Me and Mr. UPS

My UPS guy is quickly becoming my hero. Want to know what he brought me yesterday?

That's right. The largest Cinderella bowl for my Colonial Mist set. 

I now have my cherished entire set that I've been longing for. It was the set hubby and I used the entire time our children were growing up. I got rid of it many years ago before it was popular to collect it and when we were downsizing. I have regretted it every since. Now I have the entire set again and I will never part with it this time. 

And it arrived on our first date anniversary so the day was even more special. Plus Hubby cooked us breakfast this morning and made bacon, gravy, biscuits and eggs. The gravy was served in one of the Cinderella bowls. The thing I love most about this set is that it didn't cost me anything. Two were trades from my Facebook group and two were gifts. And I collected the entire set in just six weeks. AWESOME!

I got something else yesterday, but Mr. UPS didn't deliver it. Mother Nature did.

It was raining and then around 2:30 it started changing to snow flakes mixed in. 

Within about an hour we had this. 

It just kept coming down. My poor little tree looks so sad. 

A couple hours later the guy next door brought his little girl out to play. She is about 22 months old and was having a ball (sorry I took it through the window screen. Too cold to go back out.)

It is pretty and I'm so glad I had went to the store the day before so I could stay home all day. 

About 2 hours into the storm we were hearing thunder and power outages had begun. This morning it has stopped snowing and is 29 degrees. It just might be another day of staying in all day. 

Some stuff for Thursday

My hubby is one in a million. I wouldn't trade him for anything. Today is the 32nd anniversary of our first date. We met through a mutual friend who hooked us up for a blind date. She told him about me and me about him and then he called me. We had talked on the phone a few times, but had not met until that first date. It came a bad snow and I was sure he would cancel, but he didn't. We still went out to eat and to see Urban Cowboy with John Travolta. By the time the evening was over, I was in love and knew that love at first sight was possible. I even told my best friend that I wanted to marry him. Everybody laughed at me. Two months and 10 days later we got married. Now, here we sit 32 years have passed...we are still together...we are still in love...and we still think each other is the best thing to ever happen to us. He is an awesome hubby and a very loving father and Papaw. Not to mention that man of mine can really cook and he spoils me rotten. So I think I'll keep him. 

(Papaw and Alexis)

Speaking of love, I was surfing through the internet last night and found some other things I'm loving right now. I love this scarf. I found it over at Noble Knits blog. It says it can be made in 30 minutes. I may try one this weekend. I love to knit but it only holds my attention for an hour or so then I put it away for months at a time. So if I had a project I could do in 30 minutes I would be good to go. 

Since it has been too dreary to go window shopping or thrifting this week, I've been doing my "look and see what I like" on line. I found some cute things that caught my eye. I love this little cup. I am going to have to start drinking more hot chocolate so I can have a reason to buy coffee cups. They are one thing I love and yet I hardly ever use them so I don't buy a lot of them. Hubby drinks coffee but he has his one favorite cup so no need to buy any for him. 

As much as I love Pyrex, I will be the first to admit that Fireking, Glasbake, Federal and Anchor Hocking have some nice pieces as well. While I was surfing around looking at things I liked, I failed to notice who made them, but I did love this little casserole dish. I'm almost sure this is the Glasbake Onion pattern, but I could be wrong. 

Isn't this a cute little coffee cup? I love the orange tulip.

I am pretty sure this was Glasbake. I love how it has the words on the side as a pattern. 

There are some cute colors and designs in this little mug, very retro yet very modern. I don't know why I am always attracted to items with flowers on it. 

This seems to be a very popular Glasbake pattern. I have one bowl in this pattern and it is easy to find at reasonable prices in antique stores so I may get some more of it. 

This is just precious.  

As a bird lover, it would be awesome to find a set of these. 

Not sure if this is Pyrex or something else, but I really loved the pattern. The shape looks like a Pyrex casserole dish so that may be what it is. Anybody know for sure?

I don't know why, but I am loving these brown coffee cups with flowers and gingham. Again with the tulips. Not sure why I am drawn to tulip patterns all of a sudden. 

I would love to find some cute little figurines this year at yard sales. I'm especially partial to lambs right now but don't know why. I just think they are cute.

I would also like to find a couple of vintage swans for my master bath. 

