Retirement

<p>You know the term “bittersweet?” I never fully lived that word till now. Bittersweet is kind of awful…but wonderful. It’s being SO excited and full of joy at the possibilities and also <em>so</em> very sad you’re not quite sure what to do with yourself. </p> <p>No, I’m not retiring. ;) My husband is though, after 30+ years of teaching music, and 31 of those years at one school. </p> <p>Can you even imagine? <em>No one</em> stays at one place for 31 years anymore. </p> <p>He is the director of bands at his school and has overseen the whole performing arts department (one of the best, if not the best in the country…and I’m not just saying that) for years now. </p> <p>I was in the band (color guard – the furthest I got on an instrument was playing the recorder…horribly) and fell in LOVE with the whole activity. So all these years I’ve understood his passion for what he does. At least a little bit. Enough be an understanding band wife all these years. If you are one <em>youknowwhatI’msayin</em>. </p> <p>So while I’m THRILLED to have my husband all to us, our family, for really the first time ever, I’m also so unbelievably sad. It’s hard to put into words. </p> <p>I’ve lived this world for the past 21 years and my stepdaughter and son grew up in it:</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxfdP-anVTX9qkhsXImtYk_zb13IEh-uDo-Jqek4AzVGaSHPlNk8a6iG34Oo31c3rXXeJYLru1rN0_zBPKWI735y6gye7TfZhrbVXWkLn3oJ5ZHMm-RMUPW9T032H8_R2HrVVkkew1Db3/s1600-h/IMG_8989%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="676" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUcsVLhHBt1aiYgPkF6hbSDqftifAC_p0KN3tQ_aiLBGYaSNl1bxp4W5k6f6en4uQkMhr90GiCP3EKsvPSjXGNhZTPDNNb7Ycis6MCfAuAt0VzWiEvyBO5wvRZQzpc-bKWnqQ-ROhyphenhyphenChR/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="" width="450" /></a></p> <p>To be a band wife and a.) stay married and b.) make sure your kids see Daddy, you go to a LOT of events. Practices, school functions, football games, band competitions. Every season too – practices in the summer, competitions in the fall, shows in the winter and concerts in the spring. </p> <p>My son grew up at the high school:</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q6szrc7ZTmtUms_9zL2v23REWk1Skmpsv_rlaTHuZ_1u-if0OF-ugg0ghtPXnbhPJI2GjNSa0P3dWLr1zI-FiTyecIJ-Q0DaKj2nhnCqsjTSja4NnZVlud4rRMbj5dzhCzSx8CeBW_tZ/s1600-h/IMG_4842%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="676" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L1y64JLPUR4x6xYDUHrp-cXOzhs7DtyiMByEzitDvsNPsAB5Jpa9Rbbo8-bcHB1iZAs547QXhExBuQbQU-GOxkydWI08GJPTIIMOjjmzdFPbvyA-JWRFtcc9Pca4Q536Bjxw3q_ke1OP/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="" width="450" /></a></p> <p>And I got the honor of sticking around my alma mater for another 20 years. I loved high school, I’m proud of that school and I was thinking the other day – how cool that I’ve been able to still walk those halls every month? Keep up with the changes, the staff, build more memories? </p> <p>UGH. Months ago my husband told me this may be harder on me than him, and he was right at the time. Now it’s hitting him like a ton of bricks, so now we’re both just a MESS. :)</p> <p>I don’t talk about my husband much on the blog but he is my EVERYTHING. I am the proudest wife on the planet. I have never met a man who works harder, is more successful, but is also the humblest man you’ll ever know. It’s NEVER about him. Always, always, always about the kids. </p> <p>I’ve been going through hundreds of pictures in preparation for his big bash we’re throwing this weekend, and I hope you bear with me as I share a few and brag on him a little. These pics show so many of the things I love about him. </p> <p>His unadulterated JOY of conducting:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7dBPzUotcavIBBIsJ4IltwdefuUUXh6HbFpXo7jOJXyhlQppw5joSH3DoMKJzjJxzhXdJTzBWIWN4SghPBF3h1ciCRLiPN7oHTr6o0xnIRc2yt7Dvz3h7HzP9nPw0SagC6hl6BXhMzfU/s1600-h/084-31-IMG_0119%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUjvUkC5bZL6kNaxQa-MyNe-kXSKqZuUvMpWZ06807ERz_rjSDzf8IW1pPOI855Yt1alId1McVJ9fsoZXABNGBUyIso0bo3piCzM7SW445pZK58x1GCFx3QC5vodkcVJiWDIpJmmdbyJq/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="" width="500" /></a></p> <p>He