Thought for the weekend...
My new kitchen sign mounted over the stove
One of my favorite daylilies, Ed Brown. It will be in full bloom soon. This is a flower from last year. Don't you just love the edge?
More rain on the way. I jumped on my lawn tractor and zipped around mowing before the rain started.5 Ways to Live Like a Rich Person this Weekend
You don't need to have a lot of money to live like a rich person. Sometimes I think having scads of money is actually a hindrance to enjoying what you already have.
Here are five things that make me feel rich.
Here are five things that make me feel rich.
- Having a timer for my coffee pot so the smell of coffee brewing wakes me up in the morning. I've not had good luck with the the pots that have timers so I have one that plugs into the outlet. It can also be used to turn on your lights at a pre-set time.
- Fresh sheets on the bed
- Using my nice china. I love pretty china and don't save it for company. I also have found really cool plates at of all places - the Dollar Store. Bright flowers are fun for breakfast. When I was growing up my Mom always used her finest china (Noritake), and her best crystal for our birthday parties (even when we were 6 or 7 years old). My friends and I never broke a thing and today I'm using the same china and crystal.
- Using stemmed glasses for orange juice in the morning. Sometimes it's the high end crystal and sometimes it's cool stemware from, you guessed it - the Dollar Store
- A vase of flowers, even a small one, makes me feel very, very rich
What Makes You Feel Rich?
From the combox:
Lola has given me my new favorite motto by way of her friend Coco:
Lola said... One cure for a love of stuff is to work in a historic house museum.
I did one summer for my undergraduate degree. I Just loved Victorian homes up until I had to catalog each and every piece of linen, pottery, bric a brac and tsotchkes.
I too love many styles. I even love that 50's Retro stuff, modern and such, but don't know if I could live in a home full of it. Something about "modern" style can get depressing. Often the modern art of that era reminds me of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".
I've been trying to be hard nosed about the junk brought in. New or Old. I tend towards loving everything.
But, when I reach for that silver plated tray at the Thrift store along with the Van Nys pottery, I hear my friend Coco saying, "Elegance is the art of refusal". I now tend to put many items back on the shelves.
Thanks Lola!
Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to tell me what makes you feel rich. I'm always open to new ideas...
Next week we'll be talking about bookcases as I re-do mine. I'm going for calm by covering the books in brown craft paper. I know, I know - waaaaaaay too OCD!!!
Lola has given me my new favorite motto by way of her friend Coco:
"Elegance is the art of refusal"
Lola said... One cure for a love of stuff is to work in a historic house museum.
I did one summer for my undergraduate degree. I Just loved Victorian homes up until I had to catalog each and every piece of linen, pottery, bric a brac and tsotchkes.
I too love many styles. I even love that 50's Retro stuff, modern and such, but don't know if I could live in a home full of it. Something about "modern" style can get depressing. Often the modern art of that era reminds me of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".
I've been trying to be hard nosed about the junk brought in. New or Old. I tend towards loving everything.
But, when I reach for that silver plated tray at the Thrift store along with the Van Nys pottery, I hear my friend Coco saying, "Elegance is the art of refusal". I now tend to put many items back on the shelves.
Thanks Lola!
Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to tell me what makes you feel rich. I'm always open to new ideas...
Next week we'll be talking about bookcases as I re-do mine. I'm going for calm by covering the books in brown craft paper. I know, I know - waaaaaaay too OCD!!!
