Simple Advent Calendar

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwXaHH-X9nQRjv-2zgVjUSrY9hB6HYlVmmS8F3Xg8M1iHOsIdfsZ3EwURnfjqjEWn7ZLONX3PENc9z4SP5dgWJwQNXGG0j0u7GT2WzmWT-u9tKbk8ZfBWnEMSDrtQyEn2v_B6ljjdZ8Ga/s1600/IMG_2106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwXaHH-X9nQRjv-2zgVjUSrY9hB6HYlVmmS8F3Xg8M1iHOsIdfsZ3EwURnfjqjEWn7ZLONX3PENc9z4SP5dgWJwQNXGG0j0u7GT2WzmWT-u9tKbk8ZfBWnEMSDrtQyEn2v_B6ljjdZ8Ga/s640/IMG_2106.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Saturday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Can you </span>believe that tomorrow is</div><div style="text-align: center;">December 1</div><div style="text-align: center;">the official count down to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas will begin</div><div style="text-align: center;">in our family we have a tradition of lighting a candle and saying a prayer  every night</div><div style="text-align: center;">as our advent calendar</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is so simple and easy to do</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYPqWy_7-eO1Ewcw1ly9NlqskGT9Wqgc4CLw0XsyBImZxM6c-ckdG9jsHgwNSo781dA0TRaVLMyQaztXBshguQpM2BB31vS5HmyyCeP6Bkc-vLG4FvNqhU68wYz0-YRaCAXlxgF-zawHT/s1600/IMG_1686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYPqWy_7-eO1Ewcw1ly9NlqskGT9Wqgc4CLw0XsyBImZxM6c-ckdG9jsHgwNSo781dA0TRaVLMyQaztXBshguQpM2BB31vS5HmyyCeP6Bkc-vLG4FvNqhU68wYz0-YRaCAXlxgF-zawHT/s640/IMG_1686.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We place a</span> glass bowl on the table and</div><div style="text-align: center;"> fill it with pretty white glistening sugar </div><div style="text-align: center;">which looks like snow</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">each night we gather together and say a prayer as we light the first candle </div><div style="text-align: center;">by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas eve</div><div style="text-align: center;">there are bowls filled with candles  all over the house</div><div style="text-align: center;">which gives our cottage a magical glow</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGpFpTOYYD7nfiP-X87ekZuMrJtAKy3W01tgYcKi17F_-yrwEiJey1AZsOL8yWJ4hQ-SazI3i-Rvf7zJ6POpDpgv1Wuv6lcs1mITpc01FIBjqFd4eh99yzD5dQ1b9wCx8sY0P3BEgUAoR/s1600/IMG_1660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGpFpTOYYD7nfiP-X87ekZuMrJtAKy3W01tgYcKi17F_-yrwEiJey1AZsOL8yWJ4hQ-SazI3i-Rvf7zJ6POpDpgv1Wuv6lcs1mITpc01FIBjqFd4eh99yzD5dQ1b9wCx8sY0P3BEgUAoR/s640/IMG_1660.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We are</span> now in full <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas decorating mode<br /> how about you</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;"> {Love}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it is the most wonderful time of the year</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">there is still time for you to enter to win the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thankful Grateful giveaway</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtePjlXLp7jetXGdSfAEfgpzRJnS6CMBn4D_fa2eALk73kRKK74_OV4AzX7tNW5xgIiWxjcmQNcAcndmRdbeQ_CUvMyWv8kCRAptUS7Gpb0WHRnyvac-Mah5Jn2v0gnuKPeyMDsNZGpCSu/s1600/give2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtePjlXLp7jetXGdSfAEfgpzRJnS6CMBn4D_fa2eALk73kRKK74_OV4AzX7tNW5xgIiWxjcmQNcAcndmRdbeQ_CUvMyWv8kCRAptUS7Gpb0WHRnyvac-Mah5Jn2v0gnuKPeyMDsNZGpCSu/s640/give2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The giveaway</span> is for</div><div style="text-align: center;"> this filigree white salt and pepper set</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it ends tomorrow</div><div style="text-align: center;">{Thank You to all who have already entered}</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will be announcing the winner on Monday</div><div style="text-align: center;"> December 2</div><div style="text-align: center;">linking for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/pink-saturday/" target="_blank">Pink Saturday</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">romantic saying for today<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>“Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.” </i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;">Dickens</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span></span></div>

Simple Advent Calendar

Hi Everyone Happy Saturday♥Can you believe that tomorrow isDecember 1the official count down to Christmas will beginin our family we have a tradition of lighting a candle and saying a prayer  every nightas our advent calendarThis is so simple and easy to doWe place a glass bowl on the table and fill…

