Odd Things Around My House. . .

I was watching an old episode of Designing Women the other day, it was the one where they were to redecorate a house of an older woman.   If you do not know what Designing Women is, it was an 80's show about four women interior decorators and their lives.    This particular episode was about the quirky things they found in this house and the very interesting reasons why they were there.  It  made me think, what will people say about things they will find in my house one day when I am gone.  On the show the lady had a portrait of her husband hung upside down in the living room.  The reason was the lady had to lay a certain way on the couch and if the picture were upside down she could see it better.  She also had fishing lures in a glass case as if they were priceless jewels.  I laughed at that one because I got it immediately.   Her husband made those lures and sold them, that was like his display case of what he could do and since he had passed away it was evidence of what he had done.
I started thinking about all the odd things I have in my house and what people might think when they see it.  I have a zip lock baggie in my jewelry box with my precious Frito's baby teeth in it.   Sweet Frito was our very special Chihuahua and when she was a baby and her teeth fell out I would put them in the baggie to keep.  I am not sure why I did it, it just seemed right.  I have a baggie with Basil's teeth too.   I also have baggies with my kids teeth.  In my living room on a book case there is a pewter urn with my sweet Frito's ashes and a ceramic piece with her footprint along with her picture and her collar and tag.  She was a huge part of our family, my kids grew up with her.   On that same bookcase there are two wooden boxes that contain the ashes of our sweet Cainie and Jake our Labs that were also a huge part of our family.   There are no labels on these, so you would not know what they were just to look at them.  On this same bookshelf at the bottom are an assortment of turkey feathers.  Big T loves turkeys and my mom and dad always have turkeys in their yard and mom sends Big T the feathers that she finds around the house.  I also have little glass jars with sharks teeth in them.  The boys and my hubby love to look for sharks teeth when we are at the beach.  I have a jar for each beach and those teeth that they found there.  
I am sure I have more odd things laying around but to me they are not odd, they represent our lives as a family and all the things we have done.

Going home early. . .

As we are leaving Fort Macon beach it starts to rain.  We were all soaked to the bone by the time we reached the car.  Normally I over pack for everything but, today I only brought one towel.  I knew we would not be getting in the ocean because of the rip current so, I thought we only need one towel.  I decided since we were drenched we would go by a local drive in for a quick bite. 
We finally dried out and cleaned up and dear hubby sent us a text, he had arrived home safely.  He then sent me a picture of sweet Basil.  I showed the picture to the boys.  They both decided they wanted to go home.  They missed their dad and sweet B.  So we packed up and headed home a day early.  
I thought we would surprise my dear hubby with our early arrival.  We were about 2 hours from home when he called us to check in.  There goes our surprise.   He was glad though.  We made it home safe and sound and, there is no place like home.

The Bedroom

I found my bedroom comforter last night.  Yeah!!   It is really pretty.  It is an ocean blue with cherry blossoms embordered on it.  The thing came with decorative pillows, pillow shams, curtins, a valance,sheets, and a dust ruffle.  I am so excited.  I put my curtins up today and I am going to donate my other ones to Goodwill.  They are really pretty but Mark said there was no reason to hang on to them.  Me, I am a pack rat, I hold on to everything.  I have two old comforters up in my closet that went on our Queen sized bed at our old house.   I am afraid if I get rid of something I might need it later down the road.  So I hold on to everything. 
I am really excited about my comforter, how sad is that, I have  no life except for my kids and the occassional chance at re-decorating the house.  Oh well.  I think the comforter has an Oriental theme to it.  I may use that throughout my bedroom and maybe add some wall decor  with that theme.  Once it is all done I will take some pictures and post them.