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

Did you Smile today?

I did :)

I was on my way home from Barnes & Noble (just had to throw that in) and when I got on the bus I greeted the bus driver with a Hi.

I stand in the isle and hear a huge HI! with a really big smile!!!

This boy, well he seemed a young teen, but he has Downs Syndrome and they look so young to me. My first thought is how happy they always are. How great is that. My mother always said she wanted a Downs baby and I can see it. 

My next thought was how would you feel being told that news. Shocked, sure. Sad, some. But how HAPPY they are! How can you say they have it hard? Was it socially unacceptable for him to yell Hi. 

No not really. 

I am not saying this would be a life of fun and games. But if you have children that have gone through teen and young adulthood, well was that EASY? I know my mom's kids were not EASY.

I can still get that super immediate smile on my face when I think of that HI! and well it is just great.

If we all smiled and said a BIG HI! more often what a great place the world would be.

I love riding the bus :)

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

Tea or Coffee?

I like both it just depends on my mood.

But I am very picky as to what I drink either in,

I have been lucky enough to find a few great new mugs for my drinks.

First I love the ones with my new dishes. I need a cup/mug to feel good in my hands or I just don’t like using them!

Then I was thrilled to visit the most wonderful place on earth

Barnes & Noble

and I found these

Yes ladies you are not seeing things! Cath Kidston at my favorite store!! B&N is like heaven! hehehe

How great with my new dishes?!

I am in love!! Now I can have tea and coffee with one meal!!

I also found these cuties at B&N But I wasn’t sure about them. Cute Cupcake themed really caught my eye but they were in boxes of two so I really didn’t get to “feel” them,

But when I found them at the coffee counter on sale for $3.49 HOW could I resist!! The nice guy let me take them out of the box!! Pink, Red and cupcake themed!!

Yea, you know they came home with me!!

Hello, $3.49 and I get my B&N discount too!!!

WOO-HOO!!

Look!

Yep, they even look great with all my other stuff!!

(insert really big grin)

Well off to drink some tea my tummy is not feeling as good as it could and well I have great mugs for it!!

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

New Furniture

As it is my goal to get rid of items I am also collecting anything free!!

A friend is moving and trying to get rid of a few things so once again Lisa to the rescue ;)

This table is awesome!!

It lives next door to Molly’s house and she is good with it, she likes having the neighborhood remolded on a monthly basis ;)

I ACTUALLY , have already changed the whole area again, hehehe

I just cannot leave anything alone!

I do so love my new table and how all my goodies look on it,

Here it is with my daisies I got for $2.99!!! And a pink vase also picked up from my friend!

I hope you are all having a great sunshiny fall Saturday!

Please visit Ms. Beverly and the rest of the Pinkies!

Welcome to Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Get your Pink On!

Hugs, Lisa

Pink Saturday in the UK

I am keeping with my “I want to move to the  UK” theme this week ;)

Here is where I will live!!

The one in the middle of course ;)

And I will decorate with these lovelies

Ok I confess, I’d move to England for Cath Kidston alone!!

I won’t even go into the clothes!!!!

I will get a huge basket so I can ride in to town to shop at Cath’s ;)

So I will be making my notebook full of great pinks from Cath  to have in my new cottage!

Please visit Beverly @ How Sweet The Sound for more Pink Ladies!

 

Hugs, Lisa

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

All my pink

Welcome again to Pink Saturday!

Please visit our sweet Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound for all the pinkies joining this week♥

I was looking through my pictures of my pinks and the first thing I noticed  is how MUCH I have added to my room. lol

Here is the first redo of my room

I bought the boxes and gathered my pinks. It doesn’t look like this any more

This was Christmas stuff and a few new critters in Pink♥

Here it is today. My pinks all summer time!

I love all my junk, it makes me smile to look at and to play with when I move it around.

I hope you enjoy your toys too!

Hugs, Lisa

It’s back!

I’m so excited!

I have been enjoying this since Friday night!

I am devouring every bit and piece of it!

This will be my new inspiration note book ;)

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♥

In my next life

In my next life I will live some where I can walk to everywhere I need to go.

A brownstone in a big city would be fun,

But

a small English village would really suite me best

I could walk or ride my bike

to the Bakery

There would need to be a Butcher too

meat pies, yummmm

A produce stand

Fun specialty shops with local flare

and no doubt a book store

I would be in heaven♥

Even in the winter I would be happy here♥

Do you have an alternate life you would enjoy living?

Happy Dreams,

Hugs, Lisa

Blogging Fun!!

Happy Pink Saturday!

Please visit Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound for a whole list of Pinkies!!!

I have to confess I have been a bad blog friend!

I have been so lucky to get the best gifts from my blog friends and I did not share in a timely manner.

Sorry

I am not sure which was actually first but I think this one was

This very pretty box was from Lori @ Ruffles, ribbons and roses!

It was a huge box of vintage baby goodies!!

Lovely doily and bunny

sweet blocks!!

bunny goodies!

The whole box was full! It was such a treat! After I won this and stayed in touch with Lori I was lucky enough to meet her sweet daughter Noelle @ Little bits and pieces of me! I am proud to have them in my circle of friends♥

I got this one from my sweet friend Gen @ Gen’s Scrapbook Kitchen

She sent a box full of wonderful goodies to make treasures!! She makes great cards and has shops all over! She is a busy lady and a dear sweet friend♥

I was very lucky to get a sweet surprise from Christina @ icandy…

She was making fun little Easter baskets and I joked I would give one a good home and she sent me one. Ok I didn’t blog about this because it came in the mail the day after my sweet Casey died. I so needed this love but was too emotional to share with everyone.

She had sent it way before and it was on my door step just when I needed it♥

Then I was a lucky winner of a Royal giveaway!

Debra @ Common Ground had a giveaway and had a glitch so two Lisa’s won!

I was lucky to share with Lisa from Tarnished and Tattered

We got very lovely Crowns

Soap, and lovely note cards! With a sweet note and butterfly to top it all♥

I am very lucky to have all of my sweet blog friends and even more lucky when I can win a contest or two, or three,

well you get the picture ;)

Happy Pinks!!

Hugs, Lisa