Top 10 Things I forgot about...

I love pinning to Pinterest, but have a bad habit of forgetting to go back and see what I pinned. So I sat down last night and went through all my pins and organized them a little better. I found some things I had forgotten about. Like the fact that I wanted to find a vintage set of Melmac or Melamine dishes. 

I also forgot how much I loved this manicure. One of these days I am going to have something whimsical done to my nails. 

I found these shoes I had pinned last fall and didn't get around to buying a pair. I'm going to try to get some this year.

This was something I pinned from a party I had. I made mini cornbread muffins and used my Pampered Chef Bamboo tray and my vintage butter pat.

I keep looking for these Nantucket style baskets for my beach room. I have the starfish, I just need the baskets. 

I forgot I had pinned this. I need to find some frames that I can "dress up" in colors for my office and put my grandbabies pics in them to set on my credenza.



I need to find this pitcher and get me some colorful kitchen gadgets.



I did remember this post. I actually did my fingernails like this for National Conference except my shade of pink was different. But I did have the one glitter nail. I loved it.



I haven't forgotten that I want to find these plastic deer. I am still looking for them.



And every winter my pins remind me to look for a Fair Isle sweater that I like but no luck so far.



See, every once in awhile it pays to look back at everything you pin on Pinterest.

Over the hump day...

I had a four day weekend and then worked on Tuesday and I am sitting here feeling relieved that it is over the hump day. 

Sometimes we just need the weekend to recuperate from the four days off. 

On another note, I am thoroughly disgusted with UPS at the moment. I have a vacation coming and I ordered a bag 2 weeks ago from Thirty-One to be used on my vacation. UPS received the package and deemed it one they can transfer in their new program where they give packages to the post office to deliver for them. 

So on one day early last week the tracking number showed that my package was at the Knoxville post office and would be delivered to my house that day. It didn't come. So I checked the next morning and it had ended up in Elizabethton over an hour East of me. SOOO.... Elizabethton was redirecting it back to Koxville but it turned out that someone put it in the wrong return and instead of sending it back to Knoxville post office, they returned it to UPS...IN MEMPHIS. Keep in mind I am in East Tennessee and Memphis is as far West Tennessee as you can go. So now Memphis UPS has to give it back to the USPS in Memphis who has to ship it back to Knoxville who then has to deliver it to me. Do I feel confident that this will happen correctly? Not one bit. I just want my new bag before my trip. I want to use it the day we go on Captain Anderson's cruise to Shell Island and to Dolphin Watch. It better get here soon.

Some highlights from my weekend...

It was a busy, crazy weekend. But I did manage to pick up a few neat things. Like these vintage spice bottles from the 40's or 50's.

And this cute little dish. Not sure of its history yet since I haven't had time to check into it.

I am sure this is some type of punch cup. I just thought it was too cute to pass up.

I finally found some curtains I loved for my craft room. My requirements were flora with some pink, blue, and pale yellow. I am very happy.

They good with all the colors in my room.

I used my Friendship bowl for the first time to make myself a cake and homemade frosting.

This was lunch yesterday. 

Hope you had a great weekend.

Happy Labor Day

...and I'm led from Grace to Glory

In February 2011, our choir learned a new song and it is still one of my favorites today. I wrote a blog post about it I said the following:

....."Hallelujah, what a morning, when I reach for His nail scarred hand. I will go from grace to glory on the banks of the promised land."

Now to some people those are mere words. It's just a song. But to me, they speak of a brighter tomorrow. A foundation of  HOPE. A love everlasting. A grace that knows no bounds. Divine mercy.

Isn't it the most wonderful, peaceful, fabulous feeling to KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that even though we may stumble and fall, He is a forgiving God; a just God. And that our faith can see us through until that most beautiful day when we can go from grace to glory and see Him on the banks of the promised land.

I have been looking for this video for several weeks and finally found it this morning. I hope you take the time to listen to the words and that you appreciate their meaning as much as I do.

A good find....

I normally wait till I get done with my weekend running to post pics of any good finds that happen. But I was so excited with yesterday. My friend, Stevie, and I went to some yard sales and picked up some pretty decent deals. I'll post those on Tuesday. However, when we were done with the yard sales, I asked Stevie is she wanted to run to the big antique mall on the main strip.

 And since she was needing her Pyrex fix same as I was, we went. When we went to the booth on the second floor where you are always guaranteed to see tons of Pyrex, I was looking at eye level and wasn't seeing anything that caught my eye when she pointed down and said isn't that the pattern one of your new pieces was in?

So I looked down and saw this......

And when I saw it was in mint condition....with the right lid...which is rare around here, I fell love. When I saw it was only $15 I knew it was coming home with me. I am very excited to add this to my collection.

Random Thoughts for Today

I received a Pyrex pie plate yesterday that I traded for. Now to learn how to bake a pie.

Well, actually, I can make one pie. I don't eat pie except for Graham Cracker Pie and I do know how to make it. Make a graham cracker crust, heat in the oven about 5 minutes to "set" it, add instant vanilla pudding, make meringue with egg whites and sugar, cover meringue with graham cracker crumbs and heat in oven till the meringue is browned just a little. I think I may make one of these this weekend.

I am going to an estate sale this morning. It has tons of stuff from what I am led to believe. We will see. I am looking for my normal vintage items, but the main thing I want is a piece of furniture for my home office. I would love to have a new used desk. Perhaps something along these lines.

 

I would be thrilled to find some type of chest for my craft room.

But the one thing I am really looking for is a table for the craft room. In a perfect world I would love a drop leaf table, but they are so hard to find at a good price.

I am also going to be on the look out for curtains. Something along the lines of lace with a valance.

And I would love to find a vintage tablecloth with pink, blue or yellow flowers.

I know I am dreaming that I will find any of these today. However, starting this morning I have a four day weekend to scout around for some bargains. Maybe something will turn up.