"People can have the Model T in any colour--so long as it's black."
Henry Ford

Wow - My whole family has been passing around a bug and I was running back and forth between my home and my grand kids. I finally caught it so I haven't posted for a long time. I hope it is over for all of us. I haven't done a thing to my house, but have read a fun book. Hail to the Chef by Julie Hyzy. I looked at her web page and found a link to her daughter's blog. Both Mother and Daughter have blogs and Robyn Hyzy does wonderful illustrations. I was just blown away. I need to find out what it will cost to have her do a water color of my grand babies. The book is the second in a White House Chef series and I just loved it. I think the first book is called State Of The Onion. A murder mystery in the White House with a lot of fun characters. Easy read and very entertaining. A great read before bed at night. She even gives recipes that look easy and delicious at the end. Julie Hyzy has written a couple of non White House books so now I have to read them as well.
My hubby has been home from DC this week so we have been looking at beach houses. I have always wanted to live at the beach and we found a couple we liked. One because it is in such good condition and we wouldn't have to do a darn thing but move in, decorate it and enjoy. Walking or biking distance to the ocean or the river. Back yard is all pool and pool deck so no work back there and the front lawn is perfect if I could just keep it that way. The other house was more our style but has been badly neglected and would be a money pit. I love the style and floor plan, but I don't think I am up to all the major repairs and neither is my pocket book. Decisions, decisions, decisions. The house that is in good shape is a little tract house and they all look pretty much alike so it is nothing special but has potential and has a great Florida Room. Maybe it will work out one of these days. Being able to ride my bike to the beach would be a dream come true and I think a modest home would be a price I might be willing to pay. Agathamae