And so it begins....

Last Monday, I woke up with a stomach bug. Today, I am waking up with a head cold, sore throat, coughing and achy all over. Fevered on and off all night. Highest it  got was 100.4. Back down to 99.9 this A.M. This is all I have to take. I need to get the energy to run to the store for some cold medicine. On top of all that I have almost completely lost my voice. It was hoarse yesterday morning, but got worse as the night went on. Now I woke up this morning and can barely talk. If I'm going to the trouble to get dressed to go to the store, I might as well go to the doctor because his office is just four doors down from the store. 

Hope to feel better tomorrow. I'm off work today and they are calling for thunder storms so I hope to sleep like a baby all day.

Have a good Monday.

Sunday Songs

It's shouting time in heaven....what a wonderful sentiment! Some of my favorite songs today that make me want to shout!

Happy April....

Good morning this beautiful April 1st. 

Now that we have the "fooling" part of the day over with, on to other things. I have a busy day ahead of me. I am going to a Thirty-One Better Together meeting this morning with my Thirty-One sisters. 

I'm really excited since I haven't been to one since September I think it was. I had just started the new job and was worried about asking for time off. Then I realized that they are great to work with you when you need certain days off. I love that flexibility. But today, I don't go in until 2:00 so that gives me plenty of time for my meeting this morning. I'm carrying one of my favorite patterns, the Navy Wave. I love when I have coordinating bags for my day. Especially when my notebook goes with it as well. 

We are all supposed to bring our favorite Thirty-One Large Utility Tote. No idea why, but I always do what she asks of us. This is the favorite of the ones I have right now simply because it is black with the pink liner. I love black and pink together.

Well, time to head out for my day. I hope you have a great day and don't let anyone fool you.

Friday Foto Friends

I got out the spring tablecloth last night and added some Easter stuff to the center of the little table in the kitchen. I'm pleased with it.

Speaking of Easter, I'm trying to decide what to wear this year. I have a few things to choose from, but I'm not sure they are going to fit so I have been looking online just in case. So far no luck. But I did find a bracelet online at Charming Charlie's that I would love to have for my Thirty-One Conference this year. I love anything pink.

This isn't for Easter, although it might work with a cute white skirt or pants. But I do love this top. It's at Walmart for $12.84. Not bad.

While I was on Charming Charlie's site, I had to check out their purses. I love my Thirty-One bags, but sometimes I want something a little different to carry for a purse. I really like the looks of this one.

But I love the shape of this one. But not loving the pattern after looking at it a few times.

I did love this cute little pink billfold though.

But my favorite of all and it may just have to go on my wish list is this purse. I am loving it.

Hope you have a great Friday and be sure to check out all the great pics at Friday Foto Friends.

Spring Cleaning

Today is dedicated to spring cleaning. I am getting ready to have my annual yard sale in a few weeks so it it time to start going through everything. Last year I had several when I downsized, but there was a lot of things of Allen's that I didn't go through because I wasn't sure what to keep. I didn't want to make a rash decision. So today I'm working on going through everything again. I've got about six or seven tubs not to count his tall dresser and the kitchen items I kept that I haven't used in over a year. Time to get rid of some things. I'm going to do two tubs at a time then tackle the rest.

I wish I had never gotten rid of my milk cartons. I loved when I had my craft closet like this. I make have to look for a few again. I did love having all this stackable storage in my old house. I contacted the local place where I got all these and asked them to hold me some more. I think I'll try to recreate this in my spare closet.

I also need to restock some of the pockets on the organizer on the back of my craft room door. I'm low on ribbon, jute, glue sticks and much more. Time for a Hobby Lobby visit in the near future.

Now that we are having beautiful weather just about everyday, it's time to visit my flip flop organizer. I was appalled that I only have 17 pairs of flip flops. It turns out there are three empty slots. Guess it's time to start looking for some new ones. In reality, some of these are really in need of being tossed. But they are old faves that I hate to part with so I use them for just around the yard.

I have been checking at Kohl's and they have some I love. These were just a few that caught my fancy.

I saw a neat thing on Pinterest yesterday. It is a cute way to put baking soda in your fridge to keep the odors out. I may just do this. 

Well, that's it for today. Have a great Thursday.

Tea time....

Yesterday was a horrible day. I got some kind of tummy bug and spent most of the day on the couch feeling awful. It must have been something I ate or a 24 hour bug. I feel fine today except my back and tummy area feel like I was beat with a ball bat. One person suggested I drink some warm tea. The only problem is I am one of the few people in the south who cannot stand tea...in any form. Ironically, one of my favorite things I collect are tea pots, tea sets, tea for one's, tea cups and miniature tea sets. I especially love the ones that have flowers on them. I thought I would share some of mine today. This isn't all of them, but it will show you what I mean about loving tea sets.

