tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896086265850164662024-02-26T02:03:02.412-05:00 Mamaw's PlaceMamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.comBlogger3304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-39595288497132136832024-01-24T13:23:00.005-05:002024-01-24T13:23:54.077-05:00Morning has broken....<div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Morning has broken like the first morning. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.</span></b></i></div><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Praise for the singing, praise for the morning. <span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;">Praise for them springing fresh from the world. </span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;">- Cat Stevens</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">After being snowed in for 8 day and staring out my window at 7" of snow, it was a sweet gift from heaven to wake up to the sunshine this morning as it was rising in the morning sky. This is the view from my front porch. Nothing like waking up to a great day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMnDMtrcLte4IC1zF0VFTm3dsO4n2gZpFY_3Lt1HNyv8qJ9idfWBW2Z7NyK0FntgZNcwF9phJi1dfNgT4tBt0HblUjgdvH7hHwnVgau-WWzMwQ4rSiybi2e2lDN5DkPYfHw06AqQtLNfYNx-1-NQDgqAXIYRIEO2KsSO8_ur1jopvdgFBtlD9H31lKaQu/s2048/416018698_764915708841573_3651710524407062470_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMnDMtrcLte4IC1zF0VFTm3dsO4n2gZpFY_3Lt1HNyv8qJ9idfWBW2Z7NyK0FntgZNcwF9phJi1dfNgT4tBt0HblUjgdvH7hHwnVgau-WWzMwQ4rSiybi2e2lDN5DkPYfHw06AqQtLNfYNx-1-NQDgqAXIYRIEO2KsSO8_ur1jopvdgFBtlD9H31lKaQu/w400-h300/416018698_764915708841573_3651710524407062470_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With all the recent snow, the post office was closed for over a week. Nobody could get anywhere. I was expecting a package and the mail service couldn't even deliver. But I woke up this morning and it had arrived after I went to bed last night and was on my porch when I got up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibM7feUX0Snn2o-IU-6Prtqe51YgNmSR1rkRFsv8g0FHy-rYBtxrNcF3GbGJuFgPL_TSWNDVq9jiLyS7lqPaaRFe_hkfSS-mqVEG0HgLcFxu22IHMLnZuHLFl9yPuNZSzcQF9GQMyUnCWgvHtTrpn1xY4znmgcQJjZdxb6srk5RCDWSqlYWKMETdS2r_Gp/s544/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="544" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibM7feUX0Snn2o-IU-6Prtqe51YgNmSR1rkRFsv8g0FHy-rYBtxrNcF3GbGJuFgPL_TSWNDVq9jiLyS7lqPaaRFe_hkfSS-mqVEG0HgLcFxu22IHMLnZuHLFl9yPuNZSzcQF9GQMyUnCWgvHtTrpn1xY4znmgcQJjZdxb6srk5RCDWSqlYWKMETdS2r_Gp/w400-h353/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the new billfold. The bills fit in the zipper part with plenty of room to get them in and out.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDTbwfJsjFlTe4KJqsYjk09VAb5JK8E_xuosS-R-VcwDNkPzA-gQL3DLONPajtjRwrNrCcisfO2kBxprgnmWLV_jRWc8pXC0QpC8qkYwxel6lwiYsGn8yVkr4aizTP6oVvCHRP4yq4RHDpI82NhrkzddIOCsGrlG4i5cW68ZmVzltX-Lo0Bg2w8XC_x9U/s531/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="531" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDTbwfJsjFlTe4KJqsYjk09VAb5JK8E_xuosS-R-VcwDNkPzA-gQL3DLONPajtjRwrNrCcisfO2kBxprgnmWLV_jRWc8pXC0QpC8qkYwxel6lwiYsGn8yVkr4aizTP6oVvCHRP4yq4RHDpI82NhrkzddIOCsGrlG4i5cW68ZmVzltX-Lo0Bg2w8XC_x9U/w400-h361/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's has a coin section and a lot of card and ID slots.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKd14NM-DUU6B_cz1h2h5gH2lAWrjm3gNe3aaZEle3QhpMHBQlEaG6gUJ5GKD9SeW-gx5iGkcsGyLHdVt_xUcra4yhj1vhWh41bW10fj4dWM3v9wxFuqaq5ENSkqJNhBFBz8RfYJ1CzGGD6DEgtxiGur1_QQSFzqwm0GOLzwE7OMV3illhLHLxB3xPJCNi/s565/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="565" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKd14NM-DUU6B_cz1h2h5gH2lAWrjm3gNe3aaZEle3QhpMHBQlEaG6gUJ5GKD9SeW-gx5iGkcsGyLHdVt_xUcra4yhj1vhWh41bW10fj4dWM3v9wxFuqaq5ENSkqJNhBFBz8RfYJ1CzGGD6DEgtxiGur1_QQSFzqwm0GOLzwE7OMV3illhLHLxB3xPJCNi/w400-h340/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is my new bag. It has regular handles but also come with a strap to make it a crossbody or shoulder bag.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSsjfxnEyJtjj2QfvLkcv10pY99AyQFqyxarEMJYqgIBE1PHiIlFsPmSy9almLEwCUKQu_mjXXGwr6M04GAoGoorMoW9nm0aKv_zd8sXUipBgLRF-ZPoqMBaJtq89SLAPUW7c2Lvr9z_R1unPpc1wKMyCHliTKmwdHfzuL6qH27EsS97p7_njXrZ0KGhl/s515/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="515" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSsjfxnEyJtjj2QfvLkcv10pY99AyQFqyxarEMJYqgIBE1PHiIlFsPmSy9almLEwCUKQu_mjXXGwr6M04GAoGoorMoW9nm0aKv_zd8sXUipBgLRF-ZPoqMBaJtq89SLAPUW7c2Lvr9z_R1unPpc1wKMyCHliTKmwdHfzuL6qH27EsS97p7_njXrZ0KGhl/w400-h373/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of room inside as well as one zipper pocket and 2 open pockets.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYP1UNntNwRvaifxgnX54TsAz_BdVk_ARbmGibpmFXsQg6nT3axqmi3Etm1REd2mcMhE2ickuIt3exBoG-Rx-uugiN8KXsgHaBihRe8MqgfTk17LBltp59pj8Kb5yX9Q-_uDslNDuELlLLBgC8QWQGl5XTABkYTV_m-Jy2CS0ATPW-glEjkOg8mRMjC7T/s563/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="563" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYP1UNntNwRvaifxgnX54TsAz_BdVk_ARbmGibpmFXsQg6nT3axqmi3Etm1REd2mcMhE2ickuIt3exBoG-Rx-uugiN8KXsgHaBihRe8MqgfTk17LBltp59pj8Kb5yX9Q-_uDslNDuELlLLBgC8QWQGl5XTABkYTV_m-Jy2CS0ATPW-glEjkOg8mRMjC7T/w400-h341/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love that it zips. Some crossbody's are just open to drop things in so I do like the zipper.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZIe4KAr78Vqmg5a6xtYHo1E6j6-fMY7UzWdeYzpV2uCK-LUnW86ht5ngp8Ug79hVWROFJhI6RQDhvYdq_OoQWVgXK2S7y4xOGEjWfDOsijwFN3oJIVX3LVfjG4bm1u-hJzDCu24HA-FrLCdMmuzlw0ApJJnZdSamEGVRjC8SQ8hzKoqYZSz2Y_RYi-AK/s640/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="640" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZIe4KAr78Vqmg5a6xtYHo1E6j6-fMY7UzWdeYzpV2uCK-LUnW86ht5ngp8Ug79hVWROFJhI6RQDhvYdq_OoQWVgXK2S7y4xOGEjWfDOsijwFN3oJIVX3LVfjG4bm1u-hJzDCu24HA-FrLCdMmuzlw0ApJJnZdSamEGVRjC8SQ8hzKoqYZSz2Y_RYi-AK/w400-h259/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love having my purses monogrammed. I always use the initial for my first name because my family nicknamed me B years ago and it stuck. I love that the monograms are stitched and not just colored into the fabric. It is good quality thread.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LcxYs-lX4EE-UstZhk6NYgN5exOjG0ImukePn2S_qr5_Z5YnmZZCncdIuGG2rLzx9cUt_Lxj9KlVVmJfTpLmkZYBpSHDuJaMdNj2oSJl6VttJAxJIS07FvysV3RaAnBGKGyFHoLppYEmIFb7aXsKN0DaI0TeYEl9C6xc9JpCeu_XOCsUETVOR7Vy5mEf/s640/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LcxYs-lX4EE-UstZhk6NYgN5exOjG0ImukePn2S_qr5_Z5YnmZZCncdIuGG2rLzx9cUt_Lxj9KlVVmJfTpLmkZYBpSHDuJaMdNj2oSJl6VttJAxJIS07FvysV3RaAnBGKGyFHoLppYEmIFb7aXsKN0DaI0TeYEl9C6xc9JpCeu_XOCsUETVOR7Vy5mEf/w400-h300/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the picture with the shoulder strap attached. It is a wide fabric strap and very sturdy. I am definitely pleased with the purchase. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVowIXooOEye9ltD3Xvb27iNCRvB4U84SdyJpqyrAUVBZv1jWIPTwpVnSXdXGrsSeOt2r54rw60aWIB7Ea1Dkz2JTUhgFAENASevizd3zdUPIDfsRkKnp3c9TszBVh_AAB57HNqtIMWBq-S0SHLOjfjSJVTL7buSwMa7ehqo5DCxa3OTSC4srY4u2bSQY/s547/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="547" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVowIXooOEye9ltD3Xvb27iNCRvB4U84SdyJpqyrAUVBZv1jWIPTwpVnSXdXGrsSeOt2r54rw60aWIB7Ea1Dkz2JTUhgFAENASevizd3zdUPIDfsRkKnp3c9TszBVh_AAB57HNqtIMWBq-S0SHLOjfjSJVTL7buSwMa7ehqo5DCxa3OTSC4srY4u2bSQY/w400-h351/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am a consultant for Thirty-One Gifts. Check out some of the other amazing products they have by visiting <a href="https://www.mythirtyone.com/us/en/bkeefer">https://www.mythirtyone.com/us/en/bkeefer</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div></span>Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-55994683825189658632024-01-21T17:56:00.003-05:002024-01-21T17:56:34.733-05:00Sunday's Song<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Confidence. One of my favorite songs. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="431" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KA9kSBv1QrI" width="518" youtube-src-id="KA9kSBv1QrI"></iframe></div><br />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-29836270305204323222024-01-20T19:42:00.004-05:002024-01-20T19:42:57.060-05:00Everything's coming up daisies...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am making some changes in my kitchen. I already have yellow and daisies in there, but decided I need some vintage items in those colors. What better start than to look for items with the Pyrex Daisy pattern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRC4oYGo6oyD9PcJb_IoiXSjgRTVipqt9EKnAmcZlUpcmZG0Bpqf8hI_XBqdlZVvBH2R9E1WmcYMyTEAS7Li8eJKSNLNXIERCfWo7dNZ10ike2Z_Oziu4TheSXoDAPSngjmAWeZWH0srg6KfRESrYWW6vnhyphenhyphenHrFG4wbO6y-0aU6bjJZr9qXDy8mtFu1N4D/s500/daisy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="500" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRC4oYGo6oyD9PcJb_IoiXSjgRTVipqt9EKnAmcZlUpcmZG0Bpqf8hI_XBqdlZVvBH2R9E1WmcYMyTEAS7Li8eJKSNLNXIERCfWo7dNZ10ike2Z_Oziu4TheSXoDAPSngjmAWeZWH0srg6KfRESrYWW6vnhyphenhyphenHrFG4wbO6y-0aU6bjJZr9qXDy8mtFu1N4D/w400-h333/daisy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would love that Cinderella set. But I am also in love with this oval baker with the lid.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmtA_yDa7UVIcTQ2ITxFVpjnyexohLW6pSu0B-97DnqJjZW5fK6akkxklF73XWzJiL68d6D676JoLrKSBaDo5qI-ihyBbGlTZejV11zyUCAc2fHEOC0RSqaYc7LHHFjs1iag9ggasQgv2K4yUrPpeovHZzy1KUK3RkMIN0x9wSg98M9-MwwXAk8u_pt-J/s259/download%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmtA_yDa7UVIcTQ2ITxFVpjnyexohLW6pSu0B-97DnqJjZW5fK6akkxklF73XWzJiL68d6D676JoLrKSBaDo5qI-ihyBbGlTZejV11zyUCAc2fHEOC0RSqaYc7LHHFjs1iag9ggasQgv2K4yUrPpeovHZzy1KUK3RkMIN0x9wSg98M9-MwwXAk8u_pt-J/w300-h400/download%20(6).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or the alternate style with the clear lid. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3L3Z-NOnKjl8XlK3aCqkrQYsguIDJI-DfWyjk1T9S9Gcm6-y2EdySgRgYG7hEQd5WvVx-XhJaNsV11ghEfgA-8HBLV2zK3lA6KMMG7l-bUSvWCUPtSeGkilm_FJ0J7hx9PRxt72bau53aKL4GInOUAEfxdtkjwqx47qlB-3iVL0UCE1HTlJXLAGPUCCs4/s450/P0000193424S000000355602T2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="450" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3L3Z-NOnKjl8XlK3aCqkrQYsguIDJI-DfWyjk1T9S9Gcm6-y2EdySgRgYG7hEQd5WvVx-XhJaNsV11ghEfgA-8HBLV2zK3lA6KMMG7l-bUSvWCUPtSeGkilm_FJ0J7hx9PRxt72bau53aKL4GInOUAEfxdtkjwqx47qlB-3iVL0UCE1HTlJXLAGPUCCs4/w400-h217/P0000193424S000000355602T2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fridgie set is pretty, too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHQ1JCcmGcgZ7qQFeFZLEcoCJCPb2kROT_TM4mYwR9NmsZ8vfA0jTEZZ7RYa8sQKp54EUkjINGzxAM12Eea5lMFecyt5WtiFyS5eBCirMqTBopAy9HbRCPnu7TPrTLEp6TADOpmQgK9B45Z42rNid-nIVSPE8tMLwjOkUPaU__w-qUuc5Zd7kSY6Vi0x-/s1600/s-l1600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHQ1JCcmGcgZ7qQFeFZLEcoCJCPb2kROT_TM4mYwR9NmsZ8vfA0jTEZZ7RYa8sQKp54EUkjINGzxAM12Eea5lMFecyt5WtiFyS5eBCirMqTBopAy9HbRCPnu7TPrTLEp6TADOpmQgK9B45Z42rNid-nIVSPE8tMLwjOkUPaU__w-qUuc5Zd7kSY6Vi0x-/w400-h300/s-l1600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have only seen one Pyrex cup ever in my life like this, but it was a blue one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HQlZkA3-OJEVMGsrPFp5kK9HHWblONGFp108RyFDpjYkh3nhc8rcfdcxcKFWhSN4KBo05lAd5Agab9J99CUChKBr69pFKWno7ENg4TZZ3vb74z2ZZ8qwfjKqcQi_uE8sQOVlvAyFrZ4mT72zz4_ORn4w1bcLdo4hIOQ2EpLfXlWmJSGK8Kv7cxg0adpi/s1084/272133983_10227383382191001_1743181207551804714_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1084" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HQlZkA3-OJEVMGsrPFp5kK9HHWblONGFp108RyFDpjYkh3nhc8rcfdcxcKFWhSN4KBo05lAd5Agab9J99CUChKBr69pFKWno7ENg4TZZ3vb74z2ZZ8qwfjKqcQi_uE8sQOVlvAyFrZ4mT72zz4_ORn4w1bcLdo4hIOQ2EpLfXlWmJSGK8Kv7cxg0adpi/w400-h333/272133983_10227383382191001_1743181207551804714_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here was the original add when they came out with the Daisy Pattern. This was their add in Women's Day in 1969 introducing the new pattern. The juicer was 79¢.