The Gypsy's Corner

I need a break...

2011-07-11T22:25:00.006-04:00

...from blogging. I'm experiencing major blog burn out

and even missed hosting Three Or More Tuesday last week.

I hope you won't be too disappointed but I need to figure out

how I want to continue with this blog, if I should change it

or if it is maybe time to quit all together.

Work, business travel, summer chores and my family are

taking up most of my time at this point and blogging went

from being fun to feeling like a job.

So for now I'll just call it a vacation from blogging

and hopefully I will come out of this "blogging block".

Have a wonderful Summer,

133rd Three Or More Tuesday

2011-06-20T21:28:00.004-04:00

Welcome to the 133rd Three Or More Tuesday.

Other then cleaning, weeding and organizing
I don't have a whole lot to blog about this week.
When I was wondering what to share today,
I looked through some of the recent pictures I took
and picked this one to
go with Three Or More Tuesday.

It's one of my favorites photos I've taken this year.

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132nd Three Or More Tuesday - Purples

2011-06-13T23:10:00.005-04:00

Welcome to the 132nd Three Or More Tuesday.

I love my backyard in June.
Everything is starting to bloom...
and my love for purple flowers becomes very apparent.

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131st Three Or More Tuesday - A peaceful Getaway

2011-06-06T21:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the 131st Three Or More Tuesday.

We had a chance to get away for a few days
and visit our friends in Ohio.
A few years ago they bought a few acres
of land and an old farm house and after
remodeling the house they have added
many animals to their peaceful place.

Their are ducks and geese...

Billy the goat...

Houdini the sheep...

Maxwell and Sassy the happy pigs...

and the very recent addition of these little guys
which have not yet been named.

We had a great time and I love visiting their place
for some overdue peace and quiet.

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130th Three Or More Tuesday - Life...

2011-05-23T20:26:00.007-04:00

Welcome to the 130th Three Or More Tuesday.

This rainy Spring has made it almost
impossible to achieve any of the yard work.

Just keeping up with the grass is a challenge
since it is sooooo wet.

But we had a couple of days were we got to
get some chores done and I saw little glimpses
of life out there with the promise of summer.

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129th Three Or More Tuesday - Garden Plans

2011-05-16T21:31:00.005-04:00

Welcome to the 129th Three Or More Tuesday.

It's that time of year when I'm deciding
what to plant in the veggie garden. I use transplants
since I don't put anything into the garden beds until after
Memorial Day to avoid the risk of frost.

The first year I tried the whole seed thing but it
didn't work well and with my busy schedule the
transplants (even though more pricey) are the
better option for this weekend gardener.

After some trial and error my family realized what
veggies we actually consumed and what we ended
up giving away. The third year of our square foot
garden will include the following:

Green Beans
Tomatoes
Radishes
Carrots
Onions
Lettuce
Bell Peppers
Pickles
Cucumbers
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Basil
Parsley
Chives
Thyme
Dill
Cilantro
Garlic (Planted last Fall)

In a separate bed I'm also planting a red currant
and a gooseberry bush. Both berries that remind me
of my grandmas garden.

Now the weather just has to cooperate and our little
square foot garden will go from planning to harvest in
no time.

Do you plant veggies? Do you have a large
garden plot or plant things in containers?
What do you grow on a yearly basis?

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128th Three or More Tuesday

2011-05-09T23:42:00.005-04:00

Welcome to the 128th Three Or More Tuesday.

This past week has been pretty much all over the place.
Between work, house projects, my grandson, Mother's Day
and my realization that my yard and flowerbeds are being
taken over by weeds from all of this rain we've been having;

It just seems I've been running and running and have
very little to show for it.
Do you have ever weeks like that? I find it very
frustrating and I desperately need to get back on
track and organized to get all of my different ToDo lists done.

I did 'doodle' on my kitchen chalkboard one morning...

and while browsing at Marshall's found 4 salad plates
for $2 each
on the clearance shelf...

and of course i spend loads of time with my favorite
little person that owns this little hand...

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127th Three Or More - Photo free post

2011-05-02T20:48:00.006-04:00

Welcome to the 127th Three Or More Tuesday.

I decided that I'd do a photo free post this week for Three Or More.

A little over a week ago I turned 44 and even though
I always had some type of 'Bucket List' in my head,
I never wrote it down.

