41 wheel barrows full of wood chips:)

Happy Monday to you:)

We have enjoyed a lazy day full of

pajamas until 12:30, baked cookies,

friends over,

eye appointments, vaccines, and the SUN:)

It has been a pretty great day.

It feels like what a summer day is like at our house:)

I thought I would show you the product of our labor:

 

Here is the yard before:

This is the only before I can find.

 

 

What do you think?

 

 

I think it looks better than sparse grass:)

 

Are you doing any yard projects?

 

 

~Dena:)

 

 

 

 

 



Love of black & white beach pictures:)

Good Sunday to you:)

I hope you have had a good weekend!

We have ourselves a three day weekend:)

Yesterday was spent shoveling 41 wheel barrows

full of playground wood chips.

The backyard doesn't get a lot of sun and it is difficult

for the grass to grow.

The kiddos have used their feet enough under the swings

that it is constant hard dirt or mud.

Mr. SSH has wanted to do wood chips for years!

He decided yesterday was the day to finally do this.

We have had this playground for 14 years!

I will show you pictures later.

The wood chips smell sooooooo good:)

 

While we were at The Worldmark in Seaside,

I had Mr. SSH take pictures of their art work around the hotel.

 

 

Mr. SSH & I walked to all eight floors to take the pictures:)

 

 

I

 

 

think

 

 

I

 

 

would

 

 

have

 

 

LOVED

 

 

this

 

 

era!

 

It reminds me of The Great Gatsby!

This movie is coming to theatres in May!

The pictures make me SMILE:)

 

Happy Sunday to you!

 

 

~Dena;)

 

 

 

 

 

 



Wishing you a happy day:)

Just popping in to wish you a happy day:)

 

 

 

 

 

~Dena:)



Sweet 16 in Seaside Oregon

Good Sunday to you:)

I hope you have had a restful weekend!

Mr. SSH & I have spent the weekend in Seaside, Oregon

celebrating our oldest daughters 16th birthday with six teenage girls.

Sigh.......

I am going to make a guess that you have had a more restful weekend:)

We have had a great time though.

 

 

We stayed in the Worldmark (the building on the right).

 

 

It was a good day on the beach.... no rain:)

 

 

This was our view:)

 

 

The girls bowled.

 

 

 

Mr. SSH & I snugged:)

 

 

They rode a surrey.

 

 

They went on the

 

 

Tilt a Whirl.

 

 

They had ice cream.

 

 

They swam.

 

 

A good time was had by all.

Mr. SSH & I are pooped!

 

How was your weekend?

 

 

~Dena:)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From blah to Ahhhhhhhhhhh:)

Good Monday to you:)

I hope this day finds you well!

It is currently SUNNY outside:)

We haven't seen a lot of the sun lately......

Today I was going in my front door and boy was it blah looking!

 

 

Look at that one lonely seashell!

Wow....

So I decided to go seashell hunting around my house:)

I also found some driftwood too!

 

 

Ahhhhhhhh:)

 

 

MUCH

 

 

BETTER!

 

 

Enjoy your sunny Monday

 

 

~Dena:)

 

 

 



A new bottle opener.....Sigh.......

Good Sunday to you:)

I hope you are enjoying this day.

For those of you who have followed me for a while....

you know I have a "thing" for bottle openers:)

While looking at etsy I found this:

 

 

Mr. SSH was kind enough to install for me:)

 

 

I LOVE it, I LOVE it, I LOVE it!

It makes me SMILE:)

I wonder how my island has survived all of these years without it:)

 

 

You are welcome to come over ANY time to use it!

 

 

Happy Sunday

 

 

~Dena:)

 

 



An easy wreath decoration

Good morning/afternoon girls:)

I have been absent lately from my creativity.

This year I started substitute school teaching

and am LOVING it.

But........

I am missing my creative outlet!

Goodwill visiting has been scarce.

I KNOW.....

I am going through withdrawals:(

This morning I was perusing etsy for inspiration.

It worked:)

 

 

One of the sellers was selling a burlap wreath.

I had a white covered circle styrofoam wreath already.

I also had a roll of burlap:)

I got busy cutting.

 

 

I cut into little strips and used straight pins to attach.

 

 

Once I finished the first circle

I started cutting out more for a second row.

 

 

Sorry for the blur~!

 

 

I decided it was time to take down the snowflake and bunny wreath.

 

 

I got out my scrabble pieces and started hot gluing.

 

 

LOVE it!

 

 

I glued the letters on and found my glittered G.

What do you think?

 

 

Much better than what was there:

 

 

 

 

Happy Saturday to you:)

 

 

~Dena:)

 

 

 

 

 



Things that make me sigh....

Happy Sunday to you:)

I hope this day finds you relaxed!

I went through two of my favorite magazines

today and found myself sighing....

come join me and let me know if  you sigh too:)

 

 

Look at the bead board and that chandelier!

House Beautiful

 

 

Hydrangeas always make me sigh.....

House Beautiful

 

 

I want to be in that tub!

House Beautiful

 

 

What a beautiful backyard!

House Beautiful

 

 

I Love the metal bins on the bottom shelves:)

Coastal Living

 

 

What is not to LOVE about this kitchen?

Coastal Living

 

 

Sigh.....

Coastal Living

 

 

I fell in love!

Coastal Living

 

 

Did any of these make you sigh?

 

~Dena:)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Free flowers

Good Thursday to you:)

I hope you are well!

I was getting my coffee this morning and I asked

the Batista how he was.

He said, "okay"

This isn't like him so I asked him...

"just okay?"

He said "been better"

I told him that I hoped his day got better

and that not everyday can be great.

He said, "unless you are superman"

I said "life would be pretty boring if everyday was great"

He thought for a minute and said,

"you are right"

As I was talking to him I was actually talking to myself.

It is through those hard days that I grow the most.

I gain that precious wisdom:)

Does that happen for any of you?

 

 

Any hoooooo.....

back to the free flowers:)

 

 

Most of us have access to a tree:)

 

 

They are in bloom.

 

 

and free:)

 

 

There are so many different trees blooming right now:)

 

 

Enjoy your evening!

 

 

~Dena:)