Thanksgiving Wishes

Just wanted to take a minute this morning to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that you are able to spend time with family and friends today. The girls and I are going to my Mom's where there will be, I think, 21 of us at last count, sharing what is always a fun time and a really great meal!

Today we are most thankful that on Monday my nephew, Ryan, made it back safely to Ft. Hood from his tour in Iraq. We won't have him home for Thanksgiving... but that's OK... it means we get him at Christmas... and that's even better!!

Do you love vintage graphics as much as I do? This great old Thanksgiving postcard was a freebie over at The Graphics Fairy. She has a great blog and always shares the most wonderful vintage images and clip art with everyone. Stop by and visit her if you have a minute. You won't be disappointed.




Enjoy your day... and save a piece of pie for me!

Til later...

TGIF

Do you ever have weeks where you feel like you're never going to get it all done?? I'm not talking about work stuff... I'm talking HOME stuff... I know, everybody's yelling at the screen ME, ME, ALL THE TIME!! I swear this week mine is worse than everybody elses! LOL I think I'm going to need at least a 4-day weekend to be able to feel even just a tiny bit caught up around here. Either that, or by Monday, I'm going to need a vacation.

I did do something with my little white pumpkins that I had painted weeks ago. And yes, I was a bad blogger, because I didn't show you any pics! LOL But I've since moved them to their new home on the mantel... so maybe this pic will make up for my earlier slackness. Maybe?? Oh, and while you're looking at that pic, please tell me what to do with that mantel. The fireplace brick was painted cream and the mantel black by a previous tenant and I just don't like the harshness the black mantel brings to the fireplace as a whole. Any thoughts on what to do with it?



I've got to jump in the shower. Am running late this morning... But before I leave, I wanted to ask everyone to keep the wounded and the families of the fallen and the wounded at Ft Hood in your prayers. Ft Hood is where Ryan was and where he will be again by the end of the year when he gets back from a tour in Iraq. Such a sad and tragic day yesterday... I will never understand why those who are so miserable and unhappy with who and where they are feel that taking the lives of others will somehow make them better. It makes. no. sense.

Til later...

Frustration Fear and Pumpkins

The title says it all... If the poor little puppies in this house could talk, the things they could tell you about watching football with me! LOL I hardly got my little pumpkins painted for yelling at the TV screen. It was such a frustrating game. But scary too. When Mo Brown took a HARD helmet to helmet hit and was knocked unconscious... that was scary. And the fact that there was NO PENALTY FLAG for that one, just added to the frustration of the night. I really think the refs screwed that one up, big time. Thankfully, all reports say he's going to be fine - just suffered a concussion. "Just".



So I'm putting the finishing touches on my little pumpkins this morning. They should be sitting pretty in all their simple Halloween glory very soon. I didn't take a before shot in all the game excitement... but here's a picture of progress being made. :)



But for now, I have got to find some coffee.....

Til later....

Fall and Football

Well, I think Fall has officially arrived here in the South! Our high today might top 55, but then again, that would be surprising with all the clouds that have rolled in. But, boy, did it feel good when I walked outside this morning! I've got tons of things I need to be doing this afternoon, but have been missing my blog... so decided to take a break and type for a few minutes.

I've been looking for what I call "ghost" pumpkins for a couple of weeks (you know, the cute little creamy white pumpkins - except I want the faux kind) with no luck. Had even considered breaking down and buying the real things at the Farmer's Market, but hadn't had a chance to stop by there yet. So I had to make a quick run through Wally's this morning to pick up a few things and there on an endcap sat four boxes of mini pumpkins - all shades of oranges and yellows - marked $1.00 each. So, you know what I did.... Yep. I'll have my ghost pumpkins, just like I wanted, before the day is out. :)

I can't wait to have an evening where I can read through everybody's blogs uninterrupted to catch up on all the happenings. Course, that won't happen tonight... no way, no how. Tonight I plan to spread out in front of the TV with a project while I watch my Gamecocks take on Alabama. Considering my parents were born and raised in Alabama, and ALL of my extended family still resides there, it makes for a really hard game to watch. (Not to mention they are ranked #2 in the Nation to our #22... EEK!) I'm hoping for an upset. It could happen....



Ok - I've got to get back to work. I'm editing pictures of some neat vintage items that will be added to my Etsy store this weekend. (I am really hoping that the more things I add, the faster this process will become. LOL It seems to take me forever to get something posted...) Oh - and don't forget to take a minute and check out my Halloween pictures. They are way cute! And on sale too! The perfect vintage looking accent to tuck on your mantel for All Hallow's Eve. :)



Have a good weekend! And GO COCKS!!

