It’s My THIRD Year Bloggiversary!!

Hey ya’ll! :0)

As of February 4th, I have been blogging for THREE years!

In some aspects, it doesn’t seem possible it could be three years since I started this blog, but as far as friends go, I feel like I’ve known some of you forever!! (and that would be forever in a good way!)  

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who takes the time out to read what I have to do say, to see what project I’m doing, or to stop and pray for my family when “not so great” things are going on.  I can’t begin to tell you how much you mean to me.  You are SO special!

Since I’m on here, I thought I’d give you all a little update about my hubby’s surgery.  He had back surgery on Jan 22nd….it’s called anterior discectomy and fusion.  They basically made an incision about three inches long, on the front ride side of his neck.  They went in, through the neck, and pretty much took out the herniated disc, put in a bone and connected the two vertebrae together with a plate and screws.  We never dreamed it would be as difficult a recovery as it’s been, but praise God, he’s doing so much better now.  He had a terrible time swallowing, and would get choked on just about everything he ate…he even got strangled on his own saliva, but he’s not doing that as much now.  He is getting stronger everyday, and I want to thank you all for your wonderful positive energy, thoughts and prayers……..it has all been such a blessing!  I take him back to the doctor on February, 25th and hopefully they will say everything is perfect and he can go back to work. (although I have thoroughly enjoyed having him home with me!)    We will be having our 28th anniversary on Valentines day, and it will be nice having him home then!  Hopefully he’ll feel like getting out of the house for a nice dinner, but I don’t think there will be any dancing! lol  (not like we ever go when we are healthy either! ha!)

Just wanted to share what’s going on around here, and again, say thank you for reading my blog, and being my friend! I love you guys!

Blessings
Missy

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Houzz.com Featured My Kitchen…

I received a nice email yesterday from Houzz.com letting me know that they used my kitchen in one of their idea books.  Here’s the idea book…my kitchen is the 6th…the cottage kitchen with the tin backsplash.  :0)  How fun!

White Appliances Find the Limelight

Houzz- Kitchen Remodel, Bathroom Remodel and More»

Browse Bath Products on Houzz- For Example:

Bath And Spa Accessories · Bath Mats · Bathroom Mirrors · Bathtubs · Shower Curtains · Showers · Toilet Accessories · Towel Bars And Hooks ·

Enjoy your day!

Missy

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Favorite 2011 Posts!

I thought I’d do an end of the year wrap up and hit some of my favorite posts from 2011.  My ALL TIME favorite before and after is my…

LAUNDRY ROOM
Before:

After…..

I just never get tired of looking at my laundry room before and after pics! I still LOVE my laundry room!

Then there were the chairs from Target my hubby bought for me last Christmas, but I didn’t re-do until sometime last summer…

TARGET CHAIR:
Before:

After:

I really liked this tutorial because it was so cheap and easy and made such a HUGE difference in my cottage kitchen. :0)

CABINET FEET TUTORIAL:
Before:


After:

The next tutorial after pics just amazed me…looks like a totally different space! LOVE it!

DOOR HEADER TUTORIAL:

Before:

After:

This before and after was SO easy and made such a HUGE difference in my boys bathroom….don’t know why I waited SO long to do it!

MIRROR MOLDING:

Before:

After:

 

This makeover took some serious time and effort, but it was really worth it…it still looks like the after picture almost a year later….so I KNOW it was a good makeover! lol

PANTRY MAKEOVER:

Before:

After:

 

I got my new camera in 2011 and had to have a cute cover for that plain black strap…you KNOW I had to make it more girly! lol

CAMERA STRAP TUTORIAL:

Before:

After:

This is my boys linen closet in their bathroom…it didn’t have any shelves in it when we bought the house, I remedied that situation!

CLOSET ORGANIZATION:

Before:

After:

Then there was the old drawers from the 1916 house that was torn down in our town.  They went from this…

UNDER THE BED STORAGE DRAWERS:
Before:

To this…
After:

I also got to attend a couple of fun blogger events this year too!

The first was a Bloggers June Jaunt with a great group of gals, but headed up by Gail Wilson, from My Repurposed Life.

Our whole group…

Beckie and I in a Peddlers Mall in Indiana.

The next bloggers event was a craft party with Traci, from Beneath My Heart….we had a wonderful time!
This is me, Traci and Gail, from Gleanings from Gail.

Here we are with our crafts…what a fun day!

