LIVING ON THE RIVERWALK

Living On The Riverwalk

The moving company was on the last day of packing and shipping our belongings.  This had been a long process because we had three different shipments going out.  The first was what we call hold baggage which includes the things that we will need immediately once we arrive in Korea.  The second shipment included most of our furniture and about half of our belongings that will be placed in storage until we return to the States two years from now.  The last shipment took two solid days and included all our belongings and some furniture that we will get while in Korea to make our new home more like our home.  It had been a very long couple of weeks and I was glad to have everything, well almost everything, out of the house.  

Next we had to clean our home and have the carpets professionally cleaned and we set about doing this even before the moving company had gotten everything out of the house.  After many months of hard work cleaning the house, showing and selling the house and all the sorting and packing, I was more than ready to be finished with this job.  There were moments when I kept thinking I just can't go on any longer and somehow I would find the strength to get through the hours, days and weeks. 

Then the moment came and the crates filled with our belongings were covered and the guys prepared to drive off with everything else that we had left in this world except for our bags that we would carry on our trip to live in Korea. 

The much awaited moment that we leave our home and check into the Hotel was here!!! This was the hardest part of our journey to our new home and with this done we could focus on our journey to our new life.  For now we are living in our hotel and I am loving it.  I always knew there was a city girl in me and I am LOVING it here in the middle of the city.  Here is the view from my new front porch (that's what I call it). 

Although we are still working we have manage to find soem time here and there to enjoy our new surroundings.  

At Ripley's Believe It Or Not

On The Riverwalk

At The Majestic Theater

And finally...

The Pool on the Seventh Floor at our Hotel

My girls love to swim so we have been in the pool a lot, 

and the hot tub!!!!

I love living downtown with all the sights and sounds.  I love people watching, walking to get anything I need and just the hustle and bustle of being in a city.  And I must admit I love the service and I do not miss cleaning house at all.  

I am one happy girl!!!

I have many more pictures to share and I will be posting more photos of our stay on The Riverwalk...

Till then,

Beverly

Tea Cottage Pretties

CONGRATS JUNE BUG FOR A JOB WELL DONE

Congrats June Bug for A Job Well Done!

We have been so very busy with our move that I have not had a chance to share my June Bug's accomplishments, so while we are finally taking a break and getting some much need rest in our Hotel room I wanted to take the time to congratulate our daughter on a job well done.  

June just finished her last year in elementary school and we attended her graduation/awards ceremony. June was awarded A National Honor Award, The Presidential Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, State Awards for Science and Mathematics, The District Award for Art and many other awards.  

Her Presidential Award came with a certificate and a letter from the President and a really neat pin to wear.  

We are very proud of our June Bug.  

She is a very bright and successful young lady. 

Come by and visit as I will be posting about our stay on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas...

Later we will be arriving in Korea 

and setting up our new home.  

Then hopefully I will get back to crafting. 

Hugs, Beverly

Tea Cottage Pretties

ALDO HANDBAGS

Aldo Handbags

This is my first ever blog post from my iPad!  Since we will be moving to Korea soon we decided to get iPads for ourselves. We may be without a smart phone for some time and we figured it would be a great way to keep up with everything. We can post updates to our family, send emails and handle all of our business. Little did we realize that we would really learn to appreciate our iPads as much as we do now. Then I realized I can even post to my blog via my iPad!!!  

I recently found a company called Aldo. They are a Canadian company that has been around for a very long time. They specialize in accessories for men and women including handbags, wallets, shoes, jewelry and all sorts of goodies. I walk into their shop and I completely fell in love with everything and I mean everything. Of course I did not buy everything but a girl can swoon...

I did get myself a new handbag and matching wallet,

Handbag

Wallet

They were just so adorable and I couldn't pass them up. 

Here are a few of their items I found online. 

What girl wouldn't want a handbag shaped like a perfume bottle?

Oh and that heart for a Valentines Day dinner!

You can check them out online at http://www.aldoshoes.com

I just wanted to share this and I am not being compensated for sharing my new finds.  

We'll this was fun, posting from my iPad and being able to post photos, web addresses and edit everything!  I might actually get use to this.  On second thought when I went to post from my iPad I could not select a font or set up the alignment so I ended up going online after all...

Next time I post it will be from a hotel room where I hope to actually get some rest. It has been a long few months of hard work to get everything done and finally leave our home, so this girl is in need of a long rest... 

Hope everyone has a wonderful week. 

Hugs, Beverly

Tea Cottage Pretties

MY WORLD IN BOXES

My World In Boxes

My world is literally packed in boxes tonight 

and I survived the day!!!

What use to be my Living Room

Our doorbell rang early at 8:00 am this morning and with that sound my stress levels began to rise.  After many weeks of stressing over having my antique French Limoges packed in boxes, I was relieved once I talk with the two wonderful ladies that had come to pack my things.  They were both wonderful,  they listened to me and we discussed how to handle my Limoges.  Then with the greatest of care and attention they packed everything. My Limoges took a long to time to pack because there was so much care given to each piece.  They were actually able to pack the rest of the house in record time once the Limoges, oh and my Pink Swirl Glass was all packed.   

What my Living Room use to look like

Tonight when I thought I would be overly stressed about having boxes all over my house, I am actually quite calm and relaxed.  I am confident that my things are well packed and I feel good about leaving them in storage for the next two years.  And just think, two years from now when I make it back and get my stuff, it will be like a GIANT Christmas present.  

As you may guess I have been incredibly busy and I have had very little time between getting passports,  packing, selling our home, getting paperwork done and going to Doctors to do much else.  I don't know when i will back to crafting but you can bet I will back at it as soon as I can.  Matter of fact, I am always working on projects in my mind and even while I have been preparing to move, I have been planning a couple little projects.  So some time in the future...........

