I think I am going to shut down this blog. I really don't have much to say... especially since my "cozy corner" is almost finished. :-) I really should be focusing more on work and things like that. But rest assured, I will be reading and commenting on your blogs! Take care.

Sorry for the awful quality of these pictures, but I did go ahead and get a chair for the "cozy corner." Next up are an ottoman, a throw and/or pillow, and a new shade for the lamp.

At lunch today, I went out to one of my favorite furniture stores. Here are some chair possibilities for the "cozy corner." It's weird, but I promise these chairs all look cozier in real life than they do in these pictures.

Thank you all so much for your helpful comments on my last decorating post. My newest idea is to move those chairs off to the side (hard to explain, but I'll take pictures) and then buy a comfy looking chair, ottoman, and lamp for the back corner where the clock is now. (We are moving the clock to the dining room.) I have been wanting that back corner to be a "cozy corner." Now I just need to be patient until a new chair and ottoman are in the budget... :)

I am having another decorating crisis. Are these chairs good for a living room, or are they too stiff/formal looking? I wonder if there's a way to use them, but make the room look a bit more cozy. I am moving the grandfather clock into another room so my next project is a table and lamp for that back corner.

Lemonade award

Sara gave me this lovely award, and I really appreciate it. I love her blog! I think the following blogs are also deserving of the lemonade award, since the authors display gratitude and positive attitudes: Pink Petunia; More Wine Please; Landlocked Mermaid; And Emma Makes Five; and Peeptoe Pumps and Pearls.

I thought this scripture reading was great. I hope you all had a nice weekend! I had a cold and spent a good deal of time laying on the couch. Thankfully, I feel much better today.

1 John 3:19-4:6 (NRSV)

1 John 3

19 And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him 20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.

23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.