The Peices are Coming Together...

Our niece, B turned six this weekend. We celebrated at her parents' house with pizza and pokemon. B has only small bits of teeth poking through the front of her mouth- but she managed to eat her yummy pizza in no time... as did her newest aunt. ;) Grandmudder brought wine (thank you! because it was Friday night). And there were puppies and tots running around with birthday party cheer. B's friend L and and me made pokemon characters from Styrofoam balls, pipe cleaners, and a new found joy... glue dots. (Super-sticky gel dots that work the same a glue but without the mess or hot-glue gun blisters- sweet!)

Neil had fun bowling with B the following day. My new furniture was delivered, Sallie and I spent the afternoon cleaning, arranging and playing with dishes, furniture and other home decor items.... it was pure joy! The end result will surely receive more editing... but this house is really starting to come together as a home... OUR home. Joy, Joy, Joy Jumping up and down JOY!!

My mom and I spent Sunday picking up a few more necessities at Barton Creek mall. I had gift cards burning a hole in my purse as we passed a jewelry counter full of diamonds, pearls, sapphires, blue topaz, aquamarine and then some... marked 70% OFF! We looked, we coveted, we walked away. A new vacuum had been placed on the top of the list by my husband, rightly so, ours stinks- literally.

We bought new candles from a long time favorite spot- yankee candle. If you have never had the joy of these brightly colored, sweet smelling jar- you're missing out. It's $25 bucks to fill your whole house with the tantalizing scent of your choice for 350 hours. And, the new found delight- jar toppers. These metal wreaths top the jar to prevent the black soot from accumulating at the top of the jar, as well as encourage the candle to burn down evenly. Something about the air circulation. The find of the day was a beautiful green candle holder to sit atop my new sideboard.
Home is not just a perfect arrangement of furniture and accessories suited for appeal as well as function... home is soothing sounds of Westminster bells from my repaired seth thomas and sweet smells of yankee candle's featured fragrance- Lemon Lavender. All these come together to make a place you want to be, a place full of love, peace, and spirit.