Just a few of my favorite photos

This is me and my youngest son Christopher he lives in Dallas Texas.   I had gone down to visit him for Mother's Day weekend and he took me around all downtown Dallas.  We rode the Trolly car around a few times.  So much to see and do and now I can understand why he loves to live in Dallas.  I'm not much of a BIG CITY girl I like the laid back COUNTRY.  But that's okay too. This was taken just before my hubby and I  moved from Oklahoma to Florida.  I will always cherish this weekend.  Thank You Chris I love you.  Mom

Now this picture is of my 2 boys.  Chris (left) is the yongest and Tim(right of course) is the oldest by 5.5 years.  They are a handsome set of boys.  Don't you think so?  The oldest lives in Florida and has for many many years.  He has a little family and an addition to the family that came in Nov 2012. 



This is my newest machine.  Stella.  She is a 1941 model Singer Featherweight Sewing Machine.  I bought her for myself as I had been wanting a FW for several years and since my hubby has a hard time buying gifts for me I consider this one a wonderful gift from my hubby.  Thanks Baby

 

2012 Red & Gold First Christmas Tree in our New Florida Home

Well Christmas is over and I usually leave my tree up until at least New Years Day but I have decided to take it down early and pack it all up now that the official move from Oklahoma to Florida is over and I have tons of boxes to unpack so I might as well get this done too and that way as we arrange all our stuff I can organize everything to and have all my Christmas stuff in one place.  And while I'm at it I might as well go through the many, many, boxes of Christmas stuff and pick and chose what we will keep and what to donate.  I just have entirely too much stuff.  I usually decorate the Christmas Tree in a different theme every year and This year it was Red & Gold with a huge custom bow on the top made by my youngest son Christopher.  Thanks Baby
Both the boys Tim and Chris helped me decorate this tree this year.   

 VERY VERY Proud grandpa.  These are Jerry's grandboys back in Oklahoma Connor and Logan

 

 

Well that's just about it for today I have to get busy lot's to do and it looks  like it will all be indoors today as the clouds look heavy with rain.  Cold front coming in today Burrrrrr

It's 12:57 and I'm still up :C(

 Can't sleep a wink so I decided to do some searching around in Pinterest.  I just love that site, there are so many interesting sights and views and so so many ideas on how to decorate this and that. We just moved into this house in October and I'm still head high in boxes so I wiill keep working on those.  But I'm also wanting to get around and decorate and fix up the house.  DH doesn't have too much to say when it comes to decorating just if he doesn't like something.  But he does give his opinion and I really like that.

I came across some beautiful wall treatments that I really liked and they look so easy to duplicate in my own home with my own talents.  So I might just have to get those started.  I definitely know I don't want my house to loo "too old" for my age I still want a more modern Shabby Shiek kind of look. 

Went by West Elm boy do they have some really nice ideas.  I found a dining table that was made out of what appeared to be old oak pallets (distressed wood)  it still had all the nail holes in it and it was really nice.  I think that I would like to make it a bit bigger though.  I really like the height of the table.  DH said he could make the table and I can make the pads for the benches.  Awesome!!

And I found this couch $4000.00!!!  OM goodness that's so expensive but it is a Chocolate Leather Couch.  I just love it too.

I also found this lovely little bed set of comfy goodies.  Makes you just want to jump into your jammies and slip under the covers and watch TV and stay in out of the cold Burrrr

 

Maybe I will have to be extra good this year and Santa will bring me these goodies I have here.  So hope so.

 

Bittersweet Day

A Bittersweet Goodbye today at 6:00 am as my hubby and I and our oldest son said our goodbyes to the youngest son pictured here.  He came to visit for a week for Christmas and now it was time to tell him goodbndedb ye.  I promised myself I wouldn't cry but as always I always do.  Since he is now a new Uncle he has made a very fast and definite decision.  He is going to move to either Atlanta GA or Miami FL and make the east coast his home so he can be by his growing family and we are all so excited about the decision but only now we have to wait until he finds employment here or close by so he can afford gto make the move.

