Let's take a trip to the 1960's

The Sixties. Hippies. Peace. Love. Bubble Gum pop music. Woodstock. But there were some other great things from the 60's. Some I wish I still had. Some I see in antique stores. One of the things I remember are the way products had freebies in them. Like the Quick Mother Oats that had the Bonnie Blue cup and saucer. Daddy drank his coffee out of one just like this. I still see them in antique stores around here. 

And who remembers when Breeze Detergent came with dishtowels? These were some great towels. 

And then they had some that had face cloths or as we called them in the country, wash rags only we pronounced it "warsh" (and yes I still say warsh).

And one of my favorites. The Campbell Kids. We had to save labels to get them. And I am not sure why I got one. My sister didn't that I can remember. But I love my Campbell soup girl. I think I named her Susie. I loved her played with her all the time. At one point she lost her clothes. I still played with her. Then she lost a hand. I think my brother Jack or the dog bit it off. It was always a little murky as to what happened to her hand. 

And oh my goodness how I loved my record player. We listed to everything on that old record player. We bought the records at either McCroy's or H & L Greens. We had everything from Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins to Bo Weevil by Teresa. Then we graduated to Diana Ross and The Surpremes, Donnie and the Osmonds. We got a lot of miles out of that old player.

And I can't talk about my growing up in the 60's without posting a pic of the Barbie I had. This isn't mine, but it is the type of Barbie I had. 

And did anybody else watch for the mailman to come and bring the Christmas catalog every year when the season rolled around. We used to argue over who got to look at it first. Of course, we went straight to the toys.

And don't get me started on Barbie shoes. There wasn't nothing fancy about them. But they were so little, it was hard to keep track of them. I used to love getting a new Barbie outfit just to see what color of shoes she came with.

And how exciting was it when Jacks started coming in COLORS not just the silver. I loved playing jacks. Oh, and FYI, I have jacks still today. And I can still get in the floor in the kitchen an playing them. Sometimes I get all through my tensies without dropping any.....and I am 65 years old. My philosopy is "If you can still get yourself out of the floor, you are not to old for jacks."

And who remember these vintage enamel pots and pans? The 60's home decor sure did love avocado green, harvest gold and orange. 

Thanks for joining me on my trip to the 60's. What a blast!

Weekend Wrap Up

It was a great weekend. I did a little bit of re-arranging some decor. I created this little display. I love the little sign I got a couple of weeks ago and the little jar with the mustard seeds a friend gave me for my birthday. The wooden vase I bought over the summer, but couldn't find the right place for it. 

I went shopping Saturday afternoon and found some multi-metal earrings that I have fallen in love with, They are gold, silver and copper. I am in love with them. I need to get my hair cut a little shorter so I can show them off better.

Want to do some yarn work. I love this. I love the varigated yarn. Not sure what I'm going to make with it but I fell in love.

I need a little basket for my bedroom and these colors are in my bedspread so I picked them up as well. 

Since I am getting ready to decorate for Valentine's day I just had to get these little gnomes. They were just too cute.

And I have joined back up with Thirty-One. During Covid it was hard to sell and then I have had a whole lot going on in my life and not time for much of anything. But it's gotten into a better routine now so I am ready to start focusing on my Thirty-One business again. My new kit arrived. I am in love with everything in it. Come back tomorrow for the reveal of what's in the pink box.....

 

Sunday's Song

LET ME TELL YOU 'BOUT MY JESUS

This song says it all. He can make away when you feel like you don't know where to turn. He will be there through the storms, the pain, the suffering. But even better He will bring you so much peace and contentment. When you let go and follow Him, you will catch yourself finding joy in the smallest things. You will be sitting at your desk and think of something small but brings you great joy. He is better than any drug or any drink. Why wallow in low self-esteem, hatred, or grief when he can bring you through. I had a quote someone shared with me one time that I love. If He brings you TO it, it will bring you THROUGH it. Hope you enjoy the message in this song.

 "He makes a way where there ain't no way
Rises up from an empty grave

Ain't no sinner that He can't save

Let me tell you 'bout my Jesus

His love is strong and His grace is free

And the good news is I know that He

Can do for you what He's done for me

Let me tell you 'bout my Jesus"

Faith Filled Friday

Faith. A small word. Five little letters. Websters dictionary defines faith as complete trust or confidence in someone or something. The bible defines faith in Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." For me faith has always been a deep belief in the fact that as a child of the king "God's got my back." 

To me it is really that simple. Do I still worry? Oh, yes. All the time. Do I still overthink things? Oh please, O.T. should be my initials for Over Thinker. I am a pro at it. 

If I am such a believer in faith and try to trust God in everything, why do I still worry and overthink? Because I am also impatient. Yes, I pray about things and yes I give it to God. BUT and here is the big one: 

I DON'T LEAVE HIM ALONE TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR ME. 

That's right, as soon as I give it to Him, if I don't see immediate results I stress and worry it over in my mind to the point that I decide to try to "help" him achieve the results I am seeking. Does that work? NOPE. Not at all. It's like He is looking down and wanting to smack me upside of the head and say "Oh my goodness, let it go. How can I take care of this if you keep trying to interfere?"

