My Favorite Room

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In case you missed my favorite room of the house over at <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/">Kim's</a>  Favorite Room Series a few weeks ago, I wanted to share my Keeping Room, aka "Mom's Zone".</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01h0vQnaYsZtyzvCzwK7f8XdgEccR1w_FdsfrZCW2UMoydcobJy40KrToAcvY37w85qWKMERz-6fk_fo6Oeb6tGNeNvGnMi9_zAypIH1H4JekHFnvmbi5xM3VET7lti4v_vpUGmiTOX42/s1600/IMG_2186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01h0vQnaYsZtyzvCzwK7f8XdgEccR1w_FdsfrZCW2UMoydcobJy40KrToAcvY37w85qWKMERz-6fk_fo6Oeb6tGNeNvGnMi9_zAypIH1H4JekHFnvmbi5xM3VET7lti4v_vpUGmiTOX42/s640/IMG_2186.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Keeping Rooms are generally located right off the kitchen and back in the day it was used to gather the family and keep them warm, as it was close to the main heating sources of the home. But for me it's a place to look out the window and enjoy nature from the indoors. The room is actually the reflection you see in our backyard pond.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCduZJwAW1M8U56JgjSEe9AnWWaO0Nd7EUaYmnGybvlbnyYUhRnpX98QDig2_8Kai3y2KY9iaMX6xmFSqCBR07uM6-kBB6EBAjXQd1-QvzdczIzS1eiS6rq1-qcLpfBH-yDv6v1y2TUbp3/s1600/IMG_9010-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCduZJwAW1M8U56JgjSEe9AnWWaO0Nd7EUaYmnGybvlbnyYUhRnpX98QDig2_8Kai3y2KY9iaMX6xmFSqCBR07uM6-kBB6EBAjXQd1-QvzdczIzS1eiS6rq1-qcLpfBH-yDv6v1y2TUbp3/s640/IMG_9010-001.JPG" width="425" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A place to read the Sunday paper and drink my tea.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A place to meditate, look out the window and be thankful for what I have and for a room that is mine! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A place when girlfriends visit we can sit and chat. </span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In fact, it's also a popular staging area for a lot of the projects you see here at Top This Top That.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Curtain details are <a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/03/debate-is-over.html">here</a>.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lRBJbCc0s02IgKPKz16obhYLpoSo4n6hzlvUADa2BKL7Sv8TPaMntypqy3CdWTyl8NRJQ8OQBEoYxotm1NEv3jkRmdHVXJqpV4wW9FjfBkG_nhfuz9CkQxdEj1LC6fCNbt0Pdz9ZIYuq/s1600/IMG_2164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lRBJbCc0s02IgKPKz16obhYLpoSo4n6hzlvUADa2BKL7Sv8TPaMntypqy3CdWTyl8NRJQ8OQBEoYxotm1NEv3jkRmdHVXJqpV4wW9FjfBkG_nhfuz9CkQxdEj1LC6fCNbt0Pdz9ZIYuq/s640/IMG_2164.JPG" width="426" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Occasionally when the mood is right I will invite my hubby in so we can sit back and appreciate all of the hard work that went in in constructing this room and the details that make it special to </span><strike style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">us</strike><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> me.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Like the wood beams on the ceiling that came from Cypress Trees on our property.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLigjvAwulVnSKi-Jc9YnucRR1hB6qyIWff6ifQv1688BsczndovHnSbJjqpEMDxmA9SJrMj3h9UKhapakin6-fhpPVFr7QMSfJSM113SOwFJa33TI1DETA-dG1_u5VzX-QjMwEBPvknSM/s1600/IMG_2514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLigjvAwulVnSKi-Jc9YnucRR1hB6qyIWff6ifQv1688BsczndovHnSbJjqpEMDxmA9SJrMj3h9UKhapakin6-fhpPVFr7QMSfJSM113SOwFJa33TI1DETA-dG1_u5VzX-QjMwEBPvknSM/s640/IMG_2514.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Or the transformations and journey that it took to get to this point. This is how the room looked when I decorated it when we moved in 10 years ago. My husband swore that the valance looked like a circus tent! I happen to like it, it's the red <strike>tent</strike> roof that perhaps was over the top!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cFBkbJL7f4Eb_Jsh_5kGD7pFrigMSdZi2tjzD-WeF6vCSZFD8Cky5MyX1seETM5WM5EyBzZuEo0VwYtB3cwQ1Adu-y6AsTmGHNm4ThXZdM2zrkRU4pV4kIyN5lhQIcZcwAtpR96Iodjj/s1600/brendas+visit+to+georgia+068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cFBkbJL7f4Eb_Jsh_5kGD7pFrigMSdZi2tjzD-WeF6vCSZFD8Cky5MyX1seETM5WM5EyBzZuEo0VwYtB3cwQ1Adu-y6AsTmGHNm4ThXZdM2zrkRU4pV4kIyN5lhQIcZcwAtpR96Iodjj/s640/brendas+visit+to+georgia+068.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And when my color senses settled down a few years ago and the room was a bit more serene and calm.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqP9NOcC_yVaLprWgdUp8CfIgRCPCf-l5qpVlF0_SIRMG9DzbPT2vtB_VB-BGDe4C0iQ1w00-M6mSO8cfK1-AEHZlpV_K_DlTH5zPksvjbOyCfUqHzatJ5Ol1yaysFbDLmDAmItYKuSik/s1600/IMG_5636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqP9NOcC_yVaLprWgdUp8CfIgRCPCf-l5qpVlF0_SIRMG9DzbPT2vtB_VB-BGDe4C0iQ1w00-M6mSO8cfK1-AEHZlpV_K_DlTH5zPksvjbOyCfUqHzatJ5Ol1yaysFbDLmDAmItYKuSik/s640/IMG_5636.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And the room as it is today. A room that is more of a reflection of me, who I am and what I want others to see.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Simple, clean and quite, unfortunately that's  generally less then 1% of the time when the kids aren't around.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">See my table transformation <a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/01/from-drab-to-fab.html">here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsoCgVBMQeG-tvLeTJatyrHSAn-VFgShde4CgEmxHoEXojgHGwqZn8tMXAa2gIys_KUbEydkgOpWAYz7JEjXhz-6s6qiudDWU4MufnfFx-X4dPGdylCf7l8sKlJcQgw3Xvp4bppFZ-UAf/s1600/IMG_2172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsoCgVBMQeG-tvLeTJatyrHSAn-VFgShde4CgEmxHoEXojgHGwqZn8tMXAa2gIys_KUbEydkgOpWAYz7JEjXhz-6s6qiudDWU4MufnfFx-X4dPGdylCf7l8sKlJcQgw3Xvp4bppFZ-UAf/s640/IMG_2172.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A room that was meant just for me but I do have an extra chair in case you want to come over!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIES3Xw6Y1pQsAnwzBchWdHvU5pmvVzTNT4huPQdBRipwEkkCyTv-zbN2O2cwRsmpAfrHKzIlvurSqunKxo0DjTQDYlWEgkWkT25S8EIU814cmIeyuS1A-jsOIRMAZbOiSSHitrxXnVN_I/s1600/IMG_2176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIES3Xw6Y1pQsAnwzBchWdHvU5pmvVzTNT4huPQdBRipwEkkCyTv-zbN2O2cwRsmpAfrHKzIlvurSqunKxo0DjTQDYlWEgkWkT25S8EIU814cmIeyuS1A-jsOIRMAZbOiSSHitrxXnVN_I/s640/IMG_2176.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What's your favorite room in your house?</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">If you want to see where the rest of the family hangs out in my house, you will want to visit my </span><a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-my-home.html" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Home Tour</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> .</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hope the week is off to a great start. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Grateful for: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A safe trip back" Home" from spending the holiday with my family in S.Florida.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sharing at:</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/2012/11/its-inspiration-friday-no-91-welcome.html">At the Picket Fence</a></span><br />French Country Cottage<br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