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Christmas lights

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi602Z_sX7w9KZIAFdjHUPSGyAJcWZxHaE_dQbSOUnYpVa9jbIDJ4_RAc65WW5LhYffHlCZfkOL7rz5oGC7RIpvjaxGFwG0pjRL4w120xk7fT4KfuBtbu0sCnA-hRWDRgeNb1GIysLNKiYn/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi602Z_sX7w9KZIAFdjHUPSGyAJcWZxHaE_dQbSOUnYpVa9jbIDJ4_RAc65WW5LhYffHlCZfkOL7rz5oGC7RIpvjaxGFwG0pjRL4w120xk7fT4KfuBtbu0sCnA-hRWDRgeNb1GIysLNKiYn/s640/photo.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Wednesday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Do you </span>have <i>those</i> neighbors<br />you know the ones that leave their <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas lights up all year  long<br />well I have a confession to make </div><div style="text-align: center;">it is a little bit embarrassing but the truth is</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>we </i>are those neighbors yes we are...<br />we leave our outdoor <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas lights up all year long<br />I know I know...<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgzAnW6JQq4Z92K_0o5STMnZ74uPPahEP93w6KFBcMpCn367KG0vh__VqwV1VovkxNu7VbmwdHO_S3BkYIGAGVzyi2VL0ZlwebbxYkwg3AKc6av4X7zO3B6q_HA653UVI6stEDbnTmFDZ/s1600/IMG_0189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgzAnW6JQq4Z92K_0o5STMnZ74uPPahEP93w6KFBcMpCn367KG0vh__VqwV1VovkxNu7VbmwdHO_S3BkYIGAGVzyi2VL0ZlwebbxYkwg3AKc6av4X7zO3B6q_HA653UVI6stEDbnTmFDZ/s640/IMG_0189.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If you</span> look closely at this picture of our front door</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can  actually <i>see</i> the orange extension cord running down the right side of our house </div><div style="text-align: center;">this cord controls </div><div style="text-align: center;">our<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas lights</div><div style="text-align: center;">it gets plugged in behind the plant on the right<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNr_-NZ7aqfP6k9BOh90vs-KaMi4-4l1m1-56ZySXjIQsfs9-Lb4mpO50xT31pBeyPPLoLtb_KJ7WGhvQsndgtaC-6BC7Nok_Wt3jxuTJznz4tGoCXB2wWaXlc2a0mJm-EbeN5IhwGIgB_/s1600/IMG_0193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNr_-NZ7aqfP6k9BOh90vs-KaMi4-4l1m1-56ZySXjIQsfs9-Lb4mpO50xT31pBeyPPLoLtb_KJ7WGhvQsndgtaC-6BC7Nok_Wt3jxuTJznz4tGoCXB2wWaXlc2a0mJm-EbeN5IhwGIgB_/s640/IMG_0193.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I  have </span>tried to hide the extension cord with a </div><div style="text-align: center;">vintage urn a large tree</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but that cord still peeks through </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BHS09dkKak-zAbBWHmxKsnJAvls59TInwZZZ4_0-dhetdRfuujdDioSxJXWbloWa6rYIkBAiPAE8mK4JPP10-F72ryhyXNfDhWNsM-KnFkcEFNfPI3dwDPjs7651gNkt_olpCzjSOu-V/s1600/IMG_0588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BHS09dkKak-zAbBWHmxKsnJAvls59TInwZZZ4_0-dhetdRfuujdDioSxJXWbloWa6rYIkBAiPAE8mK4JPP10-F72ryhyXNfDhWNsM-KnFkcEFNfPI3dwDPjs7651gNkt_olpCzjSOu-V/s640/IMG_0588.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Here is</span> a great picture of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas lights</div><div style="text-align: center;"> on the back of our house too</div><div style="text-align: center;">The<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Christ</span>mas lights were a big deal for Handsome husband</div><div style="text-align: center;">They were very difficult to hang because of our high roof line </div><div style="text-align: center;">so we decided not to take them down once they were up</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Good </span>News is</div><div style="text-align: center;"> after Thanksgiving</div><div style="text-align: center;"> we will be able to just plug the lights in with the orange extension cord</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and we will have our lights glowing for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />What about you do you take your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Christ</span>mas lights down every year<br /> or are you one of those neighbors too<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://whiteironstonecottage.blogspot.com/2013/11/thankful-and-grateful-giveaway.html#comment-form" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UENni-RpBmiozz3nbBI2G1ejPUi0BnoSFiIn3fOQ_MucEKGpffCybaSkLxFPhRSDMs2KE-fQjoJn0khJmH5A9IYMxd_kF1j_V3GnSpujrPOxm_66K7MoMMQ5E1UIF8DehyGemHPhYuFn/s640/give2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">There is</span> still time to enter to win this pretty filigree salt and pepper set<br /> for you family table<br />the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thankful and Grateful giveaway</span><br /> ends Dec 1<br />click on the picture to enter</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><br />"You are in every moment I will remember forever "<br />unknown<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pam </span></div>

Christmas lights

Hi Everyone Happy Wednesday♥Do you have those neighborsyou know the ones that leave their Christmas lights up all year  longwell I have a confession to make it is a little bit embarrassing but the truth iswe are those neighbors yes we are...we leave our outdoor Christmas lights up all year longI kno…

