Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Me and my Dad in the summer of 1979

Dad would have been 55 years old today. He passed away last May - on Mother's Day - 2 days before I gave birth to Eliza.

Happy Birthday Dad, you are missed tremendously

The Dining Room, plain and boring

Stairway and Piano

This would be the boys room. I have wallpapered 2 of the walls so far.

This is the bathroom . It needs curtains and a new floor

This is a super cute little cat scratching post I made involving a thread spool, felt, wire, and a tiny pom pom for the whack-at-it ball. Sadly, I don't even have a cat to go in the dollhouse - must get one!

A cluttered mess. Looks like somebody just moved in.

I'm shameful. I've had this dollhouse for quite some time now. It should be more close to completion - if there even is such a thing in dollhouse land. I have high hopes for it, and I've done a few things here and there. I have silently made it one of my priorities for this year - invest more love, time, and money in the still unnamed little house. Oh, and yet another shameful thing.....I have another San Fransico dollhouse that is still in the box at my parents' house. I've had that one about 10 years and have never once began construction. It's saddening.

I spent FOREVER trying to get all of my designated pics in that last post, and that was a nothing but a stress inducer. I couldn't manage to move the pics where I wanted them. So new post for the continuation of pooh pics.

Eliza Hearts Pooh

My sweet, sweet squib got a Pooh Bear for Christmas. She picked him right off the Disney Store shelf pretty much by herself. She has not let that little guy out of her sight since his arrival. I'm amazed that she has developed such a strong bond to cuteness and fluff at age 8 months. Now, I do recall being extremely attached to my special teddy bear, simply named teddy. But, I don't think that started until I was around two or so. He wasn't even cute or fancy or anything like that. He was brown, and that's all. Yes, I do still have him. I would probably still sleep with him if the hubbs wasn't around. But now his days are spent atop the bookshelf in the squib's room. So, I documented Pooh's activities in some rather touching photos. I'm sure you will see more of these yet to come. I couldn't even get it away from her long enough to put him in the laundry. I plan on getting another one to have on hand - in case of emergency. The current one is only a month old and has narrowly escaped several throws across the grocery store - and one near life ending tragedy involving the shampoo aisle in Target.

Ready, Set, Go.....

Hello, and welcome to my new blog!!!
This blog will be dedicated to my never-ending craft endeavors, my Etsy shop, http://www.heylittlelizzy.etsy.com/ my squib (8 month old Baby Eliza), and all things that make me happy.....with an occasional gripe about Valencia at the P.O. or whatever else makes for an unjust day in the life if Lara. I do hope you enjoy and always feel free to leave comments!!