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Hi friend,
I am so happy you decided to subscribe to Southern Hospitality through email.
Now you won’t ever miss a thing!!!
Rhoda
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I just started blogging and I want you to know you always inspire me to try new things.
Thank you, Vikki! So glad to hear that.
Hi Rhoda,
Here I am the day after Thanksgiving and feeling a bit down so got on The Painted Cottage to look at the old November posts which I love and will miss! However what a blessing to find you! An hour and half later I am still reading about you because you touched such a chord. My life definitely has not gone acccording to plan. Here I am 70, single after divorce and widowed, forced into retirement and financially strapped, trying to reinvent myself once again. WHEW! I know God cares and is still there but sometimes it is difficult to keep fighting the good fight even with His help especially when this is round three or maybe four! Anyway you gave me some hope and inspiration and I thank you for that. God bless you even more……Karen
Hi, Karen, what a sweet note to get today! I’m so glad you got some hope from my story, it’s been such a journey for me. I know you will make it too, just keep trusting Him. He will never leave you!
I’ve lurked around and read your blog every since a friend’s husband passed away and I found that Lemon-Coconut Pound Cake recipe on your site. I was hooked.
But it wasn’t until I watched your scarf tutorial video and heard your sweet voice…….well, here I am. You do a wonderful job and my favorite feature is fashion over 50.
Hi Laura, awww thank you so much for hanging out with me! I love it when y’all leave comments like this.
When I look up anything – books, food, decorating, you name it – I query ‘southern’ and ‘female’. Think I’m biased???? Obviously, in finding you I also added decorating to my search. I love your style and color choices. With all of this said, I have a question. We are in the process of purchasing an investment property at the beach. Jacksonville is our closest large city. Are you aware of any furniture marts there? I have credentials but need some direction on finding names. Thanks to you in advance for any help you can give me.
HI, Bee, welcome and thanks for stopping by. So sorry, but I don’t know much about Jacksonville, so hopefully you can find source.
I enjoy anything… decorating. But I subscibed to your blog, because I fell in love with the video of your Mom and friend cooking….. I think I’ll pull up a chair and visit often! Happy Blogging!
Thank you, Cynthia!
Hello! I just found you on Pinterest, and I am so happy! Although I am NOT a southern girl (living on the Washington coast in the Great PNW), my roots are Virginia/NC . My great grandfather, who hailed from Virginia, built the house I live in in 1910. I bought it from my great Aunt Babe, and I have been living in it and restoring/updating it since 2005. I love this old house, and I have tried to honor its history in everything I’ve done, and continue to do! My story is not what I thought it would be – don’t know many whose stories are! – and I love your “pick yourself up, and dust yourself off” attitude. Me, too!
I can’t wait to explore your site, and all of your projects – your style just speaks volumes to me, as I see it has so many of us. Ack! I am excited to get started, and look forward to all your blog posts!
Hi, Lisa, welcome and thanks so much for leaving a comment. You are so right, our lives don’t always turn out the way we expect them to, but God has always been faithful to me and continues to make my life even better than I imagined.
Good Morning,
I have an avocado green bathroom built in the 70’s. I was replacing the floor and broke a couple of the tiles on the wall where it joins the floor. What can I do to replace these? I hadn’t planned on replacing the wall tiles.
Hi Rhoda……..I’ve been following you for quite some time and realized that I had not been receiving your newsfeeds, usually daily, or whenever you post. However, my name has obviously dropped off the subscription list. The last thing I recall getting from you was about your new master bathroom remodel. Just wanted you to be aware. If I was dropped off, there may be others too. And in our busy work/home lives, it can slip by us unnoticed. Thanks Rhoda!
HI, Linda, I have a subscription service and if you signed up, it should still be going. Can you try signing up again on my subscribe box at the top and see what happens. Sometimes emails bounce because of a person’s email service or are marked spam. Are you sure that’s not happening? My emails go out every time I post.
I love the projects that you have done especially the ones with your father. No wonder he stays young, he is active and does amazing work!
Rhonda, I just want to congratulate you on your 10 years of blogging!
I have just subscribed to your posts and will really look forward to reading each one! God has truly blessed you and I pray that He will continue to bless you and make you a blessing to everyone who reads your posts!
Blessings!
Hi Rhoda,
Do you have any idea what has happened with Bloglovin’? The last couple of weeks my feed on that seems to have been hijacked by something called Everyday Living and I’m not seeing the blogs I normally follow. I’ve signed up by email on your site so I don’t miss anymore of yours but it was convenient being able to access them all in one place.
HI, Laura, I have no idea. I still get Bloglovin in my email too and am still seeing it the same. Mine are showing up in there as normal.
Rhoda, I just found your blog by accident and love it! I am an artist and also have a blog but I want to come back and spend some more time here. I believe exactly what you said that creativity is inside of everyone. I so hope you have happiness and love in your life now. Thank you for this blog and the strawberry cake recipe!!!
HI, Marcia, thank you for stopping by! I’ve been writing this blog for 11 years and yes, I finally have such happiness and love in my life!
Rhoda, I have been reading your blog online for a couple of years and decided to subscribe. My husband and I live fairly close to yall in Bartow County in the Emerson area. We built our house almost 30 years ago and we live about a mile from the Elementary and Middle School. My husband David and I are retired now and are in our mid 60s. I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your site and enjoy seeing your posts every week. Have a wonderful day!
HI, Barbara, thank you for saying hello! Emerson is just up the road from us and we are really enjoying our new home in Acworth, getting to know the area more and more our first year here. So nice to meet you and thank you for taking the time to tell me all that! I appreciate all of you out there reading along.
Hi Rhoda, I’m not a new subscriber, but somehow stopped getting your emails. I realized this when I saw your post on Instagram. So this is me subscribing again!
HI, Penny, glad to have you back!
Hi Rhoda,
I discovered your blog randomly several months ago and I love it! I too am a Baby Boomer born in 1960.
Everything you post speaks to me in some way. I love decorating my home and visiting yours online. You have so many nice things and such great ideas. You simply inspire me!
Greetings from cold cold Ohio, Love your style of clothes. Going on a cruise soon. Need some ideas how to dress flabby arms, can you help? Fondly, Nancy
I am looking forward to it !!
Hi, I’m Drena and I recently started blogging. I stumbled across your site (thank god!). Your an inspiration to all new bloggers! Thank you for sharing great content!
Welcome Dena, so glad you found my blog! Best of luck with yours.
Hi Rhoda, I’m a new subscriber and I’m interested in painting my maple china cabinet and dining room table and cane back chairs. I’d like to paint it black and use the distressed technique. The finish is lacquered. Can I paint over the finish or do I need to sand it first?
Hi, Blynda, if it has a really shiny finish you will be better off sanding that off. There is a new paint called Fusion Mineral Paint that can go right over most finishes, but even they suggest a little sanding on shiny pieces. Check out their paint. It has a soft finish and not as chalky as chalk paints are. I’m using it on our bathroom vanity.
Hi,
For several years I followed your blog but somehow I lost track of you! So happy to find you again!
Dorothy
Hi, Dorothy, glad to have you back!