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Coronado House remodel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhbqy4G4Iuzb-NRIXi3nsBUe9yI_HDpAMlOji_b31tUkDeIfuvdordg_-On4re0nqXiiiPFg489zv-ROkU80J6DAtCMr4vesmR9NDMaQjwZ-We0kfsk9SUqNlYUlcRgs0PGh4yLhNE1L3/s1600/IMG_0241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhbqy4G4Iuzb-NRIXi3nsBUe9yI_HDpAMlOji_b31tUkDeIfuvdordg_-On4re0nqXiiiPFg489zv-ROkU80J6DAtCMr4vesmR9NDMaQjwZ-We0kfsk9SUqNlYUlcRgs0PGh4yLhNE1L3/s640/IMG_0241.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Monday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So excited</span> to share with you a few updates</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to the Coronado house remodel</div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see </div><div style="text-align: center;">the house is starting to look fabulous</div><div style="text-align: center;">The french doors going into the new bedroom/office space will have a transom window above the</div><div style="text-align: center;"> ten light french doors</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">{Love}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">how this made the doors look taller and raised your eye to the ceiling</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_9OgBKIxQWD5_APgLEVGZCLh9YHBVKP3lY02lv_4YjrNc8qy2XT4TD1qNEZsGBYQLCna1zaSNlwRraqyxbZJIZ_1Exoo7s7iRV0gmNdOsvB3tv5IG_GVdvMjbqMMlehqlvaWcWDRmMuw/s1600/IMG_0242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_9OgBKIxQWD5_APgLEVGZCLh9YHBVKP3lY02lv_4YjrNc8qy2XT4TD1qNEZsGBYQLCna1zaSNlwRraqyxbZJIZ_1Exoo7s7iRV0gmNdOsvB3tv5IG_GVdvMjbqMMlehqlvaWcWDRmMuw/s640/IMG_0242.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The newly</span> raised ceilings in the dining room </div><div style="text-align: center;"> living room as well as the entryway </div><div style="text-align: center;"> all have this same pattern</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">can you just imagine beautiful chandeliers hanging right in the middle</div><div style="text-align: center;">in all three of the ceilings</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4lqa9c8yrZJeKiNs6bhuRpfTvhKtS1G699ckg2MPy8ugy1tuKOAN8c213LlHrjP-vz8BoEYfufUZJLuuHLw5IedJcBVBy3cRTxDerJdJEFYeeX-XmahN7_wsMUtooUvHAocW3rbrgegG/s1600/IMG_0243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4lqa9c8yrZJeKiNs6bhuRpfTvhKtS1G699ckg2MPy8ugy1tuKOAN8c213LlHrjP-vz8BoEYfufUZJLuuHLw5IedJcBVBy3cRTxDerJdJEFYeeX-XmahN7_wsMUtooUvHAocW3rbrgegG/s640/IMG_0243.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Opening up</span> the stairway wall just made the entire house feel open</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">{Love} </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">how the light is now moving up the stairs</div><div style="text-align: center;">before the stairway was very dark</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZPSxViLEpXakDT0mrZSk6PGtEdQaYGdGxJuxx6Wpbfz37rdr3kPDopwXaLXKLUyN9f0m8kVWvfmZjH5eTnv3_cORP9rXBKU0ddnWm8v8onLhm9RWXRIHVgLicEwmlmR9MSrmWkVzI23u/s1600/IMG_0244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZPSxViLEpXakDT0mrZSk6PGtEdQaYGdGxJuxx6Wpbfz37rdr3kPDopwXaLXKLUyN9f0m8kVWvfmZjH5eTnv3_cORP9rXBKU0ddnWm8v8onLhm9RWXRIHVgLicEwmlmR9MSrmWkVzI23u/s640/IMG_0244.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The accordion</span> doors open the entire length of the living room wall </div><div style="text-align: center;">now this is a indoor outdoor living space</div><div style="text-align: center;"> which connects the house with the backyard pool</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you see the new window</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in the back bedroom to the left</div><div style="text-align: center;">adding that window added more light not only</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to the bedroom but to </div><div style="text-align: center;">the entire living room too </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyKgBO8nHEOffL7P764VVxtcW7mlwKRhcd3qtMguw7lTD0kR7AtywKazMx-F4bueA68tMYg9obAH3mP1YbjUtr4oxl52IBXkIOEq9U_TaavFiKrpg8-07V2JpHsT8Uxy70fvh5htKwRzg/s1600/IMG_0245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyKgBO8nHEOffL7P764VVxtcW7mlwKRhcd3qtMguw7lTD0kR7AtywKazMx-F4bueA68tMYg9obAH3mP1YbjUtr4oxl52IBXkIOEq9U_TaavFiKrpg8-07V2JpHsT8Uxy70fvh5htKwRzg/s640/IMG_0245.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The kitchen </span>cabinets have been installed and we are trying to decide if we want to keep the original </div><div style="text-align: center;">turquoise seat and table</div><div style="text-align: center;">mmm....</div><div style="text-align: center;">there will be a pantry in the back where the old laundry room used to be</div><div style="text-align: center;"> opening up the back wall and adding a window added so much light and space to the kitchen</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't you just<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> {Love}</span> the ceilings </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> open shelves as well as a beautiful chandelier, Carrara marble counter tops and a farmhouse sink</div><div style="text-align: center;">wolf range and a sub zero glass door refrigerator</div><div style="text-align: center;">will give this kitchen charm and elegance</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6ppL5PXL3DGGAf7tKm9CIrMUc6eRF8_xEtRhON-VJ-f8v9Au-f87ter1Iw0j89xAcTvj3_BmKKJLK9zWTKZOSnnzocxBDLYzvYX0CsR8PfogcFoAIDQ1Igpk8QRpWfFtkO9wEQg694dl/s1600/IMG_0246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6ppL5PXL3DGGAf7tKm9CIrMUc6eRF8_xEtRhON-VJ-f8v9Au-f87ter1Iw0j89xAcTvj3_BmKKJLK9zWTKZOSnnzocxBDLYzvYX0CsR8PfogcFoAIDQ1Igpk8QRpWfFtkO9wEQg694dl/s640/IMG_0246.