Hi Judy, left bobbi on 12/22. Gotta go to bed, I will be typing with my nose if I don't and too fuzzy headed to work out your comment. Two hours till Christmas Eve!!!!

Talk tomorrow.

I don't understand the point on Houzz, when people ask about revamping a large room, without mentioning what their design aethetic is or color preferences .. am I missing something? In my 3 years of house hunting, I saw many rooms that were beautifully decorated .. but I wouldn't have been comfortable, because they were totally not my style. I can understand saying you don't like the current room because it's too dark, too formal looking, noisy, not child- or pet-friendly, or bland .. being specific about what you don't like. But "Here's the room .. what should I do?" ..

astraea, it's hard for us to understand but there are actually people out there that have no clue as to what they like. I have a dear friend that is that way. She was trying to decorate her house and it's almost like she wanted a step by step instruction manual to tell her what to do. She wanted someone to tell her what color to use on everything and what type of window coverings and what to hang on her wall, etc. I would ask her.. what do you like? Her answer would always be 'I don't know what I like.' And continue on as if there were a specific way that everyone was supposed to do a room. I'm sure there are many more out there like her.

Have you ever heard the "carpenter's motto", "measure twice, cut once"? To me that means - in general - the more thought & preparation you put into something, the better the outcome. When I shop, whether it's to replace a coffee brewer or furniture, I seem to do 5 times as much legwork, as my friends do. But then again, I still love all the furniture I bought 30 years ago, when I moved out on my own. The only new pieces I've bought were to replace things that eventually wore out, or I just didn't have before .. not because I got tired of something.

My problem is more often that I know what I like, and can see something in my mind .. but it either doesn't exist (yet), or I can't afford it! (LOL) Like that 3-part mirror I had made for my bedroom! I eventually saw a 3-part screen with a custom-painted pictures on it, and asked the importer if he could replace the wood panels with mirrors.

I usually only ask about the trends, because it may be less expensive to get something that way, than want something slightly different but stores don't have on hand. In thinking about my bathroom, the big question will be the range in price, based on the type of materials I use for the floor & walls. I've been looking at a lot of bathroom pictures, to see where they put tile on the walls. I was surprised that the designer I had suggested tile to the 30" height; I thought that was considered "old fashioned".

creeser, I know what you're saying about people not having a clue! My parents 'decorated' their house exactly how they saw it displayed in the showroom. Not a single variation, not one piece of anything that made it look like THEY owned it, and not the store. Not one personal item!

astraea, I wish I could be more like you! As soon as I get something right I'm looking for an excuse to change it. For me, my front bathroom is perfect. But it's been almost 2 years now and I'm ready to mix it up a bit. I'm thinking seasonally is the best excuse. It's done in different shades of brown (my fave!) but for the spring I'm thinking about going coral. Love coral.

The last 2 living rooms sets we've bought have been beige microsuede. Sofa and loveseat. I can't do it a thrid time! But R cannot handle change, so.....

I have a color question! Yesterday R bought me a pair of jeans that are a rust color, or terra cotta and I don't know what color top will work, besides black or white. Any suggestions, please? It's been forever since my jeans were anything but blue, so I'm stumped!

Oh! Good Morning Ladies!

judy! You want me to get up earlier than 1:30 AM??? Doubtful!

Ladies, the other day we were talking about jowls (yes, I remember). I don't have them but what I do have is dark puffy circles under my eyes, probably lack of sleep, but is there a cream that works for this? I've always used Avon's Dramatic Firming Cream and I love it for my face but it doesn't work for the circles.

Another question - do you all wear makeup everyday? And what do you use to remove it? Thanks.

bobbi, try a cream that has vitamin K in it. One of my sisters-in-law has rheumatoid arthritis. The meds give her dark circles and puffiness. Mary Kay has an eye cream that has vitamin K in it and she says it helps a lot.
As for the rust, girl I know what you mean. Bought a pair for myself in a teal and am having the same issue. Browns would look good with the rust and probably the right shade of green as well. If you can wear a gold, that would look pretty. Some people wear that mustard gold and it makes them look sallow, so that's why it's an "if".

