I'm putting on my walking shoes! And new awards!

I finally did it! I strapped on those walking shoes and have started walking! We'll get to that in a minute because first I want to thank two lovely ladies for giving me these awards! The first is from Tara at Days Missed on a Hammock, the I Love Your Blog award! Thank you so much Tara! This means a lot to me!

The next is an award from Deb at Deb's Country Kisses. If anyone has any idea what this says, please share it! I'm pretty sure that it means something very nice like "I give you credit for a great blog" and not something like "Your blog stinks." Deb passed it on to fellow bloggers with the intent of saying she loved our blogs! Thank you, Deb! Please check out their blogs, as I love visiting theirs as well! I know I am supposed to post rules and pass this on to specific bloggers, but I am dead dog tired and have the hiccups, so let me just say that I think you all have terrific blogs and would be pleased to pass this on to all who read mine! I appreciate all the sweet friends who come here to visit.

Yesterday I took those first big steps...I started my walking routine. I put on my new sneakers, and oh my, the felt so good! There is a bounciness in the heal that almost makes me feel as though I could run! Remember when you got a new pair of Keds as a kid and it made you feel like you were Superman? It's kind of that feeling.

I just really wish I had taken my camera yesterday, because my son Sean and I walked to the football stadium and walked around the track. It was a gorgeous day with sunny blue skies and fluffy white clouds. The trees were green and swaying in the slight breeze, and the birds could be heard singing. I can't wait to take a pic of the track as its a powder blue! How cool! Instead, I'm going to show you an overcast, gray, less awesome day.

Here I am, raring to go. I just showed you the shoes, because the view from behind is quite sad ladies. Even the shot of the back of my head is not so hot.

Here I am in my athletic apparel. Ha. Come on Sean! Let's get walking!
Here we are at the end of the lane, looking toward the YMCA on the left, and the stadium on the right in the distance. Just beyond the stadium is the high school. There is superhero Sean in his Green Lantern t-shirt. He is a sweetie to want to come walking with his Mom.
Oh crap, there is a game going on at the stadium! We had to make alternate plans. Ok, let's walk to the end of this road! Can you see the end? Neither can I.
We actually walked to the end, walked up another street, than retraced our steps. I know for sure that I walked a mile yesterday, and am pretty sure that we walked at least that much again today. Oh my, the muscles in my legs were sore today! Luckily, I live in a nice neighborhood and I was looking at all the flower gardens and cute homes as we walked.

After all that, there is just one place I want to be right now! My comfy bed.

If you missed my post on my bedroom, you can find it here.

I'm sure it will take a few more days to walk off the soreness and increase my endurance, but I'm on my way!

It's not easy being green!

I always thought about posting a room on Rate My Space, but never had the guts. It was easy to post the beautiful flowers that grow in my yard and flowerbeds, but its hard to take credit for those because the previous owner is the one that did all the hard work! Anyhow, I love my bedroom. It's my favorite room in the house and my most favorite bedroom ever! The lovely color on the wall was already here and I didn't want to change a thing about it! I don't think that I will EVER paint over it. I love it that much. I was really happy that most of my things went with it too.


Never did post it though. I could just hear it -- paint the furniture white, edit, too much clutter (I am a huge fan of clutter by the way), remove the fake flowers, hang the picture over the bed lower. You know, I realize all of that would be the "correct" thing to do, but this is my room and I love it like it is.
Believe it or not, I actually did "edit" a little before taking the pics. I still have the stuff I love on the dresser. Here is a peek at the dresser scarf I got for $3 at the antique shop last weekend! My perfume sits on a plate with a picture of Paris on it.

I know the styles are completely different, but the flowers and the candle were a housewarming gift from my brother and his wife, and every time I see them, I smile. The book is from the Musee D'Orsay in Paris. I left the price on there because I like seeing a tag that says "francs," especially since they have since gone to Euros. The dish is supposed to be depression glass in the Madrid pattern, but some of it is fake. The bowl itself might be real, but the piece as a whole is not authentic. A candlestick is glued to the bottom, and I suspect the lid is fake. I am too embarrassed to say how much I paid for it on eBay! Buyer beware!

I love the embroidered tray. Not sure how old it is, but it appears VERY old. There's my postcard holder with a romantic postcard. I love Country Living magazine, and that was my favorite cover from the past year. Finally, I have a lavender-vanilla candle that still gives off quite a bit of scent. Its the first thing I smell when I walk in the door.

Oops, another eBay fake that I paid too much for. After the first two mistakes, I invested in a (half price) book on depression glass. It's still pretty though in the Mayfair rose pattern. I keep change in it.

This may or may not be a fake. I didn't pay much for it, so if it isn't real, I got my money's worth, and if it IS real, I got a bargain! I like keeping jewelry in it.

I love, love, love this lamp! I got it at a garage sale for a quarter when I was about 10. I fastened a bracelet that I got for my 8th birthday around its neck and its been there ever since.
This is why I love fake flowers. It looks so pretty!

And this is one of my favorite porcelain plates! I collect plates, and when I finally get the south wall in my living room painted, I'm setting them out again.

I still drool over all the beautiful homes on RMS that have gorgeous, perfect bedrooms that look like they belong in a high end hotel room, but they just aren't me. Everything in my room has a story or is precious to me in some way...and I wouldn't have it any other way.