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This was so much fun, I'm going to have to do giveaways more often. :) Okay, on to today's post.

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What does your front door or entry way say about you?  Mine was screaming "this lady is decorating early for Halloween, complete with spooky spider webs." Or, "here lives a lover of nature, too kindhearted and in touch with her environment to kill any living thing."  Both of these are far from true, so I was ashamed that's what my house was saying to anyone visiting. I'll admit, it's not something I worry about a whole lot, I guess because I very rarely use the front door.  However, I had occasion twice this past week to go in and out of my front door.  I was horrified at the condition it was in.  My front porch is a nice sheltering place with a little corner that often has some spiderwebs in it.  It's a fact of life and I've learn to deal with a few webs, as long as I never actually see the little creepy crawlers (I HATE spiders!)  I knew it was time to brush down the webs and wash off the house again, but hadn't gotten around to it yet.  However, something had happened since I'd stepped out the last time, the corner, light fixtures, awning, everything was completely filled with spiderwebs and worse, filled with little gnats since we'd had the front lights on several nights lately.  Add to that, we have an amazing killer cat who is the best mouser ever!  He brings his kills and often deposits them in the corner, sometimes still alive so he can play with them for a while.  There is always blood there and this time, several bird feathers.  Needless to say, the front porch was gross!  So as part of my labor day weekend "fun", I went to work on the front porch.  Cheyenne was so kind (and brave) to take the broom before me while I was spraying off the house.  She even had her first experience with a great big catface spider (ewwww!)  Thank you, thank you, Cheyenne!  It took a good couple of hours, but my front porch looks so much better.  Now I think my entry way is saying, "here lives a clean, organized family, but still kind of boring." 

This is were I need your help.  I want to hang a wreath or something, but I'm a little leery of it scratching my door.  The other thing is it's a metal door and we have siding, so how do you hang a wreath.?  I think Bill would object to an over-the-door hanger because the door wouldn't close tight.  I have a cute bench made of barn wood and an old milk can next to the door, but it could have some more personality, too.  Oh, and there's the cat house, what do you do with that?  Give me your best ideas and suggestions because I want my house to say, "a fun, friendly family lives here."  What does your front door say about you?

P.S. Does anyone have any ideas for getting blood off of cement?  Seriously, I have scrubbed and scrubbed, used cleaners, hydrogen peroxide and nothing will get the blood out of the cement in the "kill corner."

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