Good morning all, kids made it home safely and we are lounging and enjoying a lazy morning with coffee and cinnamon rolls. My daughter is making homemade pizza tonite so I don't have to cook. What could be better? I think it takes a while to develop your own design aesthetic. When we bought our first home I tried to emulate my mother-in-law because I admired her taste...very formal, Queen Anne style furnishings. I still love traditional interiors, but they are really not ME. That's part of what makes olld wonderful...you know what you want and aren't afraid to express yourself. Most likely will not check in tomorrow so Merry Christmas to you all!

creeser, cream with vitamin K, I will def look for that, thanks! And funny, I almost bought the teal ones myself! Instead I got the rust, and a pair in grey and khaki. The rust is totally throwing me off. I remember it being an 80's color but I thought we wore green with it.

Congratulations! Boo being a big sister, how does she feel about that? Does she understand? I'm so happy for all of you guys.

And I'm jealous of your farmhouse table, too!

MM I'm so glad all your kids made it without a problem! Awesome! And nothing is better than having someone else cook. And funny what you said about your mother-in-law's decorating taste. When I got my first place I went the opposite way of my parents, probably to the extreme. Settled somewhere in the middle.

Everyone have a great Christmas, I wanted to get that in before you all disappear one by one. All the presents wrapped and under the tree are for R; not one for me! I feel a gift card coming on!!!

So, does everyone wear make-up everyday? And what do you use to remove it?

Most of the time I'll just wear mascara & blush. I used to wear a mascara that coated your lashes, and you could just slide the film off with water. Now I've switched to a Maybelline product, that requires make-up remover. I've been using Estee Lauder's "Take it Away" for years; you only need a little bit, to remove the makeup. On special occasions I use eyeliner & a light coat of lipstick, but never foundation or powder. No matter what they tell you, that stuff settles in even the finest creases you have, an close up after a few hours, you definitely look like you've got wrinkles .. unless you're under 40! Once (for the photo used here) I had my makeup done professionally for photographys, and it looked great in the photos, but anyone close up 3 hours later, would have seen that foundation & powder looking obvious!

Thanks astraea! The mascara that slid off with water, was it like tubes? I used to work for a permanent makeup company and because I'm blond and super-white I was the perfect candidate for permanent makeup. So I got my eyeliner and eyebrows done but the eyebrows didn't last. I don't wear blush because I'll just sweat it off in minutes.

judy? creeser? mpousom? roo? Anybody else wear makeup everyday?

Sorry, late coming in on this because I was putting on my makeup and it takes longer and longer everyday :>).

Yes, bobbi, I have a very fast ritual. At night I use a Boots #7 make up remover/gentle cleanser. Boots is a product from England that you can get on line through Target (if you don't have a Target near you). Then my dermatologist gave me a Retin A cream that I use every other night.

Morning, after my walk (sunscreen on the walk, not just for sun protection by also from the cold air), I use a little of the Boots again before I shower. Then Garnier BB tinted moisturizer, Cover Girl creme blush (the one that Ellen DeGeneres advertises), a pale pink powder eyeshadow, and for the liner I use a skinny makeup brush and line with a charcoal powder eyeshadow. My eyebrows are pale, too and I use the leftovercharcoal powder on the brush to lightly go over them. That seems to work best for me. Then my favorite mascara is Almay in the black tube. Sounds like a lot, but I can get this on in a couple of minutes. My skin is pretty good considering all the sun time I've had over the years and my eyes are really good for someone 68.

It is too hard to try to cover up the flaws and I think, unless you are a professional make up artist, that the camouflage is worse that the flaw.

I didn't know about vitamin K cream. Will look for that, thanks creeser. Astraea, I bet it is your heritage that let's you get away without any makeup. I have an Asian girlfriend, a Jewish girlfriend and an Italian friend. Their skin is so great! I'm English and German; my skin is not aging as well as theirs.

I know what I could never do and that is a facelift. First, I hate pain, reason enough right there. But I am afraid I would wind up looking like the deer in the headlights.

I did seem something on Dr Oz a year or so ago. He had a Dr. on from Boston Mass General who did a procedure called Thermage. Very successful on THE NECK and it is simply ultrasound. I keep meaning to investigate that, but never do. I would do that, but nothing that involves stitches or anesthesia.

mm, Merry Christmas to you. I started out fairly traditional, too, as that is what I grew up around. Now, I have some of everything and I love that look. You almost can do anything now. OLLD is the new COOL !

judy, your fast ritual sounds like a LOT!!! But probably took more time to write it than to do it. My son's ex-fiancee is a makeup whiz, she does the most amazing job I've ever seen, better than the gals at Macy's. She keeps threatening to show me a fast routine but.... Funny about the deer in the headlights - my boss at the perm makeup company was Asian, she had her eyebrows done too high and she looks eternally surprised. When I had my eyeliner done it hurt like hell; but the eyebrows not at all. Which is probably why the eyeliner lasted and the brows didn't, didn't go deep enough. They say perm lipstick hurts the most. There is HUGE money in these procedures and a special class for areola's, for women who've had mastectomy's. The surgeon can rebuild the breast but not the nipple so this industry is very lucrative.

