Friday Fives!!!!!

It's Mother's Day weekend!!! What do you have in store???  My younger kids are at college preparing for Finals....so no visit from them this weekend.  I am praying that they do well on their finals!!
It will be a quiet weekend....but that's okay.  After having my friend, Sidney the three year old toddler, visit this week, a quiet weekend will be great.  She is precious, adorable and some kind of chatty!!!  Loved so much having her here.  What fun!
She is one of the quints that I helped take care of for two years....when I had to have my shoulder surgery, I stopped going once a week to their house, and I sure have missed them. Thankfully, I get to see them at church most Sundays!

I am working on trying to get my yard in shape after a few years of not doing so...it's incredible how just one season of  missing yardwork can turn everything toward chaos!! After getting a bid of about $6000, I decided I'd get out there and see what I "could" do since I'm recovering from my shoulder surgery.  Who knew it would take THIS long???  Anyway, I am able to do quite a bit, with a few limitations.   So I've been cleaning out flower beds, and have a guy coming today to bid on what's left.  I have rediscovered how I love to be outside on cool spring mornings, as our weather here has been phenomenal!  Hot, humid, not so much, but these past few days, I have LOVED!

So onto our Friday Fives.......Mother's Day theme, of course!!!

1.Is your mamma still living?  Are  you close? (Mammas and daughters can be a challenge, yes??)

2.Do you have children?

3. Do you get along well with your mother in law? (mine's a GEM!!)

4. What are your plans for Mother's Day?

5. What smells remind you of your Mamma?

Have fun and have a WONDERFUL Mother's day!!!!

Friday Fives!!!!!

It's Mother's Day weekend!!! What do you have in store???  My younger kids are at college preparing for Finals....so no visit from them this weekend.  I am praying that they do well on their finals!!
It will be a quiet weekend....but that's okay.  After having my friend, Sidney the three year old toddler, visit this week, a quiet weekend will be great.  She is precious, adorable and some kind of chatty!!!  Loved so much having her here.  What fun!
She is one of the quints that I helped take care of for two years....when I had to have my shoulder surgery, I stopped going once a week to their house, and I sure have missed them. Thankfully, I get to see them at church most Sundays!

I am working on trying to get my yard in shape after a few years of not doing so...it's incredible how just one season of  missing yardwork can turn everything toward chaos!! After getting a bid of about $6000, I decided I'd get out there and see what I "could" do since I'm recovering from my shoulder surgery.  Who knew it would take THIS long???  Anyway, I am able to do quite a bit, with a few limitations.   So I've been cleaning out flower beds, and have a guy coming today to bid on what's left.  I have rediscovered how I love to be outside on cool spring mornings, as our weather here has been phenomenal!  Hot, humid, not so much, but these past few days, I have LOVED!

So onto our Friday Fives.......Mother's Day theme, of course!!!

1.Is your mamma still living?  Are  you close? (Mammas and daughters can be a challenge, yes??)

2.Do you have children?

3. Do you get along well with your mother in law? (mine's a GEM!!)

4. What are your plans for Mother's Day?

5. What smells remind you of your Mamma?

Have fun and have a WONDERFUL Mother's day!!!!

Essentials!

Do you have numbers written on post it notes all over the place?? What about business numbers or contacts that you need to call once or twice a year??
How about keeping track of all your appliances and who to call if one breaks?? Do you have a household inventory in case something happens and you need to account for everything??

Well, Real Simple ( I heart their emails that keep spurring me on to organization!) sent me an email today with a few organizing lists to keep me organized.  I need all the help I can get. They aren't all applicable to me, but some will prove to be very helpful...take a look for yourself and see if some of them will help you!!!


 REAL SIMPLE keeps us organized!!!!

Let's tackle this chaotic world one step at a time!!! I'm in, are YOU???

Essentials!

Do you have numbers written on post it notes all over the place?? What about business numbers or contacts that you need to call once or twice a year??
How about keeping track of all your appliances and who to call if one breaks?? Do you have a household inventory in case something happens and you need to account for everything??

Well, Real Simple ( I heart their emails that keep spurring me on to organization!) sent me an email today with a few organizing lists to keep me organized.  I need all the help I can get. They aren't all applicable to me, but some will prove to be very helpful...take a look for yourself and see if some of them will help you!!!


 REAL SIMPLE keeps us organized!!!!

Let's tackle this chaotic world one step at a time!!! I'm in, are YOU???

Tuesday ramblings......

There  are crazy things going on right now, aren't there?? We have weather patterns  that are just phenomenal.  Tornadoes, tsunamis, floodinger and cool weather patterns in May, and TEXAS is so dry that there are fire bans across the state.  We can't GET any rain. But it was 53 degrees here this morning!!!
  I wish we could divert some of the flood waters toward Texas so that places like my hometown would be safe and not flood from all the melting snow up north.  Vidalia, La., is my hometown and they are seeing the river at highs that haven't been seen since 1927, when the whole town flooded.  Now thanks to the Corps of Engineers, the levees are higher, but let's just pray they stay intact.  Pray that the strength of the levees will not be compromised and the efforts further north to break levees and ease some of the flood waters will help those further south.
And Osama Bin Laden.......well, there are LOTS of thoughts on this, but as I said yesterday, his death doesn't mean we can relax and be carefree.  No, I think it means we must pray diligently that God would be our Defender against any extremists who might want revenge or to take the place of him.


