Just some stuff....

First I wanted to share my new little heart I got at Hobby Lobby. It was $4.99 less my 40% coupon so I got it for $2.99. You know how much I love a bargain.

I came home from work the other night and wanted some ice cream. Couldn't decide on vanilla or chocolate so I settled for both. I have this misconceived notion that if I eat my ice cream from a Pampered Chef bowl that says NOURISH it is healthier for me. Right?

I am having a Pampered Chef party Thursday. We are going to have the Chicken Parm Soup. I love this stuff. It's delicious. It's the only soup I eat that I will eat some of the ingredients and not just the broth. The chicken and croutons are so good and it is made with Ragu spaghetti sauce and cheese so you can't go wrong. I do pick around the tomatoes though. They are good for flavor but I just can't eat them. 

I'm making the dessert. It is a brookie bar. That's a brownie with chocolate chip cookie dough on top of it baked in a 9 x 13 cake pan for 25-35 minutes at 350°. I thought it sounded gross, but then I had to make one for work so I realized it is heavenly. 

Pampered Chef has a lot of new stuff out and one thing I want is this drizzler. A lot of time I make muffins or cookies that I want to drizzle with a glaze but I'm not good at using a spoon to drizzle. I glob it up to bad. But this will be perfect. And at just $5.00 it's a bargain.

It's double hostess points month so I'm going to try to get a big enough order to get the deep dish baker. I want it to be able to bake chicken, make beef stew and anything else that hits my fancy. I love the color of gray it is coming in this year. 

By the way, if you need anything from Pampered Chef or just want to look at what they have, Michele created a link for my party. If you order online from my party, it will ship direct to you. We are closing it on January 27th. The link to the party and catalog is Brenda's PC Party

Have a happy over the hump day.

Some cute signs...

This is so me. I can't focus on finding where I'm going if my car radio is on so I always have to turn it off. Why don't I use my GPS you may ask? That's easy to answer. I forget I have it on my phone sometimes. I also can't talk to anybody without my glasses on. I have to "see" them before I can "hear" them. And I'm not deaf or anything. I'm just weird like that. It's psychological or psycho. Whichever way you want to look at it.

Yes, this would be very strange to come home and see this if you didn't own a cat. I'd run from my house screaming.

I just thought this was hilarious so I wanted to share it with you.

How many times do we take one simple little thing and "What if...." it to pieces until we freak ourselves out with stress and it is normally something that if we didn't worry so much about it we probably wouldn't even notice it.

Definitely the definition of lazy. I admit there are days I probably would have just done the same thing.

Oh how easy life would be if people just did this and accepted things the way they are when you can't change them. Would be a lot less drama in the world. Just shrug, say "Oh well" and move forward with life. There are always going to be twists and turns.

That's how I feel today. I just finished my four day work week. Now I'm off the next three days. Since I cleaned and reorganized and did the spare room closet last week, the only things I need to do today are pick up those few little things that just get dumped on the table when I get home from work. Then I have one more load of laundry to do. After that, today and the next two days are mine to do what I want. Question is, what do I want? It's a toss up between nothing, crafting, watching tv and baking. I'm pretty sure baking and crafting will win out because I'm not much on watching tv and I can't stand not doing anything. I still have the bedroom closet that needs cleaned out and that will take just about an hour cause it's not bad. I may wait and tackle that tomorrow. I really just want to bake.

Have a great Tuesday. 

My Pryex/Vintage Fix

Saturday morning I went to a local antique store and saw some gorgeous stuff. I really stood and debated a long time about this but ended up not getting it. I personally thought $28 was a little high for it a pitcher and four glasses. But it was beautiful.

So many booths had vintage Pyrex, Fire King and Glasbake. But this one particular set is one I just posted the other day that I wanted. But it was $60.00. Yes, that right a 6 and an 0. Wow. Way on the pricey side for me. I know that is an average of $20 per bowl but when I get deals like $6 - $12 per bowl I just can't make myself pay that.

She did have some amazing pieces. Everything on this section was a little high.

Other than the pink on the top, this section was more reasonable. Although some of it was still high.

But in other booths I did find me a few things. Like this 502 Homestead for just $5.75.

And this Glasbake Loaf Pan for just $5.00.

And this little adorable Fire King bowl and lid for $3.75

They were marked higher than that but when I got up to the counter one of them was 10% off and the other two were 25% off so I got a great bargain. Last  night, I went to the Dixie Stampede to see this season's show. It is a mandatory part of our job to see the show again at every season change so we can tell guests more about the show. The most significant change this season is the return of the Longhorns. They were amazing.

