Thank You Sherrie!

Have I ever mentioned how very blessed I am?  I know that I say it all the time, but I really truly am blessed.  My husband walked in the door today and said “Honey, you got something in the mail.”  Well, I never really get anything in the mail unless it is a bill.  He brought me the envelope and I saw that it was from Sherrie.  I feel like I have known Sherrie forever.  She bought a sign off of me not too long ago and we were going to try to meet each other when we went to Myrtle Beach during the summer, but we didn’t get to do it.  I so wish that I would have had the opportunity, but perhaps next time we will be able to get together.

Anyway, I opened the envelope and looked at the card first which was a picture of the sign that I made for her.  She had it tucked in a box from what I can tell next to a crock with some berries and a black crow.  Here is a picture of the card that she made.  Isn’t it great?  It is definitely neat seeing your work in a picture on a card (lol). 

She also sent me a little tea towel or to be exact a flour sack towel with some very special things stitched on it for me.  The neat thing is that Sherrie knows and remembers from reading my blog how much my heritage means to me.  My Mom has been so kind to give me so many wonderful things that have been passed down and Sherrie made me a towel with my grandmothers birthdate on it.  Isn’t that so kind and generous of her?  I saw it and instantly started to cry.  It totally warmed my heart and I couldn’t have asked for anything more special then that.  So, do you want to see it?  I just need to find the perfect spot for it now.  I told Sherrie that I want to put it in a place where I can see it every single day and remember all of those wonderful times I shared with my grandma and of course remember what a great friend I have in Sherrie.  Thank you Sherrie for sending me such a wonderful and heart warming gift.  You are a blessing to my life!

Isn’t it great?  It is coffee/tea stained and stitched so perfectly and I love it.  I love how I have made so many wonderful friends since starting my blog.  You enter into someone’s blog as a stranger and you truly do leave as a friend.  I am just so happy that I have such wonderful friends in all of you.  Thank you for sticking with me, following my blog and for leaving me words of wisdom and such kind and caring compliments.  It really does alot for someone’s confidence.  THANK YOU!!

Until Next Time… Blessings to you all.

 

Blessings, Blessings Everywhere

This week has been a busy week for me, but I am loving every minute of it and then some.  After feeling under the weather for some time, I am just happy to be feeling back to my normal self again.  The weather here in Ohio has been cold and dreary however I was so excited when I saw the sunshine this evening.  I am a major sunshine person if you haven’t figured that out yet (lol).  Today was a great day for me.  I got alot accomplished and had a wonderful little lunch date right in the middle of the day.  Yep, if you guessed that my lunch date was my 2 1/2 year old son then you were absolutely correct.  I fixed Cameron and I grilled cheese and tomato soup and it was so yummy.  A perfect meal for a colder then normal day.  I love that he enjoys alot of the things I like, I also love the fact that he watches what I do then turns around and does it himself.  Yep, he dipped his grilled cheese into the soup and ate it……just like him Momma.  I so enjoy being able to stay at home with him.  I don’t know if I ever shared this with all of you, but I knew before I ever got pregnant that when God blessed us with a child, that I would want to stay home with them until they went to school.  Well, God blessed me with this opportunity and my husband works hard to make it happen.  Oh, don’t get me wrong….. it is a struggle every single month and I often think about going back to work, but when I look at my son, I realize that even though we struggle to make ends meet that it is the right thing for him and for me.  I guess I have always thought that you can’t get back those years and I feel as though there is nothing more precious then spending these special years with him while I can.  Yep, I am totally blessed and I thank my Heavenly Father daily for him and this opportunity to be his Mom and best Mommy that I can be.  It really is a gift.  Thank You God for such a wonderful blessing!!

On to a totally different note…… I am so happy to be able to get back to my crafting.  I have missed it so much and the past couple days have been wonderful.  Yep, I put my handy dandy surgical mask on and went out to the garage to do some crafting.  With asthma and a few other health problems….. I have to be extra cautious when I sand things and work with my crafts.  I just don’t want to stir things up again and be down and out again.  No Way!!  Do you remember my signs and game-boards that I made myself the other day?  Well, I finally was able to sand them and stain them and here they are all finished up.  They are just drying, but I thought I would post a picture anyway.  My favorite has to be the Olde Black Crow Coffee sign….. love it and I will be adding that to my selling blog as well so be watching out for that and remember that Christmas is just around the corner.  Any of these would make great gifts!!