is so animated, so obviously in love with being in front of those kids, making music. It all shows when he’s on the podium. It is the <em>definition of passion,</em> watching that. Who gets to do what they are passionate about for 30 years? He is so thankful. </p> <p>My man is a complicated one – he speaks in front of thousands like it’s nothing. He is a fantastic speaker and usually brings me to tears when he does. But he would so much rather be out of the spotlight, just doing his thing. He’s an odd mix of outgoing and introverted. </p> <p>This photo so struck me as him in so many ways:</p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpc3RjUUTHN6JmXce1QwgND_IO-cgJBQ9IKCOBlDyapikeS0Zf4BYDCkmjmbZTV7Sa6ynefJ3FSRSrhpwEzHs7L73kPYIhGy9qvvLb7MGRhfMYAPA4hF8vn_OEI-reromHzjrbGvIM1LJ/s1600-h/IMG_0554%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><font color="#4c4c4c"></font><img alt="" border="0" height="601" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxG1IFQxchipGSVbo_UsSDPn3AC0f3y0FlgDcsuIsQyi82SYg0gGkKNuFHCptOZiuqGjZJFmxK9q5z9HF8KTIkIrdSXTYBTfNI9bFagvTLnV5aDYs8LewYUxAJjyYUHNub2mwQUbKwSICm/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="" width="400" /></a></p> <p>I know he looks upset there, but he’s not. He’s thinking. Contemplating. How to make the kids better. How to teach them more. How to help them succeed. It’s not about winning for him, it’s about life lessons. </p> <p>I love that photo. </p> <p>But this is the husband I see most often: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFLl5HQB7y8ImauFMbjpRBrPN3r8xoUgJM9F6yBNULL2K5U5TS15OaV5ovqf5rae_lrhukqltGYRYPeSu2Hl-jHthG8t8wRxvbxQILdwrOhR4aipcgJbYqXxrI4vD1ltxXj8Fq6_eg8wj/s1600-h/IMG_6535%252520%2525281%252529%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="676" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D7y4XUwMxHk/UajLkxWDFgI/AAAAAAAAdos/TLLCEMKa7qU/IMG_6535%252520%2525281%252529_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="" width="450" /></a></p> <p>Happy to do what he does. Changing the lives of his students. Always trying to make someone laugh when they least think they will.</p> <p>Those moments when the attention is on him he hates it…but he is always, always so grateful:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uGzJnA_oXKU/UajLlVQCJVI/AAAAAAAAdow/quO4APQ4GZE/s1600-h/123-IMG_0072-003%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="431" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mny0KZtjHsk/UajLl1d3huI/AAAAAAAAdo8/w0kFsHyLN_0/123-IMG_0072-003_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="" width="450" /></a></p> <p>He never takes the credit, and will give it to someone else EVERY time. </p> <p>But most of all (and now I’m crying, dangit!!!), he is <strong>all</strong> about his students. I’ve always called them his “kids,” not his students, because they are each his own in a little way. Thousands of them! </p> <p>This photo was from the last concert in front of his band, and he’s holding up his hand so everyone acknowledges those kids:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ElyoNQ3lYv8/UajLmsZrGKI/AAAAAAAAdpE/l20mCyydgxw/s1600-h/photo%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="374" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_42VEHg_XNI/UajLnGt4dgI/AAAAAAAAdpM/hRpx8qKOiTQ/photo_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="" width="500" /></a></p> <p>Now I need to wrap this up cause I can’t even handle it. :) </p> <p>Retirement for my husband won’t mean golfing every day – he wouldn’t know what to do with himself. He’s owned his own business for 20 years now (writing music and other stuff) and he will continue to do that. He’s also working with two organizations very close to his heart and he is SO excited. </p> <p>But so sad. See? Bittersweet, the toughest word of them all. </p>

