FALL IS IN THE AIR

Florida is not famous for the fall smell in the air.  When you take a big wiff outside your front door, you don't smell that crisp cool breeze of leaves turning gold.  Here in South Florida, we smell the warm air and suntan lotion.  So... to create the fall feeling, go to the store and purchase your favorite autumn scented candle.  My choice is the Yankee brand, Pumpkin Pie.  What is your favorite way to celebrate the season?

New Laundry Room

                         

Why is the laundry room the most boring place in the house? In our home, we walked through this room every time we went into or out of the house.  It was always an eye sore, until my husband bought me a new washer and dryer for my birthday.  On Monday morning, I walked into the room to do a load of laundry and realized that the rest of the room was not doing my beautiful chocolate brown laundry system any justice, so...

In 8 hours, I cleaned out the room, painted it bright blue, added white, tan, and brown circles on the walls, and put together an Ikea stainless steel folding table. I love my new laundry room.  What is even more amazing, is that my girls are doing laundry and liking it, at least for a while.  

Lesson learned: It's okay to have some fun in your house, especially in a boring room like a laundry room.

Friends- An Answer to a Mother's Prayer

When my daughters were very young, I began to pray for them to be blessed with good friends in their lives. Friends that would build them up and make them better people. Friends that would add sparkle to their lives. On Brittany's 18th birthday, she was surrounded with two such friends. Nicole and Brittany R. have been Brit's buds for a year or so, and have been that answer to my prayers. Together they come alive. It is so cool to think that maybe, just maybe, my Brittany is the friend answer to these girls' mothers prayers.