Weekend Wrap Up

It started on Friday morning when I got up and starting making little gift bags for the door prizes for my Thirty-One Flip Flops and Friendship gathering. 

Then I packed up everything, including the flower arrangements for the tables. Of course I packed everything in my Thirty-One bags. 

I took off work early to get ready for everything. Since it was a flip flop theme, I decided to try something I saw on Pinterest. So I bought some Nutter Butter cookies.

I spread them on a cookie sheet.

And using gel piping I started pulling lines from the middle up and the middle down to the other side.

The finished product was supposed to look like a flip flop.

So I added a candy pearl to the top.

Ended up with a lot of edible flip flops that turned out just fine. 

The girls got me a sweet gift for putting the dinner together.

I have been looking for one of these soap dispensers so needless to say I was thrilled.

My friend, Kellie, has a cri-cut machine that cuts final so she has been decorating glasses. I got one from her as a gift that night. 

Everybody knows me as the Queen of Flip Flops. 

I had a yard sale Saturday and had 3 tables with vintage items on them. After the 3rd customer, this was all that was left. Pyrex and vintage are two magic words for yard sales. 

After the yard sale, a very good friend and her daughter stopped by with one of those gifts that take you by surprise. 

They had been somewhere and saw this and thought of me. They just knew I would love it. Thank you Beth and Maddi for my lovely gift. 

I had some of my earth tone Pyrex in my yard sale. But I came home from work on Thursday and had new linoleum in the kitchen. Now my pastel tablecloth and pastel decor just doesn't cut it. So I went back into my yard sale stuff and swapped the pastels for the earth tones and the rich blues and reds. I will go through my tablecloths to see which one goes best with the new look.

A couple of ladies came by my yard sale Saturday with some trades we were doing. I am thrilled to be the proud owner of the Woodland mixing bowls. Now just to find the 404 size. 

Not sure who makes this pattern, but I had planned this trade a while back and am glad to get it. I love this pattern.

Sunday was Mother's Day at church and then hubby took me out for the day. After we got home, I just vegged out and had a light supper and spent the rest of the evening on the couch. It was a great weekend.

Am I a day late or a day early?

I finally got a chance to sit down and do my blog for today...or should I just wait and post it tomorrow. Do I want to be late on today's or early for tomorrow's?

These are the questions I ponder at 11:30 on a Wednesday night. Since I don't think much new will happen between now and tomorrow morning while I sleep, I am going to do this tonight and schedule it to automatically post on Thursday. 

This has been a crazy week. I have been gathering stuff for my yard sale and working on planning my Flip-Flop and Friendship gathering. It's been super busy considering I am having to do this after I get home from work and still take time to have supper. I hope I don't go insane before the week is out.

Our Flip-Flop gathering on Friday night will be lots of fun. One thing we are doing is having a flip-flop parade. Can't wait to see what everybody is styling on their feet. The winner gets this flip-flop dishtowel my friend Stevie Marie made. I really like it so it is going to be hard for me to part with it.

Well, by the time this posts on Thursday, my day will be underway. Hope you all had a good Wednesday and that you are enjoying a happy Thursday.

The Voice

There are very few shows that I watch on TV. And not many of those do I watch on a regular basis. But I have never missed an episode of The Voice in the 8 seasons it has been on. Many time my favorite win; many times they don't.  This season I have several that I really like that would make me happy if any of them win. But the one I really, really would like to see win is this young farm boy who is just 16 years old. Last night was probably one of the best performances I have seen of his.  It's getting down to the wire so I was especially happy to hear his name called as one that was moving on.  His style is a little different than what I normally like, but he just has something special.

A young girl at our church has a beautiful voice and has been singing at church since she was about 8 or 9. This is a video of her singing the National Anthem at a local minor league team game 2 years ago. She is graduating high school this year and travels to various singing competitions and has won many, many awards. She just cut her first single at a recording studio. It is called Dishes and is available on iTunes. I am really impressed with how good she has gotten. 

I would love to see both of the above young people go far in their careers. 

Weekend wrap up....

I had a fantastic weekend. Started out with these two sweeties staying all night. That is my oldest granddaughter, Alexis and my youngest grandson, Colby. They were both ready to eat so I let them pick. Alexis wanted chicken and Colby said that chicken sounded good. I suggested KFC since we went right by there. They both thought that sounded great. So that is where we ended up. 

