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Sensible Chic

Have you ever heard of the show call "Sensible Chic?" It's where they showcase  a designers room and try to replicate it on a budget.  That's pretty  much what I've done my whole married life- dream about the designer room...but try to make it on a budget.

Which brings me to this little table- - love it, but at $1,650.00 it's a little much for the "Hamlet" budget.

I was in need of a couple end tables  .....I wanted something old world looking but with a modern twist.{I plan to add the modern twist}  Here's what I found....oval antique Marble end table- $25

 

So How did I do?  This is what I plan to do-  paint it white just to soften it a bit-and add a mirrored lamp - and a large piece of white coral. What would you do? I'm open to ideas- especially something with a modern twist.

So How did I do?-

 

$25                                                  $1,650.00

I'm also linking up with Melissa today- It's a Beautiful Life.

Plus come see how to make a summer arrangment at Blissful- Love to hear from you.

 

 

Mason Mission update-

June 17, 2009

• Well this past week was hard like we hardly have any lessons though. And we found about 3 new investigators. Which is good but still I know that we can do better.
• Well the weather is wired here it was raining like all day yesterday and sunny today. So WHATS WITH THAT!
• I am doing good we have a lot of work this past transfer just me and Elder Wilkins {my companion} found around 30 new investigators. Speaking of transfers I will find out if I am leaving Billings or not this Friday. So that is exciting. It is crazy how time goes by when you are doing the Lords work.

 

 Tell everyone that I love them and thank them for being there for me. It means a lot to me. Tell Margaret Ann thanks for helping me when I was a little kid and reading me the book of Mormon. I Know I was helped because of what she did for me.
Well got to go. But I am praying for you guys every day. And I can feel the prayers that you say for me.

July 1, 2009

• Oh and while we were helping them move Elder Wilkings (my companion) smashed his big toe. He was wearing sandals and a big piece of glass hit his toe and his toe nail came off and got 3 stitches. So guess what I get to drive now. I get to drive the truck until he is better.
• am 110 percent focus on the missionary work. We hope that this transfer we will have 3 people baptized and it’s a family that we hope for. We are teaching a family of 4 but only 3 of them can be baptized. So I hope. It would be awesome if we can baptize a family.
• ps by the way I gained about 10 pounds so far I am at 115  now.
• I also had the opportunity to brand some cows that was lots of fun but a lot of work to keep them from moving.

July 8, 2009

• I am doing really well. Having a blast.
• Last Sunday we went to the dry cleaners and the ladies there just asked if we would come over and teach her, and her sister and Dad. So that was cool.  Just having someone ask is cool.
• Well the 4th of July was awesome!
• With all the fireworks going off...a thought hit me- It was like a war ...then It hit me that we are in a war, a war of truth. To bring them back to Christ.
• When we were on our bikes and riding I was thinking why it always rains when we ride our bikes. I was complaining, but then I thought how can I complain about this when the pioneers went through a lot more then I am.  so I stopped complaining and thanked God for this rain and helping me to realize that what he puts in front of us makes us stronger.  So I was grateful.
• I love you guys.  I am grateful to have you guys as my parents.
• Tell everyone I love them.
• The New Mission president is awesome. He is a cool guy. Already love him.  But the coolest thing he is exactly my height. So that's way cool.
• Well I am working my hardest.  And I will never stop working Hard.

Love Elder Andersen

What I was doing at .....

 

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Here's what I was doing-

 

How exciting I was renting out a mini storage unit!  I thought it was a fun idea- so I'm joining in.

Happy day.

Flooring

After reading everything we could get on hands on & talking to people who had laid wood flooring- We have begun.....yes, the floor is going in.  One piece at a time- It's amazing what you can learn from a DIY type book. {we've never laid a wood floor before}

If it looks like we are doing it wrong....please don't tell us, it's too late now ....Plus, we want to be happy in our ignorance.
{We are getting close to being finished- then I will show all the before and afters.}
Thanks for stopping by- have a great day.

First Impressions

              

                   I'm at Blissful today-  come check it out.
Have a wonderful day-

Small Town USA

Here's a little run down on how our fourth of July went- in small town USA.

 

 

• Danny planted four trees-
• Olive
• Cherry
• and two Maples.

While he was doing that I worked on the art for the small bathroom-

 

• The two pictures on the left were pictures I took and framed.

• The others I found at Target on the end caps for $2.50 a piece- I'm now a fan of checking out all the end caps.  Happy Day

Also while Dan is doing all the hard work- I started working on this sweet little antique makeup vanity. {Amy found it at a garage sale and told me about it....Thanks Amy} I think it will turn out great.

 

We stopped our work long enough to head downtown for the July 4th parade.

 

The green Acres float was a hoot. {yes, they were singing the "green Acres" song. =)

The day ended with the traditional Firework show on the football field- sitting in our traditional spot in front of the goal post- {that's been our spot for about 30 years}.

 

I'm hoping that someday we can get all the kids and their families together in front of the goal post in the future. Maybe even sign them up to be in the parade, now that would be fun.

 

Hope your fourth was wonderful.

 

Visual Perfection-

I have terrible fine motor coordination and "tiny" projects like crafts, writing, and quilting I can't seem to wrap my fingers around them... I've done them but they would not past the "visual perfection" test.
I try not to make a big deal out of it- if I was ever called on to make a quilt I could- it just wouldn't look as nice as a lot of you great quilters out there. 
With that said- I love making and keeping a lovely home.  The cleaning, tidying, arranging, beautifying routine of it all.
I believe that you can take the simplest of things and with just a little cleaning, painting and fun... magic happens.....there is magic in the mundane.
   I realized early on in my life that a great deal of my time was going to be spent "homemaking" So I thought I might as well figure out how to get the most fun and satisfaction out of it.
If I didn't know how to do something I went to the library and checked out books about the subject, and read & practiced, read and practiced.  But I have to say- it was the older ladies in our ward, and friends that I learned the most from.  I'm thankful for friends that know way more than I.   I've learned so much from them... and I'm thankful for the sweet older ladies that mentored me and lovingly took me under their wing.
I  realize that I'm now one of those older ladies in the ward.....and it made me realized that I'm not playing my part very well.  
Everyone needs a loving friend to learn from- some guidance & loving wisdom from someone who has been there done that....
I know I still do.

 

"What was paradise but a Garden." - William Coles-

Bring the Beach Home-

Okay, so here's a little silly- this little home i.e. the "Hamlet"  that we are fixing up; well I've decided that each room will have a touch of the beach. {In honor of the coastal fog we can see once in awhile...I know I'm stretching }

In the Kitchen I have two "beachy"  things

the shell light and now this centerpiece-

 

• One glass vase
• an assortment of shells
• curly willow branches
• 5 hydrangea stems
• one fern
• 2 stems greenery-

Use the shells to hold the stems in place- Just stick them any old way- =)

 

 

If you can't go to the beach.....bring the beach to you.

I'm linking up with Melissa's  "It's a Beautiful Life" series come on over-

"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are"- Marianne Williamson

A lot of ......

This &.....

 

Before's &

 

After's.... Happening around here.

 

The whole story coming soon.

We have been called-

To be Temple Workers- Happy Day.

  

The purpose of the Temple-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x_-TQivCx8