Tea Time Friday at Duke Manor Farm
Morning!
Happy Friday. How was your week? Thanks for coming by for our weekly Tea Time Friday at Duke Manor Farm. I love catching up with you.
Well, I wanted to let you know…… that I am not the Powerball winner. Not even close. You?
I must admit, it is fun to think about how you will spend the loot though, isn’t it. Our dreams weren’t too outrageous. Hubby would keep the job, I would get a full time live in window cleaner and we would install the in ground pool later that day. But sadly….I will have to do my own windows for the time being. I know you are thinking window cleaner??? Couldn’t I come up with something better then that? But with tons of windows in your house, that the kids keep their little fingers off of, you’d want one too!
I have been working on my first room makeover for new year…. my Dining Room. If you missed the last project that we finished in 2015, the wood plank ceiling, click here. I am excited how the space is coming along. Although I am not completely finished, I will share my progress of the room next week.
Did you enter the my Visa Card giveaway here? If not, put down your coffee and go enter.
We are going to see the movie Revenant tonight for date night. Have you seen it?
Speaking of coffee, I just about spit out my hot tea when I read this article. Come on now! I am a big believer that discipline is about teaching our children, but I also subscribe to the school of consequences for our negative actions. I also believe that there is not a one size fit’s all for disciplining our children and that the lack of consistent discipline does more harm then good for our children. Time in or Time out…what do you say?
I took this picture of the twins over the holidays. It just melts my heart every time I look at it.
The kids have a long weekend with the holiday on Monday, so we will be doing a little bit of this and that around the house. What are your plans?
grateful
when the kids behave
Your dining room is going to look amazing! I’ve never wallpapered but it looks gorgeous.
Can’t wait to see your dining room! I plan to work on my office organization, doing a lot of reading and take a nap or two! Have a great weekend, Laura!
xo heidi
Really 90 windows…..!!!! I only have 9 all together. If you count my sunroom I would have 14 more long ones though but geez what size of a house do you live in..??
I LOVE YOUR BLOG by the way..!!!
Oh, I see a more modern dining room. Loving the blue and sparkle. Yes, we saw Revenant and I may have turned and looked at hubby more or shut my eyes more than I watched. It is really well done and good, but be prepared for a very graphic movie!!
Oh, and we had two of the numbers and the powerball. Talk about close, but not close enough. 🙁
It’s always so nice to have cyber tea with you…I am so loving the changes you are making to the dining room…so chic!!…and I am so with you on the window cleaner situation….I thought I had a lot with 7 sets of French doors and a slew of windows…but I know you have me beat…so here’s to you hopefully winning the lotto and getting that full time window cleaner and a great pool!…Have a great weekend with the kiddos…
I love your blog. I’m responding to, of all things, the article which made you lose your coffee. Of course, my curiosity got the best of me. I totally understand the coffee loss, LOL. I also get what the article was saying and here comes my however or maybe I’ll call it a “perhaps.” Instead of using a time out for punishment perhaps the parents could use a time out “prior” to an incident occurring. This could be used as a moment to contemplate, not punish, preventive moment shall we say. Of course, this is assuming the parents are teaching what the proper standard is to begin with and have something against which the child can measure. It’s just a change of perspective, a cooling down and thinking as opposed to punishment. It’s a good carry over for adulthood, when, as adults sometimes the best thing is to take a breather, slow down and think, before we act. Just a very small opinion, or ONION like my auto correct tried to make it be LOL.
i love your ‘onion’. My kids laugh at my ‘yoga breaths’ every time i am getting upset.it really helps to calm me and the situation. But you are right about applying that same principle as we get older. More people need to subscribe to this thought process. hope you have a wonderful week.
I hope you enjoy your date night! Those kids are just adorable!
Brenda
hey brenda- hope you are staying warm. thanks for your sweet comment about the kids. they are a handful. hope you have a great week!
Your dining room will be lovely—you have great taste and you work hard for what you want. I LOVE your windows…we have 16 in this house and then windows that go from floor to ceiling (19 feet by the way), at the lake. I keep up with the lower mess and then twice a year we get help for the inside and outside. I know the hardship to keep them clean. I read your post twice—where is that comment about 90 windows coming from? Strange.
Your twins look identical but even this blonde knows that’s not possible! So cute. Time Out was new when I had my four kids but it worked. All I had to do was threaten it…they hated to be away from the fun! To each his own. But I think—tried and true!!
Happy Weekend dear, Laura!
Jane x
Hi Jane. Laundry is right up there with window cleaning! as soon as it is done…its time to do it all over again. My kids hate to be sent to their rooms, so we use that and take away computer privileges. Generally I don’t have much to worry about….now. The comment about 90 windows. initially I had over 90 windows in my post and then took it out.( What my window guy charges me for ) I don’t want to give people the wrong idea and think i live in some mega mansion. I am just your average gal …with a heck of a lot of windows to clean! Hope you have a great week!
Have not been to the movies, my room redo is still standing idle, I didn’t win the big money either but I totally understand the window cleaner thing. Just once I’d like to look through windows in this place and every one of them is clean inside and out. Do you have those side flying birds there too?
it’s funny the cleaner the windows the more birds slamming up against them. guess they are better off dirty. hope you are staying warm. my hubby was in your neck of the woods ( minn) last week he said it was so cold. how do you do it?
I really love your blog posts! You are so funny and never fail to crack me up! Your family, house and property are all gorgeous- I would absolutely love to have enough land to have more animals, etc. I read the article, and as the mom of two (now teenage) boys and a Kindergarten teacher, I do know that time outs are useful at times, but I think that there is also the possibility for them to be overused at times. Kids need to know why they are being punished, and it is most useful for them to have a natural consequence to breaking a rule. I think that if they are just sent into time out with no explanation, or for too long, it can eventually become less effective and possibly even detrimental. I can definitely understand the point of view of the article. But I also agree that there is no one size fits all answer and that child rearing is a challenge, even when they’re teens! Anyway, keep doing what you’re doing- you are great!
Hilary, thank you . your comments are so sweet and mean a lot! Have a great week.