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Rabu, 22 Oktober 2014

Catching up�

Hi friends! I apologize for being MIA. I & nbsp; feel so bad for what is happening in Japan! I feel so guilty for having such a wonderful life knowing what is going on. & nbsp; I watch the devastation and thank God that my family and friends are safe. & nbsp; & nbsp; I pray for those in Japan and can only hope things will get better!

I have been busier than ever. Last week I had a ton of photography projects due, school, work, and now my dad is coming to visit from Italy. It has been 6 years since I have seen him and he has yet to meet my son. & nbsp; I am so excited, and nervous.

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I will try and catch up with everyone this week, I will be showing my master bedroom reveal. Finally!!! I have been really concentrating on my photography, special techniques and using photo shop. This semester of school is pretty tuff. & nbsp; Please bare with me & nbsp; and sorry for my lack of posts, as my tummy is & nbsp; getting bigger and it is getting harder for me to move around, let alone sit at the computer�baby keeps kicking me not to sit forward�. LOL, not to mention chasing a 3 year old makes me tired. & nbsp; Be back soon�

Have a great day!

Selasa, 21 Oktober 2014

Remnants of the Past�

Guess where I will be this weekend?

Capturing this amazing event,

Remnants of the Past!!!

I am so excited to be a part of it.

I hope to see everyone there!

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I can't wait to share with you

some stunning images and finds

from this one-of-a-kind show.

Judy Watkins is so talented, genuine and fun!!!

Thank you Judy.

I hope to meet up with a blogging buddy too�

I hear the weather is going to be perfect,

and the flowers are blooming!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday in the Garden

& nbsp;We thought we would start the garden tour down at the Butterfly Garden. He is the Grancy Graybeard, with it's pretty white blooms.

& nbsp;The Vitex, we are looking forward to seeing it bloom.

& nbsp;Pink Verbena. The bees like it.

& nbsp;The Chinese Witch Hazel.

Mommy just loves this shrub. We found it's name in our Wildflowers of Mississippi book. & nbsp; It is called a Fetterbush & nbsp; it's scientific name is Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch.

& nbsp;Ok, lets head up to the Hummingbird Cottage.

& nbsp;The Coral (aka Trumpet) Honeysuckle.

It starts off a kinda of salmon pink color and then turns scarlet . When it opens up the inside is a yellowish orange. Very pretty, and supposedly attractive to hummingbirds.

OK, lets go up to the house now and look in the front yard.

& nbsp;The Foxgloves, we has pink, white and a purplish pink.

& nbsp;The Johnny Jump Ups are putting on a show for us. We are thrilled with them.

The Mint is doing pawsome this year.

Now we are headed over to Jonesie's to see what the other Feline Gardeners have been up too.

Clean Eating, Where Women Cook & Plans�

Hi there! & nbsp; I wanted to thank you all for your lovely comments and emails on our master bedroom and kitchen. I also wanted to answer some of the questions. This is a quick post. We are off to Disneyland tomorrow!

First off, I wanted to share some of my favorite cooking magazines and a great cook book .My husband and I are into fitness and now Clean Eating. & nbsp; We want to set a good example for the little ones. I wanted to share this amazing cookbook with great recipes by Tosca Reno's Eat Clean. & nbsp;

We also have a subscription to Clean Eating magazine, love the recipes. & nbsp; I have been trying out recipes and will let you know which ones we like best.

Another favorite cooking magazine is Where Women Cook! & nbsp; There are amazing chefs, recipe idea's and adorable kitchens. Fifi is in this latest issue. She looks so lovely in her kitchen.

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The paint color I use throughout the common areas of the house is White Fever by Dunn Edwards (for now lol). The kitchen chandelier is a Rachel Ashwell find, I did not distress it myself. & nbsp; That is the way I bought it. The duvet cover on the bed is by Pom Pom. & nbsp; I found the herb box in the kitchen at a flea market. I did not distress that either. I found it that way. The backsplash on the back kitchen counters are white subway tiles. I went most of the way up the wall. On the island is Carrera Marble. & nbsp; We also did half a wall in one of our bathroom using subway tiles. I haven't shown that bathroom yet. I will try to soon. I hope I got most of the questions. & nbsp; Thank you for asking.