Well the next week or so will be filled with more packing and on the 24th of this month we will be walking out of our home.  We will clean it very well and have the carpets cleaned before we leave.  Then on the 30th of this month we will close on the selling of our home.  We have enjoyed 11 years here and I am very happy that a new family will be moving in to make this their new home.  

I will be relaxing and visiting family from the 30th of June until around the middle of July when we will fly to our new home in Korea.  I hope to come back and post a few updates between now and then, so I will talk to you all soon.  Hope everyone is having a beautiful start to summer. 

Hugs, Beverly

Tea Cottage Pretties

CONGRATULATIONS TO TIPPY TOES

Congratulations To Tippy Toes!

We affectionately call our Tiffany, Tippy Toes.

We are very proud to announce that our Tiffany has graduated from college.  Her High School graduation will be closer to the end of May but she graduated from college tonight.  As many of you may know Tiffany attended an Early College Academy.  This is a four year program in which you go to High School and College at the same time.  She will graduated with a distinguished High School Diploma and tonight she received her Associates Of Arts from college. 

In her cap and gown.  

Hugging her sister after the ceremony.

And the very proud mom. 

We are so very proud of our daughter!

She has worked so hard for so very long and I can't think of anyone that deserves it more.  From our little Tippy Toes to our grown up college girl!  Dad and mom love you very much our sweet, smart and wonderful Tippy Toes.  You are a blessing...

See you soon,

Beverly

Tea Cottage Pretties

COLLEGE SIGNING NIGHT

College Signing Night

Our Tiffany is getting ready to graduate High School and College this month.  In preparation for her life after attending The Early College Academy she attended The College Signing Night to recognize Academy in a way similar to how Sports Programs sign their Athletes.   

This idea of placing Academics before Sports is one of my long time dreams.  I think we place to much emphasis on sports in our schools when the real focus should be on education, including mathematics, history, literature, language, social studies, creative writing, critical thinking, art, music and all the things important to produce an intelligent, articulate and knowledgeable adult.  

This is why we choose The Early College Academy, because we wanted our Tiffany to be all those things.  

And we believe she is....

We took a few photos before we left the house.  I think she just looks so lovely!

Here she is signing for Hollins University.  She was accepted at several colleges but she decided that she liked Hollins the most.  She was offered a scholarship and we were planning on sending her to Hollins.  Then my husband got orders for Korea...

We are so proud of her. 

  

So our Tiffany will not be attending college her in the states.  She will be moving to Korea with us this summer.   We felt this was a once in a lifetime opportunity for Tiffany and we could not leave her in the United States alone to attend college.  I just could not even bring myself to think of doing that, so she will go with us.  Being in another country is an education in and of itself and this will allow Tiffany to grow and learn even more.  She is a bright, hard working, self motivated young lady and we are extremely proud of our young lady.  

Tiffany's brother Chris bought her this beautiful dress for graduation.  

I promise to get back to my regular post very soon.  We just have so much going on and so many changes coming up that I have not been able to photograph my Limoges or do any crafting. 

See you soon,

Beverly

Tea Cottage Pretties

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS OF OUR HOME

Professional Photos Of Our Home

This past Monday we had professional photos of our home taken and although they are good I kind of liked Lindsey's photos better.  

What do you think?  

You can see Lindsey's Photos HERE.  

I do like the photos of our Front Living Space. 

Family Room

Now the kitchen photos turned out wonderful. 

And our bedrooms

Bathrooms

Our backyard

We decided to go ahead and have these taken just in case.  However, we are super delighted to report that we put our home on the market late Friday evening.  We had a showing the next morning and found out Monday morning that the folks that saw it had made an offer for our listing price.  So our home is SOLD, that is if everything goes well and we don't run into any problems.  We aren't expecting anything bad to happen but I don't like to count my chickens before they hatch.  

We feel very Blessed to have sold our home in one day.  

I have always felt that if things fall into place that you know you are headed down the right path.  

We look forward to our new adventure and we are so happy to have found a buyer that will love our home and care for it long after we have moved away. 

Have a beautiful weekend, 

Beverly

Tea Cottage Pretties

OUR HOME THROUGH LINDSEY'S EYES

Our Home Through Lindsey's Eyes

Welcome

As you all know we have been working hard trying to prepare our home for the market and after six weeks of hard work, I am please to say that our home is now 

For Sale!

Our agent Lindsey took some beautiful photos of our home and although we have a professional photographer coming to take photos later, I wanted to share our home through Lindsey's eyes. 

Our Foyer

Our Home 

Our Family Room

We wanted to clear out all the clutter from our Family Room and Kitchen.  I think we managed to accomplish that task.  This was a difficult thing for me because I love my decor items but I felt strongly that the rooms need to be neat, spacious and clean looking.  

Our Kitchen

When I asked for permission to use Lindsey's photos she said that I might want to wait until we have the professional photos but I still wanted to share my home as Lindsey saw it. 

Our Formal Living Area

Dinning

Dinning and Living

Bedroom

Bedroom

Bedroom

Bedroom

Bathroom

Bathroom

Bathroom

Back Of Our Home

Backyard

We have some really exciting news but I must wait to share it with everyone.  

I wanted to do this post to share and to have a record for myself of our home so that I can look back one day and see it and remember our time spent in this home.  We have been here for 11 years and both our daughters have grown up in this home.  We will miss our home but I know that a new family will love and take care of it long after we have moved on.  We are all excited about our new adventure that is waiting for us.  

I want to extend a very special thank you to Lindsey for a job well done and for giving us permission to use the photos.  We are ever so glad we choose you to represent us.  
Thank you for your hard work and your kindness.

I should be back very soon to share the professional photos with everyone.  

Thank you for visiting me and our home,

Hugs, Beverly

Tea Cottage Pretties