My Granddaughter's Graduation

My granddaughter Alexis graduated from 8th grade this week. Now it's time for high school. She is ready but this grandmother is not. They grow up too fast. 

She sang a solo and even participated as one of the readers of a satire that was written predicting where everyone would be in the future. It was so cute. Here she is getting her diploma.

Their final procession as 8th grade graduates.

 I am so proud of her and the beautiful young lady she is becoming. She is one of the sweetest children you will ever meet. Of course there was picture time and I never hesitate for an opportunity to get one with any of my grands.

Alexis and her Mamaw on her Mom's side. Her other grandmother is such a sweet lady. It's been so much joying sharing grandchildren with her.

Alexis with both the Mamaw's. 

Alexis with her Mom and Dad.

Alexis with Mom, Dad, and little brother Colby. Their oldest son, Garret, had to work. 

Her with her Aunt Lisa.

And one of the proudest moment of her life. Her with her award.

Check it out. She was a winner of the President's Education Awards Program and received a certificate for Outstanding Academic Excellence. We are all so proud of her.

And one last one of her with Colby. He was ready to go home.

Laundry ideas

Finally got me a little bit of porch furniture. I had a bench but got rid of it. I am ready for Memorial Day. 

Next on my to do list is some refreshing of the laundry room. So me, being me, went to Pinterest to get some ideas to get organized. This might work for my spray bottles.

One of my TV trays that I have had for years died the other day. Two of the white plastic clips that hold it to the legs broke off and can't be fixed. I going to get some fabric and a padding and make me a little tiny ironing board for those quick press jobs for my craft fabric.

This is a cut idea..until I thought it through. My trash can is literally about 15" from my dryer. Seriously? Do I need a Lint Bin? The thought of piling all the lint in there and then transferring to the trash lady just seems a little "trashy" to me. I'll just keep throwing it away the minute I clean the trap. But this is still cute.

A cute idea. I am constantly finding ONE lone sock in every load of laundry. I never find the other but refuse to throw it away so I just stick it back in my sock drawer. Then I have to dig for it when the mate shows up. Oh! Lightbulb moment. Maybe instead of the lint bin above, I could do that for socks instead of this. But this is still a cute idea.

A great idea for hanging an ironing board. 

This I love, love, love. I am forever fighting with my trash bags to get them out of the box without pulling out two or three and then having to stuff them back in. I am doing this.

I'll do some before and after when I get things done.

A special day...

Forty-three years ago today, this sweet little gal made me an Aunt. She was my little partner, my sidekick. 

She was so precious. Always smiling and bringing joy to our lives with her various antics.

From the "no hair" days through the big hair days, we have always shared a special bond. 

Here she is with my other nieces and my daughter. Getting them all together was always full of love and laughter. Great times. Great memories.

(L-R my nieces: Amy, Cindi, Tara, Christy, Lori, Emili and my daughter Diana)

She was the one that started calling me Aunt B because she was having trouble saying Brenda. My boss at work always called me Little B because she said I was always as busy as a bee. So when she got to meet Christy one time when Christy was learning to talk, she asked what Christy called me. I told her she couldn't say Brenda yet. So Carolyn said "You should call her B because that is easier to say." Christy immediately looked at me and said B and that was that. Now that is what everyone of the nieces and nephews call me.

(L-R: Mom and Christy)

She may be 43 today, but she still loves her Aunt B and calls me at least once or twice a month just to chat. Every call is full of laughter because she inherited my crazy gene. 

(L-R: Christy and one of my other nieces, Cindi)

I love you Christy Dawn. I hope you have a totally amazing birthday. She sure don't look 43.

Weekend wrap up

Well, I went to the yard sale but didn't find what I went after but still happy to find a thermal I was wanting.

And she had one of these little change purses that I love. 

There is a place for license & card, plus a few bills and some change. Perfect for just running out for fast food or to the store when I don't want my whole purse. 

I found a cute table runner at the grocery store of all places. I was looking for something blue. So I redid the table. 

And I added some stuff to the little corner stand my daughter gave me. 

Hope you week is off to a good start.

A foggy start...

It is going to be a beautiful day in East Tennessee. High 80's. May even make it to the 90's. I just know that it is going to be really pretty. But it is starting off real foggy. The sun is rising though so it will burn off real soon. 

Have a happy Sunday!

The one that got away....

As a Thirty-One consultant, you have to pick and choose your favorites or you will end up wanting to buy everything in the catalog. Unfortunately, you pass on some that you can't decide on. Then they get discontinued. Years later, you remember them and wish you find them. Many Thirty-One consultants will buy stock to keep on hand and then over the years, have a huge sale and get rid of the out dated stock. I am going to a yard sale at the Smokies ball stadium today where a friend of mine has a booth. She is selling most of her old stock. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can find something I wish I had gotten. One thing I really want is a purse like this. I have a brown one and love it but I have always wished I had gotten this pattern. 

I did have this wallet that I had earned for free. But that was back during my "smaller" wallet days. Now that I like the bigger wallets I really wish I still had this one.

This is the same purse as the first purse but in a different pattern. I would be happy with any pattern in this purse.

And I loved the patterns on zipper pouches in this catalog but never got around to getting one. So any pattern in a zipper pouch would make me happy.

The red parisian pop was only around for one season, but I still wish I had gotten something in this pattern.

I loved the black parisian pop and still have a few things in that pattern. I would really love to have a Cindy Tote like pictures below in that exact pattern. It was my all time favorite. 

As a matter of fact, I would love to find anything in that pattern. It was my all time favorite. 

Wish me luck!

Crazy

This little sign is so true. I think that Tennessee is the only place you can be "crazy" and everybody things you are normal.

In 2015, Hubby shared this on my Facebook wall. At the time, I just thought "That's funny." It popped up on my memories today and now I am wondering if he was trying to tell me something and I just didn't get it. LOL.

Have a great Friday!