Category: Home & Garden

Posted on

Mom decided on North Carolina furniture

I told you that my mother was wanting some new furniture since my father passed away.  Well she has decided that she’s going to get Ashley Furniture from North Carolina instead of from somewhere else.  I didn’t realize just how much furniture is made in North Carolina.

It’s more or less the American capital of the furniture industry and you can find some great furniture at fantastic prices there.  You used to have to go to North Carolina to get the great deals but now all you have to do is go to their web site and pick out what you want.  Trust me, you’ll save more money than you can imagine.

Posted on

IT’S RAINING!!

I just got back from lunch and when I stepped out of the door to go to lunch, it was raining!!  Boy do we need this rain too.  It’s been really dry again lately and they have a burning ban all over the state.  It looks like we could get out of this darn drought sometime, ya know.

I think it’s supposed to rain pretty much through Sunday and then the stupid ‘S’ word was spoken too.  SNOW!!  Like I told you earlier, I’m sick of winter and so very ready for spring to come and stay.  Winter keeps playing peek-a-boo with us just like spring lately.

Posted on

Getting a new mattress

Now that I am getting a new bedroom suite, I have decided that maybe I need a new mattress too.  I didn’t realize that mattresses were so expensive or that there were so many to choose from.  I decided to check out online to see if I could find what I really want cheaper and I did.  I found a web site that has the down pillow top mattresses like I want at a really great price.  I hate a hard bed but my mother loves them.  I like to feel like I’m laying on a cloud and that’s what the pillow top mattresses I have laid on feel to me.

The really neat thing about this site is that I can also find a down pillow like I like.  I really don’t care for a hard or too soft of a pillow.  Nothings worse than laying on a pillow and it keeps your head up too much and gives you a crick in the neck or goes so flat that you may as well not even have a pillow.  I like the down pillows because they’re soft and yet not too soft.  I guess I’m a bit picky, huh?  Oh well, I like what I like and that’s the way it is.

Posted on

Do you have cable or satellite TV?

My darn cable bill kept going up and up it seemed every couple of months. I had cable for quite some time and decided to check out  DirecTV.  Oh sure I had heard all of the bull that goes with satellite TV but that’s what it was, bull.  I talked with a friend of mine that has had DirecTV for quite some time and they have been totally happy with them.

Well that made me decide to check into some of the DirecTV offers I was hearing about and was pleasantly surprised at just how much I could save with them.  I could get several movie channels free for 3 months and when they say free, they mean free, not like some other deals that end up charging you for the free part anyway.

One thing is for sure, the DirecTV specials made it hard not to switch form cable so they’re coming tomorrow and installing my new satellite tomorrow with all the bells and whistles just like I had with the cable company but I’ll save a lot and get more with DirecTV over my cable.

Posted on

Talk about lucky!

A friend of mine married a guy in the service.  Well she just called me all excited about moving to Hawaii. Talk about lucky. I wish I could even visit there and she’s lucky enough to move there.  Not to mention she’s got a great guy too.

They are using this company that brings out this ‘ReloCube’ out to their house for them to pack all of their stuff into, and then they ship it where they’re moving too.  That is great.  In fact they are in good standings with the Better Business Bureau too so they know their stuff will be okay with them.

Posted on

Much needed rain but a dreary day

Well today was dreary as could be but we did get some much needed rain, thank goodness.  We were fine in January as far as the drought goes but now it seems that we are back into a moderate drought because since January, we haven’t gotten much rain at all.  In fact, we’ve gotten half of what we should have gotten.

That’s not good.  I just hope that this mess straightens out and we start getting what we’re supposed to get.  I just hope we don’t do like a lot of places have done and end up with too much rain, ya know what I’m saying?

Posted on

Need some color?

I love white walls believe it or not.  But I don’t love bare walls.  There are lots of ways to bring color into your rooms.  One is with the furnishings you have in the room.  Another is with accessories you put in your room too.  Brightly colored on a neutral colored couch can really brighten a room.  Not only that but brightly colored lamps or flowers can too.  There’s a lot of different ways to accomplish the look you want even with white walls.

Here’s one that I love.  It’s with canvas art and you know how much art can add color to a room. Not only color but also a richness you can’t quite match with just smearing paint on your walls.  Don’t get me wrong, walls painted and accented the correct way can really make a room special but I prefer my wall art do that for me instead of the color of the walls.

You can set the mood of a room with art work depending on what you choose.  Landscapes bring the outside in and flower art work does too.  I love artwork of scenery.  I can travel to a tropical island with a beautifully painted piece of art work.

Posted on

New Bedroom furniture for me maybe?

Helping Mom look for new furniture has gotten me interested in maybe getting a new bedroom suite too.  I found some ideal standard bathrooms online that really sparked my interest.  The selection was great so it took me quite a while to find just a couple that I could narrow my choices to.

Then I decided to check out bathroom accessories that would go along with my new look in my bedroom.  There’s nothing worse than having a master bedroom with a bathroom in it that doesn’t flow along with the bedroom decor.  I have seen that too many times in my friends homes.  To me, it takes away from the beautiful bedroom if the bathroom doesn’t reflect the same style, you know?

Then I came across the kudos showers and suddenly decided I needed a part time job to do what I wanted to do to both my bedroom and master bathroom.  But you know what, it’s going to be fabulous when I finish.  I can’t wait to get started.

Posted on

Mom thinking about redecorating

Since my father passes, my mother has been in a bit of a slump.  I guess I should say that she has grieved for a long time.  My sisters and I had a long talk with her about it and I even told her about what I was going to do for her for Valentines day.  I really think all of what we had to say came as a shock to her.  She just didn’t realize it showed I think.

We told her she needed to make some positive changes so she could get on with her life.  Well she popped up and said she would love to get some new furniture.  We all thought that was a wonderful idea.  He said that she has always liked furnishing from Italy or Germany.  Daddy didn’t so they had what he wanted instead of what she liked.  They make some of the prettiest modern furniture and that’s what she was wanting to do, go modern.

I told her about a web site that carried furnishings from Spain and Belgium too.  She loved the thought and went straight to her computer and started shopping.  The best part is that the furniture is 100% guaranteed authentic.  Once we started looking at the furniture, all of us understood what it was Mom liked about furniture from there.  It’s absolutely gorgeous.  The first thing she picked out was a wonderful bed by Ruf Betten.  It is wonderful but sure was a surprise to us that it was something Mom wanted.  I can’t wait until she gets it.  I think Mom’s going to be just fine now.

Posted on

Are your bulbs coming up?

I just noticed this morning as I was leaving for work that my crocus are up and blooming.  My daffodils are up about 4 inches too.  I thought that stupid groundhog said we were going to have 6 more weeks of winter.  I think he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.  Maybe they will have 6 more weeks of winter in Pennsylvania but it sure doesn’t feel or look like it here.  I hope we have seen the last of the really cold weather personally.