Happy New Year!

I am so thankful and blessed to go into 2010 with my blog friends. I hope you all have a safe, happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

Hugs, Lisa

Valentine Swap

I am going to join my first Swap! I love Valentines. I am 41 and single but I love Valentines. The fun little exchanging of silly Valentines. The CANDY!! The vintage stuff! I love it all.So I think it would be perfect to join in this swap!

Cathy @ Treasured Heirlooms is hosting

Please visit Cathy by Jan 8th to sign up. It is a really easy get a heart box and decorate then fill with goodies. You can even pick your color!

Hope to see you there!

Hugs, Lisa

What I did today

Sad to say my day was as boring as the title of this post! I wish it was good boring. But I really got nothing done. One of my sweet puppy visitors awakes at 3:30 am. And then another little sweetie SNORES. I mean SNORES!

So I didn’t even get to sleep. I went out to run errands and came home to the trash can turned over. All that’s in my trash can is coffee grounds and cigarette butts (neither of which are mine) so I got to clean it up! YEAH!

I bought these while I was out

I will be doing this for the rest of the day!

Valentines is right around the corner. I’m a little sad but I’m ready to move on. I am most ready for 2010!

Hugs, Lisa

Christmas Photos

Just wanted to share a few pics with you of the kids! spoiler alert: if you don’t want to see tons of boring family photos stop now! hehe

Cupcake dressed for Church on Christmas eve!

Yes ladies this is me! A VERY bad hair day but it is me! And yes I was holding her so hard so she wouldn’t get down! My 6 year old nephew took this one!

Christmas Morning

Sweet potato

Tater tot

Zach-a-taters

Papa Ben Started with Chrispy tater for the oldest Christopher and the rest have had theirs too!

They got a Wii from Grandpa and are now going home to see if it can be hooked up!

Hope everyone had the best Christmas yet!

Hugs, Lisa

Merry Christmas

I love Christmas traditions. The Advent wreath, an Advent Calendar, the lights, the Christmas tree with all the decorations I have been given over the years, the candle light service at church.

We will be off in a few hours to the service and then home to be together as a family. We will do something really wonderful like Christmas specials on tv, BUT we are together and because we have seen them all before the children can talk all they want to.

I wish all of you the Happiest of Christmases and a Blessed New Year!

Hugs, Lisa, Casey, Molly and Spunky!

Christmas Goodies!

I finally got pictures of my Christmas projects made!

My mother found these blank journals in her storage and I decorated one for Christmas.

I used scrapbook paper and a packs of premade stickers and embellishments but I still think it is very cute.

Back cover. My nephews had drawn on them with marker so they had to be covered. It was fine I like how it all worked.

Inside front cover. I found a great stamp set and this is of the beginning of the Night Before Christmas.

This is more Victorian but I had to use it.

Inside the back cover. The song is Silent Night. It was on some great paper I got.

This was my first project. I do so like Santa!

I am a great gluer! hehe

I love the simple things that I can do in one sitting. I have never been good at long term projects. Guess I’ll work with what I’ve got!

I was excited to find this wreath! I used my artificial one on the advent wreath so I was glad to find a real one for $8!!

It is too fat and the storm door smashes it. But It sure smells good when you walk in and out the door!!

It is in the 30’s here for another day. I love the cold. I am so glad we got cold because the storm here in the east really didn’t give the Raleigh/Durham area anything to write about.

I hope it stays cold through next week. I don’t really like a warm Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

Hugs, Lisa

Just Hi!

 

 

I just wanted to share these with you!

I have been working on some projects and will share later this week. I'm going to make more tomorrow!

Hugs, Lisa

ps PLEASE take these images if you want them!

Vintage Christmas

Just a few more shots of the Christmas at my house!

This is a collection of my vintage goodies. I gather them up as I see them. More than a few are from Suzanna’s!

This is my nightstand. My mother gave me the bottle brush tree and the snowman one year and the Santa another. I get these great goodies here and there.

These are new. I bought the fillings for super cheep at Joann Fabrics and added the Christmas balls.

Ok this isn’t Vintage either but I just had to. She thinks I make her look like a dork in this coat but I think it is tooo cute!! You cannot see the sweet faux fur collar on it. Actually Molly is on a diet and I can really tell when I put her coat on her that she needs to stay on her diet a little longer. She does like her food though. Boy I wish someone could feed me twice a day and I’d loose a pound a month and be ok with it! hehe

Hope you all have a festive and happy weekend!

