Baby It's Cold Outside

We're going for a walk anyway.
So bundle up.
It will be well worth your time...

Definitely well worth it.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Breakfast for My Princess

Because I love my daughter, I will be serving her the very best when she arrives home. Her first breakfast will be:

Egg Casserole from the cookbook, Sharing and Caring With Love from Vincent House

8 slices white bread
10 oz sharp cheddar cheese
4 cups milk
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dry mustard
1/4 tsp onion powder
dash pepper
1/2 lb bacon
8 eggs

Toast bread and cut into cubes and put in greased 9 x 13 pan. Sprinkle cheese over toast cubes. Beat eggs; add milk, salt, mustard, onion powder and pepper together and pour over cheese. Cover and chill overnight. Uncover and bake at 325 for one hour. Fry bacon until crisp. Crumble over casserole last 10 minutes of baking time. Serve immediately.

Refreshments will include orange juice and coffee.

I am really looking forward to preparing this meal. Can't wait.

Bag Sales - You Gotta Love Them

I went to my favorite thrift store today and they were having a $5 bag sale. You could fill your bag up with as much stuff as you could and pay only $5 for everything. I purchased three items. A cloth tree that reminds me of sewing projects from my high school Home Economics class. I love it. It reminds me of simpler times.



A quilted Coldwater Creek jacket. I can't imagine what somebody originally paid for this.

And finally, a little cast iron bench. I have the teddy bear that my Uncle Tommy gave me when I was a little girl setting on it.

Bag sales. I really do love them.

A Little Christmas Tree and a Happy Birthday

OK, maybe the tree is not so little. It is beautiful though. It holds ornaments that I have collected for the past 20+ years. Both handmade and bought.

My star for instance is handmade (cardboard and tin foil - more than 20 years old). I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Hallmark ornaments containing baby pictures of my kids...

A Westie ornament in memory of my beloved Teddy. DJ put him up high so he could watch over us...

A star Dave picked up in Kentucky...

A Yankee ornament, of course...

A handmade angel by my best friend and another Yankee fan, Jan.

Today would have been Jan's 56th birthday. Happy birthday Jannie. I miss you every day.

And last, but certainly not least, my two skaters that will be put on the tree on December 21st when my daughter comes home. Even DJ won't put his up until she is here.

We can't wait:)

It's the Little Things

that make my heart happy!!!

Take for instance, a postcard from my wonderful daughter :)

A Sneak Peak

With a little creativity and rearranging, you can do magical things.

Just look at what we have done so far and we are not even finished...

I hope your night is sprinkled with magic dust and your dreams come true***

Work Hard/Play Hard

In life it is not only important to work hard...

but to play hard too :)

in order to have a truly successful life...

Isn't that right Violet?

It sure is Mom.