Retirement

You know the term “bittersweet?” I never fully lived that word till now. Bittersweet is kind of awful…but wonderful. It’s being SO excited and full of joy at the possibilities and also so very sad you’re not quite sure what to do with yourself. No, I’m not retiring. ;) My husband is though, after …

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Feeling Like Royalty

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7wo09Tz2a6Z0LcxSgAZYUb0-T5frfP94lXpILzWMxTQLUOlOeTn0PyZWwxn1ehef1cciFYHOfB9FgLkuoPKpfo01IajcDKoAGEqb6jX5KA5UBC8ZxD1XTiAYyPf4V0cEsUGjLMcwNGk/s1600/IMG_0140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7wo09Tz2a6Z0LcxSgAZYUb0-T5frfP94lXpILzWMxTQLUOlOeTn0PyZWwxn1ehef1cciFYHOfB9FgLkuoPKpfo01IajcDKoAGEqb6jX5KA5UBC8ZxD1XTiAYyPf4V0cEsUGjLMcwNGk/s640/IMG_0140.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Thursday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We Found </span>this vintage</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Royal Crown Cola</div><div style="text-align: center;">wooden bottle carrier and I just could not walk away from</div><div style="text-align: center;">the crown logo <br />but to be truthful with you<br /> I had no idea what I was going to use it for<br /> and in our house<br /> if it isn't useful <i>and</i> beautiful<br />then it usually is gone fast<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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/AVvXsEi3lG9oYnUIluvYV9neN6_gkxb60bs2ffeCd4TSWOXl02m0utY0MMRi58kM3G6Y5E1STk1abbo5w2Y5W_IIK0sdfQ3z_0zMwvsbGbDWxgf0FvopfMTHmVsc1lZfeY7a3ZHzGPvqGLmcBb8/s1600/IMG_0144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lG9oYnUIluvYV9neN6_gkxb60bs2ffeCd4TSWOXl02m0utY0MMRi58kM3G6Y5E1STk1abbo5w2Y5W_IIK0sdfQ3z_0zMwvsbGbDWxgf0FvopfMTHmVsc1lZfeY7a3ZHzGPvqGLmcBb8/s640/IMG_0144.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We quickly </span>learned how handy these<br />wooden carriers are</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to have around the house </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> {Love} </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">to use this one to bring flower packs outside for planting</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it fits four six packs perfectly</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it even has handles<br />on the sides</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzdAzdtR6d_ozXyMs6tWlUX2WA0QyYC_y2cFFLd3mewKZAqALo3sklsYRAnuX2Ktdo7E8XsX_0UHMFq2AYsFykY3gFLarYj-889P4GT-0mJcEVYGVxTgNqN49Lh-7BTxC72X1vVUNMpo/s1600/IMG_0143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzdAzdtR6d_ozXyMs6tWlUX2WA0QyYC_y2cFFLd3mewKZAqALo3sklsYRAnuX2Ktdo7E8XsX_0UHMFq2AYsFykY3gFLarYj-889P4GT-0mJcEVYGVxTgNqN49Lh-7BTxC72X1vVUNMpo/s640/IMG_0143.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">  The Royal </span>carrier ended up on the dining room table</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> it looked so cute that it  stayed there<br />  for a few days</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> before we took it outside to plant the flowers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Fytw-8HQkE1qJkApXnv0Zn76fmjZbsMoyj06yLS8Hv6pQ66FgQA1kjjvWMlSyv_vzah7GALTP2m7QvK1Z0gozVLoZ79KEYH7HsgsPsKzBj2bbXYlPvYvXlxLwTIGXIv-57UGm9wBrg/s1600/IMG_0148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Fytw-8HQkE1qJkApXnv0Zn76fmjZbsMoyj06yLS8Hv6pQ66FgQA1kjjvWMlSyv_vzah7GALTP2m7QvK1Z0gozVLoZ79KEYH7HsgsPsKzBj2bbXYlPvYvXlxLwTIGXIv-57UGm9wBrg/s640/IMG_0148.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgZmQXJUvQQ2SRsoP2_OWu6drN5VeoROfH98Powxp-TLezFCfxOYt5ViQdG7-rYS0Z3wmJMUROKTcZWnpIDjgWy_LT1Nb6t-Q7ZUIGDSti4ErPoIHLy5bh4vL5X6Ib-OSgVr_pzUWoGc/s1600/IMG_0151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgZmQXJUvQQ2SRsoP2_OWu6drN5VeoROfH98Powxp-TLezFCfxOYt5ViQdG7-rYS0Z3wmJMUROKTcZWnpIDjgWy_LT1Nb6t-Q7ZUIGDSti4ErPoIHLy5bh4vL5X6Ib-OSgVr_pzUWoGc/s400/IMG_0151.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Our dining</span> room with the<br /> royal carrier<br />in the sunlight this morning</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR167odryQqjvPoa_2Ksz1hoocjCVzkaAjZEh3wmw8wtL81NiabppszC_7X1RvtMfkt4sWLrb9FioeJt1CZQgQ1I2D7keT3VRnwKonRTbQp1Wahwv3QhR6z7dmW55gRpaGnVvTaUd-MLE/s1600/IMG_0142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR167odryQqjvPoa_2Ksz1hoocjCVzkaAjZEh3wmw8wtL81NiabppszC_7X1RvtMfkt4sWLrb9FioeJt1CZQgQ1I2D7keT3VRnwKonRTbQp1Wahwv3QhR6z7dmW55gRpaGnVvTaUd-MLE/s640/IMG_0142.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Time to</span> go outside<br />grateful for such a beautiful sunny day<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kyPXb0pcmrw-F3HoJpYUxo9FuNjf8HcU-_q2ZlkHKFs6U9c-WGES4goLQVc10X5MaVsesqP1imMfylE-V34VhvDcMGYfcnrIjDfNWVrbv_hwTO-z1MSSNB0_RsZI3caXKHRosMlQS4g/s1600/IMG_0154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kyPXb0pcmrw-F3HoJpYUxo9FuNjf8HcU-_q2ZlkHKFs6U9c-WGES4goLQVc10X5MaVsesqP1imMfylE-V34VhvDcMGYfcnrIjDfNWVrbv_hwTO-z1MSSNB0_RsZI3caXKHRosMlQS4g/s640/IMG_0154.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Let the</span> planting begin...<br />sounding pretty royal don't you think<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">LOL</span><br />linking for <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2013/05/fnfparty-time.html#more" target="_blank">Feathered Nest Friday</a><br /><a href="http://www.commonground-do.com/" target="_blank">Be Inspired</a><br /><a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Show and Tell Friday</a><br /><a href="http://rootedinthyme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Simple and Sweet Fridays</a><br /><a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Seasonal Sundays</a><br /><br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><i><br /></i><i>"My heart is and always will be yours"</i><br /> Austen<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span><br /><br /><br /></div>

