was a must. </div>
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I also got my perennial bed cleaned up and mulched too. It looks <i>soooo</i> much better. </div>
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I mentioned in a post a while back that I was "dissolving" my herb garden. So, I've decided to devote the back section of the perennial garden to herbs. I'm using the old bottom of my bird bath to hold a pot of mint, hoping as it grows it will trail down creating a kind of sculpture in the garden. Better that way then to plant it in the ground. Gardeners know you really don't ever want to plant mint in a garden if you don't want to take over everything. Cause it will!</div>
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It's a little early around these parts for annuals, but I couldn't resist buying a few packs of flowers. They're for my window boxes on the front of house, but I've been so busy with the beds, I didn't get them planted. Still wanting to enjoy them, I plopped a couple of the packs in a basket and put on one of the tables on my deck. I love petunias.</div>
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I just love how all the plants and gardens look this time of year. All the new, fresh green. Everything looks so healthy and ready to show off their blooms. </div>
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Later in the season, that rustic piece of fencing behind the garage will be filled with morning glory vines. They self-seed every year.</div>
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Very soon the peonies will start blooming. They are my most favorite flower. I love their shape, their smell. I just wish they bloomed longer into the season.</div>
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Some hostas I dug up and divided last spring, but didn't get a chance to replant came back in their pots this year. Yay!!! I should probably get around to replanting this year. But for now, they look good on the chippy bench on the deck.</div>
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The shots below are the view from the bay window in our family room that I took this morning. Today's going to be a chilly, rainy, windy day. A nor'easter is blowing through, and we're expecting lots of rain the next couple days. I'm actually looking forward to a few rain days. I can use the time to get some things done indoors that have been on hold with all the outside work being done.</div>
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I recently stumbled onto a new blog . . . <i>well, new to me, that is</i> . . . while perusing some pics over at Pinterest. </div>
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When I clicked on the link attached to the picture, and it took me to Holly's blog, </div>
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I was instantly in love. Or maybe more accurately,<i><b> in lust!!!</b></i> LOL </div>
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All I can say is I love everything she has shared on her blog. Her home decor style is one that I would love to totally emulate. </div>
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Besides having a real talent for decorating with reclaimed elements, she also builds, paints, crafts, consults . . . you name it. <br />
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Holly constructed that kitchen island and painted the faux rug on the floor.</div>
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That's her kitchen pantry door up there. Love it!!!</div>
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If you've visited Holly's blog, you must pop over and visit. And if you don't have time right now to check out her blog, at least click <a href="http://downtoearthstyle.blogspot.com/p/tour-my-house.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><b>here</b></span></i></a> and take her quick home tour. But, be sure to bookmark her place so you can spend some time there. You'll be sure to leave with some inspiration for sure!</div>
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Leave a comment so I can get to know you.</div>CosmoGirl Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756698123430026996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780444718390225062.post-90040760366863863832012-04-12T10:43:00.003-04:002012-04-12T10:48:29.689-04:00Finally! New Desk Chair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSFnZOBPY0k_K24teQtvl5o5MHe9avecrpVxWD1Obv5vj2Wv_kaRWZ1dq_9kEUVmzMmRi0OrAk6dzlHgz7dzkrMCnnt2lTAFEA9X2St6luLUBraoB8GGPYU9PlafDtY-UlgnafwWKjnlu/s1600/DSC08332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSFnZOBPY0k_K24teQtvl5o5MHe9avecrpVxWD1Obv5vj2Wv_kaRWZ1dq_9kEUVmzMmRi0OrAk6dzlHgz7dzkrMCnnt2lTAFEA9X2St6luLUBraoB8GGPYU9PlafDtY-UlgnafwWKjnlu/s640/DSC08332.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've almost lost count how many chairs I've had at my computer desk here in my craft room. Most ended up being horribly uncomfortable. And I don't even sit at the computer for long periods of time. Admittedly, I've been cheap when it came to buying a desk chair. That, and I really didn't want some big, dark, faux leather, clunky thing in here. I really wanted a wood banker's chair type, but didn't want to pay the price.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, I <i style="font-weight: bold;">loved</i> Pottery Barn's wooden swivel banker's style chair, but at $399 plus $15 in shipping, I just couldn't do it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Home Decorator's Collection has their Oxford Office chair at $199 plus $30 shipping. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Not too bad, but I was hoping to do a bit better.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">On their site, I found just what I was looking for. Their wood banker's chair is $139 and shipping is free if you pick up at the store. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure it's the same exact chair HDC was selling at $199.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The chair arrived very quickly, less then a week, and it was very easy to put together. It's comfortable, height adjustable, swivels and tilts, and the casters roll very easily on my pink shaggy rug I have in here.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm super-pleased with this chair.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">While I was in here taking pics of the chair, thought I'd share the new counter skirt and window valance I made. I love the black and white print with the green apple walls, along with the pink shaggy rug I grabbed up at Lowes for a steal - twenty bucks on clearance. