C'mon...

Please tell me you love strawberry pancakes with sour cream as much as I do...

YUMMY!!!!

May Already?

Yes, it's been a while....again. Seriously, I can't make up my mind about this blogging thing.

Anyway, this is a shot of the roses I got for Mother's Day. They were shoved into a too small vase by my son and husband, but after a day or two, it occurred to me that they'd look really cute in the canning thing I bought at Wal-Mart along with the four jars I recently bought.

Love those boys!

Hmmm...

Yeah, so it's been a while. And my last post was pretty lame to boot! ;)

I got a part time job that feels like it is just sucking the life right out of me. Not a good feeling, but I guess that's life, huh? I'm working on a little something that will definitely help that feeling, but it's not anything that I want to share just yet.

There's been lots swirling around my brain to blog about, but I haven't had the energy to do anything about it. I have been keeping up reading all my favorites though and sometimes it feels better to just traipse through other people's days, don't you think?

This weekend is my birthday and our son has a hockey tournament, so I asked for four days off. I got them, which is awesome, and so I decided that when not at hockey, I am going to learn how to sew. And start painting all the furniture/stuff I've collecting.

No excuses!

I hope I can do it and not get too frustrated...I'd love to make something useful. I know I've written about this before but I haven't done anything about it.

Now's the time! Wish me luck....

As usual...

❤ My soon to be 14 (on Friday!) y.o. son taught me something new. ❤

☞ He showed me what the 'Special Characters' thingy does. ☜

☼ And I have two things to say about it: "awesome!" and "duh!" ☼

I am in ♡ with both him and this new-found fun!

I promise to show some control with this knowledge since

you all probably already knew about it.

☺

*edited to add

uh oh....and in color ✴

hot diggity!

I don't think so....

Late last night, while in bed reading, I remembered something I had to do downstairs so I went. When I came back up, Jim asked if I brought him a cupcake.

What?? It's about 1:00 am and he wants a cupcake??

For real.

He then says that maybe he'll just 'split one' with me. Nope...I don't think so! Seriously, who 'splits' a cupcake? Not me!!

Anyway....

You know I went back down and brought one back up for both of us. And they were yummy! ;)

Another find...or two.

I've been on the hunt for a couple things. I don't normally find things that I'm looking for, especially if I go the thrifting route.

Oh, I find lots of other things, just not what I went for. I guess, though, that's the nature of the beast.

A couple days ago, I went on what was supposed to be a 'Return a few things to Target' trip. I take those often...I'm surprised my name isn't on some national data-base that tells retailers I'm not allowed to return things anymore. I can guarantee I'd be over the legal limit. If there was one. :)

It's a bad habit, the shopping and returning cycle.

OK, sorry. Get on with it, right?? So instead of going all the way to Target (there are only two in my area and both are at least 15-20 minutes away. Without traffic. And I can only take the freeway to one of them - the closer one - and it makes shopping at Target not seem so fun.) I went to the Goodwill (it's super close to my house!!). Not sure if that's bad or good. Best not to analyze it, though, right? Just let it be.

{side note} In California I lived within a 10 minute radius of FOUR Targets. FOUR!!! It was amazing...they were all huge and getting outfitted to be super-Targets too, adding in the produce and all that jazz. Starbucks in all but one, ya' know? FUN! No Starbucks in either of the ones here. That was the only place I even got Starbucks - and not every time, but sometimes. You can imagine how disappointed I was when we got here, but it's better for my wallet I guess. At least that's what I tell myself....

Yes, I know there are worse things that I could be experiencing, but I had to vent for a sec.

Anyway! Sidetrack City. Sorry.

I did my walk-through and saw this adorable coffee table just sitting there. Do you ever see cute things and wonder why everyone else is just walking past, like it isn't even there?? I understand not everyone's definition of cute is the same and probably other people aren't looking for whatever it is you're drooling over, but still, do you ever wonder? I do.

At first I noticed it's color was kinda what I was planning on painting whatever I found, then I saw it's cute corners...

It's chippyness isn't quite what I had in mind, but I could paint it again and chip it the way I want to. And then the cute detailing on both sides...

