Sunday Morning Coffee Share

Good morning and happy Sunday. It is a beautiful day here. Come on in and let’s have a coffee or tea or share a Latte with me, I have a new Keurig, and I can make Lattes. Let’s catch up.

I can now make Lattes with my new Keurig.

I had to buy a new Keurig Friday. My old one, which was several years old, totally stopped working. I went the entire day without coffee.

I bought this Keurig and it has a milk frother. I love it.

What have I been up to you ask: Work mostly. My work has slowed down a bit but we are a little short staffed so it’s still been a bit hectic. Last week was a bit stressful. We had a news crew that came in and did about four hours of filming. It’s great exposure for us but a lot of work getting ready for it. We have another group coming tomorrow. When the weekend hit I was ready for it.

What am I reading? I just got a book on my Libby app. I have been waiting for several weeks. The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand. So far it is great and I can’t put it down.

What am I working on? I finished the little crochet bag I was making and now I think I will go back and add a lining. That way my keys won’t poke through the stitches.

I have also been working on this scarf. Just a simple knitted scarf that I can do without even looking at it. I always like to have something like this on hand to work on. If I am stressed or can’t sleep I can grab this and work on it for a few minutes. It is so relaxing.

Look at that sunshine!!

What have I been watching? I don’t watch a lot of TV anymore. I just don’t think it is that entertaining. I have been watching Emily In Paris. Season 4 started last week. A young girl from Chicago takes a “temporary” job in Paris and falls in love with Paris, and a few different people. I watched all the other seasons. This season seems a little slower than the others plus they are only showing five episodes and then the others later in the year.

Emily In Paris

What am I loving? That nine of my eighteen orchids are blooming!!! I have been working on my orchid journal. I am caught up have all the orchid’s logged. I like to record when they are blooming. All of my orchids have names now and I will soon do a post on all of them. I know there will be a time when they will loose their blooms. I am hoping that is when the other nine will bloom.

Isn’t she beautiful? This is May Bell
This is some of the crew!!

As you leave you catch a peaceful scene. Kitty Kitty lying in a patch of sunshine.

Kitty Kitty loves the sunshine.

What a wonderful time we have had catching up. Let’s do it again soon.

I will be joining Natalie The Explorer over at the Weekend Coffee Share. Check out some of the other folks and their posts over there.

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!

The Nashville Time Traveler’s Vintage Expo

A couple of Saturday’s ago. My sister, my nephew, his wife and I went to Nashville for the Time Traveler’s Vintage Expo. We had planned it for several weeks and even though it had been a crazy week we were really excited to go. My niece heard about it and we decided to check it out. As I have mentioned before Nashville is about a three and a half hour drive for us.

I met my nephew and his wife in Madisonville and left my car there. We got some coffee and picked my sister up at her house and took off. Let me just say we have the most fun together. It doesn’t really matter what we do we always have a good time together. It seems like we laugh constantly.

We stopped at Buc-ee’s in Crossville for a bathroom break and a snack. I mentioned that in my post Monday. If you haven’t been to Buc-ee’s you really need to try it at least once. Here is the link to the post from Monday.

The expo was being held near the Nashville Fair grounds so it made getting into the expo and parking a little easier, we didn’t have to go downtown. It was a bit of a hike to get inside the building. At least it was indoors because it was HOT!!!!

The expo advertised clothing and home goods etc. we didn’t see many home goods.

It cost $12.00 to get into the expo. Once inside we found rows of booths set up. People were selling vintage clothes, purses and jewelry. Most vintage clothes will not fit me. They are really small but I still like to look. Now, when I think vintage, I think of clothes from the sixties and seventies. But one woman told me she had all of this vintage clothing from the early nineties. WHAT??? It’s hard to believe that was more than thirty years ago. That made me feel a little vintage. Anyway, It was a lot of fun. I apologize for the blurry pictures some of them I took from a video I did. We looked around and spent a few hours there before heading back home. We stopped for a quick dinner on the way home.

Is this not the most adorable thing? I can just imagine wearing this dress to a dance and going out for a milkshake afterwards.

