May it be your best year ever! I appreciate each of you so much!
I'll be back to blogging after a short break!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Just wanted to say HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you!
May it be your best year ever! I appreciate each of you so much!
I'll be back to blogging after a short break!
May it be your best year ever! I appreciate each of you so much!
I'll be back to blogging after a short break!
Saturday, December 24, 2011
From Our House to Yours
I wanted to wish all of you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
From our house to yours we wish you a wonderful holiday weekend with family, friends, love and joy!
I'll leave you with a picture of our sweet grandchildren celebrating the real reason we celebrate Christmas..... The birth of the Christ child...The Savior of the World!
Merry Christmas!
From our house to yours we wish you a wonderful holiday weekend with family, friends, love and joy!
I'll leave you with a picture of our sweet grandchildren celebrating the real reason we celebrate Christmas..... The birth of the Christ child...The Savior of the World!
Merry Christmas!Monday, December 19, 2011
Merry Christmas
Hello friends! It's seems forever since I've done a post! Life has a way of changing my plans. lol
We've been gone to CA visiting our daughter and family. We had a great time and fairly good weather. We loved spending time with them and doing fun things together..like going on a whale & dolphine watch.
We we returned home the nasty flu bug attacked us and it wasn't pretty! It took me a couple of weeks to start to feel normal again.
We finally got the decorating done and have been flying around like crazy to get the shopping, etc. done.
Here's a few pics I hope you enjoy of our family room. (smile)
Lots of lights, bulbs & glitter! People enter at their own risk. lol There will be glitter till Feb. '12
We have two staircases that we hang garland on.
A vingette on the countertop.
The catwalk upstairs with a small tree at the end of it.
Looking up from downstairs to the catwalk.
The front staircase.
Looks who's at the top of the landing. He's checking to see if we've naughty or nice.
Some snowmen on the kitchen counter. See...I trapped a snowman head and tucked it in with some snowballs to keep him from melting.
Here's one that got away and hopped on a candlestick. He doesn't know how close he is to
We've been gone to CA visiting our daughter and family. We had a great time and fairly good weather. We loved spending time with them and doing fun things together..like going on a whale & dolphine watch.
We we returned home the nasty flu bug attacked us and it wasn't pretty! It took me a couple of weeks to start to feel normal again.
We finally got the decorating done and have been flying around like crazy to get the shopping, etc. done.
Here's a few pics I hope you enjoy of our family room. (smile)
Lots of lights, bulbs & glitter! People enter at their own risk. lol There will be glitter till Feb. '12
We have two staircases that we hang garland on.
A vingette on the countertop.
The catwalk upstairs with a small tree at the end of it.
Looking up from downstairs to the catwalk.
The front staircase.
Looks who's at the top of the landing. He's checking to see if we've naughty or nice.
Some snowmen on the kitchen counter. See...I trapped a snowman head and tucked it in with some snowballs to keep him from melting.
Here's one that got away and hopped on a candlestick. He doesn't know how close he is tothe stove though....doesn't make for a happy ending. (smile)
Thanks for stopping by! Are you all ready for Christmas or do you have more shopping, baking, etc. to do.
Thanks for stopping by! Are you all ready for Christmas or do you have more shopping, baking, etc. to do.I'm joining Tuesday Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia,
Monday, November 21, 2011
Cute Tea Room
We recently had a tea room open in our area and I thought it would be fun to try while Ceekay was visiting.
If you know anything about Ceekay, you know she loves tea rooms and has been to MANY of them. Some very high priced ones, too. I say that, to say this, our tea room only charged $12.00 for a buffet that you could go back to as many times as you wanted.
The setting is in a bakery, the one that made my birthday cake, so I knew the food would be good. I just didn't know how GOOD! It's not as fancy as some but pretty enough. It's on a sun porch to the side of the bakery and florist.
They had fresh pretty flowers on the tables.
It was a bright sunny day and we could enjoy the Fall colors outside the windows.
They had a table with an urn of hot water. A sweet lady named Shirley brought us a pot of hot water and then you selected which tea you wanted.
Shirley made all the sandwiches with fresh bread baked that day. She also made the scones, which we out of this world delicious!
There were three kinds of sandwiches. Cucumber, pimento, and chicken salad. All three were wonderful.
We had a fresh bowl of mixed fruit as well.
Looks at the fresh flowers on top of the tiered tray. So cute! You can see the lemon curd and a little of the Devonshire cream that Shirley made.
Pretty wreath above the table.
Fresh flowers from the florist.
Of all the tea rooms Ceekay has been to she has never had a crumpet. Me either! Now she can say she has. Have any of you had them??
Shirley was sweet enough to take our pic. and send us on our way with a goodies box full of crumpets and extra scones. She wanted my hubby to try them and for Ceekay to have some for breakfast the next day.
Ceekay said she had never had better tasting food at any Tea Room. It was a hit with both of us! lol
I hope you're having a good week! Till next time!
If you know anything about Ceekay, you know she loves tea rooms and has been to MANY of them. Some very high priced ones, too. I say that, to say this, our tea room only charged $12.00 for a buffet that you could go back to as many times as you wanted.
The setting is in a bakery, the one that made my birthday cake, so I knew the food would be good. I just didn't know how GOOD! It's not as fancy as some but pretty enough. It's on a sun porch to the side of the bakery and florist.
They had fresh pretty flowers on the tables.
It was a bright sunny day and we could enjoy the Fall colors outside the windows.
They had a table with an urn of hot water. A sweet lady named Shirley brought us a pot of hot water and then you selected which tea you wanted.
Shirley made all the sandwiches with fresh bread baked that day. She also made the scones, which we out of this world delicious!