Feeling Like Royalty

 Hi Everyone Happy Thursday♥ We Found this vintage Royal Crown Colawooden bottle carrier and I just could not walk away fromthe crown logo but to be truthful with you I had no idea what I was going to use it for and in our house if it isn't useful and beautifulthen it usually is gone fastWe quickly …

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Outdoor decor ideas (My HD video)

<p>Hello all! You gotta love Thursdays right? I do! We’re in the home stretch as far as school for both the hubby and the Bub. Can’t wait to have them home all summer!!</p> <p>Today I’m sharing one of the Home Depot videos from the shoot I told you about <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2013/05/home-depot-video-shoot.html">last week</a>! It was a whirlwind of a day and as I mentioned, more fun than I thought it would be. (I was not, in fact, a ball of nerves like I thought.) ;) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMvvOSPZxRDlXcuUXpElJce_omMywPM08evmvWzHifi_wf6oq7FhaCUxIX52kdvJdmB9PCCWaUVHt0fqL9HB4r8o1ob28ygmnkEGT-Hh2jUJfvN-jiz3CiX14pmAc5spSYQ3Ikiy251sl/s1600-h/header%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="easy outdoor decor" border="0" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUYK3vJPoIJi6y2MOgCShaUD04au4AwQGicQfj9H5G1fpYLXHAOO_Iqd2UiH_YECba6F7CxXCUVjzfjPlLT_m2LxYzCp7gffbXp6OsqyPWlg_k9PJCvHHxHBKsccRjPxgqc4EIzLhfxma/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="easy outdoor decor" width="450" /></a> </p> <p>All told I did about 15-20 different videos that day that will air on other sites, but this one is just for you guys! I watched it for the first time yesterday and did not want to puke…that’s a good thing.</p> <p>I haven’t watched it again cause I would nit pick myself like crazy, so I’m sticking with the first decent impression.</p> <p>I feel like I’m squinting the whole time – they had a big screen up to block the sun but man, those production lights are crazy bright! Soooooo, other than that and I loathe listening to myself talk, it turned out pretty OK! :)</p> <p>I’m sharing a few quick tips to get ready for outdoor decor and entertaining, enjoy!:</p> <p><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="270" id="flashObj" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=2399745823001&playerID=82843786001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAAHur4I~,diYZRj_HSFq3I0J5u4e4VKgTfmoM3B0i&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=2399745823001&playerID=82843786001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAAHur4I~,diYZRj_HSFq3I0J5u4e4VKgTfmoM3B0i&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="480" height="270" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object></p> <p>Have a great one Squeezes! </p>

