Saturday Morning Ramblings

The girls have really enjoyed being outside this morning! It is cold, but pleasant out and the sun is shining pretty bright. They participated in a nice mix of running, playing, rolling around, and bathing in the sun! They wore each other out and are now laying around my feet snoring!!!

I spent a lot of time this morning composing a blog post about all the dogs I have loved in my life time! I was thinking about some of them yesterday and thought it would make a wonderful way to document and pay tribute to them all. But — there were so many and each had some great stories about them that it soon became a BOOK instead of a blog post (I know – what’s new?)! So, I deleted it (I should have just saved it and left it in draft, but I didn’t think about that until it was deleted and too late!) and decided to use the stories in shorter blog posts off and on for a while. I kick myself for deleting what I wrote, though, cause now I have to recreate the award-winning stories I had already put into words!

I’m giving some more thought to a suggestion my Mom made when she was here for something to set my kitchen off and make the table area more of a focal point. The kitchen/living room area is all open and like one big room. The separators are the bar type counter that goes along a section between the kitchen and living room and that the living room floor is laminate wood and the kitchen floor is dura-ceramic tile. I also positioned the living room furniture so that it makes a cozy seating area that distinguishes the living room from the kitchen without losing that open floor plan I love! But – she suggested that I take the two walls of the kitchen that don’t have any appliances or cabinets on and put wainscoting and a chair rail up about waist level to set off the breakfast nook area where my table and chairs are. I didn’t think I liked that idea much at the time, but the more I think about it, the more I think I just might do it! I think it would look nice — so, add it to the renovation plans for this year!

I like watching HGTV on Saturday mornings – they usually have back to back gardening and landscaping design shows. I enjoy getting ideas from those shows or just like seeing what other people do with their trouble areas! Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a gardener or landscaper!!! But, I do like my yard to look nice and have a GREAT landscaper who keeps it up for me and does a wonderful job of making my ideas a reality (or talking me out of what wouldn’t work and giving me fantastic alternative ideas)…………..Harrington’s Lawn Care and Landscaping – Chris and Brandon Harrington are brothers and the owners of the business! They’re great! I’m so glad I found them – I was looking for someone who would plant a couple trees for me when I first moved here and they came highly recommended and the rest is history!!!

That’s enough thoughts for now — time to get on with enjoying the weekend!