tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post1789929040811660406..comments2024-03-24T05:03:57.513-04:00Comments on The Joy of Home with Martha Ellen: A Little of This and ThatThe Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-10923080366709909712018-07-03T19:37:32.544-04:002018-07-03T19:37:32.544-04:00Dawn, I've made a promise to myself not to let...Dawn, I've made a promise to myself not to let my ironing get so overwhelming. It took me two days to really catch up. I know the tablecloths won't be perfect, but after smoothing them out on the table they will be fine.<br />Grayden and I both have new frames for our glasses and sunglasses like you! With recent adjustments we both are enjoying them. Sending you love and hugs, my sweet friend. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-14737843369584696752018-07-03T18:16:45.483-04:002018-07-03T18:16:45.483-04:00So much happening at your house, Martha Ellen! Tha...So much happening at your house, Martha Ellen! Thanks for letting us take a peek! I adore your collection of quilts so lovingly folded on top of the chifferobe. Just lovely! I do enjoy ironing our table linens. It almost feels like a meditation. However, I must iron them just before setting the table. Otherwise, they always get wrinkled again while they are being stored. Yes, it's really important to have regular eye exams! This Spring I picked out new frames. What fun to have a whole new look! Sending hugs, from our home to yours, dear one! ♡Dawn Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07565958992415114053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-60298381540318188822018-06-23T19:27:17.309-04:002018-06-23T19:27:17.309-04:00Sheri, I'm so glad to see that! Thanks for be...Sheri, I'm so glad to see that! Thanks for being a faithful reader, my friend. Hope your weekend is going well. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-84453864561065922812018-06-23T16:58:11.944-04:002018-06-23T16:58:11.944-04:00Yes, I can comment today, Martha Ellen! Just look...Yes, I can comment today, Martha Ellen! Just looking at your "this and that" pictures once again. So lovely.<br /><br />~SheriRed Rose Alleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685747099912989862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-64662705007457822002018-06-21T15:15:35.735-04:002018-06-21T15:15:35.735-04:00Jean, I'm clearly not that good. If I were I ...Jean, I'm clearly not that good. If I were I wouldn't have had that big pile of ironing on the table all this time. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-24280522789158415502018-06-21T14:33:29.721-04:002018-06-21T14:33:29.721-04:00Martha, you are too good! I can't even bear to...Martha, you are too good! I can't even bear to think of tackling a big ironing job! If I get the laundry done, folded and put away today I'll consider that an accomplishment!Jean | DelightfulRepast.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038772991628796917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-73304323428034178282018-06-21T08:26:38.520-04:002018-06-21T08:26:38.520-04:00Yes, tiles can be changed, but I'm so over the...Yes, tiles can be changed, but I'm so over the constant cleaning of them. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-78013377578475617692018-06-21T01:39:37.224-04:002018-06-21T01:39:37.224-04:00Old house has got a new shower. Tiles can also be ...Old house has got a new shower. Tiles can also be changed. Beautiful picture of the moth. It would have been a wonderful time with your daughter. I don't iron too much of my clothes but i like to wear them.<br />Nice to see the green trees:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-32036589762113697352018-06-20T08:30:12.703-04:002018-06-20T08:30:12.703-04:00Liz, now you have a great place to go visit. Cali...Liz, now you have a great place to go visit. California is a wonderful state with so much to see and do. The coastline around L.A. is magnificent. <br />We've had the most oppressive humidity lately, so I've been able to catch up on inside chores. All the ironing is finally done! We had a small storm last evening that did drop the temps by 20 degrees so that feels better, but will climb again today. Stay cool. