Bucket List

This is my entry in the Just Ask Bucket List Getaway Giveaway. Just Ask offers a breast and ovarian cancer screening and is encouraging people to share 15 things that I want to enjoy in my lifetime as a reminder to be aware of my health. Want to enter? Head over to TodaysMama.com to get the details.

My Bucket List:

1. Long visit to Portugal (with side trips to see England, France, Italy, and Spain!)

2. Cross-country R.V. road trip to visit all the historic places and sites possible.

3. Finish college.

4. Wear a size 8 again.

5. Live in a foreign country for a few years. (see #1 maybe?)

6. Restore an historic home.

7.  Live in a Mid-Century Modern home.

8. Run - or jog - even a mini-marathon

9. Experience a white Christmas in some beautiful mountain cabin with my family.

10.  Write and illustrate a book for children.

11. Paint murals for disadvantaged or sick kids or in a place that serves such.

12. Learn to Swing Dance.

13. Take our kids on an Orlando vacation!!!

14. Be in a possition to help others complete an item from their own bucket list.

15. Be in good enough shape to mountain bike - really well!



That was fun!

Birthday Party Fun

We had 2 birthday parties  in a row awhile back -

A Pool party and a PeterPan party!

To add to the fun, I painted these (not sure what they are called :)!  I painted them on foam-core and they have surprisingly lasted for over a year and we have used them for several occasions. 

I think I would have the most fun painting these (I should just make up a name for them) for every themed party imaginable! 

Our poor party guests may get sick of sticking their faces behind them at every party we have, but I won't get sick of snapping their pictures!!!

Christmas Gifts...

All my parents' grandchildren in their Halloween costumes!

(My Mom is way into Halloween!)

 

more to come...

Rounds

One of my little ones used to call circles, "rounds"! Makes me smile every time I think about that. Having kids lets us REALLY participate in the circle of life! Seeing the next generation - the ones that will take our place when our time is dimming - grow and learn and become has to be the most exciting adventure!

This post is for those who love "rounds!"


design mom via Design Sponge. The link to Design Sponge will take you to the post that includes directions on making this upholstered bed! Cheap! Awesome.


I just love fun ceilings! They aren't much fun to paint, but the payoff is HUGE!
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sprout style


Such a pretty room. (I really like pink!) living with lindsay


Another gorgeous ceiling! The sparse dots on the wall are perfect!

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Some one has a lot of patience when it comes to painting! I imagine those circles took forever to create! HGTV Rate My Space


Circle sticky chalkboards - any kid would love to use these, I'm sure.
simply lovely



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Circle theme to the extreme - even a round bed!!!
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Modern Nursery via desire to inspire


Domino


Hagen's Shared Bedroom via Ohdeedoh


One of the rooms in Mylie Cyrus' suite! I could live in it!
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ivillage



project nursery using Stamping Up stamps! Wonderful color combo.


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home-dzine

Want a cute tea cup chandelier like this one?

I always have but didn't want to spend the money - they are pricey! Design Dazzle has instructions on how to make one!!! I love creative DYIers and am so grateful when they share their know-how! Click on link for more info.

Black in kids rooms?!?

Since I just posted about having an all-white nursery/kids room, I thought I would also post some pictures featuring the other half of my favorite color scheme of black and white. Using black in a kids space seems even more unlikely then using white. I always think of kids rooms as being colorful and bright and neither black or white fit that idea. From the pictures I found for my white-room post, and then those for this post, I now seen how lovely either color - or non-color - can be in a child's space. Hope you enjoy these pictures!



I love this bold pattern and bet it is really stimulating for the baby that lives in this room. (Maybe that is not a great thing at bed time?!) HGTV Rate My Space


The painted scroll work is really pretty and I love all the pops of red in this room.
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Adorable way to "frame" the baby's name!
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the inspired room


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House to Home


(notice the cool ceiling light?)
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What a great way to have a chandelier in a kids space! I love decals!
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See more pictures from this cool room at Design Dazzle

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Zimbio


This room is SO cute. I love that striped ceiling. It took guts to paint a yellow striped ceiling over a black wall, but it so works!
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ohdeedoh

This is the sweetest black sheep lamp, but I wonder if the child whose room it goes into won't one day wonder if his parents were hinting at something - like his status in the family! :)

netkidswear

I want this space in my own room!

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ohdeedoh


ivillage


I think this room would give me a headache. To each his own!

houzz


The long shelf in this room is really great! freshome


Another amazing ceiling. Makes sense for a baby's room since they spend so much time looking up at the ceiling!!!

Design Dazzle

Really cool decals like this one can be purchsed from paristic via babyology