Daybook January 1, 2011 Is It Time?

Outside My Window… my blooming bougainvillea

said

“Happy New Year Laura.

You may want to direct some of your

Miss Priss alertness from your 2011 resolve at us.”

And so I did.

Things are blooming, and I’m not quite sure why.

That sums up my gardening knowledge-

which is-

“Why is it doing that?”

I have great plans for my garden this spring.

I want a bed of yellow roses,

foundation plants along the little house and the side beds,

little white lights strung in a few more places,

and a spring planting of tomatoes and zinnias.

I Am Thinking… that I would like to re-paint several rooms in my house.

It has been Banana Cream

for quite a while now.

Is it time?

I love how it softens things

and makes my

battle worn ‘antiques’ look

like they are in the game.

I had a small nervous breakdown selecting the color

and asked strangers and friends alike

what their favorite buttery yellow was.

It is my badge of sanity,

and it looks wonderful with saltillo.

And then there are the Spode plates.

Is it time?

Here is my reasoning:

I am a grandmother,

and I want

any and all grandmothers’ things,

(including your grandmother’s)

wherever they may be

(side of the road, Warrenton, the flea market)

but…

before I hit a LARGE birthday this year,

I want my house to make

me

say,

‘that looks soooo fine.’

I don’t think my Spode plates are doing that.

Maybe I need to try this.

 

From the Kitchen…  my brother and father stopped by,

so I went to Taqueria Zarape and got

tacos reynosa, a botana, charro beans, and giant baked potatoes.

Tacos Reynosa are small tacos in soft corn tortillas with

fajitas, onion, and cilantro.

They both said,

“Sure was good Sis.”

I  Am Thankful For…  this moment.

The couch is soft, my laptop is in my lap,

and I am writing a letter to you

while watching NHL hockey’s Winter Classic.

I am now enamored of

NHL hockey after watching

the Penguins on HBO.

It’s a new world here at White Spray Paint.

And yes…I am wearing one of my Ross Dress for Less caftans.