On the evening of my Birthday
I sat down and wrote down all those things I wanted
or did achieve and decided there are a couple of things
I need to do this year to mark them off of my list.
This list is in no particular order and I highlighted
in red the ones I want to/did do this year.

Take my family to the Frankfurt Christmas market
Visit Maui again
Go ziplining - DONE 2006
Sunset horseback ride up a Maui vulcano - DONE 2006
Build a house - DONE 1997
Be debt free
Own a home with a pool - DONE 2005
Retire by age 55
Go Sky Diving
Write a book
Fly First Class
Visit the Hot Air Balloon Festival in New Mexico
Go dog sledding
Go to Disney World
Travel to Europe and visit all of the different countries I've been to and lived in as a kid
Ride in a hot air balloon
Swim with dolphins - DONE 2006
Ride a mechanical bull - DONE 1996
Go scuba diving at Austrailia's Great Barrier reef
Learn to play a guitar
Create a website and blog - DONE 1992/2008
Have some of my decorating photos featured in a Magazine/website/tv 2011
Kiss my love at the top of the Empire State Building
Eat lunch in Central Park
Visit Dubai
Drive, stop and shop the worlds longest yard sale
Travel to Fiji
Travel to the Maldives
See the Northern Lights
Go Parasailing
Go Hang Gliding
Go Bungee Jumping - DONE 1996
Live in more than one country - DONE
Visit Yellow Stone
Visit the Grand Canyon
Visit San Francisco again
Visit Niagara Falls - DONE 1999
Walk on the Great Wall of China
Visit the Pyramids
Swim with sharks - DONE 1984
Design and build a loghome
Quit Smoking
Own my dream car a 2011 Camaro Convertible - DONE 2011
Save and buy a new car flat out in cash - DONE 2011
Drive around a Nascar race track - DONE 2009
Drive cross country and visit every state
To Be Continued...

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126th Three Or More - Nursery reveal

2011-04-25T21:47:00.010-04:00

Welcome to the 126th Three Or More Tuesday.

Last week I gave you a sneak peek of my grandsons nursery.

It used to be my oldest sons room

and is now completely transformed
into a space for my favorite little person.

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This week I'm also participating in

Metamorphosis Monday hosted by Susan

@ Between Naps On the Porch.

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125th Three Or More tuesday - Sneak Peek...

2011-04-18T20:53:00.002-04:00

Welcome to the 125th Three Or More Tuesday.

This past weekend I've been busy working on my grandsons nursery.
It's still not completely done but I thought I'd give you a sneak peek...

Now it's back to work completing this room...

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124th Three Or More Tuesday - Spring Tables

2011-04-11T20:41:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the 124th Three Or More Tuesday.

We finally had a very nice weekend

weather wise here in Western New York.

After four months of snow and ice I was able to get

on the 18 foot extension ladder and pull the icicle lights

from the gutters, take apart all the furniture in the

bedroom that is becoming the nursery and have it picked up and

complete some small modifications on my new car.

It was so nice outside that the Daffodills that had just peeked

out of the ground are blooming today!!!!

It's Spring afterall - Woohooo!!!

I checked though some of my old tablescape photos

for Spring/Easter tables I did in the past.

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123rd Three Or More Tuesday

2011-04-04T20:53:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the 123rd Three Or More Tuesday.

I'm sooooo late this week with my post.

I honestly forgot, I was pre occupied taking

pictures of my grandson and the thought that

it was Monday night never even crossed my mind.

I'm so sorry!!!

This little guy just makes me forget time I guess.

Woooaaahhh MiMi, what is that bright light?????

Oh, sit nice and smile, I get it!!!

Ok Mimi, that's enough now!!!

I hope you still share your posts even though I

was a horrible Meme hostess tonight.

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122nd Three Or More - Baking kind of weekend...

2011-03-28T21:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the 122nd Three Or More Tuesday.

This past weekend was a baking kind of weekend.

First there was a friends favorite pie because
she is leaving next week to live on the West coast...

and asked for Lemon Meringue pie.

Then there was her fiance who just returned from
his tour from Afghanistan. He loves Chocolate
and I made sure he got lots of that.

And last but not least my daughter (of choice) celebrated
her 25th birthday. She LOVES any and everything that has
to do with frogs and I thought I would give it a try and make
her a frog themed birthday cake.

After this weekend I am banning myself from sweets for the week,
which will not be too hard since I'll be out of town on business travel.
I hope all of you have a great week!!!