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-65188434810504151862018-06-20T07:15:38.453-04:002018-06-20T07:15:38.453-04:00You were able to capture such a perfect picture of...You were able to capture such a perfect picture of the moth. I need to trim some shrubs too- it’s looking shaggy around here! The new shower looks great. Tiles can be a pain to maintain so those acrylic units area great alternative. With my daughter now living in L.A. I understand the difficulty in getting together. I don’t love ironing either. I have some tablecloths that come out beatiful but most have fine wrinkles that I have to address. We’ve had some bouts of high temps but they’ve been brief. It gets harder to keep up with the watering when it gets so hot. It was 94º with a real feel of 101º here on Sunday. That’s too hot to do anything in! Thank goodness we’re back down to the low 80’s again! Liz@ HomeandGardeningWithLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470612105590699955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-41689389060767417812018-06-18T17:39:30.775-04:002018-06-18T17:39:30.775-04:00Jill, it sounds so hot where you are! I just hear...Jill, it sounds so hot where you are! I just heard on the news that our "feel like" temperature is 102 degrees. That's hot enough for me. I know your girls are loving the pool. When our children were small, we spent a lot of summer days at the pool. Enjoy your evening. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-66410708271451535712018-06-18T16:59:00.343-04:002018-06-18T16:59:00.343-04:00Your home is very lovely! I agree there always see...Your home is very lovely! I agree there always seems to be something to get done in a home :-) We have had temperatures in the 100's... not too fun, lol but the girls have been enjoying our pool as their summer vacation just started. Have a wonderful afternoon.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />JillJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14904921240840944999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-50943352917345661972018-06-18T16:50:09.317-04:002018-06-18T16:50:09.317-04:00Oh Nellie, our central heat/ac is 23 years old--we...Oh Nellie, our central heat/ac is 23 years old--we have it checked at the change of each season and we know we are living on borrowed time. It's so hot and humid today --94 degrees now. I know you're glad to have that new ac now! I love the outdoors, but when it's like this you can find me indoors! xoxo ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-51874836707491809372018-06-18T16:33:56.686-04:002018-06-18T16:33:56.686-04:00You've been involved in a big project! We'...You've been involved in a big project! We've had to replace our a/c unit, only 14 years old; installed when the house was built. We had no tile here; I was just like you....over trying to keep it clean, and never succeeding, no matter what I did. There are always projects to keep the home owner busy; doing outside chores while it's still cool is preferable. Problem is....we were at 84 degrees at 9:00 this morning! Stay cool! xoxoNelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00731594872663348711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-42449857150904138262018-06-18T14:10:46.251-04:002018-06-18T14:10:46.251-04:00After this weekend of family dinners, there are mo...After this weekend of family dinners, there are more tablecloths to be ironed! Hopefully I'll get out the ironing board today and tackle that before they get out of hand again. I just used a few that I ironed and just smoothed them out on the table. Not perfect, but still nice. I used to hang some in the linen closet, but they were quite hard to remove without sending several others to the floor.<br />We used Bath Fitters to do our shower. We are quite pleased. I'll go take a photo and put it on here. I'm so over tile! They did a bathroom for us downstairs four years ago and we have been pleased with the results. ♥<br /><br />The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-68783569240028666402018-06-18T11:11:37.317-04:002018-06-18T11:11:37.317-04:00I am amazed you have ironed all your table cloths....I am amazed you have ironed all your table cloths. Mine are squished in a linen closet. i wish I had a place to hang them on hangars and then maybe they would stay wrinkle free, but folding mine seem to bring back the wrinkles I just ironed out. Are you going to post a photo of your new shower? Ours is in the same state and we are doing research on what to do. :-)podsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880888514207597761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-47082381144289940532018-06-18T08:19:51.805-04:002018-06-18T08:19:51.805-04:00Janneke, your home improvement projects sound exci...Janneke, your home improvement projects sound exciting. I understand having contractors and painters in your home can be disruptive but oh so nice when it's done! <br />Our vacations used to center around summer when the children were still in school. It's nice to be able to travel in the less busy months now.<br />Since I've written this post I've got another stack of ironing that I hope to get to this afternoon--we'll see! Have a lovely week. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-66753172083235920802018-06-18T07:42:03.723-04:002018-06-18T07:42:03.723-04:00Pffft, I have done some ironing this morning, love...Pffft, I have done some ironing this morning, love nicely ironed tablecloths but not the ironing.... You made a wonderful photo of the silkworm moth, never seen that one here. I don't go on vacation in summer but will go in Oct./Nov. and/or Jan./Febr., those are the boring months especially now I'm on my own. At the moment I'm busy trying to keep the dust as much as possible out of the house, I have contractors and painters already for 3 weeks working around the house, I hope they finish this week, and oooh it feels good because it looks so much better with all repairs done and a fresh paint.<br />Regards, Janneke Janneke https://www.blogger.com/profile/11056916431881916066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-2836468368478718902018-06-17T22:05:30.891-04:002018-06-17T22:05:30.891-04:00We've had very warm temperatures along with hi...We've had very warm temperatures along with high humidity today, Pam. Summertime is here as well, even though it doesn't officially begin until the 21st. <br />Our daughter lives in New Hampshire, so it's a long ways from VA! I do miss her and love it when she visits.<br />It is hard to find contractors that will work on small jobs. Grayden is quite handy, but sometimes the larger jobs have to be hired out.<br />I hope you have a great trip to California. Sounds like fun. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-18799329250143804562018-06-17T20:39:32.895-04:002018-06-17T20:39:32.895-04:00I think summer has already made it to TN...we have...I think summer has already made it to TN...we have been at 91-98 for several days and I just about melt. Love your patio! That is so cute looking. Glad you had your daughter visit. You said she lives away but you did not say where. I find it hard to just get to my daughters house and she is only an hour and 15 mins down the road. Sounds like you have been busy and all is well. A new bathroom will be really nice. I have work I need done here at the house but it is small work and it is so hard to find someone to do that sort of stuff. With all the building going on in Nashville these days they have enough large stuff to work on. I took a few days off in April and went to Fla. and I go to Calif next month to visit my son...that will be it for me.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211965720334593365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-68449910399866213272018-06-17T18:17:11.772-04:002018-06-17T18:17:11.772-04:00Jan, I couldn't agree with you more about chec...Jan, I couldn't agree with you more about checkups. I started wearing glasses in my forties- for reading. Then I progressed to wearing them all of the time as my eyes changed in my fifties. <br />I hope you are enjoying your lovely new home and garden. June is a wonderful time to enjoy outside. Thanks for stopping by. ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-46557336639775947752018-06-17T17:38:37.159-04:002018-06-17T17:38:37.159-04:00There are always things to do in the house or gard...There are always things to do in the house or garden …<br /><br />It's always best to keep a check on our health, and this includes eye health too!<br />I have worn glasses since the age of eleven and regularly have my eyes checked.<br /><br />Enjoy your summer, it's so hard to believe that it's now just past the middle of June!<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-59681443334948988302018-06-16T06:53:51.105-04:002018-06-16T06:53:51.105-04:00Good morning Deb, or afternoon for you! Grayden fo...Good morning Deb, or afternoon for you! Grayden found this moth and brought it to my attention. We have never seen one like him. <br />Being blessed with good eyes does make one take for granted it will always be the case. We will be more diligent in the future about our appointments. xoxo ♥ <br /> The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-30589235445755631932018-06-16T06:44:04.910-04:002018-06-16T06:44:04.910-04:00Thank you, Amalia for your kind comments. xo ♥Thank you, Amalia for your kind comments. xo ♥The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664100447631245881.post-51012744657805240142018-06-16T06:41:54.602-04:002018-06-16T06:41:54.602-04:00I do hope you get some moisture soon. We are usua...I do hope you get some moisture soon. We are usually in that predicament heading into summer. The weather patterns have certainly been unusual this year. Thank you for visiting and sending you wishes for a happy weekend. ♥<br /> The Joy of Home with Martha Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912198511168813613noreply@blogger.com