All of it's fun looking legs and the support that runs the length of it (please pardon my lack of furniture term knowledge!)..."hi, sad floppy brown pillow!" "hello..."

And then I sat on it. 'Cuz that's normal, right? VERY sturdy! YAY!!! I grabbed the ticket off the top $29.99 (a little pricier than I'm used to in this particular store, but it's so sturdy, I couldn't balk at it) and did another lap.

I went back and put the ticket back on top.

And I LEFT! As in went to my car and drove away to try again to make it to Target (I didn't make it). As I was getting some draft blocker things at Bed Bath and (friggin') Beyond (TV show, anyone??) instead, it occurred to me that I really wanted that table!

Suddenly I remembered the lady looking at it before I left. And I panicked. I think maybe I need to do something about the panicking in thrift stores...it could become a problem.

Obviously, I got there and it was still there. :)

I couldn't believe my luck. Usually things are long gone when I go back.

You better believe I snatched up that ticket and took that table straight to the checkout!! :)

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A few months ago, I found this little cutie at the Salvation Army. I WAS looking this time and was pleasantly surprised to find exactly what it was I wanted and in the right color!

This little drop-leaf number I wanted for the dining room was just what I was searching for. It's not staying 'decorated' like it is now, not everything on it at least, this is just some stuff I put on it to make it look more like it had a place in the room.

{please pardon the wires. and the mini blinds...we rent this house and for whatever reason, the owners put these hideous things up. in every room! ugh!! it makes no sense because they spent a pretty penny on tons of molding...every door face, every entry/exit to every room, beadboard, picture molding, eight inch baseboards, etc. and then had the nerve (it doesn't go at all!) to put up mini blinds!!

hopefully some cheap alternative comes along until maybe we find our own house... :) }

The runner was made by my great-grandma. I have other crocheted pieces she did, but can't quite find the right places to put them. This, however, was perfect for the size of the table. I'd love for it to look dressed for a buffet, but maybe that isn't totally practical.

But maybe who cares, right?

Cute is what I want it to be, darn it!

That's my thrifting story for this evening...and hopefully for a while. :) Any good finds for anyone else lately?

Little red sled

I shouldn't have been in there, but I can't help myself. When I have lots to do, I tend to want to go shopping. You know the saying right? It's so true for me, unfortunately.

'When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping!'

Not that I'm particularly tough, but you get the idea. So, I should be at home clearing all the Christmas stuff off of the dining room table....I moved it there to get it out of the living room. That makes sense right? Move it all from one room to the next in big messy piles. No rhyme or reason.

Wrong. It was way more stressful that way.

Anyway, I was at the Goodwill, mostly just to take my mind off the mess at home. I didn't intend to actually buy anything.

Yeah right! Who was I kidding??

Nobody, that's who. As I made my way to the back of the store (where the furniture is, as if that was what I needed), I see a lady unloading her cart (checking to see if she needs all she has in it, like I do when I'm in there) and next to her pile of stuff I see this little number...

I love everything about it: Red! Chippy! Old! $12.99!!

"Huh, say what??!"

I hope it's not hers. I hold my breath and walk away. I know a normal person would have just asked her if she was going to buy it. But I feel like that would make her look at it and want it just because I asked her.

I'm a bit paranoid when it comes to thrift stores.

So I take another lap, come back to it and just pick it up. No fear. And she doesn't say anything, doesn't tackle me for it, just continues to look over her loot.

As I go to pay, several people comment on it and I seriously wanted to hit them. I don't know why. It was a very weird feeling.

After I got home, my elation faded as I remembered my mess and was kinda bummed that Christmas was over since this little ditty would have made a super cute decoration on my porch!

Definitely next year!

I love it's chippyness! SO much...

And all it's tiny little nails. Even the wonky ones. Maybe especially the wonky ones. :)

Yep...

When I lived in California, not only would you NEVER see anything like this in the Goodwill, you'd certainly never see it at $12.99! Prices there were like an antiques store.

Slightly ridiculous to say the least.

Can't wait 'til next year to do something cute with this guy!! :)