Life of BB

Depending on who you ask on Long Island about Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene, you will get a different answer from each person.Some were not effected, some have lost cars, roofs of their homes, trees have come down in their yard and most of all, the loss of power. We have been without power since 7am Sunday morning and there are no answers on when it will be back on. It's been trying to say the least. The devastation that the storm has caused on the East coast is truly sad. Yes loosing power is not as bad as loosing lives, our homes or cars, but it's truly inconvenient. You do not feel human. Your schedule is completely off. We've lost all the food in our fridge and the contents of my freezer, I was lucky enough to bring to a friend's home. The cost of eating out for all three meals daily is becoming a huge burden. Not to mention other costs that will need to be done after we are back up and running. For two days I could not go to work because we had no phones or i...

So stupid Irene will be making landfall some time between tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon. I am hoping that this will be the one and only post I write about it. For now I'll leave you with my resources for the weekend. Be safe everyone ! See ya Monday... or over the weekend if I do not loose power.

This bookcase has been in my home and in my family for many, many years. When I was younger it was in our playroom. Since then the house has been rearranged and reconstructed many times. It's now in my living room. It's funny that the shelf has never moved but the room has changed quite a few times around it. It was a bedroom, playroom, office, and then living room. The original shelf was also brown. When my mother owned the house, I convinced her to let me paint it an ivory color and when we bought the house I painted it a very light grayish color. I've color coded the books in the case. My cousin Danny, loved to make fun of me for it when I first did it. It's ok, I can see that he loves it too. ;) In most of the shelves I have books along with different items. Here is a full shot of the bookshelf. I took some close ups to show what hidden treasures are in it. This is the left bottom shelf which contains a Willow Tree angel that watches over us. A friend...

Is the first step to recovery right? What if you don't want to admit it?? Well I am not talking about anything serious, other than my love for plates ! I have so many. Pretty much for every season I have a set. Some we use and some I just use to decorate. Here is my dirty, or shall I say pretty little secret. And this doesn't include the ones for Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas. Those are in my shed !

I had lots of plans this weekend to do many things that, simply didn't work. First up faux crown molding for my office. My mom bought it for a project of her own but it didn't work so she gave it to me. Since it was free from my mom, I decided to give it a try. From the beginning my husband swore it was not going to work. Of course, I made him put it up on the entire room before I admitted defeat. Sadly it fell off the wall during the night and off it came... Here is one shot of it not looking half bad. But if you look closely at this shot, where the two pieces overlay, you will see it's just not a good sight. There is no caulk in this world that could fix it. Too bad I didn't take a picture of it falling off the wall. At that point, I was too bummed to grab the camera. Oh well. Then I went to the fabric store to get burlap to cover my bedroom closet doors, these ones right here... Yes burlap ! Well they only sold loose fitting burlap that was very very fuzzy, so...

Here are some of the latest Etsy favorites of mine This is adorable. I have a necklace that is made like this that says my name. I am thinking of using this in an upcoming room, but of course, with a name on it ;). How awesome are these??? I want them so bad ! I love this simple but elegant rose gold ring, so awesome. I have a thing for burlap and embroidered items. 1 + 1 = yes ! ! And because I just love vintage dresses so much, here are two that I am jones'in for right now. Aren't they cool?? P.S. I was called hypersensitive today... um really? Not entirely true. ;) Happy Weekend Peeps. I'll have some goodies for you next week, got some things happening on the home front this weekend.

Nine planets surround the sun Only one does the sun embrace Upon this watered one So much we take for granted So let us sleep outside tonight Lay down in our mother's arms For here we can rest safely If green should turn to grey Would our hearts still bloody beat If a mountain tumbled away, river dried Would it stop the stepping feet Whoa, let us sleep outside tonight Lay down in our mother's arms For here we can rest safely (Whoa, yes we can) Take all that we can get When it's done Nobody left to bury here Nobody left to dig the holes And here we can rest safely {Oh, yes we can, in blood and water) One sweet world Around this star is spinning One sweet world And in her breath I'm swimming And here I will rest in peace