This little purse was actually a hard shell purse. It was very unique.

I love this look. I love scarves and have several.

This was an interesting combination. Fancy!!!

Can you imagine wearing this around the house??

Now for a few things that I bought:

I love the scalloped edges on this dress. I thought it looked sort of
boho. I plan to wear it in the fall with a denim jacket. It is very flowy and comfy.
This purse is fairly large. You can tell by the size of the door handle beside it. I don’t think this is the original strap. Not all of it anyway. But I love these tapestry bags. It reminds me of one my mama used to have when I was a little girl.
This necklace is short and I love wearing it, and a couple of others I have, when I wear a collared shirt. It gives it a little something extra I think.
I love big rings. I always have. These are costume, and not really vintage, but they caught my eye when I first walked in, and when I went back around to the booth they were still there. It was a sign I should get them.
This was done by a local artist. She had several cat prints. Who is her model you might ask? Her cat Marvin. Marvin reminds me a lot of my big boy Gus.

That was the expo. I think this is the third year and I am hoping it grows every year from now on. I also hope they add more vintage home goods I think that would be a lot of fun. Do you like vintage clothes or jewelry?

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!

Hello Monday

There is a change in the air. The temps are slightly cooler and you can just feel a difference. It makes me so happy. I love Fall and cooler weather. You never know in East Tennessee it could be a teaser and crazy hot weather will return at any time.

How was your weekend? Mine was really good. I had plans Friday night with a couple of friends, some grilled steaks and some catching up girl time. Work got in the way as it sometimes does. We had a huge storm at work just before I left to meet the girls and it knocked our power off for about an hour and a half. I was a bit delayed but I still made it for much needed friend time. We shared a steak and some snacks and solved all the world’s problems. I didn’t stay too late.

On Saturday my sister and I took my sister in law out for lunch for her Birthday. I then ran and got some groceries and got back home for the rest of the weekend. I spent some of Sunday dealing with my credit card. I had some suspicious activity and had to call the credit card company to dispute the charges, and get the account shut down. I am so frustrated with this. I am very careful with my card and my husband barely uses it. I think it may have happened after being used so much on our recent trip. This is the second time this year we have had this problem.

Just a quick random question because that’s how my brain usually works: When you return from a vacation do you unpack immediately? Or does it take a couple of days? I like to unpack immediately and at least sort laundry and get it ready to go.

Last week when we got home from our Vegas and Zion National Park trip, I unpacked everything and sorted the clothes and got them ready to wash the next day. I had an extra day off from work so I started in the next morning on all the laundry that needed to be done.

I also decided to tackle shampooing my carpet upstairs. The only place that we have carpet is our upstairs bedrooms. I want to get rid of it. With two cats inside the house all the time, it is hard to keep it clean. So I spent some time shampooing those carpets and they smell so fresh and clean. I love it!!!

I went back to work the Friday after vacation. I had a lot to catch up on.

Last Saturday, more than a week ago, I went with my sister and nephew and his wife to Nashville to the Time Traveler’s Vintage Expo. To be honest we thought there was going to be more furniture and stuff. But mostly it was clothes, purses, and jewelry and fortunately, I can work with that. I don’t buy a lot of vintage clothes because most of them are really small. I did buy a dress. I love the colors and the scalloped edging. I will wear it in the fall with a denim jacket and maybe some boots.

On the way to Nashville we stopped at Buc-ee’s in Crossville. If you haven’t been it’s sort of like a convenient store on steroids. It’s HUGE!!! It has about a million gas pumps. Also the bathrooms are immaculate. So if you need a bathroom break that is a great reason to stop. Not only do they have some yummy food they also have a great retail section. And wouldn’t you know they happened to have some Halloween cuteness going on.

I know Halloween is over two months away but it’s never too early to look. Right????
These pillows are soooo cute!!!!

I’m such a sucker for Halloween decorations.
I love her. I may have to go back and get her.

Lots of yummy food and snacks.

Monday morning came too quickly. I am so far behind on my posts. I will post tomorrow about the Vintage Show. There were so many cool things there I just have to give it its own space.

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!