Just a brief note...

I had a tooth go bad sat night and have been totally wiped out with pain ever since. Dentist can't touch it until the infection clears up. He's got me on mega pain killers and the pain is just popping on through even those. I probably won't be posting as I'll just be grumpy from the pain and incoherent from the meds. I'll be back after this goes away. In the meantime, those of who you are the praying types, I truly covet your prayers. I am in agony.

Had quite a few people ask about the animals and skins in the pics. Yes, they're real. DH got them on a safari to Africa a few years back. No they are not endangered species. No, nothing abusive happened. There is no waste. All the meat goes to the indigenous tribes there and the ranch provides much needed employment.

Sorry if I seem abrupt. Pain has a way of stripping the gracious southern belle thing off the best of us. :) :) Not that I was ever any good at that role anyway...

Hugs, ladies. I'll talk to you later.

Charity

Safari Room Spruce-Up

Still sprucing up the former homeschool room. Yesterday I painted the side tables. They were really ratty looking. :) We will be getting new furniture in this room in a couple of years. Leather couches and cherry bookshelves/office center. But in the meantime, I want to make our cast-offs from other rooms liveable. :) The curtains are up next on the to-do list. I already have the animal print panels. They pull shut on rings and rods. But I want to make stationary side panels from the dragonfly faux silk-taffeta. I'm thinking about simply hemming them and then tying them in place on the rod with giant tassels and then letting them just puddle on the floor. The little lamp also needs a remake. I'd like to find a leopard print shade and then attach some black feather trim. We won't be painting for awhile yet, but I'm open to suggestions on wall color. I'm debating a chocolate brown. Adjoining foyer is a light brown with slightly olive overtones.

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