Tuesday, April 5, 2011

In Remembrance.......

Hello Everyone. Today is a bittersweet moment for myself and my family. Today my Grandfather, my mothers dad, slipped quietly away to meet his Savior. While we can rest in knowing where he is and rejoice that he is no longer suffering, the pain of losing a loved one is still acute. Please pray as my parents are traveling down early tomorrow morning to help my grandmother and my aunts and uncles plan and prepare for the funeral. Also pray that I will be able to make it. I desire so much to be there for my family, but more importantly for my Mom. I do not know if I can express how grateful I am to know where my Grandfather is right now. It really helps me understand how special my Faith really is, because even at the bleakest of moments we can find hope and even rejoice. So in honor of Pop's Nightingale: I love you and miss you already.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

The Battle of the Stinkbugs!!

Thanks to those who gave me some great feedback about my last post through facebook and on here. I am not going to be able to go shopping until Wednesday, but I will post lots of pics once I start. Heres a question.....anyone know the secret to killing stinkbugs??? Thankfully we dont have to many but they all seem to congregate in the kitchen (gross!!!).  Im not to afraid of most bugs...but stinkbugs are the worst for me to handle. I seriously think they are looking right at me every time I try to kill them. Most of the time I have my husband take care of them. :) My knight in shining armor. :}
  Anyways, if you have any suggestions please let me know. Well, I hope you all have a great week and look for some pics of the decorating process on Wednesday. We will see how it goes! Ciao!

~Tuscany~

So I had a blog at one point with pretty much nothing on it because I was just going to record my everyday tasks. Well I quickly realized that I did not want to write about my mundane routine of washing dishes, doing laundry and other various tasks so why would anyone want to read them. Especially when most of us do that all day anyway. So instead I am going to write about the process of decorating my house!! Mostly because I need help, because decorating has never been my strong point. I have good ideas, but I have no confidence in them which has left our house mismatched with barren walls.
Home has always been important to me and because of that my style has always been one of comfort which is what I am going to use throughout the house. I want to be able to relax no matter what room I am in. Because lets face it we live in a country where people believe the more you do the better you are and the more successful you are. Well, I was born wound to tight and I do not want that or this fast paced world to enter my home when I walk through the door. So to begin this decorating journey I have read that I need to first settle on a theme and then in some fashion put that theme to use in every room using different colors that flow from one floor to the next. Well, here is my theme: Tuscany, Italy!! My mother is half sicilian and that heritage has always fascinated me. Now Tuscany isnt Sicily, but there is just something about the warm colors and art that Tuscany has that make me what to just sit and bask in the wonder of God. If you don't believe me look at my background image or google Tuscany and you will know what I am talking about. I also like country type decor and thankfully Tuscany incorporates both country and Italy which is meravigliosa (wonderful in Italian :))   So as a newlywed I come across the most famous obstacle: money. Decor is so expensive!! So my first question is how do you all decorate on a budget? I am kinda crafty and what I don't know how to do I am willing to learn. So if you have any ideas let me know. I will keep you posted as I begin to decorate each room.   Arrivederci!!!!