Til tomorrow...

Is it Fall Yet?!?!?!

I didn't think I'd ever hear myself say I can't wait for Summer to be over.... but, might I just say how glad I am that Summer is almost over?? I don't know about the rest of you, but we have had such a brutally hot one here, I can honestly say that I will not miss it. Not. one. bit.

So I'm sitting here looking forward to the cooler days (and nights) of Fall. I can't wait to feel the crisp morning air, to see the leaves falling, covering up the last green grass of Summer... Oh... and to watch College Football! :) Yes, I know. I'm a girl - I'm not supposed to like football. But I do. It's one of my favorites things about Fall. So last night I got to watch my Gamecocks beat Florida Atlantic. Go Cocks!! After our heartbreaking loss to Georgia last week, even though we were expected to beat FAU, it was nice to do it. Know what I mean?

So while I was waiting for my game to start, I decided it would be a good time to "Fall up" the mantel. So I cut on the telly so that I could keep up with this "other team" that was playing yesterday, (*cough*Clemson*cough*) and changed the Seasons in that part of the house. I realize that sounds like such a small thing, but that means I made countless trips into the spare bedroom where I store all of my treasures, dusted and vacuumed my heart out, and although I'm far from finished, at least I've done a little bit to usher in the Fall season. Now, if the climate here would just cooperate with me.

I also spent part of the day taking more pics of some pretty things I've been creating for my new Etsy shop. I feel like it will take me years to edit all of my pictures and get them loaded in the shop, but I'm working on it as fast as I can. :) I'm hoping to get a few new things loaded tonight by bedtime, so be sure and check back later. I've got some pretty Fall things coming, as well as a few Gamecock things for the local fans. Surely I'll get faster with the whole process as I go... at least I hope so! LOL

Here's just a peek at the antique marble topped chest in my den. I am loving the small brown toile pitcher in this picture. It was on clearance at TJ Maxx for a whopping $2, so I did the only thing I could do, I bought the only two they had left. :) And aren't they going to be pretty additions to my Fall decor?!



Til tomorrow...

Oh my gosh!

Wow - it feels like a lifetime since I've been able to sit down and post on my poor neglected blog! I am so sorry for what was a WAY LONGER absence that I had wanted it to be! I had life get in the way - don't you hate when that happens?! LOL

And Tanna -- thank you so much for missing me! :) I only wish my absence had been so that I could work on that old house.... The price has dropped another $10K, but with the amount of work that it needs, it's still not an affordable option for me. I still have to work up some more pics of that baby to share with you. I'll make sure I include some of the pics that show the more major "issues" the house has. But before I do that, I've got to catch up on your blog to see new pics of that grandbaby!!

My oldest, Brittany, finished school at Johnson and Wales in Charlotte in May, and then decided it would be a good thing to further her education back home. So, now I have both Brittany and Blair in town at USC. Not that I'm complaining.... they could both be out of state where I only got to see them at Thanksgiving and Christmas. But they have worn me out getting all the tuition stuff handled, and getting both of them moved into new apartments... and getting to share dinner with them every night, weekly Walmart runs... well, you get the picture!

On top of all of that, I've been working up some pretty things, as well as switching some rooms around (since the girls have left the nest) and in doing so, have been sorting through a lot of treasures I've picked up over the years that I have talked myself into parting with. So, I've been spending some time taking pics and working on setting up an Etsy shop so I have a venue to sell some of my treasures.

But for now I've got to get out of this chair and get something accomplished. I'll leave you with a pic of my favorite end of Summer view out of my kitchen window. I absolutely love crepe myrtles and took this pic one evening when a storm was brewing in the distance. I loved the color of the sky against the colors of the crepe myrtle.



Til tomorrow... (no, really, I mean it!)

Car shopping is for the birds...

So, I've spent most of my night internet car shopping. Did I tell you how much I hate to shop for cars??? But I've got a daughter who is car-less at the present time due to an accident, that totaled the car. It wasn't her fault, which was a good thing... and most importantly, she wasn't hurt, which was an even better thing... But this means I've got to find something to replace hers. Ask me if I'm having fun... Not.

So I'll leave you with another peek at a piece of the historic treasure I mentioned last night.



Til tomorrow...