tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post3948560920820219162..comments2024-03-28T22:48:30.666-07:00Comments on Home Living: Part of My Day's WorkLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1471727645198073842013-08-08T09:42:15.638-07:002013-08-08T09:42:15.638-07:00Lydia, you are obviously not a wealthy woman with ...Lydia, you are obviously not a wealthy woman with oodles of cash at your disposal, yet you make your place look like a mansion -- pretty, feminine, well-cared-for, beautiful. This is good inspiration for the rest of us. Too many magazines show pictures of homes of the rich and famous, which discourages me. You always show what an ordinary person can do for very little money. Keep up the good work.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816096081381689162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-15654394914083353572013-07-16T10:44:31.038-07:002013-07-16T10:44:31.038-07:00Hello, The idea of creating something sweet or use...Hello, The idea of creating something sweet or useful daily is a good aspiration. One thing I love to do every once in awhile is to make new curtains for my different rooms. It is a cheap and easy freshing up technique that changes the whole room. We also have very hot temps and blazing sun, we must have heavy drapes on the windows in both summer and winter. So I like to find material very cheap living from glory to gloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123718369605106023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-44958145811223510502013-07-14T18:38:30.469-07:002013-07-14T18:38:30.469-07:00You seem very focused. You seem very focused. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12503930255842185609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-60620835884117796212013-07-14T10:20:16.496-07:002013-07-14T10:20:16.496-07:00Hello Sharon,
The new curtains expression did ind...Hello Sharon,<br /><br />The new curtains expression did indeed come from hard times, where women lifted themselves out of dire circumstances with new curtains, even if the house was dilapidated. <br /><br />To those who mentioned the outside shades: i have not had good results with them, as the wind makes a sail out of them and rips them from their moorings, tears them to shreds or sends them Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-18870142395053482502013-07-14T09:45:58.445-07:002013-07-14T09:45:58.445-07:00THANK you Jasmine. I hope to get back to normalit...THANK you Jasmine. I hope to get back to normality soon and have some sewing tutorials and other things. I also want to post about the unique financial way the Australian elder care companies take care of the residents without wiping out the entire income of the family (which sometimes happens here in the US). They take a portion of the persons money and invest it and use the interest as their Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-65640068253393736402013-07-14T05:30:59.882-07:002013-07-14T05:30:59.882-07:00Lady Lydia, it's been awhile. I've been so...Lady Lydia, it's been awhile. I've been so busy. However, I wanted to pass by and say hello.<br /><br />Your curtains are sweet and I can't wait to see the finished product.<br /><br />Your home is quaint and cozy from the outside. I can only imagine how sweet it is inside.<br /><br />Enjoy your summer, dear friend.<br /><br />JasmineFar Above Rubieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090466984173332753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-50094051668977305572013-07-10T14:04:34.616-07:002013-07-10T14:04:34.616-07:00Even plastic blinds are good...I have them in my a...Even plastic blinds are good...I have them in my apt.<br />Lynn Mlynn mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955458909237787255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-78031259789402829712013-07-10T14:03:48.019-07:002013-07-10T14:03:48.019-07:00Mrs. J....perfect suggestion for the shade...I use...Mrs. J....perfect suggestion for the shade...I used them as well on a porch...the only problem was my area is so windy and they would blow too much...but they are a great heat and sun blocker, putting them inside the house...\Lynn Mlynn mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955458909237787255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-17396490573442914262013-07-10T12:16:30.120-07:002013-07-10T12:16:30.120-07:00I thought if you can still purchase those rolled b...I thought if you can still purchase those rolled bamboo shades at Wal-Mart or Lowes they could be installed on the eves of the house in front of the west facing windows and lowered after noon when the sun dips in that direction?<br />When we lived in Calif. that was the only way to keep the house comfortable in the summer heat. It gets much hotter for much longer there.<br /><br />Mrs. J. <br />anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214621646003640118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-88206284541948553302013-07-10T12:08:23.464-07:002013-07-10T12:08:23.464-07:00Not only are you good at designing and writing, bu...Not only are you good at designing and writing, but you are a talented artist as well. Love the drawing.<br /><br />Cute curtains. Love'd to see the other accessories you've made to go with them. <br /><br />In reference to your late garden, you are not alone. I got started late this year due to re-mulching my entire veg. garden again.<br />No need to feel bad, I just figure I plantedanonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214621646003640118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-31270733619973684832013-07-10T11:11:45.209-07:002013-07-10T11:11:45.209-07:00Your new kitchen curtains are sweet.Your new kitchen curtains are sweet.lynn mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955458909237787255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-53528481328715620832013-07-10T11:08:53.850-07:002013-07-10T11:08:53.850-07:00It amazes me to know you have 90 degree temperatur...It amazes me to know you have 90 degree temperatures there...I think of you being so far north of that sort of thing!<br />It was really fun to see your old fashioned bike with flowers...a great find. Glad you are able to get out to do your gardening in cooler parts of the day....if there is such a thing!<br />Lynn Mlynn mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955458909237787255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-47056845243532686632013-07-09T23:43:46.893-07:002013-07-09T23:43:46.893-07:00I like the title of your little book. It makes me ...I like the title of your little book. It makes me think of several times in old western movies, a poor family moves into an abandoned house, and the woman of the house says that very line, and often adds, "and sweeping up". Also, it makes me think of a plain, drab hot-looking house in a city we once lived in. It was a rental and never pretty...until one renter put up the prettiest SharonRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043548752523750347noreply@blogger.com