In the Bloglight at Hometalk!

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greetings, friends!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm honored to have been chosen to be featured as part of Hometalk's "In the Bloglight" series!  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJyFJXoSutimcuDxXrA31u0RC-0HTHN7qHDZBrBiVM4EkYfJ5Q317aU9W5p7DeN4lm7oKgr2Pey37vt6_bTcGYoTriaNpJf1ttLz5HoReieUJpqSXjAaTStE_2TlO6UWkUuM7jSALMGU/s1600/bloglight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJyFJXoSutimcuDxXrA31u0RC-0HTHN7qHDZBrBiVM4EkYfJ5Q317aU9W5p7DeN4lm7oKgr2Pey37vt6_bTcGYoTriaNpJf1ttLz5HoReieUJpqSXjAaTStE_2TlO6UWkUuM7jSALMGU/s640/bloglight.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you aren't familiar with </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hometalk.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Hometalk</span></a>,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> you simply must check it out, as it's an amazing online community, where folks from all over the world *gather* to ask for and share ideas about all things home and garden.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As part of the "Bloglight" series, Miriam (Hometalk's Director of Community Development  extraordinaire) asked me a few questions:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How did you first get into blogging?</span></i></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I joined the world of blogging back in December of 2009 when our home was part of our local Women's Club "Christmas Tour of Homes."  I started my blog as a way for me to share pics of our holiday home with our out-of-state family and friends who weren't able to visit for the event.  Little did I know that folks other than my family and friends would actually take the time to read, comment and follow my blog!  That's when I decided to write a second, third and fourth post … and, well, as they say, the rest is blogging history!  </span></div><br /><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How did you decide on the name of my blog?</span></i></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As much as I love to decorate and redecorate our home (along with others), it's never boring or quick … always an adventure … thus, "Adventures in Decorating" was born!</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is blogging something you do on the side, or is it a full-time job for you?</span></i></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For now, blogging is something that I do on the side … for fun.  That might change in the new year, but, for now, it remains a great outlet for me to share my addiction to decorating!</span></div><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What was the first project you ever shared?</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first post I ever shared was of our Christmas home where reds, golds and greens, along with chocolate metallic walls, dominated our humble abode.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1d0NJDD-RN9pzZE0QpGOGTgm12EPiaQtCby6nBMv69lB0qNBQUhMYw0lOgXq2RcCzvUmWZDcEPpfJAd4AatX7ZI8Nhr15EC9IW6fJ2isfv4Npf2tGXREEV-rF3OUSk8TZwhHqvEt7ldw/s1600/oldsitting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1d0NJDD-RN9pzZE0QpGOGTgm12EPiaQtCby6nBMv69lB0qNBQUhMYw0lOgXq2RcCzvUmWZDcEPpfJAd4AatX7ZI8Nhr15EC9IW6fJ2isfv4Npf2tGXREEV-rF3OUSk8TZwhHqvEt7ldw/s640/oldsitting.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, if you follow my blog, you've been there along the way when those dark walls disappeared; walnut furniture was introduced to chalk paint; and camel covered wingback chairs were then dressed in white slipcovers … hard to believe t<span style="text-indent: -0.5in;">his is the same room!</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr74-Y6Cn7VbP5tmCZJIOzesZc8F5KifuBtI40uAYRR-BtRrXkliO0VV7FirIhBvNR-AY9v0cFpgSChiZC1KR0Ovb0ZJXdIs7d9mpCC51Zk2SplSUMHjG53l1TxreRz8Bbx1ixZs5-lwk/s1600/fallsittingoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr74-Y6Cn7VbP5tmCZJIOzesZc8F5KifuBtI40uAYRR-BtRrXkliO0VV7FirIhBvNR-AY9v0cFpgSChiZC1KR0Ovb0ZJXdIs7d9mpCC51Zk2SplSUMHjG53l1TxreRz8Bbx1ixZs5-lwk/s640/fallsittingoverall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is your most popular project on Hometalk to date?</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hmmmm … that would be our Fall mantel from 2012.  I'm still in shock that, since posting it to <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>Hometalk</u></span>, it has since been *pinned* over 40,000 times … crazy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4umwLaNN6BmnCm6LSv0gAq6YVsN3y4NxpqDSvBlga8F38-EDzu6EY8BsPpCn2yPtN6TMKSgwIRG9wyJ-p-JSGIS3Bdzjm6olxkVnbHFtUu_Dv14hiC8zpd2oS90BzHIWkbhYMEkVs_8/s1600/htfallmantel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4umwLaNN6BmnCm6LSv0gAq6YVsN3y4NxpqDSvBlga8F38-EDzu6EY8BsPpCn2yPtN6TMKSgwIRG9wyJ-p-JSGIS3Bdzjm6olxkVnbHFtUu_Dv14hiC8zpd2oS90BzHIWkbhYMEkVs_8/s640/htfallmantel.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you stick to a strict posting schedule?</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Admittedly, I don't.  And, I truly admire those who post multiple times a week, especially since I *usually* only post only once a week!  I always say that I'm going to start posting more, but, try not to put too much pressure on myself to do so … maybe that's part of the problem!  :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How has blogging changed you?</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blogging has changed me in that it has given me a bit more confidence when it comes to my mad decorating skills … like taking a paint brush, covered in Chateaux Grey chalk paint, to our then-maple stained cabinets:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpRgZvUBme1jgDsYkoFjdl-0YPMkfyTIB-C1kw2UQUa_Q4RqjhgBsQ8IFJs1wDQsl82CeByCttmJEpmBIjX25tebMCbX2ApX9Ghbb6YEikoE4uvt0ewQsJ__gQl_ARS34gbDRgb7OreA/s1600/easterbreakfastoverall1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpRgZvUBme1jgDsYkoFjdl-0YPMkfyTIB-C1kw2UQUa_Q4RqjhgBsQ8IFJs1wDQsl82CeByCttmJEpmBIjX25tebMCbX2ApX9Ghbb6YEikoE4uvt0ewQsJ__gQl_ARS34gbDRgb7OreA/s640/easterbreakfastoverall1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has encouraged me to take decorating "risks" and to step out of my OCD-box.  And, best of all, blogging has also brought many amazing people into my life whom I'm happy to call "great friends!"  If you are considering starting a blog, I hope that you go for it … you won't regret it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*   *   *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks again, Miriam, and the great folks at <a href="http://www.hometalk.com/">Hometalk</a>, for featuring little ol' me as part of your "In the Bloglight" series.  And, thank YOU for taking the time to visit!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" />

