A Bushel and a Peck: June 2010

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June 2010

June 25, 2010

Facelift Friday

For the rest of the summer I will be having Facelift Friday.

Every Friday I will share an easy project that will cost next to nothing.

I have so many projects that I want to accomplish and so many of them are just like things here and there waiting for my attention.

Hopefully we can all get inspired to give our homes a little facelift this summer.

We recently bought a vintage dresser for our bedroom.

Our bedroom has gotten the least amount of attention in our home and I am hoping to change that this summer.

The dresser is smaller than the piece that was there before.

I needed to fill the space but I didn't want to spend anything.

I started searching through the house for little things that were not needed in the place they were at and made a wall collage with everything.

It was so easy and fast.

I put this up while the children were watching cartoons this morning.

A wise person might actually lay it all out on the floor first...but I just started banging nails all over the place!

I know I will tweak it and change it up a bit as I find more things to add.

I love how it turned out...and the best part is that I had everything already in the house!

If you have a little facelift project that you would like to share we would all love to see!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

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June 23, 2010

Sisters

Madolyn is my only daughter.

I am often struck with the realization that she will never grow up with a sister.

She will never be blessed to be one of the first people in the world to hold her sister's new born baby, toast her at her wedding and raise their babies together.

I have one sister and one brother.

My sister and I have had our share of ups and downs.

Our differences made our relationship difficult for many years.

I believe our differences now are a blessing and have made us appreciate each other more.

When you grow up you let a lot of things go and a wonderful peace and contentment comes.

I am fortunate enough to have my sister and her family live only 20 minutes away.

Our children adore each other and I love that they will grow up together.

Maybe my sister's daughters will feel like sisters to my Maddy and her youngest little boy will be like a brother to my sweet boys.

They often spend the night together and they already love each other deeply.

I pray that these relationships fill the void that Maddy feels in her heart sometimes for a sister.

Last week we were playing at my sister's house and I had brought my camera (which goes with me everywhere) so we had an impromptu photo session.

FYI...photo sessions at noon are not the best (early morning and evening are great times).

But it was noon (so ignore the shadows) and I wanted to take some photos and here are some photos of my beautiful sister and her most gorgeous children!