My Favorite Room

In case you missed my favorite room of the house over at Kim's   Favorite Room Series a few weeks ago, I wanted to share my Keeping Room...

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Star Wars Inspired Bedroom

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">When my son suggested that he wanted a Star Wars bedroom I told him there were two </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">requirements.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4I01_xMsmjDq1Cqz5yYxvGszgXkJKX405qgdkRBt2BAnr3s7w5YhILVuYvdOieS3Usx5n0iBOWpeyT4oROvCRolYCMrri3trQ6MDDPoM90YBNNzXFsvBcnBtwMSUUARcIrOxafsw4b5S/s1600/IMG_9941-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4I01_xMsmjDq1Cqz5yYxvGszgXkJKX405qgdkRBt2BAnr3s7w5YhILVuYvdOieS3Usx5n0iBOWpeyT4oROvCRolYCMrri3trQ6MDDPoM90YBNNzXFsvBcnBtwMSUUARcIrOxafsw4b5S/s640/IMG_9941-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">First, the money to make the changes couldn't send mommy and daddy into another Galaxy.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Second, he had to wake up looking at Anakin Skywalker for at least a year. </span> </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFNoM_SbKvyHaX8aN2E_6_VSwYYfbxK5Nyr-KlsgmpDTSKa2TUwFNauw-LwiUVH_cstRNF-O4C0bYb7jAqybX8zYFRh_qDTlbE_TBJKV_STFcqLLS_6UZ-HR6ybMjlIa0DJz9IwBdUlG9/s1600/IMG_9958-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFNoM_SbKvyHaX8aN2E_6_VSwYYfbxK5Nyr-KlsgmpDTSKa2TUwFNauw-LwiUVH_cstRNF-O4C0bYb7jAqybX8zYFRh_qDTlbE_TBJKV_STFcqLLS_6UZ-HR6ybMjlIa0DJz9IwBdUlG9/s640/IMG_9958-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">He agreed, so I set out on a mission to transform his bedroom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here were my orders.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Create Jedi wall art on canvas board.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFNGwwRLKkoTUB18CCU2AO97vrJtcWO3TkVzgANy9wT5THk8YvFna98hL4KthElQGy2LK8En2MKRweQYDnd2fvATM2G5UiqNHxwfUcooUAkgK6C-TA568gaNj96oP581CdcfQNwRJThsA/s1600/IMG_9943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFNGwwRLKkoTUB18CCU2AO97vrJtcWO3TkVzgANy9wT5THk8YvFna98hL4KthElQGy2LK8En2MKRweQYDnd2fvATM2G5UiqNHxwfUcooUAkgK6C-TA568gaNj96oP581CdcfQNwRJThsA/s640/IMG_9943.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">O</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">rder wall size removable decals of his favorite Star Wars character.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphuB0R3DxuSSXguq__5F-8I9xt_FtzO4pxT2bcYPrvsXoopLeWS3P5OEne8Pj8nivGLwvFjmaw1GK95IIrDzWAOophBGXqoLZXkXhUKxZxaaxWGjJgDqZ39k6elz-TLYJ7aiD-fjJE3cx/s1600/IMG_0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphuB0R3DxuSSXguq__5F-8I9xt_FtzO4pxT2bcYPrvsXoopLeWS3P5OEne8Pj8nivGLwvFjmaw1GK95IIrDzWAOophBGXqoLZXkXhUKxZxaaxWGjJgDqZ39k6elz-TLYJ7aiD-fjJE3cx/s640/IMG_0016.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Purchase bedding that coordinated with his rug. The blanket and sheets from Walmart. The rug (from Pottery Barn) was previously used in our playroom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgBXj7Ym9aEbcPoS7y4aACEjqYTJfzgvNFNk7aYiXVyNgO8xgLo6J6Ng4zCTLfygsUJOqXtEuUQR5-RmVDDuPu211VYUEX1AcBq4KCYzL12z5JcrM3cTKOuDG9tZzB5PybhvRKYmuzoeq/s1600/IMG_0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgBXj7Ym9aEbcPoS7y4aACEjqYTJfzgvNFNk7aYiXVyNgO8xgLo6J6Ng4zCTLfygsUJOqXtEuUQR5-RmVDDuPu211VYUEX1AcBq4KCYzL12z5JcrM3cTKOuDG9tZzB5PybhvRKYmuzoeq/s640/IMG_0043.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Pick up a few posters on Amazon. His lamp and shade (from Pottery Barn) were also in the playroom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-etNEotTjXQQ2sCUI1UP8YT0bJksEmO5gfP4o0oi4FDiAuH8Mdc0kombqBgqigfUrRGu0DGzY1M2Nnjtr74lnIR__NAMkEuRI-RFLq2mkm7im3jj8NAvUCpdkcNCA4TTaUyxFsLegSujv/s1600/IMG_9984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-etNEotTjXQQ2sCUI1UP8YT0bJksEmO5gfP4o0oi4FDiAuH8Mdc0kombqBgqigfUrRGu0DGzY1M2Nnjtr74lnIR__NAMkEuRI-RFLq2mkm7im3jj8NAvUCpdkcNCA4TTaUyxFsLegSujv/s640/IMG_9984.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Add a little Darth Vader pillow to the Ikea reading chair. Throw a few stars on the wall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVzqrnwTV8HPZpv0kcOpW1H2JhiSnBkwWWfPQ0qWys8xfqI_4uRWULnNxmokF04brWM9T5fVvJG2aokmOJAPwmrBGga_JrMRgUlHkxDZMZEFEeiTGf4OzjzkhuXBFQtYcxMQv95A9VzlY/s1600/IMG_0049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVzqrnwTV8HPZpv0kcOpW1H2JhiSnBkwWWfPQ0qWys8xfqI_4uRWULnNxmokF04brWM9T5fVvJG2aokmOJAPwmrBGga_JrMRgUlHkxDZMZEFEeiTGf4OzjzkhuXBFQtYcxMQv95A9VzlY/s640/IMG_0049.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And the room wouldn't be complete without a space ship</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyH06Zreqf1Sp5Z5-279vtUB-kdKhHR7Uj8r8vCPt0OyNY05ZBoEHkrNoRQcrknmJucw1NHfnXD6iOQUUN8ytRP4nNuoSOElHbMD2DeWh4EqRkSfOua0u7TuW0h-R-F4hNFslRmdGVM8Tc/s1600/IMG_9999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyH06Zreqf1Sp5Z5-279vtUB-kdKhHR7Uj8r8vCPt0OyNY05ZBoEHkrNoRQcrknmJucw1NHfnXD6iOQUUN8ytRP4nNuoSOElHbMD2DeWh4EqRkSfOua0u7TuW0h-R-F4hNFslRmdGVM8Tc/s640/IMG_9999.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">one</span> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">that</span> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">will help him assist<span style="line-height: 19.5px;"> the droids in finding the Jedi Knight.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">Let's hope he is as old as Yoda before he wants to make a change.  Well maybe not quite that old, 900 years is a long time!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">For More of My House Tour Click <a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-my-home.html">Here</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sharing with:</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.serenitynowblog.com/2012/09/weekend-bloggy-reading-link-up_14.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20SerenityNow-aMommysSolutionToStayingSane%20%28Serenity%20Now-A%20Mommy%27s%20Solution%20to%20Staying%20Sane%29">Serenity Now</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/09/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-willow-house-giveaway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20blogspot/OivM%20%28Tatertots%20an">Tatertots and Jello</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://too-much-time.com/2012/09/get-schooled-saturday-40-shabby-apple-giveaway.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-schooled-saturday-40-shabby-apple-giveaway">Too Much Time </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2012/09/sn-152-unique-window-treatments.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20blogspot/KCcu%20%28Funky%20Junk%20Interiors%29">Funky Junk Interiors </a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><br /></div>