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121st Three Or More Tuesday - Spring has sprung...

2011-03-21T21:34:00.004-04:00

Welcome to the 121st Three Or More Tuesday.

It has been such a long Winter and I've been looking
for signs
of Spring every day.

Today I looked out the kitchen window and discovered
some spots of color in the bare flowerbeds.

It was only 40 degrees today which was
even too cold for the crocus to open it's flowers.

Wednesday we are supposed to get snow again
and the rest of the week is below normal as well.

Hopefully this is the last cold spell and Spring will
be here for good.

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120th Three Or More Tuesday

2011-03-14T21:20:00.002-04:00

Welcome to the 120th Three Or More Tuesday.

I've been traveling for work and
have a horrible cold. For the past
few days I've been trying to catch
up on sleep which has interfered
with blogging.
St.Patricks Day is just around
the corner and I hope with it
will come the long awaited Spring
me and my family are waiting for.

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119th Three Or More - Living the American Dream...

2011-03-08T06:18:00.006-05:00

Welcome to the 119th Three Or More Tuesday.

20 Years ago there was a period in my life that
I was homeless. If anyone would have told me
back then that 20 years later I'd be living in
a nice home and be able to buy my dream car
free and clear I would have laughed at them.

But that is exactly what happend.

Living the American Dream...

Today I'm also wishing my youngest a Happy 21st Birthday!!!
May all your dreams come true.

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118th Three Or More - More for the Nursery...

2011-02-28T21:10:00.006-05:00

Welcome to the 118th Three Or More Tuesday.

After showing you last week the star mobile

for my grandsons nursery, I thought I share

pictures of some of the other items I purchased

to bring the room for this little guy together.

First I found all I needed at one of my

favorite places to shop, Amazon.com.

I ordered the Graco Charleston crib...

and the matching changing table.

The theme for the nursery is 'Twinkle little star'...

which is the reason why I picked the following bedding from Kinberly Grant...

All images are from Amazon.com

So all of these bits and pieces are sitting packaged in my house

waiting for me to get moving.

I hope the weather breaks here soon and that Spring

arrives. I can't start the project until the snow and ice

disappears since I have to move several pieces of furniture

out of this house to make room for the nursery and

I refuse to freeze my behind off while doing that.

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2011-02-21T17:06:00.005-05:00

Welcome to the 117th Three Or More Tuesday.

I started buying the furniture, bedding and accessories

to make my grandsons nursery a reality.

The room will get new flooring, beadboard ceiling

and of course paint. I am waiting for a little warmer weather

to get the flooring etc done since we'll be moving some furniture

into a family members storage and I refuse to do that in ice and snow.

In the meantime I was working on an accessory item:

A star mobile...

All it took was the inside of an embroidery hoop,

some paint, trim, scrapbook paper and star punches,

wire and a few beads...

After punching out many stars, stringing and glueing it

all together the mobile was complete.

I will be sharing more of the nursery in the coming

weeks. Just one of the many projects off the 2011

list to be completed.

In addition to 'Three Or More' I'm submitting this post for

Metamorphosis Monday hosted by Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch,

please stop by her blog and visit all of the other participants.

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116th Three Or More Tuesday - 1st Valentines Day...

2011-02-14T19:47:00.006-05:00

Welcome to the 116th Three Or More Tuesday.

Today was my grandsons first Valentines Day.

My better half is still recovering from surgery and

my daughter-of-love is working late, so it is lil'bean

and me spending some quality time together.

I hope you understand that instead of putting together

a lengthy 'Three Or More' post, I want to spend

some quality time with my favorite Valentine.

Oh and by the way, count the kisses, there are three or

more of those ha,ha.

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115th Three Or More Tuesday - A simple Valentines Day Table

2011-02-07T21:09:00.009-05:00

Welcome to the 115th Three Or More Tuesday.

Valentines Day is only a week away.
This year it will be spend quietly at our house
and I put together a simple table for it in red and cream.

The dinner plates are Mikasa Italian Countryside.

I picked up the salad plates last year at the
Christmas Tree Shop.

Since the Centerpiece is a birdcage holding some roses...

I added some bird salt and pepper shaker next to it.

The checkered heart pillows and the napkins
came from Target and I found them there after
Christmas during the 90% off sale.

I added red silverware also a Christmas Tree Shop find.

My red goblets, also from Target and the bee glasses
from the Christmas Tree Shop completes each setting.

