THE GOOD NEWS, THE BAD NEWS.........

 

I am starting with the good news.

My blogger friend, Suzan Stoddard

who's blog

oldgreymareprimitives.blogspot.com

had a give-a-way recently.

I was one of the lucky winners

of this wonderful book.....

 

Look how beautiful it was wrapped!!!

But I was too nosy.

Off came the pretty ribbon...

and the charming decal and paper.....

 

........and there it was......

 

"Where Woman Create"

Book of organisation.

 

In my entire life, I have truly NEVER won anything.

You can imagine how exited I was!

The book is wonderful,

and will be great inspiration to me,

as I will try to organize my studio.

Tons of things to go through.

 

These are just a few of the charming pictures of

Suzan's studio.

That gal has it all together!!!!

She is always weeding out and organizing.

She will be my muse.

 

Don't you just love it?!

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And now to the bad news....

 

 

from Thursday evening on, and all day Friday

it snowed, and snowed.....

15 inches, or 38 Centimeters.

 

It was very wet and VERY heavy snow.

Hubby had to pull it off the roof for fear of damage.

 

 

The bench looks like it got cushions.....

just needs a few throw pillows....

 

The railings are snow capped.... 

 

 

while Teddy is snuggled in furry cushions

and staying warm.

 

 

The lantern became the "incredible snowball".

 

 

And the screens in the porch became curtains.

The snow stuck to everything,

making it look quite beautiful.

 

As it stands right now,

I am SICK of the snow

and am yearning for rabbits to frolic

in our meadows....

 

 

and spring flowers to bloom.

 

 

For us East Coasters, it has been a rough winter.

I am hoping that we will be rewarded for all this misery

with a most beautiful season to come!

 

Sending  you all warm greetings.

God bless,

Evi

 

IN LULU'S WORDS

 

A lot of people have read about me by now.

 

My name is Lulu, or as my new mom and dad

affectionately call me....

Lulumouse.

Can't say that I am thrilled about that,

 but you get the picture....

I love mice....my toy mice.

 

I have LOTS of them.

 

 

Not only do I have lots of toy mice,

but my mom and dad told me their last kitty cat

was called Mouse,

and they loved him very much too.

He supposedly looked a lot like me...

in a boy-kind of way,

all greys, white and a little brown thrown in,

hence his name Mouse.

Above is an old picture of him.

I guess he was cute too.

 

As I said before,

I am not too thrilled about the "mouse" part,

but my new parents can call me whatever they want,

because they love me soooo much.

They play with me and with my wonderful toys......

 

 

 

they laugh when I stalk things.....

 

 

enjoy watching me watching birdies and squirrels.

( I am going to be an inside cat,

safe from all the bad things in the woods)

 

 

They know when I need a cuddle, like right now....

 

 

 

and they think, I am so darn cute,

that they spoil me.

 

So, I have decided not to live under the couch anymore.

I only go there when I get scared, which still happens.

I visit my mom while she is sewing, because she is

in the room right next to me.

I love watching her, and she talks to me softly

and even sings to me.

 

She has an antique picture of a kitty from very, very long ago.

That picture was here, way before they found me.

Don't you think, I was meant to live here.

She looks just like me.

 

 

I sleep most of the day and play mostly at night...

I guess I am a night owl.

I dream of my life before they found me.

I was always scared, and hungry and felt so alone..

I dream about the spiral thing that my humans

walk up and down on.

Soon I will be brave enough to follow them upstairs

I wonder what it is like up there.

Mom and dad tell me it is wonderful with lots

of windows to look out of.

But before I check that out, I need a little more courage.

 

This was then.....

 

 

The 24th of January was the most important day

in my young life.

It is the day that I hit the jackpot and got adopted.

Oh, I wish all pets would be as lucky as I am!!!!

We abandoned pets desperately need a home

 just like my new one!

 

.......and this is now !!!!!!

I will continue my story every once in a while.

For now

"miaow" from Lulumouse.

 

God bless,

from Mom Evi

 

A SWEET TREAT FROM ITALY

 

My dolls made it all the way to Italy,

well in pictures anyway.

Sweet Susanna of

vittoriana.blogspot.com

was kind to do a post of my "babies".

Have fun checking it out.

