Hola!! Mrs. Field's ~ Cookies ~ Mexico Home Tour

Mrs. Field's home is built on the Mexican Coastal Cliffs near Puerto Vallarta. It was an amazing tour, I loved the design and colors that were used, beautiful and interesting backgrounds to showcase the clients treasures. It was designed and decorated by Peter Roy Bowman, one of the top Designers in the World. If you are EVER in Puerto Vallarta check out his gallery, Banderas Bay Trading Company, beautiful mexican folk art, antiques, furniture & pottery. Her home rents for $1200 a day, sleeps twelve comfortably. We thought it would be fun to get a few couples together and share the rental fee??? Lets ALL Dream Big!!!! It would be so much fun, did I tell you there is also a Chef and HOUSEKEEPER if you wish, your very own Personl Masseuse. I certainly would like the Chef, and OK the Masseuse too. A Dream Vacation.

Thank Heaven for Porch Magazine

It's almost time! The Romantic French issue will be available for purchase within the next week! You'll see the announcement here first!
In this issue...
This issue is NOW AVAILABLE! Click HERE for link to Porch Magazine Order Page


Enchanted Treasures
Breathing Beside Us
Dreams of France
Shabby Fufu
The Tattered House
Vintage Rose Collection
My Petite Maison
Retreat Style
Out of the Blue
Junebug
Counting Your Blessings
Mamma Belle Art
Christie Repasy



Our friend and talented photographer, Mike Lee, documented our 1st Mad Hatter Vintage Flea Market~ because of his beautiful work and the 17 amazing & talented vendors... We are in the February's 'Romantic French' issue of Porch Magazine!!!!!
We are so very excited to be included in this issue with so many other talented artists... Ooh-la-la the cre`me de la cre`me.


Thank You Polly!


We'll share with you as soon as it hits the shelves. You'll for sure want to purchase a copy!!


xoxo Glad & Celia

My oldest son Dylan and I spent, what started out as a snowy Monday at the hospital, don't worry everything is OK... What a sweet boy Dylan is, I have been so blessed to have such a BEAUTIFUL, KIND-HEARTED, PERFECT Son.
I would be lying if I didn't say at times difficult,argumentative, sassy, spirited oh how the list could go on and on, but I won't ~

My little boy was diagnosed with Crohn's disease this last October...
We (the doctors and I) decided to try a drug known as Remicade, however much like drugs used for patients with cancer it is much like a chemo treatment. Every eight weeks Dylan and I spend our Mondays in a room on the Peds oncology floor. We snuggle up and watch movies, eat brownies and sip hot coco, take much needed naps (since I am not able to bring the other two blessings to the hospital with me.)


When we arrived at the hospital we entered into a colorful hall made to look like you were on an ocean adventure, equipped with a child size tug boat... little people fill the waiting room... As we look around we see little bald heads, some covered with special hats and some that dont care that their illness has taken their heads of hair. It is an amazing sight to see some of the happiest children that have been through something so horrible, something that most of us will never experience. As I walked my own son down the hallway I heard laughter from little ones driving police cars (IV's and all) as sad as it may seem, what a wonderful sight to see those little bald heads and little voices filled with such hope and happiness.

As Dylan began his treatment today I sat there and thought about all the times I have wondered why me, why him~

then I began to realize that this too is a blessing....

A blessing that God gave me this precious boy that needs a little special care.

Just Words Today

Celia and I were junking and gathering over the week-end...we ended up spending several hours in our cars, for some reason we both drove separate cars, a little unusual....so we weren't talking and interrupting each other like we normally do....we were alone.(Of course Celia is always with baby chubs,never really alone.) When I drive alone I have lots of ideas swirling around in my head, design projects I'm working on,a multitude of half-started projects Celia and I need to complete, or maybe some new receipe I want to try. But, today my mind was on HAITI, the famlies, their children, homeless and suffering. I happened to turn on the xm talk radio and heard that you can TEXT the word HAITI and $10 goes directly to the people of Haiti, all through the Red Cross. It is pretty aspiring that Americans have already donated 8 Million Dollars. Our country always seems to come together in a time of need. It made me happy. Please do whatever you can to help these people.

Keep The Music Playing

My very talented and gifted nephew, Shannon playing and performing for a project at school. Listening to your favorite music is an easy way to carve out a private interlude...Music should make us feel good...its pampering our soul.xo Glad & Celia & Sonia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTTiH1CJqRU

The Gift of a New Year 2010!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas filled with Laughter, Family and Fabulous Food! We hope you will welcome the New Year with Joy and Good Cheer. Please NO Resolutions for us, they usually fail from the start!! We are so Thankful for the life God has blessed us with, a simple everyday life, but its always an adventure. We'll welcome New Years "at home" curled up on the sofa, relaxing and enjoying funny movies. We love the Gift of a New Year... a clean slate and the best is we are all given this gift of a New Year "2010". Looking forward to another Spring and Summer, and the most beautiful Northwest Autumns and Snowy Winters. Now lets welcome the New Year full of things that have never been. xoxo Glad & Cel

"I believe! I believe! I believe! "

Yes, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love , generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! There would be no child like faith then, no romance, no magic to make tolerable this existence. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in faires!...The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor (grown-ups) can see. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view...The beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Thank God! He lives, and lives forever. A thousand years from now, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
courtesy of a much loved family movie "Prancer"

We hope your Christmas is truly special. Our wish is for you to create lasting memories and traditions with family and friends. Wishing you all a magical Christmas~from our homes to yours... xoxo Glad & Celia