Some decor from my niece

My niece Amy has sent me a few more things she has used to decorate for Valentine's day. She was telling me that one of her items was $5.00 and one was $4.99 at AC Moore. But when she got to Dollar Tree they had the $4.99 heart for just $1.00. It pays to check Dollar Tree first I believe. She got some of her other items at either Dollar Tree or Target's Dollar Section. You can decorate with really cute things just by adding something you already have to items that are $5 and under. Check out what she has done.

  

This last item is  not Valentine's but it was very important. Junior Mint's has an Easter item now. I've never seen these, but since I always have Junior Mint's I need to find them. Her little girl, my great niece, is as obsessed with Junior Mint's as I am so they had to share this with me. 

That's it for today. Have an amazing day.

Mother Nature has a weird sense of humor...

Mother Nature is at it again. I just want to tell her to get a grip and stick with one season at a time.  

Just last Wednesday I drove through this on my way home from work. Thursday and Friday were still bitter cold. 

Saturday was a little warm in the afternoon, but still had to wear a coat. The I woke up Sunday and looked outside. Check out the sun peaking up over the hillside. Could it possibly be the beginning of a sunny day?

As the sun rose, the skies were beautiful and I could even see the mountains in the distance. 

Loved the blue sky above the field across from my house.

Fixed me some lunch and did some picking up outside. Then realized it was warm enough to break out the flip flops to go to the store. I normally don't until after the middle of February. But hey, it was 65° and beautiful. No coat needed so I wasn't about to put on shoes and socks. It felt so good. Just glad I always keep my toes polished, even in winter. 

When I got home, I decided to do some rearranging of my artificial flowers for Valentine's Day so I put them all in my McCoy pitcher that belonged to my Mamaw Eden and sat them on the kitchen table. Not sure if they are staying there or going on the dining room table. I'm "shopping" my closets today to see what is in storage boxes before I decide on the dining room.

Last night we had a little training session on the new patterns from Thirty-One. The spring catalog kick off starts today. I am super excited. I sat at the computer and enjoyed a Pepsi and some Junior Mints while I checked out all the new patterns.

I love a lot of them, but I really like this particular smaller purse. And I like the fact you can personalize in the blue area.

But I think my favorite pattern of all is going to be this one. I am in love. Somebody said it looked like wallpaper. I had to laugh because the truth is I like it BECAUSE it reminds me of wallpaper Mom had in the living room when I was younger only it was green. 

Well, I have been on a cleaning out closets, cabinets, and storage boxes binge for a couple of weeks on my days off. Today I am going to tackle the bedroom closet. Hope to get it gone through, thrown out, donated or simply boxed up in smaller groups so I can have some floor space back in my closet. Wish me luck.

Sunday Songs

There is a gentleman I work with who sang for years with the Freedom Quartet. I found a few videos of the group while John was the tenor for them. The words to this song are absolutely beautiful. John does a great job so I wanted to feature this quartet today.


This one does a great job featuring his tenor abilities. 

Just a few things ...

Now that Christmas and New Year's is over and we are 1/2 way through January, it is time to start planning ahead. My daughter has gotten me interested in succulent plants. Does anybody know anything about them or having any experience growing them. I of course will Google it, but just want to hear from first hand experiences.

I am accumulating my wish list for when I go antiquing and thrift shopping. I am in the market for a black rotary phone. It can have the plastic dial or the metal, but I want a black one for nostalgic reasons. I missed a great deal on Facebook Marketplace. Two different people had one for just $5. First guy already sold his. But second guy still has his. He is however one hour and 10 minutes away from

where I live. Not only is that a lot of gas to pay for a $5 item, but he meets in his town and he doesn't look like someone I want to meet by myself. So I'll just hold off.  

I ended up returning the primitive red & blue quilt my friend was letting me test driving this past fall. It just was not what I wanted. This was the quilt that started my quest. But I still can't find it anywhere at a price I am willing to pay for it. 

I did find this one that I like and it is a contender as they say. Just not positive on it yet. 

But I saw this one and really liked it. I am a patchwork gal. I love anything in patchwork.

But then I saw this. Be still my heart. Has the reddish tone I wanted but that pop of yellow is just what I want. So I think this may be the one. Only problem is the website has a link to your shopping cart but no link to actually PUT anything in your shopping cart. I despair of ever finding what I want. 

Have a great Saturday.

When we get up to heaven...

This is a repost of something I wrote in January 2011. A following commented on it yesterday and I decided to reprint it today. It is just my thoughts on what it will be like when we get up to heaven. 

Do you ever stop and really think about what it is going to be like when you get to heaven? Do you imagine the streets of gold? Just close your eyes and imagine what your days will be like when you get to heaven.....

The gates will swing open, not with a grinding slow motion, but in a grand gesture of welcome. The Father and Son will be waiting there with arms wide open, huge smiles on their face and those wonderful words "My child, welcome home". They will embrace you and there will be laughter and hugs and the sweetest joy ever known.

Once you have spent time in their embrace, one of the angels will show you around your new home. Your eyes will take in so much beauty that it will be unbelievable. Once you get adjusted to your new home, you will be able to visit. I can imagine walking the streets of Heaven, visiting with loved ones. You'll be walking along one day with those who have gone on before and someone will say "That's where Moses lives." Or "Look, there goes Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." You'll want to set down and talk with those saints of old.

Then you'll meet up with the angels and sing songs of such grandeur and beauty that it would take your breath away. I can imagine love, laughter, joy, peace, contentment. But I think most of all, no matter what you see or do in Heaven, about every 5 minutes you will be running back to Jesus just to get a quick hug or just to talk with Him. I think you will be like a little kid full of excitement.

It will be a wonderful time of rejoicing. We will never grow old; our ailments will be gone and we will spend eternity in the arms of our Saviour.

Absolutely gorgeous vintage displays

Some of the best vintage Pyrex displays I have seen online. I love all of these. No commentary today. Just set back and enjoy.

Random Wednesday

It is cold in our neck of the woods. Normally, I consider 16° cold for our winters. Well today it is 10° with a feels like of 1° as of 6:27 a.m. That is cold. 

It started snowing around 3:00 or 3:30 yesterday and I was not doing much at work because I was just watching the girl I had trained to see if she had questions. So they told me to go on home. Check out the big snowflakes.

Oh, and yes, I took the pics at the red light. Not while I was driving.

By the time I got home, my steps were covered.

This is my yard and road when I went to bed last night. I'm not far from the main road, but they don't treat back here.

Of course, since it was freezing cold outside I did what any normal crazy person would do and fixed me a bowl of ice cream.

Hope everybody has a great day and stay warm if you are in the cold and if you are in the warm sunny beaches....I don't want to know.