Revamped Stool: A Special Gift

I found this stool in my parent's shop when we were going through all their old junk one day.  It was my Pa Pa's and it had been sitting out there for years just getting dirty and falling apart.  I asked my Mama if I could have it and she told me no.  Then I asked her if I could take it and refinish it for her.  After thinking on it for a while, she reluctantly gave it to me.  I know she didn't want to give it away.  I could feel it. She made up some lame excuse of how she didn't have room for it in her house even if I brought it back to life so I should just keep it.   After I brought it home with me, I started scheming.  What if I refinished it such a way that if I gave it back to her, she wouldn't want to part with it again? 

30 Days of Thanks

One of my facebook friends is posting every day this month to show what she is thankful for in her life.  I think that is a great idea so we are going to do it here at Harmonizing, but with our own little twist!  Instead of posting one thing I'm thankful for each day of the month, I'll do a weekly posting and include serveral reasons why I think "it's a wonderful life."  (umm....Christmas, I do not need you sneaking up on me now-November is to focus on Thanksgiving no matter what Hobby Lobby, Garden Ridge, or TVsays.)

So here we go...Week 1 of Thanks

Thankful for my sweet husband.  He does the man work AND helps me around the house.  He lets me bring home junk and store it in the garage until I have time to make something wonderful out of it.  He even gave up his parking spot for it. He let me get another dog and now they are best buds.  He writes me love post it notes and sticks them in my car encouraging me when I have something big coming up.  He makes me laugh and sometimes he tries to scare me and I scream and then I want to punch him.  But I like it that way. 

I am so thankful for our sweet Molly girl and our cute Dexter boy.  I love her sweet kisses and I love his doggie hugs.  They come running to greet me everyday when I come through that door and that makes me feel like a special girl =)



Who couldn't be thankful for my sisters!  And while my bestie in the middle is not a sister by blood, we are just as close as if she were apart of my own family.  I love these girls with all my heart.  They are my go to people, my best friends, the girls that I most want to hang out with, the people that I don't want and can't imagine doing life without even though we are all scattered across Texas. 

Puppy Love

For those of you that know my dog, Molly, you know that cuddle time with her is few and far between.  But as I was cooking supper over the weekend, I noticed that I didn't here the dogs playing.  Just like children, too quiet means that they are getting into trouble.  I looked down and saw these sweetie pies curled up, snuggling together.  How sweet!

I called Justin in to show him, but he had already witnessed the growing love between these two!  He found them curled up on the couch together earlier that afternoon while I was outside working on refinishing our desk. Oh, how we love our sweet doggies!

Can't Afford a Canvas Photo Print? Try This Instead!

This past Christmas, the Harmon family got together and took a big ole family picture.  I think we look rather dashing don't you?

Marisa Swarbrick Photography

We have a long wall in our house that creates a "hallway" between the front of the house where the formal living and dining room are to the back of the house where the family room is.  I have high hopes for this wall but it's going to be a LONG work in progress.  Here are some ideas that I have for it.