There were three kinds of sandwiches. Cucumber, pimento, and chicken salad. All three were wonderful.
We had a fresh bowl of mixed fruit as well.
Looks at the fresh flowers on top of the tiered tray. So cute! You can see the lemon curd and a little of the Devonshire cream that Shirley made.
Pretty wreath above the table.
Fresh flowers from the florist.
Of all the tea rooms Ceekay has been to she has never had a crumpet. Me either! Now she can say she has. Have any of you had them??
Shirley was sweet enough to take our pic. and send us on our way with a goodies box full of crumpets and extra scones. She wanted my hubby to try them and for Ceekay to have some for breakfast the next day.
Ceekay said she had never had better tasting food at any Tea Room. It was a hit with both of us! lol
I hope you're having a good week! Till next time!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Fall Colors
We've had such a beautiful Fall! The trees were prettier than in some years past. While Ceekay and our daughter Andrea were here they got to enjoy all the beautiful scenery that they don't have, while living in the desert.
It was also Halloween and they enjoyed seeing my two grandchildren that live here. The house across the street likes to go all out! This couple has never had children but love to do this for the neighborhood.
Here's Jonas getting ready with Aunt Andrea's help. I made this clown outfit for her 30 some years ago. She and her sister wore it, three grandchildren wore it, 3 nieces and nephews wore it, and varies neighbors wore it. Ceekay's kids wore some of the outfits I made. Can't remember which ones. I'd say it has gotten plenty of use. lol
Sweet Ivy is wearing the mouse costume I made for my kids as well. She left home and forgot her ears. So we made her some with her hair. lol She thought her mom made a spider on her nose. lol
Patiently waiting to go trick or treating!
Jonas with the finished custome on.
It was also Halloween and they enjoyed seeing my two grandchildren that live here. The house across the street likes to go all out! This couple has never had children but love to do this for the neighborhood.
Here's Jonas getting ready with Aunt Andrea's help. I made this clown outfit for her 30 some years ago. She and her sister wore it, three grandchildren wore it, 3 nieces and nephews wore it, and varies neighbors wore it. Ceekay's kids wore some of the outfits I made. Can't remember which ones. I'd say it has gotten plenty of use. lol
Sweet Ivy is wearing the mouse costume I made for my kids as well. She left home and forgot her ears. So we made her some with her hair. lol She thought her mom made a spider on her nose. lol
Patiently waiting to go trick or treating!
Jonas with the finished custome on.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Room Makeover
We had a small bedroom that was a multipurpose room, so to speak. I exercised in it, sewed, painted and ironed it in. We have three other bedrooms and sometimes there's still not enough beds to accommodate family or friends! lol Besides that, I thought it was a lot of work to use a queen bed if a toddler grandchild was sleeping over.
Here's the room before we made a few changes.
Hubby used this room to watch TV in occasionally so we got him a nice comfy recliner when he retired. That stayed.
Then the change started. I asked a master builder at our church if he could custom make some bunk beds for me. He was so gracious to fit it in his busy schedule. I put a little pressure on him because I needed them done A.S.A.P. for all the company that came to town for my birthday. lol He was happy to oblige!
Here it is taking shape.
They were just finishing as I came back from the airport with my sister. The first of many to arrive.
I put my married nieces in the bunks when they arrived a couple of days later. Worked out great!
Here's the finished room. I moved an entertainment center from our bedroom into this room and got a new little flat screen TV. The grand kids will use this room to watch their movies .
The Flag on the wall is from the table in the above pictures. I had painted it 20 some yrs. ago and didn't want to get rid of it so I had hubby take off the top of table to hang it.
I put book shelves on a small wall to showcase the things that were either on the wall previously or on the floor. You may notice the boat that was on the floor is now on it's side on the top of the bookcase. That was Ceekay's idea.
The builder said he could make custom shelves for us instead of the ones from Target! Hubby told him to go for it. So more changes are a coming. lol
I made the curtains and cushions. The hope chest I've had since I was 16.
I still can open my total gym and use the room for exercise. See, it's folded up in the corner with my exercise ball.
I had drawers built in the bottom for linen storage and for the grand kids's "things". They are nice and big!
I found the comforters at K-Mart. Notice the little captain's wheel on them.
Now I can wash twin sheets for the kiddies instead of queen ones. lol
I'm joining Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday & and, Carrie for Amaze Me Monday! Also, Kim @Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Here's the room before we made a few changes.
Hubby used this room to watch TV in occasionally so we got him a nice comfy recliner when he retired. That stayed.
Then the change started. I asked a master builder at our church if he could custom make some bunk beds for me. He was so gracious to fit it in his busy schedule. I put a little pressure on him because I needed them done A.S.A.P. for all the company that came to town for my birthday. lol He was happy to oblige!
The Flag on the wall is from the table in the above pictures. I had painted it 20 some yrs. ago and didn't want to get rid of it so I had hubby take off the top of table to hang it.
I put book shelves on a small wall to showcase the things that were either on the wall previously or on the floor. You may notice the boat that was on the floor is now on it's side on the top of the bookcase. That was Ceekay's idea.
The builder said he could make custom shelves for us instead of the ones from Target! Hubby told him to go for it. So more changes are a coming. lol
I made the curtains and cushions. The hope chest I've had since I was 16.
I still can open my total gym and use the room for exercise. See, it's folded up in the corner with my exercise ball.
I had drawers built in the bottom for linen storage and for the grand kids's "things". They are nice and big!
I found the comforters at K-Mart. Notice the little captain's wheel on them.
Now I can wash twin sheets for the kiddies instead of queen ones. lol
I'm joining Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday & and, Carrie for Amaze Me Monday! Also, Kim @Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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