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I may use some of the left over fabric to make a chair pad for my new banker's chair. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Add it to the list! ;o)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The new member of the family, Xena, is keeping us busy for sure. We're still working on housebreaking her, and so far we've only had one day accident free since we brought her home. Oh, it's driving me nuts! We try to take her out every couple hours, but she still has accidents. We can't seem to read her signals all the time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She seems to be getting leash training down. I've been adamant about that. Our last dog was terrible on the leash, which I'm sure is our fault for not training her properly. On the subject of training, The Dog Whisperer is now my favorite show. I DVR it and watch at least a couple episodes a day until I get caught up to the current season. I really like his philosophies on dog training. Watching his show has also made me understand more about dogs and how they <i>think</i>, so-to-speak. I feel myself being much more calm with Xena then I was with our first Boxer, Coco.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another problem I'm having with Xena is getting her to <i>"come" </i>on command. When I take her out to do her business on the leash, as a reward I unleash her and let her chase a frisbee. She loves to retrieve it bring it back to me. But when it's time to go in, she won't come. I think she thinks it's a game to come close then dart off when I get near her to put leash her. This morning, after we <i>danced</i> around the back yard for about 20 minutes or more, I had to quick grab her and wrestle her to the ground to get the leash back on her. <i>GRRRRRR!!!! </i> That just will not do! I think we need to work on the come command a lot more in the house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">See that white thing there on her collar? It's a very cool device. It's a GPS tracker. Hubby found it at Amazon. It's called<br />
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and the cool thing is <i>there's an app for that . . . hehe. </i>You download the app to your iPhone, iPad, smart phone, computer, etc., and if the the dog leaves your yard perimeter you can use the app on your device to track her location no matter where you are, with directions if needed. It will even send you a text that the dog has broken the perimeter. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty cool!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, she's starting to love her crate . . . her space. Unfortunately, that big, ugly cage is in my family room. I have a small quilt draped over the top cause ya know they like to feel like their in their own <i>den</i>, but the quilt's just not working for me. I've already purchased a painter's drop cloth and I plan on making a more fitted, hopefully attractive crate cover. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Other then those few issues, I think she's a terrific dog. And when we get those worked out, she'll be the perfect pet!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We're <i>still</i> working on the small redo of our master bathroom. Funny how a<i> small </i>reno project is taking so much time to finish. The work officially began in this bathroom way back in July of 2010 when we had some drywall repair work done. We're coming up close to two years of my bathroom being semi-torn apart. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's time to <i>"git-r-done"</i>, don't ya think?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I guess it's not that small. We're doing quite a bit of tiling around the whirlpool tub, the backsplashes around the tub and vanity countertop and tiling the vinyl floor. We ordered a new vanity counter top, and I'll be painting the vanity cabinet base white. Of course the walls will need to be painted, and for that I've had some trouble picking out a paint color. I want the colors in there to flow with the fairly new bedroom colors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Ceiling - "Tranquility"<br />
Walls - "Juniper Breeze"</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">When describing the colors I'm going for, think of a spa feel or beach glass. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Those restful blues, greens, greys, light browns.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In doing this small reno of our bathroom on a tight budget, we're leaving the main fixtures - toilet, tub and shower stall. When we had this house built back in 1993, we choose a color called Dove Grey for those fixtures, which is a pale grey, and I can live with that color. Unlike the rose, laminate countertop I picked for the vanity. <i>Yuck!!! </i> As I mentioned, we've ordered a new solid, granite-like countertop with molded sink bowls.</div><div style="text-align: center;">What was I thinking with that rose????? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Guess I was still influenced by the decor colors of the 80's. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, in trying to find the right color, I used Lowe's Valspar sample paints. <i>{I love Valspar paint! Especially the "Hi-Def" which has a primer mixed in. It's a good quality paint at a good price.}</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;">What a wonderful thing! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Instead of committing to a gallon, you get 7.7 ozs of paint that will cover a 4 foot square area for less than $3.00. And whatever's left over, can be used for small craft projects, etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The pictures below are "swatches" I painted on different walls of the bathroom where the light hits differently at different times of the day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really thought I wanted one of the blues up there (Blue Sail and Peaceful Slumber), but I was afraid it would like too much like a little boy's room blue, know what I mean? So, I ditched the blue idea and I'm going with Beach House, that color in the center. It's actually close to the color of the walls in our bedroom. I wanted a depth of color in between the pale grey walls and the maroon accent wall I had painted umpteen years ago. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I bet you can make a good guess on what I'll be doing this weekend! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Or at least I better be doing ;o)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Keeping my fingers crossed I've picked the right color.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have certainly gotten tons of mileage out of this old picture frame.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I haven't changed it's place on the wall, or it's color. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Now, it's alive with springy, Eastery colors. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This picture was actually a page from a past year's calendar. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A six-month old Boxer. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't she beautiful!?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">As some of you may remember, we had a sweet, lovable Boxer named Coco who passed away three years ago a week before her fifth birthday. It was sad and sudden. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">It took a long while to get over loosing Coco. And then not having a dog for a few years made life a little easier. But, lately, we've been getting the itch for a new four-legged family companion. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hubby did lots of looking around online for Boxers. Even though I was almost on-board with getting a new dog, I really didn't want to go the young puppy route. I just wasn't sure I had the patience for all that puppy behavior again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So Hubby found a six month old Boxer puppy from a Boxer family breeder. We went to<i> check </i>her out last Thursday, and she was a doll! Obviously, we couldn't leave the breeder's house without her. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She's a typical, energetic Boxer with sweet disposition. We're working on house training <i>~ blech! ~</i> and leash training, but I have high hopes we'll get that all down hopefully sooner than later.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess, in a way, Xena could also be considered a birthday present. Mine that is. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is my birthday! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I know, I know . . . April Fool's Day :o)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I turned 48 <i>. . . oh, so much closer to 50</i>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Funny how, for me anyway, 48 sounds so much older than 47. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Silly, right?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, naturally, I had put a few Eastery do-dads here and there. A little late, I guess, by blogdom time, but the house needed some Eastery/springy freshness for sure.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A cute, easy sparkly egg garland made using those glittery eggs on a stick from the DT. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Super quick. Super easy. Super cute!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, I know you've seen these guys at lots and lots of blogs, but they're so darn sweet!</div><div style="text-align: center;">From Pier 1 they are, and I bought the tubby one on the right last year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I was pleased to see Pier 1 had them again this year, so I couldn't resist adding to the family by snagging up "dad", on the left, and that cute little baby bunny there in the middle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, Eastering up the place wouldn't be complete without tossing around the fabric carrots I made last year. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I debuted them last year in this <a href="http://carla-cosmogirl.blogspot.com/2011/04/fresh-fabric-carrots.html"><i>blog entry</i></a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And in case you'd like to knock out a bushel of your own fresh fabric carrots, Clare, from </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://clarescraftroom.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Clare's Craftroom </b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">generously shared a <i><a href="http://clarescraftroom.blogspot.com/2010/03/something-quick-for-easter-bunny.html"> tutorial</a> </i>for you to make your very own.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can I just say, when I purchased those vases below at Ikea a couple years ago, I used I would bought a case! They were so cheap. Maybe $1.99 a piece, if that. They may have been only $0.99. Anyway, I think they sold out of them a while back. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I just love 'em!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I even had someone email some months ago because she was searching for them for her wedding centerpieces, Googled them, and my blog came up and she offered to buy them from me double what I paid! <i>I know . . .</i> how mean. I should have sold them to her. But then I'd have none!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just love that vintage Easter postcard. What a work of art. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The snowdrop flowers really convey an Eastery/springy feeling. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">That WalMart BH&G fall tray being put to good use again. I always feel like I have to ground tablescapes with either a tray, a mini quilt, a platter . . . <i>something.</i> Is that weird? Maybe it's a bit of that OCD I think I have showing up! LOL A feeling that I have to compartmentalize everything.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another Pier 1 purchase that's been seen all over blogdom in many forms,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the moss bunny on a stick.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I obviously wasn't nearly as creative as so many others. Rather boring, actually. How uninspired is it just sticking that guy in a potted plant? </div><div style="text-align: center;">I think he's cute in there anyway!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I just love how this pot has become all craggily and pitted. Not sure how that happened. Probably from the weather, I guess, but I think it looks neat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inspirational faux stones. I showed you how to make your own in this<i> <a href="http://carla-cosmogirl.blogspot.com/2010/03/inspirational-stones.html">blog entry</a></i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Quick way to dress up a boring pillar candle. A faux stone and some jute twine. How simple is that?