Yes Bobbi; “tubes” is exactly how they described it .. Blinc mascara! I used that for a while, but when I was in the salon one day for a repair, the gal had fabulous long lashes that weren’t clumpy, so I switched.

My grandmother said that it was that skin cover makeup that aged people’s skin, and her skin was hardly wrinkled, when she died at 95! I am very fussy about moisturizers, but don't wear anything over them.

Judy – I’ve heard of that “Thermage” too, but my understanding is that most of these treatments are only of fairly short duration, so maybe it costs $1,200 & you have to have it done 2 to 4 times/year.

I once had a cosmetic procedure, and frankly didn’t notice a difference when it was finished. And I felt so guilty for spending that much money on something superficial, that I felt I should donate that same amount to charities who help people who are truly disfigured!

bobbi, yes it did take longer to type my fabulous beauty secrets than to do it :>)
astraea, I know of a plastic surgeon that it famous for repairing the cleft palate and lip. Once a year he travels to third world countries and performs the most amazing miracles for all those poor disfigured babies. I heard that although he makes his money trying to make us U S gals look beautiful, (which he too probably feels is superficial) he gets his true satisfaction helping those who could never even get to him, let along afford him.

I think I've heard of that too. There are organizations that do surgery like that for children: Smile Train, Operation Smile.

Does anyone know of any user-friendly & simple software, to do a 3-D layout & add colors to it? I've been looking on Houzz at vanities, and amazingly I don't really like any of them! I dont want something "like furniture", where dirt can accumulate under little legs, and I definitely don't want anything dark!

Sorry, astraea, I wish I knew of some software for you, why not post it as a dilemma?

Judy, I like the Doctors Without Borders group, pretty cool.

I miss eztia!

Good idea; I was just going thru the "Bath Products" section, asking a bunch of question. I just love looking at different types of tile. These 2 glass mosaic tiles are favorites; wonder how much they cost, and whether it's better to just use them as an accent wall or strip.

I love the glass mosaics too! I've seen them at Home Depot for $10-$11/sheet, but mpoulson found some on clearance for $3!!! We installed them on R's bathroom vanity, are you planning to do it yourself? It's very easy but you need to be careful with the application of the mastic and they take an unsanded grout. For the mastic, after you trowel it on you must smooth it out or you will see the trowel marks thru the tile. I also like the mosaics of different sizes: [houzz=]
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No, not myself. This is the bathroom that's going to be totally gutted & flipped with the closets. If I can afford it & really like it, maybe I'll move from the master bedroom (LOL). The master bathroom is 9 x 10, and the main bath is 8 x 10. Since the former has a massive corner whirlpool & walk-in-shower, and the other will eventually just have a large walk-in shower, it will actually be a more spacious layout.

Oh,ok! Less stress when you have somebody else do it! I think. Sounds good, how many square feet do you have?

Morning all, roo has fallen in a heap. So much for my lovely restful day yesterday, I did a Bobbi last night zonked at 10pm and woke at 3am and tossed and turned the rest of the night. BH is no better, but he had a lot more booze than I did. Trying to pull myself together before I do it all again tomorrow, heaven help what we will be like on Wednesday!!! Worse still I then have 2 days to try to pull the house together to make room for the Germans to sleep over a couple of nights.

I used to wear heaps of makeup when I was working as I worked in the CBD and liked the makeup for protection from the pollution and being in air con all day, which is very drying on the skin. Since I retired I have embraced nature, just slathering on SPF moisturiser. Once I would never leave the house without mascara but these days I seem to end up with more IN my eyes than on my lashes. I am starting to go back to some light foundation though, as the age spots are starting to appear, but in our humidity it just slithers back off again. I did buy an Avon tinted moisturiser that wasn't too bad. As for makeup removal, I'm an old fashioned soap and water gal. Anything else leaves my skin gunky and I can't stand it.

Astraea, couldn't agree more with your early comments on decorating. There does seem to be a distinct line between those who can and those who can't, in fact there is almost a canyon in between. I have raised this many times here when people ask what colour should I paint and everyone jumps in with colour suggestions but no one ever asks about lighting or aspect, warm or cool, taste or moods. I also notice a lot of people come up with the same sort of ideas all the time too, but I guess we all get a bit stuck in our personal taste and style.

