Happy Sweet 16

 Sixteen years ago today we were blessed with our very first granddaughter.

She has always had a happy smile and tons of love to give. I can't help but wonder where the years have gone.

Happy Sweet 16th birthday, Alexis. I love you.

Giving it a try....

So I saw these on something last week. I had some yarn and ribbon so I decided to try one. 

Super simple and very happy with the results. 

My next thing I want to try for Chrismas is one of the santa hats for a wreath. Check out the various ideas I found.

This one reminds me of Whoville.

Love the elf feet in this one.

I have seen all the picks in this one at Hobby Lobby so I could find the stuff easily.

Just some things to think about.

Unfocused....

Not sure what's going on, but I am having trouble focusing on things I want to do lately. Perfect example. I want a graham cracker pie. My husband always made them for me. They are my favorite pie. I bought stuff several weeks ago. So Monday, I got everything out to get ready to bake. Even got this old recipe book from Mom where she mades notes about the recipe so we could make the pie just like she did. I studied it really goo. I pulled everything out of the cabinet and got it organized. Then I took one look at all the stuff. And one look at all the directions......

......And then I made banana bread from a box mix and the easy no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies.

I am all about easy any more. That is why when I tried to find a Christmas project for red yarn, I decided on this. It can't get much easier than that.

Have a happy Wednesday. 

Seven day catch up....

I haven't posted anything in September because I've been so busy already this month. Thought I would take today to catch you up on the first week of September and what I have been doing. The main thing is I have been getting up earlier in hopes of seeing the sunrise. One day last week I was rewarded by timing it right. I woke up as this slight light was shining through the tree tops.

I patiently waiting about 5 or 6 minutes and sun was behind the trees creating the image of a fire while the had a golden glow with rays of yellow streaking through. It was well worth getting up for.

It was our first chilly fall-like morning. I fixed my first cup of hot chocolate and marshmallow of the season, grabbing my book and headed to the porch to enjoy my morning.

Over the next few days, I started getting my fall stuff out and decorated as I could between all the other things I had going on. I love my fireplace because it has several settings and one is where the fire is going but the heat is actually off. It was pretty to have on while I did some decorating.

Just one of my little shelves.

I love how my favorite Pyrex just happens to go good with my fall colors.

The kids were so silly in this picture, but it is one of my favorites of them. This would have been about 8 years ago.

Just love decorating the tops of my shelves and tables. 

I love my little scarecrow. The fact he has on blue denim on made me get these blue placemats. They go with my blue dining room, but still allow me to put fall colors in there. It all compliments each other I think.

Isn't he just adorable.  

I am still looking for a fall centerpiece for the kitchen table. I want a big pumpkin or something. I love my little owls, but still need some work on the centerpiece.

I love my McCoy pitcher that belonged to my grandmother. I put flowers in it for every season. 

Not much to decorate the wine rack with yet except the new gray pumpkin. Looking at Hobby Lobby this weekend to see what else they might have.

I actually got me a new coffee table. Even assembled it by myself. But I love the way it looks with my pumpkin and candy dishes.

Well, cleaning and decorating took up most of the past seven days. The rest was filled with rest, cooking, baking and just hanging out at the house. Even managed a 3 hour nap yesterday. I am regenerated today. Now to see what this week brings.