I did get a lot of positive yes feed back on painting the floors white. & nbsp; Most everyone agrees. This is our dilemma though. & nbsp; This home is our 3-5 year plan. & nbsp; My husband and I have moved and flipped 11 homes in our 10 years together. But, when you have a family priorities change when looking for a home to raise them in. We have been going to open house's the last few months to get an idea of the area in which we want to live and find our dream home to finally settle in.. & nbsp; I already have my dream home in mind, finding it in the perfect area is the trick. & nbsp; We have narrowed it down to 3 different locations. The school district being top priority. & nbsp;

Dilemma�We want to possibly keep this house and rent it out, or possibly sell it. Problem is do you think painting the floors white will be a distraction to renters or buyers???

In debate�.

One last thing check out Jennifer Rizzo's gorgeous new Urban Journey Collection Line�

Amazing talent!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sleeping on Saturday

& nbsp;The oregano seems to like this hot dry weather. The rest of our plants not so much. Mommy is struggling to keep the tomatoes alive. They never seem to have enough water. Not only is it scorching hot (think 90s and 100s) we has a hot dry wind blowing.

& nbsp;Black-eyed Susan Vine

& nbsp;Zinnia

I is exhausted, it is just to hot to move I thinks I will be sleeping this Saturday.

Oh bother Fenris says I has to answer these questions first.

Do you think you're hot?
If by hot you many absolutely adorable, stunningly sexy, ravishing, gorgeous etc. Then the answer is yes of course I am hot. Just ask my suitors or my boyfriend, Prince Casper. I am the hottest ticket in the cat blogosphere. It is also very hot here, so yes I am hot from the weather too.

I use the same wallpaper as Scylla.

When was the last time you ate chicken meat? Whenever Mommy cooked it last. I always get to sample whatever the beans had as long as it is OK for cats. My favorite people food is scrambled eggs.

The song(s) you've listened to most recently?
The music from Halo, there is no escaping it since Youngest Boy Bean is taking things easy because of his dislocated knee and spends zillions of hours playing Halo. Luckily I likes the music. Specially since he has the Halo soundtracks.

What were you thinking when you were doing this?
That I wanted to be napping.

Do you have any nicknames?
Of course I do. I is Arty Mouse, Arty, Mouse, Artemis, Itty Bitty Kitty, Cutie Pie, The Butt (Daddy is so rude), Mini Mini Meow Meow, Your Majesty, and some I forgot. & nbsp; & nbsp;

Tag 8 blogger friends (tag you're it)!

Tiny Johnson from the Katnip Lounge (My #1 Suitor)
Prince Casper (My Boyfriend)
Herman (A Suitor)
Merci from JFF & nbsp;
Mr Puddy
Alfie
Socks (My Brother)
& nbsp;Harley who blogs @ Daisy the Curly Cat & amp; Harley Too! & nbsp;

Who is listed as number 1? Tiny Johnson, he is my #1 Suitor and he lets me ride him around the yard.

Say something about number 5. He is a sweet guy.

How did you get to know number 3? He visited our blog

How about number 4? Same way they visited our blog.

Leave a message for number 6. I'll see you at the Society for Feline Gardners meeting.

Leave a lovey dovey message for number 2
That is easy since Prince Casper is my boyfriend. You are the most romantic Prince and I loves spending time with you in the Hummingbird Cottage.

Do number 7 and number 8 have any similarities?
They are both boy cats and they both has sisters. Harley has an older sister (Daisy) and Socks has two younger sisters (me and Scylla).

