How long have you been there? I think you've said, but I don't remember.

I wish I had gone for brighter, bolder colors when we moved into this house. It took ten years to find out how drab and dreary my mom thought her (blue, but way too light) bedroom was, even though I thought it looked nice (at the time). Living room, even more drab and dreary in a neutral color.

We're in our 7th year here. Because of John's illness, we've never really done any of the work we would otherwise have finished by now. Normally I would have repainted the house myself within a few months, but circumstances prevented that since there was the first surgery and then the chemo. We did hire a decorator to help us with our living room cabinetry, which is nice, and we installed a great big Valor fireplace, so the living room is lovely. At some point I'll have all the tiles replaced, but removing and replacing the engineered hardwood would be too disruptive right now.

I like a neutral palette with pops of colour. I have a beautiful Persian I bought about 25 years ago and it looks splendid with neutral walls and furniture.

Believe it or not, the sales video from our old house is still online! I miss that house terribly. It was my dream home. We just didn't want to stay in the Lower Mainland.

http://www.vopenhouse.ca/video/16463_Seascape/

Wow, just wow! That would be my dream home too. Just beautiful. I love everything about it. I'm with you on the calming neutrals with pops of color. I used teal in the living room and in the kitchen, I used a burnt orange. Loving it.

I tried the "pops of color". I still find it bland and dreary with the walls a neutral or too light color. Different strokes for different folks, as they say .

beautiful house and location Hagatha

Yes indeed!

court shows and even perry mason, and chores, starting with perry mason, america court with judge kevin ross, the people court, judge greg mathis, justice with judge mablean ,the verdict with judge hatchett, judge judy.

Beautiful home, hagatha!

I like color. My main living area is painted half lions mane and half burnt copper, my family room is thai tea and the kitchen is 3 shades of yellow. It looks like the sunset in my house and I love it. The beauty of having all the choices is that we can all find something we like!

That was my previous home, though. The one we have now is nothing special -- it just sits on the water. If I could have my old house here on this location, it would truly be heaven. But you can't have everything.

Looking at that video reminds me of just how much it broke my heart to sell that place. Then the people that bought it had serious buyer's remorse and it's been a rental ever since.

So, my guy finally admitted that his hip really isn't improving and so we had an ambulance take him to the hospital. I'm just waiting to h ear what's what, but I'm sure the only thing that will happen tonight is an X-Ray. Naturally I can't go with him because of COVID, although I have been admitted before when he's had medical treatments done. It seems like sometimes I'm an essential visitor and sometimes I'm not. Of course he should have gone three days ago, but the man is so stubborn.

Ewiee. Got some rain tonight. Seeped into our basement from our gangway but fortunately not enough in the sewers to set our ejector pump going off. Tornado sirens were going though so I got scared and have been sitting down in the basement with my brother for the last 2 hours.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. Hagatha, I hope it's not anything serious with hubby. Lunch and Netflix with a friend today. Meeting at the Eagles tonight.

With the bad weather we are having. I hope all is safe!

Good morning.

We will also get a lot of rain today and lithning starting this afternoon.

The lawn will be happy.

All have a nice day.

After the cold front that blew through her last night about midnight, I didn't know if our sweet corn was still going to be standing! Holy cow! I got up to let the Bloodhound in because Bella is scare of thunder. I tried to close the west door in the garage and had to disconnect a hose so I could close it. I had to push it closed with both hands and lean into it. There was stuff flying everywhere! One of the barn cats had come in there to get something to eat and was freaking out, so I let her in too. My other barn kitty who usually sleeps in the house at night was not to be found, so I guess she took shelter in the barn. She was waiting to come in this morning! Didn't get much rain out of it, but it is THIRTY degrees cooler!

Tornado sirens blaring here on and off for an hour last night. Crazy storms and so much rain. We are in a drought so rain is welcome, but not all at one time. I don't have a basement, so we just listened from bed. Tornados touched down where my daughter used to live. We are thankful all is well here.

oldbroad, hope you are safe!

off to work, much cooler today than the last few weeks! Have a happy day all!

So our good news is that my husband did not fracture his hip. It's just a very bad muscle pull. The trick now is to find pain medication that will allow him to walk, but unfortunately, he's been on heavy pain meds for so long it could be difficult to find anything that works.

He'll be so cranky about having to use a walker for a couple of weeks.

Those sirens scare me. I can handle a storm, not that horrid noise. My home is on ground floor with no basement. Only place without windows is the bathtub. From what I hear, that's the best place to do. I've been thru a house fire and dealt with a flooded basement, hope it never gets worse then that.

Hagatha, my back/hips forced me back to a walker. Before quarantine, I was walking with a cane; sometimes without it. My goal is to stay out of a wheelchair for as long as I can. I'm starting to bounce back, but realizing balance issues may stay with me as part of aging.

I'm glad weather is cooler, nice break from heat wave.

Excellent news, hagatha!

I do hope a couple of weeks will "do it" for your Husband, hagatha

And also, thank you for those lovely pictures of your home. You have a beautiful house in a beautiful location !!

Good news hagatha!

same thing.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. I've been thru several hurricanes, but tornadoes scare me more. Be safe everyone, in this crazy weather we are having.

Good morning all. Another windy day, so I can remind my guy that he's not missing anything by being in hospital. I can't go and visit, which is not optimal for his recovery because he doesn't really eat if I'm not around. Hopefully he'll be home in a few days.

In the meantime, I finally have a day where I don't have to do anything at all, which is such a relief. I might stir myself later on to vacuum the house, though.

So, are they investigating the possibility of an infection while he's there?