Do you remember that toy box that I was re-finishing?  Well, I was able to get it sanded and stained as well.  So, once it has any opportunity to dry then I will be able to move it into the family room and hide alot of these toys that I fall over on a daily basis (lol).  I am definitely pleased with the way it turned out.  I decided to paint it red over black and the neat thing about the red that I picked out is that it is the same exact red that I have on my kitchen walls.  It just took on a totally different look and I love it.  Let’s take a look – ok?

So, do you love it as much as I do?  Uh yeah, I love it.  Definitely proud of this piece!!

Well, it is time for Criminal Minds and I can’t miss seeing Shemar Moore, so I better run for now.

Until Next Time……blessings to you all.

Feeling Better = Lots to Do

Well, I must admit that I am so flipping happy to be feeling better.  My sinuses still are not clear, but the pressure in my ears is gone and the cough that I had has subsided….. Thank you Lord!!  Every single time I get sick with a sinus infection, I can always count on it getting worse then what it should.  I guess my good ole immune system ain’t like she use to be (lol).  Getting older is the pits and being a diabetic with asthma doesn’t help either.  Well, enough of all that stuff.  I have been so busy lately.  I have taken advantage full advantage of feeling better and have used my time wisely.

After going apple picking a couple days ago, I decided to make some yummy Fall recipes for us to enjoy.  I must admit that I love apple desserts during this time of the year!!  Last night I made homemade apple sauce.  My home smelled sooooo good and the applesauce was delicious.  Here is a picture of the apples cooking.  They were tasty just like this….. 

Here is a picture of the applesauce once it was all cooked and complete.  It was so tasty warm and I even had some at lunch too.  Yep, it was just as tasty cold.

Tonight I decided to make some apple crisp and once again my home was smelling so delicious.  My apple crisp turned out really yummy.  My husband loved it, but Cameron wasn’t too happy with the texture of the cooked apples.  Hmmm, I guess that just means more for us.  That is such a shame – huh?

Did I also tell you that I took great advantage of nap time yesterday and today?  Well, I realized as I was going through some of my plastic totes that I purchased all of these stencils, took orders, but never made myself anything.  Silly of me – huh?  Well, I had some wood already cut for the certain sizes that I needed and I started crafting.  I went crazy at making signs and made a couple game boards as well.  I still need to sand them and stain them, but this is what they look like so far.  I already have places ready for each and everyone of them, but I just need to finish them up.  There are a couple signs that are new to everyone…. those are the Olde Black Crow Coffee sign, my Harvest sign and my Pumpkin Carving Contest sign.  Don’t you just love them?  I thought they were primtastic.  I hand painted the leaves on the harvest sign and also hand painted the pumpkins.  I thought they turned out pretty good.  What do you think? The neat thing about the harvest sign is that I made the stencil myself on my MIL’s cricut machine.  So, if any of you do scrapbooking and you have a cricut then just know that the possibilities are endless with those machines.  Anyway, be sure to Stay Tuned for finished pictures of all of these.  Hopefully I can get them finished over the next couple days. 

Told you I have been busy.  Well, I better turn in for tonight and get some rest.

Until Next Time……

Happy to be feeling better…

Well, I must say that I think I am finally starting to feel better.  It is definitely about time seeing as though I was sick for about 2 weeks, thought that I was better for 3 days and then got sick again.  I went to the doctor and he told me that I probably never got rid of the sinus infection that I had, but just triggered something that worsened things and stirred things up to the point where I was feeling awful once again.  Anyway, after 2 rounds of different antibiotics and lots of nasal spray, I am starting to feel more like myself.  Thursday and Friday were days that I just felt AWFUL.  The fluid behind my ears was causing me to be dizzy and the medicine made me lightheaded and my ears were just causing me quite a bit of pain.  I am just happy that the pain has subsided a bit.

Anyway….. since I felt better today we decided to go out.  I met Cindy from Cynthia Lee Designs and picked up a pillow that I had her make for Cameron.  Back when I met her for the first time, she made me a prim pillow and Cameron had adopted it as his own.  Well, we went to pick up his Mickey Mouse pillow today and I must say that he is so proud of it.  He loves it and hasn’t put it down much if any.  Here he is with his pillow.  He had to call “Mawma”, my Mom and show her the pillow.  I thought that was too cute considering that she can’t really see it through the phone (lol).

