Accountable

Polished and Beautiful

Last night, after coming home from running errands....one of which was taking my Nikon camera for repair... I spotted the dish that had not been given a bath. I almost said.." Fooey, will do it tomorrow." I then thought... " Nope, must do it now and take a picture to keep myself accountable."

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

All day long  I get to go around singing my praises for being accountable!

Now I will button up my mouth and go prepare supper. I am trying a new recipe out of Southern Living for Chicken Pot Pie. I'll let you know how it turns out!

Hope you have a perfect accountable day!

The Results

This beauty had over 30 years of tarnish.

I know because it was a wedding gift to my brother over 30 years ago. They did not want it so it has been in my cupboard that long collecting tarnish.

This took about an hour and a half of hard work.

The back still needs some effort but this was the last piece I did and my fingers were water logged and tired.

The tea service was easier as I try to clean it more regularly..

Well, I would hope so.. come on, 30 years? Ridiculous.

My mother would not think it is finished. She was a perfectionist. I think I have mentioned that before. She would have all the tarnish removed, even if it took all day to do so.

A friend emailed me that she prefers the tarnished look.

I am a half and half girl...

I like tarnish in the groves to give definition but I like the flat surfaces shiny.

What is your preference?

I can see myself in the pitcher taking the picture!

I am using my iPhone for picture taking.

My expensive Nikon camera is reading ERR.

I accidentally left it in Florida when we came back to AZ

My dear AZ friends, Thom and Suzanne, visited the condo and mailed it to me. I must get it in for repair. Not that I know how to use it off auto. To my delight though, Kevin, from the site,

 The Lettered Cottage, is going to have an online class in beginning photography and a beginning photo shop class also. 

After cleaning all up from polishing, I walked in my bedroom and saw this beauty. Hopefully it will get a bath today!

Enjoy your day!

Tarnished

Tarnished but Still BeAuTiFuL !

My heart has been tarnished over the last few years, with losing my mother, my daughter, and other personal circumstances.

As I was organizing some ( well, a lot ) of things, in the garage, to sell, I found the top two pieces of silver. I had totally forgotten about them. The Silver Service was my mom's. 

It has just occurred to me my heart is similar to the silver.

With work and time, my heart is having more moments of sparkle.

Today I hope to start working on bringing more sparkle to some of the silver in my life.

Much more appealing to me than football.

Super Silver!

Today

I

 hope 

TODAY

 gives you 

many reasons 

to

 SMILE!

Happy New Year !

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I borrowed this picture from my friend, Kim May Johnson's, facebook page.... So lovely.... Here is hoping 2012 is lovely for each and everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey Day!

Texas Road Trip

I can't even begin to tell you all the projects I have worked on since last posting months ago. I hope to get some posted in the future. I kept thinking I would post as I went along turning our Florida Beach condo into a home. Alas, as soon as I completed one project I dove into the next and so it went for the last few months.
Last week I went on a roadtrip. I have taken this trip many times in the past and each time it brings some delightful memories. One of my friends who accompanied me, Dianne, has a blog and she took many pictures during our antique adventure in Texas.
The picture above shows the restaurant where we ate lunch many a day! Yum! Dianne has started posting about our trip. If you hop over to her blog you will be able to see many more pictures of the glorious sites we saw!