So this year, I promise to try to give it to God and sit back and let Him do His thing. He'll be happier, I'll be happier and I am sure if I get out of the way, He will do amazing things for me. 

So my friends, while I constantly urge people to have faith, I realize that I have to do the same thing. I have to put my money where my mouth is and let go and let God handle things. 

Have a great Friday.

 

New Year.....new plans.....new wish list

Thanks to 2020 and job changes, for awhile I had to sell off some of my Pyrex. It broke my heart, but that's okay. I can restock it. I currently have some things on my wish list that I had and want to replace and some things that I want that I haven't been able to find over the years. So here is my 2022 Pyrex wish list. 

The #1 thing on my list are the solid bowls to go with my Town & Country bowl. I have the big one with the pattern. I am normally not a fan of the Cinderella (bowls with handles like this). But I absolutely love this pattern. You can get the other sizes in the pattern or the solid. But I want the solid really pattern. So that is the top thing on my wish list. 

I thought I didn't want to collect the pink. But I have changed my mind. I am loving all the pink pieces. So I am going to start looking for some of those. If I remember correctly, I think these are the scroll, stems and daisies. But not sure I have that right. 

I want the Blue Horizon. This is one of my favorite patterns that I had to sell after my husband died. I had the mixing bowl set, the fridgie set and a couple other pieces. I want to at least find this one again. 

I love this one. I want to say it was an acorn pattern. But not 100% sure.

And I have never had this one but always wanted it. Just not sure what this pattern is called. But love this size casseroll dish.

And I love the divided dishes especially in the barbed wire pattern.

I'm not big on the Cinderella bowls in this pattern, but I do love this set of fridgies.

This is the #2 item on my list. The Homestead. It will be the next set of mixing bowls I want to collect.

I have looked for this for over 10 years and not found it yet, but it is still on my wish list. The black tulips. I just love this.

I am not even sure what they call the solid color mising bowls with orange and yellow, but I do love them. 

These two are so rare that the solid blue with the starburst has sold for $700 at one time. So unless a family has a yard sale and has no clue what they have, I'm sure I will never get this nor the bowls called the eyes.  Another very rare find.

The stripes comes in so many colors. I have seen them in blues, yellows, pinks, reds, browns. I am not sure what the actual colors are that made a set.

That's it for now. I'm sure I will think of more to add later. Have a great day.

 

Planning ahead

I changed my kitchen decor last summer. For years, I had reds and vintage. I went to a more modern with navy and yellow and incorporated lemon stuff. Seven or eight months into the new color scheme I am over the lemons. So I am going back to reds, but that's okay because some of the my vintage stuff is red, yellow and navy so I don't have to redo everything. But I was at Dollar Tree and they had these cute dish towels for $1 each and I love stuff like this so they came home with me for the over door. 

With more snow heading our way and the first one not even melted yet, I need to head to Walmart and Hobby Lobby for towels and fabric to make some dish towel decor for Valentine's day. I made these for me, my Mom and sister several years ago. Think I'll make some more while I am snow in the next couple of days.

And yes, all my craft plans was instigated because the following sign popped up in my Facebook memories. So now I have to craft again. 

I am also going to spend some time over the next couple days researching beach hotels for my summer vacation. Not sure who is going with me yet. Don't really care. I have several choices. The most important thing is that I am going to go to the beach.

Lots of plans for today, Thursday and Friday since we are supposed to get more snow. There is an old wive's tale that says if it snow at the first of January and doesn't go away in 24 hours, it is waiting for another snow. I believe that is true. We had 78° Saturday, 54° Sunday, and 3-4" snow on Monday morning and it is Wednesday and still deep on the ground with some black ice. Now they are saying more heading our way on Thursday and Friday. So this is my favorite weather statement for East Tennessee. It is so true.

Have a happy over the hump day. Stay safe my friends.

 

This crazy weather

 I know we have crazy weather in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, so usually nothing surprises me....usually. But as I am still so confused that Saturday, January 1st, at 4:00 p.m. I was walking around the Optimist Park near my house and it was 78°.

Twelve hours later, at 4:00 a.m., I woke up to see if it was snowing and it was. The temp was a windchill of 26° and I already had 3" on the porch and it was still coming down hard. So I made a snowball and it was some of the best packing snow I had seen in years. And yes, I put on a coat and gloves over my jammies and went outside long enough to make a snowball at 4:00 in the morning. Doesn't everybody?

I had to work a little while yesterday morning, but I work from home so I continued watching the snow fall. After work, I finised up some housekeeping I wanted to do and worked on this little tier shelf for my dining room table. I have a beautiful blue and white tablecloth to go on the table, but it needs ironed. Right when I went to iron it, my iron knob broke and now it won't come on. New iron in my future so I just used this tablecloth for now. But I love the shelf.

I had a new vase and some flowers I had bought at Walmart. So I decided to arrange the flowers in the vase for my living room coffee table. I am so happy with the results. I love this arrangement.

Then that evening I ordered Pizza Hut and sat down to read some more of my Nora Roberts novel that I got for Christmas. Pizza Hut has been out of my pork sausage I love and finally got some in. So he loaded it down for me because he knew I had not been happy with it gone. But apparently I must get too many pizza's from there because he remembers me when I call in. 

Now that was a wonderful start to the first few day of a new year.