Day 11 Family Fun

Day 11Our life experiences will have resonances within our innermost being, so that we will feel the rapture of being alive.
                     -Joseph Campbell

My spirit is singing because I am moving forward in my clear and positive thinking and being creative today.  So today, I am blogging and seeing beautiful projects and getting ready to start the apple season by making some apples for fall and christmas (yes, I said christmas). 

I will share this project in my future post!  But I used my vintage tablecloths and assorted fabrics I had.  The boys helped me collect the sticks and stuffed the apples with me.  I will share this with my blogging friends.

 When I went to the church flea market I found so great items and then found a garage sale with some lace and this wonderful anchor.

                          Isn't this a great piece.

It fit into my display swimingly, which I am sharing with Faded Charm, White Wednesday (click on the link on my sidebar to the right)

My grandfather World War I and II, Navy Officer, the anchor just sings to me and it's white!

Gourds from the church sale, I love the design, stars, squids the boys say!  Going to share with my uncommonslice of suburbia, also on sidebar.

All white items were my finds this week, I am a happy girl.

Is she not the sweetest...she is on a metal frame and don't think I can part with her (I think I always say that).

This beautiful swan was at Goodwill and she had to come to the house.  I have a vase that hubby's parent got on their honeymoon, dad gave it to me.

My next project with be to "fall" this up!  Hope to have it ready for next week.  There are 3 white cases with 20 separate "stalls"  The mounted TV takes up 2 stalls.

 Daphne has a great giveaway, of course I want this beautiful purse!

I included some family fun, living in the moment and joy (my blogging friends).
Safe Travels,
Di

Day 10 Family Fun - Living in the Moment

Day 10
First Day of a schedule where everyone is at work or school and taxi service was on.  I sat back and thought you know not every day is Fun.  You can only do so many projects, what could I do for family fun?  I certainly am living in the moment and trying to be present but today was a hard one.  I am waiting to here on a job, no one calls back and that is frustrating.  Some days you feel all walled up!

Our family has moved from Orlando and Charleston and we are scattered all over the house.  Family situations have occured and it has been a difficult time closing my mom's estate.  My husband and I have experience sickness, stress and loss this year and have found that our family means so much to us.
Some days you feel like just reflecting...

So with all that is my head, how to have family fun today.  I center myself, take a deep breath and find my purpose.  As I stood in the laundry room, the washer not draining, I took a deep breath and knew that my purpose is life and my talent is living it!  I read this in Mark Nepo's book The Book of Awakening, but thought yeah that is a bit deep.  But you know it did hit today, my fun was picking up my grandsons from school and read not 1 or 2 but 4 books when we got home.  That was my joy and fun today.  Nothing grand, no projects just living in the moment.
My two boys...just what I needed, a little boy time just us...

Thank you for this grand 31 day adventure.

Di

Day 9 Family Fun and living in the moment

We went to the playground and it appeared as a fort with endless possibilities.  Do you remember just letting go and twirling around or swing as high as you could go?

Those days at times seem so far away, yet I get a glimpse when the little one makes some wise observation.  Just 6 and he says "MiMi, don't you think we could just do this for the rest of our lives?"
Yes, Ro, I think we will do just that...at least for the afternoon.  No worries, no thoughts but enjoying the laughter of children and the beauty of the day.
So, just let go and enjoy yourself, try to let the worries go away...give thanks.
Safe Travels my Friends,
Di

Day 8 Family Fun and Living the Life I want

Day 8 Family Fun and Living the Life I want
Gardening in a new environment, making changes in the yard and in my self.
Sharing the changes over the summer to fall...we started with a charming cottage to rent while getting use to our new home city.  The changes is me are just as important as the yard.  A lot of pruning, replanting and nurturing.  I am able to rest and rejuvenate because of my family.  They have worked to help settle and spend plenty of time with us.  They have feed us great natural meals full of vegetables and family time.  Now we are lucky enough to have our oldest, her husband and little boy stay with us through the holidays.

It hasn't been easy for me to take a look at the past year.  Alot of changes, but well worth it.  So as the yard gets ready for the fall, so do I.  I look forward to the changes we made this summer showing progress to the next seasons, I welcome the change more now than ever.



