Month: March 2013

• Easter Weekend

  We will be leaving for Star Hill in the morning.  YIPPEE!  It has been three weeks since this weekend country girl got a chance to go to the country.  My goals for the weekend: Enjoy family coming up to visit us. Cook steaks and sit outside to enjoy the spring weather on the deck! Unplug […]

  Karen

  March 29, 2013

  The City House

• The Last Day at Work

  Today was the hardest day of my career. Today is my last day at a school that I have poured my heart into. They will be with me always because they made me a better person, teacher, and principal.

  Karen

  March 28, 2013

  The City House

• How to Clean Granite

  I will admit it. We are messy up in this house from time to time. I love my granite counter tops but let me be honest, if I knew how much work they would be I would have thought twice about them, especially a light color. Granite is porous. It absorbs things. Especially greasy things, […]

  Karen

  March 27, 2013

  The City House

  Cleaning Granite

• Turning a Headboard Into a Faux Mantle

  A young friend Elizabeth, and former student, of mine posted on Facebook a while back that she was looking for a mantle. She and a friend have moved into an apartment in Kemah, Texas. One of my favorite Texas cities. Elizabeth has a vintage, shabby, once grand now aged style. I started looking for a […]

  Karen

  March 26, 2013

  Apartment living, Decorating, glazing, home decorating, mantle, recycled furniture, Repurposed Furniture

  Faux mantle, inexpensive headboard, Painting laminated furniture

• I Wish Life Was Like T-Ball

  My friend, The Social Planner, generously allows Hubby and me to participate in family activities from time to time.  She and her husband are fortunate enough to have her three boys living close by.  An added bonus is she has two grea daughter-in-laws.  The cherry on top is that she has three amazing grandkids who […]

  Karen

  March 24, 2013

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• The Junk Fairy End Table

  When we returned from seeing The Southern Belle, we were greeted at the front door by this beauty.  The junk fairy apparently made a visit while we were gone! I knew that this dude was worth saving, but we just don’t have a place for it.  I know it sounds crazy but I do not […]

  Karen

  March 24, 2013

  Curbside rescue, glazing, painting, Repurposed Furniture

  1970’s end table, Behr paint, Happy Camper Green, painted furniture

• Technology… My Nemesis

  It has never been a secret that I am lacking int the technology department.  I cannot figure out what I have done wrong this time.  For some reason a post that I posted in January is coming up every time someone logs in and not my new posts.  I have looked at the settings but […]

  Karen

  March 22, 2013

  The City House

• A Fifteen Minute $6.00 Side Yard Spruce Up

  Two four year old dollar store chairs that were faded by the sun, a newly power washed concrete slab, a small table that folds up and has floated around the house for years, and a tray I found in the boy’s closet when I cleaned it out. (No idea why I put it there…) Valspar […]

  Karen

  March 21, 2013

  Decorating, moving, Painted Furniture, recycled furniture, The City House, using bright colors

  Bright Colors, Painting patio Furniture

• Hubby’s View on Plants

  I have just finished three days working on the yard at the city house with the love of my life, aka Mr. Grumpy because he was stuck at the city house on the weekend. I discovered something about this farm boy. I have come to the conclusion that he categorizes plants into the following categories: […]

  Karen

  March 20, 2013

  The City House

• What the Junk Fairy Left Me

  I wanted to show you all what the Junk Fairy left on my front porch. It is a solid wood 1970’s beauty. I think I am going to stain the top, but what color should I paint the bottom? It is definitely going to be gifted once done, so if you want it, you have […]

  Karen

  March 19, 2013

  The City House