Thank you Susanna for your thoughtfulness!

 

God bless,

Evi

 

QUIET REFLECTIONS

 

There are times in our lives where we need

to sit back and reflect.

This is our time to do that.

 

 We had a very bad medical scare in our family.

It has made us sit up and take stock.

It made us be thankful for second chances,

and it made us grateful that we are still

all together.

It makes you realize that small things are not

all that important.

It makes you thankful that the worst has not happened.

And most of all, it teaches you to make

the most of every day,

to love each other and life.

Plainly said...

don't sweat the small stuff.

 

 

The snow makes me feel quiet.

It makes me feel secure inside,

being alone with my thoughts.

 

And life can be beautiful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It snowed again after the last snowstorm.

This time some of the flakes were as big as the palms

of my hand.

Incredibly beautiful!

 

There is a fairytale by the brothers Grimm

about Frau Holle.

When she fluffed up her feather bed,

it snowed beautiful snowflakes.

This reminds me of it.

 

 

The snow was heavy and wet.

Truly a winter wonderland.

 

 

The black of the crows looks pretty

against all the snow.

 

 

So magical.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next month is spring,

all this will be a memory,

With spring will come renewal and hope.

Hold your loved ones tight,

let them know that you love them.

 

God bless,

Evi

 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

 

 

A little birdie told me

that he loves me.

Thank you honey!

 

Aren't they beautiful?!

 

 

Happy Valentines Day

to everyone.

Hope you all feel loved

and cared for!!!

 

God bless,

Evi

THE GREEN HORNET OR INSIDE A PEA

 

I can't decide if I am dealing with living with a

bathroom that reminds me of a green pea,

or an annoying green hornet.

I guess, it is a bit of both.

 

We embarked on the remodel of this little half bath

next to the bedroom.

Actually there was meant to be a bathtub in this room,

but the first owner of our home,

(we are the third),

decided that she needed a closet for her dresses more

than a bathtub, and reversed it....so that space it is now in the hall.

I would have preferred the tub, but we have lived with

it so many years, that it will stay the way it is.

Nonetheless, some things really needed updating.

The toilet needed to be turned a 90 degree angle....

and who knew, that a "little" change like that

could entail two days of work from our plumber

and empty our wallet.

But it needed to be done.

When your knees hit the vanity, you know there is a problem.

 

 

All in all, it served us well, but it is time for a change.

 

 

 

 

It is all torn apart now, and work is being done as I write.

 

We are doing a new color scheme, and are going

with grey and white.

 

 

We picked a vanity from the

Martha Stewart collection at Home Depot,

and things that went with it.

 

 

I am going with polished nickel for the faucet, lamp,

and towel holders, etc.

I LOVE this faucet from Martha.....

problem is, the write-up about the quality is NOT good.

So, the search is on for another polished nickel faucet.

 

 I am staying with the light fixture, only two lights though.

This looks like brass, but is polished nickel too.

 

 

This is the picture on the box of the vanity.

This looks distorted. Top and bottom measurements

are the same.

I am using tile like shown in the picture on our floor,

and there will be bead board halfway up.

It will be nice to get away from all the green.

 

With all of this, I am sewing,

because next week I will post some rabbits.

(More about that soon) 

My back does not allow me to sit sewing for

hours as I usually do....still sciatica problems.

And most of all....

there is our little Lulu!

I like to thank you all for your kind words,

and helpful advice.

Lulu is a treasure!!!!

She is still hiding a lot during the day,

but now the couch which has a skirt,

is her favorite hang-out.

She lets us cuddle her and purrs like crazy,

but she still does not let us pick her up.

We respect her wishes.

She does start to play with us.

We bought her a scratch stand with a round disk

which holds a ball that rolls in a track.

So, she is on one side pushing it, and I am on the other.

I'd say, that this is a huge improvement from

two weeks ago.

She seems to play like a crazy girl all night,

but stays with her toys, not my "stuff".

When things settle down a bit, I will visit everyone again.

Until then, thank you for giving me hope

that things will change with Lulu.

 

 

 

 

As we are waiting for the approaching super snowstorm,

I keep telling myself, that next month is spring.

So whats a "little" snow....

I wish you a wonderful weekend!

 

God Bless,

Evi