Before/After Dog Grooming

My daughter, Michele, treated my dog, Darma, to a "Spa Day" at the groomer's (thanks Michele and Wendy, the groomer). Here is a shot of "Dirty Darma", whom we were calling "Dognilla" since I doused her with too much vanilla scent earlier in the week ...

Here is the new "Diva Darma" after LOTS of bathing and brushing and combing and trimming ....

Another Before/After

My dog knocked over the table that held a great lamp I had customized to match my living room and it crashed into pieces! My granddaughter provided me with this UGLY, rusted brass and green glass lamp to replace it:

Thank God for the miracles of spray paint ... from which came this transformation:

Queen Of ......................

SPRAYPAINT!!!

I have been doing some very inexpensive decorating by spraypainting my furniture and accessories to match. Here is a before and after pic of a very outdated brass and glass table and mirror (which was situated very dangerously at the bottom of the staircase) that now matches my white wicker and bamboo dining room, where it was moved to:

Top Ten Reasons I Haven't Blogged Lately

10. Had nothing to brag about
9. Had nothing to complain about
8. Have been busy packing and moving
7. Have been busy fixing things that break faster than I can keep up with
6. Hands and fingers are literally too sore to type much
5. Any little free time I had was spent watching Big Brother
4. SPENDING time with family has become more important than WRITING about them
3. Trying to get the house organized and THEN organize my thoughts to share them
2. It hasn't been really that long, has it?
1. Does anybody really read these anyway?