Life is Hectic

Life has been a little hectic around our place lately.  My sweetie and I spent some time in prayer and with God's leadership we decided it was time for us to move to the Pacific Northwest to be closer to our daughter Marianne and family.  So for the past couple of weeks we have been packing and getting things ready to move.  Once we are there and settled in I am going to wait on God and His leadership to decide what to write about.  So stay tuned and we'll fill you in on the next adventure God has in store for us.

Master Bed & Bath Update Is Finished

 

 

The master bed and bath update is finally finished!  We started this project several months ago and my sweetie actually got the bathroom painted before I took the before and after pictures.  So I thought I had better get some shots before he started painting the bedroom. 

 



 

 

 

After a bout of flu for me, then spring break, and pneumonia for my sweetie it was now time to get the painting done in the bedroom.  I was so sick of white walls!  The brown bedding we had had since 2004 and the draperies since 2006.  It was definitely time for a change.  The bathroom color is Fall Garden while the bedroom is Desert Castle.  I still wanted to have some brown in the room along with green and a cream color.  I found the perfect comforter and pillows, with all the colors I wanted, Moss Green, Brown and Pearl White with the exception of my little "Always Kiss Me Goodnight Pillow."  The brown draperies made it dark in the bedroom so we replaced them with Pearl White and I am really happy with all the light we now have.  Of course it did take some getting used to as we now have bright sunshine in the morning.

 

 

Yesterday we finished hanging all the pictures and I absolutely love our room!

Master Bed and Bath Update

My sweetie and I started a master bed and bath update a couple of months ago. I wanted to take pictures of the before but he painted the bathroom before I remembered to take the photos.  So here are a couple of photos right after he got the walls painted.

 

 Then the update got put on hold as we both caught whatever was going around and then took a short vacation over spring break to visit with our daughter and family in Vancouver, WA.  We have both been anxious to get back to the update since we got home and last week we got back at it or should I say my sweetie got in there and went to work.  I haven't been much help since I injured my knee a couple of weeks ago and can't do anything that puts pressure on it. Here are the before pictures of the bedroom.

Today my sweetie got in there and finished up all the painting.  I decided to snap a picture of him as he was doing all that painting.

 

Thanks to my handsome sweetie the painting is all done.  Tomorrow we will get the carpets shampooed, furniture moved into place, curtains hung, new linens and comforter for the bed and then start thinking about what and where I want to put things on the walls.  Will post pictures of the completed project.

Pallet Garden Wall

Love it!!!

Look what was on The Garden Pantry Wall's facebook page.  I want one of these!  Now all I have to do is find the plans and the right pallets.

Springtime at the Richards

Friendship Tea

Today was the 10th Annual Friendship Tea hosted by Church of God of Exeter Women's Ministry.  It is such a great time to get together in fellowship and visit with all the ladies. Each table hostess  plans and decorates her table to reflect the theme of the tea.  There is a different theme each year and this year's theme was "Happy Holidays."  Robin Hulsey and I co-hosted a table and we had such a great time decorating our table in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. 

All the tables were absolutely beautiful and here are a few pictures.

Rita Hogan and JoAnn Dodson have been organizing the tea parties for the past ten years.  Today they took us down memory lane with a slide show of the past ten years of tea parties.  Patrick and Tatiana Kilby entertained us with songs for the different holidays: Auld Lang Syne, Oh Danny Boy, God Bless America, Joy to the World, etc.  Rita and JoAnn have decided to step down from the organizing and today they passed the baton to Delma and Laine.  A great big THANK YOU to Rita and JoAnn for all they have done over these past ten years.

I had so much fun at the tea party and it was wonderful to see all the ladies.  The food was absolutely delish as it always is.  I think all of ladies need to share our recipes and put together a "Tea Party Cookbook."  As I said today was so much fun that I already have ideas running through my mind for next even though I have no idea what the theme will be.

Tea Parties are so much fun!!!