Outdoor decor ideas (My HD video)

Hello all! You gotta love Thursdays right? I do! We’re in the home stretch as far as school for both the hubby and the Bub. Can’t wait to have them home all summer!! Today I’m sharing one of the Home Depot videos from the shoot I told you about last week! It was a whirlwind of a day and as I mentio…

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Decorating Ideas For Children S Bedrooms

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Country Decorating Ideas

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The man nook

<p>Hello there and how are you this lovely Wednesday? So, I’ve gotten SO much done in the powder room but it’s practically all I’ve focused on for the past few weeks. It was time to take a little break and work on a little something different. I needed the distraction! </p> <p>Remember that one time when Target asked if I wanted to show you all some of their new Threshold items and I squealed like a little girl and <strike>screamed</strike> said YES?! Well it’s been a few fun months, and I’m finishing up today by showing you a little comfy spot in the bedroom.  </p> <p>This spot has been deemed the “man nook.” I mean, what man doesn’t want a little cozy nook all to himself? Well, kinda to himself? With a wife, kiddo, two cats and a dog hanging around? </p> <p>Well, my man actually loves it – way more than I thought he would. He sits in this spot ever night and decompresses from the day a little bit. It makes me happy. :) </p> <p>It started out as a kind of black hole in our bedroom. All I have is an awful cell phone pic and our bed isn’t made (it never is) so just ignore that part: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ngJJy_BPIFRF-SPRZeoNQ4hpeOPZUt2nxYhqhexyAEjVv5CiprmFq-4SZMPmgKqZdIyf44aRRtDnxb-OhurHBHUcFchS5eqlcqPRKbV3Q4v15HAqikz-_Pqeh5mIrsLits56xWj6iWw/s1600-h/IMG_4077%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="black armoire " border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AvEmYklp4jXhGcCjEyb-ozATB9-Dtm3-AJzakhDycNAkdQKa7-psa89EATdU-rb9QjJqoUvvwerfB8K5buyXBzbqe-jH2ZfzJLwWjx7KM0idxJM5c741ZuWdqvi7558fl0FsGHiCos0/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="black armoire " width="400" /></a></p> <p>That black armoire was from Kohl's years and years ago when they sold furniture in the store. It was just SO big and bulky, and we really didn’t need it anymore, so it went to live with a friend. </p> <p>I decided to make this a little spot for the hubs when I <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2013/02/changes-in-master.html">moved things around</a> a few months ago. The chair that used to be by the fireplace was moved over next to his side of the bed in the corner: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydRLyn3QQIbXcmI3AtyNi5da5DAAfXocqinWfOvfb9i4WChmxrjcSop4Xds33VAZGu3Q0F4YU3nGPkeUnCcWDJF0gmlVzLTV6uZcAonOl5_sipb2Tki2RvOQa2eyPKI0FTEoV2md-T6M/s1600-h/IMG_5652%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="chair and floor lamp " border="0" height="676" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGA5qVAHd71fs3kjNrSNGGLrDFtcPgq65OAaylz1IiqvqFva_NqulqeCZn5UbfeOZcHxgrCmufphpaM9Q1gWpUdunca76DxHchl28FC5n_drlS4CiMztocrvjVnctV4sVFeoPfG-azeCU/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="chair and floor lamp " width="450" /></a></p> <p>That lamp? <em>I know.</em> I ADORE it. It looks all Restoration Hardware, eh? </p> <p>Here’s the thing – I saw this lamp while Christmas shopping at Target months ago. I quite literally stood in front of it for 15 minutes, trying to decide if I should get it. I didn’t really NEED it, but I LOVED it. But it was Christmas, and I figured it wasn’t the time to spend on a lamp we didn’t need, so I walked away. </p> <p>It hurt, it did. So since then I couldn’t stop thinking about it, and every time I went in to a Target I looked for it. I even kept checking on my app to see if it was anywhere nearby and no luck. EVERYONE loved it, obviously. </p> <p>Finally in March I checked again on a random trip and there was one lamp left. I frantically loaded it in my cart and got that sucker home ASAP. It was meant to be! (Here it is <a href="http://www.target.com/p/threshold-2-bulb-floor-lamp-washed-wood-includes-cfl-bulbs/-/A-14158508">online</a>.)