I also get a bit concerned that many also seem to feel that a room has to be decorated to within an inch of its life, there just can't be an undecorated area. To me it is the difference between a home and a museum.

Have to get moving, BH and I just decided that we will pay one of DD's credit cards off for her for Christmas. She is having so many problems with her ex, he is being so spiteful and nasty to her and even using the kids to upset her plus telling them and everyone else lies and making untrue accusations against her. She is so hurt, but I can't give him the mouthful I would love to so we have decided to do this to hopefully cheer her up a bit. Just have to get to the bank now and pay it and I will give her the receipt as her present.

So to all my dear Houzz friends, I thank you so much for your friendship and cameraderie, I wish you all and your families safe journeys and the merriest of Christmases and Happy Holidays to you too Astraea. Bobbi, you enjoy your peaceful day and old movies.

Looking forward to catching up when it is all over and we have all recovered.

roo, what a wonderful gift for your DD, and what a great thing for you and BH to do! I know she'll appreciate your love and thoughtfulness as much as she will not miss the loss of that burden.

And Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

Well, late to the party again. I think I read all I missed. Too fun. We've traveled to NC from FL (long drive) to a surprise 60th for one of our oldest friends. Their DDs are here too so it's big time fun. Having Xmas with them too. Today was baking day and a lot of eggnog.

So here goes:
Stopped wearing makeup when we moved to FL. but for some reason put it on for party and again today. One of my favorite products is Prime Time Primer. It smooths out everything. I'm too scared to get plastic surgery. Once you see some of those botched jobs, you can't unsee it.

Olldbobbi, I would wear purple or red with those terra cotta jeans. I try to do clothes combos now that I might use in the garden. And if you like, add a scarf with the colors to tie it together. That would also hide Jiggles, which is my name for my 2nd chin. . :)))

Olldroo, love the story of Oz. sounds just like FL. I'm having a little hard time adjusting too. The wind here in North Carolina the other night made it so cold. I was amazed how fast my body rejected it.

I wish everyone a very joyful, safe and cuddly Christmas filled with laughs and hugs. Excited for after the new year and more more decor. I love Houzz!

Hi, Greengirl, nice to hear from you again. Glad you enjoyed hearing about Oz, I sort of feel FL would be similar in weather to here so I guess in many ways your lifestyle would also be similar. My second joey went to Boca Raton for a week in 1988 and had a great time, despite experiencing a hurricane. I think it was only a minor one compared to the ones we hear about today.

It is 6.30 pm Christmas Eve here, all the shops are closed so the winding down starts. I was invited out for dinner tonight with BH's family but still so tired from yesterday I decided to pass, I want to be fresh for tomorrow. Has been a very hot day here today, got up to 39 out west, but storms are expected tonight and a much cooler day tomorrow. Hope Santa has a covered sleigh.

Now I have some time to go back over today's chat, my contributions -

bobbi - your rust jeans make me think of my rust carpet and I just cringe. Love the colour ..........but. A lot depends on the shade, but I like the idea of cream and black for a top. Soft yellows work too, and a pattern repeating the rust should give you compatible colours. Golds do go well, but just take me back to the late 60s/early 70s. Greens do go well, but I feel like a tree.

creeser - your teal is much easier, mauves are an obvious choice and there are greens that can be compatible. I just love blues, greens and mauves together, such a fresh cool combination. More teal mixed with lemons, coral or soft orange and white is also fresh or consider navy - depends on shades there.

Astraea - lets have some fun with your bathroom. That can be our first project after Christmas, especially when I am pretty hot on bathrooms at the moment - LOL!!

Like the idea of swapping bathrooms, I feel you definitely need a tub in a main bathroom, for resale if nothing else. The only thing is access. Could you be incurring extra costs there? I think you posted a diagram but I had difficulty seeing it. If you move from the master bedroom do you have another room of suitable size?

Agree about vanities on silly little legs. I have to know I can clean under things. Both my vanities are on plinths so they sit on the floor. Just have to be aware of any slope in the floor to allow for drainage. Otherwise I do like a wall hung vanity, they look lovely and clean and you can easily clean under. Here, they do cost several hundred dollars more to install. Big question is just how much storage do you want/need? I feel if I am going to have a cupboard then I want it to be useful. Like in kitchens, I do like the idea of drawers for easy access, especially as we get older. The only problem with vanities with drawers here, it didn't matter how deep the drawers were, they only had sides a couple of inches deep so you couldn't really stack things. I overcame the shelving in mine by using baskets that I can pull out to find things.