Star Wars Inspired Bedroom

When my son suggested that he wanted a Star Wars bedroom I told him there were two  requirements. First, the money to make the changes could...

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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">OMG!!! I can't believe it. Oh gosh, I don't have anything prepared. Okay (imagine me crying like a baby), first I would like to thank the members of the academy for this award. This is truly an honor and something I have wanted since birth, well maybe before that. To the other actors in this category, you are all so amazing!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52qKqGZTwhQDDfB2SAbMA-71lV8AqKd2EFilN4yXPsfWGOvPRMNPJ_iP-ZYmWggl9xWb6YXUEaaOzml9r2U-u-b-rBnJxLUkH35hyphenhyphenVj7_gGp8NmTDDK-LEi0hZfIChcN2c3FfLsR2a_pB/s1600/IMG_9054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52qKqGZTwhQDDfB2SAbMA-71lV8AqKd2EFilN4yXPsfWGOvPRMNPJ_iP-ZYmWggl9xWb6YXUEaaOzml9r2U-u-b-rBnJxLUkH35hyphenhyphenVj7_gGp8NmTDDK-LEi0hZfIChcN2c3FfLsR2a_pB/s640/IMG_9054.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> To my loving husband who suggested we make the ticket sign, add a 3- dimensional twist with lights rather then just basic art. I love you babe! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rQoF-4ghFPSCQmWoWHFwY0bjK5Oo2kxGD8kRJQJtDJY0oRZcsQ6ON_ppg4Ho-EWGEzvo2QEXZq3Ay_KprLyyJ61kqhdaTaQEZlRj9r-8U325RM-AksakFWvzpnaUMaK9VuJaMlbC3jm2/s1600/IMG_9069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rQoF-4ghFPSCQmWoWHFwY0bjK5Oo2kxGD8kRJQJtDJY0oRZcsQ6ON_ppg4Ho-EWGEzvo2QEXZq3Ay_KprLyyJ61kqhdaTaQEZlRj9r-8U325RM-AksakFWvzpnaUMaK9VuJaMlbC3jm2/s640/IMG_9069.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To my mother who suggested I make a few toss pillows to make it a bit more comfy when <strike>she</strike> we are watching movies</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRwwsWq9oKGiCC_IdHmdHgX57F14Zo1zTuOOhMqGShmeWVr1n9pElP9Ja-FZHDyZ-RhzmYOoa8cDe3CpNGn_EDdjNmMix7wCc2W-eX_FpNwiTaYYtzOGgEPivuhGXQNl9p8bV2NT1Bko7/s1600/IMG_9102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRwwsWq9oKGiCC_IdHmdHgX57F14Zo1zTuOOhMqGShmeWVr1n9pElP9Ja-FZHDyZ-RhzmYOoa8cDe3CpNGn_EDdjNmMix7wCc2W-eX_FpNwiTaYYtzOGgEPivuhGXQNl9p8bV2NT1Bko7/s640/IMG_9102.JPG" width="426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldH1k9VU7r9U5PFUMH9ffvSxmOFnmQW7ccnlsex549ZA4p-LyRkIXGo2tazfE_q5ue3cd8JYrIXaM_ntg_rEWeRGwwMb1YiBLE-VnYX_NKdq6cjVjm0ZWe565FvD11m1sJQIbuhQ8EDN_/s1600/IMG_9103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldH1k9VU7r9U5PFUMH9ffvSxmOFnmQW7ccnlsex549ZA4p-LyRkIXGo2tazfE_q5ue3cd8JYrIXaM_ntg_rEWeRGwwMb1YiBLE-VnYX_NKdq6cjVjm0ZWe565FvD11m1sJQIbuhQ8EDN_/s640/IMG_9103.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To me, for being able to finish painting the room ( after I had already finished it), re- purpose the stars and paint them silver, move the other signs in from other places in the house, take down the gold tassel on the curtains and vacuum the carpet before I took the final pictures of the room.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6hJCvKsom9FT0xG_zOVA6C9moeBS_5r7MADqpoV3ZkP8goc01Gt6f4KkItBOMtoUyfXgju5HOToeK-BKmsdYqX5dcBgVsgl_rIso_ZoCOIWlt0L2ZGz8ONVfXFK_dG8h179PpAo2RIP3/s1600/IMG_9105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6hJCvKsom9FT0xG_zOVA6C9moeBS_5r7MADqpoV3ZkP8goc01Gt6f4KkItBOMtoUyfXgju5HOToeK-BKmsdYqX5dcBgVsgl_rIso_ZoCOIWlt0L2ZGz8ONVfXFK_dG8h179PpAo2RIP3/s640/IMG_9105.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00reJwbSyLnrmqlBhuIvQdbYgT5pGAFYGUig3FddncZMRx2ntyr4h_foEAwoI5V4Yct4TRChO0OpCwnEnTPUR7GPUWmVlnhetztAf9SAYYZaf8Xoc90J1wow5f1HyPfyxleubWiESMaj2/s1600/IMG_9157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00reJwbSyLnrmqlBhuIvQdbYgT5pGAFYGUig3FddncZMRx2ntyr4h_foEAwoI5V4Yct4TRChO0OpCwnEnTPUR7GPUWmVlnhetztAf9SAYYZaf8Xoc90J1wow5f1HyPfyxleubWiESMaj2/s640/IMG_9157.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To my <a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/01/impossibilities-challenge-my-game-room.html"><b>gameroom</b></a>, thanks for letting me take the Coca-Cola sign and put it in here</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlflwzzVU_RWiUJ_WWL_Ez-hnQLGEnVogzPwwQEcWuKZBZRKFC2EkIpHF0lAnwk5bEeWlxydHBn9xZoGo5x34bnblTzp4VVf4ym8Wulq1a8-3lI7TmZWv0EoZSTIZK61G1j1WfmKJl0LAj/s1600/IMG_9101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlflwzzVU_RWiUJ_WWL_Ez-hnQLGEnVogzPwwQEcWuKZBZRKFC2EkIpHF0lAnwk5bEeWlxydHBn9xZoGo5x34bnblTzp4VVf4ym8Wulq1a8-3lI7TmZWv0EoZSTIZK61G1j1WfmKJl0LAj/s640/IMG_9101.JPG" width="426" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And lastly to my children who always want popcorn with extra butter during the movie and seem to spill 1/2 of it on the floor, mommy loves you </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">now go to bed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlfSx31npHfmtaDCPDDGwtURpEWVa8UrDXip_mEQsHyqkUAtWZHk7JxWMcTUriOJ6X0qmBtALJbJ57WY7di30owS2lcHwIU4A9RnTU-mZTB66DtRYjOOHdOnekN6bXDn-qdAUxaMBxKuD/s1600/IMG_0228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlfSx31npHfmtaDCPDDGwtURpEWVa8UrDXip_mEQsHyqkUAtWZHk7JxWMcTUriOJ6X0qmBtALJbJ57WY7di30owS2lcHwIU4A9RnTU-mZTB66DtRYjOOHdOnekN6bXDn-qdAUxaMBxKuD/s640/IMG_0228.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Now where will I keep Oscar?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You can click <a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/p/blogging-without-borders-media-room.html">here</a> for the total Media Room challenge and</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/09/diy-ticket-sign.html">here</a> for the tutorial on my DIY Lighted Ticket Sign.