</p> <p>This wall in our bedroom is a BIG one – it goes up to a pitched ceiling so it’s always stumped me. I already have a big art piece in the bedroom and a gallery wall, so what do you do? It’s the one room in our house with a lot of wall space and I am challenged to fill the walls in there. </p> <p>So I decided to do something a little different – go small. I wanted it to stay intimate and cozy, so I went on a search at Tarjay. I eye this piece <em>every</em> time I’m in there: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHw012eHs_YzIHTltaP9f1SbbPS1yVHUKqehGpsibPMU_Z6RKHe2xjuyKkOq6CEbPo8fTSsnbhTLEUa5JxaEpqWwm6DgR9f9XaI4nDja_hAyjBiUEwGHL9rKfYnnaUIb7X4S7zpdVA-M/s1600-h/IMG_5894%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="art Target" border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSGHPGLpdqxaAmriuYBRAX9eWTAJkQUnlV5oBultpbv8W7Rfw_DZTrRKXC63cgehtPf05A5gLEXZgiUatq97PT-rLLYAkugy608XYQgR_7MnCwBVldtqSB_tcDbaa7-Rn0RRs8adJgYk/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="art Target" width="400" /></a></p> <p>I am really drawn to it for some reason. It works GREAT with the colors in the room as they are right now, but the whole space is getting a redo soon (sooner than I planned!) so I wanted to think ahead. </p> <p>I loved both of these mirrors: </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUali2PDL6N94YvobuFoHRZc8OlDpDpNkGVcOTra6N57S4Q2Va0pGVdihenYS5jWT29gGj0FflX5KOhlzVfnXyu6YfFNdPsXYTQCJ_BS6y2vf38EH2qpRp5cDEuv8gxrEvtKrhOObSvTY/s1600-h/IMG_5895%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="wood sunburst mirror " border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpD6rCBWsakReIexveSVILYEYE2UX01jnoGQ90gQRrXGQsleV0L2w_wJkWu_lcOk4IdPMFONQG9m7q9pwyrglerE-Cnpn3o7wdHdIhQPARiiUkB1cGlUTWoD9iWsEm0VIMtytTvp1iO4s/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="wood sunburst mirror " width="290" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgBiX3Mb-rknHYNTUx40SvJ4m8SKZM1xzhDXNNcMRqbURmAXdbSZl1ZlUBRiiKamhAaUE7DAhZ6DTIj54ZI176zb0hQ5q7164u_nl1SdxtSNDfUVFosvepzKUheKvxOUjh_UhRgRC6R0/s1600-h/IMG_5896%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="round mirror leather" border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjzo6WRQkyp3-5mMSglucl7ek9ZlKWiMLUtsLM7W8NaBD38hslTk9pS5SJNg3nlgxtl5uPOPIviFNk0vWthaqmNyBINcCA6DvLuGnQxgV3i1D9OMIOnIS0zcgP5JJQwG1nJNqFcnzKWg/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="round mirror leather" width="290" /></a> </p> <p>But we already have plenty of big mirrors in here, so I passed on those. </p> <p>I also have loved this big clock for months: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivA4Xzr5pS78oxcjC69fJNOAsyibAr8-JDTa3uhyQ8qX3-UN_xyjyDXtZoQrlaIf4Hkg7l-SQFdTZ2-4R7RZMZBVWK2jcEZnFGwZOvP4-RxBoO5yrg8_bfrOg4_9xdKoQYC6W7D2V9-Tg/s1600-h/IMG_5897%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="large clock" border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO2dpzkHzzs8c4OGUxi6D5Ywu8NLpM7MJBX0LFD65pv_KkoWxJIdcN0dRA-NSNGVN8DqQmFI7l_Lif0-dw70saj-rrM0mXqejs7-AjFLZp7fMcgZEHKxYP-ENEsoib0j0IFed-mY63D4/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="large clock" width="400" /></a></p> <p>But do I really want a big clock in the bedroom? I’m thinking no. </p> <p>So I actually took a trip down the actual art aisle, which I never do – I haven’t bought wall art from a store in a really long time. (I’m <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/search/label/art">always DIYing stuff</a> instead.) But this floral print was really