Luvs, I love all your wooden craft decorations. That is so neat that you can have a patio table & chairs in the front, I like how your front yard is layed out. We live on a dead end street, our subidivision is bordered by a farmers field so all the streets dead end at the field. There are only 6 houses on each street, 3 on each side of each street. SO, my point is, out of the 6 houses on our street, I'm the only "decorating freak" but I love it & the neighbors all comment on how much they enjoy all my decor. I have shamed most of them into putting out at least one light up pumpkin at Halloween and even some have put out a few things for other holidays! So, if we are the decorating freaks, at least we know our effort gives other some pleasure! Anyway, I got off point, your yard looks fab!!!

We got the 14 in. Solatube for our 12x16 ft. kitchen that had no windows. We have a small fluorescent light (15 watt) over the sink otherwise the Solatube is quite sufficient. The other tube we put in a 14x32 ft. den that had just two 12x24 in. windows (southfacing) that had amber decorative glass in them which gave very little light! The single 14 in. Solatube in the den provides just the amount of lighting we wanted. Was a few years ago but I think (?) they were around $600 each installed. We love them ... & we also have two solar panals we had installed many years ago & they in winter start pumping out heat around 8 AM & go off around 4:30 PM here in NM where we get a lot of sunshine... furnace rarely comes on during the day. Wish we could go more solar, but $$ ! We have a pitched roof w/attic & installation was no problem.

That is the original finish on it, Lynn. I don't have any black in the DR, so think I'll leave it as it is. I fear that paint may obscure the carving, and I do like the variations in the finish now. Ajsmama, No, I'm NOT moving! What I meant was the mirror may not stay on that wall or in that room, but that is where it'll be for a while. :-) nanabella, The mirror is already purchased, and after looking literally for weeks online, I wasn't able to find a single one like it, other than the older one shown in the link I placed above in an earlier post, which sold for $1200. Those that were made by the 'mega loads' must still be with their original owners, since I wasn't able to find another like this one. If you know if a site with one like this, I'd love to see it, if you can provide a link.

Hi Anj, I came over here thinking I would give you a shout to see if you were around--and here you were! LOL I just finished painting two Santa spoons, they are outside so the sealer can dry. Think I'll give them a couple more coats--want to be sure the paint won't scrape/scratch off while they are stored. They turned out okay--not as good as the ones painted by the lady where I got the idea. I'm sure you or Bebe could have done them so much better--I'm not very good at painting little things. I also just started a narrow little plaque with some roses on it to hang in my bathroom beside the medicine cabinet mirror. It's such a narrow awkward space and I didn't like what I had hanging there before. I hadn't been in the mood either until today because was a bit concerned about my mammogram. They found a spot. I had to go back for another mammogram and an ultra sound, then they were going to do a biopsy yesterday. When I got there, they couldn't find the spot anymore, it had disappeared! They took about six more mammogram pics and said it must have just been a cyst that had resolved itself. Wahoo! I got out this morning and did some trimming, then I mowed my little yard. After I had a bite to eat, I decided I wanted to paint a bit. I hope the mood lasts, there are several things I'd like to get painted. I agree about the last couple issues of Quick & Easy Painting, not much I cared about either. Sure hope they come up with some things I like for Summer, especially since I have a subscription! LOL I really need some things for 4th of July. Maybe some yard stakes or some signs to hang on my side gate. Hope you have good luck at the TS, I've not been finding much at the two I usually go to. I did find two bunny bargains at Big Lots yesterday! Two bunnies for only 80 cents each! That's right--only 80 cents and the one had been $12.00 before. Wish I would have gone in there earlier, they might have had more. There were some cute feather trees with eggs on them too--but they were a bit squished and losing feathers already so I passed. I'm writing a book here, see what happens when I don't chat with you for awhile. LOL TTYL Luvs