Flea Market finds

Headed to Wichtia today after church to the flea market.
There were not a lot of booths today, maybe because of the cold day but I did find my 2 of the
cutest wicker stools.

The white one I put in my bathroom and the little blue one in my dining room.

Furniture swapping and shopping

My daughter and I decided we were going to swap some pieces of furniture. So I gave her my antique cabinet to use  and she let me use a black dresser of hers. I love it!!

We also went antiquing this afternoon. I was on the hunt for an end table for my love seat in my office. Couldn't find what I wanted so Steph suggested that I use this iron flower stand that I had  and gotten last year at an old barn sale and I love it...I never would have thought of this but she had a great idea.

Also on my black dresser there is an old bird cage that I got today too. I had a bird nest and bird that I had bought in Greensburg this summer and it worked perfect in the cage and I added some christmas lights. I think it turned out really cute..

It was a fun day shopping and finding some fun things. Tiring when I got home and had to put everything back together but I am really happy for the way it all turned out. Thanks Steph for your great ideas!!!

( the art work above my dresser, the bird and guitar are art work from my granddaughter Annie who is majoring in Graphic Design at K-State...) I love them!!

Things that remind me of my Mother

There are a some things that in an instant can remind me of my Mother.
Tonight I made some homemade beef noodle soup over cooked pototoes that I mashed with a fork.
My very first bite took me back to that little red table that use to sit in her kitchen. Such comfort food.

Her tea pot that sits on top of my stove. She used to put her tea bags in there for her ice tea that she made. So good. That pot sat in her kitchen and now it sits in mine.

Shower to shower talcum powder. I remember her coming out of the bathroom after taking her bath and she smelled like that powder. I smell it today and it instantly reminds me of her.

The old dining room table that she would open wide just about each and every week,she would have company and everyone would gather around. It didn't matter that her dining room was small and everyone had to squeeze together it just made it that much better. Passing the food from one end to the other. Many a meal has been eaten around this table and it now sits in my small dining room ( the scarf on the table was hers too) and we gather around it getting as many as we can and passing the food........

I think of my mom alot she has been gone since March of 1995....a long time....but it seems like yesterday...

Thank you God for the Mother you gave me..for the memories, for the sense of smell and the sense of taste.......I love you mom and miss you everyday! I would not have wanted anyother Mother....

When I cook...well....

No matter how hard I try I make the biggest mess in the kitchen preparing my food....but the end result...yummy...

Chicken Tortilla Soup on one of the coldest days that we have had here in Kansas in 6 years!!

Why me Lord

The last couple of weeks God has allowed me to spend a great deal of time with all my family.

The children and grandchildren and my 2 Great grandchildren are more of a blessing and joy to me then I could ever put in words what lies in my heart when I am with them and thinking about them now.

I want to thank God for what He has allowed me to love and what He has given me in my family.

The warmth, the laughter, the sense of humor, the love they have for each other and their love for God and respect they have for their father and me is incrediable. Each one of them is a bright and shining star in my life!

What am I thinking??

Ok I am the worlds very worst when it comes to this computer. I can not do anything...and I mean anything. I have been trying to put a different back ground on my blog and I can't. Other blogs I look at have cute pictures, cute back grounds and I can do nothing.

Tonight the Walker family was here, Abby got onto my facebbook page logged me out and then when I tried to get back in I could not...

Christmas my boys got on my computer and now I can not down load my pictures from my camara onto my computer...I hate it...I hate it I am so dumb....I can't stand it....I hate it....what is wrong with me???

Two of my boys are in the computer business...so what is wrong with me????

HELP, before I lose my mind....

October

Seems like it is the last rose of summer...and where did it go? Some days it makes me very lonesome to look over my life amd see just how fast time goes by. A lot of things happened this summer. We have been to Lebonon Mo. we have been to Branson we have been to Tulsa Ok. to Kansas City a couple of times, we have been to Colorado and in a week and a half we are flying to Chicago. I became a greatgrandma this Sept. I can't wait to see that little girl.

Our band has been playing out a lot more...it has been fun....God has given us some beautiful fall days...

Found out this past week my oldest sister has cancer....it saddens me to think that now I am in the generations that my parents were in when I was younger and that time seemed so far away....but young or old we are not promised tomorrow....and again we never know what tomorrow will bring...

On a brighter note....God is good, He provides our every need....the roses that bloom, the sunsets and sunrises....baby's cry.....I love where I am in life....go and come when the urge hits...bike riding, the grandchildren....so I am saying we need to stop and smell the last rose of summer....inhale the sweet, sweet fragrance...admire the beauty of the changing colors of autumn..get out your warm cozy blankets and snuggle up....drink up some pumpkin spice coffee...and enjoy and be thankful for what we have....