I asked for it...you asked for it...and here it is

Carol wanted know what inspires me

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the sun on my face inspires me...actually the sun anywhere on my body inspires me... which makes me think of the beach and that's a whole other story

kim wanted to see my beautiful tile

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I cheated on this one, because this is the tile at our cottage, but it's my game and I get to make up the rules as I go along and this really is my "LOVE" tile and we used it here in the bathroom and as the kitchen backsplash

cinner wanted a picture of my house

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and I think she must have forgotten that in order to take that picture, I would have had to go outside in the snow and I'll have none of that and like I said, my game....so this is a picture of our cottage instead, which I like way better than our house anyhow and patti wanted a picture of something if I was looking outside my front door or window...well, here at home I'd be looking at a neighbor's house {yuck} and at the cottage I'd be looking at our prairie {yippee} so I'll just use this picture to hopefully make you both smile

meri asked about something I collect and elizabeth asked about a cluster of goodies
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well my vintage photos answer those questions easily
and if you really want to know, I have hundreds of them, mostly of children
and I can't seem to leave a flea market without a handful of them as somehow I believe they need a home, which answers the question sue asked me

samantha and meri... you sillies
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my junk drawer
I know, I know....I tend to be pretty neat

sweet laura who has been to my house wanted to see this cabinet again
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this is from the original post office from the home town that my hubby and I grew up in and when they built a new one, all the cubby hole pieces were taken apart and we were lucky enough to get a section of it

relyn asked about my bookshelf
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which is really bare right now here at home because all my books end up out at the....you guessed it.....the cottage.... because they feel good out there
{I just started, "everyone is beautiful" and I love it}

meri also asked about my favorite hanging thing
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be warned
story coming up
even though the picture is shitty
this is a custom made mirror by brian andreas that my hubby surprised me with when we lived in st. louis...the original saying says, "a little more space" and when we moved to st. louis I happened to be lucky enough to have a closet the size of a small shopping mall {seriously it was huge} so john called the company {story people} and asked them if they could add "closet" to the saying and brian said yes and ta-da...my favorite hanging thing

nobody asked to see sophie
but she's almost my favorite anything in the whole world
and
she wanted to model her new spring rain coat for all of you
{it's great when your sister works at land's end}

marcie asked about the inside of my fridge
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now if you thought I was boring
well, this just might have confirmed it for you
and you'll notice I can't live without my feta cheese or my french vanilla creamer

holly somehow knew where I spend way too much of my time
when she asked about my blogging space
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my desk is an old farmhouse kitchen table with worm holes in it and I love it
and it sits here in my office, which also houses my little corner of the world that somebody asked me about, but now I can't remember who

and last but not least
derrick asked me about my favorite kitchen gadget and I had to pick myself up off the floor as I fell there from laughing so hard
and then marcie asked about the dishes in my kitchen sink
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when my hubby read those questions he just laughed and said I needed to take a picutre of the phone and the take out menus which would answer both questions
{oh I just love that man}
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anyhow
can I just say that you are all great and fabulous
{and I hope I didn't forget anyone and if I did, I'm so sorry}
and
you all made me think and laugh and run around the house and yell at my flash
which
totally got me out of my snow funk
and
I'm sending you all a huge hug for playing along with me
and
I can only hope that you'll come back to visit
now that you know how dull I am
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