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> The wolf </span>range will go in</div><div style="text-align: center;"> between the two cabinets </div><div style="text-align: center;">with tile going all the way up the back wall</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJ9AvsG3RRQFWAjj0qr9Drs1MJxCM_cvAcT8WiybOmeDXgrok_xVZqqNbC7OzA4aRTEjpLgXve0-c2auOQ-HteBxLWApB5-sTFTJB2Cv2I4L3b6wecKZF9jO6O4HezGx80BIQYBPG8Fex/s1600/IMG_0247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJ9AvsG3RRQFWAjj0qr9Drs1MJxCM_cvAcT8WiybOmeDXgrok_xVZqqNbC7OzA4aRTEjpLgXve0-c2auOQ-HteBxLWApB5-sTFTJB2Cv2I4L3b6wecKZF9jO6O4HezGx80BIQYBPG8Fex/s640/IMG_0247.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> The white </span>fireclay farmhouse sink</div><div style="text-align: center;"> will go below the window </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjes5qT5ma_f3D7ZAucg8B3W2FqF0k8mpAXkqWXVI8q2hZbCFKzM_7bAJEQdSucuPFggPKKwz4CJZx_R7x39_c-sVDPQxnFaoeQjC1JYGhCdf-Y5tvN0z0TshhldVV0lbm8-7LOL-0Fsl0a/s1600/IMG_0248.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjes5qT5ma_f3D7ZAucg8B3W2FqF0k8mpAXkqWXVI8q2hZbCFKzM_7bAJEQdSucuPFggPKKwz4CJZx_R7x39_c-sVDPQxnFaoeQjC1JYGhCdf-Y5tvN0z0TshhldVV0lbm8-7LOL-0Fsl0a/s640/IMG_0248.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> The fireplace</span>  in the living room</div><div style="text-align: center;">will have a brick</div><div style="text-align: center;"> surround and a massive mantel </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5-hHQZo7QwMcGjs5jK4vrpqQnzewDY36k7hiBVET4ps7tEkQizkgbMGEwOZJG6jKGH586sJVN2kH0vrf32q3KZXQgMSwwATP1vpLPluIE4nzFSXTnDf-akSGUpDE0dyOIt_Hy7jpKLXB/s1600/IMG_0249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5-hHQZo7QwMcGjs5jK4vrpqQnzewDY36k7hiBVET4ps7tEkQizkgbMGEwOZJG6jKGH586sJVN2kH0vrf32q3KZXQgMSwwATP1vpLPluIE4nzFSXTnDf-akSGUpDE0dyOIt_Hy7jpKLXB/s640/IMG_0249.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We decided</span> to keep the existing cabinets in the back bedroom </div><div style="text-align: center;">and we added a window and window seat </div><div style="text-align: center;">the view is of the backyard and the pool</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are also reusing the plantation closet doors </div><div style="text-align: center;">They turned out great with just a coat of paint</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">{Love}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">all the storage space </div><div style="text-align: center;">{the cabinets have not been painted yet can you tell}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3Gx8ycmaEJMGDJ8pu9wyswCQfZARPvbbScu1qcmD9UuBAwsiGhviCCEEt21zfXW0Q_dxV4MQqDZUh0crs8GtXWDKhDlArjUMHwCkz3k5WGLAu_RvcQ1sirENVJImvVAkuNYCrBqvCMSK/s1600/IMG_0251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3Gx8ycmaEJMGDJ8pu9wyswCQfZARPvbbScu1qcmD9UuBAwsiGhviCCEEt21zfXW0Q_dxV4MQqDZUh0crs8GtXWDKhDlArjUMHwCkz3k5WGLAu_RvcQ1sirENVJImvVAkuNYCrBqvCMSK/s640/IMG_0251.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> The massive</span> 6 foot tub is in place </div><div style="text-align: center;">ready to start all of the tile work</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmEReXKEKbIp7_708IxQQrxWSDwxjZ3UZgfeOIGr5rUDWC3hj_q2l_fJMrY6enwZDXfBw7Bv37Yv_z_RRDMd_nf6vtvBWAuyQOhdVIk60-ULAdF-7aYZ3iRqQAmmx317nzhKlsQaEQrri/s1600/IMG_0254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmEReXKEKbIp7_708IxQQrxWSDwxjZ3UZgfeOIGr5rUDWC3hj_q2l_fJMrY6enwZDXfBw7Bv37Yv_z_RRDMd_nf6vtvBWAuyQOhdVIk60-ULAdF-7aYZ3iRqQAmmx317nzhKlsQaEQrri/s640/IMG_0254.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This is</span> one of my favorite views in the house</div><div style="text-align: center;"> we opened up the entry into the kitchen from the dining room</div><div style="text-align: center;">{Love}</div><div style="text-align: center;">how the space is so open and welcoming now</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The house</span> is turning out so beautiful</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">{Love}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> every detail </div><div style="text-align: center;">thats just a peek for now</div><div style="text-align: center;">more updates to come</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yef6pUYwfJwUWHYMJAWo3FOJ9IrX6jo0vDbNOCAlez-FBZrMCGYOzOcy7CJxJbW_p03VhzV0YD0TGIDQKksQaWfisoDUW81JJG7AEchmAIKRqcz7Xg26hyg7ngsyVQ7qooox3zzaK1Hd/s1600/give2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yef6pUYwfJwUWHYMJAWo3FOJ9IrX6jo0vDbNOCAlez-FBZrMCGYOzOcy7CJxJbW_p03VhzV0YD0TGIDQKksQaWfisoDUW81JJG7AEchmAIKRqcz7Xg26hyg7ngsyVQ7qooox3zzaK1Hd/s640/give2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Be sure </span>and enter to win the<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Thankful and Grateful giveaway</span><br />ending Dec 1<br /><br />click <a href="http://whiteironstonecottage.blogspot.com/2013/11/thankful-and-grateful-giveaway.html#comment-form" target="_blank">here</a> for details<br /><br />linking for <a href="http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Make It Pretty Monday</a><br /><a href="http://modvintagelife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mod Mix Monday</a><br /><br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><br /><i>"Life is a paradise for those that Love"</i><br />Buscaglia<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span><br /><br /></div>