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1kpW846ACIK1oMVQhPCQWascoV7WD984FZD3Q_SI9B7w-tELZYN4ozAX9-A66FEVx9TjwqQr_pt92g_SIEcNxHtLFQ1ZdSSrAOwnGxNx6uNd4CBdfaLxQPHGP-Nnk4wlC4u9wtrhYDUHQHfhcFu_-Q_-WDXar3q_54HNrN3xa_6M1Jgg4KO0Cuxnq-JT/s640/pyrexclose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="458" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1kpW846ACIK1oMVQhPCQWascoV7WD984FZD3Q_SI9B7w-tELZYN4ozAX9-A66FEVx9TjwqQr_pt92g_SIEcNxHtLFQ1ZdSSrAOwnGxNx6uNd4CBdfaLxQPHGP-Nnk4wlC4u9wtrhYDUHQHfhcFu_-Q_-WDXar3q_54HNrN3xa_6M1Jgg4KO0Cuxnq-JT/w458-h640/pyrexclose.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now if the snow would just melt so I can go antiquing.</div><br /> <p></p>Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-83157299051494196652024-01-19T13:51:00.003-05:002024-01-19T13:51:55.700-05:00Read all about it!<p style="text-align: center;"> How do you like to read? Do like to have a stash of a bunch of books so you can choose one when you are ready to read? Do you just buy a book, read it and get rid of it and then go buy another one?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8UF21Eadn68jjKZJOCfVrxpuBw_4-ckkJCsHF6fcjup-FpTPfvdprSQrBku8hAub9jbZGzjIGP85-aHiJ_jnu8YLESqYEqa2sgNYgQ4qTIEZmwgIfVWkvWX_d5ijfd1HzzVwi2bC5QC90YlYrGlVbAPe_aFzj9aLrncNjo7YHnIl8pewKC8XW50Qfusz/s400/IMG_20180111_140720943~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="400" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8UF21Eadn68jjKZJOCfVrxpuBw_4-ckkJCsHF6fcjup-FpTPfvdprSQrBku8hAub9jbZGzjIGP85-aHiJ_jnu8YLESqYEqa2sgNYgQ4qTIEZmwgIfVWkvWX_d5ijfd1HzzVwi2bC5QC90YlYrGlVbAPe_aFzj9aLrncNjo7YHnIl8pewKC8XW50Qfusz/w400-h284/IMG_20180111_140720943~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Or are you a digital reader? Just downloading what you want when you want it? Then when you are done, that's the end of it?</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cKGb9DK6acdyQF-VJJPp5crzfB9NPNUkHSicd-6CqW73VpTO1PlmbZde8tx8DKgrXvannMWWg5cfTj0jXvRvWDlg52pkiAhPaKhBB5zlWuKbW5wqhLYwDlVWqUcyvcG7uqX2tfB0Mi3N2lvhrl1SZ8iMR5WOBcUnKF6rCeGYZcPBWxVkBQdqUmMzwGD8/s1200/Digital-Reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cKGb9DK6acdyQF-VJJPp5crzfB9NPNUkHSicd-6CqW73VpTO1PlmbZde8tx8DKgrXvannMWWg5cfTj0jXvRvWDlg52pkiAhPaKhBB5zlWuKbW5wqhLYwDlVWqUcyvcG7uqX2tfB0Mi3N2lvhrl1SZ8iMR5WOBcUnKF6rCeGYZcPBWxVkBQdqUmMzwGD8/w400-h300/Digital-Reading.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which way do you prefer?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHVzYxMyebCbKCA9Ri7j-4AfsSK_NbHsDezUf587j_SXdbVduKGQNOLVYdHcDZp7UWVANEzsp0aRL-xHBU5M73r5ZipzVC_bMcgumWQNm5hbuUGzBLekw3xebU1mwrSfL-l1gq6x6lrVLcfLE2qP0rh0PcDn1qRvsVsc2mYMAD7W8whejdl10_rlWmGQP/s526/419555130_339261152305247_8265445749992673587_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="526" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHVzYxMyebCbKCA9Ri7j-4AfsSK_NbHsDezUf587j_SXdbVduKGQNOLVYdHcDZp7UWVANEzsp0aRL-xHBU5M73r5ZipzVC_bMcgumWQNm5hbuUGzBLekw3xebU1mwrSfL-l1gq6x6lrVLcfLE2qP0rh0PcDn1qRvsVsc2mYMAD7W8whejdl10_rlWmGQP/w400-h396/419555130_339261152305247_8265445749992673587_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have read a book on Amazon in the past. But only if I can't find it anywhere else. I usually go to a local called McKay's. You take in your used books and they give you store credit so you can purchase more. This was my recent ones that I took back. I ended up with over $40 in store credit. Considering my usual books I get, run from .50 cents - $2.95 each. Needless to say I got a great deal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrLmWdqO2hCvCnAC1-xlyMhpC_mg7LprVR6bhMyZo3gnwN-G9BPw9kDRfsV6MkY3oHtdmriSUEVu6UayCBJnxD_ojpVHIJHJwcSZwZToBHAP27sVpF4DW2uYfSZbzyCcddvgCkTIPzvU_Ig7bqEOlaFThly_uL69YKNEMcNrUDlIHXF-iyhj5FCVx-ZEe/s400/20160130_070941%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrLmWdqO2hCvCnAC1-xlyMhpC_mg7LprVR6bhMyZo3gnwN-G9BPw9kDRfsV6MkY3oHtdmriSUEVu6UayCBJnxD_ojpVHIJHJwcSZwZToBHAP27sVpF4DW2uYfSZbzyCcddvgCkTIPzvU_Ig7bqEOlaFThly_uL69YKNEMcNrUDlIHXF-iyhj5FCVx-ZEe/w400-h225/20160130_070941%5B1%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-582522879293560382024-01-18T11:17:00.003-05:002024-01-18T11:17:14.916-05:00Be still my heart....<p style="text-align: center;">I love everything about Valentine's Day. I am a huge romantic who loves hearts, flowers and lace. Of course it doesn't hurt that my favorite colors are red, pink and purple. Since I love to craft, Valentine's Day are some of my favorite things to craft. Since I am snowed in for my fourth day and today is my day off, I ventured over to Pinterest. I am obsessed with all the wooden hearts that Dollar Tree and other craft stores are carrying.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZ0w70WcIwYLkjjqZt1-L94VGNMxyRiFbSE3kLhb6JLIdRViwTLh2EJTivVZB3ULMk818b0BNnAmYGomsFIMYn1Z4K8qT6ja38dIb3Z1hugtNrcJd7vG5EtcOpkZ_I9g7C3dtfMg1gPKBXzo8xxPNF4LK-XBQIlbVWnbuDtI0kR9THDa1kXzdYYv5RARD/s624/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZ0w70WcIwYLkjjqZt1-L94VGNMxyRiFbSE3kLhb6JLIdRViwTLh2EJTivVZB3ULMk818b0BNnAmYGomsFIMYn1Z4K8qT6ja38dIb3Z1hugtNrcJd7vG5EtcOpkZ_I9g7C3dtfMg1gPKBXzo8xxPNF4LK-XBQIlbVWnbuDtI0kR9THDa1kXzdYYv5RARD/w380-h400/Capture.JPG" width="380" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzH-lZvORMcoVRayXbDoC3YasFLadyBezPL6-81_WltJRDQUmqgbJ1a4_8DRSIaOmmLKpBxPi8bA4enVN13dmk7Bic3YZeCYlAHL0aeUY_7yUirQ0EdrBo9caWoNVjBrwGkI2fnjDJVqToxn81UuabPrF_loLS9ASDp9ZQZoGPUu50K1svG9sp-0t_JxG/s606/ui.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="606" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzH-lZvORMcoVRayXbDoC3YasFLadyBezPL6-81_WltJRDQUmqgbJ1a4_8DRSIaOmmLKpBxPi8bA4enVN13dmk7Bic3YZeCYlAHL0aeUY_7yUirQ0EdrBo9caWoNVjBrwGkI2fnjDJVqToxn81UuabPrF_loLS9ASDp9ZQZoGPUu50K1svG9sp-0t_JxG/w400-h229/ui.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">I love all the Pinterest ideas for decorating the hearts. Oh my gosh, talk about falling down a rabbit hole. I got a headache from looking at all the possibilities. Plus some people are cutting the backsplash squares from Dollar Tree into a heart shape.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlXDzW291vHUo1N9PKqv-TWEqOfuYtb7WSxz3sDcpm3soTejMgx6ajxQwO01ixyZQg7bsoFVTQM5igD5-raS8ngTXXrEOZPj1F4H6Vs5p4O3x0ORnXMS0C4yDr09hi26WaVT9cPMeqG6iGuTWTp2TWCuWmk1k35mqJiH9SOvCMPvdp2azuEmkp1owu5xR/s645/54565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlXDzW291vHUo1N9PKqv-TWEqOfuYtb7WSxz3sDcpm3soTejMgx6ajxQwO01ixyZQg7bsoFVTQM5igD5-raS8ngTXXrEOZPj1F4H6Vs5p4O3x0ORnXMS0C4yDr09hi26WaVT9cPMeqG6iGuTWTp2TWCuWmk1k35mqJiH9SOvCMPvdp2azuEmkp1owu5xR/w396-h400/54565.JPG" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some of the ones I found that I absolutely love. I especially love the ones that are lace, floral and bows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2QiMebllcy6j0pvJ1UR45DYChXYscrvFM4GKyQLQZK3bm8zm20pu9-1D0jD2Qy67_Guc0MfA7WMR6hSCpue5IJytEJ5qP3km-LyAl64B8ce4lipvOc8l_Pk5T2NgIH6exS5IiGX6PPpcZHhIRv2WEQRpgu6QIlNdc2wrKQhwHf4mGoM2v9HrTiKvYKKn/s1080/Untitled%20design%20(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2QiMebllcy6j0pvJ1UR45DYChXYscrvFM4GKyQLQZK3bm8zm20pu9-1D0jD2Qy67_Guc0MfA7WMR6hSCpue5IJytEJ5qP3km-LyAl64B8ce4lipvOc8l_Pk5T2NgIH6exS5IiGX6PPpcZHhIRv2WEQRpgu6QIlNdc2wrKQhwHf4mGoM2v9HrTiKvYKKn/w400-h400/Untitled%20design%20(5).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The two on the right hand side in these are the ones made from the back splash pieces. They painted them and then wife some of the paint off to make them look vintage. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllKA8EGJc8hmA61r8n82UTeH5Pq96ljzyxO7wknSToCddLS75Zn2c1TwQfjxhf__vtdSQPsnM_uI1u44k9Q0VtcC7_Uao4fIxlY6JhmB97V43N2cUJFe4lKLG4dr5WMohrgzqK4gfIjKcFnqVBD8m28vNgPORyJlVweU6-JeA1nOxsvnwW5m9PT65xdbX/s1080/Untitled%20design%20(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllKA8EGJc8hmA61r8n82UTeH5Pq96ljzyxO7wknSToCddLS75Zn2c1TwQfjxhf__vtdSQPsnM_uI1u44k9Q0VtcC7_Uao4fIxlY6JhmB97V43N2cUJFe4lKLG4dr5WMohrgzqK4gfIjKcFnqVBD8m28vNgPORyJlVweU6-JeA1nOxsvnwW5m9PT65xdbX/w400-h400/Untitled%20design%20(6).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The two on the left are unique. Top left, it looks like they cut the backsplash and glued it on the wood. That is really unique. But the boot left looks like they "poofed" it out somehow. That is definitely one I want to try to do. It would be perfect in my steampunk room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyrIxakYT8nW97l_Iwc2zUK6_YAjetTMkOjQWLtsvR1XiaAaZNSmKuTABMbi8OlRJpsvuFtg3laSFhUNtsO7ewWgBBE9DO1eaPOFSM28X4ATY-tuW-KLjLL7WfUUK8EIGsfS_rNrV3LQyFmfvtPQRSHlJR7-0lSh81gSao3-YKDRlzbYkNEroP4UOlEbS/s1080/Untitled%20design%20(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyrIxakYT8nW97l_Iwc2zUK6_YAjetTMkOjQWLtsvR1XiaAaZNSmKuTABMbi8OlRJpsvuFtg3laSFhUNtsO7ewWgBBE9DO1eaPOFSM28X4ATY-tuW-KLjLL7WfUUK8EIGsfS_rNrV3LQyFmfvtPQRSHlJR7-0lSh81gSao3-YKDRlzbYkNEroP4UOlEbS/w400-h400/Untitled%20design%20(4).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Now just to get rid of the snow so I can go shopping for supplies. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-66178292947375298902024-01-17T13:22:00.004-05:002024-01-17T13:22:50.604-05:00Welcome to my world<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is definitely winter weather this week. Snow started on Sunday night around 9:00. By Monday morning I had a couple of inches and by Tuesday morning, there was 6-7 inches of snow.