In the Bloglight at Hometalk!

Greetings, friends!I'm honored to have been chosen to be featured as part of Hometalk's "In the Bloglight" series!  If you aren't familiar with Hometalk, you simply must check it out, as it's an amazing online community, where folks from all over the world *gather* to ask for and share ideas about a…

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Fall in the Breakfast Area

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much to my sweet friend, Laura, from </span><a href="http://topthistopthat.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Top This Top That</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for including me in a fun "Better Late than Never" Fall gathering!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOIIVliBwT1L9S12AMNsu8bZlUABxlC0U6ign47zkiB1rv6jG_Ln1oFExur2NFKu18E5P2zHJOZPoTsDubSjqp6nNuBhXxdI06A2-4uapi3YtVMhQXWPLDn8669ndXA4W2TmxXpYsIQc0/s1600/Betterlatethannever.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOIIVliBwT1L9S12AMNsu8bZlUABxlC0U6ign47zkiB1rv6jG_Ln1oFExur2NFKu18E5P2zHJOZPoTsDubSjqp6nNuBhXxdI06A2-4uapi3YtVMhQXWPLDn8669ndXA4W2TmxXpYsIQc0/s640/Betterlatethannever.jpg" width="433" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will you be hosting Thanksgiving this year?  While I'll be cooking a few staple holiday goodies for the upcoming day of thanks, we won't be dining in our breakfast area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5Id1DaKIwgBYUDFo7G3r2GmtSjmB3cScoPY-POzdP5PVdDrmlDT-EVv3Z1Z20wnDxdIDRprJzB1VgOlZxtKl03GfWve3sWY0QtHYAT2p4uaNTSdwVlHUTYciJ7qCMxO7fBDNdTWGF7U/s1600/Fallbfastoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5Id1DaKIwgBYUDFo7G3r2GmtSjmB3cScoPY-POzdP5PVdDrmlDT-EVv3Z1Z20wnDxdIDRprJzB1VgOlZxtKl03GfWve3sWY0QtHYAT2p4uaNTSdwVlHUTYciJ7qCMxO7fBDNdTWGF7U/s640/Fallbfastoverall.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BUT, if we had, I hope that our guests would've felt welcomed by my simple vignette using my favorite chicken wire basket (from Pottery Barn) in the middle of our table, filled with colors and elements of the season,</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPByiitPbie5rcb3LQHylARhPUIlwWejo_aemKVqW0zpHK_vEPbm7WtANBThcwUOEBct7EW9_szIRj6txsuG2MKri5qiA8ticZHuB2kmvTFaHtRQ1dBBaaH1SH2fp3cQ-_cResJbepciI/s1600/Fallbfasttableclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPByiitPbie5rcb3LQHylARhPUIlwWejo_aemKVqW0zpHK_vEPbm7WtANBThcwUOEBct7EW9_szIRj6txsuG2MKri5qiA8ticZHuB2kmvTFaHtRQ1dBBaaH1SH2fp3cQ-_cResJbepciI/s640/Fallbfasttableclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">along with a book of thanks reminding us what Fall is all about.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87e7IHIEdIrWJVFw4NAyi-F8IB_9qvE2jnN72TEguomCBuCsywPwq4gcaCvH_3H0df-8efFWl18NvNdKelL6lKZGkVfHqptlMW98Kdw2b6r9CONcLDfWsb77K5ZK3Gu9XhAM-9q0J2B4/s1600/Fallbfastbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87e7IHIEdIrWJVFw4NAyi-F8IB_9qvE2jnN72TEguomCBuCsywPwq4gcaCvH_3H0df-8efFWl18NvNdKelL6lKZGkVfHqptlMW98Kdw2b6r9CONcLDfWsb77K5ZK3Gu9XhAM-9q0J2B4/s640/Fallbfastbook.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Over on our dry bar (which, by the way, I STILL love in its shade of Annie Sloane's "Chateaux Grey"), I would've gladly moved our Fall pieces out of the way to make room for all things carbs! </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGSglPCoWEkPNq1-GwX8mZVecqbtkwcYBiMU9tF7i-3lUEp9ytaQz7R2_l3OmfAO-c82cZVbmBBUa6UirCLgUYW1hlqIyxUGfoL4KZQmES6OtJIR4CHywdmXhetst_K7N6TB63DCANdg/s1600/fallbfastdrybar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGSglPCoWEkPNq1-GwX8mZVecqbtkwcYBiMU9tF7i-3lUEp9ytaQz7R2_l3OmfAO-c82cZVbmBBUa6UirCLgUYW1hlqIyxUGfoL4KZQmES6OtJIR4CHywdmXhetst_K7N6TB63DCANdg/s640/fallbfastdrybar.