TOO FUNNY

Anyone who knows my husband knows that the man is pretty "old school".  ThIS man NEVER goes shopping and now I remember why I never let him go with me!  I had asked him to help me come up with ideas for gifts for our children.  Instead of looking around the mall and, actually, being of some help...he is too interested/irritated with all the various display mannequins throughout Macy's department store...

 




Martin "look at the fake hair on that mannequin..they don't even have wigs on them anymore"











                                                                 
                               



 "this one has no hair at all!"

 

           "OMG...this one doesn't even have a face!"

                         "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!"

TINY LITTLE TREASURES

I can remember, like it was yesterday, when Andrew brought this home to me after making it in his first grade class.  He told me it was "stupid" but that Mrs. Kerr had told him he had to give it to me.  I always put this ornament in the center of my tree each year.

My mother has always told me that she possesses no artistic talent but these ornaments turned out pretty cute.  I can't help but laugh every year as I put them on my tree.

This came from my sister Mandi.  She made all of us homemade cross stitched  ornaments one year.  I cannot even imagine how long it took her to do this but they turned out beautifully.

Jessica made these for me last year and I think they are so adorable!  She has a lot of artistic talent!

My youngest sister, Jeannie, painted these ornaments for us a few years ago.  She has always been quite an artist.  (she did not get this from Mother...shhhh)










Each year everyone in our family is supposed to make home made ornaments to share.  It is always so fun to me to see what everyone comes up with.  I have only shared a few of these treasures from my tree out of several dozen that I have.

Say hello to Chloe

       


                           


                      C H L O E

I was so sad when my precious Lucy got sick recently and had to be put to sleep.  She developed a respiratory infection that went into pneumonia.  We tried every antibiotic they make for pets but she did not respond to anything and after a week in the hospital we had to let her go.  There was so much sadness in our house that even Barney ( my cockatiel) quit whistling and actually stopped making any sounds for a week and a half.  I know that is hard to believe- but that bird (who normally whistles at everyone who enters my house) did not make a sound for over ten days.  I was so afraid that he had gotten sick too-but to our surprise he started whistling again once Chloe came into the picture.  Coincidence?  I don't think so! 

To my surprise, Martin said that he wanted to get another dog right away because it was just too sad without a dog in the house.  Lucy had been with us for over four years and there was such a void once she was gone!  I was even more surprised when Martin said that he wanted to be the one to pick out our new pet.  I think he did a really great job-she is adorable!

Almost done

 So here is my second guest bedroom (Ryan's old room) just about completed.  I was so excited to be able to use Jessica's bed that we bought when she outgrew her crib.  I have lots of memories reading her bedtime stories and cuddling with her during thunderstorms in this little bed. It has a pull out trundle so I can sleep two people in this room now.

The rug is an old braided rug from Fredricksburg that I snatched at a consignment store.  I was able to talk the sales lady into giving it to me for half price so I only paid $75.00!  It is in perfect condition and exactly the color I wanted!

I found this old shelf at an antique store in Mineola.  I had a small space that was perfect to hang it.

I came across this little night stand at the same consignment shop here in town and got it for only 20.00.  I need to decide on window treatments and get Martin to put my base boards back on then it will be done.  I have some wooden valances that Jess is going to help me decorate and I will post pics of those later.

Kinda Funny

The other day, after Jess and I had lunch, we decided to check out a fairly new consignment shop here in Tyler.  From the outside it looked like a small little shop but once we got inside we were amazed at how much stuff was in this store.  There were tons of nice furniture, accessories, high end purses and shoes  etc.  As we were strolling around, Jess grabs my arm and says "Mom, there is my old chaise lounge".   Now this chaise she is talking about was one that I had bought her about 9 years ago at an estate sale and I think we paid about $75.00.  It was white with big pink roses on it so very recognizable and besides that it was missing a button.  When Jess did one of her many apartment remodels quite a few years ago we sold that chaise at a garage sale for $50.00.  

So imagine how surprised we were to see that it was now for sale at this consignment shop for $250.00!!  

Kinda funny!

My sweet babies!

 


This is Barney.  He is my cockatiel that Martin and the kids gave me for Christmas 2010.  He is such a cool little animal!  I have taught him to whistle the cat call.  He is just like a watchdog in that he starts whistling loudly when anyone comes into the front door! Just recently Michael (Jessica's husband who is a police officer) taught him to whistle like a police siren-so much fun!  After he whistles and he knows someone is listening to him-he chuckles.

This is Barney's cage.  I keep him in the living room so he can guard the front door for us!








This is my precious little girl named Lucille.  She is the schnauzer that I stole away from Jessica in 2007 when she was a puppy.  She is the sweetest little thing and I love her to death.  She follows me around the house all day so I am never lonely.

At least one guest room is done!

This room was originally shared by the boys when they were little.  I decided that I wanted a guest room that was calm and inviting.  The bed is an old iron bed that I found hung out in the barn at the farm Martin's parents used to own.  The etigerre was the very first piece of furniture Martin and I bought as a married couple back in 1980.  We bought it at Sanger Harris (for anyone old enough to remember that store) for about $250.00 which was a lot of money back then!  I have just never been able to part with it because I can still remember how excited we were to bring it home!