Picture of the new house inside

It has taken me some time to post more pictures of the new house. Well here they are!

This is our office off the Family Room. The Desk is a little messy, please excuse that! I have all my jewelry making supplies in there too! I have to start creating again.

This is our master bedroom viewed from the master bath.

This is my favorite beach pillow on our bed.

Large window in our master bedroom. Excuse the different color paint in between the window-John picked the wrong paint color to touch up-oopps!! We will be painting this room a very light silver gray very soon. We bought the paint we just have to paint it.

Garden Tub in master bath.

This is our kitchen from the Family Room.

This is the other side of the Kitchen.

This is my lovely view from my double window over the sink! I love looking out at the trees and my container flowers!

Butler's Pantry and other side of the Family Room.

Fireplace in the Family Room.

Mantel in the Family Room with our new painting. I just love that picture!

Guest Bath

2 French prints I hung in the Guest bath.

I repainted this lamp in our bedroom. I spray painted in Nickel from brass and replaced the shade. We have one of these lamps on each nightstand. I love the transformation!

Here is Curious George sitting in the Nursing Rocker in the Nursery just waiting for Owen!!

When I take pictures of the other rooms, I'll post them to show you too! Hope you enjoyed your little tour!

Jenny's Baby Shower on Saturday!

We had alot of fun at Jenny's Baby Shower on Saturday! She got so many beautiful gifts for Baby Owen. Megan and I began getting everything set up around 9 a.m. on Saturday and the Shower at 1:00 at Megan's house. We had 12 people at the Shower and they all brought some lovely gifts. Jenny's husband Kevin had an aunt and cousin come all the way from Buffalo, NY! Here are some pictures of our lovely afternoon!

Here is the Mom to Be!!

This is the table where we had the punch, iced tea and the diaper cake Megan and I made.

In the Dining Room we had the food table.

Jenny opening the gifts for Owen.

This cute little monster bag was a big hit at the Shower!

The cake that Megan made.

Jenny opening a gift from her co-worker, Lena.

My friend, Roxanne gave Jenny her shower gift in the really cute frog bag. She is planning on putting diapers in it in the nursery!

I love this picture of me, Jenny and Megan. Love you girls!!

The Shower at Megan's house is now over, but Tuesday night there will be another one at our knitting group. The we awaiting the arrival of Owen! He is due on July 17th but maybe he'll wait until the 23rd and be born on his Nana's birthday (that is me!!)!

Jenny's Baby Shower tomorrow!

I have not been blogging as regularly as I usually do but I have been busy planning and doing things for Jenny's Baby Shower. Her Shower is tomorrow! I will take plenty of pictures! Hope everyone has a great weekend.

I won a Rose Giveaway!!

I entered a Giveaway on Kat Warren's, Low Tide High Style blog!! I was so excited when I heard I won! I will be receiving lots of lovely things from Kat and from Hartwood Roses I will be receiving the Maggie rosebush!!! Here is a picture of the rose:

Connie, of Hartwood Roses has so many lovely roses for sale. Her website is: www.hartwoodroses.com. You should visit her site and help support wonderful farms like Connie's farm!!

Thanks Kat and Connie!!

The Turquoise Crochet Purse I made

Last Tuesday night at knitting group one of the girls that works at the shop was leaving when I came in and I saw her purse. She told me she made it and what yarn she used. I had to make this purse! Now remember I have only had one crochet class (I prefer knitting more). She told me the pattern was really easy and I should try it. Her purse yarn was lime green but I was leaning more towards the turquoise. My every day purse I use is lime green and I wanted a different color. So I brought the yarn home and started to work on it the next night. I had it done in 3 nights!! Here it is:

I bought some more yarn on Saturday to make another one in periwinkle and white! I think I am hooked on making purses now.

Memorial Day Memories!

When I was growing up in Northwestern NJ it seemed like it always rained on Memorial Day! I would be so excited about the picnic my grandparents or my family would have. My 30 or more cousins would come over, we would have such a grand time playing, etc. But then the night before or that morning it would start raining!! One year my parents were having the picnic and our huge apple tree fell on the wooden picnic table and broke it right in half!! That picnic table would hold 15-18 people easily, but not after that! We had a large detached garage so my Dad would pull the family car and his truck out of the garage and then we would set up folding tables and chairs. We would put paper red, white and blue table clothes on the tables and set the table with pretty paper plates, cups and napkins all in the red, white and blue theme. Then my cousins and their parents would come and we would have such fun just listening to the grandparents and aunts and uncles talking about the olden days. The food would be plentiful and so good! If the rained stopped we would be able to go outside for a little while and play tag or red light, green light. I'm sure the grandparents, aunts and uncles were happy about that :)!! Those days seem many, many years ago and now my cousins are all scattered around the US and a few around the world. This year John and I are just staying home and taking a day off. The girls and their husbands are doing the same. I think with all the moving, workload at work, baby showers to plan, etc., etc. we all just need to chill this year! Hope everyone will be enjoying their day off (if they have it off) whether you are at a picnic or just plain staying home relaxing!!

I got these next pictures off the Martha Stewart.com website.

Nice Memorial Day themed table.

Great red, white and blue sand layered these glass candle holders. You could use mason jars too for a down home feeling!

Here is a beautiful picnic planned by a lake!

Who wouldn't want to eat these cupcakes. What a wonderful presentation of them and very patriotic!!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY EVERYONE!!

Lily and mystery white shrub.

I had brought my container with my favorite lily in it to the new house. Yesterday the first bud opened up! It is so gorgeous!!

In our side yard there is a bush/shrub on the other side of the fence and I'm not quite sure what it is. I'm thinking it might be a wild viburnum. Does anyone know for sure what it is?

It has been raining here most of the evening. Very hard downpours, thunder and lightning too! Tomorrow is suppose to be really nice. I hope so because Jenny (our youngest daughter that is expecting) and I are going shopping for baby things tomorrow! I cannot wait! I just all those little clothes, shoes, etc.!!