Moving/ internet???

We are packing now---just for a move across town. ...downsizing to a condo. I am not sure if we will have internet later this week. So have a Merry Christmas. I am hoping I can borrow someones signal for a bit!

Painting old bathtub and baby it is cold outside!

Have you ever had an old tub refinished. We did this in one of our other homes and just had it done at Spindle Cottage. Man, what a difference it makes.



It is all taped off in the above pictures and that will need removing today. The odor the day of the painting is very strong!! Gave me a headache!! Had to have the bathroom window open and it was very very cold outside. We have been having teen temps in the mornings here in SC.



Thankfully I have the above gas fire and another fireplace with gas---makes all the difference!!

A few touches of Christmas while waiting on the MOVE

Above is a few of a front room---I thought it was kind of cool looking through the lace divider.




A sprinkling of berries above and below. We have a popcorn (Chinese Talo spelling?) tree--it has these white popcorn like things this time of the year. I have placed some in the wreath.











And lastly lots of nice warm fires in front of my new old coffee table. It was 18 degrees here in SC---which translates to cold in our old homes made for the warm weather!!

I have a question---I am trying to decide on wall colors for the condo that we may be moving to later this month. I am having a very hard deciding. First of all it has to go with my furniture, and secondly I need to feel warm and cozy, but I am kindof getting sick of yellows. I was thinking of airy blues and greens, but I don't know if I could live without the warmth of yellows. How do you all make up your minds???????? Should I paint large areas and see? It seems like a waste of time and money, but then perhaps not! If I should paint and not like it then that would be more time and money.

House on Fire

I know this may look a little weird , but I ordered this DVD from Amazon called
Fireplaces, Fishtank & Lava . It does 3 types of fires---one classical , one modern, and the one you see here on my TV is Campfire (you hear the fire burning and the peepers in the backgroud).





I find this so soothing and comforting!! It replays itself too. (It also has a lava thing and an aquarium---my cat loves the aquarium). But it was only 8 dollars and change with free shipping!!! Very nice---I even like it when I have a real fire going. The thing that is strange is I feel soothed and warmed just looking and listening to it!

PS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH A TV IN YOUR BEDROOM this would be really cozy!

Christmas pictures for me by my son to bring smiles

While my oldest son was here for Thanksgiving he drew two happy pictures for me for Christmas time cheer.



These are happy trees that ooze contentment and smiles for me.








This one spoke to me for some reason---the red reminded me of Jesus's blood shed for me, and the green mountains spoke of the new and everlasting life we have in him. The branch reminded me that if we abide in him we will produce golden fruit.





Together they just make for some happy Christmas pictures and they bring me much pleasure. PS. My son loves drawing cartoon type pictures....but he also does regular kinds. He loves doodling and his drawings are sometimes weird! I will have to show some of his other ones perhaps in the distant future. We will probably be moving in December and then I will have to change the title of this blog!

A walk on the beach

I love this time of the year. We took a walk on Friday (after Thanksgiving--see my blog here :

http://nannykim-nannykim.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-2010-with-grandpa-and-boys.html

for that). As you can see it was about to rain.

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I love the shades of gray on a day like this and the feel of the wind.

It was nice to just walk and talk and discuss things as a family.


I think the beauty of creation is such a wonderful gift, don't you!?

Cork wreath (unfinished)

Well I have started a cork wreath--but we need more corks! We haven't always been good at remembering to save the corks. Plus some corks on the bottles are not cork! Anyways, I like the way it is going. I guess I should have wrapped the wreath first with something brown----but in person it is not noticeable---for some reason the flash or the picture shows the flaws a bit more. I left space for a big ribbon for hanging it, but alas I have no ribbons since we have been de-cluttering for a move! SOOOOOOOOO you see a bit of bare twine wrapped in a space.

Interesting things AND MOVEMBERHOOD

I saw this pic in one of my mags ---a very interesting chalk wall. Here is a close up



Interesting don't ya think?

I replaced my coffee table for the one in the forefront of the picture below. It makes me happy because it is an old wooden one. I should have taken a better picture of it. It is a pale yellow color.



And last but not least....look who is in my kitchen:



My oldest son hamming it up!! ha! HE HAS A MUSTACHE FOR MOVEMBER (NOT SURE OF THE SPELLING)--ITS FOR PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS.