Tiles - I think you need to design exactly what you are going to put where and what the overall effect is you like. We did have a discussion on an ideasbook one time about tiles going to the ceiling, and I am really happy now I didn't go down that road. The colour I painted the ensuite and will do the main bathroom matches the tiles exactly so it doesn't look at all obvious where the tiles start and finish. Because my wall tiles are 330 x 600, I just did one tile high around the bath which was enough for a backsplash behind the vanity, one tile fitted the front side of the bath. The floor tiles match the wall but are only 330 x 330 and I used half a tile as a skirting around the rest of the walls. If you have a back to the wall toilet, you either have to tile all behind it or none at all. I only tiled up to mine. With minimum tiling I really didn't end up with any way to use a feature tile. I was going to put some niches into the shower wall for shelving and make a feature of them but it wasn't feasible to put them in without a lot of extra expense.

Another thing with tiles too, is the grouting. I had only ever had small tiles on the floor and looked forward to having large tiles to reduce grouting, but they can be rather slippery, I do have to be careful in the shower.

I know what you mean about getting ideas and then not being able to buy what you want. My loungeroom was a classic example, I wanted a pretty pale blue for my lounge but that colour just isn't in in furnishing fabrics at the moment.

Did you see this photo? Taking glass tiles to the extreme.

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I’m sure my home will never look like “a decorator did it”, but if I can get to 95% & not pay anyone, then I’m happy! I see the Houzz articles that show those little art objets .. for several hundred $, and am happy for all the years Mom & I went to garage sales, and for under $5, I accumulated a lot of cute things that someone else paid that much money for! My taste has remained fairly consistent over the years, but I’d never try to talk someone into something because I like it, if it wasn’t their taste (if they could explain it).

I can relate to that bit about the “undecorated area”! My great room (dining room & living room) is an open 25’ x 25’ space with light hardwood flooring. The previous owner had area rugs under the living room seating group, and dining room table. I thought of doing that too, and began looking into area rugs. I wanted something “different” (don’t I always?!), but then decided that if the furniture covered a good portion of the rug in the living room, then a design would be lost. Then I realized how nice & dust-free it is, just having hardwood flooring, and how much easier it is to move furniture on it (especially DR chairs) .. and decided not to do area rugs after all. I’m sure some people consider it an “unfinished” look .. and I don’t care!

What a generous gift to your daughter, Roo .. “peace of mind”!

Greengirl is right, that there’s a caveat with every level of cosmetic procedure .. from minor to major; they don’t guarantee that everyone will have as beneficial/visible a result, or that there won’t be negative side effects .. and they’re sure not refunding the money, unless you can win a lawsuit!

I used to have 2 aunts & uncles in FL; now that I’m retired, it would be nice for more regular visits .. but they’re all gone! One couple in Boca. I last visited in the summer .. way too hot, for me to want to move to FL when I left north Jersey!

I enjoy the friendship here too! No conflicts like on websites where the discussions are political!
I’ll put the rest of the bathroom discussion in a separate post.

Thanks Astraea, it is hard to see your joeys suffering and upset and not be able to do a thing to help, despite them being all grown up. It is just a token, but one way to let her know she really has our support.

I think you would be a bit like me, I don't want my home to look like a decorator did it. I want it to be me 100%. I don't mind people making suggestions, especially on things I'm unsure of, and I'm not backwards in asking opinions, but where is the fun of walking into a room all done, absolutely no sense of achievement. I could probably do without the extra grey hairs, but I always say anything that keeps me off the streets and out of trouble.

Yes do put your bathroom into a separate discussion and we can start on Boxing Day.

Bobbi, Roo - The bathroom itself is 85 sq ft, but the entire space including the back-to-back closets being moved, is 123 sq ft.

My MBR is 17’4” x 17’7”, and the guest bedroom is a very generous 15’ x 16’ .. which would be fine for it being a 2nd MBR. The master bath is 9’ x 10’, so the main bathroom isn’t much smaller at 8' x 10'.

I like furniture down-to-the-floor! From years of having pets in the house, I remember being down on the floor with a cane or yardstick, getting pet toys out from under open bottoms .. not to mention “dust bunnies”! Wall mounting can require reinforcing/bracing to hold the weight, which adds to the cost. I’ve added 2 double-tiered wire pull-out racks, in the MBR vanity & under the kitchen sinks, so there really is a lot of storage space. Buying a new vanity, I’d want one where there’s no frame/divider between bottom doors, so I could had a 3rd, wider rack in the middle. Except for the bottom track, the whole thing can come out, for easy access to the plumbing.

