Thrift store finds

The plan---find some new plates for our thanksgiving dinner. We will need six plates. I was hoping to find some plain cream color plates and a fall type plate to sit on top. Here is what I found. What do you think. I got 4 salad/dessert type Fall plates for 2.00. I was only able to find 5 cream color plates but they were exactly what I was looking for. They were 2.50 for 5.

Since I still needed one more I went to the goodwill store and thought I would check their selection. What do you know. I found a plate the same shade the same size and the same shape for a dollar. It doesn't have the design but beggers can't be choosers. right?

The first store also had these two small bowl with the same type of design. They were .90 for both.

A few days earlier I had gone to another thrift store and found this 3 tier basket/stand thing. I just love it. It looks distressed. I love it. $3.00. By the way don't mind the mess of things all over my table. I was trying out different centerpieces and still have a mess all over.

I also found these pyrex bowls. They are in good condition. I got both for $4.00. I don't know if that was a good deal. It seemed like it was but I don't usually buy pyrex . We will see. I also liked the fern that is just behind the bowls.

I found this little welcome lite for a dollar. I plan on putting it in the window of our shed out by the pond.

Last but not least I found this canister/decanter thingy. I just love it. I plan to put my iced tea in it for thanksgiving.

Well now the only decision I have to make is what to do with the table. I have a quilt that I made into a table covering. I wish I had taken a better picture of it. You can see the table a little better in the pics above. I also have this piece of brown fabric that I found at the thrift store for a couple dollars. I need to decide if I should keep it one piece as it is now or should I make placemats. I think I would have enough to make 8. I thought I could quilt the placemats and then bind them with a fall color. I like to get the tablescape stuff done early other wise I run out of time. If I don't make up my mind I still might run out of time.

I hope you had a nice weekend. See you soon.

I just read a really sweet post on http://www.behindmyreddoor.blogspot.com . It is at the bottom of her thankful post. I think you will like it. Have a great day. I am off to get busy doing some much needed work around this house. See ya later

One more day.

What a week. Boy were we busy tonight. The dinner bell sure wrung tonight. Everyone came at once and then....Nothing.... Weird.
I have been fighting a head cold all week and I am about to have a fit. My ears are ringing and I think it is time to go to bed, so I can get up and do it all again....One more day..... I hope you are enjoying your evening. Hopefully, I will get to post about my thrift store FINDS tomorrow night. I just wish I had found some energy at the thrift store when I was there. I definatly need some extra energy. If you find any please send some my way. Night

I think it is time for a new curtain.

This is a picture of the edge of my kitchen curtain. The sun has faded it so that it is white instead of the deep red that it is supposed to be. I have been telling myself to make a new one for months now but procrastination struck again. But today was the day. I made myself get off the couch and get started. Mainly cuz my husband was watching nascar and I wasn't interested. lol anyway, moving on....

here she is. It only took an hour from taking the old one down...regaining my breath from the dust storm that occured....to hanging up the new one. I can't believe how simple it turned out to be. Just think what I could accomplish if I put my mind to it. I know, it IS scary to think about.
The fabric that I used was from the thrift store. I paid $5 for 5 yards. Now I can't decide what to do with the rest. Maybe some placemats. I am sure it will be awhile if it is anything like the curtain. lol.

This is just a shot of the top of a few cabinets. I just love signs. This one makes me smile.

What will today bring?

I just had to post a picture eventhough I don't have anything exciting to talk about. I just thought I would show Maddee and her new teddy bear. She loves to lay down on my flowers. She finds them very cozy. She had been sleeping and I called her. When she looked over at me she still has a leaf stuck to her chin. I just love this girl.

Well, the advil is kicking in, the cramps are not so brutal. Hopefully, today will be a fun, creative and very productive day. I wish you the same. Lisa

trouble in Comment-Ville

I got an email from a friend who is having trouble leaving a comment on my blog. If you have a second please try it out and see if there is something wrong. Feel free to write any old goofy thing just as a test. Have a great weekend. Lisa

I don't have anything new to report. I wish that something exciting has happened or I have made something pretty or something tasty. Nope, nothing.

One thing I can't believe is that it is friday again. I hope you are having fun and that you are having better luck than me at being creative.

Bathroom update and My husband's sense of humor

Well, Yesterday we put our little birdie friends( who still don't have names) into a smaller cage. Larry has to do some work on their other cage.