We all really enjoyed each others company over the holidays.  Yesterday we all went out to eat at a place called Blue Waters Grill in Jacksonville FL and then we attended a movie together.  We went and seen The Guilt Trip with Seth Rogen and Barbara Streisand.  After the movie we all were talking about how we could see bits and pieces of our lives and how we have been treated or treated others and this was really an eye opening movie.  It definitely told me to behave myself and let my kids make or break themselves and find the ways to make it.  It also showed me how my kids thru everything that we have taught them have grown up to be respective men in this world.  And that always makes a momma proud.


Well today I plan to take down the Christmas Tree.  I know its a bit early but I have so much I have planned to do and to get done.  We are leaving for a week long cruise in about 3 weeks so I have made myself a promise to at least empty/go thru 100 boxes a week until I have this house all sorted and cleaned up and everything I want put up or stored and the rest of it given away to Goodwill or something. :C)  So I had better get busy.  My hubby has to study, study, study to take his FL Realtors Test so he won't be much help until after his test on January 3, 2012, oops 2013.  I guess I better start practicing that as well writing 2013 lol I'm always horrible at just remembering dates.

Oh Boy what a mess!!   Do we REALLY need all this stuff.  What about that printer.  I have bought 2 more since I bought that one.  Nope!  Off to goodwill it goes.  And that Knee Board?  The kids haven't used that in so long and why in the world do I have it and in the houtse too??  Hmm  I have alot to go thru and get rid of.  Oh well better get started as soon as the coffee pot finishes brewing my cup of Joe I'm on it.

Have a nice day.  Stop by often.
Brenda

T'was the Day After Christmas

Today is kinda a dreary day as a storm comes thru but the weatherman promises that the afternoon will become at least partly cloudy and no more rain.  We needed the rain here so the storm was a blessing.  The leftovers from yesterdays meal have completely taken over my refrigerator so there will be ALOT of turkey sandwichs lol and of coursI e the deserts were never even tasted so I have the 2 whole pumpkin pies, 1 apple pie, 1 plate full of cookies and 1 plate full of pumpkin bread.

After talking to my dad back in Oklahoma last night I think I will freeze several goodies and pack them all up and send them to my mom and dad for an extrat they only e thalling m treat for the holidays.  He was telling me that they only had one visitor yesterday and that since the ice\snow storm had been blowing in since the night before that they both had stayed in doors and didn't plan to get out and about at all.  So the visitor was a welcome.  He said that they had brought a few gifts and a cheeseball for them to enjoy.  We were discussing that how much he missed the family meals with his folks when he was a child and how my grandmother used to prepare the Christmas Dinner.  He has such wonderful stories to share and I am always eager to hear a new one.  So I know he will enjoy the treats that are mailed to them.

My youngest son Christopher will fly home tomorrow morning early and end his week long visit with us.  I will be a bit blue when he leaves but he says he will be looking to move to either Atlanta Georgia or Miami Florida!!!  So we will be anxiously waiting.  :C)  He has an extremely well decorated apartment in the downtown heart of The Big D!!  Dallas Texas is his home and he is a BIG CITY BOY so he will not be comfortable in the laid back country like his older brother and us.  Which that is okay too.  Just a few hours either way and maybe 200-300 miles either way will be so awesome to have travel and not by plane but by car instead of the 2-4 day drive (thatls how long it takes my husband and me of course we have to site see a bit and stop more often to get up and move around it's a real pain getting older...) but it shows in Google maps to only take 16 hours and its 1,000 miles from here to Dallas so if he moves closer that would definitely be awesome.  And he is also a BRAND NEW UNCLE!!!  Our very first granddaughter was born Nov 19, 2012 Miss Lilli Faye
Thurman.  Hope everyone enjoyed our litthtle family gathering yesterday.  It was a bit stressful but none the less very enjoyable.  Until tomorrow or when I have time to Blog again have a great day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiltville Mystery Part One

Well Shoot!!  I'm still trying to figure out how to post a picture on here and then upload it to attach to a link so I can link up on Quiltville.com for the Mystery 2012.  Guess its back to the searching thing.  I will probably figure out how to do this by the time the Mystery is over and then I can wait until 2012 Mystery if Bonnie does one to link my first time :-(  so dang frustrating this "Linky Thing" she calls it.

Its always nice to participate but even after reading her tutorials several times I still cannot "link up" to her Monday Link Ups about the ongoing Mystery.

I feel so alone out here....it would be nice to be included along with everyone else