A funny thing happened on the way to the Dentist

 

Ok short version, went to get my mom’s car to go to the dentist, got there way too early, I confused the bus schedules and I saw this

Well the floor model anyway and the mirror wasn’t on it today.

I wanted a desk like this and didn’t remember the mirror went with it and thought that is the desk I want.

Tag $249

big frown here

I keep looking at it wistfully and then notice the big paper tag on top

Handy man sale

you fix it and take it for

$74.99

WHAT??!!

I can soo do $74.99!

I got keys and went to the dentist.

I was sad it will sell this weekend and I will loose out.

I tried to let it go.

Went to Tuesday Morning and found

Yes Pink Blue Willow dishes.

$4.99 for a three piece place setting.

YAY!!

The fruit/cereal bowls $4.99 set of 2!

YAY! YAY!

Went back to get mom for lunch and fell back in love with MY PERFECT desk.

Tuesday is payday.

Mom says “ask pop”

Pop said “ok” (well after a lot of grunting)

I will pay him back!

I’ll pay him big time he even brought it home for me!!

I have had a smile on my face since 12pm today and it will stay for awhile!!!

I am sitting at my new desk writing this post and I am oh a happy girl.

OH!

They let me use my mom’s discount

$56 for desk.

SCORE!!!

I am not bragging I just wanted to let you know what a great find I got today.

In other news, Cost Plus/World Market is now owned by Bed, Bath and Beyond.

I am hoping they keep the cool stuff and not go the outlet look of BB&B.

That would be sad. I am trying to talk mom into a job at Barnes & Noble. Yea, that’s the ticket.

hehehe

I now have the only piece of furniture I wanted for my new place so only a microwave and a coffee maker to go!

September will never get here!

Hugs, Lisa

Beauty and the Beast

Hi I had a busy weekend and then a really bad sinus headache yesterday. So I did not do the blogging I wanted to. :(
I took my 3 yr old niece Serenity to see Beauty and the Beast 3D.
It was her first movie in the theater and she has seen it and loves the music so I thought we were safe.
The glasses were not a big hit and she was fine to watch without them. She is flexible. That was nice. Only one visit to the bathroom. And the popcorn, I went all out it was her first movie, was a big hit! I did buy candy at Target shhh... Don't tell on me ;)
We had tons of fun and all in all it was great.
The 3D was ok. The people moved a little blurry but one part in the woods the trees really looked like they were over you. If you HATE 3D don't go. If you like it or don't mind go.
It is Beauty and the Beast and best enjoyed at the theater. Finding Nemo is the next to be 3D!
Hope you had a great weekend and I will see you more later in the week!
Hugs, Lisa

Circus!

This is what I did Friday Night

It came from this

One of my favorite books

Sunday I went to this

I love Elephants!

I had a great day and I think I was more excited than the kids!

It just topped off a great weekend of celebrating, Easter was really great this year!

Hugs, Lisa

Are you ready???

Honeslty what does that really mean? Ready for what the whole thing to be over? I have always been so deflated after Christmas, it is OVER, all the build up actually seems better than the day. And can you really be ready. Presents wrapped, food cooked, or did you throw a few gifts under the tree you found hidden in the closet when you went to get your good robe you are going to wear for the pictures, or if you forget, one of the 12 dishes you were going to make for Christmas dinner will it be that bad?

I don't hate Christmas, but really love the "Season" because it lasts longer. I have a mom that stress over all the "undone" things and then cannot enjoy any of it.

Please all my lovely friends don't stress it will all happen and it will be a memory of all that gathered and not really what was not done. Enjoy the moment and the time it will all be great, honestly letting go is hard especially for us women but how much nicer life is when you do.

So have the Happiest of Christmases and remember why we celebrate and it really puts all the hoopla in to perspective.

Merry Christmas

Hugs, Lisa

It's Finally Here!

I am very excited about tonight!

I hope everyone is having a great week and I will be back soon with pictures of the apartment. Life is still happening and I never have wifi access when I need it, I will try and do my post on Live Writer so I can post when I have access!

Tomorrow is my 42nd Birthday and I am going to see Harry Potter!

I will see it again this weekend with my aunt and grandmother, as my family is in LOVE with the series!

If I am not back soon 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hugs, Lisa

Life gets in the way

It is fall here now, cool weather , pumpkins and mums.

The leaves are starting to change but we just had loads of rain so they will be delayed, but so will the raking ;)

I will be away from my beloved blogland for a while.

Life brings ups and downs and changes.

Not all things that change are bad. My family does not handle change well and they do not handle me being separate from them.

For those who don’t know me so well, I am not married and have no children so I am not leaving them, I am moving across town from my Mother and Sister (and 4 kids) and try to have some sort of peace at least most days of the week!

I have to get all my goodies sorted and moved or sold. My mother will keep things that she wants and I will still need storage ugh! I think I spend the next year sorting!

So I will be away as I don’t know when the internet will be able to be connected. I will try to journey out and use wifi to visit occasionally but won’t be posting.

So as life is getting in the way of me being who I want to be ;) Have a beautiful Fall and I will be back soon♥

Hugs, Lisa

Pink #2

Last Saturday my niece turned the big #2!!

She had to be a Princess!

Doesn’t everyone have a fluffy pink tiara?

And high heels?

Lots of Pink Bling?

A pink “monhey”

and her own puppy?

I think her day was a Hit!

Hope everyone pops over to Beverly’s for more Pink fun!