"The Mo, slang for moustache, and November come together each year for Movember.

Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start Movember 1st clean-shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days. "

wine corks

How do you like this little restaurant in Charleston, SC? Do you see what is in the window? Here is a bigger picture:


Yup it is filled with wine corks. A nice Italian restaurant....with wine ;-)

Do you remember 70's McDonald cups?

These cups always make me smile. My girl friend and I got these back in th 70's when McDonald's was introducing their new breakfast the egg mcmuffin (I don't know how you spell it). These cups are so cheerful with their orange and yellow colors and the smiling sun---they are just plain happy!

Fall pleasures

I happened to be looking through an old magazine and I liked the above picture. I like the look of pine cones with pumpkins.

So here is a bit of a pic of what I did.

Blue and Yellow

I have to say that I just love blue and yellow together. I had one of these blue toile panels and had failed to purchase the other one.


Thankfully I found its mate on Ebay! They shipped it the next day! WOW! These colors make me happy and I do hope to use them when and if we get to downsize to a condo. We should know by next week..........

Beat, I am! Selling Spindle Cottage

I am very achy. We are getting ready to sell Spindle Cottage. Yes, I know, this is not the time to sell! No, no, it is not! AH well. We hope to downsize now that our children are out of the nest. I have been cleaning out years of accumulation! I have taken so much stuff to Goodwill today and bags to the trash. It is amazing how many areas just have accumulated!! Even if something should happen to prevent a move, I am thankful for the incentive to clean.

I still have more to do.....but it is a great feeling to spend the day this way, even though I am tuckered out!

Fall pictures and beauty

I love this picture and decided to hang it for this time of the year. It always makes me smile and makes me think of the bounty we have with food and family. It is fun to celebrate even with small groups!


Above are the bright orange berries that greet me from one of my windows this time of the year---such a happy color!! I am thankful for these little things!

Look what arrived from Kalee at http://www.katillacshack.com/

I won the little real McCoy dish from Kalee!! It arrived today and it is such a nice orange- treat for the Fall



Makes you feel like smiling doesn't it? Ps. Kalee appears to be ending her blog--read here: http://www.katillacshack.com/ We will miss her!

Being Lazy during Fall

Fall has been beautiful here. Cool nights and warm golden days.






Boots and I..........well.....

We have been enjoying reading and munching on apples from the NC mountains........ YUP.....we are satisfied. PS. Something is going wacky with the size of my pictures. I had made them smaller and for some reason they sometimes show in giant form! WELL---now they are fixed--ah weird stuff going on.

My Son returns to a spoooooky place

My son is moving back from Seattle to the Charleston, SC area.....but while he awaits to move into his apartment, he may spend time in a spooooooky old Charleston house.



It has these windows as pictured above, that change into doorways---they slide upwords.



It has old parkay (sp?) floors, with left over Christmas decorations. There are creaky scary sounds in the night....and things that have been seen that are weird.



Hopefully he will not have any further spooky stories to tell.



and....he will leave in one piece when his furniture arives in a week so he can more into a less scary abode.

And when I got done exchanging rooms........

I exchanged rooms (see the post below). Later on the picture above is what happend. Now who is doing the reading?

Switching or Exchanging two rooms!

It all started when I brought these outdoor gnomes inside to sit by the fireplace. I think they worked a spell on me. They gave me a desire to do a switch in my rooms. I moved the dining room into one of the living rooms and moved the living room into the dining room . HAVE YOU EVER DONE A ROOM SWITCH?



Above is what was once the dining area. I have made it a cozy den area.



This is a view of the other side (above).


Notice--on the shelf I spelled Spindle Cottage with the scrabble pieces (it was the gnomes' idea).


Above is now the dining room, but it used to be a living room . There is a fireplace on the right side, not showing in the picture. This is where the gnomes are sitting.

This room can double as a craft room and a computer/laptop area as well as additional seating for eating.

Here (above) is a view from another side--the sunny clock makes me laugh--it makes me think of the Jimmy Dean sausage advertisements.

You can tell which rooms are the same by the wall color. Unfortunately I should have taken them in the same direction!! The 2 before pictures are on the left and the afters are on the right.

So have you done this before????---it is fun. Let me know!