Finding stuff you bought after Christmas last year.....

Ok, so do you ever shop the Christmas clearance stuff after you've already put up your decorations? Well, I did last year and so what I bought didn't end up with all my Christmas stuff. So I came across these yesterday.....I had totally forgotten that I had bought them, but I do love these stockings!

Did your mom do ceramics in the 70's? Well, mine did and she made all of these trees. She's since passed away and these are very precious to me now more than ever.

Christmas around my house.....

Getting in the Christmas Spirit

Man, it's been way too long since I've posted. Gotta get back in the habit. It's been feeling a lot more like winter here and Friday night we went to Light Up Downtown in North Wilkesboro. We had fun, but it was so so COLD.

A wedding....

My neice got married this past weekend. She was a beautiful bride! We all had a great time all dressed up and spending time with family. Here are my two cuties! This was after the wedding, Noah could only keep his shirt tucked in for so long!

PB & J Day

In the wake of all the news about Wachovia, I packed peanutbutter & jelly sandwiches for my husband and myself. Sad times for Winston-Salem.

Show and Tell Friday - Tablecloth mistreatment

I love vintage tablecloths and decided to show this one off on my wall. I have a pretty Christmas one that I put up also. Need to find one for fall.....
Anyway we just put it up there on the star hooks and the clips you'd use for showercurtains or curtains. It really does wonders for this wall and thought I'd share :)

It's Show & Tell Friday over at Kelli's There's No Place Like Home. Drop by for a visit and see who else is there for Show & Tell. It is always a great time and you never know who you will meet!

No love for the bird......

My family does not like the bird. My little one thinks it's scary, but he is warming up to it. My husband thinks it's something that should only be on a scary movie set. I informed him last night that it's hip halloween home decor and to get over it unless he wants to see my little birdie perched on his covers in the middle of the night.

Show and Tell Friday

My dad has recently revamped his 70's kitchen and while he was cleaning out the kitchen he found this bowl and asked me if I wanted it. I jumped on it! I'm an only child, so it's not like I beat out anyone else :)
The bowl was his mother's and it has neat little moons and stars around it. I need to get some little fall gourds and pumpkins to make it say "Welcome Fall".

It's Show & Tell Friday over at Kelli's There's No Place Like Home. Drop by for a visit and see who else is there for Show & Tell. It is always a great time and you never know who you will meet!

Still Amazed with Facebook

Ok, so I've added some friends.....most are ones I haven't talked to in over 10 years, some over 20. I think it's hard jumping back in there with those friendships. I am so not the same person I was in highschool in so many ways and I'm sure they are not either. It's neat to look at the photos, see pics of the kids and spouse, and read their interests.
I can also see how facebook could really hurt someone's marriage that might not be on the stable side. It just takes one message from an old love and you are treading on shaky ground.
For the past few months it seems like each week I hear about someone's marriage breaking up. Most are a total shock to me. I am praying for each one that God will move in their marriage and work things out. I've been with my hubby since I was 15 years old. We got married when I graduated college. We've grown up together. One positive thing that has come out of all divorce news is that I have a new appreciation down deep for my marriage and my husband.
He's such a great guy (most of the time, all men have their faults right?). He's a great dad and he helps me so much around the house. Now, don't bother him while he's watching sports - if you do watch out!

Love ya sweets!

I was supposed to be scrapbooking......

This weekend I went to my friend Marianna's for a weekend of stampin' and scrappin'. I tried to scrapbook, I really did. I was tired for one thing. Marianna and Erika were making cute cards, so I packed up my scrapbooking (well, probably not packed up cause I'm one of the messiest ones out there...it was mostly still on my table) and commenced to stampin'. Here are a few things I made.

Blog, check - - - now facebook?!?

Just as I got the gumption to get my blog going, I got an email from a friend from high school giving me the 411 on an upcoming class reunion. Ok, good with that. Then she proceeds to tell me I need to set up a Facebook account and that all these people from our class are out there.

I barely even know what Facebook is all about, but I've set up an account and I have a few friends. Now to find out what a Wall is and if I post on your Wall can everyone else see it? Need to make sure I don't look like a complete idiot out there for all the world to see.

Today is my daddy's 78th birthday. I feel so lucky to have him in my life and can't imagine what life will be like without him. We're taking him to Outback tonite for a big steak!

Now, off the blog and onto Facebook. Next post, I promise I will post some pictures!

Ok, ok, I'll BLOG!

So, this whole bloggin' thing is really something. This time last year I barely knew what a blog was. Sometime before Christmas I checked a few links, saw a few beautifully decorated homes, and I was hooked on "checkin' the blogs" on a daily basis. A couple that got me hooked are Daisy Cottage and Cherry Hill Cottage (I'm planning on having them linked over to the side, but can't quite figure out how to get that link right here). I love looking at all their Goodwill and thrift store finds and seeing the beautiful things they do with them.


Anyway, I turned a friend on to these blogs and she decided to make her own blog and has been after me for a while to get one started. So here it is!


I want to use this blog to help me document my life, whatever that means! I'm an avid scrapbooker, but fall so short when it comes to journaling. Hopefully I can use this blog to help me with all my journaling.


I also love looking at decorating blogs and may post a little of that too. I love vintage stuff and am just getting started collecting vintage tablecloths.