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57oMWbQwQlJhYOlybFzFTqxNvcyrk9wBKO6wKvBMbE8zfXO95Dj8X_NKSkQGafH8_cM-as9r65TD6CcJCDzc74O8N6ZyU10dg03WaBTOpDOM9T75MDDPxkZ3Nux1ncTCChb3KIdQr5m-DuDeeeoMu-xGagGjz5A8S-_lMoYKyU6xiIZ2K6jGKZDPlvb7T/s720/420144259_10232330513626195_7860529088077966309_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57oMWbQwQlJhYOlybFzFTqxNvcyrk9wBKO6wKvBMbE8zfXO95Dj8X_NKSkQGafH8_cM-as9r65TD6CcJCDzc74O8N6ZyU10dg03WaBTOpDOM9T75MDDPxkZ3Nux1ncTCChb3KIdQr5m-DuDeeeoMu-xGagGjz5A8S-_lMoYKyU6xiIZ2K6jGKZDPlvb7T/w400-h300/420144259_10232330513626195_7860529088077966309_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then last night, we go more snow and during the night it got down to 3° with a wind chill of -5°. That's cold. I woke up to everything being solid ice on the road. It was slush before bedtime because cars had ran in and out yesterday. But this morning, it is ice. People have tried to get in and out and can't. At one time, there were four cars stuck in various places in the middle of the road on my little short piece of road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowE9rX06eMe_oHMfyiyXspUQriJcHUoBL-NcHklIvq8XdhdO8Ug9L2AFZscSbzmNI1ZVXwhCYhmfBLOIdcDRHzkU5paPEqQxvJMRHFpZColrU0hzRJTJJ3doHyoe6uzimAlmPwZaM0OmTdlOANDfqrYSduFy-B5Lh0nVyOTp2MmTcNWe687uAGsA9rus4/s600/419632633_10232337730606615_7942453769713219555_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowE9rX06eMe_oHMfyiyXspUQriJcHUoBL-NcHklIvq8XdhdO8Ug9L2AFZscSbzmNI1ZVXwhCYhmfBLOIdcDRHzkU5paPEqQxvJMRHFpZColrU0hzRJTJJ3doHyoe6uzimAlmPwZaM0OmTdlOANDfqrYSduFy-B5Lh0nVyOTp2MmTcNWe687uAGsA9rus4/w400-h300/419632633_10232337730606615_7942453769713219555_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have two kittens that I got back in June. This is Goose. He's the oldest of the litter. They are 9 months old. I had them fixed and keep them in the house always. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2FQaB1Jmkidm_3u4t8d5Ry3w12gfIypa0VZj1pehcO8OkZUfNbRDT6zK5rOEAE1s4KKoe4octLpauS17tnHDEDblwraUjREaZM_lLiQYfTvVEedIMG3GI8JpTNj8aC5UAV2VIqytBDe-j3Y1m6XVt71C83ffJi-WLh67eS6Bt0lN22cmMRQxhf3NVOIZ/s3652/IMG_20240106_193006907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2760" data-original-width="3652" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2FQaB1Jmkidm_3u4t8d5Ry3w12gfIypa0VZj1pehcO8OkZUfNbRDT6zK5rOEAE1s4KKoe4octLpauS17tnHDEDblwraUjREaZM_lLiQYfTvVEedIMG3GI8JpTNj8aC5UAV2VIqytBDe-j3Y1m6XVt71C83ffJi-WLh67eS6Bt0lN22cmMRQxhf3NVOIZ/w400-h303/IMG_20240106_193006907.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is his sister Gracie. She was the only girl and was 4th in the litter of 5. She is what it called a diluted calico. The other brothers were the regular black and white, with a tad of orange calicos. But she is all pale orange and grays with just a little tiny white. Only 1 in every 1000 calico cat is this diluted breed. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9cygIlaJKyJAw04wuWUKUtDJzOGttkMdXGrZdYVYTEnd3CHWE_Wzq58yFTvaBEmsQAW1D3RqAW_dj4MZezdQG38Yn0H0f_bgXDI8v3e4X3nk_1RVPZTYWDpDJd_JjxbiJBor8v19A_kejEA3XZMSyCQUqUxgFmGA7in5LpQ4bRAg6eFciNdpre0voRN2/s3562/IMG_20240106_190140837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="3562" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9cygIlaJKyJAw04wuWUKUtDJzOGttkMdXGrZdYVYTEnd3CHWE_Wzq58yFTvaBEmsQAW1D3RqAW_dj4MZezdQG38Yn0H0f_bgXDI8v3e4X3nk_1RVPZTYWDpDJd_JjxbiJBor8v19A_kejEA3XZMSyCQUqUxgFmGA7in5LpQ4bRAg6eFciNdpre0voRN2/w400-h345/IMG_20240106_190140837.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are both so precious and love to snuggle. They love people and nothing scares them. I did have to modify some things around the house...like moving teapots into rooms in places they won't bother them. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigM1s6tifOQN7ruvX5GMM7UM2OG3cMxfbYJA9KBNtTlh0wN3O3dbUj4F9M-MSUOHB7WMX9yC8W2_CqPT4QI7f4aKtHEFy8DPm8w_j75MJeK3NdjeFIr5hvmMBgBFGfTPx-7OT2k_ctt6VPqrRYU6KHULKkgwz1tJOhtiCwIDuEY_IV92wFg9ArqS1ggHrO/s4096/IMG_20240112_065750394_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigM1s6tifOQN7ruvX5GMM7UM2OG3cMxfbYJA9KBNtTlh0wN3O3dbUj4F9M-MSUOHB7WMX9yC8W2_CqPT4QI7f4aKtHEFy8DPm8w_j75MJeK3NdjeFIr5hvmMBgBFGfTPx-7OT2k_ctt6VPqrRYU6KHULKkgwz1tJOhtiCwIDuEY_IV92wFg9ArqS1ggHrO/w400-h300/IMG_20240112_065750394_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have about 30 collectibles in my tea collection. I have a couple of tea sets, some tea pots, some tea for one's, some miniature tea sets and a lot of tea cups and saucers. I am running out of room but love collecting tea stuff. Funny story....I don't drink tea. I despise it, but I sure love stuff you drink or serve it in. I had a couple of tea spoons I have collected. At Christmas, my granddaughter, Alexis, brought me the tea spoon they had gotten on a cruise for me at Nassau. I am so in love with it. It has gold flip-flops. I love flip flops and where them all summer. I have almost as many flip-flops as I do tea items.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7KhcFJkb_95lUp_qQRMlMYnGWVvbD0NWOn9okzBA-Mp6Vty8qm0oZd_xiWiTkVeqe6-fczwJc3ovcXbz3Frl-v53FJeeojC1v0u3H_onvMS3dpWvyhS_jrKta_r506DvkD4F8uqMK3tn45Zw8ewd173uve_iGW54gcPxK_-VxN5J_SCzb6NWqqZfMx4j/s4096/IMG_20240112_065402478_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7KhcFJkb_95lUp_qQRMlMYnGWVvbD0NWOn9okzBA-Mp6Vty8qm0oZd_xiWiTkVeqe6-fczwJc3ovcXbz3Frl-v53FJeeojC1v0u3H_onvMS3dpWvyhS_jrKta_r506DvkD4F8uqMK3tn45Zw8ewd173uve_iGW54gcPxK_-VxN5J_SCzb6NWqqZfMx4j/w300-h400/IMG_20240112_065402478_HDR.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I picked this tea cup to put the spoon it. It is trimmed in gold. The tea cup is the Foley China Montrose pattern made in England. This pattern was made in 1938. It's my favorite tea cup. I paid $10 for it at a local antique store over 20 years ago. The gold trim goes great with this cup.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCB-awXZHvGv284UfUPpar5mPb9SO0WfHggDNLPCLM2FNQ3FRuEkDTavQnYPxSMMMa48XLGUwJoNlZM6i21K4oErU0-wMfa4cuWu0O3bc2TLhpEOX8Vf63T8K0a8c6jgeukPo_zAhqO4DqfrKf4E-dgSfXBCDerYtm2KTLFBiyhpiuXpIgccJ457UwNruh/s4096/IMG_20240112_065703264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCB-awXZHvGv284UfUPpar5mPb9SO0WfHggDNLPCLM2FNQ3FRuEkDTavQnYPxSMMMa48XLGUwJoNlZM6i21K4oErU0-wMfa4cuWu0O3bc2TLhpEOX8Vf63T8K0a8c6jgeukPo_zAhqO4DqfrKf4E-dgSfXBCDerYtm2KTLFBiyhpiuXpIgccJ457UwNruh/w400-h300/IMG_20240112_065703264.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I have 3 unique tea spoons. So I have decided I am going to collect some more since I am running out of room for tea pots.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lBH5p_Z2N3yQ1dlPfTDCO0YiaYXza32Zxqu5TBWHNRjBw6Dt1W7vjawA9T0TNf3Ov5edJmKq8Tt7p-tlcJCrhrnKjNUXbd_j5lXybZIn-6J98h-Bsz7OgWGBvuHqiBl23XCAJebCRLd-c76xiVgVP3-ZCEjwzEzew5-6q2L1w1HQCZ7qrHlL6hQSEDe1/s4096/IMG_20240112_070034772_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lBH5p_Z2N3yQ1dlPfTDCO0YiaYXza32Zxqu5TBWHNRjBw6Dt1W7vjawA9T0TNf3Ov5edJmKq8Tt7p-tlcJCrhrnKjNUXbd_j5lXybZIn-6J98h-Bsz7OgWGBvuHqiBl23XCAJebCRLd-c76xiVgVP3-ZCEjwzEzew5-6q2L1w1HQCZ7qrHlL6hQSEDe1/w400-h300/IMG_20240112_070034772_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am now going to scour local antiques stores and thrift shops to look for a spoon display. I would like to have something like this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzuZ-O-FX4Z3m8Iu4V80WZhSS9UM7hNoJ602k2YqHuHZkNHvlPtUBjRmIMNY6g6MeRJOBgmjknEPVHu8jkdr3qGaPInGYxMonMQr8ysMscck3kBcD02hjklvNoz-A3di7srPwgr2ZTn3QInzt_dmxE5Mq1ii6D7Z8-Dq83RVFIIOVh5SKgSPZfA6MGC2h/s1600/s-l1600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzuZ-O-FX4Z3m8Iu4V80WZhSS9UM7hNoJ602k2YqHuHZkNHvlPtUBjRmIMNY6g6MeRJOBgmjknEPVHu8jkdr3qGaPInGYxMonMQr8ysMscck3kBcD02hjklvNoz-A3di7srPwgr2ZTn3QInzt_dmxE5Mq1ii6D7Z8-Dq83RVFIIOVh5SKgSPZfA6MGC2h/w400-h400/s-l1600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, that's all for today. Have a happy Wednesday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVsw831p8YBij_WoH7QiK4TOuKZ9S7p1oWVm_neo_MtTx9EUFK-hwnsD-uAkHxZNV0z3e5G5LQ8Ll_gRG7UDofsEQePGm4ahBMWmXYtfgaoFwy0Rc3fOmt1mRkVfopfae2Dt6zf4M2GtGo0HvtHH2xb12lgetgxo-nc_n-2jLhAbbKhjVZyfmoQKrVRkT/s300/31927d1afef138a8cd118bf42f24ba08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVsw831p8YBij_WoH7QiK4TOuKZ9S7p1oWVm_neo_MtTx9EUFK-hwnsD-uAkHxZNV0z3e5G5LQ8Ll_gRG7UDofsEQePGm4ahBMWmXYtfgaoFwy0Rc3fOmt1mRkVfopfae2Dt6zf4M2GtGo0HvtHH2xb12lgetgxo-nc_n-2jLhAbbKhjVZyfmoQKrVRkT/w400-h400/31927d1afef138a8cd118bf42f24ba08.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-67199813952088103772024-01-10T10:54:00.001-05:002024-01-10T10:54:47.773-05:00My new wish list for this year<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am doing some rearranging and redecorating in my kitchen. I want to expand my Pyrex collection. I want to make some dishcloths using this color theme.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZu7z28YE1S7rXvXnaceBljelO3Dos2R01s-c5XpCbfWBWXFGoQqgztm4uSRtO41qrjy2VFNg62mSZdAVeEqrn4rOYyUaMqd0CEGkl3Vn8XFUNsg-Semo2W3Aajnk6g2psvR4jQDNfaJoBOETCeV8SLeMeH8p7MOmoDX6KY_gS7sLQX_57vXm3CHU8Zwj/s720/325151569_768563294980733_1807278269288655879_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZu7z28YE1S7rXvXnaceBljelO3Dos2R01s-c5XpCbfWBWXFGoQqgztm4uSRtO41qrjy2VFNg62mSZdAVeEqrn4rOYyUaMqd0CEGkl3Vn8XFUNsg-Semo2W3Aajnk6g2psvR4jQDNfaJoBOETCeV8SLeMeH8p7MOmoDX6KY_gS7sLQX_57vXm3CHU8Zwj/w400-h300/325151569_768563294980733_1807278269288655879_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the color scheme so much that I decided to add some of those colors into my Pyrex collection. I love how they combined solids with the friendship bowls. This is on my wish list.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtldMZy-WO4sKSp4qHrvTIHEbl2RtllhAkb0RVCoUq7VnFPhYmyinSoOkPDrBKNUKiulgLZDMSYO7B1vQ7lMfwL3gYY00o_xeUnNQgX-mHUwZEQXElC20YFKk30D7v1pw-hDUZBo9CA1vZdOdinLRRI2TWdcp7uF2mw-6rG-dW61YnGY8KxU1hHYaoBQwz/s640/325132717_1164834860837980_8577524266553704464_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="451" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtldMZy-WO4sKSp4qHrvTIHEbl2RtllhAkb0RVCoUq7VnFPhYmyinSoOkPDrBKNUKiulgLZDMSYO7B1vQ7lMfwL3gYY00o_xeUnNQgX-mHUwZEQXElC20YFKk30D7v1pw-hDUZBo9CA1vZdOdinLRRI2TWdcp7uF2mw-6rG-dW61YnGY8KxU1hHYaoBQwz/w283-h400/325132717_1164834860837980_8577524266553704464_n.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the Horizon Blue collection. I had one bowl, but had a hard time finding the rest so I traded it for something else. I am on a mission to collect this set.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68GPkBszWHIGX1IQOITFScOnji79mQj9Trj9igC4DCtU7U-yjjXeV_gkXlTFtTYOo646oDl26zsDPEOX3hMwydPR5ldaMoVo7kjxX1qa73cIvwtECq6wekeZIWHmfbSVNzgmEE6qdA4JL_RnlnUjtuiAwe77SkQeA3SYGah_LCMQ0YJWZTzTArFiA29ru/s500/271657662_10227319343270068_1229113189891313363_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68GPkBszWHIGX1IQOITFScOnji79mQj9Trj9igC4DCtU7U-yjjXeV_gkXlTFtTYOo646oDl26zsDPEOX3hMwydPR5ldaMoVo7kjxX1qa73cIvwtECq6wekeZIWHmfbSVNzgmEE6qdA4JL_RnlnUjtuiAwe77SkQeA3SYGah_LCMQ0YJWZTzTArFiA29ru/w300-h400/271657662_10227319343270068_1229113189891313363_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And just let me say "PINK". I don't care what pattern or what piece. I just know I want to incorporate pink.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnR1u2cx-6L1GwLu4Qphlp2QoTbCOhOUX5MrN4ca6lWlfLY8j4vGxjGNzSMc-61Ic3NK3E5ODM2-15Yp-KGobGJg1dq5aBDomF0xV-wojH-DOFlbioXvnYx2lu2GujQRodS2ME2-JOIQRgInZo9MMTVLQsa1W5585nswwdQ2IGT_ThLyvzVc_9lQoqieB/s564/49694596_10218025097919743_8538649864987213824_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="564" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnR1u2cx-6L1GwLu4Qphlp2QoTbCOhOUX5MrN4ca6lWlfLY8j4vGxjGNzSMc-61Ic3NK3E5ODM2-15Yp-KGobGJg1dq5aBDomF0xV-wojH-DOFlbioXvnYx2lu2GujQRodS2ME2-JOIQRgInZo9MMTVLQsa1W5585nswwdQ2IGT_ThLyvzVc_9lQoqieB/w400-h394/49694596_10218025097919743_8538649864987213824_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will probably go to some antique stores on Sunday after church and get some ideas of exactly what's available. 