We also decided to pick some apples so we went to an Apple Orchard in the next town to pick apples.  I must say that Cameron loved it.

Yep, he even enjoyed taste testing!!  I think our favorite apple is the Honeycrisp…… Yummy!

So, let’s talk about prims shall we?  I must say that I am so happy that I am feeling better because my home needed some TLC or maybe I should say that my walls needed some prim goodness.  I finally was able to have enough time and energy to hang some new things on my wall.  Yep, you heard me, I decorated my family room walls and worked on tweaking a little here and there.  No pictures to share quite yet, but soon – I promise!!

My DH sanded a toy box that Cameron had in his room.  I thought that I would bring it downstairs and utilize it for his toys.  I knew that there was no way that I was going to keep Winnie the Pooh on it so I had my hubby sand it for me today.  The neat thing is that it use to be Shawn’s toy box when he was younger.  I am going to paint it red over black and use it here in the family room.  I thought it would great to hide those toys and when he is done with it then it is finished and ready for me to put blankets and such in it.  I don’t know about you, but I kinda like things hidden.  So, here are a couple pictures of it before the make-over.  Once it is done then I will post after pictures of course.  Stay Tuned.

Definitely has great prim potential – don’t ya think?  I can’t wait to re-finish it.  It will be great to hide those toys that I am constantly stepping on and then I won’t have to listen to Cameron say “What’s the matter Mommy”.  Uh, honey (gritting my teeth) Mommy just almost broke her neck and legs, but that is ok.  Will you be so kind to pickup your toys please?

Well, I think I am going to go tweak a little bit more while it is quiet.  Hope you all enjoy your Sunday. 

Until Next Time…..

Mom’s Prim Home – Part 3

Well, by now you all have seen the upstairs of my Mom’s Prim Home in Parts 1 & 2 and today I am going to show you the lower level of her home.  Are you all ready to see the remaining prim eye candy?  I have been reading all the comments to my Mom and she has really enjoyed hearing them.  She would like to eventually start a blog, but she said that she wants to wait until she gets moved closer to me so I can help her (lol).  She is not very knowledgeable when it comes to this stuff.

Let’s not wait any longer.  Here we go!  Just so you know…. there are a couple pieces in her lower level that she wants me to re-finish for her when she gets moved back….  the blue bench will be re-finished, the walnut dry sink and also the tall natural wood cupboard will all be re-finished once she sells her condo.  Oh-if you all know of anyone that is looking for a condo then be sure to tell them about this place.  It is in Ohio.

Would you like to see a couple of her prim bathrooms as well?  I forgot I had these pictures, but definitely wanted to share them with you.  This bathroom is upstairs.

This is the bathroom in the lower level.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the tour.  The only thing that you have not seen is a part of the family room and also the bedrooms, but other then that you had a full tour.  Perhaps on my next trip I can take pictures of those areas and share them with you.  We will see……

Until Next Time….. Blessings Always!

Mom’s Prim Home – Part 2

If you didn’t get a chance to look at Part 1 of the pictures of my Mom’s house then be sure to look back at Tuesday’s post.  You are definitely in for a treat today so hold on to your hats!  We will look into the dining area, the kitchen and her laundry room.  Don’t forget that you can click on each picture for a larger view.

So, did you enjoy the dining area and the kitchen?  Should we take a look at the laundry room now?  Her laundry room is just right off the kitchen which you can see in the above picture.  Enjoy!

Don’t you just love her crocks?  I also love the dried apples and her dried green beans that she has hanging there.  Primtastic!!  She made the dried green beans herself, but received the dried apples from Dru Ann McCarty.

Well, I think that is all that I am going to show for today.  Tomorrow we will take a look at the lower level of her home.  It is as big as another home if you ask me and plenty more eye candy to go around.  Hope you all enjoyed the tour today.  I am off to relax and rest seeing as though I have yet another sinus infection.  Wasn’t Fall weather suppose to gradually work us into the colder winter weather?  Uh, not so much here in Ohio.  It was freezing yesterday and the temps this morning were in the 30’s – WHAT?  Yep, 30 degree weather is just too cold for me too soon.

Until Next Time ~ Stay Warm!!