HAPPILY EVER AFTER

HAPPILY EVER AFTER

Monday, August 6, 2012

MAGGIE'S "ADULT" APARTMENT!

Our Granddaughter, Maggie, has moved into her first "Adult" apartment.  After six years of roommates living in dorms and student apartments, Maggie has her OWN apartment!!  All to herself!

This girl is more organized than I ever dreamed to be!  Her kitchen cabinets and drawers are set up with sections for coffee, food prep, baking, cleaning,, and she even has two seasonings!  Teased her about that!.  I have never seen such planning!!!  You should see her dishcloth drawer!  Patti, her Mom (our daughter),  and her Dad, Mark,  just sat back and watched her organize the entire apartment, ...of course they did a lot of LABOR.....in a matter of a few hours after unloading the truck!  MC and I arrived two days later to find the entire apartment completely set up.....with pictures hung!

 MAGGIE ON GRADUATION DAY ......DO YOU THINK SHE'S HAPPY?



 WOW...SOME APARTMENT!


COME IN----MY LIFE BEGINS

 THE IMPORTANT STUFF.....COMFY SEATING AND TV


 IN TWO DAYS--EVERYTHING PUT AWAY IN ORGANIZED AND PLANNED SPACES!!


SHE IS THERE FOR GRAD SCHOOL........HER WORK AREA
 Give her a few more days, and those pictures will be hung!


BEFORE THE MOVE--HER CHILDHOOD  BED WAS REFINISHED IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BRONZE FINISH



DRESSER REFINISHED.....WAS HER "LITTLE GIRL" DRESSER WITH ADORABLE FLOWERS PAINTED ALL OVER THE FRONT.....

 BALCONY OVERLOOKS BEAUTIFUL GARDENS.....RESTFUL, QUIET RELAXING



WHEN SHE'S NOT WATCHING SPORTS , STUDYING OR RELAXING ON THE BALCONY SHE CAN OCCUPY HERSELF WITH THESE WONDERFUL AMENITIES AT HER FINGERTIPS





Now, all this is in the heart of Atlanta ......down the road from fabulous shopping, dining, ...
NEED I SAY MORE!!!!!


CONGRATULATIONS MAGGIE
ENJOY

Thursday, August 2, 2012

"NOT" SO GENTLY USED

MC and I went  off the Reservation!  We had an Adventure! 

We were headed, to Forsyth, a small town about 25 miles South.
 A neighbor had told us about this fabulous place where she bought draperies and a great chair.  This business buys  items from High End hotels------and   a lot from  not so High End Hotels, when they are liquidating.  The neighbor's finds were beautiful and cheap!!  I really had high hopes we would find drapes for MC's Library and who knows what other goodies!  Had dreams of sugar plums bouncing all over.....

 MC decided to take Rt. 41 instead of I-75.    Thought it would be more enjoyable.....
  I knew we were in trouble when  I realized we had been driving for over an hour and the town didn't seem to be anywhere!    MC then realized.... we were no longer on Rt. 41!!  He had no idea where we were!

 I must stop the story here...... A little secret about MC.  He's  a great guy, I love him Dearly----   He has Groupies.......He's a MASTER  Carpenter, Chef, Craftsman, Cameraman, Chauffeur..  BUT HE CAN NEVER FIND HIS WAY WHEN TRAVELING BY CAR!    I say this because he was a Navigator in the Air Force for almost 15 years and "Navigated" large cargo planes, C-124's and C-141's.         But  on the ground....He can't find diddly squat!  We  always get  lost!!!

He has a GPS, but fails to use it,  or bothers to get it updated!  When we bought our new (used)  car,  he was delighted it didn't come with the Navigation System....  Go figure?

It was fortunate that my semi-smart phone has a navigation app.  I think that's what it's called!  Anyway,  I figured out how to turn it on, after fumbling with the silly thing, and discovered we were 20 miles  Southwest of where we wanted to be!!!!!

While finding our way back to  I-75, he gave up on Rt. 41, we witnessed the strangest event either of us has EVER seen!  On the left side of the road was a Sheriff's car.  The Sheriff was standing, facing the woods down  into a gully,  his hand was on his gun,  and he was in the "I'm ready to shoot you" position and  then  POW..... off it went. WOW...we couldn't believe what we were seeing!!   I do not think I have ever seen someone actually shoot something ...live!  It was surreal!  We have no idea what or WHO he shot!  Maybe there will be a story on the news about a Sheriff shooting some really bad guy on a country road?  At least he didn't make a 180 and shoot at us!!!

