How was your weekend? Me? Oh, I completed a 23-year long project. No, make that I realized a 23+-year-old dream. The Ultimate DIY may you be inspired. The Ultimate DIY may you be inspired We have to begin this journey over 50 years ago when my father was in grade school. My father grew up in a time when dyslexia had a different name. Horrible names like “stupid”, “idiot” and “lazy”. My father was a brilliantly gifted artist and athlete. But when he was 16 he couldn’t take the name ... View the Post
A Captive Audience Creates a Delighted Mother
On Mother’s Day, I didn’t ask for flowers. A Captive Audience Creates a Delighted Mother. A Captive Audience Creates a Delighted Mother I didn’t request breakfast in bed. No, I wanted something more. I wanted willing assistants who wouldn’t complain while helping me clean out their closets, try on some clothes that were perhaps too small, and maybe even get rid of a few things. It is a brilliant, EVIL ploy because they know they have to have smiling faces on Mother’s Day. I even ... View the Post
A wee little tea set
My sweet Grandma Jingles (as affectionately called by my children) recently sent me a package. She had decided to move again into an assisted living facility and had to downsize a bit. She thought that I would probably adore and treasure a wee little tea set she played with as a girl. A wee little tea set Treasure indeed. These wee cups are over 80 years old. I adore the sweet bluebird that adorns the dishes. I am overjoyed that the dishes were well loved and have a few chips and ... View the Post
Mother’s Day
Today is Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day If Roses grow in Heaven, Lord pick a bunch for me, Place them in my Mothers arms and tell her they're from me. Tell her that I Love Her, and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for a while. Because remembering her is easy, I do it every day, but there is an ache within my heart that will never go away. ~Author Unknown. I dialed my mothers number the other day. I wanted to share with her something hilarious Sweet ... View the Post
Love bears all things
I am a writer. I write when I am happy. I write when I am sad. I write as therapy to help me cope with knee-buckling grief. This blog is my notepad. I have always said that I began this blog as a document of my life. To have anyone read it is just icing on the cake. Love bears all things. Love bears all things For those of you who read Decor To Adore regularly then you know that it is generally a happy and positive place. In the midst of my grief, I have not been writing my full feelings ... View the Post
Design School Dropout?
So the question of just how much can one person endure has come up. The overwhelming love and support shown by my friends have truly been carrying me through this past week. But am I a Design School Dropout? Then I returned to school…. I encountered a situation that made me feel like the first image. Design School Dropout? Let me start out by saying that two of my instructors ROCK! They are working with me and I am really amazed, grateful and inspired by their support and I am so ... View the Post
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