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Before we know it, we'll all be showing off our fun 4th of July goodies! :o)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thanks for visiting!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Leave a comment so I can get to know you.</i></div>CosmoGirl Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756698123430026996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780444718390225062.post-39645592502619735662012-03-25T10:59:00.001-04:002012-03-25T14:30:39.563-04:00English Sticky Toffee Pudding<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mmmmm . . . </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking for a rich, sweet, truly decadent desert?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">You have to try this recipe. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's amazing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The first time I had this fabulous treat was at the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"> <b><a href="http://www.swisswoods.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Swiss Woods Inn B&B</span></a> </b></span>in Lititz, Pennsylvania, where me and a group of girlfriends have had a winter retreat weekend once a year for the past six years. I've talked about our great times there in several past posts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's really a very simple recipe, and it requires pretty basic ingredients. The only ingredient I had to purchase that I don't normally stock in my pantry were seeded dates. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The recipe also calls for heavy cream, which I don't usually keep in the frig. I do always have either light cream or half and half, which may alter the end product a bit, I guess, but I didn't really see a difference in using half and half.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, my photos of the "pudding" <i>{which is really more wet-cake, bread pudding then a traditional pudding} </i>aren't of the best quality, so I found some snaps of the pudding at different sites so you could see just how moist and delicious this desert can be. It's not necessarily a pretty desert, but boy is it yummy! It's one of those deserts where you can't help <i><b>"mmmmm'ing"</b></i> while you're eating it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.browneyedbaker.com/">Browned Eyed Baker</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/">Taste of Home</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk">The Guardian UK</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://threemanycooks.com/">Three Many Cooks</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yumsugar.com/">Yumsugar</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see by the sample pics I posted, I didn't make up whipped cream for my pudding. As I mentioned, I only had half and half in the house, and that doesn't whip up nicely for whipped cream. Besides, I figured as rich and decadent as this desert is, we could all do without the extra fat and calories. I have had it with the whipped cream at the Inn, and needless to say, it's totally divine!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't imagine any disappointments with this desert. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Give it a try!</div><br />
The Pudding:<br />
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1 cup plus 1 tbsp AP flour<br />
1 tsp baking powder<br />
3/4 cup pitted dates<br />
1 1/4 cups boiling water<br />
1 tsp baking soda<br />
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened<br />
3/4 cup granulated sugar<br />
1 large egg, lightly beaten<br />
1 tsp pure vanilla<br />
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The Toffee Sauce:<br />
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1/2 cup unsalted butter<br />
1/2 cup heavy cream<br />
1 cup packed light brown sugar<br />
1 cup heavy cream, whipped<br />
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{When I made my toffee sauce, I had only half and half. To up the fat content to make a rich toffee sauce, I added a few more tbsp of butter.}<br />
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Directions:<br />
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10" round or square baking dish. Sift the flour and baking powder. Chop dates fine. Place in a small bowl and add boiling water and baking soda; set aside. With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla beating until blended. Gradually add flour mixture. Add the date mixture to the batter and fold with a rubber spatula until blended. Pour into prepared baking dish. Bake until pudding is set and firm on top, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven to wire rack. <br />
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Make the toffee sauce by combining all ingredients in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil gently over med-low heat until mixture is thickened, about 8 minutes. <br />
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Preheat broiler. Spoon about 1/3 cup of the toffee sauce over the pudding. Spread evenly on top. Place pudding under the broiler until the topping bubbly, about 1 minute. Serve immediately drizzled with extra toffee sauce and a dollop of whipped cream.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>FYI This pudding is just as yummy cold! ;o)</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thanks for visiting! </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Leave a comment so I can get to know you.</i></div>CosmoGirl Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756698123430026996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780444718390225062.post-536983761738659052012-03-23T14:07:00.000-04:002012-03-23T14:07:24.085-04:00A Garden of Weedin'<div style="text-align: center;">Spring is here! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, it's been here for a bit now. Even though the calendar told us so just a few days ago, spring has sprung hard 'round here. The temps have been crazy high . . . near record highs. </div><div style="text-align: center;">No complaints, though. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been ready.