Coronado House remodel

 Hi Everyone Happy Monday♥So excited to share with you a few updates to the Coronado house remodelAs you can see the house is starting to look fabulousThe french doors going into the new bedroom/office space will have a transom window above the ten light french doors{Love}how this made the doors loo…

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A Thankful and Grateful giveaway

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClZWQlKFEZbhBSwCer0M__x9-Z1vgZpMOs47OZOurMO4pPMI06B-c6f9ni-f_NfxCVagoFGIJeGJH5F8PCvUo5u_Ch0sPa3ezldoetflIMfA-Ke_SjrgoshfX1VRuIazYpfOno-qmYTGP/s1600/give2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClZWQlKFEZbhBSwCer0M__x9-Z1vgZpMOs47OZOurMO4pPMI06B-c6f9ni-f_NfxCVagoFGIJeGJH5F8PCvUo5u_Ch0sPa3ezldoetflIMfA-Ke_SjrgoshfX1VRuIazYpfOno-qmYTGP/s640/give2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Saturday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We are </span>getting ready<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving </span><br />it is such a busy time </div><div style="text-align: center;"> all the pots and pans are out on the counter</div><div style="text-align: center;">the silver is polished and Great grandmother's table cloth is<br />already on the large dining room table in anticipation </div><div style="text-align: center;">the children's table </div><div style="text-align: center;">{which is really our coffee table} </div><div style="text-align: center;">will get set Thanksgiving day</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2IsnRDtw8Jzp6JMDvFH1iJ_Nho-wprRmMVW0IhV_uPiwlZaQesT_BDi4AKF6j9Z_EQhZFe4vzNwgGXeKlLcCQ8-C6zhUjXc7FZYpexMxt56wcHW3qXepitNoH17g5DYeqPqhc2428veE/s1600/IMG_0260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2IsnRDtw8Jzp6JMDvFH1iJ_Nho-wprRmMVW0IhV_uPiwlZaQesT_BDi4AKF6j9Z_EQhZFe4vzNwgGXeKlLcCQ8-C6zhUjXc7FZYpexMxt56wcHW3qXepitNoH17g5DYeqPqhc2428veE/s640/IMG_0260.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">With family</span> and friends gathered here there will be</div><div style="text-align: center;"> many helpful hands </div><div style="text-align: center;">and hearts ready to make the day a joyful celebration</div><div style="text-align: center;">Football, parades, and lots of delicious food</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so much to be Thankful for</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FEH1-cKP6GJujQGMuEN8jbEl_wnZ_qfPSDO1G2ulUFOVGq_LfuIfEK6veV3deqQiTeF4CEA5GB3XEZ0e22e0vXl_ZZ0ckiM7aqqOMhtS88c0HfrOEnnFxitQ16DdnP7z7UJQyweoDduF/s1600/IMG_0262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2FEH1-cKP6GJujQGMuEN8jbEl_wnZ_qfPSDO1G2ulUFOVGq_LfuIfEK6veV3deqQiTeF4CEA5GB3XEZ0e22e0vXl_ZZ0ckiM7aqqOMhtS88c0HfrOEnnFxitQ16DdnP7z7UJQyweoDduF/s640/IMG_0262.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This time </span>of Thankfulness would not be complete</div><div style="text-align: center;"> without<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">thanking all of you</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> for your visits, friendship and support</div><div style="text-align: center;"> here at</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> White Ironstone Cottage</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> this year<br />what better way to say Thank You than to have a<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> giveaway</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zEnw3qQ8EucGjDsfJkUmVDjs9Vu1HJUYYGukP_gX20wF-wF4MrIrkFSfKQgLJKi7iRZcK4MxV7kakb6apI5jP0Q9Y93TyUBz6fEOuq1H-3VEDvh7eRJqBVD_zMNijA0_6Ko26-B_d61J/s1600/IMG_0263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zEnw3qQ8EucGjDsfJkUmVDjs9Vu1HJUYYGukP_gX20wF-wF4MrIrkFSfKQgLJKi7iRZcK4MxV7kakb6apI5jP0Q9Y93TyUBz6fEOuq1H-3VEDvh7eRJqBVD_zMNijA0_6Ko26-B_d61J/s640/IMG_0263.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This Thankful </span>and grateful<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> giveaway </span>is for a</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> vintage  inspired filigree white</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> salt and pepper set</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Fell in</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;">{Love}</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> with </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">the filigree detail </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;"> {Love}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> the color<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> to give one to you for your family table<br />to enter<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Just become</span> a follower or let me know you are already a follower </div><div style="text-align: center;">for a second entry<br />post about the giveaway<br />for an additional entry<br /> become a follower of White Ironstone Cottage on<br /> <a href="http://instagram.com/whiteironstonecottage?ref=badge" target="_blank">Instagram </a>too </div><div style="text-align: center;">Please leave a separate comment for each entry</div><div style="text-align: center;">The winner will be chosen by random generator </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">December 1 </span><br />12 pm central standard time<br />open to overseas followers too<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8oixQL5ecWDRgJw8l0ZPw1CBihez4zqWLt3OrnaF_zxwmFL9Swer_PjIvTyH00rWhKXbLzJJmXHJxoNiLzP-oX5Q4-0AWM6VzWKkMmw9q02MdWyb9ux2PT6SFGmHgzKTkU3G0bW6cHIi/s1600/give2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A Thankful and Grateful giveaway

 Hi Everyone Happy Saturday♥We are getting ready for Thanksgiving it is such a busy time  all the pots and pans are out on the counterthe silver is polished and Great grandmother's table cloth isalready on the large dining room table in anticipation the children's table {which is really our coffee t…

