{HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY | ALWAYS}

• Wishing all of you, worldwide, a HAPPY SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY | ALWAYS. 
• YES, you read that correct as in my opinion it should be always 'Saint Valentine's Day'. 
• Not the commercialized way however, but in the purest sense of the word. 
• No one did write about this better than dear friend Celia from the blog High Heeled Life.
• It is far more about little pleasures and little gifts that we find for one another; year round.
• Or even, as Celia M. High Heeled Life & Resilientista did recommend in her 2 blog posts: This Valentine's be Your Own Valentine ...Part I
• Rekindling the Romance ~ With Yourself- Part 2 of 2 - Just click the two linkd for a worthwhile visit to her expert blog.
• Celia's third post: Valentine's Day - Spread Love and Kindeness
• As for me...?
• I still stick to: {Valentine - Toi & Moi} - Just click to go there...
• So WHAT is your opinion? Are you buying lots of commercialized things to celebrate or are you also a more pure and romantic TOI & MOI duo?
• Love to hear your version for 2013!

TOI & MOI

French for YOU & ME...

Related link:

{CUPID} | previous post by me

{Our Rose Suite Pantry & TRINITY EcoStorage™ NSF 6-Tier Wire Shelving Racks}

There are still rooms to be viewed from our Rose Suite. This time I take you to our Pantry & TRINITY EcoStorage™ NSF 6-Tier Wire Shelving Racks (click it). That is such a great find from Costco about two and a half year ago when they had them on sale for $ 89.00 each and that for 6 shelves and on wheels! It makes cleaning my pantry a snap and also the reach is never a problem as you can roll them away from the wall or whatever. Great investment and the open Eco Storage chrome shelving lets the light shine through in the room also. Solid shelving would block the light. 

From the hallway you enter here. The same Spanish tiles as we have in our entire Rose Suite.

We keep our old refrigerator and freezer combi in here as well. 

Cool boxes are stored on top of the shelves.

The entire room is air conditioned.

Very easy to stash away our groceries and it is also easy to have an over view.

Looking now back into the hallway...

This white shelf has no wheels but it is convenient to keep it.

Lots of luggage we store here as well.

We did replace the old suitcases with those light weight spinners on wheels.

Some down duvets and sleeping bags are being stored here as well.

On the shelf to the right I even keep my napkins and other table linens.

The laundry room is next door, so that is convenient.

To the wall there are shelves too and if I need to reach something there, I just ride my  EcoStorage™ off the wall and reach for the item I need.

One of our friends was in the cabinet business and we did buy enough to cover this wall.

Those cabinets too can be reached by pulling the shelves on wheels away.

So what is your opinion about Our Rose Suite Pantry?

Do you also have a pantry yourself for storage?
Do you like this Eco Storage system?

Loved to hear some thoughts!

Related links:
{Our Rose Suite's Little Room} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suit Hallway} | previous post by me
{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

{Happy 89th Birthday Dear Mom}

Wishing my dear Mom a Happy 89th Birthday on February 12! She is quite a hero for still going strong after almost 5 years of kidney dialysis. You can read more in my previous posts about her, below... 

• Mom taught me how to love, love my human Parents and love my heavenly Parents. How sweet it always was when she came to my bedroom, to see if I got tucked in well, together with my sister Diny. She marked my forehead with a cross and said her sweet prayer: Danke Lieve Heerke, danke Lieve Vrouwke, danke engeltje zoet die ons Marietje bewaren moet. Thank you Dear Lord, thank you dear Lady Mary, thank you sweet Angel who must wake over our Marietje... With that prayer by Mom, I felt so loved and so fuzzy that in no time I was in dreamland! 
• Mom taught me how to care for others, how to cook, how to love flowers, how to do fine needlework.
• Mom taught me how to uphold myself and for wearing good, decent and supporting lingerie. She repeated what her Mom always taught her: Wie zijn eigen bewaart, die bewaart geen rotte appels. Those that keep their own do not keep bad apples. 
• Mom taught me how to keep the sun from damaging the face, she covered up with an all cotton headscarf, while working the fields. Smart woman as till today her face is soft and a lot younger looking than her actual age. So glad I too always covered up with a wash cloth when at the pool or wearing a hat at the beach. Thank you Mom!
• Mom taught me the love of ginger and I recall as a young teen, staying up late and baking her a surprise ginger cake on her birthday! Got reprimanded by Dad for not being in bed, I cried but it was worth it. Mom loved it!
• Mom also taught me to LOVE those diamond shaped nougat blocks with chocolate covered. I always would bring her one home when I was dating and going to a fair where they got sold.
• How Mom could put a spring in my step as I did smell her home cooked delicious tomato soup when we came walking home from school for lunch. No one could sautée onions better than Mom. She also used sautéed onions with her green beans and her ribs were so yummy with sautéed onions and tomatoes... Her apricot pie baking was something out of this world! 
• Mom kept an exemplary MORAL COMPASS—passed down by generations of strong women.
• With love I did bake and cook for you during your four stays with us here in the U.S.A. and also giving a High Tea in your honor for some ladies... Short video where at 1:23 you can see the tea/coffee table in her honor here in Georgia: Pieter J.C. Vedder squeezes lemon over Popovers for Mom & Dad & High Tea in Honor of Mom in Georgia ←click it.

Here in our living room we are together; framed forever in silver. Mom's is with roses...

I still can hear your voice when you exclaimed that those pictures were the most precious gift you ever received... 

We went together to the next city for this photo shoot, when you and Dad were staying with us in the USA.

That will forever remain a wonderful memory, as there are so many others!

Thanks Mom and Happy 89th Birthday from your American daughter.

Related links:
{The Little Black Dress & My MOM} | previous post by me
{Mom's 4th Dialysis Anniversary} | previous post by me
{Like to see my own Everlasting Silver ROSE?} | previous post by me
{MY VERY FIRST BLOG AWARD} | previous post by me, listing 10 points about me...

Mom got called MOVIE STAR for once she was the CENTER of ATTENTION! | later post with video