2024 is going to be my year to get back to blogging. Feel free to leave me a link so I can follow your blog and I hope you will follow mine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4FoycOvSsSXiobIPnjgZWzPEOmFLtp_bYg-bhVf70UdZVdT_AJ_5TxxK0xOVvqq1HkpHrL8JD1MQdfah5m9JP_DcG7Lj1Ier4krcnHTB2vH-vhulOWwTXXH1XO9Rbj0u2zMgbPbOGwKMNfhi6OvKHH80UGZkg0NfbxPdRx8h7W5_eO7IB2xG_EIrd17m/s708/img_0213.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="708" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4FoycOvSsSXiobIPnjgZWzPEOmFLtp_bYg-bhVf70UdZVdT_AJ_5TxxK0xOVvqq1HkpHrL8JD1MQdfah5m9JP_DcG7Lj1Ier4krcnHTB2vH-vhulOWwTXXH1XO9Rbj0u2zMgbPbOGwKMNfhi6OvKHH80UGZkg0NfbxPdRx8h7W5_eO7IB2xG_EIrd17m/w400-h170/img_0213.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-25153551102312471992023-08-19T12:46:00.006-04:002023-08-19T12:49:21.946-04:00Saturday Silly's<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Saturday tribute to humor. These are just a few things I have stumbled on this week that gave me a good laugh. Just thought I'd share and give you a smile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_avIWmfhKVYp0HWEbLcr5qRMs_MgY0zIP0cbWQ0gJQ8K2kux49Z94Es0jMT7OROLM1fpmQZEjJBWmLImiwiM9wfPo5X_vsquDADKjQLNoWEDzqkdPFfJMeGQwq_hisOLjlVK68FvPrDoVGHI7szJ5mrZuPC4h-ainkVyWIwEWQwtDIJPmD4e88H47FQS/s597/358579212_10231114315982014_7052213744571598900_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="597" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_avIWmfhKVYp0HWEbLcr5qRMs_MgY0zIP0cbWQ0gJQ8K2kux49Z94Es0jMT7OROLM1fpmQZEjJBWmLImiwiM9wfPo5X_vsquDADKjQLNoWEDzqkdPFfJMeGQwq_hisOLjlVK68FvPrDoVGHI7szJ5mrZuPC4h-ainkVyWIwEWQwtDIJPmD4e88H47FQS/w400-h321/358579212_10231114315982014_7052213744571598900_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Well, it's been about 5 months since I posted. My life has been busy. But I miss blogging. I miss following other blogs and miss hearing from my friends. Over the next few days, I'll share some things that have been happening these past few months. But today, I just wanted to share a few things. For July, I made some patriotic mini rolling pins and displayed them in one of my Pyrex Charm bowls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYySnD1QkSkgnB-KEcUBpTdFMh-OSx3lnPrcTBsSe9QUUgg7VI1ZtL_JJr0mVXN729mxAWHASPZgvFtx3M2t3CmPmVU7NvEWgXXkeuiNcEa_9AxYrSErJRysTIh2_EK1TCIO3_EqFk4GiO9BkdOlVptRBQRzpAo6Az6JUtmqbhjD9Wd3frDqf4jUVUufv/s521/355379511_10230960126367370_1776111860123584376_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYySnD1QkSkgnB-KEcUBpTdFMh-OSx3lnPrcTBsSe9QUUgg7VI1ZtL_JJr0mVXN729mxAWHASPZgvFtx3M2t3CmPmVU7NvEWgXXkeuiNcEa_9AxYrSErJRysTIh2_EK1TCIO3_EqFk4GiO9BkdOlVptRBQRzpAo6Az6JUtmqbhjD9Wd3frDqf4jUVUufv/w369-h400/355379511_10230960126367370_1776111860123584376_n.jpg" width="369" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted to do a wreath for fall to hang up in September. But I never have good luck decorating wreaths. I had purchased the supplies at Hobby Lobby and Dollar Tree, but I couldn't find the wreath form I wanted. But a side trip to Dollar General ended up with me seeing a woodend cutting board with a loop for hanging and inspiration hit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgD2QvTHwfdITVQcRGxoP5uVV2MK4f4zuKV2Y4NOMZ9CXN56I-6MtKdXbiwhJs4vW7NbhRy0NdLWXcVtBUIBCw6qI2t-UsrzEQKezcu73bBrOXaqIpdjJpS30NDKWr-14JqEHsjxYkL9x--B-Ydi4pYhLK590Qf-ylbVBm0M3A45BObNeLte092ggrZtSW/s640/367440438_10231361544682577_5046589577241045374_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgD2QvTHwfdITVQcRGxoP5uVV2MK4f4zuKV2Y4NOMZ9CXN56I-6MtKdXbiwhJs4vW7NbhRy0NdLWXcVtBUIBCw6qI2t-UsrzEQKezcu73bBrOXaqIpdjJpS30NDKWr-14JqEHsjxYkL9x--B-Ydi4pYhLK590Qf-ylbVBm0M3A45BObNeLte092ggrZtSW/w400-h300/367440438_10231361544682577_5046589577241045374_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Always go with your gut instincts. I couldn't be more pleased with the end result. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc05JOVtODK0hnDz2Pkkrg6ZqU_jNIDjZvMuACglVEm7zdO4GGeVFG6v_Tch2paryBVjtSbTb6lEQp0ZMCb_ge__b2U-5kmTErV9r8_K76O_LU3Fw3wh98EqPObtjLQDDvdrJwSIqo7EJXS4jqs1A_IP4FMq6I_yJSaLu4liBkToL265hZFUoNegnOjIQP/s800/367718956_10231372222789523_1919694892035536246_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="503" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc05JOVtODK0hnDz2Pkkrg6ZqU_jNIDjZvMuACglVEm7zdO4GGeVFG6v_Tch2paryBVjtSbTb6lEQp0ZMCb_ge__b2U-5kmTErV9r8_K76O_LU3Fw3wh98EqPObtjLQDDvdrJwSIqo7EJXS4jqs1A_IP4FMq6I_yJSaLu4liBkToL265hZFUoNegnOjIQP/w402-h640/367718956_10231372222789523_1919694892035536246_n.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my other creations was food wise. It was just a chocolate cake with homemade chocolate frosting but it looked to good not to get a picture.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjxooB0JJFD907698o9yaTgzC2V77P0L5VLK_ImFeZ5B-iWOk1g-Ybe7gFk-pnDx3k4V0qwFFQZjOgYJ0-Au3bBYLz4_fZhjnKfVoLQxsMHwIqUyF1HGKBYMKY-Tm0UM8JNYM1zELXximc5q0LuQtx1CxmSjaSMZINGUQhKsu7yNtS7YQSJNqW-d9kP3z/s640/367713978_10231369150072707_8099358303236876220_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjxooB0JJFD907698o9yaTgzC2V77P0L5VLK_ImFeZ5B-iWOk1g-Ybe7gFk-pnDx3k4V0qwFFQZjOgYJ0-Au3bBYLz4_fZhjnKfVoLQxsMHwIqUyF1HGKBYMKY-Tm0UM8JNYM1zELXximc5q0LuQtx1CxmSjaSMZINGUQhKsu7yNtS7YQSJNqW-d9kP3z/w400-h300/367713978_10231369150072707_8099358303236876220_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It feels good to be back blogging again. Drop me a comment to say hi.</div><br /> <p></p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-57525661741847736432023-03-01T22:44:00.002-05:002023-03-01T22:44:45.131-05:00March-ing into a new month<p style="text-align: center;"> Happy March 1st</p><p style="text-align: center;">It's been so long since I have blogged and I really miss it. Just thought I'd kick off March by starting back on my blog. I won't catch you up on everything that has happened since I last blogged back in 2022. I just thought I'd share some recent things. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I put out a few decorations in honor of the upcoming St. Patrick's Day. For some reason I love my little door and leprechaun. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51Bux-G7vE4wpd8n58qNWxt5-rBM0ZRi_fHGALWMXPZgVUGYC8qNaQlUd2SFzCkjIhb81s8UiIyUVqbgY0uqIYyIkwgjwOX22V4_0iqqkxdsceIVy8lRcqCKNLSultVRMNvDtbDkUwzpHRUM5QqhX-I_A4_ik3L-UDB6T6u_PPdV8ZppOBM6l9wxoVA/s720/331701968_1317654995470463_8935274013546369457_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51Bux-G7vE4wpd8n58qNWxt5-rBM0ZRi_fHGALWMXPZgVUGYC8qNaQlUd2SFzCkjIhb81s8UiIyUVqbgY0uqIYyIkwgjwOX22V4_0iqqkxdsceIVy8lRcqCKNLSultVRMNvDtbDkUwzpHRUM5QqhX-I_A4_ik3L-UDB6T6u_PPdV8ZppOBM6l9wxoVA/w400-h300/331701968_1317654995470463_8935274013546369457_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just felt like they were so adorable.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkeEPfiYOJIzlpZhRA4eV1ccuXMaLu0oEAjcqRFvdcCUyXf0ctDeKw_uYhV34pfMdu-baBqN1Z7B2bq1aR065p8CQ93MwzPWvu4UtArz7uFCrfNAc5e4TXTfpgnoEiROUQHKSPwk4bUmz1-7eXcBP-g3CrLR8kljeQbXRUgWNTKzL4JrzQeZLLA2HbA/s720/331735783_1248725585732806_1106869207986601835_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkeEPfiYOJIzlpZhRA4eV1ccuXMaLu0oEAjcqRFvdcCUyXf0ctDeKw_uYhV34pfMdu-baBqN1Z7B2bq1aR065p8CQ93MwzPWvu4UtArz7uFCrfNAc5e4TXTfpgnoEiROUQHKSPwk4bUmz1-7eXcBP-g3CrLR8kljeQbXRUgWNTKzL4JrzQeZLLA2HbA/w400-h300/331735783_1248725585732806_1106869207986601835_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also changed the curtains in the dining room. I am loving them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCjBweUaee2PMxW_OMnTZjCmp2R4HtZhCcrrVJ49bv8wQ_8DV1s7jhuU-cy7FNNIvf68Qk2JDf_zo7T9p5oL4blIQ-2rYKldlHnY-pnPk2iBKw41F9afyRqk9rivxj80AD7io9FR6Lm7t-sATp3PKDRjsUv1-i47GAwx2UgG78i6vWFm32ILqgIxTDw/s720/331750262_682494110335168_2414476919256497282_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="720" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCjBweUaee2PMxW_OMnTZjCmp2R4HtZhCcrrVJ49bv8wQ_8DV1s7jhuU-cy7FNNIvf68Qk2JDf_zo7T9p5oL4blIQ-2rYKldlHnY-pnPk2iBKw41F9afyRqk9rivxj80AD7io9FR6Lm7t-sATp3PKDRjsUv1-i47GAwx2UgG78i6vWFm32ILqgIxTDw/w400-h293/331750262_682494110335168_2414476919256497282_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I fixed this little area in the kitchen. I am loving my basket with the burlap bow. A great Hobby Lobby find at 50% off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRTQ9gbKCo5np-QP35O-6QkqpldVlvJi9NT2gWzJhq9ilpEiEQqBGSSjAWisV7n1dQCovetsJvOfdEbXb5wt5L4wXm74vm2ezSSTwRY0jFIopuEJsuc0FK_MRZzDhCKK3RdJ52ZX2-OqpEWCK0FIajyFqyTJPAspQ7ydEfCDNuNIgvlDGUtqCovxqOA/s2048/331981205_582425057239108_675457703927546357_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRTQ9gbKCo5np-QP35O-6QkqpldVlvJi9NT2gWzJhq9ilpEiEQqBGSSjAWisV7n1dQCovetsJvOfdEbXb5wt5L4wXm74vm2ezSSTwRY0jFIopuEJsuc0FK_MRZzDhCKK3RdJ52ZX2-OqpEWCK0FIajyFqyTJPAspQ7ydEfCDNuNIgvlDGUtqCovxqOA/w400-h300/331981205_582425057239108_675457703927546357_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was surprised to get a package the other day from my oldest cousin. I mentioned this tablecloth in one of the other cousin's post. When Jeannie saw I said I'd love to find one like this, she sent me hers. I was blown away. She wanted me to have it. Our cousins are all close with us, but this made me just sit down and cry. I was so happy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH67dtknxB_qtGqIqQMzlgzntg5Bp7NC4Z3DiWDcgjl9ltQM94dbOwpX5DIjIYG2POtSAFSn_STgV8FQwc1JzQyX6JYAFvpArmodXQhqKhBO5B3Rw3d_T1mJt4Qx0ILQNri2JRIeIlBTtdT4YDHaJmdLUeyzfuyeysusa0DYENNUkqE1ehssT_ydQNIg/s600/332858279_1259707654655360_1727941004188704078_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH67dtknxB_qtGqIqQMzlgzntg5Bp7NC4Z3DiWDcgjl9ltQM94dbOwpX5DIjIYG2POtSAFSn_STgV8FQwc1JzQyX6JYAFvpArmodXQhqKhBO5B3Rw3d_T1mJt4Qx0ILQNri2JRIeIlBTtdT4YDHaJmdLUeyzfuyeysusa0DYENNUkqE1ehssT_ydQNIg/w400-h300/332858279_1259707654655360_1727941004188704078_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I shopped my house and found the blue vase and then shopped another room and found the tulips. I am beside myself with excitement.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdGrBw--3jID3Zci9Yxf4E9CvTGjWRkqOgRSP5IWmKjDnywbrfn-LkmDVisy1F1WlJfDga0mh8PpgJjWsdsrxSypbXi_6_aSbDMPBeZjq1pdRGnsHU8Xqrj4UqZRzExzpueBDnpzvCfDbObQZlNAXcP9TbdK5kWu9QKnaBjgBOCJ64UT8UMmD5Niscw/s600/333282292_1335327710657448_3452829547001588142_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdGrBw--3jID3Zci9Yxf4E9CvTGjWRkqOgRSP5IWmKjDnywbrfn-LkmDVisy1F1WlJfDga0mh8PpgJjWsdsrxSypbXi_6_aSbDMPBeZjq1pdRGnsHU8Xqrj4UqZRzExzpueBDnpzvCfDbObQZlNAXcP9TbdK5kWu9QKnaBjgBOCJ64UT8UMmD5Niscw/w400-h300/333282292_1335327710657448_3452829547001588142_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speaking of excitement! This Friday is the grand opening of the new Chick-fil-a just about 5 or 6 miles from my house. This is good news! But, on the other hand, as much as I love Chick-fil-a, maybe it's not such a good thing. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLBog829vGxXw3ffGkSg8XyPQqXyQoFT1DvFo9znR8xTIxhJU3-F7hZOG_olHipIjHtvSCuTMixPjQcwExr3bCo0a_GKBVgPsLbR_UhKtqrAKUaQj1HFinv_USf9Sylp8WUK8h3hXsIC15ckJydz8kysNSOv8-WCeWPspBqSZA8ZNfNErPiHOUJ27YA/s822/333938669_1137281093612642_5718239369678423490_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="822" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmLBog829vGxXw3ffGkSg8XyPQqXyQoFT1DvFo9znR8xTIxhJU3-F7hZOG_olHipIjHtvSCuTMixPjQcwExr3bCo0a_GKBVgPsLbR_UhKtqrAKUaQj1HFinv_USf9Sylp8WUK8h3hXsIC15ckJydz8kysNSOv8-WCeWPspBqSZA8ZNfNErPiHOUJ27YA/w400-h263/333938669_1137281093612642_5718239369678423490_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's it for today. Hope you visit again tomorrow. </div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-82551457526777921632022-08-07T20:58:00.004-04:002022-08-07T20:58:49.079-04:00Choose One<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB04JCHTnOhZt7K4hD7MgElFe4ugFxzukV4LraXULJIq-p_q40AMuhSBRlTk6hApQKXLRf4thPnuaHmyWfcIh1J9JiZmWLrzxt-mjB44O6jrqFXHp9oYxodhhg2lnUCa-uaUW6AUhObsVsFwFU1qSvOHjjBj82YMRd76Qbz5L3AjY9-JZkCcCUvXaFlA/s810/287855252_1190626691754521_8270985448492396708_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB04JCHTnOhZt7K4hD7MgElFe4ugFxzukV4LraXULJIq-p_q40AMuhSBRlTk6hApQKXLRf4thPnuaHmyWfcIh1J9JiZmWLrzxt-mjB44O6jrqFXHp9oYxodhhg2lnUCa-uaUW6AUhObsVsFwFU1qSvOHjjBj82YMRd76Qbz5L3AjY9-JZkCcCUvXaFlA/w568-h640/287855252_1190626691754521_8270985448492396708_n.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One has to go forever. Hmmm. I am not giving up waffles or pancakes because they are my easy supper fixes. Eggs are at least 2 or 3 times a week. Bacon and sausage can be used so many ways. Regular, on biscuits on pizza. Just can't lose those. I do love my orange juice. Ice cold with pulp. I can handle apple juice. It's not a favorite, but if I'm served it I can drink it. Not really a coffee drinker, but if I am freezing and no hot chocolate, I could drink coffee with milk. That just leaves grits. I cannot see a need ever in my life where I would need or want grits.....unless I am out of wallpaper paste. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4kd3LPzNJFWrmem3MU4sJDPhtZZ949M_re2Umk36poqh5K3xunaxJdYALqi-d4jdGTjXloqawZmnoPeoDdnrH9gE9CeArFEG0cFXaeImOcf2jruA6dNhKndiJhfAeCrnScBDSmZmDWgOR8H-ikMHJLdHhDJAk8tZ3JblEgJAn2q9eXj_6uM7H8iIzQ/s612/istockphoto-494307985-612x612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="612" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4kd3LPzNJFWrmem3MU4sJDPhtZZ949M_re2Umk36poqh5K3xunaxJdYALqi-d4jdGTjXloqawZmnoPeoDdnrH9gE9CeArFEG0cFXaeImOcf2jruA6dNhKndiJhfAeCrnScBDSmZmDWgOR8H-ikMHJLdHhDJAk8tZ3JblEgJAn2q9eXj_6uM7H8iIzQ/s320/istockphoto-494307985-612x612.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you have had a great weekend.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-72031806778485779162022-08-06T07:00:00.001-04:002022-08-06T07:00:00.169-04:00Breaking down the walls...<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRba_SCd_EExvlQx3jICSkRsDtVAuge7egoQ6NZT9OKBCB2doaOj4FHmy3EIisbZrOxruNyU2Po-DzYMTrDelsbojow39ZESdcjlaCdLCFfi5fe56_z_R3FFHr0lfJGx-ubfuNYHByD7q6BAmryPAW8UYwwPdz-2cSfMgaoHU5V0OeZ7rsvi_wzHP33Q/s480/165717799_10225359498355170_4157389505356300448_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRba_SCd_EExvlQx3jICSkRsDtVAuge7egoQ6NZT9OKBCB2doaOj4FHmy3EIisbZrOxruNyU2Po-DzYMTrDelsbojow39ZESdcjlaCdLCFfi5fe56_z_R3FFHr0lfJGx-ubfuNYHByD7q6BAmryPAW8UYwwPdz-2cSfMgaoHU5V0OeZ7rsvi_wzHP33Q/s320/165717799_10225359498355170_4157389505356300448_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Grief. Experts can give you advice. People who have been through it can give you advice. But the reality is that each individual has to come to terms with it and deal with in the way that helps them the most. <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">This is expecially true when you lose a spouse. Seven years ago, I lost my husband to a liver disease. He was only 63. We had been married 34 years. I was so lost. I had no idea which way to turn. We had two children and five grandchildren. I felt like I had to be the strong one. The one to show them how to pick up and move on. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Things were not easy. I lost my job a couple months after he died. I wasn't old enough to draw his social security for another year. The struggle was real. I had friends who got me food from the church because I was to proud to ask for help. I figured that if I took help, I was depriving somebody that needed it more than I did. I had a friend who would show up with baskets of food or bags of goodies like detergent, toilet paper, etc. I thought it was Christmas. I never told my kids how tight times were because I didn't want to make them think I needed help.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I was Mom. The one that was always there for them. I wanted them to think I could make it on my own. But that year was by far the worst, hardest time I had ever had in my life. But I overcame all that. I not only changed jobs, I changed careers. It gave me something to put my focus on to take me out of my grief except in those dark moments after midnight. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Fast forward to now. I stayed strong, I did what I could and adjusted where I had to. I made new friends and got a new job making enough to pay my bills and enjoy life. I love the life I have made for myself. Was it the life I expected at 65 years old? No, I had dreams of us both retiring and traveling and spending all our days together. But that never happened.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I made new friends and tried new things and, eventually, things came together and I am happy again. People ask me how I got over my grief. I am here to tell you that you never do. You don't get over it, you don't get past it. You don't just put it on a shelf and walk away from it. What you do is learn how to deal with it. Seven years later and at times it still hurts so bad. Seven years later and I can be happy and laughing. Then "our" song will come on the radio or a memory will pop up out of the blue. The pain still comes. The difference is that now it is manageable. Yes, my eyes may get a little teary and my heart literally hurts in my chest. But I cherish the memories, smile and move on. </p><p style="text-align: center;">What other choice do we really have? </p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-79934762219946244942022-08-05T19:39:00.002-04:002022-08-05T19:39:30.199-04:00It's a Southern Thing....<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7Xwj5RxLzAxfjzRaYgXtt3eNt8RRNNKEWcT6Ox4BK1DLR3pPbYClCw_msPZ28ep2-L0xD47zGN4_niyoRLKBm-8lIg359s-Kw8GdAJ2ZPAcjXMezqgJJ8vebmfzL18EavrMmzbjuIYeawo43mh4T63eHOVN_qXX-wkdfikZUtmQM-rG-Btu8AR_PRw/s480/unnamed%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7Xwj5RxLzAxfjzRaYgXtt3eNt8RRNNKEWcT6Ox4BK1DLR3pPbYClCw_msPZ28ep2-L0xD47zGN4_niyoRLKBm-8lIg359s-Kw8GdAJ2ZPAcjXMezqgJJ8vebmfzL18EavrMmzbjuIYeawo43mh4T63eHOVN_qXX-wkdfikZUtmQM-rG-Btu8AR_PRw/s320/unnamed%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> This is so true. Cracks me up, but I live in the south so I can vouch for these. <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u><i>THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH</i></u></b></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>of them live in the South.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Onced and Twiced are words.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do something.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">16. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco, and ketchup.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">23. You know what a hissy fit is..</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">25. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the SOUTH.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">AND one more:</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">27. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show that stupid possum that it CAN be done!</span></div><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-85309063219971817612022-08-04T07:00:00.071-04:002022-08-04T07:00:00.167-04:00It was 25 years ago...<p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VfVE9IsrTQPOq2ekFYU-WoGMMiuDmuVH69SvbL8IGWLNzW-sboTvd7HAMp1tzH5Zex8v7XXATSaQJsNJGMVgXD62w8SUo9MiF_OO1_-xbBAOsTbz3T9jcbfY27_oOWWM__lhjZSTNr0sQ4ptoSfP4vcnR223-WWJfCDvNEsBorE8eGBp6un6GehBIA/s1920/25-years-anniversary-celebration-elegant-gold-logo-template-design-illustration-vector.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VfVE9IsrTQPOq2ekFYU-WoGMMiuDmuVH69SvbL8IGWLNzW-sboTvd7HAMp1tzH5Zex8v7XXATSaQJsNJGMVgXD62w8SUo9MiF_OO1_-xbBAOsTbz3T9jcbfY27_oOWWM__lhjZSTNr0sQ4ptoSfP4vcnR223-WWJfCDvNEsBorE8eGBp6un6GehBIA/s320/25-years-anniversary-celebration-elegant-gold-logo-template-design-illustration-vector.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>As I was sitting at the house last night, for some reason I started thinking about how things have changed in the past 25 years. It some ways it doesn't seem that long ago and in some ways, it seems forever. </i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Did you know that 25 years ago, in 1997....</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;">El Nino<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">forms in the oceans between Australia causing unstable weather conditions including Hurricanes and drought in the Southern Hemisphere and colder temperatures in the North.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Princess Diana was killed in a car crash while trying to avoid paparazzi. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Dolly the Sheep was the first successful cloned sheep.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lion King the Musical premiered on Broadway</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Woolsworth closed its last stores after 100 years in buisness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">NASA Path Finder landed on Mars</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tiger Woods, at 21 years old, became the youngest ever golfer to win the Masters.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first Harry Potter book was published.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mother Teresa passed away at 87 years old.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;">A civil jury found Simpson liable for </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;">wrongful death in the double murder</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;">. Simpson was ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;"> <i>In some ways it seems these things happened forever ago and in some of the instances, it seems like it was just yesterday. Time flies.