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I do have one complaint. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> THE WEEDS!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know if it's because of the super-mild winter we had, my not getting to the beds last fall due to my back injury, or what, but the weeds have all but taken over most of my garden beds. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The herb garden's been hit hard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at that mess. It almost makes me want to cry. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I'm going to have to admit defeat. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm giving in. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Throwing in the towel, or<i> spade</i> maybe I should say.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't do it anymore. Dealing with the weeds in that garden has been a huge pain. I've been having trouble the past couple years keeping the weeds down. I'm not fighting any more. My herb garden will be no more very soon. And ya know, I'm not that upset by it. I think I'm really ready for a little less work out there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've already dug up the lavender plants and replanted them in a little border bed next to the shed. I know they look kinda dead, but they're alive and well. They just haven't regained their pretty green yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There's a few more plants I'm going to save from that garden, then it's getting doused with weed killer, tilled up, and sewn with grass seed. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The weeds have been bad, but I do have some favorite plants coming up nicely here and there. After spending most of last weekend cleaning the beds, cutting down dead growth, weeding, dividing, etc., there's still quite a bit more to do. I'll get to it . . . eventually ;o)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">So much work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Before going, I had to share the cutest little garden flag I just bought. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't it adorable!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ain't she <i>purdee</i>????</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And in my favorite color <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>RED</b>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd been thinking about a new one for a little while now. My old girl has been working just fine. She put in a lot of good years. Almost 25 without a single problem (except for a little cord issue - see that bit of black electrical tape on the cord?). But this flashy, new lovely was a great deal. I snagged her up as a QVC TSV <i>(today's special value) </i>last week. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Couldn't beat the price. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think it's time for her retirement. Actually, I'll pass her on to Son No. 2 if he wants her. He's my boy that's an aspiring home chef. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He loves to cook! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I just have to find a home for her. She's too tall to stay on the countertop under the wall cabinets. I don't like appliances on my kitchen counters anyway, but, for her, I might have made an exception. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Guess I'll have to do some rearranging in the lower cabinets so this tall beauty can have a safe place to hang out when she's not hard at work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you seen this newest edition of this special interest mag at the store? </div><div style="text-align: center;">If you're a fan of a casual, relaxed, cozy, at-ease decor style, this publication is pure eye candy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love darn near every single home featured in this magazine. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the first gorgeous home featured is that of Rachel Ashwell</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>. . . sigh . . . </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The next batch of photos are pics found at a couple good sites. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://freshome.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Fresh Home</span></b></a> is where I found the following group of photos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh Home</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The photo below was found at <a href="http://www.designshuffle.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Design Shuffle</span></b></a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you haven't picked up this great publication yet, hopefully you can still find it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's shelf date is to end on March 6. It was worth every penny I paid. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This one's definitely a keeper!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thanks for visiting!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Leave a comment so I can get to know you.</i></div>CosmoGirl Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756698123430026996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780444718390225062.post-65551097395328497822012-02-27T10:06:00.002-05:002012-02-27T11:13:41.768-05:00Crazy for Mad Men<div style="text-align: center;">My most recent TV obsession. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYGrKeVETcE8EnnlpjZ0i1bFZD-PZcDTy9BNBH41sPpmzbPa0dTfAcdH7YFyTcqkzrwuz1xZSLDU_TmfN4o1BxpaLFd3lRWEWCW2kFIZJ1aEMJoTPduVTM3mUaKxYPFtZ9tWxVrzSVEuG/s1600/mad-men-season-one-box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYGrKeVETcE8EnnlpjZ0i1bFZD-PZcDTy9BNBH41sPpmzbPa0dTfAcdH7YFyTcqkzrwuz1xZSLDU_TmfN4o1BxpaLFd3lRWEWCW2kFIZJ1aEMJoTPduVTM3mUaKxYPFtZ9tWxVrzSVEuG/s400/mad-men-season-one-box.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you're not familiar with the series, it is described below perfectly at the AMC <a href="http://(the shows host network"><b>website</b></a>, the shows host network.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>Set in 1960s New York, the sexy, stylized and provocative AMC drama <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mad Men</span> follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising, an ego-driven world where key players make an art of the sell.