Was a great day....

First things first, just let me give a big shout of Congratulations to Caleb Hayes, my grandson, who actually WON the 4-H cookie contest. I talked to him last night after I got off work. I asked him how his bake-off went. He said "Well, I won." I was like..."What?" He said, "Yeah, guess we will be going to Pigeon Forge for the cook-off in April." I could tell he was secretly pleased. So very proud of him. Who would have thought this curly haired little fellow would go from a cookie eater....

....to a cookie maker. Now to find him a more manly apron for his April baking session.

On another note, I am super excited about a new shopping complex being built just 6.8 miles from my house.  That is an 11 minute drive.

And what has me so excited?? The first name on the top row......HOBBY LOBBY! One of my favorite stores ever. I love going there for my craft supplies. The one I normally go to is 46.8 miles away and takes 41 minutes. Now I will have one 11 minutes away. Wow! I am just beyond happy.

I could camp out in the fabric department. Sometimes I feel like I do because they have so much to choose from that I can't make up my mind.

I hope they stick with their schedule and get it open in the fall. 

It's the little things....

Yesterday was a long, hard day at work. I got a lot accomplished but I was just really tired when I got off work. When I came home, I had a bag by my door. My friend Georgeanna loves to craft and I usually get a little gift for every holiday. I was so thrilled to open the bag and find this.



I had brought one of my grandson's home with me to teach him how to bake cookies for his 4-H Class at school. I was very honored that he asked me to help. I found out they were actually going to judge them and award a blue ribbon. He said he wants a good great but doesn't want to win because he doesn't want to be in the cook-off. His mom said if he is going to start baking, he needs a "man"lier apron. I loved how he was so relaxed with it all and just kept whistling while he worked.



He did all the measuring and all the mixing himself. Papaw was impressed that I let Caleb use the Pyrex bowl for his flower. Papaw only has certain bowls he uses himself because he is afraid of the consequences if he breaks one.



All I did was supervise. He loved flouring everything and rolling the dough out. There were a couple of times, I think he rolled the dough too thin on purpose because he just wanted to make it back in a ball so he could roll it out again.



I love how intense his face got when he was cutting them out. The rules stated they had to be plain sugar cookies, with no sprinkles of frosting and just using round cutter. So we used my vintage biscuit cutter.



All in all we had a great time and I was so proud of him for doing all the work himself. They turned out really good, but I forgot to get a picture of the finished product. Can't wait to see what his grade is.

Happy birthday to my Grandson

My oldest grandchild turns 16 today. It's a milestone. Time for the driver's license. He is one of the best kids I know. Never causes any trouble, very intelligent. He loves to hunt and fish. He plays football for his high school. Words just cannot express the love I feel for him. I just can't believe he is 16 today. 

Have a happy birthday Garret. We love you.

I feel the need for change....

Now, you are going to think I'm crazy but I told my daughter last week that I think I have too much Pyrex. GASP! Well, it all started when I was looking through some pictures. Here was how my wine rack looked when I bought my first set of Pyrex.

Here is how it looks today. 

Here was my Baker's Rack before I started collecting Pyrex.

Here it is today. 

Yikes! I am not liking the change. I still love my Pyrex but i just don't like my displays. I miss my roosters and sunflowers and all the additional decor. I think what I will do is display some of my pretty pieces I don't use much by putting them on top my cabinets and then the pieces I use a lot, I can keep out. But I want to start incorporating other items in my decor. For example, I found these fake eggs and this little Pyrex bowl. I am going to put the eggs in the bowl and then set it on a shelf with one of my roosters and some mixing bowls. 

Plus I would like to make this little wall hanging with a K for our kitchen.  I just love this. 

So now I can't wait to start re-organized how my kitchen is decorated. Plus I can "shop" my own house in my storage for my roosters and things I want to get back out. I will be sure and do before and afters. 

Sunday Songs

This is just amazing. I am very impressed.

A little shopping planned...

I need to head out today to get some Easter eggs and ribbon to make wreaths for Children's Church tomorrow. One place I want to go is Real Deal Warehouse. They have all their Easter items for 50% off. I don't need any baskets but it looks like they have a good variety.

I do need Easter Eggs. They had them last week for .75 a dozen but I couldn't make it over there. I am hoping that is one of the items that is 1/2 off because .38 cents a dozen would thrill me since I need about 20 dozen.

I need to get some ribbon for the bows on the Easter egg wreaths. I hope to find something in polka dot.

In a perfect world I could find some pastel plaid ribbon at a good price, but so far that hasn't happened.

I plan on stopping by the Skechers Outlet store just to investigate the Go Walk 2 Shoe Sock. It is apparently the most comfortable shoe around for walking. I just want to check it out and see for myself. Later this month, I plan on getting some new tennis shoes.

Hubby and I had Pizza Hut for supper last night and we had double pork sausage. It was so good. If I was one of those people who could eat pizza for breakfast, I would be having some leftovers right now. 

But I'm not. Guess I will just fix some peanut butter and toast to give me some energy for the day.

I hope everyone has a great day.

I'm so happy!

It was beautiful here yesterday. The temperature was up in the 60's. A gorgeous day. I decided to go outside an take a little walk around the yard. After two weeks of snow, we went straight into the rainy season and had rain on and off for several days. My yard felt like a marsh in places where the drainage isn't at its best. But I walked around anyway.

Yes, those are fresh buds on my Bradford pear trees.

And yes those are the little purple wild flowers that pop up when spring arrives. 

And check it out, I have green grass instead of all that white stuff. 

I do declare, what is that? You guessed it. That is my feet. In flip flops. In my yard. 

Welcome spring, my long lost friend. Oh how I have missed you. Of course I woke up to rain this morning, but my toes did have a few moments of outdoor freedom last night and that made me very happy. This weekend I will be doing the "put the boots to the back of the closet and flip flops to the front" routine. I am so happy!