The Purpose of a Love Bug?

I can't believe it is FALL! (Almost.) The Texas summer has already started backing away but  I can't wait for that first really cool, brisk morning.  I guess we are never far from our childhood no matter how many years have passed.  Falling leaves bring back memories of new school clothes, construction paper, freshly sharpened pencils, and that unique smell of a lunch box. Remember those thermos bottles with the delicate silver glass inside? My thermos never lasted more than a few days.

Texas is currently experiencing the semi-annual PLAGUE OF LOVE BUGS. The bugs are harmless, but such a nuisance!  You gotta' wonder why God would deliberately make a bug like that. Their average life expectancy must be about 20 minutes! At least twice a day I vacuum up dead ones from the window sills, the door frames, the front porch, and anywhere else that can be vacuumed. I suppose they are part of the food chain, but ...yuck.  Yesterday as I was pumping gas into my car, I had them in my hair, on my shirt, stuck to one eyelid, and trying to fly into my mouth, which I kept SHUT for a change!  This morning? There is not ONE SINGLE LOVEBUG left alive at my house, inside or out. They are all dead.  I wonder...did they know how short their life would be? Did they do everything on their bucket list? Were they happy? But what I REALLY want to know is, What was their purpose in life and...did they fulfill that purpose?  Hmmmmm. something to think about.

Now, to the house progress.  I have finished most of the painting inside the house EXCEPT for the white woodwork. I have decided to take a break before tackling that mountain.   However, I have been busy working on the decor. This is the FUN part for me.  I don't know about you, but, for me, THINKING about the decorating and DECIDING is always the most time-consuming part. First, I dig through hundreds of magazines and thousands of photos on Pinterest.com or Houzz.com, saving the pictures that "spoke" to me, as in- really caught my attention.  I also look for color inspiration anywhere I can find it.  And of course, since I am not wealthy, independently or otherwise, I must also look at what I already own and try to figure out what I can do with it. I already had a lot of cobalt blue glass and had purchased, piece by piece, Blue Willow China.

All that being said, sometimes I STILL end up with a plan that just doesn't work.  This is what happened to me.  I knew what I wanted, but...and I know this might sound strange, but some of you will understand - the house sometimes takes control and begins to rule. I couldn't get going on the decor, because it just wasn't right. When it's right, you just FEEL it. I had painted the back wall of my kitchen a light blue. The rest of the very open living and dining area was painted white. I had planned to use just a touch of red as my accent color with burlap colored, natural linen curtains and stone-colored leather sofa and sofas. I bought red throw pillows and made a burlap valance with tiny red gingham bows.  

It just didn't feel right.  So I went back to my "inspiration" pictures.  This is the one that YELLED at me!  "HEL-LO-OH!"    Handel's MESSIAH music started ringing in my ears!

The red didn't work, because I was supposed to use ORANGE and Rust with the Blue, NOT RED! So, down came the red stuff ( to be used elsewhere, of course).

I must stop my rambling and go to work now.  Guess you will have to check back tomorrow to see the after pictures! LOL. Sorry about that!  Hope your day is good. I KNOW it will be BLESSED.  I am going to do my best to fulfill my purpose today, for who knows about tomorrow? Are we really so different from the Love Bugs?