Hugs, Lisa

Awards… For Me? Ahh… Thanks!

Cori @ Gingerbread Crumbs and Company gave me the Over the Top Award!

Rules :-
1. Use only 1 word answers.
2. Pass along to 6 of you favorite bloggers.
3. Tell them you've given them the award.
4. Have Fun !!

1. Where is your cell phone? bed
2. Your hair? wet
3. Your mother? sick
4. Your father? deceased

5. Your favorite food? bread
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? latte

8. Your dream/goal? health
9. What room are you in? living
10. Your hobby? blogging
11. Your fear? losing
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you aren’t? Practical
15. Muffins? banana
16. Wish list item? house
17. Where did you grow up? North Carolina
18. Last thing you did? laundry
19. What are you wearing? PJs
20. Your TV? old
21. Your pets? dogs

22. Friends? wonderful
23. Your life? unsettled
24. Your mood? anxious
25. Missing someone? No
26. Vehicle? silver
27. Something you’re not wearing? hat
28. Your favorite store? thrift
29. Your favorite color? purple

30. When was the last time you laughed? yesterday

31. Last time you cried? today
32. Your best friend? puppies
33. One place that I go to over and over? grandma’s
34. One person who emails me regularly? Holly
35. Favorite place to eat? chick-fil-a

This was fun. Don’t read too much into it I’m having a bad day. Glad to have this to come to. ;)

Now Please accept this award

Holly @ Girls at Heart

Deb @ Life in my Studio

Amy @ Bunny Rose Cottage

Willow @ My Irish Cottage

BekiMarie @ The ramblings of an everyday mummy

Sandy @ Vintage Sandy

Carol @ Old Glory Cottage gave me the

How very cool!!!  Now this goes to 10 wonderful bloggers!

Oh I think you are all just wonderful! This one is just a good one you can post no silly post to do. Please take it! I could not do this without each and everyone of you!

This one got lost in draft land. Bit of a delay!

Hugs, Lisa

Never enough hours in a day.

Sorry I have been so sporadically visiting lately. I am trying but only seem to have about an hour a day and so much to see! You all have such lovely and informative Christmas posts! I am overwhelmed by all there is to do! I have FINALLY finished decorating my house. Not really a lot of decorating I just got out of the mood.

Today I am getting my Christmas cards out and mailing packages at the post office. Then I have to pick my mother up from work and go look at a house for her to rent. And my work Christmas party is tonight and I have a play at the church to go see. Guess I’ll miss a Charlie Brown Christmas this week too!

I hope to not have another busy day like this one. And I won’t it will all be done!

I threw in a few pics just for you to see!

 

These three lovely pics are of a prize from Martha @ Martha’s Favorites. I really wanted this book!! The little dress is so sweet and I left the wonderful bow pin on it! The dish towel is perfect and I will never use for more than decoration!! hehe

I was also lucky enough to win from Cindy @ Fairy Tale Cottage

A lovely beaded bag of Lavender!!! It smells heavenly! It is close enough to my bed I can smell it! And it looks great with my other things too! So nice. Sachets are so funny because if they are to be hidden why are they so lovely?

Oh and I have to go pick up a copy of the 6th Harry Potter movie at some point. I have to have it or my collection will not be complete! hehe

I think that is it. For now anyway. PLEASE be sure to click on the sweet house pic and save it for you collection!!

Merry Christmas!

Hugs, Lisa

UPDATE 12/09/09

OK THE HOUSE PIC DIDN'T TRANSFER FROM LIVE WRITER. SORRY!!

I'LL CHECK ON IT WHEN I GET HOME!!

Hope it is up now!! 8pm!

Hugs, Lisa

Merry Christmas My Friends!

Hi!

Hope you like this one too!
I did like it as my header but I'm so in love with my new look!
Please enjoy this one and remember to right click on it so you can get the full size!
Puppies are just sooo...
well you know how I feel about puppies!!

Hugs, Lisa
ps this is my 200th post! I can hardly believe it!

To Share #4

Aren’t they sweet!

Enjoy!

