Stay Cool Y'all

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNR19ZyK6Gt2eMtWZ-vwCglqzzcvvHKL4tpVjJTNqICyue7w431nTEVNtYXKQ6VyxVealI2zYOSdKLv7Q5x8pml1Vonn2JZGvvT9Xm3PSwRdB5Khp5uzd2Fs-0S8yXoYgJuEsY15_h70/s1600/Pool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNR19ZyK6Gt2eMtWZ-vwCglqzzcvvHKL4tpVjJTNqICyue7w431nTEVNtYXKQ6VyxVealI2zYOSdKLv7Q5x8pml1Vonn2JZGvvT9Xm3PSwRdB5Khp5uzd2Fs-0S8yXoYgJuEsY15_h70/s640/Pool.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2010/08/pools_slideshow#slide=10">Architectural Digest</a> </td></tr></tbody></table>How perfect is this pool? I wonder if the pup swims, too? <div><br /></div><div>Have a lovely weekend y'all! </div><div><br /></div><div>xo</div>

Stay Cool Y'all

Architectural Digest   How perfect is this pool? I wonder if the pup swims, too?  Have a lovely weekend y'all!  xo

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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlymNBeCY7-LzXov0mlpn4MSTz5x_jaMN46_z2XaVHzjYjfB7jThTzb5Fe1ko1sODwFxJkKLn0QSYRGMVt4S40dtP6EDViGxAGxvGXlwN0JoaxULLD8B63wRJI0sHpEVuHgk9FFQmTQeB/s640/Breathtaking+16_axel-vervoordt-wirtz-international-belgian-estate.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />How gorgeous is this? I stumbled across this beautiful Belgian landscape in <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/homes/2011/08/axel-vervoordt-wirtz-international-belgian-estate-slideshow#slide=21">Architectural Digest</a> and just had to share it with y'all. The grounds are designed by famed landscape firm <a href="http://www.wirtznv.be/">Wirtz International</a>.  It's so green and lush and lovely.

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How gorgeous is this? I stumbled across this beautiful Belgian landscape in Architectural Digest  and just had to share it with y'all. T...

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Office Inspiration from Architectural Digest

First, thank you all so much for your sweet comments here and on facebook.  Yesterday just plain sucked.  I spent half the morning crying and the other half huddled in our scary unfinished basement with my little Edward and our dog (not Cassie, that would be creepy) listening to the tornado sirens and the TV meteorologist spot tornadoes all over my neighborhood.  None of them really touched down so we ended up being fine, but the stress of it all made me go out in search of Ho-Hos when the coast was clear. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8ZaL462cWAIoEWHeItlVAbGABr9HtRb1gt8eqTez2UQzHGtXYjw0LvJ2Bcf-A7dF6mmBsRUZVMzT7SgkMYjVBYZyc8ktyb1hlYbLd523f4NpIoav7zowIp7QIbRs3DBKpuD7kWSCKbDZ/s1600/Hohos+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8ZaL462cWAIoEWHeItlVAbGABr9HtRb1gt8eqTez2UQzHGtXYjw0LvJ2Bcf-A7dF6mmBsRUZVMzT7SgkMYjVBYZyc8ktyb1hlYbLd523f4NpIoav7zowIp7QIbRs3DBKpuD7kWSCKbDZ/s400/Hohos+.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not the best idea </td></tr></tbody></table><br />I also picked up an <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> and thoroughly enjoyed the spread featuring <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/homes/2011/06/ozzy_sharon_osbourne_home_article">Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne's new L.A. home</a> designed by <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/">Martyn Lawrence-Bullard</a>, whom you may remember from <a href="http://belclairehouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/can-i-just-say.html">this post</a>.  Remember these?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzRnOdPa6wObuHlDVTTHFNe-iJSVgUC2hMDD-6JTc4ZhVcvkc-7mZh_Mez7l0MCNPbSUUUTGbbzBjYwykAMh0pn8GXkHolFZLW7NvGC-tiBD4rcI16hCCUcHjAtcRpga_VeS9dzfrXLq8/s1600/MDD+Martyn+Lawrence+Bullard+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzRnOdPa6wObuHlDVTTHFNe-iJSVgUC2hMDD-6JTc4ZhVcvkc-7mZh_Mez7l0MCNPbSUUUTGbbzBjYwykAMh0pn8GXkHolFZLW7NvGC-tiBD4rcI16hCCUcHjAtcRpga_VeS9dzfrXLq8/s1600/MDD+Martyn+Lawrence+Bullard+1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2AICJZ-oofI1Rbu6XlI0cFK22pi_x5xOU3hK4prs_9Yh4synGXkomsbd-9umybpgdavLik7ot-rxXt899Ce5MXDN4L2K8YYt-iVsx8I3-VD5kd90mCQU4LLZDsqanj3gwit1p2U03oHr/s1600/MDD+MLB+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2AICJZ-oofI1Rbu6XlI0cFK22pi_x5xOU3hK4prs_9Yh4synGXkomsbd-9umybpgdavLik7ot-rxXt899Ce5MXDN4L2K8YYt-iVsx8I3-VD5kd90mCQU4LLZDsqanj3gwit1p2U03oHr/s1600/MDD+MLB+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Yeah, that's their house. It's pretty fab and not at all like the home they lived in when they filmed <i>The Osbournes</i>, but still rockstar.  (Note: The Suze LOVED <i>The Osbournes.</i>  In fact, our family often gathered around the TV together to watch it.  We're intellectual like that).  Anyway, the entire issue is pretty fab, but I loved Sharon Osbourne's office the most.  It just looked like me (my husband would say it's because there is a dog in it, which may be partly true). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIxF7LDGPNYsHxfX8CtWPtnL41WTTSd7smLMuD-S7gCHn7ApMB19szTdenBD2zYpnn2voYB98ajUzsXjuyYHEf1FWfS1O7w57Yo5HQQS_z7fgvXNzXfHt_HBW48e3b6O-Sks0vZeOMr4N/s1600/AD+Sharon+Osbournes+Desk+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKJfeyeJ_NSZQ1n9oJmG-S5wG3MEYuWbisSq7tYMs8AFbB-cr56KCQOWDg2TfBW01HljjYK4GN9Yaj5JIQEYkXk8O125yXM6wYs28LZ-z2wT5nv89j9mVAf6gt8T88sZvLw3KaQVU-fp0/s1600/AD+Bathroom+David+Kleinberg+.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />But alas, I prefer to conduct business from the biscuit, and this one from the same New York home would do just fine (minus the cat - allergies - but add snuggly dog, a laptop and small diaper-clad child and I'm set).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCe9NKcSSRGeYpo1k7C21cks9SOnU2_XPCDY8DadDx1A4tiJgtAtTip3oxBAXXTPnlhnW7QBeUYcmB0rUifu5ugOgfj5kyJjgNjbppSkpMJRgxstkrcMrAe8DENiVc8Mj-t4k7tE1tS9y/s1600/AD+Bedroom+David+Kleinberg+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCe9NKcSSRGeYpo1k7C21cks9SOnU2_XPCDY8DadDx1A4tiJgtAtTip3oxBAXXTPnlhnW7QBeUYcmB0rUifu5ugOgfj5kyJjgNjbppSkpMJRgxstkrcMrAe8DENiVc8Mj-t4k7tE1tS9y/s1600/AD+Bedroom+David+Kleinberg+.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did anybody watch the last Oprah? I thought I would be sad, but it was a nice ending.  I watched it last night and then I fliiped over to Oprah's OWN Oprah Winfrey Network and fell asleep to the sound of Oprah's voice telling me I be be whatever I want to be.  She's not going anywhere y'all. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Office Inspiration from Architectural Digest

First, thank you all so much for your sweet comments here and on facebook.  Yesterday just plain sucked.  I spent half the morning crying an...

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