@noreplycomment.....WHAT THE HECK????

 Do you ever just talk to yourself?

Sometimes writing a blog is like that.  I write and write and write and I hear nothing except the clicking of the keys on the keyboard.

HELLO OUT THERE!!!

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I know my blog is getting read by the number of hits and page views....

but I couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting very many comments.

Of course that was until today.  

I have a friend who had stated she had sent me numerous comments and was feeling sad because I haven't replied.   

Now this friend...and she knows who she is...isn't the most tech savvy person so I just assumed they were probably in her email drafts and she wouldn't even know that. 

She of course knows I say that with love and affection!!

But today I decided I better figure this out.  

Now I am not by any stretch a tech savvy person......but what I do have is some 

MAD DETECTIVE SKILLS

and I am

VERY CURIOUS

which helps a lot.

I also have always figured that I am not going to break something and if I screw it up it can always be fixed or undone.  So with that no fear attitude I have stumbled my way through setting up a blog, a website, posting, editing, tweeting, html codes, widgets, stats, rss, feedburner, xml, badges and a host of other things I really have no clue on how it works....but I just somehow stumble my way through it and 

VOILA

somehow magically there is a blog that I write that gets published and have a website that somehow is active.

But alas I am not perfect (who would have thought) and evidently somewhere along the line I have 

made a mistake

So here is the scoop......for some reason my comment emails were going to some funky address labeled @noreplycomment.blogger...so something to that effect.

So first off let me

apologize

to everyone who may have been leaving comments and did not get them acknowledged by me.  I believe I have fixed the issue but what I still am having a problem with is when I receive a comment ..... I can't respond directly to you because it says your reply email address is also @noreplycomment......

What the heck????

So until I figure this out.....the only way I can reply is by leaving a comment on my blog and then of course you won't know I have replied unless you read the comments.....

okay that is nutty and I have to get it fixed.

So I will try to fix this issue.

Also for those of you who are getting the blog in your email and reading it in the email.   Here is a little secret if you click on the title of the blog in the email

A MIND ON DESIGN

or the title of the post for example the one that was titled

22 words

this takes you to my website and then you can read the blog in its most

PRETTIEST

form....and well you know how I like pretty. 

 

(I mean this kitchen defines PRETTY pretty nicely......don't you think?)

So I have some work to do in order to fix some of these issues

Also in case  you were still wondering.....

YEP

I am still

PAINTING!!!

And I am getting 

pretty

  good at it too....hahaha!!

Knock Knock Knock~Wednesday Wowzers

Wednesday Wowzers is all about the  "Doors"

Not those Doors ( although I LOVE those Doors)

but I am talking about the Doors in your home.

Seriously one way you can make a small change that has 

BIG IMPACT

is to do something fun, exciting and 

COLORFUL

to your doors.

All it takes is a quart of paint and a little courage 

"To break on through to the other side"

Check out these striking, stunning and breathtaking Doors.

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I want to knock knock knock on these Doors.....

Don't you?

22 words

.........The long and winding road.........

......The hare and the Tortoise.......

.......Never Give Up.....

........Do what you love and love what you do.........

These 22 words pretty much describe my journey to this point in my life.  There are of course 

LOTS OF DETAILS

 in between these 22 words and eventually I will write down all those details and share them with whoever will read them.

The thing is I really believe in those 22 words...and their meanings

and along with an amazing supporting family and a 

LOVING ENCOURAGING HUSBAND 

I have had the courage to follow my dream.

My dream of course is to finish college and to get a degree in 

INTERIOR DESIGN.

I went back to school in August of 2010 to take a few prerequisites at the local community college. 

It was such a fantastic experience.  I have made some new life long friends. 

In addition I learned that I really can 

DESIGN!!

So that takes me to now.  I applied to Sacramento State in August.  I recently received notice I was accepted and on January 23 my new adventure begins.

The Sacramento State Campus is next to the American River. 

It is a beautiful campus!!   I know I will be doing what I love and loving what I do.  I am super excited.

Hmmmm......now the big question is what to wear?

I am thinking a shopping trip is coming my way.

And you know how I love to shop.

Day 31 of 31 days of prepping for the Holidays -31 Lessons Learned

Woo Hoo it is Day 31 of this challenge.
I accepted a challenge to blog for 31 days straight.  And well I don't know what it is but 

I LOVE A CHALLENGE!!

So I blogged away about 31 days of prepping for the Holidays.

I had a long to do list.  Many many things were accomplished.  But more important than crossing items off the list were the lessons I learned over the
31 days.

(Each item is a link to the post that taught me the lesson)

·       Prime

·         Patience is a virtue

·         Seek inspiration

·         Learn from others

·         Don’t over analyze

·         Embrace color

·         It is only paint

·         Be flexible

·         Buy when things are on sale

·         If you think it is PINK….then it is PINK

·         Caulk

·         Give Thanks

·         Face your fears

·         Two cords of wood is a LOT of wood

·         I like to paint

·         I love wallpaper

·         Your future is just as you’ve imagined

·         Shop on the internet

·         It is okay to take a day off now and again

·         It is okay to cry over paint

·         Singing the Barney Clean up song makes cleaning fun

·         Train Wreck is good

·         Soil grounds me

·         I am not crazy

·         There is no such thing as “WHITE” paint

·         Ladders can be a big help

·         A little confusion is good

·         I love all kinds of cocktails

·         Keep it simple

·         I love the South

And the most important lesson I have learned over these 31 days is

DO WHAT YOU LOVE……..AND LOVE WHAT YOU DO.  

I love blogging.....I love design

I love what I am doing. 

Thank you so much for reading along.  

So tomorrow I want to share my excitement about a new adventure coming my way soon. 

It has been a long time dream of mine to finish getting my degree so I can continue to do what I love.  Who knows what new doors will open for me as I start there this coming January as a junior.

Yep I was accepted to Sac State!!

Oh yeah.....

ONE MORE BIG LESSON....

NEVER GIVE UP!!!!

Day 30 of 31 days of prepping for the Holidays - The menu -Southern inspired

Ever since my visit to Savannah and Charleston a couple of years ago I have been infatuated with

THE SOUTH!!

What is it about the south that has grabbed my soul?

The Architecture.....definitely

The landscape......definitely

That Spanish moss and beautiful parks.......definitely

and then there is the food

So along with a Thanksgiving theme of

"Simply Gorgeous"

which will include white pumpkins, a newly painted creamy white living room,  Mason jars and a simple warm inviting tablescape the Menu will be 

SOUTHERN INSPIRED.

At the moment these are some of the dishes being contemplated:

And heck because I can....lets start with dessert first.

 Pumpkin-Pecan Cheesecake 

is looking pretty promising. 

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of course then there is
CORNBREAD DRESSING

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and how about and
Apple Bourbon Turkey and Gravy

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Are you getting hungry yet?  

What are you going to serve for Thanksgiving?