Hello Monday: A Birthday and An Estate Sale

How was your weekend?

Mine started Friday night we had a birthday celebration for my nephew Tyler. I made a four layer dessert for his birthday. We also call it Mud Slide Pie. It has four yummy layers made up of: A pecan crust, cream cheese and powdered sugar and whipped topping, chocolate pudding and more whipped topping on top with added pecans. Very easy and quick and it disappeared quickly.

On Saturday I went to an estate sale in town. I love going to these, not only because of the treasures but seeing the homes too. I always like to imagine the way I would decorate each room. I am always interested in the person that lived there. The woman of this house liked sewing and painting portraits and flowers. She also loved baskets and some miniatures. I was hoping to find some sock darner eggs among the sewing treasures but I did not.

Here is what I bought. I know I know!!! I have been talking constantly about cleaning out the clutter from my home but some of these lovelies just had to come home with me. I don’t think you have to try and put out every item that you have at once. I like to switch things up. I keep these treasures stored until I do. Yes that is my story and I am sticking to it. Oh, and I forgot to mention, everything was 50% off on Saturday!!!!!

I kept going back to this candelabra. Whenever I do this at a sale it is a sure sign that I need to go back for it. What will I do with it? I’m not sure. I can just imagine it full of small or large candles and it will be beautiful.
I’m not sure yet where I will put this lamp. I am definitely replacing the shade. I just loved the design of the flowers.
I think this planter is beautiful. I seem to have an obsession with this type of planter. I have several that are animals and have the opening on the side or on the back. But I thought this one was especially nice for Christmas.
I love these vases. They are old and very delicate.
Some bottles for my bottle tree

I was fighting off a cold or sinus thing on Sunday so I stayed in all day and knitted and crocheted, the day away. A good day!!!! Have a wonderful week!!!

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!!!!

Hello December

I had been wishing for colder temperatures and man have they arrived. I still love it though. The air feels so cold and crisp. Just the way it is supposed to feel this time of year. It’s so hard to believe that December is here and a new year is coming soon.

How was your Thanksgiving? Ours was very nice and quiet. My nephew and his girlfriend came for dinner as well as my sister in law. we had such a fun time. My entire family no longer gets together on Thanksgiving Day. It seems as though each family is having their own special day. That makes me sad. I think next year we may try to plan a day, close to Thanksgiving Day, and get together with all of us. Time together is so special and should be treasured.

My sister and I took off early Friday morning for Black Friday shopping. It’s just not the same as it used to be. The crowds are not the same. So many people are doing online shopping and it makes going into the stores unnecessary. Most of the stores started their sales on Monday before Thanksgiving. I guess as I get older I’m just not that interested in being in huge crowds. The fact that I work with the public and experience this almost every single day also has a lot to do with that. But I’m not quite ready to give it up yet.

I still love going out on Black Friday. My sister and I start out early. We check out a few sales but we mostly love it because it is always our kick-off to Christmas. This past Friday was no exception. We started out around 7:00 AM and returned home around 4:30 PM. We had a wonderful time just being together.

As I said I wasn’t really looking for anything particular. I did buy a few Christmas presents and got some of that out of the way. But on our very last stop, which was as at Marshall’s, I found the best gift of all. It was for me but still.

While I was digging through some throw rugs I found a cat rug. It’s purrfect. Sorry I had to do that. It was my best find of the day.

Isn’t it cute??

I put the rug at my front door and Gus is already in love with it.

I guess he thinks I bought it just for him.

My nephew lives in Smithville and it is about two and a half hours from us. He had to work on Thanksgiving and didn’t get to enjoy any of his favorites with the family. On Saturday my sister and I met him about halfway to his house and had dinner with him. I made him a pumpkin pie, and his all time favorite, Butterfinger Cake. I didn’t get a picture of the cake or the pie. We got home late on Saturday. But it was totally worth it getting to spend some time together.

On Sunday I stayed home and relaxed. We did put up our Christmas tree. We still haven’t added all the decorations yet. I also finished my socks I was knitting.

I think they turned out pretty well. Most of the stripes match. I had just a little different coloring on one toe.

Even though our outside kitties come into the garage at night it can still get really chilly. We have a little heated house for them. They all love to pile up in that small house. It is the cutest thing ever. I am leaving you with a picture of Izzy poking her head out of the house. She secretly thinks the house is all hers and she is only sharing it with the others.

It was back to work for me this week. A full week ahead and a lot of things going on. I love Christmas and all the fun things that go along with it. But it can be so tiring. Remember to take care of you during this time. I think as women we tend to try and do it all and be all for everyone. Sometimes that is just not possible.

Have a wonderful week. Stay warm if you are in this area.

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!