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Thanksgiving Traditions

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnm60jd5Y4UwO4mKcjpAz2jiJgYtw3pQUQqyzrsIXfCgOEnsWPSXS7qQNIBZxn47fE3W8ya8T-x5IIe8doN063wX78_YtAnLJ4n5hBKT56VpkBP8hWKFTZZHDbkJmOLsh42zcu7an3nZBK/s1600/CIMG0725.jpgstove+pretty+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnm60jd5Y4UwO4mKcjpAz2jiJgYtw3pQUQqyzrsIXfCgOEnsWPSXS7qQNIBZxn47fE3W8ya8T-x5IIe8doN063wX78_YtAnLJ4n5hBKT56VpkBP8hWKFTZZHDbkJmOLsh42zcu7an3nZBK/s640/CIMG0725.jpgstove+pretty+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Tuesday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So excited</span> to start off this week by sharing</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with you all some of</div><div style="text-align: center;"> our families favorite {<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">and fun}</span> </i>Thanksgiving </div><div style="text-align: center;">traditions<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_ASKlH6pyHtGuC2ogGA_4vyWHJ2awBuwI9Klktkp2DoZRfri8V0v_HBBy8_BzVmJsBT5elDq9WnwjQfh7chylaPMSGB_siIx3-6M4OUVvpv5MR86Fwd1Vn1wiXDEwS29H7KDVjra8fLh/s1600/IMG_0832.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_ASKlH6pyHtGuC2ogGA_4vyWHJ2awBuwI9Klktkp2DoZRfri8V0v_HBBy8_BzVmJsBT5elDq9WnwjQfh7chylaPMSGB_siIx3-6M4OUVvpv5MR86Fwd1Vn1wiXDEwS29H7KDVjra8fLh/s640/IMG_0832.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;">Tradition #1</span><br />is our annual<br /> <i>turkey cook off </i><br />It started when handsome husband bought a<br /> deep fryer 6 years ago<br />and because my sister in law almost burnt her house down<br /> that same year deep frying her turkey<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMVrolsAJSDvL8tT60uw6TnGlo-1swiFuq0_nUro9YJk72XL6D47-NO-Gmnd-NdxhzldK9aMyoZ3KdTEjSidFILSBhD6Gji1754J56G70uBJGgVFMjhku21txkgMUFiPstYd5NEdnAGqE/s1600/deep-fried-turkey-accident.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMVrolsAJSDvL8tT60uw6TnGlo-1swiFuq0_nUro9YJk72XL6D47-NO-Gmnd-NdxhzldK9aMyoZ3KdTEjSidFILSBhD6Gji1754J56G70uBJGgVFMjhku21txkgMUFiPstYd5NEdnAGqE/s1600/deep-fried-turkey-accident.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://qualifiedseniorcare.com/2012/11/how-to-stay-safe-during-thanksgiving/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">via</span></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">{chinese food for Thanksgiving dinner that year}</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We decided </span>it might be wise to cook a traditional turkey in the oven too<br /> just in case<br />so we ended up with two turkeys<br />and.....<br />the turkey cook off was born<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Now every</span> year we each cook a turkey<br />we have two categories for the contest<br /><br />1. <i>Presentation</i> or overall look of the turkey<br />and<br />2. <i>Taste</i> of the turkey<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0Ggnplz6yyrYiU3tTNJOLnlmjb1OCm__n9tCVIWG2P8XvVa6MxqFsrbBoJ2ElYdGMJCT4EuO8JoNXEXTkRAXAPDzna7hniV38SDswQYeGTd1LkDNTXibRg_Wn-zQggoSrEDN_q9R7Bw6/s1600/burnt-fried-turkey-101119-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0Ggnplz6yyrYiU3tTNJOLnlmjb1OCm__n9tCVIWG2P8XvVa6MxqFsrbBoJ2ElYdGMJCT4EuO8JoNXEXTkRAXAPDzna7hniV38SDswQYeGTd1LkDNTXibRg_Wn-zQggoSrEDN_q9R7Bw6/s400/burnt-fried-turkey-101119-02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="http://www.just-eat.ca/blog/christmas-cooking-fails/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">via</span></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The deep</span> fried turkey is cooked in peanut oil outside for half the time it takes<br /> to cook a turkey in the oven<br />The  fried turkey can look like road kill when you take it out<br />because the outside is  really crispy but<br />  the inside is amazingly juicy and delicious<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycmC8o7NFeZrXwm8BCIRzS8qNWltk8_2gPBuNxNWCJH89QwLAYY-cRXZtWaI_QgMPb29ybDADA2RsqkWxJKTx0xYzWxB9-kXOhaauIiH0uQFf1Dcx5CIv_5RN_dsvpv8T7ce7FMzMmeFs/s1600/turkey.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycmC8o7NFeZrXwm8BCIRzS8qNWltk8_2gPBuNxNWCJH89QwLAYY-cRXZtWaI_QgMPb29ybDADA2RsqkWxJKTx0xYzWxB9-kXOhaauIiH0uQFf1Dcx5CIv_5RN_dsvpv8T7ce7FMzMmeFs/s400/turkey.png" width="400" /></a></div><a href="http://mrsbsfood.wordpress.com/tag/cornbread-dressing/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">via</span></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The traditional</span>  oven roasted  turkey comes out<br /> looking like a Norman Rockwell painting and<br />makes a great presentation on the dinner table<br /><br />The Voting takes place after the meal<br /> with a secret ballot<br />and every year so far<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Taste</span> has gone to the deep fried turkey and<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Presentation</span> has gone to the traditionally cooked turkey<br /> a tie which means<br /> we have plenty of left overs for the family to enjoy<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;">Tradition# 2</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">At the </span>dinner table our most cherished tradition takes place<br /> This is when we all hold hands for<br />  Prayer<br /> and then everyone goes around<br /> the table saying what they are <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">grateful</span> for<br />There is always  laughter and tears and wonderful conversation<br />and every year we realize how truly blessed we all are<br /> and how much we have to be grateful for<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;">Tradition #3</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Next is </span>great grandmothers walnut stuffing<br /> which is a tradition that has been passed down<br /> from generation to generation<br />the key to this stuffing is to use <i>stale</i> bread<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">otherwise the stuffing is too soft</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Walnut dressings recipe</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">10 oz  walnuts chopped</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">11/2 tsp salt</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">2 large eggs</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> 1 cup butter</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">1/2 tsp black pepper</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">4 med celery stalks chopped</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">4 med onions chopped</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">1/2 tsp dried thyme</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">6 slices stale rye bread</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">6 slices stale pumpernickel bread</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />mix together and put into turkey cavity </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">helpful hint</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">be sure and roast the walnuts</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"> in a skillet for 4 to 6 minutes stirring before</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"> adding them to the rest of the ingredients</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> super simple recipe and once you try it</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> you will not make a boxed stuffing again</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">also we have added craisins or raisins</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> and even apples to this recipe and it is always deicous</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Hope you are all enjoying getting</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> ready for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving</span> too</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">romantic saying for today</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"I Love all of you all the time"</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">unknown</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;">♥</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;">Pam</span></div></div>

Thanksgiving Traditions

Hi Everyone Happy Tuesday♥So excited to start off this week by sharing with you all some of our families favorite {and fun} Thanksgiving traditionsTradition #1is our annual turkey cook off It started when handsome husband bought a deep fryer 6 years agoand because my sister in law almost burnt her h…