There is going to be a fourth one as soon as he learns his routine. Can't wait to see what he looks like. These picture were from faraway so they don't do them justice but these were some BIG steers with some HUGE horns.

It was a very good weekend, plus I managed to even get some rest in. 

Sunday Songs

My Sunday songs are a little different than usual today. These are just a few songs that I absolutely love and the performance by these artists are my faves.

Feeling a little blue today...

Yes, I'm feeling a little blue today....but not in the way you think. In my many searches for things on the internet, I keep finding things I like ... that are BLUE. So I thought I would share some of my favorite blue items I've found recently.

Of course, topping my list is going to be blue flip flops. Seriously? Who didn't see this coming? Aren't they comfortable looking.

And I can't list my fave things in any color without showing some Pyrex that is currently on my wish list.

The queen of purses, totes and bags always has a bag on any list. My current love is this Vera Bradley. I just love the pattern and the style of the purse. What I don't like is the price so I will just admire it at the mall.

I love vintage items and I would love to have a vintage pie vent...even though I don't make pie. I just want one to add to my vintage collection items.

This is a gorgeous juicer. Even though it is in Pyrex snowflake garland pattern, I would use it year round if I could find one.

As spring starts to roll around, I will be looking for a new tablecloth. I want something in blue and white. I really like this one.

What a cute compact. I have a thing about whimsical birds. Even though real life birds scare me if they get to close or when they gather on a wire.  

Who wouldn't love to have a cozy corner in their home like this. It would be a perfect spot to snuggle up with hot chocolate and a good book on a winter day.

If I could fine this dress, I would buy it. But that would be a problem because I would have to find my waistline before I could wear it. Oh, how I miss the days when I weighed 110.

And no list of blue would be complete with out my favorite blue in the entire world. The beach.

Now you can see my top 10 reasons why I'm feeling a little blue today. I don't work until later today so I do believe I will do a little vintage shopping today on my way to work. There are several great antique stores I can stop at along the way. Have a great Saturday!

Friday Foto Friends

Only in Tennessee can you go from -6° on a Sunday morning after having anywhere from 3"-5" of snow across the county to waking up 5 days later on a Friday and have it a nice balmy 60° at 7:00 in the morning.

Sunday it looked like this....

By Thursday we had some pretty clouds hanging low after a morning rain and it was inching it's way up to the 60's.

As I was leaving for work yesterday at 8:30, I saw this in the sky. What a huge difference from Sunday.

What a wild weather week. According to WBIR weather, we are going to have another spring-like day in East Tennessee with spotty showers. Have a great Friday and be sure to visit Friday Foto Friends.

A fond memory....

 In 1897 the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Employee Hospital was formed in Huntington, WV. It was built so railroad employees could receive pre-paid hospital care that was covered by all railroad employees paying monthly fees.The system worked well for decades but by the 1960s it faced two problems: First, the increasing availability of medical care negated the need for C&O employees to travel so far for hospitalization. Second, the end of rail passenger service meant C&O employees no longer could use free passes to travel to the hospitals in Huntington or Clifton Forge. Reluctantly, the association was forced to close its hospitals.

In 1971, the old building was put to new use as Doctors' Memorial Hospital, a community hospital named in honor of three Huntington doctors - H.D. "Pete" Proctor, Ray R. Hagley and Joseph E. Chambers - who were killed in the 1970 Marshall University plane crash.

In 1974, a private non-profit bought Doctors' Memorial so the building could be used by MU's then-new medical school. When new facilities were constructed at the VA Medical Center and Cabell Huntington Hospital, the med school moved out. In 2001, the vacant building was demolished so the site could be used for student parking.

Now you might wonder why this piece of history is important to me? Because when my cousin, Patty, and I were around 15 or 16 I became Candy Stripers for the Doctor's Memorial Hospital. I have such wonderful memories of those days. I think we went there on Saturday's if I remember correctly. We took the snack cart around to all the floors and all the rooms to see if anyone needed any snacks. We also delivered mail and flowers to individual rooms. We had such an amazing time there and felt such compassion for all the patients. Having loved doing that, I've often missed those days and wonder why I never looked to the medical field for a career? Who knows. I just know that those were some wonderful memories from my youth. And I remember I loved my candy striper uniform with those big pockets.