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" /></div>Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-67334063065146155842022-08-03T09:14:00.058-04:002022-08-03T09:14:00.162-04:00More Fall Y'all<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Between @Home, Home Goods, and Hobby Lobby, I have found quiet a few things I love for fall. Check them out and let me know what you think. I haven't bought any of these items yet. They are just things that have cut my eye that I'm trying to decide if I want to go back and get. I absolutely loved this cup. I can just picture it full of hot chocolate covered with marshmallows on an early cool fall morning.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgAVsiIJWO_qMz1KbgPeuwE8qRmsvPchXfzP0ix8o4BtTClNKzGkw97TwSXhioZYA5Gx6WHj1JburpmeUBtflDMDqhT0abvi4d06z9RRkdRiLb2C85mL6frfRajN58FX-rkgbdvlfEE_x8dXXVlKEHFgWfFseUp8vMVLwontfIh9UO2N89xeJ1NPF7Q/s640/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgAVsiIJWO_qMz1KbgPeuwE8qRmsvPchXfzP0ix8o4BtTClNKzGkw97TwSXhioZYA5Gx6WHj1JburpmeUBtflDMDqhT0abvi4d06z9RRkdRiLb2C85mL6frfRajN58FX-rkgbdvlfEE_x8dXXVlKEHFgWfFseUp8vMVLwontfIh9UO2N89xeJ1NPF7Q/w300-h400/2.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love pumpkins. I have them all over my house I'll fall. But I usually only have orange ones. For some reason I am falling in love with these. I went and looked at them twice when I've been at Hobby Lobby. I would say I'm going to end up getting one or two of these I just can't decide which ones.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3hi9O-GZLlHhvRWZnYmVtP4_XOnH62fyrrly_Ub2RZL1OKmTNQFG4fZTDndFeTTQqUWfUg6DCfESuAi-8cOOgbokZ7ECxMGZLZZCBu3yGaLqZdnWKMGj4ie921pqpJRifwqo4PaAxLgLGv44PrNFRpOlkiFCMGKcfNxUwKQOA4MWNyY7L6KVtxc_Yg/s640/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3hi9O-GZLlHhvRWZnYmVtP4_XOnH62fyrrly_Ub2RZL1OKmTNQFG4fZTDndFeTTQqUWfUg6DCfESuAi-8cOOgbokZ7ECxMGZLZZCBu3yGaLqZdnWKMGj4ie921pqpJRifwqo4PaAxLgLGv44PrNFRpOlkiFCMGKcfNxUwKQOA4MWNyY7L6KVtxc_Yg/w400-h300/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are blown glass and they are absolutely gorgeous. The picture does not do them justice.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKRF2Sxv_pNbR9F6iEY4Hv9i6iRr4kqB4gicTsPWQBS_XwxflS5KGxbQTfYCrR5Xw-0rb01WjBKqYvYzHauhB0CtV85xbYejcpniov45Z4qjVO9SqzwZAtDVrxmuuh5-3IcM4IgbXPfLfCO71TCGxziGNowdYVR1T4ZTkcJVvMI8rhYpdvyVnhjEeuDQ/s640/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKRF2Sxv_pNbR9F6iEY4Hv9i6iRr4kqB4gicTsPWQBS_XwxflS5KGxbQTfYCrR5Xw-0rb01WjBKqYvYzHauhB0CtV85xbYejcpniov45Z4qjVO9SqzwZAtDVrxmuuh5-3IcM4IgbXPfLfCO71TCGxziGNowdYVR1T4ZTkcJVvMI8rhYpdvyVnhjEeuDQ/w400-h300/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is actually a picture from last year. I think that I found this all in the @Home store. I just never did make it back over there to get it but I'm still in love with all of it.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuD4djIg8O2Nvtwl1boyL2W_0IVawxEtLwdNk8ywMUtZSgems6f5O2IkCyiI6Z6jv36QJIpwZA8fiJXFEBaas0OTAVK0j9iOPaLCa75Tjq9eT-d1ANQMOVngoPt9-1Qvp5TAnz8GKhLojCBys_Mt9cCHR5opY1QCcQN6F2YDZ5nujU9GCTkdchg7cRA/s510/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="510" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuD4djIg8O2Nvtwl1boyL2W_0IVawxEtLwdNk8ywMUtZSgems6f5O2IkCyiI6Z6jv36QJIpwZA8fiJXFEBaas0OTAVK0j9iOPaLCa75Tjq9eT-d1ANQMOVngoPt9-1Qvp5TAnz8GKhLojCBys_Mt9cCHR5opY1QCcQN6F2YDZ5nujU9GCTkdchg7cRA/w400-h376/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am definitely buying this as soon as I can find it. I saw it on the website at Dollar Tree. The one I went to the other day doesn't have Halloween stuff in yet which I do know it is a little early for that. But when they get it in if you don't buy something when you see it it's usually gone fast. So I will be checking back until I get this because it's on my must-have list for Halloween.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSiFywzZzbq1fVyFoaL7Jqm-xkxHMkb2E2G9aQnvj9PPVjZ-zfSuUWUGRQ6dx16Gigpi7f5JXmJZ-9wtT_nCT4rnXmFLppbIJ5SQi0nO45wDrv9tqcZvRJzeJpZOmR9qv7NlBL-42-dVNzs2IoNr2lozpHzpoPl1U9K7M-I7XngiJELaozIaPCOb_AA/s628/7a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="628" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSiFywzZzbq1fVyFoaL7Jqm-xkxHMkb2E2G9aQnvj9PPVjZ-zfSuUWUGRQ6dx16Gigpi7f5JXmJZ-9wtT_nCT4rnXmFLppbIJ5SQi0nO45wDrv9tqcZvRJzeJpZOmR9qv7NlBL-42-dVNzs2IoNr2lozpHzpoPl1U9K7M-I7XngiJELaozIaPCOb_AA/w400-h231/7a.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-8160890868809201022022-08-02T19:20:00.001-04:002022-08-02T19:20:17.429-04:00Thirty-One<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thirty-One had a clearance sale going on the past couple of week. I don't sell it any more because I have much other stuff happening I just don't have time. But I did purchase a couple of sale items that I am very happy with. I love this little coolclip pouch. I am a sucker for anything with daisies. And the front is clear plastic and has a zipper on it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpI1zZAnMqaT8mo1mMozcyALa3iEjrZvyrsSqlclr6HKe0eTNEpTFCqomfoJobQzTX0qXQZY3wp87t5BnmwcLB4Y_NyVSh9JYFMUNUC__Dh70DyCS6gV750bk4xvBI43CERzWCQWHjD5cuECd0wJb53Hk5uJUk6vlv1hsKEnXZMpkhaIuWB1Henc8C8A/s640/89.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpI1zZAnMqaT8mo1mMozcyALa3iEjrZvyrsSqlclr6HKe0eTNEpTFCqomfoJobQzTX0qXQZY3wp87t5BnmwcLB4Y_NyVSh9JYFMUNUC__Dh70DyCS6gV750bk4xvBI43CERzWCQWHjD5cuECd0wJb53Hk5uJUk6vlv1hsKEnXZMpkhaIuWB1Henc8C8A/w400-h300/89.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The inside is thermal so it makes it a great little make up case if you are going to have makeup in your car during the heat of summer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsG2uK1LMkNIQcWG4ArNFs3d4U-bpuClJouh3Mmg1Fg3M7694LbidzL8WMq5ZCFFkiRoiYiuQ0UCxjTiZZiJhgxpOpA8VjaVGULfV0LuT_3LYK5XmeIpHQSSJOrXDsNA5jAuyxR5aCqhNdKFtRDbMVegNrN_GNlOIQTjvhao0jNgQ0Lpa3sqROQlIcWA/s640/90.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsG2uK1LMkNIQcWG4ArNFs3d4U-bpuClJouh3Mmg1Fg3M7694LbidzL8WMq5ZCFFkiRoiYiuQ0UCxjTiZZiJhgxpOpA8VjaVGULfV0LuT_3LYK5XmeIpHQSSJOrXDsNA5jAuyxR5aCqhNdKFtRDbMVegNrN_GNlOIQTjvhao0jNgQ0Lpa3sqROQlIcWA/w400-h300/90.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back has a little pocket that most phones fit in.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiAuasNF491vdCnqYrC-3r2KbtJ-AzG1T_UYN1IelXhe46pKKvNa423TXn4_X_SJKZE7iiWCJhr9CCFD3rTKhcFQBzzD0CU_1BbhIhCUd9ZkT4MDep59dZ_tTSbDckgFmEsmoUei5shUysqNtxTemmSFp-kj4_STnv7uL40P4UIkJlcxuAxZVXodVxQ/s640/91.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiAuasNF491vdCnqYrC-3r2KbtJ-AzG1T_UYN1IelXhe46pKKvNa423TXn4_X_SJKZE7iiWCJhr9CCFD3rTKhcFQBzzD0CU_1BbhIhCUd9ZkT4MDep59dZ_tTSbDckgFmEsmoUei5shUysqNtxTemmSFp-kj4_STnv7uL40P4UIkJlcxuAxZVXodVxQ/w400-h300/91.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next item was a set of items. It had 2 nail files.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiInMN0BRSlazrMjvZa0p35lSG0vAT1V4lraSb6bKJ_vxsSMME4p-cLYHEZOITboe-4SKUQX2S9taXVOxIzOlSBafBJh3HSMYdL2cwh1RJPbXZ8VCJuZPTy0Sk79u8HKzv5tYQGOHFpH70Ek1LXJGl6BPgyrv4lWyYhJXj34Ezb9CemSsOvGpo3Jxhg/s640/86.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiInMN0BRSlazrMjvZa0p35lSG0vAT1V4lraSb6bKJ_vxsSMME4p-cLYHEZOITboe-4SKUQX2S9taXVOxIzOlSBafBJh3HSMYdL2cwh1RJPbXZ8VCJuZPTy0Sk79u8HKzv5tYQGOHFpH70Ek1LXJGl6BPgyrv4lWyYhJXj34Ezb9CemSsOvGpo3Jxhg/w400-h300/86.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This sparkly little key chain change purse.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxw2hMIWRxrkS4PNdXJYIPBHE3kzShzRsK5JxCK8nUlWNxTSOJ5t1jxPWtEsB5bFvqr0FtfU1UOT_lvKRv0DVvXLQNjPc6wmTFcB1pGyc_1gn04z-jfk6gE96AumleOOw2-fskFAxbuzCiW4Ml6bid5AuwbSLeXeFzI8QZTNw-7Zmz6VJBhZepjtbrQw/s640/87.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxw2hMIWRxrkS4PNdXJYIPBHE3kzShzRsK5JxCK8nUlWNxTSOJ5t1jxPWtEsB5bFvqr0FtfU1UOT_lvKRv0DVvXLQNjPc6wmTFcB1pGyc_1gn04z-jfk6gE96AumleOOw2-fskFAxbuzCiW4Ml6bid5AuwbSLeXeFzI8QZTNw-7Zmz6VJBhZepjtbrQw/w400-h300/87.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the main bag, another thermal lined bag for a travel make-up case.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH5wisTFOblzZxujYIuvIYtqE4XGjgqfgg6sjfi2AxyudRHoFmu6zGqDcyS8SSrHMLVA6Rayq01f73Ypxd_podRmODjLs2arH6SKqbuBBmKM-0QgmnVZK08I52WuPDWqY00L9zt3ikm6tQ9i-stYw0NBMAqcyw9QOPfvX5x2n5sK6KAPVobBTS46nLQ/s640/88.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH5wisTFOblzZxujYIuvIYtqE4XGjgqfgg6sjfi2AxyudRHoFmu6zGqDcyS8SSrHMLVA6Rayq01f73Ypxd_podRmODjLs2arH6SKqbuBBmKM-0QgmnVZK08I52WuPDWqY00L9zt3ikm6tQ9i-stYw0NBMAqcyw9QOPfvX5x2n5sK6KAPVobBTS46nLQ/w400-h300/88.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was really happy with my purchase. All of it together with shipping and tax was around $25.00.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-68346281772156254202022-08-01T22:19:00.001-04:002022-08-01T22:19:28.568-04:00Weekend Wrap Up<p style="text-align: center;">It was a great weekend. I did a little shopping on Friday afternoon. I am starting to accumulate some things for fall decor and crafts. I did a quick run to Hobby Lobby for somethings for a craft project. I didn't find anything I was looking for, but I did absolutely love this sign. FYI one of my all time favorite songs is <i>Let's Give 'em Something to Talk About </i>by Bonnie Raitt. So I just HAD to have this sign.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOmLSuq0jksF-9WCTY2lymkdJ4frcqPc3pgFd7OekYkkkRwb3Cn-OOcKpoU69ZteL0VVEtHLUNU6JqbRvbjrp-osaoBe27Z4brG-mR7YINWRa0Z2ruQL9nzWxPmZ6e3t5Q6DLTB6PUnByN1F43O-o62LykfWUQ2wgUlcHBl35-8vPMH0dfNQbQvHVBw/s640/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOmLSuq0jksF-9WCTY2lymkdJ4frcqPc3pgFd7OekYkkkRwb3Cn-OOcKpoU69ZteL0VVEtHLUNU6JqbRvbjrp-osaoBe27Z4brG-mR7YINWRa0Z2ruQL9nzWxPmZ6e3t5Q6DLTB6PUnByN1F43O-o62LykfWUQ2wgUlcHBl35-8vPMH0dfNQbQvHVBw/w400-h300/6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love having different spoon rests on the stove top for holidays. Sometimes, I use little candy plates for the spoon rest. I couldn't find a fall one, but I did find a Thanksgiving one. Both items from Hobby Lobby were 40% off so they were only $7 with tax.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlqZFX9mAOUABAI7_qUWn5FaFmnsGLkicCNz9UXeywYsqHjH911tsNb7kkscZ045cI7N8uwA__LQMUNUyv5o-Irbxtjqt7ehv0GWqDoIKClT7K5NdItOveej_8TTwt5hdAhqi2Oz8OgObxgL5HGHzFj-Vh3e1DYTzkbnYKpvoBwd_RGrFZybkYndSjg/s640/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlqZFX9mAOUABAI7_qUWn5FaFmnsGLkicCNz9UXeywYsqHjH911tsNb7kkscZ045cI7N8uwA__LQMUNUyv5o-Irbxtjqt7ehv0GWqDoIKClT7K5NdItOveej_8TTwt5hdAhqi2Oz8OgObxgL5HGHzFj-Vh3e1DYTzkbnYKpvoBwd_RGrFZybkYndSjg/w400-h300/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saturday when I got off work, my daughter called to see if I wanted to run with her to pickup my granddaughter's new glasses. We stopped at Dollar Tree. Since I am on my quest for fall or Halloween bargains for decorating or crafting, I decided to get a few things. The orange pumpkins are made with sweater knit fabric and the brown were burlap. I have about 5 different ideas of what I can do with these....time will tell. Stay tuned.