{My Angel Sister & Mariette's Back to Basics Explained}

January 11, marks the date that my Angel Sister Mariet was still born... She would have been my older sister and my entire life I've wondered how she would have been like. In an earlier post of November 23, 2010, I did write about her Birthday and I will repeat it here:

By the end of the year I was walking on crutches...

On January 9 of this year (2010) I was in the hospital being almost totally paralyzed with very high fever that they couldn't knock down at first. 

It was on January 11, that I cried in my hospital bed; on the birthday of my still born sister 'Mariet' who would have been almost 13 months older than I am. 

I told her that I was NOT yet ready to see her in heaven...

After four days in the hospital they put me on Prednisone and the pain went away.

Again I could MOVE! What a joy.
Being diagnosed with a very rare auto immune disease, I was now on the mend!
♥

For my sister Mariet, trying to live for her as well, I've added 'TE' behind my name.
♥♥

That's the story behind my Zen Cart powered on line boutique: Mariette's Back to Basics. 

Anyway, most people here in the US had difficulties pronouncing Mariet, so this works well.
They have chewed it out like Muwrit or Muwreet... A good example is: 1993 February 8 — Ma Hawkins Group in Dublin, Georgia ←click link for YouTube video

A name is very special and I'm proud for adding something for an Angel I Know By Name; MY SISTER

Related link:
{# 148 and my blog is 1 year old today!} | previous post about my sister

{Our Rose Suite Hallway}

On December 2, of 2012, I did show you the last of our Rose Suite series. Now Saint Nicholas, Christmas and New Year are past so let's round it up with Our Rose Suite Hallway. For any readers that are new to my blog, below this post you find related links to the other posts so you can follow the tremendous job that my husband Pieter has done here. He actually created an entire Rose Suite, as we call it, for our Guests to live in with complete privacy. 

This is a photo from the post: Welcome to Our Rose Suite - Entrance.

Let's start our here. The entrance door is to the left; out of sight...

Here we are looking from the Hallway into the Entrance.

To the right is a small walk-in-closet.

This photo is without flash light... 

To the left you just can see the door to the living room.

The other little doors are actually the solid oak indoor shutters from our bedroom window, before we added the balcony and the French doors. 

Behind those shutter doors are convenient storage closets that I will show below...

Photo with flash light. To the left you see the air-conditioning thermostat.

Each of those closets is build above the big foot of those concrete pillars, that support the house.

Here we turned around, to the right is now the door to the living room.

One last closet with shutter doors and in front you see the door to Pieter's workshop.

Stepping to the left we go down one step into the hallway that leads to our staircase area with our pantry to the left. 

Yes, there are many rooms in this Rose Suite!

Here also hangs my Dublin-Laurens County Chamber of Commerce business membership plaque for Mariette's Back to Basics.

From that final segment of the hallway, looking back now at the door of the living room...

In April of 2004 when Pieter's brother Toon stayed as first guest in this Rose Suite, he did help build this little closet for hanging some coats and such.

This is  the depth we got for it, just above the big chunk of concrete at the foot of each pillar.

It was Pieter's brilliant idea to convert them into closets.

Of course, with our size garden there is the need for many vases and I can store them all in here.

Another closet that holds my Weck canning jars and empty marmalade jars and bottles.

Each closet has several shelves.

Here you see the top part of it; all filled up.

The last one is holding some bed linens.

The little walk-in-closet for holding more bed linens and clothes.

This is the kind of shelving we have in our entire home. Convenient and easy to hang clothes.

So now you've seen the living quarters for our guests.

We were fortunate for having Mom & Dad live with us for six weeks from October 22 till December 3 of 2005. They did come back to the USA with us on the same flight and we dropped them off again here in Atlanta to go by themselves on the non-stop flight back to The Netherlands. Mom of course in a wheel chair, as she had that year her knee replacement.

Mom did visit us a total of 4 times and Dad a total of 6 times...

Sweet memories!

Related links:
{Welcome to Our Rose Suite - Entrance} previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Kitchenette} previous post by me

{Our Rose Suite Living Room} previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom} previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part II} previous post by me
{The Construction of Our Rose Suite - Part I} previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite with Angels + a REQUEST} previous post by me

{My Old Boots Rejuvenated & New Sweater}

On January 1st I did show you some photos that I want to explain a bit further here. My Old Boots are actually over 30 years old and I did rejuvenate them with some Tacco Deluxe Full-Length Orthotic Insoles from Germany. The New Sweater is from Saks Fifth Avenue where I got it for 60% off and Free Shipping; shown towards the end of post...

How did I rejuvenate those old suede boots with teddy lining?

The wear and tear was mostly inside and I found on line from Tacco some Deluxe Full-Length Orthotic LEATHER Insoles. Love to walk in these boots! You can see those soles below the first pictures.

The skirt I am wearing is a printed hair calf Escada from the Outlet.

Panty hose are French DIM Ventre Plat in the color: Emotion.

These boots are made for walking...

Same boots in my home in Horst, The Netherlands with Mauzie-girl my Dachshund

This is around 30 years ago...

Tacco real leather Footcare, made in Germany

Detail of leather insoles

This leather Tacco Black Deluxe Orthotic supports your medial arch and metatarsals.

That makes ALL the difference for walking.

Manhatten Wardrobe Supply - Tacco Deluxe Full-Length Orthotic Insole

Click on hyperlink above for info.

Saks Fifth Avenue Opening Ceremony Pom-Pom Wool Sweater

Love this cropped sweater and got mine in Small.

Now the price went up again and is only available in Medium and XSML

It pays off to receive emails from Saks Fifth Avenue for their special deals!

Are you shopping on line too?

Related link:
{Let It Be A Happy New Year} previous post by me with same sweater
Saks Fifth Avenue  on line for checking sales or fashion fix bargains