come sit awhile

what...38?

yes...

thirty eight!

this is me,

today

 

a few girls at work took a guess at my age...

31 ?

my twenties ?   i love her

um, no.

not even close.

 

it's all in how we feel, right? 

so i'll take the "my twenties"...

ok, late twenties

 

 

 

 

Christmas Tour of Homes 2009

The Nester is hosting a Christmas Tour of Homes 2009...blog style!  

ready...here goes!

 

my dining room with my new black and white swirly plates...courtesy of Hobby Lobby

 

a closer look

 

the whole shebang...faded-crooked-once-beautiful-rug and messed-up-chair-cushions-because-jackson-messes-them-up-everyday and all...

but i love it! 

 

my kitchen tree and my most favorite of all (other than jackson's) 

 

new ornaments i got for my birthday

  

and my "three ho's" as jackson referred to them last week..."mom, we've got three ho's at our house, don't we?" 

THAT'S MY QUICKIE TOUR!  nothing much new added since last year...i actually didn't even get out ALL of my stuff this season

so i've been a bit busy lately...

you can visit my posts from last year

here

here 

and few here too

i know, it's crazy!

i'm hoping you'll join in...if not go see ALL that there is to see! 

it's a bunch

 
  

antique'n and junk'n...we went to town

two of my favorite things other than plaid, of course!

Blue Ridge has a nice little antique store where vendors set up shop and sell their stuff and i FINALLY made my way there!

a fourth of the way through the store i thought i was going to need a buggy...

 

this was a wonderful plaid sled because everyone needs a sled, just not one for $450

 

and metal stuff...EVERYWHERE i looked!

could someone please tell me what this thing is...holding the bottles?  whatever it was it was wonderful, probably expensive and NFS (not for sale)

good thing.

old doors, old shutters, chicken feeders, antique christmas stuff, new christmas stuff, metal stuff, wire stuff, barn stars, furniture, rugs, lamps and so on

all good stuff

and i left with a rug for $20

i'll be going back soon, i just know it!

now for the junk'n part of my post

for months, while looking at what seemed like too many cabins...we would pass by this place on the side of the road (actually the guy lived there...out back, in a nice house for those of you that may wonder)

i see no other name to call it but the junk place

 

see? 

jeff rolls his eyes and looks at me when we pass by a place such as this...however, i get plain giddy 

 

it's junk for sure and ALOT OF IT however you do find treasures this way

 

like these metal wash tubs with a double stand

 

it went on and on...

 

nice displays

 

and this table back in the shed which sort of scared me to go up in...i really want my mom to go back and get it, it surely can't be much? 

 

we didn't go inside the main little store...the gentleman that owned the place had to go "home" and get his Family Christmas photo taken and would be back later.  we didn't want to wait 

i wonder how long this place has been there and how long it has taken him to gather these treasures? 

i'm going to find out when i go back
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

for the love of decorating...

 

this store opened a couple of weeks ago...it's less than 10 minutes away

grand opening was on a saturday

by wednesday, i had been there three times

is there really anything wrong with that?
 

i love this time of year

the weather begins to cool off, especially in the mornings and then the warmth of the sunshine in the afternoon

i love that feeling

and with halloween brings corn maizes, hay rides and pumpkins!

 

trying to find our way...

 

and just so you know, we cheated

 

 

 

i believe this is our biggest pumpkin to date!  

  
 
 
 
 
  

turning 8

yesterday was officially the day! 

IT REALLY IS HARD TO BELIEVE HE IS EIGHT...

jeff and i watched home movies of when he was just a year old...made me want to cry...he was the sweetest baby, i'm just sayin'

but i am so thankful to have these memories and that goes without saying about scrapbooking too (i so miss doing that...)

you forget the little things

 

like how he use to cross his legs when he sat and how he danced "with his arms" and his sweet little voice and his pointer finger

gosh, i loved it all

 

one day "turning eight" will seem like so long ago...

take pictures, scrapbook...or just write it down

you'll be glad you did
 

 

if...

i drank beer, it would be this

 

Tech Light Beer...PLAID can.

i'm ready for Fall...

and pumpkins

 

yes, these are plaid

and cool mornings...

a birthday party fast approaching

and a trip to the patch...

 

photo 2008

deciding on a halloween costume...this is always such a big deal but we may make our own this year

hay rides...

Christmas shopping  i'm really kidding, sort of

Season Premiere's

starbucks showin' me some love...

  

decorating my front door...how exactly, is still to be determined

and long sleeves, shorts and flip flops

what about you? 

is the weather changing yet, in your neck of the woods??

 

a local (sorta) scrapbook store and a few treasures

thought i forgot about you, huh?  well, i have been extremely busy and i will catch you up on that at a later time...

i get this email on thursday evening from just let me scrapbook stating they are going out of business (actually her storefront only) and that she would have all of her displays FOR SALE!  now even though i had never been to this store (only online) i knew of several people who did and said that she had the best displays...all vintag'y and stuff!  

i was talking to my mom on the phone when i read the email...we made plans to go early the next morning prior to getting ready for out big yard sale!  

we headed to barnesville ga with my dad's truck in search of wonderful things! 

  

she DID have the cutest little shop...sad that these ladies have such difficult times staying open but with the economy and online retailers, sometimes they have no choice

 

 

see that antique tool box?  i practically ran to it in the store...and four days later i still have no idea what i'm going to do with it!  possibly store scrapbook stuff in there...make it look pretty, because i'm certainly not using it lately!

 

here's a picture of what my mom took home...that apple green table was leaving with us somehow, someway...there was absolutely no way was i leaving there without it!  it's an old children's reading table and it actually has someone's initials carved into the top

the window thing'y was backed with screen (like possibly part of an old screen door) and had this really cool shelf attached!

i also bought a cute little table that i haven't taken a picture of yet AND 15 minutes down the road after we left there...i called her back and purchased an old shabby door.  she's holding it for me...no telling what i may find when i go pick it up!

so that's what we bought at the scrap store!  my dad never asked why we needed the "truck" to go to the scrapbook store?? 

check out more "treasures" at Southern Hospitality, Rhoda will be glad you stopped by!

not one piece of 12x12 paper was purchased in the making of these photos! 

table photos and much much more to come...

happy monday!

red white and blue

i love the 4th of July

 

and this year, i finally decorated my table as it should be

found these plates a couple of years ago at walmart (yes, you heard me right) as much as i despise that place...they seem to be coming around!

here's the complete set

     

 

absolutely perfect for summer and the 4th

and of course, anything is perfect with black and white check plates.  amen.

several years ago i found the huge black basket that currently sits on my table at potterybarn...it was NOT cheap but it was one of those things that i just knew i had to have!  it was long and rectangular, just like my table and was a perfect fit. 

it is completely versatile and i use it ALL THE TIME!  

to this day, i believe it was money well spent

 

it is NOW filled with three round flower pots from hobbly lobby, 9 american flags from michaels 2/$1 and a 3479lb bag of sand from lowes

and voila!

 

i love it! 

here are a couple of other fun ideas...

red white and blue mason jars from Kimba at A Soft Place to Land 

a all out table celebration! at Between Naps on the Porch

 

happy 4th!