Hugs, Lisa

As I was visiting tonight I got the heartbreaking news we have lost one of dear Pink friends

 Our sweet CC will be missed
(click her button to visit her blog)

In remembrance of all we have lost on 9/11/2001 and since♥

God bless America

Please Join us in Hope

Today we are sharing Hope

We are raising money for a very sweet lady and trying to share as much Hope as we can find in Blogland♥

Colette♥

Kelee has a link for all to view the video of Colette’s room make over and she will receive $1 for all comments left on this link. Please stop by Guideposts and thank them for sponsoring this event! We hope they will do it for more people if we do.

My story is of my sweet little cousin Chase. At nine months old he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma.

(The bruise on his head is from playing like a boy not his cancer ;)

How can you say to a baby’s family your child has the worst form of cancer in 7 different parts of his body? I know why I am not a doctor.

My cousin Christine has the best spirit and the whole family dug in and 11 months after diagnosis Chase was treatment free, he has stayed that way for 4 months now. Chase has continued to fight and is a happy child that climbs and runs and swims and enjoys all that life has to offer.

(Chase on his 2nd birthday with sister Olivia)

It is great to see God work so fast and how even those who should be too little to understand can know to live life to the fullest.

I have always had Hope even if all the loved ones didn’t make it all the way through the journey. They lived and had good lives and that is the Hope we are given daily.

I thank God every day for the day I had they are really all good no matter how I handled them, simply because I had the day.

Beverly and Sherrie are also hosting this party please stop by and support Colette!

So I hope you all have a Pretty Pink day and enjoy your day, it was given to you as a present♥

Hugs, Lisa

My Kitchen!

Thanks for all your sweet comments about my kitchen♥

I love my stuff, the room on the other hand is hard to use and I really don’t cook much because of it!

Here are a few other shots

My new table in pink!

I swear I have more but cannot find them!

Happy Friday!

Hugs, Lisa

ps Today is my Mom’s 61st Birthday♥

My weekend

 

I have been fighting this. Some stupid tracking program wouldn’t let my computer send out info. I had no email for 2 days!!

Finally figured out what it was and got my antivirus to unload the dang thing! YUCK!

I also helped my sister move her family into their new home. I haven’t seen them at all today. Mixed emotions but I don’t miss the 3 hours of screaming that started at 9 pm every night.

I have tomorrow off and will once again feel guilty I have not made a dentist appointment for one of the many things I need to have done. Need to get on that before my teeth start hurting! YUCK!

Hope you all had a good Monday. There are many Birthdays in Blogland this week so Happy Birthday everybody!

Hugs, Lisa

Wish me luck

I am taking all three Nephews/brothers to see this. They are barely hanging together now.

I am an idiot!

Please if you know how to explain to them they will really love having each other one day let me know!!!

Any help will be greatly appreciated ;)

Hugs, Lisa

Pink Elephants!!

Happy Pink Saturday!

I hope everyone had a great Holiday weekend last week. I am glad to be back to visit my sweet Pink friends!

Please visit Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound for more pink fun!

I was very lucky this past week to receive a very special gift from a super sweet friend.

Can you stand it!!

Yes that is right I have a French Bear original!!

Thank you my sweet friend Margaret! I could not live without her now ;)

She is just way too lovely!!

Here she is on the “shelf”

Not sure she will stay in this spot but I can see her well there and she is lovely!!

I was also lucky enough to get a prize from my mom !

See the sweet little tea cup and saucer!!

I really am feeling the love!!

Hope you all have had a great couple of weeks and I will be a better blog friend  now that I feel better!

Happy Pink Saturday!

Hugs, Lisa♥

What I’ve been up to

Over the last two weeks I have joined 2 Blog Parties

Went to a birthday party for my granddad

A baby shower for my boss

I made these!

Watched this

 

With the boys, wonderful by the way!

Watched this with my friend from work

Best one yet!

A lot of this

I have been sick so sleeping is all I could do

a little of this

I am hooked!

A small bit of this

Like FB better now!

Not enough of this

I failed at my challenge to read 3 books in 3 weeks, I also gathered 5 more to read ;)

A lot of this

Don’t have a clothes line, wish I did it would make wash more fun.

And basically not much else, oh yea, I worked even on the 4th!

So I hope everyone moved to the last half of 2010 smoothly and I promise I will be a better blog friend/sister in the coming weeks!

Hugs, Lisa

Woo-Hoo Wednesday!

This Woo-Hoo Wednesday is dedicated to my oldest Nephew Christopher

Yes he is that big!!! I know I cannot believe 11 years ago today I was an Auntie for the first time!

Here he is with his Avatar character. We took him to dinner and on a tour of the book stores. Barnes and Noble and Borders. He got a load! Duke books and The Kingdom Keepers. He is starting the series and very excited. His Duke mag and book and Avatar went home with him but the Kingdom Keepers is here with his Harry Potter book! I am going to have to have a shelf just for him!

Happy Birthday!!!

I hope you have many many many more!

Love and Hugs, Aunt Lisa

I am Overwhelmed

Thank You!

I do so appreciate all the wonder thoughts and even the tears you have shared with me. I am a little better today. 

My baby cousin Chase who HAD Neuroblastoma, YES I mean HAD, is done with treatments. His last scans are clean! I am so overjoyed. 

In the same conversation I shared that my dog was gone and found out my aunt and uncle lost their Yellow Lab, Bud, this weekend too. 

I have to say as much as I loved my Casey and their sweet Bud, I will trade them for sweet Chase's health.
I really wanted to answer each of you individually but you are all so sweet I just feel a bit overwhelmed by the number of sweet comments so PLEASE know I cherish each and everyone of them!  ♥

I only worked half a day today, we were not busy at work and that was fine. I wanted to be busy but if I couldn't be I am glad I could be home. Off again tomorrow and I will be back to visit!

You all mean so much to me.

Thank you!

Hugs, Lisa