I would never have believed when I started this blog that I would have made so many wonderful friends.  There are many wonderful people out there in bloggy land and I’m SO blessed to know YOU! You guys really know how to make a girl feel special and loved. 

I truly hope you have a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Love you all!

Missy
I’m linking this post up to Rhoda’s year end post on Southern Hospitality.

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I have a favor to ask!

I have a favor to ask of all you guys!  You KNOW I love each and everyone of you and I ADORE when you leave me comments. (I mean REALLY adore it…like in a great big fuzzy teddy bear kind of way!) YOUR comments make MY DAY!  I just need you to do something for me if you’re comfortable with it.

You see, when you guys leave me comments, they go to my email…if I hit reply on my email, so I can talk to you, I get this….
noreply-comment@blogger.com
This means I can’t just type you a response….I have to dig around and look up your email addresses etc.  Some of you may not even know you’re noreplybloggers…I was and I didn’t realize it either!  By the way, this only applies to comments left by bloggers.  You can easily fix your norelycomment status by going to your dashboard and on the left side, click edit profile.



When you get there, just check the box that says share my profile ….that’s it! Now when I hit reply on my emails, it will put in your email address instead of the noreplyblogger line.






I know this sounds silly, but it makes talking to you guys SO much easier…and you KNOW I love talking to all of you!!!
If you’re not comfortable doing this, don’t feel like you have to, I just figured some of you may not even know you are no reply bloggers…like I said, I didn’t realize I was either!
Thanks so much my friends!
Hope you have a wonderful, blessed day!
Hugs
Missy
EDIT: This is mainly for when I have already commented on your blog and then we have a conversation going back and forth..it's just so much easier to hit reply. :)  I do LOVE visiting your blogs and don't mean that I don't want to come visit you, when you visit me. Just sayin'. :)

Giveaway!! ONE YEAR of Blogging Anniversary!

February 4th will be my one year anniversary of starting this blog!  I can’t believe it’s been a full year!






















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I spent the morning looking back at my older posts and got a good giggle out of my early pictures, or maybe I should say, the lack of pictures.   I have learned SO much over the last year. I can honestly tell you, before I started my blog, I had never heard of html code, hyper links, embedded video…and SO much more!  I still, however, have so much more to learn…so bear with me!

So, in lieu of this milestone, I’ll be posting a giveaway on the 4th, so make sure you stay tuned!
I’ll give you a hint….it’s gonna make your home smell Ahhhmazing!!
I’d also like to take a moment to say WELCOME to all my newest followers! (you know who you are!)   There’s been 49 new followers in the last week…I’m so honored and excited to have each and everyone of you!  HOW FUN!!  Won’t you leave me a comment and tell me something about yourself, I'd love to hear from you! 

Don’t forget to come back Friday to sign up for the giveaway!!

Have a blessed DAY!
Hugs
Missy

The Bold and the Beautiful…. Be NICE! :)

I am so excited to be part of a very unique blog hop. Gail @My Repurposed Life and MeganDVD @ Beauty in the Attempt are hosting “The Bold and the Beautiful-your blog reviewed”.

Please take a look around my blog, check out the layout, pages, buttons,  sidebar and gadgets. I would love for you to gently critique my blog. I’m hoping you will leave me some positive feedback about my blog. It would be great if you could give me constructive criticism but be sure to tell me what you like about my blog too! Do you like my pictures? Does my blog load quickly for you? How about the font?  Is there something else you’d like to see that I’m not currently doing? All tips and tidbits welcome!

You are welcome to join the party, it starts Thursday night and is open for a week.

Hugs
Missy

Thrifty Décor Chick Feature!

Fun news!

While Sarah, from Thrifty Décor Chick, is off to Blissdom, she is featuring bloggers on her infamous blog! (as seen on the NATE BERKUS show!)  I was very honored to be one of the bloggers chosen! (yay!)

Here’s a screen shot I did while I was on the
front of the blog.
(did this so I could have it, but thought I’d share)

If you guys would like to go see the whole thing  just click on the link!

http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2011/01/showing-off-my-cottage-charm.html

Hope all you gals are having fun at Blissdom, I’m hoping to go next year and join in the fun!

Oh, and Treasures and Trinket Thursday is
still going on…..so click here to link up
something you love or are doing in your home!