In Willow House news, we are embarking on yet a new adventure, in that starting in the fall, we will also be carrying a line of jewelry.  So you can dress your home OR yourself!! The designer of the jewelry is yet to be unveiled, and I am so anxious to see what we will make available to you.  Right now, one can buy a $49 mini starter kit to get in on the ground floor opportunity to sell our WH jewelry line.  The kit is available thru June at that price...so if you EVER found yourself wanting to know more about it, now is the time to check it out!
AND for those of you who are lovers of our products, we have an aMAYzing May sale going on with some fabulous prices that can't be beat.....I'll attach the flier just so you can see; if someone wants to give you a gift certificate for Mother's day, I can arrange that, so if you want to leave my blog open on your computer and make a few hints to those who might be considering what they might surprise you with for Mother's day, feel free to do so!! Ha.  They can be seen larger by clicking on my newsletter link below, Inside Design, or click on the left picture to see the larger.  My website is always available, also, at Southerninspiration.willowhouse.comsoutherninspiration.willowhouse.com.

My friend and fellow consultant, Susie, shows some of the specials and ideas on her blog, today.  Go over and encourage her, as she is a new blogger!! Your Best Accessory
And for those of you who don't already subscribe to my Willow House newsletter INSIDE DESIGN, you can take a look right now......if you love it, you can subscribe by choosing the link at the bottom of the newsletter.....it usually includes specials and sales, a recipe and a decorating idea.  The aMAYzing sale is in there, as is a recipe for yummy Lemon Bars...and a fun idea from Melanie Grant about designing your office space!

And then there is the fun news that beginning Friday, Starbucks will run a Frappucino special from 3 to 5 every day until the 16th, with half-priced Frappucinos......what's YOUR favorite????

I'll be back with some inspiring ideas for Mother's day.  What are YOUR plans???

Tuesday ramblings......

There  are crazy things going on right now, aren't there?? We have weather patterns  that are just phenomenal.  Tornadoes, tsunamis, floodinger and cool weather patterns in May, and TEXAS is so dry that there are fire bans across the state.  We can't GET any rain. But it was 53 degrees here this morning!!!
  I wish we could divert some of the flood waters toward Texas so that places like my hometown would be safe and not flood from all the melting snow up north.  Vidalia, La., is my hometown and they are seeing the river at highs that haven't been seen since 1927, when the whole town flooded.  Now thanks to the Corps of Engineers, the levees are higher, but let's just pray they stay intact.  Pray that the strength of the levees will not be compromised and the efforts further north to break levees and ease some of the flood waters will help those further south.
And Osama Bin Laden.......well, there are LOTS of thoughts on this, but as I said yesterday, his death doesn't mean we can relax and be carefree.  No, I think it means we must pray diligently that God would be our Defender against any extremists who might want revenge or to take the place of him.


In Willow House news, we are embarking on yet a new adventure, in that starting in the fall, we will also be carrying a line of jewelry.  So you can dress your home OR yourself!! The designer of the jewelry is yet to be unveiled, and I am so anxious to see what we will make available to you.  Right now, one can buy a $49 mini starter kit to get in on the ground floor opportunity to sell our WH jewelry line.  The kit is available thru June at that price...so if you EVER found yourself wanting to know more about it, now is the time to check it out!
AND for those of you who are lovers of our products, we have an aMAYzing May sale going on with some fabulous prices that can't be beat.....I'll attach the flier just so you can see; if someone wants to give you a gift certificate for Mother's day, I can arrange that, so if you want to leave my blog open on your computer and make a few hints to those who might be considering what they might surprise you with for Mother's day, feel free to do so!! Ha.  They can be seen larger by clicking on my newsletter link below, Inside Design, or click on the left picture to see the larger.  My website is always available, also, at Southerninspiration.willowhouse.comsoutherninspiration.willowhouse.com.

My friend and fellow consultant, Susie, shows some of the specials and ideas on her blog, today.  Go over and encourage her, as she is a new blogger!! Your Best Accessory
And for those of you who don't already subscribe to my Willow House newsletter INSIDE DESIGN, you can take a look right now......if you love it, you can subscribe by choosing the link at the bottom of the newsletter.....it usually includes specials and sales, a recipe and a decorating idea.  The aMAYzing sale is in there, as is a recipe for yummy Lemon Bars...and a fun idea from Melanie Grant about designing your office space!

And then there is the fun news that beginning Friday, Starbucks will run a Frappucino special from 3 to 5 every day until the 16th, with half-priced Frappucinos......what's YOUR favorite????

I'll be back with some inspiring ideas for Mother's day.  What are YOUR plans???

We must continue to PRAY!!!

PRAY that our nation will stand in unity, and be protected.  We can thank GOD  for avengence, and pray that HE will continue to guide our nation.  We will continue to pray for our troops and our servicemen.