Found a Black & White Print

At TJMaxx on clearance for $10.00, I’ve had my eye on it for a while and would look at it every time I was there. Went to the clearance section this past Friday and there it was. Sometimes it’s worth waiting and praying it would still be there, this is the second time it’s worked for me! The quote is from Truman Capote!


I wanted it for right here where I hung it in the livingroom, I know I need a couple more but now since I want the black and white prints they are hard to find, at least for me!



Another view of it, I’m going towards a Pottery Barn look, I love PB and just received the summer catalog yesterday.


A view of my entry and to sort of give you an idea of the layout of my home.


I must have moved on this one, the long grass? in the basket I found at Marshall’s. I placed it by the tv to try and give some texture around it.


I can picture it with more black and white prints and I think it will add more to the area. I couldn’t figure out what that red thing was on the coffee table when this picture came up on my post, then it dawned on me it’s my hammer.lol Put it there after hanging the picture and forgot to move it out of the way .

I hope you enjoyed my post today, I’m also in a better mood.lol I think what was bothering me was that my sister Judy was getting operated on the next day to remove plaque from her arteries and I must have been worrying about it too without realizing it. She is fine though and really seems to be like her old self again, thank God! Thank you for all your sweet comments on my post, it still completely amazes me with all the kindness out in blogland…thank you♥
I’ll be joining these parties today:
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
Tuesday’s Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style

Rondell♥

This is What I See and Time for Me to Vent

Hi everyone!
It’s time for me to vent! Believe me Wordpress is looking pretty good to me, because blogger is a pain! This is what my blog background should look like, white.
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To me this is what it looks like about 95%  of the time! I have no black on my blog except the writing, why it shows up like this I don’t know, does it look this way to you? Please tell me because I’m going crazy here! I have tried to fix it so many times I’ve lost count! I’m looking for a blog designer believe me!

Also I went into my settings and blogger had me with word verification as “YES” when did that happen? The only time I had word verification is when I first started blogging five years or so ago! Please tell me if I have or had word verification, I of course changed it to “NO” but it could change again without me knowing it! This is how some bloggers have it and don’t even realize, it changed on me and it can happen to you, so check it ASAP!
Another frustrating thing is my house, it is a mess!!! The ceiling fans are all up and I love the style but I seem to love it in the kitchen but not in the room right off the kitchen! You can see both rooms as you walk in the kitchen door so they have to be the same.

This mirror has got to go, it’s driving me crazy with the it being in the same room as the ceiling fan , see the mess in the mirror? I only work part time but this week I’ve been working everyday and I’m so not used to that!


Here is the one in the livingroom, shiner but didn’t know that, hubby never said, they only thing he said was “It’s different than the other ones”  and I thought he meant style not chrome

I honestly don’t know what to do, if you have any suggestions please tell! Look, even the couch is a mess, he never straightens it after laying on it watching that monster over there!

It does seem to go with the clock which has a silver face!

I love to blog but I’m being sorely tempted, I’m sure it’s just the mood I’m in.LOL We all get in those moods don’t we?
If I’ve ever needed comments now is the time!
Rondell♥

I Forgot to Show You

The sun is shining this morning, so pretty outside, trees are blooming their pretty flowers and the grass is getting greener and greener by the day! Soon Mr. K will be riding the lawn mower around this big yard. I hope it’s sunny wherever you are!
I’ve taken pictures and loaded them onto the computer and sometimes I just forget that I took them, so today I’m going to show some that I took and didn’t post.
I needed something on the small space of a wall right there between the cupboard door and the door jam, something that wouldn’t stick out and mark the cupboard door when Mr. K opened it(not me,( I’m always careful;0) I didn’t want the pear picture back up there so decided to find something that was flat. About a month ago I stopped at The Salvation Army on the way home from getting my hair done,


I found this breadboard for a 1.39 thinking I could stain it if nothing else. Then I remembered the stencils I had bought at Walmart and my stencil sponge at Hobby Lobby and decided to stencil it. Turned out great and I love the stencil sponge that I had a 40% off coupon and got it for $1.29!

I didn’t stain it, I just left as is, the black at the bottom was already there. It’s flat and doesn’t stick out to harm the cupboard door!

Also took this picture, I went down to the basement and brought out my popcorn crock/vase and the hydrangeas that I had bought from JoAnn’s a year or so ago.

A trip to Target and I found this neat basket for $14.99.

The turtles are from Jamaica, the wood one is all hand carved and I think I paid $5.00 for it. We leave May 26th, our 6th anniversary, for Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. I’ve never been in the Pacific Ocean so I’ll have to wet my ankles, that’s about as far as I go.lol

Here’s another one I didn’t share yet, the rattan vase that I found at either TJMaxx or Marshall’s and paid about $8.00 for it.

This photo is a “just because” I think it’s pretty! I think it’s one of the first pieces of furniture my mom bought when my mom and dad married.

Buster, this is where he usually is with his head on the windowsill waiting for Stush to come home, sometimes he barks when he sees an animal such as a squirrel but when he spies the blue car all hell breaks lose and he takes off running thur the house to the door.lol

Have you seen this quote from Will Rodgers on Pinterest? Love it!

