Happy New Year !!!!!

Happy New Year !!!!

Tonight we are going to dinner and a movie....

I do not like to be out on the road to far from home...

lots of fog today.......

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year

and many blessings in 2009...

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Now that I know how to make a mosaic....

I did one of my living room re due in progress...

including my slip cover project.....

Now that I see it all together it was a

lot of work but for me worth it......

Happy New Year....

Hugs & Love,

Mo :-)

A Year in Review

A Year In Review

Hosted by Cindy of My Romantic Home

what fun to see what everyone has been up to....

and where did this year go.....

Enjoy....Hugs, Mo :-)

After Christmas Quiet Time !!!!

After Christmas Quite Time !!!!!

I am sure everyone knows how your home looks after everything is put away after Christmas....indoor and outdoor decorations put away tables dusted floor cleaned everything put back just so....well that is what we did today......

after a little side trip to the emergency room...my hubby cut his finger on some glass and had 4 stitches....he is fine now...poor baby.....well anyway as we sat in our new clean living room....so peaceful and cozy I just had to share a little quite time with you....

my coffee table...I just love mercury glass.......
my little crown...it was a Christmas ornament.....
and a little mercury glass candle holder

my sweet candles holders I have had forever.....

Now I better go to bed...I have to work tomorrow

and 4 AM comes very early...

Good night...

Hugs,

Mo :-)

Hanging Around Pinks....

Pink Saturday !!!

My Pinks that are just hanging around......

Kitchen clock...... made this ages ago....
Old earring..............

pink chandelier in birdcage......

family room print.....

For more great Pink please visit Beverly(queen of pink) at

How Sweet The Sound....

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If you would like a Vanity update scroll down.....

Holiday Hugs,

Mo :-)

Lace Screen Re-Do

Vanity project on hold due to weather......

(a lot of work is done outside)

So I went to plan "B"

I have so many projects I want to do I have a list a mile long...

This screen wanted a make over and it was second on my list of to do's....

I put gold foil on the panels about 35 yrs ago...

what was I thinking....

(as you can see it is very wet outside...

and my cyclamen are still blooming)

this side I kept plain.....

it was still in good shape after 40 yrs.

My hubby took the panels out
and I primed and painted the screen....

added some lace and a wood applique....

and here you have it......my new lace screen....

Just in time for Christmas Eve.....

Happy Holidays.

Hugs,

Mo :-)

Mika's Pink Saturday

Today this is Mika Bella's Pink Saturday....

(she is 9 months & almost 5 lbs now)

I was taking pictures of something else and

Mika was being a little ham...

she was just in the mood to have her picture taken...

so of course what else could I do but snap away....

She also loves roses.....

see the pink bow on the right......
how do you like this pose ?????
OK I'm done.......
Happy Holidays !!!!!
Luv,
Mika Bella
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for more great Pinks..please visit Beverly at
"How Sweet the Sound"
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****Vanity Up Date****
I wanted to have some pictures this past week to share...
but the day I wanted to paint the weather wasn't cooperating..
rain...rain..... and more.... rain....
We have some very smart bloggers.....
it was my old sewing machine table....
stay tuned...this week.....
I will have a picture up date.....

Pink Saturday Accents

Pink Saturday !!!!

Today I want to share some accent pictures

I have around my home...

Old stenciled window....

roses.....
more roses .....

still more roses.....

Hello......

old birthday card I framed.......

found this picture in a newspaper...and framed it....

I white washed an old frame and painted

the matte light green and added some Pink roses....

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SNEAK PREVIEW

Another project I'm going to tackle.....

can you guess what this was ????????

it will be a my new vanity..

after it is painted...( it had another life )

stay tuned !!!!!!

this will be part of the new look......

will post what it was next week......

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For more great Pinks...please visit Beverly of

"How Sweet the Sound".....

Happy Pink Saturday.....

Hugs,

Mo :-)

Bring On The CLOWNS

I work for a wonderful airline that was one of the

sponsors for our Oakland Holiday Parade last Saturday.

Myself and some of my family participated in this years parade.
and yes we were allllll CLOWNS...
My grandson Christian is being made up....

He made a great clown.....
he was wonderful shaking hands with all the
children along the 2 mile route....

my grand daughter Nevaeh...she is only 2
and took this make up thing very seriously...

she was a great little clown....

until nape time took over. Grandpa

pushed her in her stroller.....

My little clown slept the whole parade...

and of course Me.....

kinda strange make up for a clown...

and here we all are ready for the parade....

my daughter Kera on the far right is

Mommy to Christian and Nevaeh....

we had a before party in the VIP room....

that day everyone was a VIP....

here we are with the Oakland Warrior Cheerleaders.....

Hubby and I with Miss California....

she was just as sweet as she was pretty.....

and who can forget Bob McGrath of Sesame Street....

a very sweet man.....

all of my children grew up watching him on TV.....

our group clown picture....kinda dark...

but maybe that's a good thing.....

Our float...our cute little T J LUV.....

well as you can see we all made it the 2 miles of

walking, dancing, waving and lots of hugs and smiles

we were tired......

back at my home we tried to blend in

with the Christmas decorations.....

can you pick out the clowns?????

We made another day of memories.....

Happy Holidays!!

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We are off to Disneyland for our Christmas visit..

flying out in the morning will return on Thursday...

Have a wonderful week....

Hugs,

Mo :-)

Christmas in San Francisco

Every year my hubby and I go to San Francisco for the day.

We shop and have lunch....Well this was our day....

Just a few pictures of the beautiful sights in San Francisco....

We bought our train ticket.....$8.10 round trip
Here comes our train......

To San Francisco...
The train ride is about 20 minutes from our station....

The train lets us off at the fabulous Westfield Mall on Market Street....

it just goes round and round with escalators...

Sorry I forgot to count how many floors...

It is a lot......

decorated for Christmas....

more hanging lights.....

This is the rotunda where Bloomingdale's is...

Just fabulous.....

The decorations are amazing.....

top of the rotunda......

we walked up Powell Street to Union Square.....

and of course a cable car...decorated for Christmas....

(my husbands father worked on the cable cars many years ago)

The Fabulous St. Francis Hotel on Union Square....

This Christmas Castle is all made ready to EAT.....

it is located in the lobby of the St. Francis....

Just amazing and beautiful......

Click to read how it was made....Interesting !!!!!

and of course how can we forget Macy's

We had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory on the top of Macy's

and I mean the top...The view is BEAUTIFUL.....

Elevator to the top.....

and here is hubby and I after our wonderful lunch....

and were very FULL......

one of the windows at Macy's......

and more walking...we had to walk off our lunch .....

and of course Neiman-Marcus....

Union Square.....

the flowers smelled amazing.....

ice skating in Union Square......

This is really "How much is the doggie in the window"

The Humane Society puts the pets up for adoption every

year in the windows of some of the stores in Union Square...

there is a little kitty behind the chair.....

everyone wanted to see the animals....so cute.....

and of course Tiffany's

breakfast anyone ?????

store front window at Tiffany's

Market Street....

our day had to come to a wonderful ending....

and so the two tired shoppers took our train home......

Hope you enjoyed your day Christmas shopping in San Francisco

Happy Holidays....

Mo :-)