Slowley

Yesterday was a bittersweet day. A day of unwrapping ones heart and revealing emotions. We layed to rest a most precious loved one. A mother, wife, grandmother and great grandmother. A beautiful woman with a beautiful heart. She was a retired Navy officer so we had the honors of a military service that was breathtaking. 90 years of life, 90 years of laughter.


Why is it so hard to let yourself mourn in front of others. I think we all sensed moments of everyone holding back, not wanting to feel vulnerable. I tried really hard to drink up every moment of the days events, to really feel them, to let my heart go just a little. Slowley.....


We are still enjoying company that has traveled from afar to celebrate her life. Trying to appreciate this time with family and not thinking of my lists and lists of things to do. Hard to turn that off in my head. I am learing to do this slowley....



I will be making her famous pot of homemade spaghetti sauce tonight and inviting oodles of friends over to share it with us. To laugh, to let our hearts feel, to let go of ourselves even if it is only a little.

So blessed to know the tender mercies of our Lord and savior, to allow Him to pick us up when our legs are still to shaky to go at it alone.



Sharing a little piece of my heart today.






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Real Housewives

A little late in the day to be blogging but I just got back from the OC. Was in the neighborhood of a few "housewives" and was hoping they would pop out to say hello and be a little "real" with me. No such luck, it was a drizzly day and I think maybe they were afraid there hair might frizz like mine did. Anywhoo, got home and had to become a "real housewife" myself and clean up cat vomit on my leather sofa, and then proceed to clean up used tampons that my dog pulled out of the trash can and partially chewed and then left for me all over the hardwood floor. Now that is a real housewife if I have ever seen one. And to those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, be grateful that you have not been sucked into the world of Bravo Tv drama, crap tv is what my husband like to call it. Speaking of crap, birds still having a party on the rooftop any ideas?????


And what is a post with out a picture or too so here is a little eye candy for you

I snagged those from Country living

Any pigeon miracle stories please share, My hubby thinks if he continues to shoot them off the roof with his pellet gun that they will tell all the pigeons in pigeon land that our rooftop is not the place to hang any longer. I am not sure this is a reliable method.

HELP??????

OH CRAP!

Literally, it is raining crap at my house. Pigeon crap that is. Take a look, only if you have a strong stomach

Isn't that disgusting. That is pigeon crap, bird feces falling of my roof. Or should I say being sprayed off my roof. This is what happens when you have a really tall house with eaves, pigeons apparently take up residence. So a power washer and pigeon expert came to save the day and hopefully scare these nasty little poopers off our roof for good.

Look at the BBQ, I think I just had a baby barf in my mouth.

My dining room doors and feces dripping down them. Lovely! Enjoy your day hopefully it is not as "crappy" as mine. LOL!!

Chalkboard addiction

I know two post in one day, but I could not help it. I was peeking at this blog and came across a little Mcklinky party and wanted to play. So here is a peek at my addiction to chalkboard paint. And be warned I still have tons of cans left in the garage just waiting for me.

I know there are pine cones in the dining room still. I am busy people, busy!

This little chalkboard is in the kids homework loft upstairs.

And this is my finished tub for the laundry room. I still need to fill bucket with soap. I love this one and so cheap! I love cheap!! Leave me a comment and maybe I will give away a little something. Hint take a peek at previous post below.

Help me

I can not for the life of me figure out how to add a slide show to this bloggie thing. I have some necklaces that I have thought of selling and would love to have them show up on the sidebar or something like that. Any feedback on how to sell them online without having to go the etsy route? I am new at this thingy. Anyway here are a few pics of the necklaces that I do have for sale at the moment.

This one is made of vintage scarves, buttons and pearls. This will turn any outfit into a showstopper. selling for $65.00

And this beauty is made of torn t-shirts, vintage buttons and pearls. I sold one similar to this right of my neck when I wore it. Selling for $55.00

I also have this one

This baby is not for sale, I will however be giving it away on another blog so stay tuned for updates.

Email me at westcoastnester@yahoo.com if you are interested in the necklace's

Updat: Do to popular demand I have listed them on etsy. See them here

old vintage buttons

What does a jar of these

grandmas old buttons

and some old burlap have in common. Nothing really but wait until you see what happens when you use a little glue to combine the two...... stay tuned

Inspired Home

One of the blogs that I stalk The Lettered Cottage has just published an ebook called Creating an Inspired Home. You must check it out, Layla really has a talent for creating the most soft and cozy spaces. And she and her hubby do it all themselves. Grab a latte or a glass of wine and check it out you wont be disappointed.