Well, look what I got...

Queenie @ Somewhere in Time-Christie
gave me this cute little award and I want to say THANK YOU and Wahoo! It's such a great feeling to know that someone enjoys coming over and visiting :0). Queenie is fantastic and her blog is one you should take time to visit. I think you'll like it there as much as I do. She's warm, welcoming, friendly.

I'm supposed to pick five friends to share this with and I admit, that was so h-a-r-d !!! But if Queenie could stick to the rules this time, I sure can too. lol!
First I just have to tell these ladies I hope they'll accept this award with pride. They all deserve it.

1. Dawn @ Dawn's Daybreak
2. Deb @ Garage Sale Gal
3. Traci @ Living the Good Life
4. Linnea @ Neabear & B-Daddy's Nest
5. Anne @ Anne Fannie's Green Acres

It's been wonderful getting to know you and share in your daily lives, your memories and your adventures. I know I will always find something wonderful waiting for me when I pop in for a visit. You are all special, wonderful, loving, kind, supportive, encouraging and have inspired me in some way, shape or form.

ALL my friends in Bloggerville are the best!

Pink Saturday 11/22

Happy Pink Saturday Everyone! It's going to be a gloriously beautiful day here, with a high of 85. It's going to be a very busy day so my pink is short and sweet today.

Here is my sweet furbaby Cookie sitting atop her pink blanket and sporting her oh so fashionable pink & red winter sweater. Cookie is looking a bit scruffy these days, but I tend to let her hair grow longer during the fall and winter months so she doesn't get to chilled. We warm bloods do not do well with the colder temperatures unless we're wrapped up warm and tight :0).

Thanks for stopping by and spending a bit of your day with Cookie and I. Be sure to stop by Bev's @ How Sweet the Sound and see who else is parading their Pink.

The Pink Ladies Pledge...THINK PINK !!!

Show & Tell Friday 11/21

Oh Happy Day! It's time for Show & Tell Friday! Please visit Kelli @ There's no place like home to see who else is sharing.

So continuing on the theme from yesterday, I decided I'd show a bit of what's inside those wonderful Junior Classic books.

One of my all time favorite stories is Beauty & The Beast. It's a story that originated in France and is in the Junior Classic, volume 1. It's such a gift to read the story as it was meant to be told. Not sugared up or changed. Sometimes the endings are not happy, but other times...they are.
Look at these illustrations...Thanks for spending a bit of your day with me. I hope the rest of your day is great!

Three or More Thursday 11/20

Happy Thursday!
You know what that means?!
It's time for THREE OR MORE THURSDAY !!!
Yahoo! Three or More Thursday is hosted by the lovely Tam @ The Gypsy's Corner.
Be sure to pay her a visit and see who else is showing their "Three's & More".

Books, books,
everywhere books.
Actually this is the little "cubby" in the hall.
I think originally it was built as the phone center or message area.
There is an old looking phone jack below this first shelf that makes me think that.
I keep my books here. These are maybe 1/100th of what I truly have (seriously). I'm a firm believer that one can not have to many books. My hope, is that as our children leave our nest, I'll be able to turn a spare room into my "library". It'll be where I can put out all my books, read to my hearts content...it will be one of my "happy places". Of course then I return to the reality and realize that we will not be empty nester's for a good long while (which is a good thing) and even if one of the older girls decides to try her wings and fly away, the extra room will be given to one of my boys.

This is the second and third shelves as we move up. I've a pretty eclectic mix of books out right now. I generally change the books out every few months. You can see there's a book that gets a lot of attention. The covering on the spine is torn. Actually that book does have a broken spine.
See that Childcraft series? I purchased those the same day I purchased the dishes I shared in Monday's post...At the county fair when my eldest girl was 10 months old. These were bought with her in mind. Now five of "our" children have enjoyed this set.
This is the very top shelf. These are my Junior Classics. I've two sets. The slightly larger books on the left are the "Junior Classics" which have been in my family since the late fifties. The ones on the right are the "New Junior Classics". These were a gift from my sister in law. She was out thrifting and came upon this set. Knowing how much I loved this series, she grabbed snatched them up and gave them to me. She is one of the sweetest and most sincere people I've ever known. Back to the books, this set is missing book number one, so I've been on the lookout for this missing book for over fifteen years. I've yet to find one to replace it.This is the copyright page from book one of the first set.This is the copyright page from book two of the second set.Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll visit Tam to see who else is sharing and while you're at it, why don't you join in the fun and share your collections too :0).

Been Tagged. The Bookworm Award...

Bookworm Award

Yahoo, What fun!


Shelia @ Note songs (who's our blogland Sweetie) passed this on over to me. I love these things. I think they're so much fun :0).

Here are the rules:
Pass this on to 5 blogging friends.

Open the closest book to you, not your favorite or most intellectual book, but the book closest to you at the moment, to page 56.
Write out the 5th sentence, as well as two to five sentences following that..

Okay, here goes. I was pulling out some Christmas things yesterday and sorting through. Normally I display Christmas themed books and magazines on my coffee & end table during the season. This is from a book called "It came upon a Midnight Clear" which is just a collection of stories. This is from a story called The Teacher by Jude Devereaux

Page 56, 5th sentence...
"When Cole looked at her his eyes were cold. "It doesn't matter to me what you believe. But what I have just told you is the truth". "And I guess there is nothing in this for you," she said, one corner of her mouth tilted up in a smile of disbelief. "You don't get riches beyond belief? You don't get power to control a town full of people? To make their decisions for them? To-"

Okay so now I get to try and pick 5 blogging buddies to pass this on to. This is always the hard part :0).

