Wonderful Wednesday...

"Great is his faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning." Lamentations 3:23


Uhhhhhhhh..Kobe...ppsssttt...she's pointing the little box at us again....


Soft as a baby bunny...sweet little Woobie...snoozing...soon to turn 7, when else?...Valentines Day!



Hey ma...are these edible????


They don't smell good...I'll get Kobe to try one first....


Beautiful, irresistable reminders that Spring will come....just...not....yet!


The simplest of beauty is sometimes the most charming...Clear glass milk bottles from my Grandfather's farm...now gracing my cottage house as vases for lovely flowers...**repurpose! Thanks to my sis Debbie for the 3rd one.


A few of my favorite things....sparkleys....wrought iron....chippy whites....and FLOWERS!


This is my latest and Greatest treasure find. For 18 years I have waited for this..a really well built Island that was SMALL enough to fit in my kitchen -(18x36), and inexpensive enough to fit my wallet contents. It is a solid wood base and a thicker true butcher block top. (HEAVY!) Because I serviced some wonderful and generous clients over Christmas and New Year's...I used my TIP money to get this deal off of Craig's List from a young couple moving to D.C. She was quite sad to see it go. I searched on line and found that I paid below 25% of the retail price. I love Craig's list!!!


Of course...yeah...I embellished ...with GW finds...




All of us are enjoying the extra surface space and drawers...

On a separate note...my front brakes have been making a grinding sound, and my dad had asked me to let him check them out. So this week I took my van over, and while he was checking out the brakes, I was upstairs going through my mom's cd's and all of her jewelry once more. The first time was too hard to really concentrate...cried again...thankful my dad was oblivious in the garage...I picked out some more pieces just because..and then I went in her bath...looking for ......THIS.


Found it! My mom made this (she dabbled in ceramics when we were little!) in 1967. I consider it vintage. :-) I was seven, so, not even gonna think of what that makes me!
She had painted the date 11/11/67 and her name~Zoie...on the bottom. I love this. Anybody else remember these??


I thought of this little treasure one night when I was laying in bed thinking of mama...remembering all the little things she said...and of course you have heard me say, She always stated, JUST wear a little lipstick and you'll look JUST fine. :-) I wanted to find this delicate little handmade pretty. She is more than just a memento. She touches my memory and my heart. If my sis reads this...I hope she didn't want it.
And of course...you KNOW how I love blue and white.

I will close my lengthy returning post with this...


Moving objects around like a bird rearranging twigs and feathers in her nest. This sweet feathered friend and her pedestal were pulled from other locations and placed on my dresser. I added a pin made out of thin metal, with white paint and mini pearls. It was one of my mom's. I wanted it out to look at. I thought it pleased the little bird and it surely pleased me. :-)

I am learning...learning...God is pushing my buttons...teaching me many things through circumstances, sometimes hard moments, as a mom and a lonely wife... missing my hubby ...TERRIBLY...(okay enough of that...my blog is not here for whining and snuffling....) A fellow bloggy sis, Dianna, and I have shared about God using tough times, trials, and hard paths to strengthen us and grow our faith. He is, so to speak, "PUSHING OUR BUTTONS" spiritually. (We push buttons to activate a mechanism...well when someone pushes our buttons emotionally, we usually get angry...) When God pushes our buttons, spiritually... HE is activating our hearts...to test and forge us...if we are soft and pliable and not stubborn or resistant. Dianna and I came up with our own button! Okay, we came up with the idea, but Kat my daughter created and put it together for us. RAH FOR MY KAT! *you see this on my sidebar, so I am explaining it to all of you. :-)
PS EDIT *****Mari you asked, and OF COURSE! Anybody can use the button... :-)



That's all my bloggy sisters...Thanks so much for stopping in today to visit, and I will have a cup of tea for you if you wish...

To my wonderful Dad...I am so grateful for his love and support and helpful hands to my family. I appreciate his abilities and gifts to be a Mr. Fix-It for just about ANYTHING, and always the hard-working Honey-Do man, for all his girls...Love you dad. Thanks so much for fixing the brakes on my van!!!

And to my dear husband, the missing other half of me, STILL......



Say goodbye Gidgy.... "Goodbye Gidgy"