We got a fancy new gift in our kitchen: the Moen Arbor faucet with MotionSense™! Happy New Year to us :)

First, I have to tell you that when we had contractors finishing our basement and I went to pick out faucets for the bathroom, the main contractor told me to do myself a favor and pick out a Moen. He said they may be a little more pricey initially, but they are well worth it in the long run. He said he rarely sees problems with them, they are solid and built to last, and it’s the only brand he would buy personally for faucets. I asked how much they were paying him and went and picked out a Moen for the shower. And, that is what we buy now, so of course I jumped at the chance to try the new Moen MotionSense™ faucet for our kitchen. Coolest faucet ever!

Truthfully, the only way I know to keep a fresh kitchen all day is toquickly tidy it before we leave,

and then take off for the day!

 * giveaway closed. Winner is #229, Monica: "I am loving the "mint" trend. I love a cool minty green or minty blue nail color . . . like #26 Fairy Princess!"

When I was contacted to see if I would like to review the new Southern Living Style book, I had to think about it for about 2 seconds. Yes, (ma’am!!) You know that I’m completely smitten with a previous Southern Living before & after magazine that was the inspiration for my living room tablescape.

Speaking of which, do you think they left that beautiful piece out?? Of course not:

Last year I posted that we spray painted 2 doorknobs in our entryway as test for the rest of our house.

April 2010

I’ve gotten 4 emails asking how they’ve held up and….

well, we won’t be spraying anymore:

I am loving my laptop with the new Intel® Core™ i5 processor.

Did I ever introduce you to my old laptop? No? Well, please take a look:

It was a BEAST. Half the keys were missing (I let the kids play a game in their room on it, they left it out, and my baby found it) and it was so SLOW.