Hugs!
Missy

I have a question

Hey guys, I have a question for you and this is the only way I know to ask everyone at once.  When I post a blog I subscribe to the comments so they'll come to my inbox.  I try to reply to every single one using the reply button on the subscribed email.  I had a dear friend ask me if I had received something she sent me and I had sent her an email about it using the reply button.  Now I'm wondering if any of you have not been receiving my replies to your comments.  Please let me know if you've gotten replies to the last couple of comments you've left.  I replied to all 37 on the built-ins post!! I'll be so sad if no one is getting them! :(
OH, also...is anyone else getting "server rejected" when they upload pics?  It keeps telling me to check to make sure there are no licensing issues. They're my pictures.. :-/  Any suggestions?

Hugs to you all!
Missy

PS... Carson's built-in's were featured on sweet Maryann's blog

Domestically Speaking today...ahhhh, wasn't that nice! :)

I WON! ....again!

I won another giveaway....
me, the girl who NEVER wins anything! 

I have been very blessed in the past couple of months to win two!

The first one was my lovely original photography all framed up so pretty & nice from

the very sweet and talented, Robyn over at Whimages.blogspot.com.

You should go visit her, she's a sweetie pie!

 Now I have won another

lovely giveaway from Rhonda over at afistfullofweeds.blogspot.com.

This giveaway had everything rose in it and it was just lovely!

It was just chocked full of goodies, just wait till you see!

Here's my box.

Here's what was in my box.

:-)

Each item was wrapped up like a present with the prettiest hydrangea paper...

one of my all time favorite flowers!

(Rhonda, how did you know?!)

:)

So nice of her to make it feel like Christmas!

I opened these first...

Look at my lovely rose ornaments and little rose bouquet!

I put the little rose ornament in my sugar scuttle

and the ornament in the back under a little cloche... it magnifies the rose pattern..

so pretty!

Next I opened this wonderful book on antique roses

for the south...it's absolutely brimming with wonderful pictures

of Southern roses!

It's on my coffee table right now!

Next I opened this wonderful

Homer Laughlin plate...

isn't it spectacular!

It's on my dining room buffet now with all my other pretty plates. :)

This is the lovely stack of goodies all put together!

See the fabric?

It's actually a shower curtain that I turned into a table cloth

for my back patio..it's perfect!

(oh that's right, I haven't showed you guys

the round table I put on the patio!! lol)

The pink napkins in the pic matched some I already had,

but never had a enough of....

how much of a blessing was that!

Here's one last photo of all my goodies

I'm a very happy girl!

Thank you Rhonda, you made my day!

Blessings and Hugs
Missy

:-)

Happy 2nd Birthday to Pink Saturday! If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake...OH WAIT, I did! :)

This is Pink Saturday's 2nd birthday over at Beverly's blog "How Sweet the Sound, you should go visit!"  Since it's a birthday, I thought I'd bake a cake..........a pink cake that is...OH and how about cupcakes too!!

Happy Birthday Pink Saturday, hope there are many more!

YUMMY!

 Now go eat some cake!

Blessings

MELISSA

I have NO idea what I'm doing!

I have never blogged a day in my life, nor am I completely computer savy, but I thought this might be a fun thing to try. :) I guess I should start out by saying my name is Melissa and I am married to the most wonderful man in all the world! I have three beautiful children with unique personalities all their own. I'm one blessed gal! We live in a semi-small town in the lovely state of Kentucky. We own a two story home there and we've worked tirelessly to create a warm, cozy atmosphere for our family. We bought our home about 3 years ago and boy oh boy was it a mess. It had been repossessed by the bank and the previous owners made sure they took EVERYTHING that wasn't tied down. I'm talking EVERYTHING! There were no light fixtures or appliances (well except for the partially hanging microwave that they couldn't figure out how to get off the wall), no closet organizers........heck, they even took the light switch plates and outlet covers! lol We had our hands full. It has taken everyday of the three years we have been here to get it to the point where it is now, but it no longer looks like the shell of a house it once was. It now has new flooring, paint and it's filled with goodies I've found on shopping trips and it's decorated from corner to corner. Hey, we even have light fixtures and appliances......imagine that! I call our house our cottage and I get some pretty good laughs because it's not a typical cottage sized house....it's about 2200 sq feet. I guess that might be small to some, but it was big for us.....see we moved from a house of about 1000 sq feet.........which felt MUCH more like a cottage size. :) I have a wreath with a sign inside that says welcome to our cottage......that sign gets lots of chuckles........but to me our house is full of Cottage Charm and will always be the "little" cottage of our dreams.