New Furniture

About five years ago Ron & I picked out fabric for our couch and love seat. At that time the fabric was $15.00 a yard even with our discount. We needed at least 30 yards! So we put the whole project aside. I put the fabric swatch in my "things to do someday drawer" and forgot about it.  Now the worn out couch and loveseat are about to go!

Good Bye! We bought this entire living-room set in 1986. I think we have our money's worth!

Start with a new lamp shade - rearrange plants . . .

Some new colors in accesories . . .

This month has been very slow for Ron's upholstery business SO I thought it could be MY turn! Ron checked on that old fabric and low and behold – it was on close out for $4.99 a yard. He bought the last 40 yards for $4.49 per yard and we are getting a new recliner loveseat and a renewed model of our couch which will be a few inches shorter.

We bought a second hand recliner love seat and Ron starts his magic!

Comfortable - Beautiful and Handy!

Ron cut about 7 inches from the center of the couch - was always too much for our small living room.

With the beautiful accent pillows I am thrilled with my new decor.

Thanks Ron!  I am thrilled and hope it will last another twenty plus years!
My daughter and I have been doing deep water aerobics three times a week. It is great.

My daffodils are blooming – tulips are coming up and it is supposed to snow tonight!

Not only did it snow - it was 18 degrees!  Take that you early bloomers!!! Spring is near. It has been a strange winter.
March 4th is just around the corner and we will celebrate the Viking again. He is only 71 so it won't be a big celebration – just a lovely family dinner featuring baked Steel Head, a choice of baked potatoes or brown rice, broccoli and Ron's favorite Birthday Cake – Angel Food! Go figure! He is doing so well both with the diabetes and his heart. I am so proud of him and so grateful for the beautiful gift of a new living room that he has created for us this month.

Thanks for checking in. Love to all.

Contemplating Wisdom - a rather unusual musing

Living in my 70th year gives me a great deal to think about. Seeing life as a never-ending story during which lesson after lesson challenges the actor(s) to gain the wisdom necessary to move on to a deeper and more meaningful lessons, causes me to look back from my path to see the many who have guided me, listened to me whine, consoled, pleaded and persuaded me to keep growing.



I remember especially a dentist – by the name of Denny that I worked with as a consultant in the 1980's. When I would complain to him about business set backs, he would respond with a big smile and say, "Oh, Betty, you are learning so much"!

Adopting this view changes the way I see others. Just like me, others that I may be tempted to judge for their decisions, are just doing what they need to do in this big old life drama – to learn what they need to learn, and to move on to be more completely free to BE.


Over the years I have kept a "Gratitude Journal" to force myself find something in a cloudy day to be grateful for. As I look at those hand written entries made as long as 25 years ago – I marvel at how little I have changed and how much I have grown. I wrote a lot about Becoming – and Being. I have always had a sense of that higher self observing the ego centered me flaying about life. Every entry includes a prayer from that higher self that saw the world and it's people from the big picture where we are all a part of the same One.

Some of the life long struggles have come to an end for me. There has long been that self- loathing – never good enough – guilty feeling residing in me. I always thought of myself as too fat, too dumb, too naïve, too short, too weak – you probably know the list.


I guess we inherited that view of self – genetically embedded into our cells from the religious and patriarchal censorship of anything physical. Play was not to be experienced, at least not until all the work was done. That rarely was the case. Joy was not to be felt – that was reserved for after we die and go to heaven! Personal power was not to be had – because we would always fall short of the expectation.

Gratefully, that whole scene seems pretty funny to me now. When I look at those pictures taken when I was younger – I was beautiful, slender, smart, caring. Then there are the pictures with the blank stare – the years I suffered from depression. I regret that I choose to suffer so much – because all of the things that are joyful were all around me, then as they are now.


I have been reading "A New Earth" Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, by Eckhart Tolle,
for over two years now. It helps me remember who I am. It teaches me to live in the moment "Now" – for that is the only time in which we really live. I highly recommend it if like me you are struggling to grow into who you really are!

I wish for you Joy, Love, Happiness! Most of all I am grateful to you – each one of you who have shared in this life of lessons learned as we strive to become wise enough to Love ourselves and each other.

I hope you will comment – if you have a thought on this rather unusual musing. You can add thoughts under comments and select anonymous. Hope to hear from you.


Love, Betty