How fitting that the little hearts have a snowflake
on them since we are still in a deep freeze here.
They are actually Christmas Tree Ornaments.

One more view of the setting...

and the completed table.
Happy Valentines Day to you and your loved ones!!!

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114th Three Or More Tuesday...Another Wnter Tablescape...

2011-01-31T21:36:00.008-05:00

Welcome to the 114th Three Or More Tuesday.

I'm sorry my post is so late tonight.
There is soooo much going on this week
and time simply got away from me.

I'm sure some of you are facing the Monster
Winter storm that is coming across a huge part of the
country. As much as I want Winter to go away
this weeks weather seems to state loud and clear:
'I'm still here!!!'

To follow last weeks Winter tea I thought one last
Winter table was in order before I start pulling out
the Valentines themed items.

The chargers are from our local grocery store, the salad plates,
napkin rings and glasses are from the Christmas Tree Shop,
Dinner plates
are Mikasa. The silverware and napkins came from Target.

Living in Western New York I know that just the idea
that Winter will be over soon is wishful thinking.
We will have the cold, the gray skies, the snow
and ice most likely into April - YUCK!!!

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113th Three Or More Tuesday - More then a couple is a collection...

2011-01-24T21:26:00.006-05:00

Welcome to the 113th Three Or More Tuesday.

My mom always said more then a couple of
like-pieces make a collection.

On Sunday I pulled out my pieces
for a Winter tea by the fire.

It all started when I found the teapot at Marshalls or
TJ Maxx. Shortly after I ran across the creamer.
And after posting about the teapot one great blogging friend
send me the little sugar bowl.
I was so pleased to have those three pieces...

but last week
I ran across the two matching cups and just couldn't resist.

The white reindeer is a leftover Christmas decoration,

but he fit right in.

All together it made the perfect tea setting by the fireplace
enjoying some Maple Snickerdoodles.

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Winter slumber...

2011-01-23T21:19:00.001-05:00

We continue to be in a deep freeze along

with many other parts of the Northeast.

Instead of venturing outside, I was

playing around with my camera today.

But what could I possibly take a photo of???

Then I saw this sitting in the bay window and

thought it reflected the feeling of the weather,

the feel of the day.

Last year we received this sculpture/oil lamp

from our very good friends as a gift.

I had seen it at the Allentown Arts Festival and

fell in love with it. The tree is made out of twisted wire.

There is a bench and a swing and a small campfire.

I just love the feel of the piece...

Quiet, peaceful...Winter slumber.

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112th Three Or More Tuesday - Project list for 2011 and beyond

2011-01-17T20:58:00.006-05:00

Welcome to the 112th Three Or More Tuesday.

Warning - This will be a photo free post.
So if you stopped in to see pictures I am sorry to disappoint you
but I hope you stay a while anyway and I promise I'll post photos
in a couple of days.

I finally got around to writing down my
project list for 2011 ...and possibly beyond.
It's a long list and I'm not sure if all of it can be achieved this year,
but I will give it a good try and whatever I can't get to
will remain on the list until it is done.

So here is my project list:

1. Install attic stairs
(There is soooo much space up there that if we had
adequate access and enough plywood down
the storage potential is awesome)
2. Add attic insulation and plywood
(See item one)
3. Paint downstairs bathroom
(This is the only room in the house that
still has the paint the previous owner chose...
time to make it my own)
4. Install bead board in downstairs bathroom
(I love how the bead board ceiling in our kitchen looks
and want to add it to more spaces in this house)
5. Paint hallways and stairway walls
(This would be paint number three since we moved in
6 years ago. In the beginning I wanted different paint in
all the rooms. However since we opened up the kitchen to the
dining and living room it makes sense to bring that same latte
paint through the halls and stairway.)
6. Remove popcorn ceiling in hallways and stairway
(Yes, some of us still have those dreaded popcorn ceilings.
This house was built in the early 80's and it was common
practice back then to popcorn all ceilings - YUCK!)
7. Paint master bath
(I am tired of the lavender color and need a change.
I will ask all of you for help with the color choice
very soon.)
8. Install bead board ceiling in guest room
(The beach theme in this room just calls for the
bead board and what easier way to cover up
the popcorn.)
9. Replace flooring in guest room
(Another item long overdue since the carpet in this room
was ready to be replaced when we moved in)
10. Replace master bath door with barn style door
(My excuse is space saving reasons but I simply love
the look of barn doors too.)
11. Replace doors on pool shed
(We should have done this last year but time
got away from us and this HAS to be completed
this year.)
12. De-clutter EVERY space in the house
(I know many of you have been deep into this
since the beginning of the year and I have done
my office and will move to the next room next week.)
13. Paint walkin closet
(Right now it's just 'blah', boring, nothing fun.
This project may fall of the list off of this year,
depending on how the other projects are going.)
14. Replace last original window to the house
(The bay window to the front of the house
is the only original window left to be replaced.
It needs it desperately because the sidelights
don't open and the seal between the glass is faulty.)

