Well I am still having net issues so we are not posting any pictures anytime soon. However I am still going to try to keep posting. Even if I find blogs without pictures lacking some.
Today I have spent the day dreaming.
There is a little town not far from where my husband's job is that has many victorian homes in need of some pretty major repairs. These homes are for sale for very little. There are actually houses with some great 'bones' for sale for as little as 9,000.00! I found one home that I simply fell in love with. It is called the Smith House. It is in need of some fairly major repairs but O my she could sure be shined up and made beautiful!
I have never made it a secret that I have dreamed of owning and running a Bed & Breakfast. If I could possibly swing a loan and get this house that I am so in love with AND we did a whole ton of the work ourselves I could own my piece of history. The Smith house would be a perfect conversion because it was already at one point converted to an apartment building. So there are already multiple bathrooms in the house. It could easily be transformed back to a single family home. The lot is large enough to have a beautiful rich garden.
So as you can see I have already started dreaming. I do this a lot when I see a fantastic old home. I seem to be drawn to them like moths to flames. I can not seem to get enough of them. I long to live in one again. I grew up in a beautiful victorian home as a child, until my parents moved us out of the city and into the woods. I love the beauty of nature but still long to live in an old home. I long to live in a beautiful home where I can invite people in to admire the work I have done restoring it. I long to feed people my lovely home made dishes and I long to do it sooner rather then later in this life.
I can envision my home and its always a big house with a wrap around porch and gabled roofs. One day She will come to me, My lovely dream home. One day I will own her.
It is important to dream. It is important to set that goal in your life and have it there. It is even more important to take out that dream, dust it off and look at it again. Does it still fit your life? is it still what you long for? If so live in it for a moment and then continue to dream.
Until tomorrows post...
Have a fantastic day Dreaming!
Showing posts with label Dreams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dreams. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Dreaming of new furniture...
Since we moved and I sold all my furniture I have been making do with what I have to use that was free to me. Its an old Day bed frame and the only mattress we brought with us. It is functional if not exactly the most comfortable piece of furniture.
I have been dreaming of ways to furnish my living room and I know that it wont happen just yet but it sure is fun to dream.
Today I was killing time and decided to check out Broyhill online and created a couch that I am now in LOVE with! I have no idea how much it costs but I had fun creating it. I chose the color of the fabric, the finish of the legs and the fabric choice for the throw pillows. Talk about a blast! No matter how hard I try I simply can not add the picture at this time. I am not certain if it is a blogger issue or if it is my verizon connection. I may try to come back later and add it again. Blogger's little box is not fully loading which is why I can not be certain where the issue is.
*update* here is the couch!
I also found a pair of completely adorable retro chairs on Craigslist that I am in love with. They would look adorable set on the wall with a table between the two as a little conversation area or extra seating in the living room. They are kiwi green and the throw pillows I chose on the couch would pick up the color nicely. I will try and upload those pictures later as well.
*update* HERE is the Kiwi Chair.
until then you will just have to imagine with me of adorable new living room furniture.
I have been dreaming of ways to furnish my living room and I know that it wont happen just yet but it sure is fun to dream.
Today I was killing time and decided to check out Broyhill online and created a couch that I am now in LOVE with! I have no idea how much it costs but I had fun creating it. I chose the color of the fabric, the finish of the legs and the fabric choice for the throw pillows. Talk about a blast! No matter how hard I try I simply can not add the picture at this time. I am not certain if it is a blogger issue or if it is my verizon connection. I may try to come back later and add it again. Blogger's little box is not fully loading which is why I can not be certain where the issue is.
*update* here is the couch!
I also found a pair of completely adorable retro chairs on Craigslist that I am in love with. They would look adorable set on the wall with a table between the two as a little conversation area or extra seating in the living room. They are kiwi green and the throw pillows I chose on the couch would pick up the color nicely. I will try and upload those pictures later as well.
*update* HERE is the Kiwi Chair.
until then you will just have to imagine with me of adorable new living room furniture.
Monday, January 17, 2011
a vacation day?
That seems to be the only lesson that public school children have learned from today. Its a day off. A holiday.
It seems to be such a shame to me that these children are not learning the truth behind the man that is celebrated today. They are not learning about the fact that he did more then one speach. He was involved in more movements then just this one he is known for.
Not to belittle this one speech:
Its just not the only one he made. I wouldn't even agree that it was the most important one.