Back into the swing of things! Master Bedroom Reveal part 1

Hi friends! I feel like I have been gone forever, I miss everyone, and will be visiting soon. It was a great break for me though. I got to revive, rest and now I am coming back feeling fresh and inspired. We all need that from time to time. & nbsp; I have had a great time these past few weeks catching up on things, visiting with my dad, and being pregnant, (10 weeks left.) My Dad flew in from Italy two weeks ago, I haven't seen him in 6 years!!! We had such a wonderful time together reconnecting and he finally met my son. & nbsp; Dustin loves his nono. & nbsp;

I have & nbsp; also been busy with school . I have some fun project's that are due, I can't wait to show them to you. I have been learning photo shop CS5. Its pretty tuff, but I think I am finally getting the hang of it.

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Photography this semester has been a bit overwhelming, to say the least. Electronic and digital photography is one of the hardest course's I have taken yet. & nbsp; Just when I think I have figured something out, there is a ton more to learn. Its endless. There are so many tricks and techniques to photography, I love it!

I & nbsp; finally finished shooting a & nbsp; few homes, which I just got word that they will be published! I can't wait to show you them. One of which is a home & nbsp; that my husband and I designed from the inside out.

My sister did some work I will be showing as well. Stay tuned!

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I also did a shoot for product line of & nbsp; cute greeting cards, soap, etc, & nbsp; & nbsp; I will soon share as well, plus more.

Ok, I won't yap to much about things. Onto the master bedroom, & nbsp; it has been done for awhile and I finally got around to shooting it! I love the pops of color I added here and there. The bedding is a mix of Rachel Ashwell and Pom Pom. I have a few different types of bed linens, but these two are my favorite.

When I was working with Rachel and the girls from Shabby, sometimes when they style a bed for a photograph, & nbsp; the girls jump into the bed to make it look comfy. So fun and funny. I fell in love with how it looks when it is not made completely. Makes me want to jump right in, which I did...you have to try it..Lol,

Senin, 20 Oktober 2014

Denson: Casino up to Choctaws

Jackson County Supervisor Frank Leach sent a letter to Denson this week asking for a public meeting to discuss his plans.

"My hope is that the voice of Jackson County will be heard and be respected," said Leach. The county had an agreement with Martin to walk away from the casino if the vote was against it, and Leach said, "I think he spoke for the tribe." Just as the current Jackson County supervisors abide by actions of previous boards, he feels Denson should honor Martin's commitment.

Leach is against the Choctaw casino and said he wants to ask Denson to do some type of positive development with the property that would be pleasing to the majority of Jackson County residents.

Unlike casinos in Harrison and Hancock counties that pay 8 percent of their earnings to the state and up to 4 percent in local taxes, with a tribal casino in Jackson County, "We are not guaranteed anything," Leach said. The most the county could hope to receive is some payment for infrastructure, he said, and he doesn't want the citizens of Jackson County paying the costs for the casino. "We have not heard from the people yet," he said

They're going to have to listen to what the county wants," said Jan Vos of Ocean Strings. To put a casino on U.S. 57 the Choctaws would have to use county roads and services and therefore have to work with the county. "I believe they bought that land about 10 years ago," he said, so it isn't traditional tribal land.

That is also the position of the U.S. Department of Interior, which would have to approve the off-reservation casino before it could be built 200 miles from the Choctaw reservation.

Read the complete article in The Sun Herald. Reasons to vote NO to the casino

It would not be taxed. The residents of Jackson County could wind up paying for the infrastructure while getting very little in return.
Denson has demonstrated he doesn't feel bound by Martin's agreements with Jackson County. Any agreement we work out with Denson could be voided by a new chief.
This is not traditional tribal land, it is 200 miles from their reservation.
Denson has stated that he only wants Choctaws to hold high paying management positions.
Jackson County would face increased traffic.
Jackson County would face increased drunk driving around the casino.
The location is near the current Jackson County Soccer Complex, several schools and the proposed Ocean Springs Sportsplex. A casino does not belong in an area geared toward family activities and schools.
The impact on wetlands.
The possible flooding of nearby residents.
The impact on the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge.

If the Choctaws want a casino on the Gulf Coast they should build it in Harrison or Hancock County where casinos are welcomed and play by the same rules as the other casinos.