My Mom is 75 years old. She has quite severe arthritis in her spine, so she doesn't dare take a bath anymore, for fear that she may not be able to get up and out of the tub. Since she lives alone in her house, it's a legitimate fear. She has often talked about having shower chairs installed into her tub. Then she could at least relax a little more while taking a shower. Could be a real great idea!

The next home improvement project that I want to tackle is our kitchen. It has been painted, and hardwood floors have been done, but now I want to look at the Kohler sinks, as ours needs to be replaced. I also want to replace our 25 year old built in stove, the counter tops, and the backsplash.

I just recently bought all new living room furniture, and then moved all the old living room furniture into the family room. I seriously considered home theater furniture for that room, as that's where our plasma TV is, but it just isn't big enough, so I scrapped that idea.Maybe it's something to think about in our next house.

Okay, a plasma lift, is a seriously great idea! You can have a beautiful piece of furniture, and then when you want to watch TV, you just push a button, and your plasma TV is lifted up out of the housing unit. It's a great way to make the TV disappear when not in use. I have to say these big TV's are a quite the eyesore on their own!

Have you ever heard of the brand of watches called Breguet? I know I haven't, but that doesn't mean much. I'm thinking of perhaps asking hubby for a really nice watch for my 50th birthday. I'm not certain that's what I want, but it's definitely one of the things I'm considering. I am also really thinking about asking for a good, digital camera, likely a Nikon D40. I'm just not sure I'd take the time to learn to use it to it's full advantage.

I'm sitting in bed with my laptop, smelling the coffee brewing downstairs. I don't think anything smells better, than the smell of coffee as it's brewing! Yum! The one thing I don't care for though, is my coffee maker! I had looked at a lot of coffee makers a couple of years ago, and decided on the one I thought I really wanted. Now that I have it, I don't particularly like it at all! I guess I'll have to start investigating again.

Last week I decided to make a few small changes in my life. One, was to make sure I stay on my BP medication, another was to start cooking dinner at home again, instead of doing take out, etc. The third change is to get some exercise. Since our treadmill died several years ago, we bought an elliptical, but I don't really enjoy the whole machine thing. Instead, I've been taking my two puppies for walks. They love it, and that makes it very motivating for me too!

We managed to get a few things done around the house/yard this year. Quite a few actually, considering we also had our daughter's wedding. We removed some very overgrown spruce trees from our yard, had our roof re-shingled, replaced our gas fireplace, re-did our upstairs bathroom, and got new living room furniture. Next thing on my to do list, is to review our home insurance coverage, to make sure the numbers are still valid at current prices.

I don't know if this ad is Canadian, or American, so it's hard to say whether or not you'll have a clue what I'm talking about! There's an ad for adjustable beds. The pitch man is a total goof who tries to talk (an obviously thinks he is) sexy. His look is enough to turn you off, but then he opens his mouth to tell you how he can adjust his bed for whatever he's doing, "Whether he's sleepin', readin', or watchin' TV." That type of poor grammar would turn me off if it was coming out of Brad Pitt's mouth! Geesh!