MY COLONIAL HOME

 Just a little over a month and I'm back here!!!  Yaaayyy!

So not a lot has happened since our PA vacation get-away except
I turned another year older on the 10th.  I reached the big 80!!!
In my head and heart I don't feel that age
but my bones tell me it is so 😁

Our boys/wives gave me a big birthday celebration on the 14th with my dearest friends and family.  They did such a fantastic job. Sadly I don't have pictures. 
Doug was in charge of that but his turned mostly blurry 😞

We ordered my cake from Walmart and have always had good luck but not this time.  Doug picked it up and when we opened it it was horrible.  They didn't get the decorations correct, spelled my name wrong and did a crappy job of piping edges and there was way too much filling in between the layers that it just slid off when pieces were cut.
We didn't show the guests the cake, just cut it fast lol
Needless to say we took the pictures to the store and the store manager came over and we explained everything - but first showed him the picture with my name....asked him what did this say and he said Karem....and so we told him my name was Karen with an n, not an m.
We were very polite and didn't get angry - explained things nicely and he totally understood and when they checked on the order slip they saw that it wasn't even a cake decorator employee that did it, just someone off the floor!!!
Manager gave us a full refund 
Cake tasted good though!😁!
Isn't it awful...looks like a grade schooler did it!

Look at the awful piping around the edge lol

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Getting closer to having our condo move in date...they said December
now - but we'll see if that holds true.  September was the other date.
We are so ready to get in and settle finally. 
I'm anxious to get some of our décor out of storage.
We went to the build site last week to see one of the units that they are getting further along - took a few pictures (this is not ours).

Originally we were told the cabinets would be white which we liked
 but they will be this color and we rather like it - kind of mellows the look out a bit.

And I love the drop in stove - no back to reach over hot pots to turn burners...I know they won't put up a backsplash so we're thinking of some peel and stick that looks like tiles.

Master bath

Guest bath - not sure why it's larger than the master though.

Looking from the living to the kitchen

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Last Monday was Amazon Prime Day so I saw this corn popper at 50% off - I tried it and don't like it...we have a Whirly Pop and love. it so not sure why I thought I could better that! 
So it's going back.  Why do we get caught up in these on-line gimmicks?  
Anyway - if you have one and like it that's awesome.

Last Friday we went to a rummage sale that advertised fabric for $5 a bolt...
well let me tell you I ran not walked to this one.
Ended up with 2 rolls and 2 bolts.  Not sure what I will use these on
 but you can never have too much fabric if you are a crafter.

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And, Dan DiPaolo was having a tent sale at his studio so we picked up a few items.
he had such low prices on things you couldn't pass things up.
I think I am a paper hoarder - at least that's what it appears
if you could see you cabinet with it in 😁 

I love all his notebooks and buy several each season at his studio.

And I so love things with dots and saw this darling 'creamer'
and of course I had to grab it...for $3 why not!!

This fella is big...at least 32 inches - he was $10

And I don't do much Halloween

 decorating if any but this fella called to me and again $10 why not!!!

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I've been getting back into rug hooking again.
I've been away from it for so long and I missed it.
This turkey one is good sized but an easy hook 22"x32".

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And as a final note...I was doing laundry yesterday and the
detergent fell off the shelf - just glad it didn't fall on the carpet!!

That's it for now...as usual it was a long one!
Thanks for stopping by
Karen (with an 'n') 😂