Are you looking forward to spring and hitting some yard sales? What will you be looking for?

Over the hump day

Seriously? More rain? I am so over this that I can't imagine how Mrs. Noah must have felt cooped up for 40 days and 40 nights. We've only had it about 2 1/2 days and I even ran out yesterday and I'm still feeling cooped up. We have floods surrounding us everywhere. This is our local city park.

One of the many roads in the county that are under water. 

This is actually a bridge over a little creek. Not so little right now. 

And this is the river that runs right along Hwy 66 from Kodak to Sevierville. I heard they were closing one lane on the main road due to weakening on the side. 

And my daughters neighbor lost a couple of her big trees yesterday. 

And a local day care in Kodak has lost it's playground till the waters recede.

And many of you who travel here on vacation are familiar with the Old Mill in Pigeon Forge. Here it is on a normal day.

And this is what it was like the first day of the rains. I can't imagine how bad it will get today. 

The whole county is getting worried. Even the animals are starting to sweat it. 

I will be so happy to see sunshine again. I forgot what it looks like.

But it looks like it may still be awhile. They are calling for rain mixed with snow tomorrow. 

I am holding out hopes for Saturday when the temps are to climb near 58 and sunshine. One can always dream. 

What's up in your world?

What's up in your world? We have been suffering horrendous rains since late Sunday night. School is closed today due to area flooding. And we still have another 24-48 worth of rain heading this way. It has slacked off some this morning but more is on the way.

I made a cake yesterday and used some of my Pyrex and yard sale finds. I just love this little flamingo pink ramekin. I use it for so much. It's fast becoming my favorite piece of Pyrex. 

I am still amazed that I actually found my Pyrex Hamilton Beach mixing bowl. Did you know there were two versions? One says Hamilton Beach on the bottom and one says Pyrex Hamilton Beach on the bottom. Don't have a clue why, but I actually saw both of them side by side in the same store when I bought mine. They were the same price. Everything is exactly identical unless you flip them over and one says Pyrex. Guess you know I had to have the Pyrex one. 

With the holidays and my Thirty-One events, I have really gotten the use out of this little basket. I found it at a yard sale for $1 or less. I bought it even though I thought I would never use it. I have used it so much the past six months that it isn't funny. 

Does anybody know what brand this casserole dish is? I don't know if it is vintage or recent but it has gold leaves similar to what and little birds. The bottom just says 18. Would love to identify it. One of my favorite pieces from a yard sale for a buck.

I put some cookies in this to serve at party recently. It is an awesome serving dish for cookies, candies, chips and dips. This was the last time I will use it though because I traded it in my Pyrex trade group. The new piece is on the way but I'm not going to share it until it gets here. I'm getting excited. 

I baked a cake yesterday (yellow with chocolate icing). Guess you can see it was a big success last night. 

My daughter had a Thirty-One party and everybody got to see some of the new spring products. It was awesome. We have an order going in on Saturday. If you need anything, let me know and I will send you the link to sign up on-line. I'm donating my commissions this month to help raise funds for my grandson Garret's eighth grade trip to New York. 

And last but not least. I am a big Snoopy fan. Always have been. Always will be. I hate to exercise so I knew this sign was just for me.  

Of course it could be argued that all the running around and activities that I do are a form of exercise. I probably burn more calories in one weekend than most people do in a week of going to the gym. 

This is not good

These past couple of days we have high in the 60's low 70's each day. The sun was shining, the jackets stayed in the car. It was so easy to forget it was only early January. Now they are calling for heavy rain to move in and stay for the next few days. It started shortly after church last night. We are under flood watches and the temps are supposed to return to the 40's. 

It's so not fair. I want the sunshine back. I want the warm temperatures. I want to move winter on it's way. 

But alas, it is here for the duration. We will have our ups and our downs. We will face sunny days and snow covered ground. Each season lasts about 3 months give or take. But I would be happy if winter started on December 21st and ended on January 1st. That's long enough for me. This was our December 2010 and I loved it. But come January. I'm done. 

I need a field trip to the beach. I'm thinking Panama City sounds pretty good about now. Field trip anyone?

But alas, I am stuck here for awhile longer in the dreary, gloomy days of January. 

Think I'll make some soup and pout all day.