tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post7777207777967513935..comments2023-08-12T10:17:04.506-05:00Comments on maybe a little faith would do me good: On Fun Monday #4, I Break the Rules a LittleKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-67088221763321848962007-12-19T22:17:00.000-06:002007-12-19T22:17:00.000-06:00You sure did a lot of great work. From you descri...You sure did a lot of great work. From you description to the pictures are a major change. Good job!!sirdarhttp://sirdar.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-79167052688440291492007-12-19T13:29:00.000-06:002007-12-19T13:29:00.000-06:00You are so right about loving the idea of a former...You are so right about loving the idea of a former house. I wouldn't trade the life I have now for the one I used to have, but I do so miss that little house. And we were only there for 3 years and only had 1 ambitious home improvement project. I can't imagine quadruple that time and way more effort.-Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359625931588140579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-18439632117172793352007-12-18T22:20:00.000-06:002007-12-18T22:20:00.000-06:00I love do it yourselfer stories. I learned to do t...I love do it yourselfer stories. I learned to do tile in the last few years. A book would have been useful. I was given a 30 second description and let loose. It looks okay...Cynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603469382689054493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-26392508952328927142007-12-18T16:50:00.000-06:002007-12-18T16:50:00.000-06:00Thanks, Katyabug. I loved that little house, and ...Thanks, Katyabug. I loved that little house, and I am quickly falling in love with this new one.<br><br>I know what you mean, Chris. I think there are things about my old house that I'll always miss.<br><br>I'm glad I could amuse you, Jenni. I'm here to serve. ;)<br><br>I hate to move, Lisa. I hope I won't have to change homes again for a very long time.<br><br>Lizzie! It's so great to see you here. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-49165051553313819342007-12-18T11:46:00.000-06:002007-12-18T11:46:00.000-06:00Hi, Kacie, just catching up to say hello how are y...Hi, Kacie, just catching up to say hello how are you and enjoying your memories. Do have a lovely family Christmas & New Year. Look forward to hearing from you soon.<br><br>Love Lizzie xChris at 'Chrissie's Kitchen'http://www.blogger.com/profile/00114973753249296715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-55241717788324624912007-12-18T09:14:00.000-06:002007-12-18T09:14:00.000-06:00Looks like you guys did a lot of work and had a lo...Looks like you guys did a lot of work and had a lot of happy years there. :) Moving is so much fun isn't it.lisaschaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13219366045767828564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-33869185378874262452007-12-18T08:37:00.000-06:002007-12-18T08:37:00.000-06:00I laughed out loud at your description of the 80s ...I laughed out loud at your description of the 80s style wallpaper--"Like a country magazine threw up". Too, too funny! I'm so sick of country blue and dusty rose. It does make me wonder what people will say years from now about the way we decorate our houses today. It's a wise idea not to pick anything too trendy unless you like to change things around a lot.<br><br>We have very fond memories of the house we lived in before this, too. We lived there for 11 years, and I have never lived anywhere longer. There are a lot of memories there.Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483309441288822407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-22689666372985909512007-12-18T07:51:00.000-06:002007-12-18T07:51:00.000-06:00I have our winner post up.I have our winner post up.kittenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049382336915982813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-89548529395952678262007-12-18T03:34:00.000-06:002007-12-18T03:34:00.000-06:00Reading this has brought back memories of the hous...Reading this has brought back memories of the house we had before this one. I really loved it and had fought to keep it when my marriage failed and it was where my daughters grew up, we lived there for 16 years. It took me a long time to feel my present house was 'home' but after 21 years I guess it is, although sometimes a little bit of me yearns for the quiet road with cherry trees and large garden we left behind!ChrisBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06958330170295676200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-53623069935893954222007-12-17T23:06:00.000-06:002007-12-17T23:06:00.000-06:00Wow, I am impressed with all the work you guys did...Wow, I am impressed with all the work you guys did. It looks like a very lovely home. Your new current home is very stunning!Kaytabughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11823989062127968170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-20640070508966569822007-12-17T21:41:00.000-06:002007-12-17T21:41:00.000-06:00Damn, Laurie! I always pay attention to you.Espec...Damn, Laurie! I always pay attention to you.<br><br>Especially when you are passing out the awards. ;)Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-83768606534824554852007-12-17T21:40:00.000-06:002007-12-17T21:40:00.000-06:00Oh, no, Janet. Hate. Blue. Carpet.I'm sure ...Oh, no, Janet. Hate. Blue. Carpet.<br><br>I'm sure it was a very trendy little place when it was built, Pamela. But by 1994, it was a bit passe. Surely no one will ever want to relive that 80s country era. I could be wrong. A lot of lovely daughter's friends are into anything 70s.<br><br>I suppose you're right, Elizabeth, but I wish we had decided to do it instead of more or less being forced to move. But we have remade our home, and our kids know it's possible.<br><br>Hey, I'll come right over! I love that kind of thing. Arkansas isn't that far away, you know . . .