Here is the last public speech Dr Martin Luther King Jr Made
He made that speech one day before his assassination. He was working with Ceasar Chavez and the UFW and speaking out on the war in Vietnam. He was not against the men & women who were fighting that war but on the principles of why we were in that war. He saw that most of the people in that war were young, poor prominently black, mexican, asian and the few whites were often ones who were also from poor families. No of course I am not saying that ALL of the Vietnam Vets were from this situation, just a high number of them.
Dr King did more for the civil rights movement and was killed because of all he did. On his birthday we should all do more then enjoy the day off. Many people do not know that Dr King was preparing to march with the UFW to Washington. The march was set to take place only a few days after he was killed. Dr king believed that the bigotry and ignorance was the worst part of this country. Sadly In my opinion we have not come so very far. I see ignorance, bigotry and hate everywhere. It comes from all sides and is perpetuated on all ethnicities even by their own race. I do not have the answers as to what it will take for all the Dr.s Dreams to come true, but I know that they start at home, raising our children. We must start to have compassion for all the people in this world no matter what race, creed or color. We must stop judging others by our own beliefs and we must teach our children that our believes are important to us but that not everyone chooses to live the way we do, that is where compassion comes in. If we treat others with compassion even when their beliefs differ from ours there is less room for fear and hate and more room for love and understanding.
I am from a mixed heritage and sadly did not learn a lot of this growing up. It was only after I became a mom, and started homeschooling that any of this became known to me.
It seems to be such a shame to me that these children are not learning the truth behind the man that is celebrated today. They are not learning about the fact that he did more then one speach. He was involved in more movements then just this one he is known for.
Not to belittle this one speech:
Its just not the only one he made. I wouldn't even agree that it was the most important one.
Here is the last public speech Dr Martin Luther King Jr Made
He made that speech one day before his assassination. He was working with Ceasar Chavez and the UFW and speaking out on the war in Vietnam. He was not against the men & women who were fighting that war but on the principles of why we were in that war. He saw that most of the people in that war were young, poor prominently black, mexican, asian and the few whites were often ones who were also from poor families. No of course I am not saying that ALL of the Vietnam Vets were from this situation, just a high number of them.
Dr King did more for the civil rights movement and was killed because of all he did. On his birthday we should all do more then enjoy the day off. Many people do not know that Dr King was preparing to march with the UFW to Washington. The march was set to take place only a few days after he was killed. Dr king believed that the bigotry and ignorance was the worst part of this country. Sadly In my opinion we have not come so very far. I see ignorance, bigotry and hate everywhere. It comes from all sides and is perpetuated on all ethnicities even by their own race. I do not have the answers as to what it will take for all the Dr.s Dreams to come true, but I know that they start at home, raising our children. We must start to have compassion for all the people in this world no matter what race, creed or color. We must stop judging others by our own beliefs and we must teach our children that our believes are important to us but that not everyone chooses to live the way we do, that is where compassion comes in. If we treat others with compassion even when their beliefs differ from ours there is less room for fear and hate and more room for love and understanding.
I am from a mixed heritage and sadly did not learn a lot of this growing up. It was only after I became a mom, and started homeschooling that any of this became known to me.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Dream Big
As the mother and teacher to my 4 growing kids I am always telling them to dream big. Nothing is to big for you to accomplish. This is not something they always believe when I tell them, its hard to believe when your a child that you really can accomplish anything if you put your mind, and passion to it.
That is what I am doing with my dreams, dreaming big! I want one day to own & run a B&B. Maybe it that does not seem like a grand thing to many people but for me it sounds like so much fun. I love the quaintness of a B&B for relaxing in, I have visited many over the years. Some are rather close to home, because as the mother of 4 children we don't like to go to far when they are to young. The first B&B we ever stayed in was in the town I live in, when my oldest two were 4 & 2, my husband and I needed some time alone and this provided a great place to just relax! The Harkey House has great local history and was so much fun to hear stories about the first sheriff of this town we live in. Since then we have stayed at several other B&B's usually for our anniversary. We make it a point to go away together at least once a year, it is so important to keeping a relationship healthy, getting time alone. Our latest trip was a fantastic voyage to Fort Bragg California. We went for 3 nights and enjoyed so much of our time together! We stayed in a lovely victorian home that was modified to a wonderful B&B blocks from the ocean, called Glass Beach Inn. Over the years we have stayed at The Grateful bed, The Riverside B&B in oroville, that seems to be closed now, as well as a wonderful one tucked into a wonderful little town known as Placerville called The Glen Morey house. Each of these visits has only taken my dreams to new heights.
