How Sweet The Sound

What's My Question Wednesday

My question for today is ...

 

 

what is your

 

favorite holiday song

 

 

   

 

 

 

A Tune For Tuesday - Showtunes

 

A week of joyful noise.

 

 

 

 

 

White Christmas

Holiday Inn

 

 

 

 

Oh Holy Night

 

 

A week of joyful noise.

 

 

 

 

Do You Hear What I Hear

 

Please visit Spiritual Sunday to fill your heart with joy.

 

 

Thank you, dear Charlotte.

 

 

 

I am also linking to Natasha's

 

Pinning and Singing On The Weekend at 5 Minutes Just For Me.

 

Please visit Spiritual Sunday to fill your heart with joy.

 

 

Thank you, dear Charlotte.

Pink Saturday - December 17, 2011

 

 

 

Happy Pink Saturday !

 

Today and every Pink Saturday

 

through New Year's Eve

 

share holiday related posts.

 

Your posts don't have to be pink,

 

but pink is always welcome.

 

Welcome to Pink Saturday. You are welcome to join in the fun.

Please join us by linking your Pink Saturday post permalink

using the linking tool provided at the bottom of this post.

Linking begins at 3 p.m. EST every Friday and continues through midnight Sunday night.

So, show us your Pink by linking your pink post permalink.

And please remember to include a link back to my blog within your post

so that your visitors will be able to visit here.

Please take the time to visit other participants.

Leave a comment so they will know you stopped by to visit.

Pink Saturday is about having fun!

It gives us a chance to meet others in the blogging community.

I promise it is worth the effort.

You will not only see lots of pink,

you will meet incredibly nice and talented people.

 

I want to thank each of you that link,

and a very special thank you to those

that take the time to leave me a comment.

It is you that make Pink Saturday special.

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Reminder

We have a weekly challenge for you to visit the blog of at least one

participant that you have never visited. Then next Saturday

include that blog and a link in your post.

Quite a few of you have been done this challenge,

and have met some great Pink Saturday participants.

Thank you for sharing with us.

 

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Pink Saturday Featured Blog

 

This week I am featuring Fabby at Fabby's Living. Fabby is a true and loyal pinkie, and she is one of the special people that make Pink Saturday wonderful for all of us.

You are going to love Fabby. She decorates beautifully, sets a stunning table and shares her enthusiasm and talents generously. I know you will soon make a new friend in Fabby.

Take a minute to go meet Fabby,

and please introduce yourself.

You will soon call Fabby friend, too.

 

Fabby has written the follow personal message to you.

• Fabby at Fabby's Living

I always look forward to joining the wonderful party at Beverly's Pink Saturday, as she is hostess to all our wonderful Pinks home decorations, to mostly anything you can imagine, that is why this party is so much fun. I love pink in dishes , glass ware and mostly everything. Thank you Beverly for having me mostly every Pink Saturday. FABBY

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Please e-mail me if you are

 

 

interested in being the featured

 

 

blog at a future date.

 

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This Pink Saturday I'm sharing our dining room redo.

This is a picture of the centerpiece I have

on our dining room table for the holidays.

I posted our complete dining room redo

on Metamorphosis Monday this week.

To see all of the before, during and after photos

click here.

We are loving it, and I hope you like it, too.

Let me know what you think.

 

Puzzle Friday

 

A puzzle for the

fun-lovers.

Come on and play with me.

My advice is to study the picture and

puzzle shape before you start.

These puzzles are fun,

and our brains can

use the workout.

My time was 7:08 seconds.

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Take A Deep Breath And Enjoy

Yesterday was a tough day at work.

 

So I came home and treated myself to something for my soul.

 

 

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What's My Question Wednesday

My question for today is ...

 

 

have you attended any

 

holiday parties

 

   

 

 

 

A Tune For Tuesday - Showtunes

 

Baby It's Cold Outside

elf

 

 

 

 

A New Life For Our Dining Room

Today I am joining Susan at Between Naps On The Porch

for

Metamorphosis Monday.

 

Thank you, Susan.

 

 

 

 

I had been waiting over twenty-one years to redo our dining room, and I started the process about three months ago.

 

 

 

Here is a photo of our "before" dining room.  You might wonder why it took me so long to redo this room.  It is because the furniture belonged to my mother, and she doesn't like change.  I finally bit the bullet and told her it was time.

 

 

 

The first thing we did was remove the wallpaper below the chair rail and add molding.  I like the wallpaper, but there was just too much of it.

 

 

 

 

Then we added the molding and primed the walls.  During this time, my husband changed all of the outlets and switches from ivory to white.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the meantime, we contracted with a furniture maker for a built-in cabinet for a twelve foot wall.  I also choose fabric and ordered upholstered, skirted parson's chairs to use as side chairs for the table.  I choose a complimentary pattern fabric, and we recovered the seats to our two arm chairs.  I ordered a rug to go under the table.  I had two table runners made because my plan was to place them across the table, and it was impossible to purchase the correct length.  I found an oil painting to place in a frame we already had and loved.  Last year we added a new chandelier and ceiling medallion, so at least that was already off our to do list.

 

We had to move everything out of the dining room, and it took residence in our garage, our living room and our foyer.  You know I was anxious to finish the redo so I could get organized.  I admit to being a neatnik, and I had to turn my head the other way during this unorganization.

 

 

 

 

The built-in was supposed to be installed mid-October, but the job took longer than planned, and it was finally installed Thanksgiving weekend.

 

The carpenter set this work area up in front of our house.  Everyone out for a walk stopped to ask what was happening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next picture shows the installation close to completion.  The doors for the lower center section had to be remade because they were sized incorrectly.

 

Now we had the painter here for almost a week, and then we had to let the paint age for almost two weeks before we could place our things in the cabinet.

 

 

 

 

We are finally finished, and we are loving our "new" dining room.

 

Since the holiday season is already upon us, I displayed my Christmas decorations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New painting.  Old frame.

 

Madonna and Child.

 

 

 

 

Amazing Grace.

 

 

 

 

Table centerpiece.