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">For More of My Home Tour click <a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-my-home.html">here</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">PS- Please join my other Blogging without borders buddies  to see their final room reveals</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Amy @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://buffalo-roam.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Buffalo Roam</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Dana @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://http//craftedniche.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Crafted Niche</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Jaime @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://craftyscrappyhappy.net/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Crafty Scrappy Happy</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Heidi @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://heidimilton.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Décor & More</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Tisha @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://delectablehome.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Delectable Home</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Shannon @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.foxhollowcottage.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Fox Hollow Cottage</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Kirby @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.kirbycarespodi.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Kirb Appeal</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Holly @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://lifeasathrifter.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Life as a Thrifter</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Cassie @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://primitiveandproper.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Primitive & Proper</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Debbie @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://refreshrestyle.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">ReFresh ReStyle</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Jessica @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.stayathomeista.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Stay At Home-ista</a><span style="background-color: white;">, Karah @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://thespacebetweenblog.net/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">the space between</a><span style="background-color: white;">, and Kelly @</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://viewalongtheway.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">View Along the Way</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div></div><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Sharing the Oscar with:</span></i><br /><i><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/deer-head-with-rosemary-wreath-the-188th-metamorphosis-monday/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BetweenNapsOnThePorc"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Between Naps on the Porch</span></a></i><br /><a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesday-treasures-100"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia</span></a><br /><a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/08/wow-us-wednesdays-81.html"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Savvy Southern Style</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2012/08/tutorial-tips-and-tidbits-11.html"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Stone Gable</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.oneprojectcloser.com/2012-before-after-series/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">One Project Closer</span></a><br /><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2012/08/feathered-nest-friday_30.html"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">French Country Cottage</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2012/08/fabulously-creative-friday-linky-party_30.html"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Jennifer Rizzo</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/2012/08/its-inspiration-friday-no-80-welcome.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+atthepicketfence%2Fmzom+%28At+The+Picket+Fence%29"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">At The Picket Fence</span></a><br /><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/08/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-ecomom-giveaway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20blogspot/OivM%20%28Tatertots%20and%20Jello%29"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">tatertots and jello </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.beneathmyheart.net/2012/08/best-diy-projects-of-august-linky-party-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-diy-projects-of-august-linky-party-2"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Beneath My Heart</span></a><br /><a href="http://thepolohouse.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">The Polo House</span></a><br /><a href="http://diyshowoff.com/2012/09/02/diy-project-parade-show-off-your-diy-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diy-project-parade-show-off-your-diy-projects"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">DIY Showoff</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br />

And the Oscar Goes To......

OMG!!! I can't believe it. Oh gosh, I don't have anything prepared. Okay (imagine me crying like a baby), first I would like to than...