This is my favorite one. It's the Royal Dalton Country Roses. It was the first one I ever got and Allen bought it for me in 1989 for Valentine's Day. That started my love of all things tea related.

This is my first and only complete real size tea set with the cups, saucers, sugar and cream pitcher. Allen got it for me for our anniversary one year. He took me to pick it out and we decided together that we liked this one the best. 

I love this one. I have it on a shelf with pictures of me and my sister and some other things that bring back memories of trips we have taken together.

This is my favorite one ever that I got from my son and daughter-in-law. She knows I love dogwood trees and cardinals. I got it in 2001 and it is one of my most cherished. When I moved, nobody would even pack it up or haul it to the new place. They didn't want blamed if it broke. They all know how much this one means to me.

This is the top of my shelving unit in my office/craft room. The solid pink, blue and yellow came from yard sales for .50 cents each. The others came from various gifts from my family. The one on the far left is getting ready to move to the kitchen. When I turn the top around there is an Easter Bunny so it will show up in another blog in my Easter decorations pretty soon.

These are three Allen bought me at various times over the years for Easter or anniversary.

We found this tea cup at an antique store and I fell in love with it. We didn't pay much for it, but it is one of my favorites.

I found this at an antique store recently. I paid $10 for it because it has shamrocks. My first grandchild was born on St. Patrick's day so I just had to have this.

A little tea cup I found at a yard sale years ago for $1.00.

This is one of my very favorite tea for ones. I love the flowers on this one. I got it at Toby's World of Gifts in Myrtle Beach many years back on one of our vacations.

This is another favorite. It came from the gift shop at Boone Hall Plantation on a trip to Charleston with me, Allen, my sister and her husband. That was the best trip. I love Charleston.

One of the many mini's that I've been given over the years. This one came from my son's family. It's my favorite of all my minis.

I actually was given two exactly like this. This one came from my niece Amy one year when she came to visit. I will always cherish it since she gave it to me. The other one came from a lady I worked with who drew my name at Christmas. I sold the other set and kept the one from Amy.

I am not sure where this one came from. Whether I bought it or if my daughter-in-law got it. She has gotten me a lot of minis over the years and I love them all. But wherever this did come from, I love it because it has cardinals.

A couple of tea for one's I picked up over the years just not sure where or when. The top one I am pretty sure was another one from Toby's World of Gifts. 

 This was given to me by my secret sister at church one year. She knew I loved tea sets and she knew I loved the beach so this was perfect for a mini set. It's adorable.

Well, there you have it. A wonderful selection of tea sets from a Southern gal with ancestors from England who never drinks tea.

Weekend wrap up

I had a blast this past Saturday with the three youngest grandchildren. The day started with just me and Alexis. We went to watch Colby play ball on the travel team that picked him up. He's a little pro already. He lives and breathes baseball. Not to mention the fact he's really good. He made some awesome plays and got a hit every time at bat. We watched the two Saturday games and he played two more on Sunday but I had to work. They one the 2 day conference championship. 

After leaving the ballgame and bringing Colby with us, we went home so he could change and then picked up Shelby to go into Pigeon Forge and play tourist for the day. We had lunch at Wendy's (as usual for the four of us). Then headed to Fantasy Golf for some Putt Putt.

When I was little, putt putt golf was called "goofy golf". Which if you ever played golf with these three you would probably see why some people call it goofy. I don't remember the last time I laughed so hard.

One hold had a giant bear you had to hit around and Colby yells "Mamaw I'm being eaten by a bear." And I look and see this.

Taking a five minute rest after he golf game.

Next stop was Wonder Works or they call it, the upside down house. We did a lot of fun stuff in there. Alexis discovered this huge telescope that inside the lens was the entire galaxy. If you turned it around the room you were gazing at different portions of the sky. We saw a lot of the constellations. Here she is teaching Shelby how to look through it.

Colby loved riding this motorcycle on a virtual realistic course.

Shelby loved climbing in the mock Apollo capsule.

And Alexis really enjoyed pulling the huge bubbles up and putting herself inside the bubble.

But for me, the best and neatest thing was the Infrared thermography. It detects infrared energy emitted from object, converts it to temperature, and displays image with temperature distribution. You were in a room with the infrared heat generated movement and whatever you did moved around and was displayed on the screen. This simply the three of them dancing around the floor and it would display the infrared thermography image of their movements. Super, super cool. We spent more time in there than in any of the other rooms in the upside down house. This is one moment I captured them dancing. Alexis on the left, Colby in the middle and Shelby on the right. 

It was an awesome day.