So that will do it for now, but it is very possible
that I add to this list throughout the year.

Do you make a list of projects each year?
And are you usually able to finish them all?

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Bargains found...

2011-01-09T18:33:00.004-05:00

On Christmas I received a gift card for

The Christmas Tree Shop. Over the

weekend I stopped and found a few bargains

for St. Patricks Day. I was initially looking for

Valentines Day decorations but none of the Valentines

decor called out to me.

The teapot is tiny and holds enough tea for one cup.

The teapot was $2.99 , the bell I got for $1.99, the cup was $3.99 and

the clover plaque on a ribbon only cost $2.50.

The three faux stones below were only $1 each.

So for a total of $15 I got some cute St.Patricks Day decor.

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It's Edies Day!!!

2011-01-04T20:26:00.008-05:00

I've been part of various online communities for a couple of decades.

From eworld to AOL, from Gardenweb to HGTV, but the bonds built in the blogging community are truly special.

We may only know each other through our blogs but we share our hearts and homes, our passions and trials and tribulations and through it all build very special friendships.

I've been following Edies blog

for almost two years.

Her love for her family, home, her strong faith,

her sense of style and creativity have been truly inspiring to me.

From the first time I read her blog I felt like

I was hearing from an old friend.

Even now as Edie deals with the aftermath of the tragic loss of

their home, she continues to amaze me with her grace and faith.

Edie - You are truly an amazing woman and an inspiration to many.

Today it is Edies Day...

Happy Birthday Edie!!!!!!

With lots of Love from Western New York,

Images have been 'hijacked' from Edie's Blog.

A new year and decade...

2011-01-02T15:59:00.008-05:00

A new year, a new decade just started.

I hope all of you had a very Happy New Year.

2010 and the past decade has been a mixed bag

and I am glad to see it go. I'm looking forward

to a brighter year and a better decade.

Last January I chose a word for 2010 and that word was

Embrace.

I was able to embrace some of the items on my list

but with some doors that closed and new ones that

opened I decided to choose

a new mantra:

Contentment

con·tent·ment
[kuhn-tent-muhnt]
–noun
1.
the state of being contented; satisfaction; ease of mind.
2.
Archaic . the act of making contentedly satisfied.

Change has always been difficult for me to deal with

but with the family related heartache over the past couple

of years I've come to realize that the saying:

The only constant is change

is so very true. I finally learned that change

means some things will end to make room for others

to begin, all being part of growing and renewing ourselves.

I will strive to become content

with the changes in my life...

and look forward to the new beginnings that these changes have brought.

No longer grieving what has ended, but instead looking at it as a chapter

of my life closed, valuable lessons learned, that contributed

to make me grow into the person I have become.

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109th Three Or More Tuesday - A photo shoot...

2010-12-27T20:01:00.005-05:00

Welcome to the the 109th 'Three Or More' - Tuesday!!!

I did a photo shoot with my newest and very favorite model.

He is a absolute natural and very cooperative.

Here are three of my favorite shots I took of my grandson.

I promise I'll get back to decorating soon.

He is just too adorable for words and this

new grandma has fallen in love

with this little man.

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108th Three Or More Tuesday...the BEST early Christmas present

2010-12-20T18:12:00.008-05:00

Welcome to the the 108th 'Three Or More' - Tuesday!!!

I've been preoccupied since last Thursday

night. On Friday morning I received the most wonderful early

Christmas present. It all started with this....

After a few months it went to this....

and now the most precious Christmas presents

of all is here...

Let me introduce you to my first grandchild:

His name is Taylor Jackson and he entered this world on 12-17-10.

He weight 8 pounds 15 ounces and was 21 3/4 inches long.

I hope you understand that this little boy beats out

a blog about Christmas decorations any day.

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