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLnWiBjULqWbA8YxxIsEiJjik_emrV8njhVCmTyhx3HpbHBkHxC6f4ffd0KQ9SnETkJeIfVx9JWaRAZtOwifT8x0gVPyYATeTeXdQuIRgj0XRSy32sR8VBTFv3TlwAfYMSR5qTaXtvl4ycoKGg-B3D6YLMuB6f6AC3J9GdqSgy-y4lrafPOjIE-gJSg/s640/295524624_601042298087776_4332077217049742649_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="640" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLnWiBjULqWbA8YxxIsEiJjik_emrV8njhVCmTyhx3HpbHBkHxC6f4ffd0KQ9SnETkJeIfVx9JWaRAZtOwifT8x0gVPyYATeTeXdQuIRgj0XRSy32sR8VBTFv3TlwAfYMSR5qTaXtvl4ycoKGg-B3D6YLMuB6f6AC3J9GdqSgy-y4lrafPOjIE-gJSg/w400-h291/295524624_601042298087776_4332077217049742649_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the little pumpking pedestal. It will be holding a candle of some sort. Just have to find the candle I want.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKcY1mBQFYPJzq2BJeL1AtgjNGjTczW0dg9VR2gGr4WL8A89k5TggzN5BwDxkimyAGMbCTlICcuWe95xVmJNi1IrIv1aIjXlZ2xQXmM6n-P8Yu_-wcJyl2MPuULUjojxxRBB4QVMtQR9aDYPpGOO62ZU3ki13KAcaseyzXuxpzaAc_IzCpZuUbwhuFQ/s575/295596939_1462266140911339_2059285968506325108_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="575" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKcY1mBQFYPJzq2BJeL1AtgjNGjTczW0dg9VR2gGr4WL8A89k5TggzN5BwDxkimyAGMbCTlICcuWe95xVmJNi1IrIv1aIjXlZ2xQXmM6n-P8Yu_-wcJyl2MPuULUjojxxRBB4QVMtQR9aDYPpGOO62ZU3ki13KAcaseyzXuxpzaAc_IzCpZuUbwhuFQ/w400-h334/295596939_1462266140911339_2059285968506325108_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one of those impulse buys. I do not know why I loved this so much but I did. I have never decorated with pomegranates in my life. But I figure with all the fall flower arrangements I put out around my house, I will find one that they will go in. They only had one so I'll have to look for a couple more at another Dollar Tree.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAc0U8NGB68ag5bJAP-iZIcQKY9frUVhj1JDHYBC1Cs_uM3XojTrnGDxCwWSxw3DyexQ5MttwQW2tVkaA_ewQK-47RvmnpH2pTdi2J9eeg3A6Yq2zjObZqiNCOw01kaPUKkQkN7zHMR2dr-9UZBssx1Uko0tPGvUNiwicN418WeQo10sS_oCTCDap5Q/s498/296025065_1606766389718000_4849160394948340929_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAc0U8NGB68ag5bJAP-iZIcQKY9frUVhj1JDHYBC1Cs_uM3XojTrnGDxCwWSxw3DyexQ5MttwQW2tVkaA_ewQK-47RvmnpH2pTdi2J9eeg3A6Yq2zjObZqiNCOw01kaPUKkQkN7zHMR2dr-9UZBssx1Uko0tPGvUNiwicN418WeQo10sS_oCTCDap5Q/w385-h400/296025065_1606766389718000_4849160394948340929_n.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dollar Tree is has also started to carry fabric. They are 18" x 21". I'm going to make a couple of no sew runners out of them for fall for my end tables.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkGrWXnGGhm1COggtBzhZgA-f5pHEJAl81eMRvR4sU0x8eULIRee7ONpK7hX6ROheQvcNeOk-dlf-FPaBbPI9XZlmjBPjtkpk4o7I1whg6Rz3TUoVeLySzfxgalVoBRnYVBE4uzd9V8n-ZOXGg_TIXWo1XnbxmPBgWGit-o50jTAGjg0cQusI0EVenw/s640/296216664_821420585493423_3981734874157494084_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkGrWXnGGhm1COggtBzhZgA-f5pHEJAl81eMRvR4sU0x8eULIRee7ONpK7hX6ROheQvcNeOk-dlf-FPaBbPI9XZlmjBPjtkpk4o7I1whg6Rz3TUoVeLySzfxgalVoBRnYVBE4uzd9V8n-ZOXGg_TIXWo1XnbxmPBgWGit-o50jTAGjg0cQusI0EVenw/w400-h300/296216664_821420585493423_3981734874157494084_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved this jar because it has a copper lid and will look great in my Steampunk room. I am going to make my yearly traditional candy corn/honey roasted peanut snack and put it in this jar. Details to follow when I do that in September.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1h_2eBGfPX1jkjZLUbF4lTMPiKnaCc_LOTds2bhhUssWX20nAQ_swrkt9mEqgjMh-gaAWvH3qw-vjtb-dHd73QuXQ8YXCbAcs_Q_wqnCPHuaz3FJcBKi8JWSVtg9ClBJYYlXNEVxGcwzv0lBSOkDZEOcOH6KXPAnctpccVC1xizrlPunR9E2hI9Rzg/s640/296329090_1035964350393320_3062274785911760691_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1h_2eBGfPX1jkjZLUbF4lTMPiKnaCc_LOTds2bhhUssWX20nAQ_swrkt9mEqgjMh-gaAWvH3qw-vjtb-dHd73QuXQ8YXCbAcs_Q_wqnCPHuaz3FJcBKi8JWSVtg9ClBJYYlXNEVxGcwzv0lBSOkDZEOcOH6KXPAnctpccVC1xizrlPunR9E2hI9Rzg/w400-h300/296329090_1035964350393320_3062274785911760691_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saw a cute craft project that used those fancy bows. Since my daughter has taught herself to do the pretty bows, I bought this ribbon for a craft project but they didn't have the other stuff at that Dollar Tree. So details to follow on this project when I get all the stuff to make it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpL_7FgIb_1dGdMyslOBi8hfKqO2L2saeVMJ8PMCV3dddqPTe1S8kyEnknQa8HhFpqo_Yw7n2gNAEnpaqQhmVK7XpEu0ksOuAzElymWaAt0Tw2dH4Oy7VYPdgJk2el4_KGCUzKf-3mNrYNQuDufkgTBI1zGMRWs1P1CqJS8bl65UDVo7GwHQT6_b4SUw/s558/296539689_1492236481218081_2881931506335716598_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="558" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpL_7FgIb_1dGdMyslOBi8hfKqO2L2saeVMJ8PMCV3dddqPTe1S8kyEnknQa8HhFpqo_Yw7n2gNAEnpaqQhmVK7XpEu0ksOuAzElymWaAt0Tw2dH4Oy7VYPdgJk2el4_KGCUzKf-3mNrYNQuDufkgTBI1zGMRWs1P1CqJS8bl65UDVo7GwHQT6_b4SUw/w400-h344/296539689_1492236481218081_2881931506335716598_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday was a beautiful day. I don't work on Sundays. We went to church and I sang in choir. Preacher Sam brought a beautiful, uplifting message. We had 2 new families join the church. It was communion Sunday so that was done as well. Later that afternoon I went to visit with a friend in a neighboring city for a few hours. We had a wonderful visit. When I left, I stopped by a different Walmart to pick up some cleaning supplies I was out of. A storm was brewing. As you can tell by these pictures it wasn't going to be a nice storm.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75YQZnTEEnB_YIurrtW43Qva_TgQC044yZPfnd9qd9bE-9sxqX1pxy1-F6XcpjnfoS72llMF01qtZQUV52N1xtQgvyKA5CCb-7-LpUYfGvL9RTZvC0vX_daLjb8hXNbw5YLJUGTrV9IXmhyN151hA7XxLSK2HXOUSa2knkZo9f0kUHoqUgrYAbrG_ew/s640/295766365_475605747897883_3652828048779460069_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75YQZnTEEnB_YIurrtW43Qva_TgQC044yZPfnd9qd9bE-9sxqX1pxy1-F6XcpjnfoS72llMF01qtZQUV52N1xtQgvyKA5CCb-7-LpUYfGvL9RTZvC0vX_daLjb8hXNbw5YLJUGTrV9IXmhyN151hA7XxLSK2HXOUSa2knkZo9f0kUHoqUgrYAbrG_ew/w400-h300/295766365_475605747897883_3652828048779460069_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsWst58lbnPQYywEv4QSICLvMQ2973_VS7_dkvC5RJyGnNT0B5NnXGJpqwtgvq-XTgLmdqrdpTtOz8y-GD58JdCKcVZarO-v6_llHADdZdjEY3j8ZQxeS6Wuw1atYp7-hE0q45PH_Gnb6EwGsRFJMLOQJwBBlUIL6pG7v40bmWRlNZ6KyF1USGDlmlw/s640/296247967_5286061598137849_4881069989926337553_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsWst58lbnPQYywEv4QSICLvMQ2973_VS7_dkvC5RJyGnNT0B5NnXGJpqwtgvq-XTgLmdqrdpTtOz8y-GD58JdCKcVZarO-v6_llHADdZdjEY3j8ZQxeS6Wuw1atYp7-hE0q45PH_Gnb6EwGsRFJMLOQJwBBlUIL6pG7v40bmWRlNZ6KyF1USGDlmlw/w400-h300/296247967_5286061598137849_4881069989926337553_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It held off until I got on the interstate to head home, but then the sky got even blacker and opened up and it poured. Wind and rain causing the interstate to get crazy so I got off and came a country road home. Rain was so hard I could barely see. When I finally broke out of the rain, I had to pull over in a parking lot so I could get out and take a picture of the rainbow. It was a lot brighter than this picture and it was the full arc when I first saw it. But by the time I found a safe pull off, it had dimmed. But it was still beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JZhenU1pUQqezw3zguEqQ3ba7uIlUUvIPN9fH49VZ1yfF-yoobx3ueZxGq65hS5rUv0Tt2VsSbJAZ3vv4kUkcqbFa8KFS3L7dl7sO79kkUqPJWlDqgAuK2nZpMrjDbN31NxRlXoonfOz1T_Yo4n8id6PxHbX6h8ljbCAeCtBaaX_J9b6PpkkjL5pkA/s640/294806924_430024049142998_4809378755016458161_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JZhenU1pUQqezw3zguEqQ3ba7uIlUUvIPN9fH49VZ1yfF-yoobx3ueZxGq65hS5rUv0Tt2VsSbJAZ3vv4kUkcqbFa8KFS3L7dl7sO79kkUqPJWlDqgAuK2nZpMrjDbN31NxRlXoonfOz1T_Yo4n8id6PxHbX6h8ljbCAeCtBaaX_J9b6PpkkjL5pkA/w400-h300/294806924_430024049142998_4809378755016458161_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, that wrapped up my weekend. I hope yours was full of happiness and rainbows as well.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-38470223884730113142022-07-31T09:18:00.003-04:002022-07-31T09:18:15.632-04:00You Say - Sunday's song<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sIaT8Jl2zpI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-66733443802650624992022-07-30T12:49:00.002-04:002022-07-30T12:49:52.495-04:00Birthday time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want to wish a happy birthday to my youngest granddaughter, Shelby, today. She has come a long way from that little girl who loved her binky and wore them like accessories. She had so many with sayings, but since she was a little chatterbox, this was our favorite. To this day, we still say there are times we wish we had the mute button.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0n8oiuKCjC_LrWYmHPN5Tp6DXSpnj267j-mx9fod9FPcucjg0jAIPeq4urjdMispBwql7wPZwiR9TxMyT0a8AilZ8ireQUBjsNvdn5VfH1_DLBypI7p82gzMWzGT4zC_OjailQREj7X5jxeKyk2y4f-0_8KebUlNgmZVm9eY3GyZ75WXzw1SyX9wwQ/s481/229292930_10226222254163526_2572134026821154916_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="481" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0n8oiuKCjC_LrWYmHPN5Tp6DXSpnj267j-mx9fod9FPcucjg0jAIPeq4urjdMispBwql7wPZwiR9TxMyT0a8AilZ8ireQUBjsNvdn5VfH1_DLBypI7p82gzMWzGT4zC_OjailQREj7X5jxeKyk2y4f-0_8KebUlNgmZVm9eY3GyZ75WXzw1SyX9wwQ/w400-h398/229292930_10226222254163526_2572134026821154916_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She's all grown up now and today she turns 14. She will be a freshman in high school. Not sure where those years have gone but she has become a beautiful young lady who has developed a strong personality. She knows what she wants and goes after it. She loves being creative. She is so loyal to her friends and family and she's always got their back. It's been wonderful watching her personality grow over the years. She definitely marches to the beat of her own drummer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3dSCKt6lSBRbu08ZGTC_W_VR9rlOnKHA2NkjQ2ovgoSKsbuPB4M-l0a91qNW9wFXghT_Sq1NGrHiEgQQdzuprG6YpgsKweN4-Ave9AvnK-Socqc6UMMZchczwEVbbSeAIzqkbdLNZeTMJKIQG4aKbttF-XFMvMIHUNMig3FBItaRKn44t6ujBxWjDA/s640/280275111_7571877022830238_5799407575791972148_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3dSCKt6lSBRbu08ZGTC_W_VR9rlOnKHA2NkjQ2ovgoSKsbuPB4M-l0a91qNW9wFXghT_Sq1NGrHiEgQQdzuprG6YpgsKweN4-Ave9AvnK-Socqc6UMMZchczwEVbbSeAIzqkbdLNZeTMJKIQG4aKbttF-XFMvMIHUNMig3FBItaRKn44t6ujBxWjDA/w480-h640/280275111_7571877022830238_5799407575791972148_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy birthday, Shelby Rayne. I hope you have an amazing day. </div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-3304355174996710732022-07-28T21:19:00.000-04:002022-07-28T21:19:36.370-04:00It's just Around the Corner <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today my daughter found a fall leaf in her green grass at the end of July. She is a fall fanatic so she wants to know if you can count this as it being officially fall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GqbVnV7WFAthRQ0yF59LSh916OZAfiIGPgia28-pyxuyoxir-bIlEZQTdGL6lms2m9XRZZ0eW-QCvFurxkAVqFU3AKtr0qKpNytlc7ag2QRGNJ0Qlp3p-NsBzTKfKETIieOzzxXOvnbqbJeQnG0E_OD8--aki8DwRi70zgLSdoCb4Tw804qo7fZdIg/s960/FB_IMG_1659056813196.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GqbVnV7WFAthRQ0yF59LSh916OZAfiIGPgia28-pyxuyoxir-bIlEZQTdGL6lms2m9XRZZ0eW-QCvFurxkAVqFU3AKtr0qKpNytlc7ag2QRGNJ0Qlp3p-NsBzTKfKETIieOzzxXOvnbqbJeQnG0E_OD8--aki8DwRi70zgLSdoCb4Tw804qo7fZdIg/w300-h400/FB_IMG_1659056813196.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I saw on Facebook where Hocus Pocus 2 is going to make its premier on September 30th.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41_zzKsCfUO8KJHvePtxGurjxeladUJg-joBJI36PPW1lQJ4_fkw3-t6Rc-86R_QLORLYgTJImcBCwcpBeMi1S3n34iGhjWcG5zeFeu4WMZigc8uuDuk-Zjw6s1-TOYtKgpY2BslLqtk7RXfjir7O3oilz7srV2hC8UgWQrt_ij7ml8j6gBfqx8Fmpg/s729/FB_IMG_1659056480858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41_zzKsCfUO8KJHvePtxGurjxeladUJg-joBJI36PPW1lQJ4_fkw3-t6Rc-86R_QLORLYgTJImcBCwcpBeMi1S3n34iGhjWcG5zeFeu4WMZigc8uuDuk-Zjw6s1-TOYtKgpY2BslLqtk7RXfjir7O3oilz7srV2hC8UgWQrt_ij7ml8j6gBfqx8Fmpg/w395-h400/FB_IMG_1659056480858.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But what sold me on the idea that we are getting close to fall was the fact that candy corn is in a large display in Walmart. 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color: #70757a; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Apr 14, 2016 — </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">- A runner <span style="color: #5f6368; font-weight: bold;">sliding into second</span> has to make "a bona fide attempt" not just to <span style="color: #5f6368; font-weight: bold;">slide into</span> the <span style="color: #5f6368; font-weight: bold;">base</span>, but also to "remain on the <span style="color: #5f6368; font-weight: bold;">base</span>." </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPyusTU3cdm83bCevxHuoqgUWnqMy9kmedtI_Detm5KfGBVEI_F9ix-xPltQdEQ1RADfKSsA7iop_o1zs47ms6MSH9_8eONcRLjQHmXRXgarYDTOq7uJX56hfV0EwfW1QOdcEI1OlErVHKjk-r5VCY8cXx-b_MPnupXYll91Aqdy8t8PrfU4ph6BvFA/s2922/baseball-sliding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2256" data-original-width="2922" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPyusTU3cdm83bCevxHuoqgUWnqMy9kmedtI_Detm5KfGBVEI_F9ix-xPltQdEQ1RADfKSsA7iop_o1zs47ms6MSH9_8eONcRLjQHmXRXgarYDTOq7uJX56hfV0EwfW1QOdcEI1OlErVHKjk-r5VCY8cXx-b_MPnupXYll91Aqdy8t8PrfU4ph6BvFA/w400-h309/baseball-sliding.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Life is like sliding into second. You have to make decisions and live with the results. But whatever you choose, sometimes you always feel like you are sliding your way through. Hitting the good points and hating the rough patches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My past seven years have been that way. I lost my husband in November 2015. Nothing was ever the same. There were times, I would have those deep middle of the night melt downs. I sometimes shed quiet tears and sometimes my body was racked with pain and I thought I would never be the same again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Without my family, I couldn't have made it. The grandkids kept me sane and happy. My kids were always checking on me without making it look like they were checking on. I changed jobs, made new friends, took new adventures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somebody said something to me recently about me being happy all the time and did I not miss him. Well, yes of course I miss him. We were married for 34 years. But I had two choices. Sink into depression and mourn for him the rest of my life or pick up the pieces and create a new path for myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I chose to take a new path. It's not been easy, but it's been worth it. I will forever miss him and will always have my memories tucked away. But now I have a new life. It's not better. It's not worse. It's just different. I don't have to answer to anyone. I make my own decisions. I do my own thing. I still go full speed ahead. I don't always stop at first for fear of moving ahead. I slide on into second and see where I can go from there.</div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div>Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589608626585016466.post-74707182964454441842022-07-24T08:00:00.014-04:002022-07-24T10:15:22.640-04:00Sunday Drives<p style="text-align: center;"> When I got my license to drive, Mommy and I would take off on Sunday after church and lunch and head out to some country road for a drive. We would just pick a road and see where it went. We had some great times and made great memories. When me and Allen got married, we did it sometimes too. And when the kids grew up and got married, we did it even more often. Between the beautiful scenery in West Virginia and in Sevier County and the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, we've seen some beautiful sites. So today, let's take a drive down some country roads. I've been on some of these and some I just discovered online and would like to travel to some day. 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And not everybody collects them in the same manner. Some will go for anything in a pink pattern. Patterns don't matter, the fact it is pink is what matters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ndBV2pcCyVwkHi3LC1QF30amuOemVrCSWsjTNLu8odqlhaGIOknzQohAqO_U6AMHBJBLuQeWrLENsQYTUmQ4PGr2wzu4YcmL70ZpzsS0RHZPaWyDOPSoiDVgq7OLSIfJwD__DKHefEiR9N82oDLJNydP-96r_VBnkIjwyQ3ThIdlzJVQhiQ2ox3SCA/s640/1501100750-screen-shot-2017-07-26-at-424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="640" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ndBV2pcCyVwkHi3LC1QF30amuOemVrCSWsjTNLu8odqlhaGIOknzQohAqO_U6AMHBJBLuQeWrLENsQYTUmQ4PGr2wzu4YcmL70ZpzsS0RHZPaWyDOPSoiDVgq7OLSIfJwD__DKHefEiR9N82oDLJNydP-96r_VBnkIjwyQ3ThIdlzJVQhiQ2ox3SCA/w400-h289/1501100750-screen-shot-2017-07-26-at-424.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And on the flip side of the pink collector is the turquoise collectors. They want any of the patterns in this shade. Butter prints, snowflake, even some patterns of vintage that are not Pyrex go into their collection as long as the color is right.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZkmx9_oKX0N4c-HU4JTz8aDGGzZK-49Tx371i5gvXGNfy8_1FlQoSGF_Jfm3eulosHywovRopwkIzBxUeKZUbBnBjO1RA0YD6T-YZCTjQlMk6S_QTvtjrPqdu7FHMdYpudG5q0F4P1Et6RRXiha9WUKnZVd56_i85ksprQwLAnskTW1nQHvdfAtrQg/s554/ui0qicayl7d41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="554" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZkmx9_oKX0N4c-HU4JTz8aDGGzZK-49Tx371i5gvXGNfy8_1FlQoSGF_Jfm3eulosHywovRopwkIzBxUeKZUbBnBjO1RA0YD6T-YZCTjQlMk6S_QTvtjrPqdu7FHMdYpudG5q0F4P1Et6RRXiha9WUKnZVd56_i85ksprQwLAnskTW1nQHvdfAtrQg/w400-h346/ui0qicayl7d41.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then you have the collectors who want to get every pattern in each category such as casseroles in various shapes and sizes in any pattern.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQvnmq5ZujRSDN9R7d1C3nIi25NcLccUNK_ACNJFtOSDhT2JrRVAIKQIhxtBhJC4ZspYfrDLBTSt76Bmt1wV1HOYV7wwpE0za8te2dI2faOpz2vHsolhMNgA5lyjCiR8s6Sn0fKTDZVc7NYkBgcK73KNS2Wley8UCh5n1uc4TokyyaH7RrDsTagjFaA/s480/img_4649_custom-0f7a2be5da071a1e0d0051d1391c395bc3a0a0ed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQvnmq5ZujRSDN9R7d1C3nIi25NcLccUNK_ACNJFtOSDhT2JrRVAIKQIhxtBhJC4ZspYfrDLBTSt76Bmt1wV1HOYV7wwpE0za8te2dI2faOpz2vHsolhMNgA5lyjCiR8s6Sn0fKTDZVc7NYkBgcK73KNS2Wley8UCh5n1uc4TokyyaH7RrDsTagjFaA/w400-h400/img_4649_custom-0f7a2be5da071a1e0d0051d1391c395bc3a0a0ed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then some want to collect it in any pattern in any style.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4xxZnicOnajV4x2juw1KQwYkZ2u5SmZ8HMWf07Wbt8ToOdHWO-3FjHyeE1pzlnIinK9rjUo-xL959jhOrv7VKuK9HNBcmgzaUHlnFC4llNeqQioP5XUfzlqXHP5bwvDPEVzbyZCF6U1N2WI3-fKhj9mFbWBGWp8oJ42kCY98T9VQ5SyPRV1rjVzazw/s480/20170317_005916000_iOS-min.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4xxZnicOnajV4x2juw1KQwYkZ2u5SmZ8HMWf07Wbt8ToOdHWO-3FjHyeE1pzlnIinK9rjUo-xL959jhOrv7VKuK9HNBcmgzaUHlnFC4llNeqQioP5XUfzlqXHP5bwvDPEVzbyZCF6U1N2WI3-fKhj9mFbWBGWp8oJ42kCY98T9VQ5SyPRV1rjVzazw/w400-h400/20170317_005916000_iOS-min.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then some only collect the most rare of the rare. There is a casserole dish, Lucky in Love pattern, with a lid that is so rare that most collectors thought it was a hoax. It was apparently a promotional piece that was made in 1959 with a small limited amount of them made. It was listed on Pyrex patterns and hisotry websites, but no one ever seemed to have seem one in person. Until 2017. In August of that year, someone dropped one off at a Goodwill store and it went on the <a href="https://www.goodwillwny.org/post/2017/08/15/holy-grail-of-pyrex-sells-for-record-price" target="_blank">Goodwill Auction</a> site. I saw it the day it was posted for auction at a starting price of $9.00. I checked on it every other day or so. Then the price had excalated to over $800 in bidding. I was hooked. I checked every day (sometimes 2 or 3 days) and was watching the last 5 minutes of the bidding where it sold for a whopping amount of $5994.00 which cause the Pyrex world to go nuts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJ5SYeRcIt4pm5R25ds0oUqCZTBUjROjJ39SrHdIqrsB5w16hrjknV50gHsgaQL_kVEym7nJXCLSxZzniAGWr6w7c7hsQjAXi-drp3yx9ElUnmbZ45iDsZBMHUu7MpgUam3RrchN958Cccwqlgcvr5RFEeIHXVEy3B69BeNKkFv-txlvJi5gPL0AkEw/s400/blogger-image-1736601622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="400" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJ5SYeRcIt4pm5R25ds0oUqCZTBUjROjJ39SrHdIqrsB5w16hrjknV50gHsgaQL_kVEym7nJXCLSxZzniAGWr6w7c7hsQjAXi-drp3yx9ElUnmbZ45iDsZBMHUu7MpgUam3RrchN958Cccwqlgcvr5RFEeIHXVEy3B69BeNKkFv-txlvJi5gPL0AkEw/w400-h266/blogger-image-1736601622.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My love and collection is in whatever I see that hits my fancy. I love the mixing bowls, Cinderella bowls, fridgies, casseroles, everything. And I'm not set on one color theme or pattern. I just love what I love, especially when I find it at a bargain. Now you can go to many sites and just buy whatever you want if you don't mind paying whatever the asking price is plus shipping. But for me, there is no thrill in that. No different than running to Walmart to pick up p.j.'s. I get my thrills from a.) it being a bargain and b.) finding it "in the wild" in antique stores, thrift shops or yard sales. Nothing beats the thrill of seeing just what you want unexpectedly at a price that is considered a bargain. Currently, here is my wish list of things I would love to stumble on in my hunt. Keep in mind, I don't care if I have to build my collection piece by piece until I get a set. That's what makes it fun for me. 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Guess it's time to pound the streets trying to find some good bargains.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><input id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden" value="true" /><input id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden" value="none" />Mamaw's Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01189551842133072976noreply@blogger.com0