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What would life be like without color? I must be craving spring, because I’ve been running for my camera all week long!
These are the things I’ve been drawn to:
What colors have been calling your name lately?
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Have a great day!
Hopeful Homemaker
I love it when Camille Roskelley posts on her blog . I’m in love with the colors she uses on her blog, in love with her red polka-dotted chair, her quilts and fabrics, and in awe of what she’s accomplished with her business at her age.
A few days ago she posted this post about things that are her current favorites. Inspired by what she had there, I went to this site and decided I wanted some bowls, too. And I will freely admit that it’s purely a COLOR thing. I’m not the biggest fan of melamine dishes but I’d be happy to make an exception for these colors.
The next morning I called Macy’s and discovered that the one closest to me had some in stock. Yippee! I put a set on hold and planned to just zip down while the older kids were in school.
Then my better judgment took hold of me. Did I really want to take 4 little children to the mall? Nope. The longer I postponed, the wiser I was. Soon I’d come to grips with the fact that I didn’t NEED the bowls, no matter what color they were, and so I never went to buy them. (Victory for me, I thought. I can write this down in my One Step journal under discipline!)
I mentioned to my husband that it felt good to make that choice, that I was proud of myself for saying no.
Later that night when I came home from our last carpool of the night, he hugged me and told me there was something in my office….
Inside was this….
which held these….
Wow! What a sweet thing to do. I ran back to the kitchen to give Mr. Wonderful a big kiss and hug before opening the box to drink in the colors.
Need another look?
As Camille said, “YUM.” Right now they’re sitting on my kitchen counter because I like looking at them too much to put them away. There’s nothing like color to brighten up a winter day. Thanks, Mr. Wonderful!
All of a sudden, whenever I need a bowl I find myself reaching for one of these little blue ones.
And every time I put something in one, I want to take a picture.
And several times I have. Perhaps you’ve noticed these little beauties in recent posts.
I really like these bowls.
Today was no different. Not only are they the perfect size, I’m loving how food looks in them.
It’s a color thing.
Do you want to hear something funny about me and hard boiled eggs?
Earlier this year I set out to come up with a Potato Salad that I love. Well, we all know that potato salads need hard boiled eggs. For years I’ve tried to get my hard boiled eggs to be perfect, without the ugly greenish-gray color in the yolk, without any cracks, and so forth, but perfection always eluded me.
Until this summer. One day I put a bunch of eggs on the stove to cook, and then promptly forgot about setting my timer and went to do other things until suddenly I remembered the eggs. I figured they must be done so I removed them from the heat and placed them in ice water.
They were the most perfect hard boiled eggs ever! The funny thing is that this has happened to me every time I’ve cooked eggs since. Now I’m at the point that I don’t know if I dare to actually pay attention to how long they’re cooking for because I’m just sure I’ll ruin them. Today was no different. And the eggs were perfect.
But I digress. We were talking about my blue bowls.
Let me just say here that I bought these bowls over a month ago, and have stored them stacked like this in my pantry since then. Every time I look at them I have to smile because they’re so pretty! And every time I’ve looked at them I want to take a picture.
So today I gave in and did it. Some a pale blue and some are a deeper aqua color. I like them together.
Here’s the best part of all: I got them at the dollar store! That’s right, Dollar Tree.
Like I said, I found them about a month ago and bought a nice, tall stack of them (remember dishes need to come in sets of at least ten at my house). This morning I was there looking for something else and they had a few more.
I bought them all. Okay, it was only five of them. I couldn’t help it! They were so cute!
And, I must say they’re a pretty amazing find for $1.
Did I mention that I love the colors? Wow, I’m such a sucker for blue.