"Don't judge a door by it's color."

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My husband and I are currently {and have been for the past 5 months}

renovating our basement suite.

My next goal is to paint our front door and screen my father so lovingly installed for us.

Picking a paint color for your front door is a big deal {I think}. It's the first thing people see when they come up to your house... It's like the front cover of a book... people say, "don't judge a book by it's cover", but honestly how many of us actually do?... guilty!

Picking our door color was important to me. I wanted it to reflect our personality - serious yet fun, somewhat type A yet creative, grown up yet not really....

After much deliberating, we chose our colors:

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Blue for the door, yellow for the screen! We are in love! The yellow reminds us of Mexico and the serious blue makes it...well...a bit serious. We're ready to go. Now all we have to do is wait for a sunny day....

And perhaps when it's all said and done, we should throw one of these down...

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And maybe one of these on the door...

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I'll post pictues when it is finished!!

My Tea Friend

Thursday evening was lovely. It was one of those evenings when after everything is said and done you sigh and say "That was almost perfect."

 White Rock. A setting sun. Gelato {raspberry & coconut}. Good tunes. Comfortable shoes. Camera. Conversation. My tea friend.

Ah yes, my friend. Going somewhere with her, is like going on vacation. I like her corner of the world...where everyone has an English accent, drinks tea and wears 18th century attire... whilst listening to Toby Mac...

This friend of mine brings a certain element to my life that no one else does. She is like a modern day Jane Austen or Elizabeth Bennet... take your pick. Strong, smart, independent, incredibly funny {and witty}, feisty, endearing... She'll give you a running commentary on any movie... or book, for that matter. She's a world traveller who absorbs every minute detail of her adventures. She's passionate about tea...any kind. She knows what she believes and she'll tell you... she's not scared. She has great taste in music. She's strong because she knows how to trust her Father. She doesn't like blogs...ha! She is calm and always gives good advice. If she wanted to, she could change the world... but she's good at being patient {regardless of what she says}.

I like spending time with her. And although I'm not a tea drinker like her {I would much rather have coffee}, I will drink tea...Because it just wouldn't be same without tea {or her}. I love her. She is my tea friend.

Oh May Oh My!

T'was the May long weekend a few weekends ago and

Jaime and I decided it would a fun to take a small trip down

to Fort Langley to peruse the shops and what have you.

We lost ourselves in an antique mall that had rows upon rows

of everything you can imagine. And of course no trip to

Fort Langley is complete without a trip to the hat shop.

...A lovely day in May...