He Leadeth Me

True Confession Time: For the past two days, I hadn't put on make-up. I was just too tired to worry with it. But this morning, I decided it was time to be "me" again, so I put on make-up and even "hair." :) Then this little superman and his dad and brother stopped by our house to visit. They had been to yard sales and Caleb had bought a face painting kit. Jeremy did the honors of painting Caleb's face and then Caleb wanted to paint Nana's face. Let me tell you, only a grandmother would go to the trouble of putting on make-up and then letting her grandchild paint away at her face. The white base paint was COLD! The make-up expert was very thorough. Not only did I get a full white face, I got black bones painted on. In case you can't tell, we are skeletons. Caleb wanted us to look alike. Can you tell how excited I was with the final result? Isn't it amazing what we will do for our grandchildren?

Back in April, before we discovered that I needed surgery, chemo, etc., we had contracted and paid half the price to have wood floors installed in our den and dining room. They were supposed to be installed in May. Obviously, that didn't happen. HOWEVER, they said we should really have the floors installed before it was time to turn the heating system on, or the dust from sanding the existing floors would float through the entire house. YUCK! So right in the middle of the other craziness in our life, we decided to proceed with the project. All the furniture had to be moved out of the living room, dining room, breakfast room and entryway so that the new floors could be laid and the old floors could then be sanded, and all the floors could be varnished so that they matched. This is how the breakfast area/den looked on Wednesday. Fun!! It is amazing to me how they "feathered" the wood in so that it will look like it has always been there. This is the air compressor "...

I thought of the old Nursery Rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down" with our two little guys recently. DAVID Little David was happily eating a plum at the little folding card table. Oops! I must have turned the wrong way! Ducca to the rescue! W hy does Nana always have a camera handy when I do something like this? AARON I think I'll just relax and read a book. This is really a good one. Can you see that I'm a reader? What happened? This chair just dropped me. Don't worry everybody, I'm OK. Big David has a motto that is famous around here. "No grandchild gets hurt on Ducca's watch!" Looks like we are safe for another little while.

WARNING: This post is long and photo intensive! Have you ever heard the term "brand loyal"? One of the brands I am loyal to is Sherwin Williams Paint. It could be because my brother has worked for them for over 30 years; it could be because they have the best paint; or it could be both. I found the perfect colors for the grandchildren room at another store..... and when I took the chips to Sherwin Williams, they were able to match them for me. I then bought 12 Spice Racks from IKEA. I should say, my sweet husband stopped by IKEA on the way home from Denver's Airport and bought them for me. These IKEA spice racks turned book racks have been all over blogland and they were out when we tried to buy them several other times. This is what they look like hanging on the wall with the beautiful primary color paint on them. The top book rack is being used for my grandmother's vintage teddy bears. The first time Caleb was here after the bears were displayed, he took them ou...

When my family was in town, this is where all the shoes landed. This picture just makes me SMILE!