 Hubby ready for work on the yard, it was very overgrown and weeds abundant.  We had beautiful pots to fill.  Thankfully the patio slate is beautiful and the layout perfect for some grilling.

I had to spend quite a bit of time digging out these herbs, they had embedded into the slate from the herb garden.

The daylillies were perfect as is!

The herb garden was a little over run but the lavender and rosemary are so beautiful.

The herb garden needed work but I put my rabbit in to spruce it up and guard it.

I replanted my favorite succulents in my concrete pot

I redid this cute area with blooming purple passion vine and ivy.  I also planted a pepper plant.

We added our vintage iron table and an umbrella for shade

We planted cucumbers and my helper watered every day

As the weather gets cooler we are eating outside and the greenery has shaped up with hubby's care.  We added red rockers for a pop of color.

A cute table and lights for the downstairs patio to enjoy the view

This has grown so pretty!

Bunny and Atti did a great job on the herb garden.

Wouldn't this beautiful tablecloth be great on my table!http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/giveaway-modern-country-tablecloth.html

And now we are ready for fall and cool dinners outside.  Now we will have to see about a fire pit!

Linking up with Donna at her great Saturday night linky

http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/

Safe Travels,

The other loves of my life!

Di

Day 7 Family Fun--Ghosty Times

Family Fun Day 7

Today both grandsons were over.  We made ghosts!

I took an old sheet and cut with my pinking sheers in various sizes.

Then took tennis balls, balls of fabric and balls of paper towels to form the head.

Pick up the frabic place the ball in the middle of the fabric and wrap around the ball tie with twine

With a sharpie if you want a face draw round eyes, round mouth or if you are like my group...make fun or scary face.  We even did a Harry Potter face for the little one.

Then I took the clear thread made a few stiches to hand them up.

The son in law got the big ladder out and hung them around the driveway

We put the spider web material up but it doesn't show up well

Help!

Real Spider as we are hanging up our webs.

Look what we found out in the yard.

We went to Goodwill and the 2010 costumes were there, brand new ($10 versus $30), the spider web $1, sheets and balls, twine free.  The smile on the little ones face priceless...

Day 7 Living in the moment...Treasure the time not the amount of money you spend.

Safe Travels, Di

A morning full of fun.

Fall Outdoor Spaces

Outdoor dinner, 64 degrees, beautiful!

We will add spider webs and ghost tomorrow.

I think this needs a bow, what do you think?

We are visiting Thyme in a Garden this weekend to add some fall punch and get some pumpkins!!

                                   Modern Country Style's

Fall In Love

link party!

http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-in-love-link-party.html

and

http://thriftydecorchick.com/

See you soon ya'll, Di

Day 6 Family Fun and Being Present in the Life you Live

Day 6 Family Fun and Being Present in the Life you Live

In Mark Nepo's Book Awakening for October 6th he talks about being still and moving fast, how can you be both.  We were just talking about this with my grandson because he was asking exactly what we would be doing moment to moment after school.  He was moving to fast and counting the time away and not enjoying being with his dad and me.  When we talked about that he amazingly got it.  How do we not get it? 

So my awareness today is to enjoy the moment even when I am not aware that exciting things are going on, I need to enjoy the stillness of just being.  Today I am going to hang out with my daughter and husband and just be.

Matthew Mead Collection

Be sure to take part in all of the fun and prizes and, again, here is the link to our video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fs08ocTDFk

 Be sure to visit Matthew and sign up for his great giveaways!Safe Travels,Di

Day 5 Family Fun; Living in the Moment and being present

Day 5 Seek Life Everywhere
Embrace what the day brings, even if you wake up with joy, sadness, pain or wonder.  Acknowledge the feeling that you are experiencing life..you are alive and connected to the world!

The view from the top of our hill

At the Botanical Garden

I am linking up with several bloggers this week...so much fun going on out there, what's a girl to do!

Modern Country Style's

Fall In Love

link party!

http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/cosying-up-for-autumn.html

You can link up ANYTHING to do with Autumn

Oh the smells of Autumn

I am in love with the white pumpkins made out of feed sacks!

http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/2011/10/white-wednesday-120.html

Tommorrow I will be working on this....go take a look.

http://beautifulnest.blogspot.com/2011/09/hello-lovely-friends-how-has-your-week.html

Safe travels my friends,
Di