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My Backyard Paradise

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">If you knock at the door and I don't answer that's because I am probably right here in the backyard, so come on back and join me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0MnXK_dzolWsgehCZLqwWG_h1uGK65PXNvptYETa4XFhbnmtIS2VEorScAMRxvH85fBimV4_W59HI6w6sn12ETP9V1Kfq-qkFnDquIFYn9BsJXQXv3VmEUXDWtK-Y3jQscRfJm-oMIwV/s1600/IMG_6302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0MnXK_dzolWsgehCZLqwWG_h1uGK65PXNvptYETa4XFhbnmtIS2VEorScAMRxvH85fBimV4_W59HI6w6sn12ETP9V1Kfq-qkFnDquIFYn9BsJXQXv3VmEUXDWtK-Y3jQscRfJm-oMIwV/s640/IMG_6302.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Don't worry there's plenty of room for you</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirz9m4yVXEwLFg1ixsiQN9dJyuYy0_h0BGd9iYGQhxQCDARfyPnleHS9_UrvpkHyrCDfJDS3d0MjpdoAUTSVG4Om-uLz6CoSw3OpwvjxI2qd_GMu9eVzww8-51KGFuyJLDvdqTX7HWk_ma/s1600/IMG_6305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirz9m4yVXEwLFg1ixsiQN9dJyuYy0_h0BGd9iYGQhxQCDARfyPnleHS9_UrvpkHyrCDfJDS3d0MjpdoAUTSVG4Om-uLz6CoSw3OpwvjxI2qd_GMu9eVzww8-51KGFuyJLDvdqTX7HWk_ma/s640/IMG_6305.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">and your cousins</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYv8sw6jbIkEpRLC94OVmUS_xrWxdZ0phw8S7zrtm9jCIxKZ4tXep2nvmqRCca9EJHLlftF7ydtLngCj0nfRFLWGCa3Z6I0UrUUadZnmYAqeP7ENPGpOwDKVX1FiCsEH6vSIsXUrpXUOpv/s1600/IMG_6304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYv8sw6jbIkEpRLC94OVmUS_xrWxdZ0phw8S7zrtm9jCIxKZ4tXep2nvmqRCca9EJHLlftF7ydtLngCj0nfRFLWGCa3Z6I0UrUUadZnmYAqeP7ENPGpOwDKVX1FiCsEH6vSIsXUrpXUOpv/s640/IMG_6304.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">We can sit here drinking Cherry Kool-aid and listen to the water trickle in the pond</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXm8QJcgwBqSOF06RAmAiwDdUrXdSgq8dHjr6YQ8_iALoORGaJ6ZERoOWlKfm_oJIPUS9YIdnF6xTgvOF-_84JdALRk3JzyPSTdciCH-3A3j0wqymYBOylcYCC5pj_R1Qj2aQtbE88Gvo/s1600/IMG_6285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXm8QJcgwBqSOF06RAmAiwDdUrXdSgq8dHjr6YQ8_iALoORGaJ6ZERoOWlKfm_oJIPUS9YIdnF6xTgvOF-_84JdALRk3JzyPSTdciCH-3A3j0wqymYBOylcYCC5pj_R1Qj2aQtbE88Gvo/s640/IMG_6285.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">or look at the Rudbeckia also known as Brown-Eyed Susan, that just started to bloom. A sure sight of a Hot Summer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqp2IVfnhyphenhyphenzjkGec1R3JQmtV5t6mMjJjIq_JlIm3OkDI4u_BBk02N0cuCKaSjZkdPK1Usrv-VdwrBklUwbiVqS2G9SGusTNCy2C4qmzhePNqhADSqyEHltDBIb7CpqqvoGZBg_eOfCEcc/s1600/IMG_7073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqp2IVfnhyphenhyphenzjkGec1R3JQmtV5t6mMjJjIq_JlIm3OkDI4u_BBk02N0cuCKaSjZkdPK1Usrv-VdwrBklUwbiVqS2G9SGusTNCy2C4qmzhePNqhADSqyEHltDBIb7CpqqvoGZBg_eOfCEcc/s640/IMG_7073.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Or you can bring your bait and pole and see if the fish are biting down in the lake</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Moao0U1pj-SaWRp8SwkEsZ63tmeyCsz-MNKM1CwPnQ4uQzy5Hq413haVw9A2zkAeCB1_75rrztizNPDSrRA0V4q_YgmDyt8PXLZy11pm9zHlTaXsAo-u-TDXb5ussY0WNuGV6A1HZjBF/s1600/IMG_7086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Moao0U1pj-SaWRp8SwkEsZ63tmeyCsz-MNKM1CwPnQ4uQzy5Hq413haVw9A2zkAeCB1_75rrztizNPDSrRA0V4q_YgmDyt8PXLZy11pm9zHlTaXsAo-u-TDXb5ussY0WNuGV6A1HZjBF/s640/IMG_7086.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">But I am staying put, right here where you found me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw23JqNHQAtDCYerJDeIZqCnu40glm5xwOZZwKTehXzqo1do3EaPaAf21L8VGFgQEhiXhKeezlUAudYM-FV1uM26lUAYp4yW3sF7ySPAT5gbpm48ma6_qIawprjWHIPdcSSb-h75CZvSvn/s1600/IMG_6309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw23JqNHQAtDCYerJDeIZqCnu40glm5xwOZZwKTehXzqo1do3EaPaAf21L8VGFgQEhiXhKeezlUAudYM-FV1uM26lUAYp4yW3sF7ySPAT5gbpm48ma6_qIawprjWHIPdcSSb-h75CZvSvn/s640/IMG_6309.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Oh, and when you do leave, don't forget to close the door behind you!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionl0NdwAKX7D8mlSn9nflqwvPCwZSnfUh_5MmuJmTt03chk45Ge5phaVVW5qcPTtroIUrAkVCqVw_SGw6wrNAOwtzDY71Vli-uFmnX96erdpSj-6OCaYssTt8-nsEFiVgppmCx4FTQD4q/s1600/IMG_6311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionl0NdwAKX7D8mlSn9nflqwvPCwZSnfUh_5MmuJmTt03chk45Ge5phaVVW5qcPTtroIUrAkVCqVw_SGw6wrNAOwtzDY71Vli-uFmnX96erdpSj-6OCaYssTt8-nsEFiVgppmCx4FTQD4q/s640/IMG_6311.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">PS- Next Tuesday I am joining the Mission Possible Series- All About Color where I will be sharing my latest furniture project. See You there!</span><br /><a border="0" href="http://www.itallstartedwithpaint.com/" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoYv78bQv76M5rDFyar6uVlJZc6aPheS5X-1VtwOz4fJsf1KE8vurPfwonxPkVLVQo4HsaGVjDTyDygYnDxHktX0owiSdwF_skqLBA-5iFhNdvRCcnhGa3xrvQf2jwqHVVWPvyzVbUFCU/s1600/AllAboutColorFolder+2.png" /></a><br /><i style="background-color: white;"><br /></i><br /><i style="background-color: white;">Sharing the Backyard with:</i><br /><i><a href="http://www.serenitynowblog.com/2012/07/weekend-bloggy-reading-link-up_27.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=">Serenity Now</a></i><br /><a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2012/07/the-sunday-showcase-party-no-112.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UnderTheTableAndDreaming+%28Under+The+Table+and+Drea">Under The Table and Dreaming</a><br /><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/pottery-barn-knockoff-shell-chargers-the-184th-metamorphosis-monday/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BetweenNapsOnThePorch+%28BETWEEN+NAPS+ON+THE+PORCH%29">Between Naps on The Porch</a><br /><a href="http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/07/make-it-pretty-monday-week-8.html">The Dedicated House</a><br /><a href="http://www.cozylittlehouse.com/2012/07/tweak-it-tuesday-1-lets-party.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20blogspot/KxqG%20(COZY%20LITTLE%20HOUSE)">Cozy Little House</a>

My Backyard Paradise

If you knock at the door and I don't answer that's because I am probably right here in the backyard, so come on back and join me Don...