The next morning we headed to McKay's book store to take some books back and let them get some new books. Alexis is my reader. That child loves to read. She was spell bound and I know she will be ready to go back whenever I go again.

After some shopping, we went to West Town Mall because Alexis was wanting Chik-Fil-A but Colby wanted a burger. Me and Colby had burgers and fries from What's Cooking.

Alexis decided she wanted Taco Bell after we got there.

We decided to take Shelby with us Saturday. She opted on the Chik-Fil-A, but after she got it she only wanted the waffle fries. So Alexis finished off the chicken. She ended up getting her Chik-Fil-A after all.

I took all the children back to their houses. When I got home, I decided to finish gathering all the stuff for my yard sale. I moved everything out of the storage closet to go through it and found this Inside Out Bag by Thirty-One that I had forgotten I had. I was beyond thrilled. Earlier that day, I had seen one and thought to myself "I wish I still had mine." Turns out that I do. 

We are having a Thirty-One get together for our local teams this coming Friday. I am in the process of making some centerpieces for the tables. I used some Mason jars and some Thirty-One swatches to make the vases. Very pleased with the way they are turning out.

I had bought some flowers to make this little bouquet to give as a gift. I used the Oh Snap! bin from Thirty-One for the vase on this. I am very pleased.

Sunday I finished going through my stuff for my yard sale. I can't believe I am selling off some of my Pyrex. One lady is looking at the scroll and then I decided I know if I want to part with it or not. If she doesn't buy it, I am going to put it back on the shelf.

I debated on the Early American space saver with lid, but in the end I realized I had enough space savers so I didn't really need this one. Also, this is the only Early American piece I have.

Hubby made us home made barbecue for supper Sunday night. It was delicious. I crashed on the couch and watched TV the rest of the evening. It was a really busy weekend, but I had a blast.

Sunday's Song

God's grace is it. The be all and end all that gets us through the life He has given us. 

"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." - 2 Corinthians 12:9King James Version (KJV)

I love gospel music in any way shape or form. But my true love is Southern Gospel and nothing touches my heart or means more to me than the word to Amazing Grace. It is my favorite all time song in any genre and I love listening to different groups and various people sing it. I love their rendition. So touching. Have a blessed Sunday and may God's grace be sufficient for your needs.

Quick and easy cinnamon sugar bites

Cinnamon Sugar Bites. Quick and easy. I had these crescent rounds from Pillsbury and I wanted to do something with them. So the other night, I decided to experiment without any recipe. Which I NEVER do when I bake. I am well known for saying you cannot use a pinch of this and a dash of that when baking. But it turns out, you can. So here is what I came up with.

I gathered cinnamon, sugar, butter and Pillsbury Crescent Rounds.

I melted the stick of butter in the microwave.

I mixed 1/2 cup of sugar and 2 tablespoons of cinnamon.

I unrolled the Crescent Rounds onto my cookie sheet.

Using a pizza cutter, I cut them into thirds. 

I separated the thirds.

I brush all of them with the melted butter using a basting brush.

Then I liberally sprinkled them all with the cinnamon sugar mixture.

I pulled them apart and rolled them into a little bite size piece.

I baked them on the non-stick cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. You know your own oven so adjust your time accordingly. 

I just watched them until they were golden brown, which in my oven was 10 minutes.

Then I basted them again with the melted butter.

After basting them with the butter, I dipped them in the remaining cinnamon sugar mix.

And what do you know, I had perfect, delicious cinnamon sugar bites.

Super easy. Super simple. Super GOOD!

Happy anniversary to Chris & Jamie

I want to wish my son, Chris, and daughter-in-law, Jamie, a very happy anniversary today. I count my blessings daily and among those blessings is the fact that God has matched such a perfect couple. They are an example of how a man and wife should treat each other. With love, respect and a little good old fashioned fun thrown in. We were very excited 17 years ago to watch God bless this union. They have given us three beautiful grandchildren. It is so apparent that they cherish and love there children and each other. 

Jamie and Chris, I hope you have a very happy anniversary and may God bless you with many more.

Happy anniversary. We love you both.