LITTLE PROJECT NO. 10... By the time our peanut was born, our expectant parents’ list of the things we wanted to teach her, make for her, provide for her, had grown to be one of 1001. We wan...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2011/11/all-things-girly-girl-part-six.html
LITTLE PROJECT NO. 8...A WINDOW TREATMENT I had an ivory curtain on Lizzy's window while her room was still a nursery. It was a pair of cotton duck tab top panels, which I had removed the tabs...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2011/11/all-things-girly-girl-contd-part-cinq.html
Congratulations to www.papernosh.com, the winner of our Christmas Giveaway drawn Nov 15th! We would also like to take this opportunity to wish all of our blog followers, customers, FB fans ...
LITTLE PROJECT NO. 6...A MEMORY BOARD With all that Lizzy has come to experience and know in her short 4 years of life thus far, there are moments when you have a piece of memorabilia that you...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2011/11/all-things-girly-girl-contd-part-quatre.html
LITTLE PROJECT NO. 4...THE RACK When my son was little, I found myself making far too many trips to the den toy basket with scattered pieces of little toy collections. I seemed to be foreve...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2011/11/all-things-girly-girl-part-trois.html
LITTLE PROJECT NO. 2...THE BED We then bought a new mattress and support board only 2” thick, as opposed to a full size box spring of 7”, so that she would still have the ability to sit on ...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2011/11/all-things-girly-girl-part-deux.html
Hohoho!! The weatherman is calling for snow on the weekend in New Brunswick, Canada and we’re in the mood for a Christmas promo! From now until Nov 15th, sign up to follow our blog at www.mypai...
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I know, I know, I know!! In my quest to take time to breathe and take in all that’s in my life and that of my family’s, I’ve managed to streamline my daily routine and made the effort to c...
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It's an exciting moment for My Painted Porch! In Today's Parent June/Father's Day Special Issue, you will find our blog post of May 2010 "I Hope You Dance", published and entitled "My dad, the ...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2011/06/todays-parent-my-dad-ballerina.html
How complete is a family without a furry member? We have one. His name is Murphy, as in “Jeepers H. Murphy”. Murphy is a 3 yr old, 90 pound golden retriever. Need I say more? For those of you...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2011/04/world-according-to-murphy.html
Oh my! It’s been awhile since my last blog post, and as always, I have good reason...of course! There’s a real possibility of relocation in our future. Hopefully, no matter where we go, ...
I'm not sure if it's because it's the month of my birthday and my mom's, or what it is exactly that has always found me so in anticipation of fall. I only know that to live in the somewhat ...
Ahhh...to be a kid! I remember spending awesome summer vacations on my grandparent's farm. Helping my grandmother bang together a scarecrow for her vegetable garden, shooing all of her gra...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2010/07/childhood-summers.html
Luckily, weather has been on our side as of late. As with every year tho, our annual community festival saw the carnival ride people pull into town bringing with them and completely anticipate...
If you've read any earlier posts on this blog, you've for sure heard me talk about the wonderful ways of my devoted husband, and his never ending reserve of patience as the devout dad that...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2010/05/i-hope-you-dance.html
I always hesitate to post when our creations have been featured somewhere, as I'm not comfortable with appearing to be tooting my own horn, but as long as anyone reading understands that it is al...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2010/05/our-first-interview.html
And a great way to start the day...Erika Pitera, editor for Zest for Life Media, Inc Publications, informed me this morning that we've been featured on their wonderful new site The Indie Bride......
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2010/05/indie-bride-feature.html
What do you do at 3 o'clock in the morning while everyone else in your household is fast asleep? Why, write a blog post of course!? I was recently invited by an online wedding publication, who...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2010/03/what-do-you-do-at-3-oclock-in-morning.html
Hmmmm...I'm from the Maritime Provinces of Canada. When we speak of fishing, something many of our forefathers raised their families on, we mostly refer to some of our guys going out in a boat, o...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2010/03/girls-getting-attitude.html
I found myself in quite a nostalgic mood yesterday. Joe and I were married almost 4 years ago in the Caribbean in a small ceremony on the beach, with some family at our side along with some wonde...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2010/02/its-valentines-dayi-love-you-berry.html
Oh My! Here she comes with another apology for the long lapse in postings...nope! Happy New Year everyone! I'm hoping that all spent a holiday season surrounded with loved ones as we did, and ...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2010/01/sweetest-moments.html
It's not often I can say during these last few years, that I like the cold or the snow. Call it getting older, I'm not sure really, but there are moments in this cold climate of ours on Canada's ...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2009/12/anywhere-but-here.html
Two posts in one night...imagine!! Further to our attempts to rid ourselves of all evidence of pink in our kitchen, I wasn't really sure that I would like a true ceramic tiled backsplash. Lovi...
Well the festive time of year is upon us and WOW...did it come from nowhere, and fast!! It's been a super busy Fall with the business, Lizzy's dance classes, fighting off sinus infections, throat...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2009/12/festive-time-of-year-is-upon-us-and-wow.html
When Joe and I bought our 100 +/- yr old house, we were told by our lawyer, who has always astounded us with his knowledge of the history of our little town and every 'old' family in it, that the...
https://www.mypaintedporch.com/2009/10/digging-our-way-to-china.html