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My Media Room Update ( Bloggers Without Borders Week 2)

<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I wasn't sure what to highlight in this post, the changes I have made in the media room or how "crazy" I am. Yes I called me crazy, and if I didn't want to offend anyone with my potty mouth I would call me a goofball too!</span><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Let me explain. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I left you last with these images of my Media Room. Here's the front of the room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojRJ9kAUwEn3eApNCTy_hHAubW6frF85jliziYSqr0hHB84msGsCWi5Wl0BX9qe-aCp67ukf3a1ucQGdPHHTJKtrGuoICQ9WV1InALMi_q2XDUANeGNqMYb-JANQS1Uyu5Hl8EKmnMiiI/s1600/IMG_1971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojRJ9kAUwEn3eApNCTy_hHAubW6frF85jliziYSqr0hHB84msGsCWi5Wl0BX9qe-aCp67ukf3a1ucQGdPHHTJKtrGuoICQ9WV1InALMi_q2XDUANeGNqMYb-JANQS1Uyu5Hl8EKmnMiiI/s640/IMG_1971.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> and the back of the room</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_WquqUxPfGbG3nmQjofcxQasrRWs_bEjl14XJYX1PXJWDTV79hOnvUgDxiAo_urIexAS-1Y9lAayMlaG4Kz9Cxru1NdaT_WQ6NTqHrWO9KJ9xtBAKW9i6zuGH3XtZq17d5IHqaqwkw6k/s1600/IMG_1972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_WquqUxPfGbG3nmQjofcxQasrRWs_bEjl14XJYX1PXJWDTV79hOnvUgDxiAo_urIexAS-1Y9lAayMlaG4Kz9Cxru1NdaT_WQ6NTqHrWO9KJ9xtBAKW9i6zuGH3XtZq17d5IHqaqwkw6k/s640/IMG_1972.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">My first goal was to paint the room, so I chose the same neutral color I have in my </span><a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/01/impossibilities-challenge-my-game-room.html" style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;"><b>game room</b></a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to lighten the space <i>(</i></span></span><i><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't even consider other colors - this is why I am a goofball)</span></i><i style="font-size: x-large;">,</i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> and began painting </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrD5T5YDm4N7UUIQBdpC9mIHOoexZpTXGwTllbkc_P2PBK3I83uj-rnjuTo-n-wXjmyhTtmIZRviIwT1hb8bdOoj0swnpGSwPFmUNp2NxhzHyj3a98pAKwpVz0pCeiLFmJedpb7eTnW_a/s1600/IMG_1976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrD5T5YDm4N7UUIQBdpC9mIHOoexZpTXGwTllbkc_P2PBK3I83uj-rnjuTo-n-wXjmyhTtmIZRviIwT1hb8bdOoj0swnpGSwPFmUNp2NxhzHyj3a98pAKwpVz0pCeiLFmJedpb7eTnW_a/s640/IMG_1976.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">and dismantling chairs to paint behind them</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq_2OJN2ICsg50t-ZuRPebeoAv2HduwKEENthDvuhwGBeZJB9yY225eTUCzMsVg39y_D7gl4OBsSVQomIbqZXYmavTWdeKi5D6sIuuKPDiE2l_qiHx1zGKYt5LvLoVcCue5xWmRBAlD6p/s1600/IMG_5306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq_2OJN2ICsg50t-ZuRPebeoAv2HduwKEENthDvuhwGBeZJB9yY225eTUCzMsVg39y_D7gl4OBsSVQomIbqZXYmavTWdeKi5D6sIuuKPDiE2l_qiHx1zGKYt5LvLoVcCue5xWmRBAlD6p/s640/IMG_5306.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> and finishing the last section of the room</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqpYsqGyClnSFHrx8C3h7WR8O1rY_zrowXW-iJDryHMqY527Lfz9k9gn-MyxK_-vF9ScrwWfymhCRwhS1BOh6nEoBDJQ1UlnHUDFMHIA8n9phxLT02U6OIRvXOYjVKYxVVxV8x8gpCgRf/s1600/IMG_5305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqpYsqGyClnSFHrx8C3h7WR8O1rY_zrowXW-iJDryHMqY527Lfz9k9gn-MyxK_-vF9ScrwWfymhCRwhS1BOh6nEoBDJQ1UlnHUDFMHIA8n9phxLT02U6OIRvXOYjVKYxVVxV8x8gpCgRf/s640/IMG_5305.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And the room was done, so I thought.  I had a completed room that now looked like this</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM5bqmJm9JrY15NJdxGZcZZRlKdwFpKp0VZZ0PImBJctYfkwLjHAiexCu2XjnMhaXvoR4btUphtjElINLsB2PzyUZhWaSu2rAYsE8nLIY273afD6-Od4-gx88AOUfOv1sVqUHLIMldrDq/s1600/IMG_5329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM5bqmJm9JrY15NJdxGZcZZRlKdwFpKp0VZZ0PImBJctYfkwLjHAiexCu2XjnMhaXvoR4btUphtjElINLsB2PzyUZhWaSu2rAYsE8nLIY273afD6-Od4-gx88AOUfOv1sVqUHLIMldrDq/s640/IMG_5329.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">and this</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3B4a_XiGkHZJcYM43Q3R7477kBnU6TJTPtB_wMqJfnJHD64-MCSc7eCEQk7p9EGZwdYdTGBfNzCWWMINRgLzFvF6nZefJMxMJlGPQ8r-sJLDPDdG87NWKbmUFu9Ujln9dWtGzDjYNHzaW/s1600/IMG_5335.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3B4a_XiGkHZJcYM43Q3R7477kBnU6TJTPtB_wMqJfnJHD64-MCSc7eCEQk7p9EGZwdYdTGBfNzCWWMINRgLzFvF6nZefJMxMJlGPQ8r-sJLDPDdG87NWKbmUFu9Ujln9dWtGzDjYNHzaW/s640/IMG_5335.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">See this is where the crazy comes in. After chatting it up with my buddy <a href="http://www.thistlewoodfarms.com/random-thoughts-from-a-wooden-sign-painter"><b>Kariann</b> </a> who is the master with one pint of Grey paint, she suggests Anonymous by Sherwin Williams. So I try out that color, and really think it is a better choice.The color works well with the black carpet and beautifully with my red theater chairs.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Here's the color with just one coat) behind the chairs that I will have to dismantel to paint behind again</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Rl-urqayvJlgsNySOfk_WPj_b_Nv0hqHzELp687qkkaFhJhTD-tRfBZ_EAqUevjrzXtnPngOop5XSi2moiONKKhGPv0Z0_fePCGaDcpfdxnxp_rdkEbaFKh6eYbUCpsGdPqHKyHWs1-N/s1600/IMG_7068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Rl-urqayvJlgsNySOfk_WPj_b_Nv0hqHzELp687qkkaFhJhTD-tRfBZ_EAqUevjrzXtnPngOop5XSi2moiONKKhGPv0Z0_fePCGaDcpfdxnxp_rdkEbaFKh6eYbUCpsGdPqHKyHWs1-N/s640/IMG_7068.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And here's the color with two coats, in the corner  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTVQUgTUUpS9GfaN14bjp9Lfjm3wZ4dVrVeyclwb5WUQjOm-_r5bL-z24isyfLf8N1H6bdksKhwkHQK6mJ5IS5Hl8YkNVdx5OmWZoXWjwcnwQ6S9EjorJETixfkje1crxGp3RLnqTnifO/s1600/IMG_7060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTVQUgTUUpS9GfaN14bjp9Lfjm3wZ4dVrVeyclwb5WUQjOm-_r5bL-z24isyfLf8N1H6bdksKhwkHQK6mJ5IS5Hl8YkNVdx5OmWZoXWjwcnwQ6S9EjorJETixfkje1crxGp3RLnqTnifO/s640/IMG_7060.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And so I am leaving you this week with a small area in the corner of the room that has been painted. You can call me crazy, just don't tell me I wasn't working on the room!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Don't forget to check out what my other pals in this challenge have been working on this week. Hopefully they weren't goofballs too and got more done.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Amy @ </span><a href="http://buffalo-roam.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Buffalo Roam</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Dana @ </span><a href="http://http//craftedniche.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Crafted Niche</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Jaime @ </span><a href="http://craftyscrappyhappy.net/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Crafty Scrappy Happy</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Heidi @ </span><a href="http://heidimilton.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Décor & More</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Tisha @ </span><a href="http://delectablehome.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Delectable Home</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Shannon @ </span><a href="http://www.foxhollowcottage.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Fox Hollow Cottage</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Kirby @ </span><a href="http://www.kirbycarespodi.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Kirb Appeal</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Holly @ </span><a href="http://lifeasathrifter.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Life as a Thrifter</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Cassie @ </span><a href="http://primitiveandproper.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Primitive & Proper</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Debbie @ </span><a href="http://refreshrestyle.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">ReFresh ReStyle</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Jessica @ </span><a href="http://www.stayathomeista.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Stay At Home-ista</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, Karah @ </span><a href="http://thespacebetweenblog.net/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">the space between</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">and Kelly @ </span><a href="http://viewalongtheway.com/" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">View Along the Way</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><i>Sharing my <strike>craziness</strike> over at:</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/diy-drop-cloth-curtains-add-privacy-and-sun-control-to-porches-the-182nd-metamorphosis-monday/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%"><i>Between Naps on the Porch</i></a></span></div><div><br /></div>

