Just not happy.....

I thought I wanted my bedroom in bright blue and yellow with a little bit of a beach theme. I thought I loved it, but realized that I wasn't a big fan of the brighter with the white background on the quilt. So I sold it and decided to do something else. All the decorations came from around my house and I only paid $20 for the bedspread and pillow shams so I sold them for $20 and was happy.

I pulled out a quilt I have had for about 25 years and redid the bedroom with that theme in the country rose and sage green. Everything came from around my house or in my storage boxes in the closet. So it didn't cost anything to have a fresh new look. The problem developed about a month ago when I realized I have looked at this quilt on my bed for various times in the past 25 years and sometimes it was on there for 10 years or more. So I am over that now as well.

I sat down and really gave it some deep thought and realized that my problem is I keep trying to go light and airy and in reality I love bedroom with deep rich colors. Add to that I have always wanted a room that I could totally decorate in Primitive/Americana style. So I have made the decision to do just that. I am in the process of looking for reasonable priced bedding. I am looking for something in these colors which are considered the primitive colors. My bedroom walls are close to the Farmhouse tan shade, my carpet is a little lighter than the union blue, but not by much. My bedroom suit is the Walnut. So I am off to a good start.

I don't want a bedspread that is just quilted squares like I had several years ago. I really want something with a big starburst in the center if I can find one that doesn't cost a fortune. Something similar to this, which I love, but this particular one was way out of my budget. Oh how I love it though.

And of course I had to go to Pinterest to get some ideas. My sister is bringing me a bench that Daddy made for Mom and I want to set it at the end of the bed. I don't know how I'm going to decorate it, but I have seem a few things I like. I have always wanted to have a primitive set of Raggedy Ann and Andy so I make look for those and put a basket of the bead vines and an afghan draped like they do on this bench. 

I saw a lot of decor ideas for walls and tables (which I could do on my nightstand). 

I really, really love the thought of this on the night stand.

And I just have got to find or make this. It is too adorable.

Maybe some throw pillows that I can make with homespun fabric and primitive stitchery.

I love making things with primitive stitchery and homespun fabric but I never had a room that fit that decor so I will start to do some of that. Here are a couple of ideas I would like to try as well.

And last but not least, I love decorating every room in the house for Christmas but have never been able to do my bedroom because there were no colors that would be complimentary to the Christmas colors. Add to that the fact that I love primitive snowmen but have no wear to put them and you can see where I am going with this.....A snowman Christmas for the bedroom.

I made the mistake of going to Pinterest for those ideas as well.

Suffice it to say I had to stop that immediately or I would have been there all day. But I do have some thoughts. We'll save the rest for another day. 

Some updates....

Over the past few weeks, I have been so busy that I have missed posting some things. Thought I would bring  you up-to-date. I showed you a couple of weeks ago the package with my new shower curtain. Here it is finally hung up.

My bathroom is beach themed with sea shells, tans, browns and blues so this was a perfect fit. And at $11 it was a bargain. 

I have a baking dish that is old. Allen had it when we got married 35 years ago and said his Mom had given it to him. Not sure where it originated. It's my favorite thing to bake brownies and cakes in, but it doesn't have a lid so I have to cover the finished product with Reynolds Wrap so I rarely use it.

Until now. I went to a Pampered Chef party and they now have a stretchy silicone "lid" for 9 x 13 pads. It even has an air vent in it in case you are baking something that needs covered, but  needs to release moisture build up during cooking. It can withstand temps up to 450 degrees. I am loving it. 

I also ordered something that was cheap but has become one of my favorite kitchen items. Toast tongs. They are bamboo so won't burn or scorch when you get your toast out.

Do you ever use flat bread? My favorite way to use it is for personal pizzas. It's delicious. I spread some Ragu Traditional Pizza Quik sauce on my flat bread, cover that with browned sausage crumbled up and then cover the whole thing with colby Monterey jack cheese. Bake it at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. It is delicious. You can substitute your own toppings and your own cheese, but that's the way I like it.

I have been looking at charms to make me a charm necklace. One thing I wanted was an initial and something beachy. I went to Hobby Lobby and found my B for just $1.99.

And this has a star fish which I love, the blue bead to remind me of the ocean, the red to remind me of the sunrise/sunset and the pearl for the sea from an oyster. It was $2.49 with 40% off coupon so I got it for $1.49

I already had a long chain that I use to change out charms on so I used that. I am so happy with the result.

But for times I don't want a bunch of charms, just more of a 1 charm medallion style, I bought this and can change it out onto the same chain. This one was also final cost of $1.49

I see all these people who take a piece or two of furniture and cover it with a piece of wood or counter top to create a desk or work space. Something similar to this.

Since I still can't find a work space for my desk that is big enough that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, I've been thinking about what I could do. The other day, I happened to remember that we used to have a TV in the middle bookshelf unit so we took the shelf above it out so it would fit and I have never put that shelf back in. So I went looking for it. The wood is not an exact match and it isn't long enough, but for a temporary fix I was able to lay it across my file cabinet and my printer stand and have a big work station and temporary desk until I can find what I really want. 

So far it is working out a lot better than the tiny desk I had. 

I went to work yesterday and a friend of mine was back from her trip to Nova Scotia. Check out what she got me. A thimble for my collection and a tiny moose since Thirty-One has a moose pattern now. How cute.

Well, there we are. All updated. Now to leave you with a little mid-week humor. This cracked me up.

Happy over-the-hump day!

