Butler's Pantry, Thank You Sherry, & a Free Calendar

Finally, a week of working from home and no snow days.  I don't know about you, but as much as I love snow days and having the kids home, I don't seem to get a thing done,  well other than cooking and cleaning the kitchen constantly.  Last week I had a work assignment that required me to be away from the house most of the week.  Now a new week awaits and I can't wait to get started on some new projects.

 Yesterday Mr. took the boys out to the country to play and I stayed behind to get a few things done.

While I'm not big on New Year's resolutions, one thing I am trying to make more of an effort with it to use some of our nicer things every day.  The truth is that I cook dinner every night and over the years I have inherited several sets of china and various pieces of silver.

My Sunday was spent rearranging the butler's pantry and polishing silver hoping to really use what we have instead of resorting to the same old boring every day china.  We'll see.

On another note, this beautiful pillow arrived in the mail yesterday.  Sherry from Design Indulgence sent it to me.  She wanted me to have it because of the "Z".  Wasn't that sweet?  Thank you Sherry!  I love it!  Now I just need to get a down insert from Crate & Barrel.  Sherry is having a fun little giveaway on her blog so go check it out.

Also, Christin from Simplified Bee posted yesterday about a free calendar download.

I chose this one, but there are many to chose from.  To read more, go here.  This calendar is cute, but I really need a personal assistant to keep up with my busy family.  Does anyone know where the free download is for that?

Have a great week!