BLUE MONDAY: EASTER & A BREAK!

Good morning everyone! Happy Blue Monday! Please visit Sally, our hostess for today's event and you will find a list of all the gals participating. Please pay them a visit to see all thing blue!
Above is my front door with a simple wreath from Pier I. I think I am going to have to do a little re~wiring, don't you think? This door gets a lot of traffic going in & out and the wreath is taking a beating! But it is cute, isn't it? And BLUE!!!

On my table I have a simple pitcher in a matching bowl that I recently bought at a "Flea~tique" store. I wish I could remember the blogger who coined this term, it is fitting for a lot of the place I scour around at! The pitcher is holding faux white tulips and greenery from Hobby Lobby, carefully arranged by my Future Interior Designer Daughter Emily. In fact, she did the whole table yesterday. Surrounding the pitcher is an egg garland, also from Pier I. Place mats from Steinmart (Does anyone have a Steinmart near them? It is like a glorified Marshalls). Love it!! :-) The place mats sit on top of a pretty runner from an Antique shop.

You might want to click on to enlarge. I love the paisley design on the place mats. Note the weather outside. These pictures were taken yesterday afternoon. First we had rain, then a violent thunderstorm with hail. The we had snow throughout most of the evening and night. The husband was on a flight coming back to Chicago from St. Louis when the thunderstorm hit. He said that the plane hit horrible turbulence and was dropping and tipping and the seats belts were literally the only thing keeping the passengers in their seats. I am so thankful everything turned out okay and nobody was injured, especially my sweetheart!

And finally for Blue Monday I have this little map I tore out of a magazine. This you will definitely have to enlarge. Why, you ask does our little Yankee friend have a map of these Southern states? Well, a week from today The Husband and I leave for Charleston! Our little Abby is going to Jamaica for her spring break, so we thought we would take advantage of not having to worry about her at home alone, (somewhat, she has Kevin but he works long hours) so we planned this little impromptu trip! The page from a magazine was my inspiration!

The Husband has always wanted to take a road trip through the south, but that is going to have to wait until he retires, he just doesn't have the time. So this is a sort of compromise. Briefly; we are flying in to Charleston and I have booked us at the Francis Marion Hotel for a few days. We are then going to drive a rental to Hilton Head Island and we will stay at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort. We are then going to move on to Savannah and The Mansion on Forsyth Park. Then we will fly home from there. Does this sound like fun?? I am really excited and I had a blast planning all the details. Those little red stars next to the hotel names are very helpful, and this blonde knows to count up to five! ;-) I am going to wait until we get there to get brochures and plan all of our sightseeing, but if anyone wants to recommend something we HAVE to see, please leave a comment. I have found out that Charleston will be in the middle of their Festival of Houses and Gardens and that is on my "To Do" list!!

So look out, Blondie is coming to town! ;-)

I hope everyone has a wonderful Blue Monday and a big thanks to Sally!

xoxo

Jane