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So I have this strange Ability to be able to tell time......at any time of the Night or Day and I usually guess exactly or I'm off only by a minute or two... I have not always had this ability....it seems Menopause might have something to do with it... In any case......this freaks out the Family and believe me the Boss doesn't get Freaked out by anything.... Over the past year it seems that my talents have expanded to guessing the weights of packages that I'm about to mail out by Fedex..... AND...... guessing Dollar Amounts correctly.... The other day the Boss asked me about our Stock Portfolio Holdings and I even shocked myself when I guessed within Sixteen Cents...... I sort of train myself now that I know I have this talent.....When I get up in the middle of the night I always think about what time it could be Before I look over at the Clock......I'm usually right on the money..... I'm thinking this is my "internal Clock" at work...If you all remember ...

The French Blue of the Sky..... And this little Guy who stops by the deck every day at the same time....

When we went House Hunting back in July I "requested" a few things from The Boss.... My Dream Kitchen had to have a six burner Navy or Apple Green Porcelain Viking Range with a Double Oven.... An Industrial size Pot Rack hanging over a Ginormous Island.... And a porcelain sink... Knowing ahead of time that there was no house in the Atlanta Area with my Specifications the Boss knew he would be doing a lot of "Happy Wife Shopping".... Well one out of Four isn't Bad..... A seven foot island was certainly suitable for my needs.... The house came with Two Wolf ovens.... A free standing Range with a griddle and a built-in spare Fancy Oven.... So there would be No Viking Range in my future..... The Stainless Steel sink would have to stay because the granite top was cut to fit.... Two Down one for to go.... The Pot Rack..... NOT HAPPENING......The Boss put his foot down that he knew for sure if I insisted on having one hung from the 12 foot planked wood ceiling that on...

One day I found myself sitting in this little area of the house..... My Laundry Room....Talking on the phone to daughter... The Boss was listening to the radio very loud and this was the only spot in the House that was noise-free.... While sitting on that stool I wondered what I could do with this Very Wasted Space opposite my washer and dryer.... That door leads to my back porch.....nice stone floor....High ceilings..... Lots of cabinet space..... But I bit Boring.....it needed a little spark.... Sooooooo ......For $1.00 each and found in the $1.00 Bin at Michael's...... Off came the boring knobs and on went "Cute" Not bad for a Buck!! Ta Da !!! My "RELAX" sign that reminds me of my father.... He used to say " Reeeeeeelax " to my mother all the time.... I can still hear him saying it.....very sarcastically I might add... I have a new thing for birds.... And I added the infamous "Good Humor" truck from the 50's..... love love love the Toa...

The Boss cannot understand why I Love IKEA..... I tried to explain to him that it's a women thing as I don't know of one women who has gone to IKEA and not fallen in love by the time they reach the Meatballs... My real reason is that I love useful "For Cheap" things.... LIKE THIS BAKING PAN...... No Kitchen should be without this Pan.... I picked it up a few months ago for about $10.00......... It looks like a regular cupcake tin but look a little Closer.... Not Close enough..... That's Better..... Can you see how narrow and high it is.... It resembles a PopOver Pan.... and it happens to be one size that I actually didn't have.... You see I'm a baker....I've been baking since High School and I love Any type of baking pan.... Plus it's an excuse to make Cake! So while I was at IKEA the other day I saw these little paper cups...... Hundreds of them on an end cap..... And a steal at 99 cents for 65 papers..... Look How Cute these are!! Let the Baking ...