I’ve also attached a photo of the MBR bathroom, so you can see the tile. It’s a large tile, and there’s a raised “stripe” going around the room. I think I might want something with more of a matt finish in the other bathroom, but also in the beige/sand family .. plus a light blue/green border/design. What would be really fabulous (and probably hideously expensive – came to mind last night – what about an ~8” strip of that blue-green iridescent mosaic tile around the room, where the top of the strip was cut to look like waves?! A friend of mine (not nearby) had a neighbor who was a stone mason .. but a real artist about it. She e-mailed me a few photos of his work. I’d like to find a tile setter like that .. a guy who’d do something different like my "waves", but wouldn’t charge (too much) more, because he enjoyed the challenge! I’d rather have larger tile for the larger spaces, and it’s my guess that they make that glass mosaic tile in small pieces, because people tend to use it more as an accent, and the small pieces make it easier to cut for designs.

God forbid I can't install a skylight, because of attic interference, I don't want to make the room dark with too much richly colored tile.

Roo - That's what I don't get about the "House Hunter" programs, where young couples want to move in, and not have to do anything. I don't just mean about making repairs or modifications .. sometimes they say they'd like to have all the furniture as well, or complain that they'll have to paint. Isn't that the fun of it; putting your own "stamp" on your home?

Years ago when I had a condo, I had to stop to see one of the Board members. He had a unit on one of the high floors, and it was all done in a Chinese motif (he wasn't Asian). It definitely had that pulled-together "decorator look", but a little formal & dark I thought, so I just complimented it & asked if he was into that style. He said, "No, but that's what the decorator said would look good here." Them's "fighting words" in my book!

astraea, have you seen any of Sarah Richardson's tile projects? She is a master! Here's a link of Google images of her work, I hope it works: https://www.google.com/search?q=sarah+richardson+tile&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=l3vYUPSROcqAiwL3hYDgCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=1441&bih=687

I've looked as so many pictures here, I don't know! Check out all the bathroom pictures I saved in my ideabook, so you get an idea of what I like (or at least parts of). I saw one very beachy-design ceramic tile edging with a fish .. but it's something like $48 a piece. That's odd .. I save it, but it's not in my ideabook!!

greengirl, is this the product that you use and like? What does it do for your skin?

http://www.sephora.com/prime-time-foundation-primer-P182405?om_mmc=GoogleKWL-ws

Judyg, yes that looks like it. But I think I got for a better price on 1 of the tv shopping sites. It's sold a lot of places. I use over my moisturizer. It feels like pure silk. Like nothing I've ever felt on my skin. So it's then so easy to apply foundation. It makes it very even and I also think you use less.

Astraea and Bobbi, me too doing bathrooms. Astraea I first misread your post and thought your master bath was 17x17. My old eyes are starting to play tricks.

Roo, we're on the sun coast, being the gulf side. Hasn't been that hot yet and we always have a lovely breeze. So much so that DH sometimes has a problem flying his model airplanes.

And interesting about HGTV HHs. One of the DDs bought their first house in CA. I asked her if she was interested in interior design. No, they just wanted the house and have to do nothing. She said she just does whatever she likes and thats that. Well OK then. But I can't think of a time when I didn't LOVE creating my surroundings.

Gonna go have leftovers. Yum. Hope I was good this year.

Judyg, yes that looks like it. But I think I got for a better price on 1 of the tv shopping sites. It's sold a lot of places. I use over my moisturizer. It feels like pure silk. Like nothing I've ever felt on my skin. So it's then so easy to apply foundation. It makes it very even and I also think you use less.

Astraea and Bobbi, me too doing bathrooms. Astraea I first misread your post and thought your master bath was 17x17. My old eyes are starting to play tricks.

Roo, we're on the sun coast, being the gulf side. Hasn't been that hot yet and we always have a lovely breeze. So much so that DH sometimes has a problem flying his model airplanes.

And interesting about HGTV HHs. One of the DDs bought their first house in CA. I asked her if she was interested in interior design. No, they just wanted the house and have to do nothing. She said she just does whatever she likes and thats that. Well OK then. But I can't think of a time when I didn't LOVE creating my surroundings.

Gonna go have leftovers. Yum. Hope I was good this year.