lovely: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bm-GetC5_sl3r2NdJr8OF_yZAEXKWY0x36KCdwo6LiJnq9MPSHjFCx6IQrPjtRSUP6HvkZURQcZUTy-H0xj1bCGSNkUKyG1C8otbMDq3sXsBOcfm9PSTvuqzTUEseQwQj81MCijRe60/s1600-h/IMG_5661%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><font color="#4c4c4c"></font><img alt="sewing table redo" border="0" height="751" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMKrA6P_jwEvM1suhUy_jungVrsfEIn5PynJbV4aIPt8S2x-jgtKEOwbv36PzQkc-rZCuVhlAt62P51WDbPGCJkuUhJHiCCYf0RZIAbV5BYaACX6S1bDuXSNS5PEwdMeBM90QIOoEQSU/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="sewing table redo" width="500" /></a></p> <p>I kept going back to it over and over – it was the right size, the right price and the colors will work <em>great</em> when the room changes. You can see I couldn't resist a few mirrors too – they are small so I gave myself a mirror pass. ;) </p> <p>Those of you who have been with me for awhile may remember <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-fab-happens-by-accident-and-for.html">the story of that black table</a>. I’ve had it for years, it was actually a road kill rescue. I LOVE it but haven’t found a great spot for it for awhile. </p> <p>It looked great next to the chair but it was wayyy too high, so I cut down the legs. This isn’t the first time I’ve done some trimming of legs and I have the process down to a science now. </p> <p>I taped them off with Frogtape where I want to cut (to keep the cut clean on the saw – it helps keep the jagged edges away) and then mark where I want to cut with a marker: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FSACcP_wKQwhMyPEjh9TDyCMFqCx6IGTLfswTMszrAcIXk1v4PvRm9OyBDKvgeWE7oiUCKL7o1oYEJM6rmS4vfZAktrF4abTpSLcrWdyNTpVJ7_h4vqOjyxwlgTSbJW-Yg_omip056I/s1600-h/IMG_5631%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="sewing table redo" border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZxhSqso04HRFF6lfZh8ItXeax4e09zfJkkGqr_4aWqQ5ErZvRPPwFiKAbdRcojGYSIF1owuPHddF1JQ8mlEiy1txqxWB_3zsslIYI__Qa6GpKLPRd1iHe1mBaM8qhMOAezFro8zVuG8/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="sewing table redo" width="500" /></a></p> <p>I hauled it out the garage and used my saw to cut them down and it was perfect!: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmpVq-uX1qM1V0s-QLpGjfp_FZadOoojNpXBI5qjBQTgz5rt1t50OijMxa6vJS2KK4tEDNxsvLXcDJ6SBL6N6C_7qPbxPVbLYDxxBlDJsBMuLc4_k6sYTiQNw0AXOgwOhk9ParpCdUxo/s1600-h/IMG_5658%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="sewing table redo" border="0" height="691" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sj1oWVlwAfwVy_rWNs13s7DJvmeLyKdy0tbdzZ0ZFcryzXcSfyiskc4a-jMDFf7n6vn7RPKPpVPBDoODlamFpPYWVfHgcwkWc_UQ01tkVLmGiRdPAnYMQSbs1IIRblOTkap1j6vJ1GM/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="sewing table redo" width="460" /></a></p> <p>I still love this little table so much! Now I’ll be able to use it pretty much anywhere – the taller height made it hard to use next to a chair or sofa. </p> <p>I didn’t do much to accessorize the table, just added a frame with a photo of us from long ago:</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_yLjenjOuTBck1uBirGqKt7S02NkWlFVCp1j3oR3sIlzkOZiV6Aick-aAEsgO6BEIJi3QbF6e2o9Ry2rJUNaejt9dCfashqLNLHLRw3HRVsrwHhqZyE2SI4K3l-UywQ6Jd6aHAFgSOI/s1600-h/IMG_5656%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="blue white yellow floral art" border="0" height="676" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTQz6-ISMMv19pVeiFy7TPOLXUWB7_pp4lglKiTicBcPA1vD4a3KFfVoob8TB10IVLT8KyJbbyTYrFh6CmPQoawPC6fAZXgmLfgtamhQhMemo3tdrRuZ9l0OI9wVtrpVPJRHNpUoxdbM/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="blue white yellow floral art" width="450" /></a></p> <p>Babies. :) </p> <p>The roses are from <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2013/05/tour-of-our-garden.html">my garden</a>. LOVE. </p> <p>I broke the art hanging rules and hung everything much lower than usual – it looked odd otherwise and I wanted it to stay