Sunday's songs

Yearning for Yarn

Someone recently asked how I store all my Pyrex when I am not using it. I put them in the top shelf of the kitchen pantry cabinet. In a perfect world, I could find a cabinet like this and plenty of room. I found this picture on the internet and this has now become my dream cabinet.

Whether in a cabinet or on my baker's rack, each stacked bowl is separated from these little dishclothes my sister and my friend make me. It is the perfect thing to keep them stable but raise them up so you can see the rims of the other bowls. 

Posting about these dishclothes made me yearn to start some yarn crafts again. I am going to go to Hobby Lobby and get some yarn. I let my stash get low so I need to stock it back up. They have so much to choose from. 

I want some red and gray to make some coasters or perhaps a box. 

I am going to try to make a coaster with the fringe on the ends. I have never done that. I'll let you know how it works out when I make one. 

One of these days I am going to get brave enough to knit or learn to crochet an afghan in the ripple weave so I can make one in these colors. I just love this.

Well, I have a lot on my to do list today. I guess I better get busy.  Have a great day. 

Some antique time...

My friend, Aaron, and I went antique shopping this past Saturday. I found a few good deals. One was this adorable little tea for one set. It was the smallest tea for one I have ever seen.

I love old shorthand books and this is one of a series from 1899. 

In shorthand you write the words based on their sounds not the actual regular spelling. So this book is written that way. It was hard to figure out at first. But then I realized what they had done and it made it easier to read.

The fun find of the day was when Aaron showed me this silver tea set that was in perfect condition at a great price. I knew it had to come home with me. 

It was a great shopping expedition.

Sunday Songs

The past three weeks...

Today is my conclusion to the past three weeks. I have been blessed with a few gifts from friends who have been cleaning and found things they thought I might like. Plus I picked up a couple of things I liked at World Market.

One friend knows my love of Pyrex so she gave me this fridgie.

I am collecting some fridgies as they stack very well. I have two now. 

She also gave me the 403 Cinderella bowl in the Pyrex Friendship Pattern. I was beyond thrilled.

That one is hard to find and another friend several months ago gave me the two smaller bowls so now I have a complete matching set. I am thrilled. 

Another friend who has an antique booth, gave me this rooter pie bird. My first rooster one in my collection. Super excited about that. 

I found these bar earrings at World Market for just $4.99 and fell in love. When I got them home, I realized that they match a bracelet I already had. 

The same friend that took me to World Market showed me all their teapots. I almost bought one that day but didn't. Came home and thought of nothing else since then so I went back last week and got the peacock one that had caught my eye. I am loving it.

It goes good with my Pyrex Colonial Mist bowls.

That catches me up on the past 3 weeks. Hope you are having a great weekend.

Happy Friday!

Today is my day off and I'm looking forward to having a great day. I'm not even sure what I'm doing. Hanging out with one of my friends and I'm not the one making the plans. So whatever I will be doing will be fun.

Here are some pics from VBS where the kids had a great time. Kick-off was a blast. Horseback riding, bingo, water games. We had so much fun. I kept Alexis, Shelby and Colby all week so it was even more special. Shelby got her life dream of actually riding a horse. She spend more time on horse back than on anything else there was to do. Alexis loved the bingo and won several cool prizes. She also loved the nightly singing and learning the song movements. Colby was all about anything that got him covered in water. He did try his hand at bingo a couple of times as well. 

I made a 15' snake to decorate my room. Forgot to get a picture of the room. But here it is hanging on my cabinet after I made it. 

The first day, after kick-off, we rushed home and cleaned up and went to the Smoky Mountain Opry. It is a fantastic show and we had a blast. 

By the end of the week, I had worked for hours, drove kids to other Grandmother's for day care while I worked, picked them up after work and went straight to VBS. Got home around 9:30 - 9:45 each night and got back up every morning to start over again. One night, we were all exhausted and half crazy. These two crashed on the couch about 5 minutes after putting their jammies on.

I came out from putting my jammies on and Alexis was waiting on me with her hand held out. I walked up to see what she had and she said "Mamaw I found your marbles since I'm sure you lost them this week." I about died laughing. It was a great ending to the week.

Then on Sunday morning, we had 22 kids in Children's Church. I was so overwhelmed with the love of all my church babies. Some I have had in various classes for 12 years. This is the last few months for me being the director. I am stepping down this year. Since we had a big class with most of the kids there, I decided to take a pic of them.

Then we had to get one in the floor with them all setting around me. Lots of love in this photo. They are all so special to me. 

It was a great week that week. 

Happy anniversary!

Happy anniversary to my daughter, Diana and my son-in-law Michael. May God bless you with many more years together.