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White Ironstone

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTBdiF0uGUvuV-n_9xnDc4wjDEvTcRXsNqbepRpm1lCjyzUtfJfNdGBOBq-3_E4XVFhK2ubcjvSGXXcaYrNAPU0y-qUNKplHreNdyeBxEgdQJViNNS_y8VORdeKuPkZf3IZzbOyBMqpz-/s1600/wic+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTBdiF0uGUvuV-n_9xnDc4wjDEvTcRXsNqbepRpm1lCjyzUtfJfNdGBOBq-3_E4XVFhK2ubcjvSGXXcaYrNAPU0y-qUNKplHreNdyeBxEgdQJViNNS_y8VORdeKuPkZf3IZzbOyBMqpz-/s640/wic+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Friday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There is</span> something so serene </div><div style="text-align: center;">about the color</div><div style="text-align: center;">white </div><div style="text-align: center;">that may be why vintage </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">White Ironstone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> is so popular</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGmvedPAg2gtxdCNnMZm9e_F2Tg3f0ttAswIPpHZmsBYsc007XcHBW8vcXYRh8zKFbDv8bgrNjsAjqDlGA5HajRafoXP7KHlVZ68Lp1WmVHGliCvIwhmwvdeWwxQ3UnY7J7II53Oh0hL4/s1600/wic+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGmvedPAg2gtxdCNnMZm9e_F2Tg3f0ttAswIPpHZmsBYsc007XcHBW8vcXYRh8zKFbDv8bgrNjsAjqDlGA5HajRafoXP7KHlVZ68Lp1WmVHGliCvIwhmwvdeWwxQ3UnY7J7II53Oh0hL4/s640/wic+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Decorating for</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span>Thanksgiving<br />this vintage<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>white ironstone pitcher </div><div style="text-align: center;">was the first to get</div><div style="text-align: center;">filled with pretty white hydrangeas</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a few simple white roses as we get ready </div><div style="text-align: center;">to host</div><div style="text-align: center;">family and friends</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZAfSs23qgsWPneyHMEaTmu-6GzstEhQfkZKhZRrqlWbUhG-qEOqRYq8eT1I0JMmDrvThYozfNaCc3DyZVcaAxK29gYDqajZP7OmMyxZ4iI-_TptvW-FwulNPluXaKFsgzEM_ektBm22M/s1600/wic+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZAfSs23qgsWPneyHMEaTmu-6GzstEhQfkZKhZRrqlWbUhG-qEOqRYq8eT1I0JMmDrvThYozfNaCc3DyZVcaAxK29gYDqajZP7OmMyxZ4iI-_TptvW-FwulNPluXaKFsgzEM_ektBm22M/s640/wic+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Simple </span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">elegance</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMJ0JYL97XZPdMYmu4RXGEiCqZUqCM_a_deyAcikOLw7UOu4qWC2TjR1CeQUfVwFzBLiohvjsHHNVM7r6V_NaURFcmpr-H6Fl9fXtUw9xRaooLaxN4yTSxOsTOuuPwqsOFCIZh2iBzUxV/s1600/wic+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMJ0JYL97XZPdMYmu4RXGEiCqZUqCM_a_deyAcikOLw7UOu4qWC2TjR1CeQUfVwFzBLiohvjsHHNVM7r6V_NaURFcmpr-H6Fl9fXtUw9xRaooLaxN4yTSxOsTOuuPwqsOFCIZh2iBzUxV/s640/wic+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We will </span>have a full house  </div><div style="text-align: center;">  for </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Such a blessing to be all together</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;">{Love}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">decorating our home with simple white bouquets </div><div style="text-align: center;">all through out our home</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoyNH6C_ZvRHGhD5WRjwMO3eBm71Qmw84rIaGSeqs_SAeyJMNfq24NDElryp_qkrloYjUyKyyJWiOJclMAwKhchZqZRloUZOV0LpOJzLLGU-zf1mRAXDEZl3FnCedP4yRcIUC4X9WRMlX/s1600/wic+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoyNH6C_ZvRHGhD5WRjwMO3eBm71Qmw84rIaGSeqs_SAeyJMNfq24NDElryp_qkrloYjUyKyyJWiOJclMAwKhchZqZRloUZOV0LpOJzLLGU-zf1mRAXDEZl3FnCedP4yRcIUC4X9WRMlX/s640/wic+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Keeping the </span>color scheme white </div><div style="text-align: center;"> helps to provide a serene flow from room to room </div><div style="text-align: center;"> highlighting the beauty of the</div><div style="text-align: center;"> white ironstone as well as the flowers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_VjtM93732vXMOmRBkeh_MrC1U7vUoUqeBK2yRB1vG8m_4aM5xL1Gh20rQ_S8qQ16wrYiI0ctBHEVsakJ8Nzz5Fu8Ec26bgBMV06kAujBIno3720R7NfYhtkIp3RZgvrNxV7X3zpmw8y/s1600/wic+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_VjtM93732vXMOmRBkeh_MrC1U7vUoUqeBK2yRB1vG8m_4aM5xL1Gh20rQ_S8qQ16wrYiI0ctBHEVsakJ8Nzz5Fu8Ec26bgBMV06kAujBIno3720R7NfYhtkIp3RZgvrNxV7X3zpmw8y/s640/wic+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Every year </span>we ask our dinner guests</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to share with everyone at the table</div><div style="text-align: center;"> what they are grateful for<br />  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I think we all look forward to hearing our grateful's as much as we </div><div style="text-align: center;">look forward to all of the delicious food</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuMq8FmiMkl4FYmvT5AtwI6P4E9z_LFyDJs92ZN64aYmUuhB3zDWl4JJR8URzPjwqF5dyPq2KruRaB3RqpTC5nQgrYxO0gcIe200n04X65Qf63SGvW-WIQqI18xu5Nvo-EohoMaRNlbb2/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage+10-19+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuMq8FmiMkl4FYmvT5AtwI6P4E9z_LFyDJs92ZN64aYmUuhB3zDWl4JJR8URzPjwqF5dyPq2KruRaB3RqpTC5nQgrYxO0gcIe200n04X65Qf63SGvW-WIQqI18xu5Nvo-EohoMaRNlbb2/s640/PicMonkey+Collage+10-19+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I would</span> like to start my grateful early by saying how thankful</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I am for<span style="font-size: large;"> Debra</span> at</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.commonground-do.com/" target="_blank">Common Ground</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">for being such a thoughtful and kind blogger friend</div><div style="text-align: center;"> she always is supportive and encouraging </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank You for highlighting</div><div style="text-align: center;">White Ironstone Cottage</div><div style="text-align: center;">Debra you are a Blessing</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Next week I will be sharing some of our family<br />traditional Thanksgiving recipes<br />and a few more fun family traditions<br /><br />This is such a wonderful time of year<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><br />"I wish I could do everything on earth with you"<br />Fitzgerald<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