Just a little diversion on our travels to this wonderful, good deal place!!!! We reached the "city" limits of Forsyth and   MC drove around in circles looking for the address of this place.  Then we saw it....OMG it was the huge building we have driven by hundreds of times when traveling South on I-75.  Large signage, very clearly saying it was a LIQUIDATION WAREHOUSE.  I have never on any of our previous trips thought I would  go near this place.  Now, my visions of sugar plums had turned to bed bugs and dust mites!!!   But we had traveled for so long, we decided to give the place a try.  What did we have to loose?

Overall, I would give it a B-.  I am not that much of a visionary, but lots of you are great at seeing hidden treasures!   Took lots of pictures and you all can  judge for yourselves.   I could see some chairs that might be salvageable  and  spray paint would do wonders for everything in the building!  There were pictures that were worth the frames alone, and mirrors all over.  Lamps... I have never seen so many matching lamps in my life!  Some only $10!  Great finds.  Again, spray paint!!!  The High End pieces were marked as such and priced accordingly! 

SCOTT'S IT AIN'T!




 
 
 a bad, bad pink!


 
 too green--very green





 Need a lamp?



 Great cocktail table..I think it was $200....  Probably a good deal I let go by!

 Another $200 item that stayed!
I got my "pot head" at Tuesday Morning for $22.



 This was a good deal. 6 pieces for $159. Some new fabric and spray paint and it would look like  a million!


 Not bad for $29 
















 Just needs love!



 Any  love leftover for these?


I have no idea what you would do with these relief pieces, but there were many of all different sizes and subjects!

 This is one huge floor mirror....couldn't find a price tag anywhere.....That triangle is not part of the mirror. It's a TV cabinet...see below!





Need a TV cabinet?....it's  from Caesars!

Don't think I need it for that




 I have no idea where this came from?  It was a  very old needlepoint settee.



I saved the best for last....12 seats--no waiting!





We ended the day driving a little further down the interstate to a Panera's!   Coffee and cinnamon roll!
Perfect!  I was in Heaven.

Made it home safe and sound.......

ANOTHER ADVENTURE WITH MC!


Wednesday, August 1, 2012

9th SPOT Contest ALL THE INFO YOU NEED!


Wednesday, August 1, 2012

HIGH POINT MARKET /OLIOBOARD "STYLE SPOTTER" CONTEST IS LIVE & ONE ROOM CHALLENGE REVEAL & A "GIVEAWAY" ALL IN ONE DAY!!!!!!





I am so excited to have my design board up for the High Point Furniture Market's Style Spotter Contest sponsored by the market and Olioboard!!!!  I need your vote everyday if I stand a chance of winning at all.  If you would post on your Facebook and ask your friends to vote for me too, that would be great!  I would so appreciate any support you can give me!  I don't care if it's a tweet, email or what....each one counts!!!! The contest started today and runs through August 21st!!!! The clock is ticking, so please go vote for me!!! Pretty please with sprinkles on top!!!!  I think it would be so much fun to be a Style Spotter at market!
 You can go vote for me by click on the text below:


Lisa Mende Design/Aqua Delight


GIVEAWAY!!!
In honor of the contest, I have decided I am going to have a giveaway at the end of the contest to thank my voters!  Since you can vote daily, I will enter your name into the drawing each time you vote!  The drawing will be on  August 22, the day after the voting is over!  Each tweet & vote (worth 1 entry)  & if you post on Facebook with a link for your for your readers to be able to click and vote for me(worth 10 votes daily).  Leave a comment with all the ways you got the word out there!  The winner will receive a handblown Glassybaby  candleholder!  You get to choose the one you want!!!   $44 value! If you don't have a glassy baby  you don't know what you are missing. I light my almost daily!  It is beautiful!  Who knows, I may decide to have more than one prize and more than one winner, so get busy!  Help me get the word out!!!!  


"Gratitude"




And if you haven't ever been on Olioboard before, by all means check it out, while you are there! It is awesome!  Just look at the fifteen boards that were created for the contest!  Every board is different! Olioboard is an unique as you are! If you can't find what you want from their library, you can download your own items from your own pictures or the internet.  It really is great fun!


I don't want to wear you out with asking for votes, but if you get tired of hearing it just remember it's only for 20 more days!!!!! Thanks in advance, I'll try not to be too obnoxious with it!!!  I'm just really excited about it!


 Please support Lisa.   and WOW she's now offering a Prize! 
Lisa has been a very loyal follower of Patty's Epiphanies and one of MC'S BIGGEST Groupies!!!!  Lisa needs our support and we are here to have her go over the top!!!!


Thanks guys......
Patty