THIS AND THAT

A few things to cover today.....nothing earth shattering of course because we all know that Wednesday is the ORC reveal and I am sure it will be a "kumbaya" moment for all.

I was in Florida last week for all the rain. Yup....21" in 24 hours. Pretty much from Tuesday to Thursday night we got pounded.

I was bored.

And I kept thinking of all the things I could be doing in the DR for the ORC. Now...I will be scurrying like a honey badger.

While we were gone it also rained in Atlanta and the planting I did a couple of weeks ago is starting to fill out.

I still love the stripe umbrella from Ballard Designs [from last year] and I am trying to get one more year out of my outdoor furniture. It is 10 years old and even though it cleans up nicely with my trusty power washer if I linger on one spot too long... I get a small hole. Whoops.

In other news... for some reason ADAC selected me to give a tour.

I wish I could say this was open for everybody and we could have a big ole party, but it is only open to the trade. If you are a designer and don't use the resources at ADAC...then you are missing out on a heck of a lot of good stuff. I am not going to sugar coat this...please...someone show up:)

Next in this lineup of riveting topics is a little purchase at HomeGoods.