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d0c5af; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The series revolves around the conflicted world of Don Draper (Jon Hamm), the biggest ad man (and ladies man) in the business, and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Advertising Agency. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom, he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels. The series also depicts authentically the roles of men and women in this era while exploring the true human nature beneath the guise of 1960s traditional family values.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I bet I'm close to one of the last people on the planet to watch the show. I've known about the show for several years, but never caught an episode. That is, until I spotted the entire series on Netflix about a month and half ago. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Born in 1964, I can recollect a bit of the period details from my childhood.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was instantly hooked. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The 60's fashions. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The 60's decor.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The beautifully dressed and accessorized men and women. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Hamm as Don Draper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Slattery as Roger Sterling</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vincent Kartheiser as Peter Campbell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">January Jones as Betty Draper-Francis</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> Some of the show's characters have even been immortalized in a Barbie Collection!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The show is addicting. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've completed all four seasons in the last 5 or 6 weeks. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, I'm anxiously awaiting the premiere of Season 5 to begin on March 25.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been an emotional time these past ten days. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mourning the loss of Donna. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The tears.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The questions. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The memories.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Having thoughts of Donna pop up in my head while performing the most mundane tasks of the day and the tears would well. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wondering how her pillar of strength husband is going to deal with life with his two teenage daughters without her. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank God for good friends. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We all leaned on each other the days of her visitation and funeral. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Crying and reminiscing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Those two days showed the love so many had for Donna. Hundreds . . . <i>literally hundreds </i>. . . came out for her visitation. Hubby and I waited in an almost two-hour long line just to pay our respects to her family. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The funeral service was lovely. The church was packed as if it were Easter Sunday. Father gave a wonderful service in her honor, and her Aunt eulogized her beautifully. I don't know how she kept her composure. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There were Irish step dancers flanking the procession as it exited the church. A bagpipe player droned out Amazing Grace at the burial site. Afterwards, several hundred were invited to a reception hall where we all shared a meal and visited with one other and reminisced some more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Last night, Donna's sister-in-law, Donna, invited a small group of us girls to her home for dinner where we toasted, talked, laughed and cried a bit more remembering our dear friend. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's still a strange thought that I'll never see my friend on this Earth again. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a sadness that's hard to shake.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 26pt;">In Loving Memory of<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 26pt;">Donna B. Jubb<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">May 5, 1966 – February 14, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">If I should ever leave you, whom I love,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">to go along the silent way, grieve not,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">nor speak of me as if I were beside you<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">there. (I’d come, I’d come, could I but <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;"> find a way! But would not tears and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">grief be barriers?) and when you hear<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">a song or see a bird I loved, please do<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">not let the thought of me be sad . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">for I am loving you just as I always<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">have . . . you were so good to me! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">There are so many things I wanted still<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">to do . . . so many things to say to you . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">Remember that I did not fear . . . it was <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">just leaving you that was so hard to face.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">We cannot see beyond, but this I know: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">I loved you so. ‘Twas Heaven here with you!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I want to thank all the sweet, heartfelt comments I received on my last post. I appreciate each and everyone of them. It's comforting to know people I've never even met are sending good wishes and prayers in such a sad time. Thank you all so much.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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