My Media Room Update ( Bloggers Without Borders Week 2)

I wasn't sure what to highlight in this post, the changes I have made in the media room or how "crazy" I am. Yes I called me c...

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4th of July on the Front Porch

<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">FYI- forgive my use of Southernisms. I tried to make corrections where I could. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> There are two things every Southerner wants- A big pitcher  of sweet tea and a big ole front <strike>poach</strike> porch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJPnLSFXx_sQFRSQD7EWoM7WvzaPQ4Urrb7lf0qkgRMZVziSZgC_eRBdXbe9IK45wfZMt2ARaL_-a5faybqJ18kfWfw1moQmYo0DK2sJeBhZmz8fpa-XAjQKfZp_L9ka4t2_ZHGLSpRl3/s1600/IMG_6564.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJPnLSFXx_sQFRSQD7EWoM7WvzaPQ4Urrb7lf0qkgRMZVziSZgC_eRBdXbe9IK45wfZMt2ARaL_-a5faybqJ18kfWfw1moQmYo0DK2sJeBhZmz8fpa-XAjQKfZp_L9ka4t2_ZHGLSpRl3/s640/IMG_6564.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A <strike>poach</strike> porch to shoot the breeze on , eat our supper on and take naps on. You see, that's just what us Southerners do. In fact we caint figure out why people don't just live on their porch.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmkZYwmrKW16347ctjRioYGUOWHgJXlg58JqI2OYypH7oezEaeYYZsCO_vJhunoXguhwVIrLQFWv6H1Ef6eLooHGNE1WYqCRUX3__78yrToBW6o1s2OTQovX1nypM-yUJ7vnsJJCeghM8/s1600/IMG_6563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmkZYwmrKW16347ctjRioYGUOWHgJXlg58JqI2OYypH7oezEaeYYZsCO_vJhunoXguhwVIrLQFWv6H1Ef6eLooHGNE1WYqCRUX3__78yrToBW6o1s2OTQovX1nypM-yUJ7vnsJJCeghM8/s640/IMG_6563.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">See, in my family, we like to entertain and more then</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> likely it will be outside on the poach.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We built this house for that very reason.</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So this year, I reckon the 4th is on the porch.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShbChOSEvYstoBZ9fERZiodCN1BpiXI6uc5GgvkmDRiyaKJqBEinFp9D6UkVJ9TsYlODNiBWZzSfDxYEinRE5tA2Thf_FlQJMao3w5wDLtiCNCFs00FtxIegyYOqFI2diGHrekJizxdV2/s1600/IMG_6571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShbChOSEvYstoBZ9fERZiodCN1BpiXI6uc5GgvkmDRiyaKJqBEinFp9D6UkVJ9TsYlODNiBWZzSfDxYEinRE5tA2Thf_FlQJMao3w5wDLtiCNCFs00FtxIegyYOqFI2diGHrekJizxdV2/s640/IMG_6571.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Most of our friends will walk on over from somewhere down <strike>yonder</strike> the road and find a seat to just sit... and sit, which is not really a problem cause every  Southern porch should have plenty of seats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL2KndGxRo3wUqlxYDyvmZKQUZZxVBzf-70bXgoWXkxDGJ9flIFP9cQpVddWTDgIEMEvZqR3D9daZbNTxB2-bQwQqibGYJKjUSLum_2qdoscN743CWdHMmckU2oGx8FblR044IBnIIslb/s1600/IMG_6578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL2KndGxRo3wUqlxYDyvmZKQUZZxVBzf-70bXgoWXkxDGJ9flIFP9cQpVddWTDgIEMEvZqR3D9daZbNTxB2-bQwQqibGYJKjUSLum_2qdoscN743CWdHMmckU2oGx8FblR044IBnIIslb/s640/IMG_6578.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> With big comfy cushion and pillows-  but you wanna make sure they aint to comfy or they won't go home!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-U12zTM2tOgXw-HL9dLipZ_Fp0iki8CzyV6oTTfsHJ3xSP1TTnccpUBvblgjwDLfbUkt5krted74RKJgeurJLMGydy3I2YfCJ3DyKAawmEFOPcJab8Wv9FEHovPmHHjgkBof-s7MVA1E/s1600/IMG_6580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-U12zTM2tOgXw-HL9dLipZ_Fp0iki8CzyV6oTTfsHJ3xSP1TTnccpUBvblgjwDLfbUkt5krted74RKJgeurJLMGydy3I2YfCJ3DyKAawmEFOPcJab8Wv9FEHovPmHHjgkBof-s7MVA1E/s640/IMG_6580.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is an example of the conversation you might hear on a Southern Porch</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">" Did ya'll hear about lil Johnny causing a ruckus down over at Stans place last evening"? or maybe this </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Yall young'ns stop a-carryin on so we cain't hear each other talk." </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Or when my neighbor asks  </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"How'd all them dadburned "junebugs" git on your rose bushes?"</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmm6Mlx6p9oQ13W9AEvW2AnqQ_GYcfko7GmPBQiF2Bmexdard3xZc-VexF0UB3OpaK8PH6CLm_KgeXMRctvQ6yYUeoqTgXVbSmfB7b8RAzncXjp_NZGIX50w38_ph9AQ5vlrjBiBRn3E2s/s1600/IMG_6576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmm6Mlx6p9oQ13W9AEvW2AnqQ_GYcfko7GmPBQiF2Bmexdard3xZc-VexF0UB3OpaK8PH6CLm_KgeXMRctvQ6yYUeoqTgXVbSmfB7b8RAzncXjp_NZGIX50w38_ph9AQ5vlrjBiBRn3E2s/s640/IMG_6576.