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, this glass cloche filled with tiny pumpkins nestled in between corks and pinecones, could easily have been "scooched" on over to make room for the loaded mashed potatoes! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NojCrJe80NLO8VCx0JzWMILNqq-bBWciRbJ0mMgU0kRlDHynsTlogv4dJuXe6RRUrxBneMKHcE-hFXX21658NXmjAnEhnBpHoiLnKZYY7qPO589FVWzsGX6TZQQpeykrmZ88DwVxz3Q/s1600/fallbfastcloche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NojCrJe80NLO8VCx0JzWMILNqq-bBWciRbJ0mMgU0kRlDHynsTlogv4dJuXe6RRUrxBneMKHcE-hFXX21658NXmjAnEhnBpHoiLnKZYY7qPO589FVWzsGX6TZQQpeykrmZ88DwVxz3Q/s640/fallbfastcloche.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Roo (and his surrounding Fall picks and oversized acorns) would gladly have made room for the turkey!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoT0xKmvcSJmRleIcDLICev_6wPWWjEEbxCRRGWnJqg8OKkR1A-ji8O4Hq116yYHTH0jBLI-lhxgqTfKWEhYjOzUqxDpTxWggTREGSHUBZ_n8aU5Yb_Xt8DD_H3WlP_gglFkrJ3ek0ekY/s1600/fallbfastroo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoT0xKmvcSJmRleIcDLICev_6wPWWjEEbxCRRGWnJqg8OKkR1A-ji8O4Hq116yYHTH0jBLI-lhxgqTfKWEhYjOzUqxDpTxWggTREGSHUBZ_n8aU5Yb_Xt8DD_H3WlP_gglFkrJ3ek0ekY/s640/fallbfastroo.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, um, WHO wants to even *see* a scale on Thanksgiving, right?  Pumpkin and apple pies would be much easier on the eyes!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoBTFxKygVIGlHfpq_lXIE_4gYxdPLihVmmS2fvKiM8iFofT839TKomNtKPB-pKy_naYZBtOyyVcbx4gD49wg1p8l22HT6zD1uoi0ma55fGQeJhFLxchy5TeJPWx-rP9X0w-Wo4cYUyo/s1600/Fallbfastscale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoBTFxKygVIGlHfpq_lXIE_4gYxdPLihVmmS2fvKiM8iFofT839TKomNtKPB-pKy_naYZBtOyyVcbx4gD49wg1p8l22HT6zD1uoi0ma55fGQeJhFLxchy5TeJPWx-rP9X0w-Wo4cYUyo/s640/Fallbfastscale.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Another reason why it's probably a good thing that we're not eating our Thanksgiving meal at this table is because, well, it doesn't quite look like this anymore.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXK9J-LJ3ptWQMUwTeQntwQ_80bSBQ3fQdDWrUse66YiUEPWpe41T-0z2r2yw6MGwVVZxlWUZW_zdzWpLzRuLmt7_242cgyx-la6yfmA9kN8NrCZZne2zP-f7sxjKW1F1F0gtZCn5J-Kk/s1600/fallbfastfrombed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXK9J-LJ3ptWQMUwTeQntwQ_80bSBQ3fQdDWrUse66YiUEPWpe41T-0z2r2yw6MGwVVZxlWUZW_zdzWpLzRuLmt7_242cgyx-la6yfmA9kN8NrCZZne2zP-f7sxjKW1F1F0gtZCn5J-Kk/s640/fallbfastfrombed.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's right, it's now filled with all things Christmas!  Stay tuned ...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and before I go … IF, by chance, you have a double pedestal antique table that you'll be seating guests at in a few weeks, make sure you check your legs (to the table, that is) to make sure that one of them isn't loose or cracked.  I'd hate for you to be greeted by this lovely scene that I experienced in our dining room last week … oops!  Thank goodness, I somehow managed to laugh and not cry!  LOL!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Fall in the Breakfast Area

Thanks so much to my sweet friend, Laura, from Top This Top That for including me in a fun "Better Late than Never" Fall gathering!Will you be hosting Thanksgiving this year?  While I'll be cooking a few staple holiday goodies for the upcoming day of thanks, we won't be dining in our breakfast area.…

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