A little bit of this and a little bit of that....

These are just some things I have stumbled across on the internet this past week. Thought I would hsare them for your viewing pleasure.

Hubby and I are always trying to find a better place to keep our keys. I love this little plaque with knobs. Talk about easy to make.



I am not an artist but I think I could do this. I love it.



What a great idea. Not just for writing a recipe on, but for writing anything you want on it. There is a local restaurant store around here that sells these little plates. Wonder if you could paint it with chalk paint so you could change out sayings, menus, quotes, etc. for your kitchen. I need to check this out.



If I still had my cat, I would definitely maker her something like this. Talk about comfy cozy for your pet.



I have always loved blue and white seersucker. This is just too adorable.



Super easy, cheap wreath for patriotic holidays. I am going to start stocking up on some craft supplies so I can do some of these ideas I keep getting.



Wish I was a quilter. I love this quilt.



Talk about easy. This is really cute.



Grapevine wreaths is going to be on my list of "check yard sales and thrift stores" for.



I have never seen this in person, but I am absolutely in love with it. Pyrex is a passion of mine and I love variety. This is going on my wish list. This particular set is in Seattle, Washington for $100. A little too pricey for me, but I am going to start checking my local antique stores.

I also saw where someone found a Hazel Atlas pitcher at a thrift store along with a Pyrex cake pan in the dessert dawn color. These are lovely.



We are going to be moving into our new office at work in a few weeks. I hope to have room for some plants. We have lots of windows. I am going to scout yard sales and thrift stores for some vintage planters. I would like to find some in milk glass.



I am heading out today to a local thrift store that I have never been to. Maybe I will find some there.

Faith Filled Friday

Let me tell you what My God can do. 

On Tuesday morning at 3:00 a.m., I received a call that one of my brothers had suffered a stroke. He was in the hospital. He had the stroke between 10 and 10:30 p.m. Monday night as best we could figure out, but it was 2:00 in the morning Tuesday that he could finally function to call someone. 

After I hung up the phone with my sister, I immediately began praying. As soon as my friends were up, I requested prayer on Facebook. I put him on our church prayer list and asked others to do the same. My sister, cousins, friends all did the same. We had a network of prayer going for him.

After several days of prayer and worry, I am happy to announce is has pulled through. From barely being able to stand straight, problems with his motor skills and very confused with trouble talking, he is able to get out of bed and walk where he wants. He is able to feed himself, pour himself a Pepsi and drink it and to carry on his conversations and visit with friends and family who have come by to check on him. 

He will have to have a small amount of rehab, but the Lord is good and we expect a full recovery. It just amazes me how our darkest hours can turn in to God's spectacular moments. Miracles performed, mercy shown and grace received. All because we took a moment to pray in FAITH believing that God would see him through this. 

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all my family and friends who have offered up prayer and support through this rough week. God is good.

It's the little things....

Anybody who knows me well, knows that I get excited about the littlest things in life. One thing that excites me is to come home and find a Thirty-One delivery setting on my couch. 

Inside was my Mini Zipper Pouch in the Creative Expressions Chick pattern. I have been waiting for this to arrive. I love it just as much as I thought I would. 

I wanted this font on the personalization because it reminds me of sticks like the little sticks that fall out of trees. Thought that would be a good font with little birdies.

I picked Flitterin' because people tell me I never land in one spot for long. I am always flittering from here to there. And also because it was one of my favorite songs in the Disney movie Summer Magic.

After the excitement of my new little pouch, I decided to make a homemade pizza for supper. I made 1/3 sausage, 1/3 sausage and pepperoni, and 1/3 just pepperoni.

I only ate some of the sausage part tonight. I'll have leftovers a day or two and hubby had some when he came home from work. Of course, as usual, I have to have a side of M & M's with my pizza.

After supper, I sat down and enjoyed my mail. I got some goodies today. My Thirty-One magazine, a new Longaberger catalog, my new Crossings Book Club book lists and some coupons for local restaurants. 

All in all, it was a pretty good evening last night.

It started with a little bird....

I have been thinking about re-doing the grandchildren's bedroom. When we moved in and got the day bed, I just used stuff from around the house to decorate each. Bottom line, that meant it was very girly looking since I love girl colors and flowery items. I decided recently it was time to do it in a theme that might be good for boys & girls. I was at a thrift store Saturday and saw this little pull toy for $1.99. It looked vintage, whether it is or not, so I bought it. 

That triggered the idea of decorating the room in brick red and country blue.  So I decided to look around the house to see if I had anything to go with my vintage theme. I found this old set of Russian stacking dolls that I've had over 20 years. A friend of ours was from Russia and she had her parents send them to her as a gift for us. 

I have this clown music box I had received from my family when the kids were little. I think it would look good in the new room. 

I am going to look around for a quilt to put on the day bed. I want something very country looking, but also not gender specific. I saw this one online. It is kind of cute.

I also liked this. 

I want to have a book shelf that I can put some things on they are able to play with. I thought some Rock 'em Sock 'em robots would be cute on the shelf.

And a vintage Barrel of Monkeys.

Maybe I could find some vintage Barbies for the girls. 

I would love to find an old red wagon to keep all the Matchbox cars in.

I can't wait to start hitting the yard sales. 

Top 10 Tuesday

Top 10 Nails for Spring Mani - Pedi's.  

I like to do my own nails to save money. As an Avon rep, I have discovered that some of the best nail polish available you can order from Avon. I want to get a bottle of the new Gel nail polish from them. It doesn't require heat lamps. It includes the base coat and top coat along with the nail polish all in one mixed bottle. I'm going to order some on my order this week to see if I like it.

I also wear a lot of their Nailwear Pro+. It goes on smooth and lasts really good.

A lot of people are doing multi-colors like a French manicure. But I don't have a hand steady enough to do it.



I love the speed dry brand they carry. It really works well. Especially when I do my nails just minutes before I am ready to leave. I really like the color on her pointer finger on this model.



They carry a line of Mosaic polish. You buy two different types and make it crackled looking. 

I love this, but how steady would you have to be to do this type of design.



This is a pretty color. I may have to order a bottle of it.



I am not normally a green person, but I do love this and I have a shirt that would go perfect with this.



This is something new that helps you do nail art. I don't understand how it works, but I may have to investigate further.



My favorite is the nail polish that looks like it has a little glitter in it. This is just beautiful.

It was a crazy day....

Yesterday was a fun day. Hubby had his first Sunday off in almost a year. The weather was beautiful and we decided to go running around. I wore flip flopss!!! It felt so good. 

It was our first "date" since early December. We stopped at some antique stores to do some window shopping, but didn't buy anything. We just like to look and get ideas.

Our next stop was Lowe's. We looked at some of the lovely flowers they already have out for sale. That just made me even happier to have on flip flops. It made spring seem even closer. 

Hubby is debating putting out a few cabbage plants and says now is the time to do it. He is going to think about it before his next day off. 

He did see a nice grill he is putting on his birthday wish list for April. It was a very good price. 

We did buy two new light sockets for my three way lamps. In the past month, both of them have quit working and only work on the middle setting. And I love my three way lamps so he had to get a couple new sockets to replace the old ones.

He had a gift card for Cracker Barrell from Christmas and we finally got a chance to use it. I had to laugh though because they seated us right at the fireplace and there was a small fire going. By the time we ate, it was getting a little cooler. But it felt funny sitting in front of a fire eating my dinner with flip flops on. I wonder if she sat us there because my toes looked cold?

All in all, we had an awesome date day. I love it when we get to spend the whole day together. It was wonderful.