~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~
Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!
Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!
{pretty}
{happy}
Why, you ask, does this little view make me happy?
Because it's of my living room not stacked and piled and overwhelmed with boxes of glassware, silverware, and gifts! That little pile of gifts that wouldn't fit in the newlywed car represents, first, Deirdre and John having taken away all the gifts -- after Sukie and John had taken theirs -- and second, me having dealt with just about everything else, and that's fine with me -- I'm happy to share such an unimpressive bit of clutter with you!
Every week, only the violin teacher went in there with Bridget -- we just don't use the living room in the summer -- and every week I'd kick myself for not having returned all that stuff to my kind friend who let me use it for the wedding for much less than normal renting. I had washed and packed, but returning just slipped off my list in the interim.
Finally I figured Bridget's teacher would permanently judge me if I didn't do something! (Of course, she really wouldn't, because she's too nice, but gosh, how long can you just leave stuff piled so high that the lesson has to be behind a stack of boxes?)
Another little bit of happiness: Every few years, we have a supper of lobster rolls and fried onion rings. It's summer on a plate!
{funny}
Some of you intuited that I am making those Roman shades you have seen around Pinterest and DIY blogs. I thought I wanted something more dimensional, and wondered if I could do a more balloon-type shade. A lot of things went into this complicating idea of mine, including that I have really large windows and high ceilings.
I will go into this more in a separate post, because of course, it's all just so fascinating as well as fabulous, but my fears that the balloon shade would end up looking like I wadded up a drop cloth and threw it at my window proved... not unfounded.
{real}
So it's been "back to the drawing board," and my four extra-large windows have made this a weeks'-long project, much to Bridget's chagrin (you will all recall that her MO is to disdain any activity that causes the den rug to be other than freshly vacuumed and generally spit-spot). The den has not fared as well as the living room!
But it's coming along.
