Sunday.s Song

Not happening...

A friend recently commented all the tea sets and teapots I have in my house. He said you must really love tea. The funny thing is I have tea sets in teapots and just about every room in the house. But I absolutely despise T I have tried it a couple of times in my life and several different ways and I can't stand it. But after that remark I thought maybe since it's been fifty years since I tried T I should try it again. Now I didn't do hot tea because all I had was some pre-made sweet tea so it is cold tea but I had to have it in one of my tea cups because it defeated the purpose drinking tea if I didn't use one of the teacups.

So I loaded it with lemon, which I love. And I sat down to give it a try. My granddaughter Alexis had the camera ready to snap my face at the first taste of the tea. I've been trying a lot of new food this year and I've liked it so I figured I would like tea now.

Obviously, I did not like it at all. Well at least I tried. It is a beautiful day going to be up in the seventies. We are supposed to have rain and storms from 4:00 pm and through the night. I am wearing flip-flops today so I am a happy girl, despite the upcoming storms.

Have a happy Saturday.

It's been a busy week

Our Christmas season at work has ended and we are closed for the next two weeks. I have been enjoying getting my house back in shape to normal decor and getting the Christmas decor put away. I celebrating getting everything done by making brownie cookies yesterday. Which are always delicious.

I moved the wine rack into the dining room. I put all my blues on there because my decor for the dining room is going to be blue and purple. 

I had seen a thing on Pinterest with vases and wanted to recreate it. I had the flowers, some vases and only had to purchase one vase at Dollar Tree. I got the heart picture at Target for $3.00. It was something I had seen on Pinterest and thought about making but it was cheaper to buy it when I saw it. 

I moved the red shelf over to where the wine rack was and it really gave me a lot more room to maneuver around in the kitchen. 

My Baker's rack is still where it was and is the place of glory for all my non-blue Pyrex. I love the new pieces of the Americana pattern on the left and in the middle.

My shelf in the living room is back to normal with the comfort of some of my beach memories. 

I was thinking I would have to go buy a blue tablecloth and then I remember some blue placemats I bought a few years ago.

So I put them on the dining room table and set a floral arrangement I made in the center. 

I am very happy with the results.

When I was getting the placemats out, I found my old quilt that my grandmother made from pieces of old clothing. So I moved my quilt rack back into the bedroom. Daddy made the quilt rack, my grandmother the quilt and my mom crocheted the afghan. Lots of memories in this one little corner.

That's my changes and now I am back to normal. It is supposed to be in the 60's today and 70's tomorrow outside. I have the three youngest grands for the weekend so I am super excited. Have a blessed day!

Thursday's thoughts...

Last night we had our end of year work party. Had a great time. Of course anytime I spend with my dear friend Amanda is always a good time.

I woke up wanting to bake. So I made my famous brownie cookies. I love these things and they are so easy I can make them every day of the week and I know people that wish I did.

Next week I am going to start doing some of my craft projects. The first one is taking this little cardboard box that looks like this...

And turning it into something that looks similar to this for my steampunk

That's all my updates for . I will share other things as I get more organized.

Where did I go wrong?

It started out Sunday afternoon. I finally had a chance to take my Christmas decorations down. I got the tree ornaments packed away and the tree dismantled and somehow from there I got sidetracked. I ended up moving my wine rack into the dining room and redecorating it with all my blue Pyrex. Needless to say, the Christmas stuff was left for another day.

Some favorite verses

Hobby Lobby top 10

I stopped briefly at Hobby Lobby yesterday on my way to work. These were the top 10 things that I want to look at a little better when I go back today on my shopping expedition. They have some porcelain pots and pans that I fell in love with. I just have to investigate to see if you can cook in them or if they are just decorative.

If they are not decorative I want the vegetable one for vegetable soup and the potato one for beef stew.

I love these little hearts. Especially the one that says I love my friends. Great gift ideas to let somebody know you're thinking about them on Valentine's Day.

They have some adorable wooden hearts.

Since I love everything that has to do with tea, I think this little towel is definitely going to be something I pick up today.

I am a sucker for anything that says love on it. These were really cute.

My daughter will fall in love with the red trucks and so will my sister Rachel.

This black and white plaid is Garland that the little hearts are wood and they're strung with jute. Super adorable.

But the thing that completely stole my heart is a Hershey's Kisses pie plate. They have a whole line of baking products that is Hershey Kisses.

Then when I saw the quote in the bottom of the pie pan, it makes me really want it.

My daughter and I are heading out on a long-overdue trip to shop at Turkey Creek today. Hobby Lobby is on the top of our list of places to shop. Come back on Monday and I will be posting any good deals I find.