1. Deb @ Garage Sale Gal
2. Dawn @ Dawn's Daybreak
3. Queenie @ Somewhere in Time
4. Linnea @ Neabear and B-Daddy's Nest
5. Bella @ Bella Della

Thanks for playing along ladies !!!

A heartfelt Thank you, Blue Monday & I've been tagged...book tagged!

This will be a big post, so please bear with me. It's all good!
I must give a big THANK YOU to Deb @ Garage Sale Gal.
Not to long ago she celebrated her "101st" post and had a special give away. Guess what?! I'm the winner :0). On Friday a nice package arrived on my door step. I Opened it up and was greeted with multiple treasures.

Deb makes the most wonderful handmade cards...

Look at all these wonderful things!!! I've all ready got plans to frame the vintage napkins and drink coasters, and as soon as my eldest girl saw the red/white crocheted pot holder/coaster/treasure, she said "that is so you Mom!". You'll also see a wonderful Christmas hankie, a cute little cut out of cute "stocking stuffers" a Santa Clause cookie cutter (which my eldest son has all ready made plans to use), some wonderful old lace, a wonderfully girlie post it notepad and a Laura Ashley notepad which is perfect for me to make my Christmas "to do" list on...a white Christmas hand towel with red & gray snowflakes, a red "peace" soft/stuffed/cushy ornament~~~Oh! and look right there in the middle!Some of Deb's wonderful handmade cards. I love, love, love them! I love it all!
Deb-Thank you so much for being such a wonderful blogging buddy, for always being so positive, supportive and encouraging, for sharing yourself, your family and your faith with me and for just being a truly wonderful person. I am so grateful and thankful to have made your acquaintance and to be building our friendship.



Hip Hooray! It's time for Blue Monday! Be sure to pay a visit to Sally @ Smiling Sally and see who else is sharing their blue.

This is my everyday dish ware. I purchased this over 22 years ago at our county fair and it's still going strong. It's made by Arcopal/Table Charm. When I purchased the set, I was told it was virtually indestructible. Over the years it really has held up well. The glasses were not as resistant as the dishes though. All the glasses were lost (earthquakes and dropping them), and I've six of the eight wineglasses left. Along with my service for eight, I've two serving platters, two big serving bowls, a medium serving bowl, a small serving bowl, the wine glasses, the tea cups and saucers, the coffee mugs, the compote bowls, the relish dishes, the water pitcher and the creamer and sugar set. I know I'm forgetting something. Ah well.

Dinner and bread plate...
This is the new open shelving in my kitchen. The second shelf shows (from left to right) my wine glasses, the sugar bowl, water pitcher, creamer, and more wine glasses...There are two blue wine/water glasses that I've added to the mix just because I like they way they look with the set :0)
Close up of the sugar bowl, water pitcher, and creamer...
Close up of my wine glassesRound platter, oval platter, relish dish, compote/dessert bowl, & coffee mug...
Serving Bowl...
Tea cup on saucer, on bread plate, on dinner plate...(lol!)...
I use this relish dish in my bedroom to catch my knick knacks, jewelery or loose change...Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing in my Blue's. I hope you have a Marvelous Monday!

I've been tagged....book tagged!

I've been tagged by Dawn at Dawn's Daybreak with this book tag. (Thanks Dawn!)

The rules are:

1. Link to the person who tagged you and post the rules on your blog.

2. Share seven random and/or weird book facts about yourself.

3. Tag seven random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.

4. Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Okay, here goes. My seven facts...

1. I love historical romantic fiction...
2. I never skip to the end of a story to see how it ends. Even if the book is bad/boring, I will read it through.
3. I'm a huge Nora Roberts, LaVeryl Spencer & Debbie Macomber "fan".
4. We've so many books that we never tire of what we have.
5. I have children's books that belonged to my eldest child (now 23), that 18 year stepdaughter read, that my seventeen year old daughter has read, that my nine year old has read and that my now five year year old is making his way through.
6. I don't buy books "new". I'll buy them from Amazon, Ebay, used book stores and garage/yard sales.
7. I love me a good ghost story :0).

I know I'm supposed to tag just seven, but I'm horrible about picking just seven. So, please, if you'd like to play, please do and then let me know! I'd love to read all about you!

Pink Saturday 11/15

Yay! It's time for Pink Saturday. Be sure to visit Bev, our ever gracious hostess with the mostest, @ How Sweet the Sound to see who else is prancing around in Pink today.

A sweet bouquet with a pretty pink rose. Hubbs can be the sweetest guy....sigh*
My favorite hat box. They are wonderful for additional storage and hiding anything you don't want displayed. Up top you see one of my tea cups enclosed in my crystal cloche , er umm-cheese dish, lol! Hmm, looks like Little Miss Rabbit is trying to get into the pink thing too.Thanks for stopping by and spending a bit of your day with me. Be sure to stop by Bev's and remember...The Pink Ladies Pledge...THINK PINK!