<br><br>It still is a part of me in some ways, Laurie. I go by it every time I'm in Tulsa, just to see how it's doing.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-43463942731739477432007-12-17T21:13:00.000-06:002007-12-17T21:13:00.000-06:00hey!!!! pay attention!!!!sickeningly sweet award f...hey!!!! pay attention!!!!<br><br>sickeningly sweet award for you at my place!!!!lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-89037798095805969312007-12-17T20:23:00.000-06:002007-12-17T20:23:00.000-06:00no wonder you missed it, and love it still. it bec...no wonder you missed it, and love it still. it became a part of you.lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-35088320630386359042007-12-17T17:17:00.000-06:002007-12-17T17:17:00.000-06:00Wow...such a neat home! I remember the days of wa...Wow...such a neat home! I remember the days of wallpapered light switches - yuck! and blue carpet can SO go away!<br><br>You may have to come spice up my bland new home with your decorating skills!Tiggerlanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084094580971149293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-25394077488385290282007-12-17T16:37:00.000-06:002007-12-17T16:37:00.000-06:00Any house where do you so much of the work yoursel...Any house where do you so much of the work yourself will feel special, particularly when you have lived there so much of your children's lives. <br>I'm sure your current house is great too and in a way I think it does children good to move once in a while - it shows them that you can remake home, which is a good lesson to learn.elizabethmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-29108011431962706282007-12-17T15:56:00.000-06:002007-12-17T15:56:00.000-06:00It must have quite the thing when it was decorated...It must have quite the thing when it was decorated. Do you wonder if 100 years from now, people will try to restore their 1970's bungalow???Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-91244332643336467162007-12-17T15:29:00.000-06:002007-12-17T15:29:00.000-06:00impressive!and i'm sure there is a teeeny tiny...impressive!<br><br>and i'm sure there is a teeeny tiny place in your heart where you miss the blue carpet... :-)the planet of janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11444337511603560544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-38653522933324530872007-12-17T15:16:00.000-06:002007-12-17T15:16:00.000-06:00I don't know who the heck started wallpapering...I don't know who the heck started wallpapering switchplates, Nikki, but it was quite stupid!<br><br>Thanks, coloursofdawn. I loved that little house.<br><br>Yeah, RC, hubby is very handy and I'm always game to learn a new skill, so it worked out pretty well for us. You're right, no blue carpet here. Thank goodness!<br><br>I hated it, too, Michelle. I hated in in 1994 and I hate it even more now. But I do miss the little house.<br><br>We did, Crystal, and that time was precious. I think my older kids will always remember it as the house they grew up in.<br><br>You're right, WUASTC. I think that has a lot to do with how much I loved a little house that was far, far too small for our family.<br><br>It was hard to leave behind, Karmyn, but as much as I miss it, I don't think I'd want to move back. I don't think we'd fit anymore.<br><br>Gattina, I never moved the entire time I was growing up, but between the ages of 18 and 27, I moved ten times. Between 27 and 40, just twice. That was much better.<br><br>It did look nice by the time we moved, Willowtree. It was hard to leave, but I am happy with our new home. I think mostly I miss the idea of that house, rather than the little house itself.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-85296123711017864702007-12-17T15:02:00.000-06:002007-12-17T15:02:00.000-06:00You had it looking pretty good, too bad you moved....You had it looking pretty good, too bad you moved.willowtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09173637121496772685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-71580033268644973822007-12-17T14:36:00.000-06:002007-12-17T14:36:00.000-06:00Geez ! you moved a lot of times ! I only moved 2 x...Geez ! you moved a lot of times ! I only moved 2 x in my adult life ! Your "ex" house looked very cosy !Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-58569973793436617742007-12-17T14:14:00.000-06:002007-12-17T14:14:00.000-06:00ha ha!I did a lot of tearing down of icky wallpape...ha ha!<br><br>I did a lot of tearing down of icky wallpaper in my last house - and yes, all the switches were covered with the same wallpaper. (metallically flower stuff).<br><br>It's hard to leave a home when you put a lot of work to it - but it is true it is more the "idea" of the house.<br><br><a href="http://karmynsdreamings.typepad.com" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Dreaming What Ifs...</a>Karmyn Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-52364385736874961292007-12-17T13:45:00.000-06:002007-12-17T13:45:00.000-06:00That was your childrens' first home so will al...That was your childrens' first home so will always have a special place in your heart. <br><br>By the way I've nominated you for an award.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-8129774647232771572007-12-17T13:14:00.000-06:002007-12-17T13:14:00.000-06:00What a lovely post. Your pictures are great and g...What a lovely post. Your pictures are great and give us a special insight into your family life. You obviously spent much quality time in that house and will do so in your current one. <br><br>Crystal xxCrystal Jigsawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031672605703705469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661265089809229801.post-30139123373968315502007-12-17T13:12:00.000-06:002007-12-17T13:12:00.000-06:00Country blue and rose!! I despise those colors. Th...Country blue and rose!! I despise those colors. They are so dated!!! I feel your pain on the remodeling!! I also had to rip out blue carpet and was glad it was gone!! Great story.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09228930987926850305noreply@blogger.com