Friday, February 12, 2016

A FRIDAY CHAT ( about this & that )

Good morning everyone !

Come in - come in - it's freezing out there !
They're calling for -18 degrees celcius today tomorrow AND Sunday - ( that's like 1.5 degrees in " American " )
AND I'M FREAKING OUT !
We've been so spoiled this year with temps - winter basically started in January and it's been mild.
But it's winter.
And Montreal is in Canada.
And Canada is cold in the winter.
And we're already mid February so it's almost over anyway, right?
_________________________________________________________________________________

I posted a couple of photos on instagram on Wednesday ..............
A before and after of a wall in the kitchen that I painted black.
I did it while John was out for the day.

He came home.
He sat down at the kitchen table and looked at the wall ( well into space really but in the general direction of the wall )
And didn't notice anything.
I asked him to make me a tea - because the kettle is right where the black wall is - he made it and never noticed anything.
I made supper and called him in and he sat and ate and chatted away without noticing it.
Finally..............

Suzan says - I mentioned on Instagram that you wouldn't notice the change in the kitchen
John says - What the hell is Instant Grandma?
Suzan says - IT'S INSTAGRAM - how on earth did you hear Instant Grandma?
John says - WHAT IS IT?
Suzan says - You take photos and post them online
John says - I thought that was Blogging?
Suzan says - Different - it's completely different - anyway I PAINTED THE WALL BLACK AND YOU DIDN'T NOTICE !!!
John says - Oh !  I like it !  It looks great !

But I don't know how great he thinks it looks if I had to point it out to him.
_________________

So.................new computer last week and I've already had a virus that slipped through the anti virus thingamajig.
A week old.
My son in law fixed it because I'm too stupid to do that.
A new phone last week as well which I'm loving.
But that new camera I bought last summer?
Still can't use it.
It's hard for a brain to adapt to technology when all it really wants to do is go back to the 60's and have a pretty princess phone on my end table.



We had this one in the kitchen


 And this one in the hallway on a telephone table


Those push buttons were the epitome of new age and the bonus was you could kill anyone who broke into your home by throwing the phone at them !

To be honest with you my brain stopped fully understanding the mechanism after this one

Of course I've updated over the years but I don't " get " everything the new phones do.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Our business line ends with 666
2,666 have me in circles - Google plus
Page views for a day read 2666 way too often for me to be comfortable with

So whenever I do something stupid ( which is at least once a day ) I can say - quite literally
" the devil made me do it "

Like Flip Wilson's Geraldine !



You all have a wonderful weekend - this Instant Grandma's off to see Evan today :)
Hugs
Me

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

I WANNA live there Wednesday # 149

Good morning everyone !

This week we're visiting an historic home in Nashville - owned by singer/songwriter Holly Williams and her husband Chris Coleman - a musician and artist.
Although she's the granddaughter of Hank Williams and daughter of Hank Jr..............she credits her Mother for her love of interior design.

Lets step inside her home, shall we?












You can read the full article at COUNTRY LIVING

Hope you all have the most wonderful of Wednesdays - winter has finally hit Montreal this week - we're headed into a deep freeze here !

Hugs,
Me


LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION?
JOIN ME AT THESE FABULOUS PARTIES !

HAVE A DAILY CUP OF MRS. OLSON                      FRENCH COUNTRY COTTAGE
ONE MORE TIME EVENTS                                          THE INTERIOR FRUGALISTA
REDHEAD CAN DECORATE                                        BETWEEN NAPS ON THE PORCH
STONE GABLE                                                                FLUSTER BUSTER
LEHMAN LANE