Unbelievable

As you know, I love my Pyrex. I've been collecting it quite a few years. I have paid as little as .05 cents for one bowl and as much as $18 for one bowl. When I had to pay $18 to get one bowl to complete my set because it was so hard to find. I almost gave myself a heart attack. I went back and forth on whether I should or shouldn't. I had to go back to the store three times before I finally broke down and paid that much for one bowl. But it completed my set. 

On an average, I pay about $6 - $8 for most of my vintage bowls. It never ceases to amaze me when I see people on my Facebook groups that are selling one piece for $40 - $50 AND it sells immediately and people continue to keep asking if they still have it. I am always in shock and think "Are you kidding me??? $50??? FOR ONE PIECE?" People are just crazy. 

But the craziest thing I have seen in my Pyrex collecting days....well in my whole life for that matter was a couple of bowls for auction on a Goodwill Shopping site. It is the Lucky In Love pattern (left) and the Butterprint pattern (right).  The Lucky in Love came out in 1959 as what was believed a promotional pattern. It has been so rare that rumors began that it was never actual in existence. But every so often over the years somebody would find the pattern and it became known that it was real....just very rare to find. How rare is it today? So rare that the person selling this put in on Goodwill's auction block for $9.99 for both bowls with a little over $2.00 for shipping. They posted it on July 27 at 6:20 a.m. By 6:29 a.m. bidding was up to $101.00. My mind was reeling. Granted, they are getting two bowls for the $101 but everybody knows they the bidding is that high because of the rare piece, which isn't even a really big bowl.

The auction ended yesterday and the total sale price....are you ready for this.....are you sitting down....do you have any smelling salts near by because you are going pass out on this one. Here's the final auction amount on Goodwill....

No, you are not seeing things. It went for $6,501.00!!!! My mind is blown. Even if I was the richest person in the world, I would never pay that for a bowl. I don't think I will ever see anything that shocked me as much as this does. I do wish I had this bowl because I would auction it off in a heartbeat.

Good Morning, Monday!

I had a great two days off. But it's back to work today. Monday is ready for me even if I'm not ready for Monday. But I do get to do something different at work today. I get to work at the Dixie Stampede booth that is located near the train station in Dollywood. This will be fun working at Dollywood for a change of pace. It's a beautiful day and not really humid so it's going to be a great day to be outside.

Today is my Daddy's birthday. He's been gone for 18 years and I miss him dearly. He would have been 94 today. Happy birthday in heaven Daddy. I am 60 years old and I don't think I have ever called him "Dad" my whole life. he was always Daddy. This is my favorite picture of me and him. Look at my curls. I was 2 years old here and Mom had to pin the back of my panties with a diaper pin because they didn't make them small enough to stay on me.

I'm taking the plunge and figuring out a way to create my own work space for my home office desk. I keep seeing these simple DIY desks where they just use wood tops to connect over file cabinets or tables/shelves to make a desk. I will let you know how mine turns out. This is super simple and give you a work space and file drawers. I "shopped" my house last night for furniture and I found some I forgot about so stay tuned for what I do for my table.

I posted this a long time ago and never got around to doing it. But I need to just bite the bullet and by some magnets and do it. It is so easy and so fast to do that I don't know why I keep forgetting to do it.

Another idea I want to do but can't seem to remember to find a TV tray at a yard sale to make into an ironing board. One of these days I will get these done and share my results. 

My daughter is in a fall/Halloween mood today and getting decor ideas. So she has me in the mood to head over to Pinterest for ghost ideas.

Happy birthday, Shelby

Today is my granddaughter Shelby's birthday. She is turning 9 today. Where have the years gone. 

She has always been able to show her sweet side with that precious little smile of hers.

And to hold a good argument when Daddy wanted her to go in but she wasn't ready yet.

She has her own sense of style and has been picking out what she wants to wear from the time she was 2 or 3 years old. And sometimes she shows a great fashion sense.

And sometimes....not so much. But her Mommy has learned to pick her battles with this independent child.

She can go from sweet and charming to "Oh my gosh, what is she getting ready to do now" in the drop of a hat. We learned years ago to beware when she got what I called her "watch out" look.

She can be deep in thought.... 

But has a playful side that you never know what's coming next.

She has some of her daddy's personality traits and some of her mommy's. But about 80% is pure Shelby that we aren't sure where she gets it from. But she does look exactly like her Mommy.

(L- Shelby, R - Her mommy Diana)

She is growing up so fast and even though she is 9 today, I still see that two year old princess from time to time. But as her mom pointed out last week, she thinks Shelby has been a 19 year old trapped in an 8 year old body for the past year. Shelby being 9 should be an interesting year for all of us.

Happy birthday my sweet princess. May you always dance to the beat of your own drum and never lose that wild, crazy, funny side we have come to love. 

Excitement!!

It is a Saturday. I don't have to work today for the first Saturday in months and months. I'm going shopping with my daughter...for the first Saturday in months and months. Can you see why I am excited? And it is a beautiful morning. I woke up to the sun coming up brightly.

There was still some low lying fog from last nights rain monsoon that came through.

But it soon burned off and the view outside was of a gorgeous day.

I need today. Yesterday was hectic and crazy and one of those days that everything make you go UGH!! But one of the men put it in perspective. I mentioned I was letting things aggravate me bad and that wasn't like me. He said the following words and it was just the perspective I needed to get me back on track: "Why are you letting things bother you? God is all over this. He let you wake up this morning, didn't He? You are standing here talking to me....on your own two legs, aren't you? What more do you need."

Wow, the power of words.