Aren't they sweet sitting on the swing together? I hope no Lebron James fans are offended by the next picture. My husband thought that this particular article in the paper was perfect for the liner on the bottom of the cage.

We don't really follow sports but he found real humor in this.

We had to fill in a gap in the ceiling of our bathroom. We took part of the wall down. We thought if we hung a beam up we wouldn't have to patch the drywall. So the two of us put the beam in place. Well mostly Larry with a little (very Little) help from me. Unless screaming and saying alot of oh dears count.

I was mainly worried it would fall on the tub and break something. But it is up and no one got hurt. lol. Unfortunatly, we are still going to have to patch the drywall cuz it didn't cover it up. I guess I picked the more rounded edge to be the top and it rounds in so much that it doesn't cover all the seam. BUMMER! I wanted to suggest that we take it down and flip it over but I kept my mouth shut. I am very proud of myself.

We are one step closer to finishing the bedroom suite. Thank goodness. Now we need to touch up the drywall and paint. Yeah.... Can you feel the excitement?

Have a good week.

I can't believe it is Sat. night already.

It seems like the weeks are going by faster and faster. I mean it is almost november. Then it will be Dec. then I will turn 40. EEEEK! Are you really only as old as you feel? lol. By Sat. night I feel 90.

Today was nuts. We were short handed and busy. But isn't that how it usually goes? But we got thru it and Tomorrow is a day off. Yeh!

I know that I have said it before but I am going to say it again. I hope to get out bathroom done tomorrow. We have to touch up some paint and hang a beam in the ceiling. SOOOOO, cross your fingers. I am so anxious to show some pictures. But I want it to be finished first.

I hope whatever you find to do tomorrow will make you smile.

Hey! These trees grew overnight.

Well, my little trees went in pretty easily. I had to outline them with the light blue. I am not sure if it looks right. I planned to continue the whole sky pattern around the trees, but then you couldn't see the tree branches. So I unhooked and used the light blue. What do you think. Is there more unhooking that should take place? I need to draw another sheep. The current one looks goofy. I also have to come up with a pattern to do in the 3" border. Maybe scallops or half square triangles. Who knows. I just might wing it.

Topic change: Isn't it a bummer that we don't get to continue to feel like we are twenty? I swear my knees have aged about 30 years. I went to get out of my car after driving home from my 10 hour day on my feet and I walked like a 90 year old. My dear husband thought it was very funny. So uncool. Of course it is a totally different story when he has to walk alot during his work day. His famous line is he was on his feet all day. lol... This is intended to be funny. I hope I don't sound bitter or grouchy.

Well, it is time to hook alittle. I hope you have a great weekend. Do something fun....

Anyone Grow Pumpkins?

I was toying with the idea to grow some pumpkins next year. I had so much fun shopping for them this year. I swear it was like Christmas or something. I didn't get near as many as I would have liked. I thought I could save the seeds and plant some next year. Do you need alot of room? Can you make them climb onto something? Sorry if these questions seem silly. I am basically a city girl folks. But I have been told that there is no such thing as a stupid question. I don't know if I buy that last statment myself. I am pretty sure I have heard a few. lol.

I think I am off to go do some hookin". Rug hooking that is. I hope everyone is having a good night. I can't believe it is almost November. Christmas is gonna be hear before you know it.

I put up a fence today

Welllll, maybe not a real fence but I did make a fence on my current rug project. I haven't worked on this for a long time. I had a wonderful day today. Larry had to work on some equipment for work. He did this in our driveway, soooo I set up a chair out in the sunshine with him and started hookin'. I got quite a bit done. This evening was hard.
This evening we went to calling hours for a little 3 year old boy. I had never met him or his parents. Larry and I are friends of his great grandparents. He had been sick for some time. I am not sure the perticulars. I was told that they had just taken him to a check up two weeks ago and were told that he should be past a critical time. They always said if he could make it past three years he would probably live a semi-normal life. What a shock this must have been. I had never seen a baby coffin. His parents looked like kids themselves. I just have such a heavy heart for them all. The little boy has a twin brother. I have mentioned all this so that if you think of them please keep them in prayer. The funeral is at 12:30 tomorrow.

I am sorry if I put a burdon on your heart. I just feel so bad for them. I am so blessed. I am ashamed at what I consider to be a big deal. God bless you.