White Ironstone

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Romantic Picnic

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-WsQhvmAO9X6jmJ9_-AnMzrCvOeGKPC04MxW2rKhtjsgHtjl5WCQLe2UQOwIpE1XBtKW4Sm00F56bjMsWfGcwodIEfmgq_PX0ozZJI_ZGrJiTVBmrJAjIjt0ihUqOIk1G9EA1WM2QzoZ/s1600/IMG_0151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-WsQhvmAO9X6jmJ9_-AnMzrCvOeGKPC04MxW2rKhtjsgHtjl5WCQLe2UQOwIpE1XBtKW4Sm00F56bjMsWfGcwodIEfmgq_PX0ozZJI_ZGrJiTVBmrJAjIjt0ihUqOIk1G9EA1WM2QzoZ/s640/IMG_0151.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Friday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This </span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">picnic</span> table </div><div style="text-align: center;">was Handsome Husbands </div><div style="text-align: center;">garage sale find a few weeks ago<br />I was so <i>surprised</i> when he brought it home </div><div style="text-align: center;">He bought it for 10 dollars </div><div style="text-align: center;">such a bargain and</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it looks perfect next to our guest cottage</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQjabqMWCKydYAtdveHIjs5BpjAenz43jaJi9pmeTh_aN59pGJ7-1oBmx4qR12VHXN8OF2LjzMsANtoLi4lFaHqQUS44Z0_Hio-Yy08SPCHKfNRfMTOG6r88oRaU-PRS5kGn3C2qVUw5P/s1600/IMG_0163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQjabqMWCKydYAtdveHIjs5BpjAenz43jaJi9pmeTh_aN59pGJ7-1oBmx4qR12VHXN8OF2LjzMsANtoLi4lFaHqQUS44Z0_Hio-Yy08SPCHKfNRfMTOG6r88oRaU-PRS5kGn3C2qVUw5P/s640/IMG_0163.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The picnic </span>table was already painted the perfect color<br />white<br />and with family arriving<br /> for Thanksgiving<br /> this table will get lots of use</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8TY3Ej7Kl9PCQk11EhKKBstTyBQPm24KbkLjMPhbYwcQS0AgnEyd77A0bLPPUVgCwbnMhQiUNNnNvnm04TlvQFWy6jRT-5SZrH3KlqKB33phdd3_Rl-iX3UY8r1pTeSrwS_PSMnSj4PV/s1600/IMG_0127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8TY3Ej7Kl9PCQk11EhKKBstTyBQPm24KbkLjMPhbYwcQS0AgnEyd77A0bLPPUVgCwbnMhQiUNNnNvnm04TlvQFWy6jRT-5SZrH3KlqKB33phdd3_Rl-iX3UY8r1pTeSrwS_PSMnSj4PV/s640/IMG_0127.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Just look </span>how great the table looks with<br />Grandmothers vintage lace tablecloth</div></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5dA2vgsOdrfU_bAbY-NSAb2o0q8NFXsVG_wb9p8Rdm6IucH9qoZhsEtfhOk2yNadnac7i4EkroxsgUGpGH-xQWdI-ejl3PHbvTTwlQPPizPVtVVNaDPQ3YMcnZGn33aLvIYVJ_pL4Lbf/s1600/IMG_0126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5dA2vgsOdrfU_bAbY-NSAb2o0q8NFXsVG_wb9p8Rdm6IucH9qoZhsEtfhOk2yNadnac7i4EkroxsgUGpGH-xQWdI-ejl3PHbvTTwlQPPizPVtVVNaDPQ3YMcnZGn33aLvIYVJ_pL4Lbf/s640/IMG_0126.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And a</span> few roses from the garden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPdvzsFlOncK33v3bOxTDav1LYalDNYh-PbLjVbbQEeRUIWjwdBWjpW3wWShH0d1ARK7ZUAbvEjMVAjSTp4UCdhKzxcNlFFAJNmpwf1ouu0e0FHOPPK0gk_8DpotYgt6sneykcgDoi1mF/s1600/IMG_0144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPdvzsFlOncK33v3bOxTDav1LYalDNYh-PbLjVbbQEeRUIWjwdBWjpW3wWShH0d1ARK7ZUAbvEjMVAjSTp4UCdhKzxcNlFFAJNmpwf1ouu0e0FHOPPK0gk_8DpotYgt6sneykcgDoi1mF/s640/IMG_0144.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The garage</span> sale picnic table was transformed into a<br />romantic picnic for two</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The perfect way to surprise Handsome Husband and say</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank You</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FxNevuHBOJe2m5myC3Anp83YCTJTHzPTfoebYXxll2xvg92yY2611T9e2VC2xSF_oHcBXm20TXU68zhXozAhAw2PEHVatWKJ4ogB2U6WXaNh6QTGEIrKYVAO6w91eGVDa3Mb9_FIfolb/s1600/IMG_0129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FxNevuHBOJe2m5myC3Anp83YCTJTHzPTfoebYXxll2xvg92yY2611T9e2VC2xSF_oHcBXm20TXU68zhXozAhAw2PEHVatWKJ4ogB2U6WXaNh6QTGEIrKYVAO6w91eGVDa3Mb9_FIfolb/s640/IMG_0129.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How fun </span>to walk down the path and see the table all set</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">he will be so <i>surprised</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">the menu is simple<br />Mimosas and curry chicken salad<br />and chocolate covered strawberries for dessert<br /><br />It is always fun to eat outside<br />food just seems to taste better<br /><br />I hope I have inspired you to have a picnic this weekend too<br />P.S. if you are following White Ironstone Cottage on Instagram you know<br /> Handsome Husband <i>surprised</i> me again<br /> with a trip to Hawaii<br />Love surprises from<br /> my Handsome Husband<br /><span style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><i>"It is in the small quiet moments that Love speaks the loudest"</i><br />P.B.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span></div>

Romantic Picnic

Hi Everyone Happy Friday♥This  picnic table was Handsome Husbands garage sale find a few weeks agoI was so surprised when he brought it home He bought it for 10 dollars such a bargain and it looks perfect next to our guest cottageThe picnic table was already painted the perfect colorwhiteand with fa…

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