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span>And then there's the little extras that help us to celebrate Independence day, like these little pin wheels tucked inside a mason jar </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6jBC86X7iTtgibz5uvtRn7BCPnXl2Nd32fPNsOH7wAmr4oVnPCWXwa9sjTKEsiiloFkkSkB_SpNI99pcctWaLohA3wPxG-XNLH1t6loH0WrEboOSkVOnJOcfPwlc0mqiy31P8XuQ2Ob4/s1600/IMG_6436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6jBC86X7iTtgibz5uvtRn7BCPnXl2Nd32fPNsOH7wAmr4oVnPCWXwa9sjTKEsiiloFkkSkB_SpNI99pcctWaLohA3wPxG-XNLH1t6loH0WrEboOSkVOnJOcfPwlc0mqiy31P8XuQ2Ob4/s640/IMG_6436.JPG" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or a stash of sparklers for the kids, although locals around this part prefer to set off dynamite as firecrackers instead </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0b-dPxpvsS14dZp2ViuI0zaGjHa5FZcYU0cKp-cyUd-bebpPU1u3aSDzHEdvfweA116qqdDHatsnpJT_vprRZxyUlPcuk9qIjDZt1HNp-8K9cmXJN-cgytVvouZf3hD07WmFn-oX2lyN/s1600/IMG_6409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0b-dPxpvsS14dZp2ViuI0zaGjHa5FZcYU0cKp-cyUd-bebpPU1u3aSDzHEdvfweA116qqdDHatsnpJT_vprRZxyUlPcuk9qIjDZt1HNp-8K9cmXJN-cgytVvouZf3hD07WmFn-oX2lyN/s640/IMG_6409.JPG" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And goodness gracious, don't forget to <strike></strike>serve the sweet tea. It's kinda like the law around here to drink your tea out of a chilled mason jar</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJ4MwSm1jte2hFoiQoPOX6gQcGoMv9k7v3lfTAOLBwl19hFKpSoOlDabmxdbvM10OffpTWGmClO_Ro43n7m3nPqAy8CCiWd4pmXwff-Pt8J2W0cuUoEPEwmd6qiRc9DQjaRadDcShxAXn/s1600/IMG_6412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJ4MwSm1jte2hFoiQoPOX6gQcGoMv9k7v3lfTAOLBwl19hFKpSoOlDabmxdbvM10OffpTWGmClO_Ro43n7m3nPqAy8CCiWd4pmXwff-Pt8J2W0cuUoEPEwmd6qiRc9DQjaRadDcShxAXn/s640/IMG_6412.JPG" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Although in a town of 500, chances are the one and only police officer ( aka- po-po) is sitting right next to you drinking his sweet tea too!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5VJCDBAVpYAF0SxCNuvwDI5KIvDqmNi7L8oY5wfTrkAY-pj3Ngx6b0bI9iaoN8vUhO8rvoG2vKcv9NzsREZTw6RY1kEfR4TJsEx1DoJTfd63QahvHJ72yWni8BFm9vGd6aNU6SsFadJk/s1600/IMG_6573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5VJCDBAVpYAF0SxCNuvwDI5KIvDqmNi7L8oY5wfTrkAY-pj3Ngx6b0bI9iaoN8vUhO8rvoG2vKcv9NzsREZTw6RY1kEfR4TJsEx1DoJTfd63QahvHJ72yWni8BFm9vGd6aNU6SsFadJk/s640/IMG_6573.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">  Most important is to celebrate our country's independence and enjoy the day with your family and friends on wherever your front porch is!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> PS- for my Burlap summer wreath tutorial go <i><b><a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/06/easiest-burlap-wreath-for-summer.html">here</a></b></i> and for my Stars and Stripe pillow tutorial go <i><b><a href="http://keswickcountry.blogspot.com/2012/06/stars-and-stripes-pillow-tutorial.html">here</a></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Sharing the porch with :</i></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://diyshowoff.com/2012/07/01/diy-project-parade-diy-highlights-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diy-project-parade-diy-highlights-2">DIY showoff</a></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Tablescaper</i></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.betweennapsontheporch.net/"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Between Naps on the Porch</i></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-56/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tuesdays-treasures-56"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia </i></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/2012/07/tutorials-tips-link-party-67.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20thestoriesofa2z/Visw%20%28Home%20Stories%20A%20to%20Z%29"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Homestories AtoZ</i></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia  </i></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; 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4th of July on the Front Porch

FYI- forgive my use of Southernisms. I tried to make corrections where I could.  There are two things every Southerner wants- A big pitcher ...

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