Hope you enjoyed my post today, have a wonderful one! Please leave a comment, when I come home from work it’s so nice and relaxing to sit down and read what you took the time to say♥
Rondell♥
I’ll be at these parties!
Whimsy Wednesday @ Home Happy Home
Thrifty Thursday @ Thrifty Thursday Decorating
Share the Wealth Wednesday @ Laugh, Love and Craft
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp
Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts
Treasure Hunt Thursday @ From My Front Porch to  Yours
Open House Thursday @ No Minimalist Here
Transformation Thursday @ The Shabby Creek Cottage

Loven My Kitchen

Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend, ours was busy as usual as I’m sure yours was too! Sounds like everyone is having gorgeous weather too out in blogland!
I wanted to show you one of the ceiling fans that my husband put up, it’s one of the three that we bought.. They are all the same except the one that will go in the livingroom is bigger! Do you like them? So hard to chose out of all of them online but I liked the brushed nickel blades, I didn’t want any wood so these just drew me in, they also have a remote, so neat to move up to the tech world! I also liked how well it went with the light fixture over my sink!

With the light on. We are also going to do the under the cabinet lights.

I took the yelloware bowls down, to me it just doesn’t go or maybe I’m just so tired of them, I think that could be the case.

I finally bought somethings to put in the wire baskets, black and white tea towels from TJMaxx and Marshall’s.

In the other one I put my chicken pitcher and the cutest owl s&p shakers plus these little  bowls, I bought both at either TJMaxx or Marshall’s I forget which!


Gives the room some depth now. My kitchen is still a mess so that’s why there isn’t a full picture of it.


I’ve been thinking of using these colors, I love the green color so much anymore. I got my inspiration from this picture that I’m going to frame from of all places…The Dollar Tree!

This is my kitchen right when I was going to painting the cabinets, I think it’s come a long way!

Also still loving this!

Thanks so much for stopping by, please leave a comment so I know that you visited♥
I’m joining these parties:
Thrifty Décor Chick…Show Us Your Kitchen
Sunday Showcase Party @ Under The Table and Dreaming
Met Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style
Rondell♥

Happy Birthday Michael♥

Happy Birthday Michael, I can’t believe your 37 today, bittersweet memories run thur a mother’s mind at times like this! I had you on St. Patrick Day 1975 late at night around I think 11:00, 11:30 ish Gramma was working then and came up to the room, said you looked like Pap and she was right you do, you’re the picture of my dad although you have hung on to your hair a lot longer than he did.LOL They laid you on my stomach and I can still see you as you turned your head and looked up at me, a moment that I’ll never, ever forget…I realized too that you had brown eyes like me♥
Michael is on the right, Chris is on the left!

I’m so proud of you! A great teacher, homeowner, great girl that you will marry June 2013 and a wonderful kind heart! Miss you, have a great birthday today!
I love you Michael, my second son.

Beadboard on the Bar

 
Hi everyone!  I wanted to show you how the counter bar looks with the beadboard on and painted, I really can’t believe how it is all finally coming together! 

The trim still has to be put on but I’m still loving it! Yes, my kitchen is a mess once again, Mr K had to loosen the old counters because the new ones will be here on the 19th, so somethings had to be taken out of the bottom of the sink and the one next to the dishwasher because out in my garage is a new sink, dishwasher and three ceiling fans all waiting to be put in or put up! Don’t mind the floor, he can be messy at times

While I was watching Nicholas today…check out his bib “Lock Your Daughters Up” cracks me up! I was feeding him his cereal and fruit…..

Don’t mind the truck either it’s a 1993 Ford and it has finally bit the dust, I feel bad because we dated for a long time and I got used to riding around in a truck. lol Anyway, I came home to this, he painted these shelves for me to put….

up here,I wanted open shelves somewhere and this seems like the right place because I could just never get it right,  the clock will be moved up higher and I’ll have fun decorating them! I have a board on Pinterest called Shelf Styling so I’ll be on that getting some neat ideas for the shelves.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
I’ll be partying at these great ones:
Home Sweet Home Friday @ The Charm of Home
Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home
Fridays Unfolded @ Stuff and Nonsense
Potpourri Friday @ 2805
Whimsy Wednesday @ Home Happy Home
Inspiration Friday @ The Picket Fence
Feathered Nest Friday @ The French Country Cottage
Say G’ Day Saturday @ Natasha in Oz
Power of Paint Party @ Domestically Speaking
Rondell♥

No Glue Required

Like my post title? I thought of it while I was doing my craft project for Gina’s Spring’ tacular Link Party Parade. Gina is a wonderful girl and I say girl because she is a lot younger than me and also has been so supportive , always sweet, wonderful comments on my posts…she never dissappoints!!! So today I couldn’t do that to her especially with having her first linky party. I was working on a craft but it is taking a lot longer than I expected, so it isn’t done for today, so I had to think of something real quick and link up to her party before I leave for work!
So here it is my Spring wreath for my front door, remember the green K I bought from my fav store in the whole world HOBBY LOBBY?

This is what it looked like without a wreath, looked lost.

Then I decided to put this Twig wreath that I had for a few years and cost about $20.00! Looks terrible I know and from the road you could hardly see it, so I decided to fix her up with flowers and ribbon I already had.

Now you can sure see it from the road.

Can’t wait to put my rocking chair out here!

Just pushed everything in real tight like, the pretty, pink tulips are from DT last year, the others are from two bushes I have had for a while and used wire clippers and cut them up to use!

Took me 12 minutes to do, I timed it!

Sometimes those “hurry up projects’ turn out to be pretty good don’t you think?
Joining Gina’s Craft Spring’tacular linky party today
Thrifty Thursday @ Thrifty Decorating
Open House Party @ No Minimalist Here
Wow Us Wednesdays @ Savvy Southern Style
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp

April Before and After Party @ Thrifty Décor Chick
Rondell♥