friday 6/19 - Cloche Party, Show us Where You Live Friday and Flasback Friday

I have been sooo excited about the Cloche Party over at A Stroll thru Life (she inspired me to have the Christmas in July Party) that I could barley not post mine a week ago. And then I found Show Us Where You Live Friday over at Kelli's Corner - yeah a reason to take some of my happy little home! But I couldn't forget my very own Flashback Friday...so this might be a little long. Stay with me - pour another cup of coffee and enjoy.

My Cloche is not a Cloche - it's an Giant ginger jar. Momma gave this to me for Christmas in 2007. She said while we were in pottery barn that shopping that my face lit up and I declared "isn't that beautiful - can't you just imagine personal items in there?" Now to this day, I have no idea what my my vision was at the time, but I certainly LOVE my jar. Last Christmas I set out to make this a prominent decoration, because thus far it had set in my bathroom with pretty White soap bars and a few sea sponges. I think I achieved my goal:

I set this in the living room and it just fit really nicely with the rest of the decorations. I was so happy with what it looked like that I knew I wanted it to be a decorative piece all year long...what to do...where to put it...not back in the bathroom....oh the bedroom! But I have soo many shells, and starfish in there already that I knew I did not want shells and sand to be the filler.

So pearls it is! I just adore this jar - these are mostly pearl strands that Momma picked up at yard sales and thrift stores .

I have had fun trying to add to the collection -because they have to be cute and cheap.
The Jar sits on a sofa table in the Master bedroom and I smile every time I walk by this treasure.


Now onto the Laundry room. This is not my favorite room in the house, but it sure beats what I had twenty years ago. We will not be opening any cupboard doors, just because it would take to much time and space here. But the cupboards pictured here contain cleaning supplies, candles, tablecloths and toys for the niece and nephew. There's also one empty drawer and a junk drawer.This is a treasure that my Mother in law made for me at least 8 years ago. She captured exactly how I feel when I think of "home". This makes me cry every time I read it. It reads: I remember the softness and charm of the wide shady street, the great tree that hung heavy with the heat of August and in the winter, the warm contentment. I love remembering the simple pleasures of my Grandmother's home.





The deep sink is great for hand washables and drip-drying and plants.
Oh yeah - the washer and dryer (almost forgot). The cupboards above have detergent, paper towels, etc.
I do a load of laundry every morning and we leave this door to the "bonus room" open - but it does not make me get on that thing. Instead I head into the pantry....oh well. There is a built in ironing board on the wall next to the bonus room door, but I forgot to take the picture - it gets used by the kiddos.

The bonus room holds all the stuff that we should use everyday but alas, we do not. I want a pool table in here! This room is rather large (16x26) but I am not going to show you the other end because it's full of stuff that needs to be put away or sold in a yard sale. Sorry.

Okay, now for the flashback - I'll make it short.

This is June of 2006 - yes, June. We camping in Bishop one weekend with our friends R&T and their son, it was pretty warm so we decided to drive up to Mammoth Lakes where the trees are tall. We knew it would be cool but we weren't expecting the snow, as you can tell from the shorts and sandals. It ended up being a beautiful day with a snowball fight and laughter.

Thanks for joining me. Just leave a comment to join Flashback Friday.

Ladies who want to Fashback:

http://lbratina.blogspot.com/2009/06/cloche-party-friday-flashback.html

http://blondiesjournals.blogspot.com/

http://bigsticksblog.blogspot.com/

http://keethastuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/oh-baby.html