Thursday, July 1, 2010

New Format and Direction!!!

So... as you know I now have a new space to call my own. Well not totally mine! I share it with the best hubby ever and I wanna make our curent living location a home that is us. It needs to be comfy, inviting, warm, with personality and oh so charming!

And... I thought maybe people might want to see what I have done or am doing. There will be decorating, sewing, painting, and some... oh what is the world .... furniture redo's, re-vamps, or revives. I will include before and after photos, details, and attempt to explain what I did.

Hopefully... you will enjoy the changes and may find either inspiration or happiness in the changes like I will .

Thursday, January 28, 2010

What is the difference between complacent and complaisant?

Complaisant means 'eager to please' and 'showing a cheerful willingness to fulfill others' wishes'. Complacent is quite the opposite, 'being pleased with oneself; contented to a fault'. However, they share one meaning, which may cause them to be confused - each also carries the sense of 'obliging, agreeable'. One could differentiate the two words by saying that complaisant is the active adverb and complacent denotes a more passive feeling. Complaisant was first recorded in 1647, deriving from Latin complacere. Complacent comes from the same Latin word, but is not found in writing until 1660.
Courtesy of Dictionary.com