cozy: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorJoCNKLGqQHblh_2IiXRJz6MdsM665sQ7yNne-7y-QS2-wnzT6fpahhlPu9u1bX9qdYrsrCs2ooV7D6XImR28h27RXv3QvsSZuopm2NPuDu2huTQ1HP-u-hccP8bJWTyWuN0BjqIlA8/s1600-h/IMG_5647%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="bedroom nook with chair" border="0" height="692" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOymMO8E_SftAo_frS-k5UTPRLEHHkmONvvFvqYQRo3-SbTYl6aXrkNPYxnlWd1ufswradlniBV2VzIiNeXJtkMCddnB5n4Xb1GhkRVosMPXqNBKpzrx7WDTHoXQdY68h4R3fjYql2n8/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="bedroom nook with chair" width="500" /></a>I know art is supposed to be at eye level, blahbity blah blah…but sometimes you just get to do what you want to do. Cause it’s <strong>your</strong> house.        </p> <p>That plant next to the sewing table is a palm variety and it does great in here – no direct sun but it loves it. You just have to watch it cause it will cut. you. For real. It’s palms can be viscous if you grab them wrong. So I just don’t grab them anymore. :) </p> <p>Here’s a view of the before and after again, my favorite! The totally crappy before picture: </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ngJJy_BPIFRF-SPRZeoNQ4hpeOPZUt2nxYhqhexyAEjVv5CiprmFq-4SZMPmgKqZdIyf44aRRtDnxb-OhurHBHUcFchS5eqlcqPRKbV3Q4v15HAqikz-_Pqeh5mIrsLits56xWj6iWw/s1600-h/IMG_4077%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AvEmYklp4jXhGcCjEyb-ozATB9-Dtm3-AJzakhDycNAkdQKa7-psa89EATdU-rb9QjJqoUvvwerfB8K5buyXBzbqe-jH2ZfzJLwWjx7KM0idxJM5c741ZuWdqvi7558fl0FsGHiCos0/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="" width="400" /></a></p> <p>My son hated that dark hutch – he’s not afraid of much but it totally freaked him out. I think at night especially it just looked like a black hole in there. </p> <p>My style in our bedroom has always been a little eclectic. It doesn’t always make a lot of sense but it’s that one room I like to try to mix metals and textures and I love it:</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7S2iFai0BSQPSAQ8RUvnWquzyrramy29pathgj79AHXC8Xh3VwgSkFrYhIdU-DvqIA-M2QlT50wBLhH31Li54QS1XwYoD2gY2RmK0R9BifEyHYdhWwQxicikysU-30WS7AHgfpSQWnM/s1600-h/IMG_5643%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="bedroom nook" border="0" height="695" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6Ln44fMyMWDdFeyF1ahd_amTNH2eFtzs33QRNL1dMazYgEwo99kkY-Cye3FKK7I2dKuZCh-wGstbPY6uyNHUOtNyj7EUOI4iDmIFjRLF0UdRhdiw6OTMbc6sPlqM8jjdEcDFUvDZ_Nw/?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="bedroom nook" width="515" /></a></p> <p>OK, so it’s not totally manly for a “man nook,” but totally manly decor isn’t going to happen in the bedroom anyway. It’s a great spot for the hubs to relax and it’s all for HIM, which he loves. He especially appreciates the roses, I’m sure. </p> <p>BIG changes are coming in here soon! I’m so stinking excited but it’s going to keep me busy this summer. </p> <p>Have you seen the Threshold items at Target? I get giddy when the aisles change up every few months…it’s like a toy store for a decor lover. It’s been a blast showing you some of their awesomeness. To see past posts, go <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2013/02/threshold-in-foyer.html">here</a> for the foyer, <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2013/03/basement-toy-organization-check.html">here</a> for the basement family room updates and <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2013/04/diy-floating-shelves-bathroom-progress.html">here</a> for the bathroom. </p> <p>Have a BEAUTIFUL day!! </p>

The man nook

Hello there and how are you this lovely Wednesday? So, I’ve gotten SO much done in the powder room but it’s practically all I’ve focused on for the past few weeks. It was time to take a little break and work on a little something different. I needed the distraction! Remember that one time when Tar…

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