This past August, I received a double blessing and what has
and is quickly becoming my little corner of the world. My first blessing of August was a delightful
little companion, a Chiwennie puppy at 7 weeks old. I wasn't sure I was going to survive the puppy
stage. A Chiwennie is a cross between a Chihuahua
and a Wiener Dog. My little girl is
Penelope. She is now 7 months old and
such a delight (most of the time). She
makes coming home less lonely.
7 weeks old
about 5 months old
My second blessing I received in August was moving out of my
parent’s house one short year after moving back to the West Coast from
Michigan…a move that I fought. Even
though I didn’t want to return, I’m glad I did.
I have a great job at the company I wanted to work at in 2008 when the
economy slumped. I just celebrated my
first year anniversary of becoming an employee.
My apartment is just a few short blocks from where I work. Even though it is on a busy one way street
near the heart of downtown and in one of the not so nice areas of town (there
are worse areas though…), I’m blessed in my apartment. I celebrated Thanksgiving for once, being
able to do more than just make mashed potatoes.
In addition to potatoes, I was also able to carry part of the load of
one of the turkeys and 2 pumpkin pies.
I’ve only cooked a couple of turkeys before and it has been quite a few
years. It turned out beautifully. My second attempt ever at making pies became
quite the challenge. The first pie dough
ended up in the garbage…it wouldn’t roll out or cooperate in any other
way. My second batch rolled beautiful,
but almost wasn’t enough for the two pies.
The filling and baking of them turned out okay and everyone seemed to
enjoy them. I’m so thankful I had a
place of my own to help carry the family traditions. I’ve also had friends and family over for
meals in my new little corner of the world.
Decorating my corner has been interesting; the decorating
scheme seems to be whatever I have and some of what others have given. My coffee table is a table I had that the original
paint job had been ruined. I sanded it
and spray painted the legs brown; the top was painted a peach/apricot color
that I used on three chairs that my parents gave me that they just had sitting
around. Thankfully, the three chairs are
a matching set; the paint was just the thing to make them fit.
chair before
table before (after sanding)
chair after
table after (it's hard to see it, but it is the only picture I could find)
When I was moving, the lovely lady who lived across the
street was planning her own move and shared many items of furniture, dishes and
food with me (what a tremendous blessing!!!).
One of the items was a queen size bed.
It is on a metal frame, no head board or anything. I really wanted to have something to cover
the bare wall behind. With minimal
finances at that time, I came up with the following idea: I had a set of decorative curtains – an
“English Garden” scene looking through a set of French doors at that
garden. The only thing I purchased to
make my headboard was a $10 curtain rod at Walmart. I hung it on the wall with the curtains…it works
perfectly. My room is a mismatch of
items with the colors leaning towards blue, pink and purple. My brother, who is a painter, gave me one of
his recent paintings as a house-warming gift…a blue background with a tree with
pink buds growing on each branch - a perfect match for the room. I
recently purchased 20 small sparkly orbs on clearance and 6 huge ones. I’m looking forward to hanging them from the
ceiling. I think the room will be mostly
complete at that point, only needing newer bedding – another purchase and story
for another time.
Dwell refreshed
