absent-minded

am i inattentive or have forgetful behavior? 

no, not really

could i be lost in thought and preoccupied?

yes

absent from my blog?

big time

i am deep in creative thought

 and

 busy with a huge project that is

to debut in a few weeks.

i am beyond excited about this

(opportunity)

and can't stand the suspense in revealing it to you...

but i must for now.

thanks for bearing with me as i work behind the scenes

all i can tell you is that it has

alot to do with this

in the meantime,

 feel free to look back through

the farmhouse journals

(aka blog archives)

over one hundred followers!



roses are red, violets are blue
my blog would be no where
if it weren't for all of you!



wow...

over 100 buds !
(that would be all of you awesome followers)

it seemed like only yesterday that i had 6 or 7

thanks to ALL of you for thinking that my little spot in bloggyland is worth following. 

i am very humbled and appreciative.   

please know that you have each touched my life in some way...
from leaving thoughtful comments, great advice and to just being true to yourself

and now for a bit of fun...

in celebration of reaching this milestone in blogland

i'd like you to tell me what is the number one reason why you love to blog or follow?

and to get you started...

this is my #1 reason

decorating!
(both blogging about and following other amazing blogs)


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post note:

life has been very, VERY busy
projects, new additions, and family life
thus the reason for my absence in blogland

i have LOTS of news to share...
some sad and frustrating
but mostly...
fun and happy stuff going on...
stay tuned!

Beautiful Blogger Award

I participated in a fun game with Amy over at Whisper Wood Cottage about whose blog inspired me the most.  I chose Layla at The Lettered Cottage and you can read my comment along with the others' here.

Amy has asked that we list 7 things about ourselves and then pass the award onto 15 more Beautiful Bloggers.

So without further ado here are some random musings about my life...

     1.  My favorite color in decor is red, whether it be a dash of it here and there or a whole painted room.

     2.  White/black enamelware is one of my largest collections along with some colored speckled pieces thrown in for good measure.

    3. In 5th grade, I won my school's spelling bee.  My mom tested me for months and the hard work paid off.

    4.  I enjoy traveling, road trips and weekend excursions.

    5. In April of 2006, I traveled with my family to Maui, HI.  It was the best vacation by far!

    6.  I eat mostly organic food, pasture-fed meats, and wild-caught fish.

    7. My favorite scripture verse: Philippians 4:6

I nominate the following blogs & not in any particular order: 

(I follow so many...this was a very hard task. If I follow- I like your stuff!)

1. Midge @ Havin' fun with Junk
2. Maryann @ Domestically Speaking
3. Janis @ junkdreams
4. Candy @ Junk Sophisticate
5. Lani @ Cottage Elements
6. Kim @ Twice Remembered
7. Susie @ From My Home to Yours
8. Linda @ 52 Flea
9. Sweet Melissa @ JunkFest
10. Linda @ Itsy Bits and Pieces
11. Donna @ Funky Junk Interiors
12. Rue @ Rue's peanut butter and jelly life 
13. Jessica @ Life As I See It
14. Karla @ It's the little things
15. Gail @ My Repurposed Life

Please check out these wonderful blogs...they each have their own expertise but most love to make something beautiful from junk, thrift store finds, forgotten antiques, vintage items, and other miscellaneous items...be still my heart! 

There's Hope for Me!

If you're new to blogging like I am, you probably have been frustrated at times with various aspects of posting, layout and pictures.  This has been a learning curve for me and very time consuming due to my lack of knowledge.  The wonderful thing about this blogosphere are the wonderful people out there who have taken the time to alert us newbies about the "how to's".  I would like to give a shout out to Susan at BNOTP for her recent blog post about heading tabs. 


I have been trying to do a variety of things to my blog to make it more "me", appealing and friendly.  I now have hope and am slowly succeeding at this.  I finally was able to apply the heading tabs to my blog, use linkwithin that will add those nifty little "you might also like" post pics, buttons for my sidebar, AND add a pic for my title!  The aforementioned was accomplished thanks to Picnik and its easy peasy photo editing.  I have Candy Allen from JMS and  Junk Sophisticate to thank for this information when I was struggling to learn how to resize pics. 
I still need to tweak some pics and blog areas but at least I now have the "know how" to get the job completed.   

Etsy is my next venture which I have been holding off on for some time now.  I have my site up but still have the shop appearance and items to sell that need to be loaded on.  One must have merchandise right!?   I am a visual, hands on learner and thus I'm very suh..low!  My one big hold up is how to figure shipping for each item.  I'm not sure if Etsy helps with that or one needs to weigh each item or both?  I sure would appreciate any help that anyone out there has..a webpage, etsy page or blog that addresses it.

Be sure to check out all the links that I"ve added for your enjoyment, you'll be glad that you did.

Also, I haven't forgotten about posting more of our kitchen remodel...really!  It's just that life has gotten in the way of my blogging.  The great thing about Blogger is that you can draft a post and work on it when you have the time.  I just need the time!   ;)