A Rainy Day in My Studio

I have been working little by little when I can on my studio.  I want to show

you a little project I just completed in here.  It's quite dark outside so the quality

is not the greatest, but it's the best that it can be during this current downpour.  

The inside of this cabinet is filled with lots of old text books and stuff that's 

just not all that appealing to see, so I covered the opening with a piece of

fabric that has been a favorite of mine for years.  

I bought this poster of 15th Annual Galveston, Texas Historic Homes

Tour years ago when I lived in Houston.  David and I used to throw our

beach cruiser bicycles in the back of his truck and drive down to 

Galveston on the weekends.  We would ride our bikes up and down

the seawall and then head over to the historic district for lunch.  I

have always been in love with that area and this poster has been the

perfect reminder of those happy days.  When we married and his job took

us first to Virginia, I never thought we would live in Texas again, but

never say never because here we are.  Of course now I have fallen in

love with Rockport, Texas.  It's a great little town farther down the 

coast and closer to Victoria than Galveston is now.  Still, I love this

poster of these charming Victorians and Colonials.

So much has happened so quickly during the past six months.  Our one 

remaining investment property is currently under contract.  It's the second

offer on the property in the last few months.  We turned down the first one

even though it matched our asking price because the new potential owner

did not want to honor the lease we have with our tenant.  We have a great

tenant who we like.  He is a student studying to be a physician's assistant. 

So even though it would have been a clean and easy financial deal, our 

hearts said no so we turned down the offer.  This current offer will allow our 

tenant to remain in the house and even though we will be making less of a

profit, a clear conscience is worth it to us.  Todd needs to focus on his

studies, not look for a new place to live.  He also has two dogs we love,

Katrina and Olivia.  Katrina is a very sweet chocolate lab and Olivia

is a miniature Pinscher who is about 12 years old now.  So Todd, 

Katrina and Olivia will keep their two year lease and when Todd

graduates he will be able to buy his own place.  

I have been thinking about making some changes to this blog.  I think

it needs a facelift and I would like to get some professional help with this.

I also want to change the direction just a bit.  What I have discovered is

that I really love just chatting with you, so you can expect more of a 

journal type of format.  I will still share some of my decorating projects,

recipes and crafts and such, but I want it to be much more personal.

So I hope that you will enjoy the new chattier me and that we will get

to know each other better.

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Vintage Thingie Thursday

Home Sweet Home

Show and Tell Friday

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Simple and Sweet Fridays
Shabbilicious Fridays
Furniture Feature Friday
Anything Blue Friday

Pink Saturday

Bentley has been cooped up in the house all afternoon.

I think the rain is finally letting up so he can go outside.

He really doesn't like to get wet.

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley