Weekend Wrap Up

This past weekend back to Thursday was nice. I got to have breakfast at Frizzle Chicken with my niece and her family. My little great niece, Makenzi, is a sweet heart. She loves her great Aunt B. 

They brought me a little gift. A Pink Zebra tart warmer and some tarts to go with it. I am loving it.

I stopped by Hobby Lobby one day and picked up some yarn I wanted. I lvoe the Yarn Bee brand. It is just .99 cents a skein and perfect for plastic canvas.

While I was there I looked at some of their fall items just to get ideas. I have some Thanksgiving chipmunks I love. So when I saw this little set of fall squirrels I am thinking I may go back and get them.

Of all the things I saw, this made me want it so bad. Watching for the 40% off sale and going back to get it.  

I sat out my Fourth of July table centerpieces. Check out my little pie bird and salt dip on the two sides. 

Of course, there are daisies in the kitchen. Except at Christmas there are always daisies somewhere in the kitchen.

Worked most of the weekend. I got sick Sunday night at work and have been feeling puny all day. Feeling a little better now, but still going to have a light supper. Hope you are having a good Monday.

Sunday's songs

Yearning for Yarn

Someone recently asked how I store all my Pyrex when I am not using it. I put them in the top shelf of the kitchen pantry cabinet. In a perfect world, I could find a cabinet like this and plenty of room. I found this picture on the internet and this has now become my dream cabinet.

Whether in a cabinet or on my baker's rack, each stacked bowl is separated from these little dishclothes my sister and my friend make me. It is the perfect thing to keep them stable but raise them up so you can see the rims of the other bowls. 

Posting about these dishclothes made me yearn to start some yarn crafts again. I am going to go to Hobby Lobby and get some yarn. I let my stash get low so I need to stock it back up. They have so much to choose from. 

I want some red and gray to make some coasters or perhaps a box. 

I am going to try to make a coaster with the fringe on the ends. I have never done that. I'll let you know how it works out when I make one. 

One of these days I am going to get brave enough to knit or learn to crochet an afghan in the ripple weave so I can make one in these colors. I just love this.

Well, I have a lot on my to do list today. I guess I better get busy.  Have a great day. 

Some antique time...

My friend, Aaron, and I went antique shopping this past Saturday. I found a few good deals. One was this adorable little tea for one set. It was the smallest tea for one I have ever seen.

I love old shorthand books and this is one of a series from 1899. 

In shorthand you write the words based on their sounds not the actual regular spelling. So this book is written that way. It was hard to figure out at first. But then I realized what they had done and it made it easier to read.

The fun find of the day was when Aaron showed me this silver tea set that was in perfect condition at a great price. I knew it had to come home with me. 

It was a great shopping expedition.

Sunday Songs

The past three weeks...

Today is my conclusion to the past three weeks. I have been blessed with a few gifts from friends who have been cleaning and found things they thought I might like. Plus I picked up a couple of things I liked at World Market.

One friend knows my love of Pyrex so she gave me this fridgie.

I am collecting some fridgies as they stack very well. I have two now. 

She also gave me the 403 Cinderella bowl in the Pyrex Friendship Pattern. I was beyond thrilled.

That one is hard to find and another friend several months ago gave me the two smaller bowls so now I have a complete matching set. I am thrilled. 

Another friend who has an antique booth, gave me this rooter pie bird. My first rooster one in my collection. Super excited about that. 

I found these bar earrings at World Market for just $4.99 and fell in love. When I got them home, I realized that they match a bracelet I already had. 

The same friend that took me to World Market showed me all their teapots. I almost bought one that day but didn't. Came home and thought of nothing else since then so I went back last week and got the peacock one that had caught my eye. I am loving it.

It goes good with my Pyrex Colonial Mist bowls.

That catches me up on the past 3 weeks. Hope you are having a great weekend.

Happy Friday!

Today is my day off and I'm looking forward to having a great day. I'm not even sure what I'm doing. Hanging out with one of my friends and I'm not the one making the plans. So whatever I will be doing will be fun.

Here are some pics from VBS where the kids had a great time. Kick-off was a blast. Horseback riding, bingo, water games. We had so much fun. I kept Alexis, Shelby and Colby all week so it was even more special. Shelby got her life dream of actually riding a horse. She spend more time on horse back than on anything else there was to do. Alexis loved the bingo and won several cool prizes. She also loved the nightly singing and learning the song movements. Colby was all about anything that got him covered in water. He did try his hand at bingo a couple of times as well. 

I made a 15' snake to decorate my room. Forgot to get a picture of the room. But here it is hanging on my cabinet after I made it. 

The first day, after kick-off, we rushed home and cleaned up and went to the Smoky Mountain Opry. It is a fantastic show and we had a blast. 

By the end of the week, I had worked for hours, drove kids to other Grandmother's for day care while I worked, picked them up after work and went straight to VBS. Got home around 9:30 - 9:45 each night and got back up every morning to start over again. One night, we were all exhausted and half crazy. These two crashed on the couch about 5 minutes after putting their jammies on.

I came out from putting my jammies on and Alexis was waiting on me with her hand held out. I walked up to see what she had and she said "Mamaw I found your marbles since I'm sure you lost them this week." I about died laughing. It was a great ending to the week.

Then on Sunday morning, we had 22 kids in Children's Church. I was so overwhelmed with the love of all my church babies. Some I have had in various classes for 12 years. This is the last few months for me being the director. I am stepping down this year. Since we had a big class with most of the kids there, I decided to take a pic of them.

Then we had to get one in the floor with them all setting around me. Lots of love in this photo. They are all so special to me. 

It was a great week that week. 

Happy anniversary!

Happy anniversary to my daughter, Diana and my son-in-law Michael. May God bless you with many more years together. 

I'm back.....

I am back. I've been gone a little over 3 weeks from blogging. My mind, my body, my spirit just was so full of living life that I haven't had a chance to share. It has been a busy crazy time and I have had a blast. I am finally getting some rest in from all the things I have been doing lately. I'll update you over the next few days so I don't overload you on my first day back. I've spent a lot of time on my front porch just enjoying the beautiful weather we have had. 

I've been up early even on my days off so I can enjoy the beautiful sunrise (even if I have to look through wires to see it.)

Some mornings are still cool, so I start my day with a cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows just listening to the birds singing.

A few times, I have went at the end of a crazy day up to just set at the overview of Douglas Lake and enjoy the view of the mountains, the lake, the dam and French Broad River. One of my favorite places close to me to just go set on a bench and read my book.

I've spent a lot of time with some of my best friends. The new Pirates Voyage (owned by Dolly Parton) opened and we all got to go for free since we work at Dolly's Stampede. I sat with my arena friends, Aaron, Sharon and Jonnie. I always have a blast when I am with them. We were (impatiently) waiting for the show to start.

Another day, I went to Smoky Mountain Knife Works with my friend Brittany because we decided we needed new knives. I have an itty bitty one so needed a bigger size and she had one she liked that had gotten broke. So in true girly fashion we picked knives that were pink with bling on them just because that's how we both roll.

I am going to Miami soon with my friend Dee Dee. We are super excited so we went on a shopping trip to get some new clothes. I got some shirts but still need to find some shorts I like. 

Got to work early one day and got to spend time with my BFF Sharon. I just love this girl. We wanted Jonnie to get a picture of us, but first we had to fix our earrings to make sure they were twisted the right way and of course, Jonnie took a picture of that as well. 

But we were able to get a good picture together. 

That's it for a start. Come back tomorrow when I tell you all about what happened at VBS.....