Stars and Stripes Forever

I wish you all a very Happy Memorial Day!

 

 

I am headed to lunch with the family in a bit!

 

I am proudly displaying the Red, White, and Blue! They will be up all summer!

I Love pulling in the drive and seeing them flapping gently in the wind.

 

 

Have a great day and rest of the week!

Knitted Dish Cloth

The other day I mentioned that I have been knitting dish cloths.

I thought I would share the pattern with you all in case you get the itch to do a little knitting.

They are really easy to make and are pretty quick.

Here is the link to verypink.com.

 

 

There are several other free patterns on this site as well.

 

 

I love the Sugar and Cream cotton yarn. Buying yarn is as bad as buying fabric for me.

I see all the fun colors and want to buy one of each!

Self control is something I'm working on.

 

Happy Knitting!

 



What is making you smile this week?

The weather has been so nice the last few days and it does wonders for my mood!

The sunshine and warm breeze are a gift from God. I love it so much!

 

I just wanted to share a few things that have just made me smile this week. Simple things that make me happy and thankful!

 

First are these really great brownies!

They are so yummy! I do think homemade is best but these are so easy and super chocolaty!

 

These glass egg cartons are so sweet!

A good friend gave them to me as a birthday present back in the fall and every time I fill them with my fresh eggs it makes me smile! I love to see them sitting in the fridge when I open the door!

 

 

I learned to knit before Christmas and have found it to be a relaxing pass time!

I am currently working on dish cloths. They could also be used as potholders I think.

Its an easy pattern that is pretty quick!

 

 

Have you ever made "eggs in a basket"? They are super yummy!

I had never tried it until last week but they have fast become our favorite way to eat a fried egg!

Use lots of salted butter and it makes the toast so much better than out of a toaster!

My Better Half loves to dip the toast into the egg yolk! Me, I prefer the yolk fried almost hard. 

 

I will be cutting some of these today to bring inside the house!

They smell so wonderful! I opened the front window and the bush is right outside, the breeze brings the aroma right in! I love this time of year so much!

So let me know what is making you smile this week!



Its been so long...

I can't believe how fast time goes by. Life has just been busy around here. There is always something to keep me on the run.

 

I miss blogging regularly. It just hasn't been a priority to take my camera with me everywhere I go. Because whats a post without pictures. I actually just forget most of the time.

 

I do have a couple things that I will be sharing soon.

I might have mentioned a desk for the office in previous post, well it finally arrived so I will share some pictures soon. I have some rearranging to do in the office to make everything fit just right.

 

A few weeks ago my husband was cleaning out a barn and found this great library card catalog cabinet. It needs some work, so it is sitting in the garage for now in pieces. It has 60 drawers and is AMAZING!! It kinda looks like this one...

 

 

I can't wait to bring it inside!

 

Spring makes me so anxious to clean and organize things!

I have a million projects that I want to get done. We will see what all gets accomplished this summer!

 



Chalk Board Redo

Hello friends!

I hope everyone is having a great week! We are. Its been busy!

I'm looking forward to the weekend. I love Sundays! They are always pretty restful.

 

You might remember this frame I bought at a garage sale almost two years ago!? Wow, time flies!

 

 

 

 I had great intentions for it but never took the time to make them happen.

 It was used as decoration on the mantel and I really loved it just like that...
 

 (This was before the mantel remodel. I'm so glad to be rid of that ugly orange brick!)

 

...but after the mantel remodel, I finally decided to make the transformation.

 

All we needed was a thin board and some chalk board spray paint. We, as in my wonderful husband, ended up buying a piece of dry erase board because it was the right thickness, he cut it out, and just spray painted the back of it.

 

 

So it went from a frame to a cute chalk board!

 

 

I LOVE IT!!!

 

 Now I just need to learn how to write all fancy and cute!! Any ideas?? I might just call my big brother and SIL! They are great at that kind of stuff!

 

I hope all is well in your neck of the woods!

 

Have a great week!

 

P.S. Is anyone else getting spring fever?? I sure am!

A Little Organizing

Hello friends! I have spent the day at home and it makes me so happy!!!

I have been loving on my house a little bit and it feels so good when I'm all done with a clean house!

 

The master bath, well we don't really have one. It is right off the living room and the only full bath in this old farm house. The vanity in this bathroom kinda belongs to me. At least I took it over from the very beginning. My husband has very few beauty items so they go in the half bath which is also our laundry room. I know...kinda confusing. Just keep in mind this is an old house!

 

So this is my drawer in the bathroom vanity.

 

It holds all of my makeup, brushes, pony tail holders, headbands, moisturizer, nail polish and file, and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff.

 

It drives my husband CRAZY! He hates how messy it is, so I decided to clean it out!

 

 

Isn't that so much better! Can you tell the difference? I think I can. You wouldn't believe how much stuff I threw out. Really I did.

 

I love organizing!

Prayer

Lately Steve and I have been dreaming alot about different things. There are a few business opportunities that might come up. Things that we would like to see happen, but in the back of our minds we think "there's no way, its impossible, not likely to happen".

We dream big but then think that's all it will ever amount to, a dream.

 

And then I read this...

 

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think,

according to the power that worketh in us,

Ephesians 3:20

 

Wow! I love being God's child. The possibilities are endless!

It is exciting and scary at the same time, to think what God could do, will do, in our lives.

This scripture is now posted on the mirror in the bathroom so we see it all the time!

What a good reminder!

 

We also have a Bible study in our home on Wednesday nights and the topic this week was prayer. Go figure... and the last thing we did was read this quote...

 

" Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers. God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or boldest prayers. He is offended by anything less. If your prayers aren't impossible to you, they are insulting to God."

- Mark Batterson

 

Love that!!

 

So friends, pray big this week!