I was telling my friend Anne how I had to make my Thanksgiving shopping list and that I couldn’t even think of what I needed. She said she keeps hers on her computer, and then just prints it out at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Well a light bulb went off in my head and I got so excited! What a genius idea! Granted it could take a little time to make the list, but Christmas is right about the corner and I know I’ll be cooking once again… So type, type, type went the keyboard. Not only did I do a menu, I created a food list and then put all the recipes in the same document. One click on print and I handed my husband a grocery list like no other. The items on the list are even arranged by the section of the store they are in! Easy right?

Well, lets just say as I started cooking this afternoon, my husband returned to the store 4 more times for things not on the list. On the second trip he said he wasn’t going again. On the third trip he asked if I was SURE I hadn’t forgotten anything else because he REALLY wasn’t going back. He even told the lady in the check-out line that he would NOT be back. But by the time he got home I was making the pumpkin pie and I realized I left off the can of Libby’s pumpkin. So back to the store. The lady in the check out line felt so sorry for him she gave him a free loaf of bread. Don’t worry, I’m going to update my list as soon as I finish this post!

So tomorrow when we all say thank you for the blessings in our life, my husband will be at the top of the list! I have so many other things to be thankful for, including all of you who are reading this. May your holiday be filled with love, wonderful memories and full tummies. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Hugs,

Anne

It’s pink! Can you believe it? If you read my posts about six months back, I was talking about how my husband ABSOLUTELY didn’t want a light blue dining room…he wanted beige. Turns out I’m glad we didn’t do blue. Not for this bunny! After months of trial cans of paint, we settled on this pale, peachy pink. I am so in heaven and he doesn’t know what hit him! He actually painted the walls pink and he LIKES them! It took us all weekend just to arrange pictures, hang the quilt, and decorate the hutch. And this is only the dining room! If you look close you will see two antique baskets on top of the hutch. These are two of the items I purchased on Friday. They are waiting for the perfect spray of flowers and maybe one or two more items to join them.

This is the wall that took the longest time. I’ve taken a close-up of it below because I’m so proud of it! I found the “flat” bird cage at that Christmas store I was at on Friday. It’s flat, just like someone cut it in half, and it’s meant to hang on the wall. A bird picture is painted inside. The two larger bird pictures came from Home Goods, the round little needlepoint pictures came from EBay, and the landscape pictures are original oils painted by my husband’s great grand-mother! How’s that for a mixture?

I put that little hutch I bought at “Room With A Past” in the hallway next to the dining room. It’s graced with my rooster collection. The collection all started with the rooster lamp that used to belong to my mom and dad. Have to use it so a rooster theme it is! (:

Here is the question of the week. Why can’t builders put the light switches and thermostats in a inconspicuous place? Why on earth do they have to be in the middle of a wall? Hello out there! Could you maybe think about decorating? I tried to work around this by hanging the tiny little chicken picture above the light switch. I’m sure it works and you didn’t even notice the light switch.

We’re waiting for the living room chairs to arrive and then we’ll finish the living room too! I think the chairs are on a very slow train somewhere.

More rooms to come.

It was tough this morning to get Chelsea out of bed. She was all snugly and warm under the covers and not too happy with me when I got the camera out. I have to say I felt like a cruel mother making her get up! But it’s Saturday and I have so many plans for today. No time to stay in bed!

It’s decorating time, and I’ve promised myself I will have our house finished by the end of the year. I’m not talking about holiday decorating. That has to happen too, but just regular decorating. Things like hanging pictures, painting rooms and making curtains. Remember, we moved in May and so many things have not been finished. I just want to feel at home, and not have to think about all the stuff in the closet. (:

I bought this little bird container yesterday at a Christmas shop. Fits right in with the theme this year…Birds are so in I just can’t believe it! Almost everyone at market had some kind of quilt with birds on it, myself included! It was so funny!

But Bitty is ending up to be a bit bossy, and she wants to be included everywhere in our house. It’s ridiculous! Next thing you know she’ll want to be a Christmas tree ornament! She was supposed to be a pincushion, doesn’t she know that?

Apparently not! More to come…it’s time to get to work!

I had to share this. It’s an email from my grand-daughter Michaela, sent this morning. She’s in second grade and writes so precious! Couldn’t have said it better myself. (:

Today was so much fun! I escaped from the studio, and went to get a hair cut. This in itself is something my husband will never understand…I drive an hour one way and then an hour back just so I can go to the same person who has always cut my hair. So a normal hair cut takes 3 hours. “Can’t you find someone closer?” he asks? Yes, but I LIKE my stylist and she worth a 2 hour drive.

It turned out to be the most expensive hair cut ever, because I made some stops along the way. I’ve been so busy with Bunny Hill stuff and it just seemed like it was time for a treat. I bought lots of goodies and I’ll show you pictures as I find places for them in my home.

I have a passion for old needlepoint (probably because I used to do it and never finished any). I came upon this little purse at “Souvenir”, a cute little shop in Lafayette, California. My friend Chickie works there so it was a good reason to stop by! This is the second needlepoint purse I own so I think I now have a “collection”. I bought a few other things too but those will have to wait until I can cut the price tags off and get them out of the car.