I want to put my personal touches on things and use my creative talents to allow others a peaceful place to relax in. I love to cook, bake and create. When I am doing those things I find that is when I am my most authentic self. I am Happy in the kitchen, I am happy having a place to create wonderful dishes that please other people. I love seeing people smile when my food hits their pallet and they are enticed by my creative spice choices. I love decorating the home, if I had the finances I would have different fabrics and patterns for each season in my home personally. So taking all these things I love and combining them into one big thing seems like the most logical thing in the world to me.
I dream at night that my B&B is just on the outskirts of some town, where I have a flower garden, and a food garden. I dream that my home will be a relaxing environment to come to and that I can add my homemade touches of crocheted afghans, baked breads, cookies, and cakes, and where there is a wonderful reading library for those who want to to sit and enjoy a good book snuggled under one of those crocheted afghans.
Here are a few of the pictures that I have taken over the years that have inspired me in my love of a B&B...
If you have never enjoyed the accommodations of a B&B I would like to encourage you to give it a shot. If you figure in the cost of a hotel room + your breakfast you really are not spending anymore for a cozy more home like feel. In fact I have found you are likely spending less. A good B&B offers week day rates that are less then weekend rates and if you can take advantage of that by getting a Thursday- Saturday stay or a Sunday-Tuesday stay you will spend less and get great service. You also will have a pleasant personal experience then a cold impersonal hotel room. One other thing to remember about B&B's is that they are all locally owned, when you support a local business over a large chain you help out your local economy, or the local economy of the location the B&B is located in. Supporting small businesses is so very important in this economy, but that is a blog for another day...
So remember to Dream BIG!
That is what I am doing with my dreams, dreaming big! I want one day to own & run a B&B. Maybe it that does not seem like a grand thing to many people but for me it sounds like so much fun. I love the quaintness of a B&B for relaxing in, I have visited many over the years. Some are rather close to home, because as the mother of 4 children we don't like to go to far when they are to young. The first B&B we ever stayed in was in the town I live in, when my oldest two were 4 & 2, my husband and I needed some time alone and this provided a great place to just relax! The Harkey House has great local history and was so much fun to hear stories about the first sheriff of this town we live in. Since then we have stayed at several other B&B's usually for our anniversary. We make it a point to go away together at least once a year, it is so important to keeping a relationship healthy, getting time alone. Our latest trip was a fantastic voyage to Fort Bragg California. We went for 3 nights and enjoyed so much of our time together! We stayed in a lovely victorian home that was modified to a wonderful B&B blocks from the ocean, called Glass Beach Inn. Over the years we have stayed at The Grateful bed, The Riverside B&B in oroville, that seems to be closed now, as well as a wonderful one tucked into a wonderful little town known as Placerville called The Glen Morey house. Each of these visits has only taken my dreams to new heights.
I want to put my personal touches on things and use my creative talents to allow others a peaceful place to relax in. I love to cook, bake and create. When I am doing those things I find that is when I am my most authentic self. I am Happy in the kitchen, I am happy having a place to create wonderful dishes that please other people. I love seeing people smile when my food hits their pallet and they are enticed by my creative spice choices. I love decorating the home, if I had the finances I would have different fabrics and patterns for each season in my home personally. So taking all these things I love and combining them into one big thing seems like the most logical thing in the world to me.
I dream at night that my B&B is just on the outskirts of some town, where I have a flower garden, and a food garden. I dream that my home will be a relaxing environment to come to and that I can add my homemade touches of crocheted afghans, baked breads, cookies, and cakes, and where there is a wonderful reading library for those who want to to sit and enjoy a good book snuggled under one of those crocheted afghans.
Here are a few of the pictures that I have taken over the years that have inspired me in my love of a B&B...
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| a flower bed |
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| scrabble tiles that included our names |
If you have never enjoyed the accommodations of a B&B I would like to encourage you to give it a shot. If you figure in the cost of a hotel room + your breakfast you really are not spending anymore for a cozy more home like feel. In fact I have found you are likely spending less. A good B&B offers week day rates that are less then weekend rates and if you can take advantage of that by getting a Thursday- Saturday stay or a Sunday-Tuesday stay you will spend less and get great service. You also will have a pleasant personal experience then a cold impersonal hotel room. One other thing to remember about B&B's is that they are all locally owned, when you support a local business over a large chain you help out your local economy, or the local economy of the location the B&B is located in. Supporting small businesses is so very important in this economy, but that is a blog for another day...
So remember to Dream BIG!
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