Hugs, Lisa

To Share #3

Hi again! This is for all my Pink Saturday friends. I am not able to visit around as much as I’d like this month on Saturdays so I’m not officially Pink Saturday posting, but since several of my bloggy friends are Pinkies I thought I’d share!

Sorry this view is so small. The next size up doesn’t fit. Click on it to get full size! It’s great!

Hugs, Lisa

To Share #2

Love him!! Enjoy!

Hugs, Lisa

To Share

 

I got this CD with lots of pictures on it last year and thought I’d share a few. I think I’m going retro this year not Victorian. But it is hard for me to stick with just one style so you never know!

Enjoy!

Oh don’t forget to click on it to make it bigger when you are saving it!

Hugs, Lisa

Christmas Peek

These are from Michael's I got the 40% off a long time before Thanksgiving!

The skates, little cake, and Believe sign I got at Khols. They sent a $10 card in the mail! Score!

 

 

 

  The sweet little sewing basket is Martha Stewart from Kmart. I got it on sale went straight from the book store where I bought her Christmas magazine. Which is $4.99 and has a $5 off your purchase of $5 or more at Hallmark! Free magazine, cute ornament on sale! That’s the way I like it!!

This sweet guy was free! Well he was my birthday present form my stepdad! LOVE HIM!!! I would like to say my stepdad is a really good shopper but mom got it from where she works so he really didn’t do anything. It was a great deal though! hehehe

 

 

I have been feverishly coupon shopping. I still have one more $5 certificate for Hallmark! I got Molly a new dog bed from CVS for $2.99!! I try to not over spend but when it’s free money I’ll pay the tax! hehehe

I have my tree up but not decorated. All the decorations have been sorted and decided on. I even had to make one last trip to Suzanna’s today before I finished decorating! Wait til you see the great vintage that came form there! Thursday is their Christmas Party. If you are in  the area it is so worth it! AND I did leave a few items for others to buy. It was hard but mom and I were thrifty with our finds!!

Hope all had a great holiday weekend and I cannot wait to see the decorations you will all share!

More soon. I also have awards and giveaways to share! I’ll get it together later this week!

Thanks to all who helped with my plea for the background site. I still have not found it but have a great new list of options!

Hugs, Lisa

Please Help!

I found a wonderful background blog that had perfect ones for Christmas. I THOUGHT I followed it! Then I thought I could go through and find the blog that I found the link from. Both are GONE!! The blog was decorated for Christmas earlier this week and had sweet retro pics. I don't think the background was retro but fit well. The site though had great stuff in tons of categories I couldn't wait to use. I was waiting for Thanksgiving to be over!! Any way I have search google, Sares has a huge list, and looked at all the blogs I follow! I really thought it had shabby in the name and I found 3 that are not it. Now I have also found some really great sites to use at other times. I just really want to find this one. I'm ok with my look but is dull in color so I want to spruce it up!!

THANKS!!!!

Hugs, Lisa
UPDATE
So this one is better but I still would love toe find that other one. It may not have been a blog. It might be a web site that may be why I couldn't follow it.
wow typed this 1st at work there is no spell check there! I'm a crappy typist! Sorry to those who already visited! I can spell just not type! hehe
FINAL UPDATE
I never did find the one I was looking for.
But this one form an old friend iss AMAZING!!!
I'm thrilled so with it!
Thanks to all who helped!
hugs, Lisa

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Blessings to All!

Thankful for Family

I am so thankful for my family.

I got to go to my Aunt Barbara’s for breakfast on Saturday. Our cousins form Charleston were in town. Christine and Chuck have Olivia and Chase. Baby Chase has been battling Neurobalstoma for the past 7 months. He is 15months old!

Here is baby Chase eating cheerios!

Here are some fun pics of my sweet baby cousins.

Hunter, he’s blurry because he is never still!

Rachel and Luke (siblings) playing with Hunter

Sweet Baby James ( Luke and Rachel’s little brother)

My Grandma Joann, Christine holding her Olivia, and Chuck

I also found out the new year will bring ANOTHER  baby cousin!! I have 11 cousins on my father’s side. With my brother and I there are 13 of us.

It is always a blessing to get together. It has been longer than anyone can remember that we were all together. It had to be when we were all in school and since there are only two left in Collage and I’ve been out 17 years it’s been a long while!

I hope you enjoy the babies. Sorry no real pics of the big ones! hehe

Hugs, Lisa