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now that I have all these vintage sheet (reclaimed bed linen) fat quarters and more that were so generously gifted to me by my good friend, Dawnie! I might just look at this eye candy for a while, or I might tear into it-not sure which yet. Decisions, decisions!
PS-I'm still only 41! 
...of tangerines.
Today is Operation Clean Up Dog Hair Day-the day the lint trap and vacuum cleaner fill up with dog hair! Lovely, yes?***********************************************
I made a (computer generated) cake-just for you!
PS-I'm only 41!☺
I just ordered this lovely Le Creuset 2 3/4 quart French oven for $109.95. What the heck is wrong with me? I don't even cook that much. I guess I'm hoping this will help. And it's pretty enough to sit out on my stove all the time. I love it...I just hope I'll use it.
of the veggie basket, with some olives and pineapple thrown in for good measure.
This morning I'll be cutting up veggies while listening to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. Then, we are heading to Larry's aunt's house for Thanksgiving "lunch". Then I'll be in a food coma the rest of the day!
from the funeral home, look less like flowers from the funeral home (if ya know what I mean). 
Donald or "Poppy", as my daughter calls him, was a lover of John Deere tractors, farming, and kiddos. Especially that kiddo in the above photo, his one and only grandchild-Hopey. His face tells it all.
Of course-he loved his own kiddos too-Larry and Terry. (I love this photo.)
He took Hoper to school everyday on his way to work, for years. I snapped the above photo one morning before they left.
The last few years had not been kind to him healthwise. But he just kept trudging along.....
Yeah-my husband was taking a load of "garbage" to the dump for his uncle. I look out the kitchen window and what do I spy in his trailer? The above table! Now tell me this is garbage! I quickly slipped on some shoes, went outside and rescued this little beauty. There is nothing wrong with this table that a little paint or doily won't fix. And he wouldn't have said a word to me about this little table being in there. Good thing I spied it. I swear I'm gonna kick that boy's butt one of these days!☻
Have a great day!☺
Today is my youngest sister's 33rd birthday.
That's-Best Friend Forever-(in case you didn't know).
I love my bedroom. There I said it. I love my bedroom.
This cures what ails ya!
My mom did this one year for us girls and I thought it was so lovely. 
From me to my sister, Kim.
From me to my sister, Kim.
From my sister, Kim, to me. (Even though my birthday is NEXT month-she went ahead and gave me my gift in case we didn't see each other till after.)
Here's yet another lovely wrapping technique. I 
This is a candle.
This is a candle wrapped in a tea towel.
Next time you're out thrifting and you see a cute sewing pattern (that's not all cut up) dirt cheap-buy it. And if you see string or rick rack or any kind of sewing notion that could be used for ribbon (think tape measure) dirt cheap-scarf that up too.
Now-take a piece of pattern paper (which is essentially tissue paper, right?), wrap that package up-tie it with string, ric rac, measuring tape-anything that you can tie (and is pretty, of course) and stick a fork in you and you're DONE!
Now-everybody will say you are so creative. And you can say-"Oh-I saw it on this fabulous blog" or you can just smile and say "Thank you"-it's your call.
And now-I will be taking this lovely little package and delivering it to my sister, because we will be celebrating her birthday after her Pampered Chef party today.
Ta, ta for now!!!☺
Dawnie gave me this lovely gift yesterday-it's a bracelet made from old typewriter keys. I think she got it at the Strip District. She thought of me since this one said HOPE (you know-since that's my daughter's name).
I found this large plastic sewing box today. I think it's cute in a weird 70's retro kind of way. And after a good scrubbing it was as good as new! 
I made these over the weekend. I used a combo of stash material and "vintage" sheets. 
Another list taker for the one who gave me this darling material!
And here's a wrapping idea. My bro-out-law was going to burn a bunch of stuff. He asked me if I wanted to look at any of it before he did. (He knows I like weird garbage stuff.) I pulled 2 little Christmas music books out and kept them for this purpose. 
and checkin' it twice!
These are some new books I ordered from Amazon. As much as I hate to shop, I love my Amazon. (You can order practically anything from there-not just books.) Shopping in front of the computer-now that's what I'm talkin' about. I'm constantly ordering from Amazon. If someone's talking about a book on a blog-and if it looks good to me-I order it. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (if her name looks familiar-she wrote 101 Dalmations) is used and was 1 cent + $3.99 shipping. I cannot drive to the library for $4.00. Don't get me wrong-I love the library and I used to go there quite often. But in the last 4 years since I've had the computer-I mostly just buy my books from Amazon. I usually look at all the options and if they are significantly cheaper used, I will try to pick one in good condition and pay the $3.99 shipping. If the new and used are pretty close in price, I will choose the new, because if it ships from Amazon and your order is over $25.00 you can choose free shipping. 
I found a volunteer cherry tomato plant hiding in my flower bed. Last year I planted tomatoes in my flower bed, so they'd be close by and I could just walk out the door and pick them. Being close to the house must have protected them from the frost.
And now we're volunteering to eat them.
I needed some kind of sweet for hubby's lunch bucket, so I made some pumpkin bread today. I just ate the ends and it's very good. It got dark on me but it's still good. Very soft on the inside-probably the 1/2 cup of oil.
using scans of vintage sheets! Me likey.
