A Cultivated Nest

A Pumpkin, A Fleur de lis & Red Transferware

Hello everyone! What a day! We had very heavy rains (again) yesterday and last night around 2 am a huge oak fell over (very common in Atlanta) and knocked out the power lines to my neighborhood. Thankfully it fell away from the person's house and since it was in the a.m. no was driving around. So as far as I know there wasn't anyone hurt, but we had no power until about 12:30 this ... Read More about A Pumpkin, A Fleur de lis & Red Transferware

Fun Ways to Display Your Child’s Art

Hi everyone! I'm back! I bought a 2005 HP with Windows XP for $250 from the computer guys that worked on my dead computer. I did go to Best Buy and I thought about getting a brand new one with Windows 7, but I never really liked Vista so I wasn't sure I'd like the new Windows product. I don't need a whole lot of bells and whistles anyway. Plus this was a totally unexpected expense so I didn't want ... Read More about Fun Ways to Display Your Child’s Art

How I Organize My Magazine Clippings and Magazines

What do you do with your magazines? I use different ways of storing them depending on whether I just want a magazine article that I tear out and want to keep for future reference or whether I want to store the entire magazine. So here's how I organize my magazine clippings and my magazines. I like to use these plain white magazine files that I get from Ikea (they're very inexpensive) to store ... Read More about How I Organize My Magazine Clippings and Magazines

Checks and Harlequins

Well my computer needs a new motherboard (forget it - it's $300 for a new one) but they were able to encase my harddrive so I can use it as an external harddrive (this is new to me?). So the good news is that my pictures are saved and more importantly my Quicken is saved! I dreaded having to start fresh with that because I have years of data (history of spending in different categories etc) that I ... Read More about Checks and Harlequins

RIP My Computer !!

Hello everyone!My computer is dead! Just won't turn on. It's at the computer shop. Aaaack - it's only 3 years old! I don't have much hope for it because this is the exact same thing that happened to the last one. Let's hope they're able to save my pictures and my Quicken (can I tell you how it's freaking me out not being able to download my checking info everyday).Anyway, in the mean time I'm ... Read More about RIP My Computer !!

Country Living Collection

Hi everyone! I showed you the cute toile bowls I got from KMart that are a part of their Country Living Collection. These are the plates I got. Aren't they cute!These are not the only plates they have! They have a several different patterns and colors. I also liked the brown collection. All the photos are clickable. As you can see, these are the salad plates. The dinner plates are a solid ... Read More about Country Living Collection