Living Room

This is a view looking back at the entryway. I love my floor!

Since this is what you see when you first enter my house, I figured we'd start here. Then next week we'll move into the kitchen. The walls are more bare then I'd like but I have a few pictures hung. I want to be sure I put them in the right place so I haven't committed to the rest of them. Patching holes and repainting wouldn't be that treacherous but since I know how much work it was to paint it all in the first place I hesitate. I guess you could say I have commitment issues.

I posted about my coffee table a while back so many of you know the story that I didn't pick it out but it looks as if I did. The lines and color match the couch like they were made to go together.

My railing. I really should have taken a before I stained them picture.

In writing news, my husband is downstairs watching NASCAR while I work on my novel entitled, Married to NASCAR.  I'd like to have it polished and ready to submit by mid summer. I might need a reader to two if anyone is interested, just let me know.

And your 2014 prom royalty...

A month ago our local high school had their annual junior prom. Numerous movies have been created about the coveted crowns awarded by peers to those who are considered most attractive or popular. At this school, the tradition of a promenade floor show performed by the junior class continues. Accommodations are made to allow students with special needs to participate and the "typical" student body has always been supportive of this. But beyond allowing the students who aren't "typical" to have a regular high school experience this student body has exhibited a knowledge that many adults have yet to acquire. The truth about what makes a person attractive. The boys who were honored may not have been the most physically pleasing in attendance. This school has previously honored students who were born with special needs and for continuing this model I offer my praise.

However, they went a step further this year. The ladies that were crowned were not students with special needs. They were not honored because they had the most expressive dress. I suspect that their looks had little to do with this honor either, although they are very pretty. Their peers had seen the extra time and care these lovely young ladies had taken to help their male counterparts enjoy the evening. The girls who had CHOSEN to work with the boys now wore crowns beside them. The extra work to help their partners be able to participate in this rite of passage hadn't gone unnoticed or recognized.

As an adult I can affirm that beauty is only skin deep and what you choose to do is much more important than how you happen to look. You can not usually control how you look or with what abilities or limitations you are born. But, only you can choose how you will treat others. Only you can choose how you will spend the time you have been given.

 So, kudos to the Manti High School class of 2015. I am proud and humbled by your selfless choices.

 

Back to the virtual tour next week. Today I gave my bedroom the deep clean and organization that is desperately needed. I still have my prom dress. Would anyone like to see me try it on?