Bearly a Mosaic Monday!

Yep, it is Mosaic Monday at Mary's and I "bearly" made it. Today I am showing a bear I made about 12 years ago. Yes, you read that right, I made it. I had a friend from our church at the time who made bears, and she walked me through making this bear. Notice, I only have one! She is precious though. The one picture is her praying...hey, I take all the prayers I can get!
When I moved to AZ 14 years ago I did not own one bear. And this lady could not believe it. So any bears I have started from a few ones I got at that time. I really don't display my bears much anymore. But I bring them out for holiday decor or just sometimes to make me smile.
Don't forget to visit the other mosaics at Mary's Little Red House. I won't be back for a few days...but I will try to visit.
Talk to you at the end of the week!

A Winner!

This time I really did win...like got my name drawn. I just received all these lovely gifts from Esther at Shabby Cottage Collectibles. The little Teddy Bear she hand felted! I haven't had time to look at the books yet...but they look like hours of entertainment!

Hmm, maybe I should get a Lottery Ticket....no, not really!!! But it is so much fun to get these packages in the mail. I am thinking soon I will be doing a giveaway to say thank you to all my lovely blogging friends.
I got a few decorations for my black Christmas tree. I am so anxious to get it finished so I can show everyone.

Hard to believe, but 2 weeks have passed and Monday is another treatment.
For those who know Ashley from Too Jazzed to Sleep, please remember to keep her in prayers. She has started her pretreatments for her Stem Cell transplant. This is so difficult and she has been sick for quite a while.

I hope all of you have a wonderful Sunday together with family and friends.

Two More Gifts! These are Gorgeous!

At our AZ luncheon, Sherry from Country Wings in Phoenix, made some Domino necklaces for some of the ladies. I was in love and wanted to know how to make them too! Sherry was so sweet and made this one just for me. I asked that it have a teapot...cuz you know me and going to tea....It is precious!

Isn't she the most clever lady? What a beautiful gift!

It has been a while, but my dear friend Rebecca, from A Gathering Place, sent me this adorable sachet. The work on this little pillow is absolutely lovely. The mound of flowers on the front and the little charms. It is precious and even more so coming from Rebecca.

The layered back with the sweet buttons.

I believe she sells these in her Etsy shop.

I think I have found what I am going to use on my Black Christmas tree! But that is for another day.

Feel free to say it...I have lost my MIND!

No really, it is fine. My hubby has said it. The salesclerk at Walmart said it. My girlfriend Candy, well, she just doesn't get it. So, go ahead, shake your head. Ceekay has blogged one post too many. She has lost touch with reality....

But I LIKE IT!

All last Christmas I searched for this. I Googled...I shopped...no luck.

But I found it! and I bought it!

My BLACK Christmas tree! Oh, the possibilities....black and white??, black and hot pink??, black and leopard??, hmmm....don't know yet....

Ceekay's doing the happy dance...la, la, la....

***added*** no, the tree is not a Halloween tree. It has red lights. I wish they were white....but the cord is black too. I don't know which way I am going to decorate yet, but red will have to be in the picture! And it wasn't clearance. Regular stock. I see I am not the only crazy blogger out there! I KNEW this would be a hit!!! Now if I can only be brillant enough to decorate it!

**** Thank you, I am feeling much better now. Woo hoo, a whole week without treatment!****

Draggin.....

To my regular followers, this is about as good as it is getting for right now. I have been a Draggin these last few days. After chemo on Monday I thought I would be ok...but here it is Thursday and I am still rather blah. I am going to post several things today to sorta get "caught up"!

I wanted to show you the beautiful package I received from Sammie at Bears In Exile. She wanted to be included in Ceekay's Giveaway Win! I was thrilled with everything...but was so happy to receive the slipper socks. I wear these during chemo and I needed a new pair! Thank you so much!

Karen from Some Days are Diamonds sent me a glorious box full of goodies to do an Altered Journal. I already have great plans for it. The items she sent are just fantastic...very vintage. Karen has become a dear friend and my only wish is that we lived closer to each other!

See the Bingo card....oh, I was so excited about that!

I went to a neighbor's garage sale and she had these wonderful bar stools that are the correct heigth for our counter. The cushions totally match our dining chairs.... She had paid 100.00 for them each at Mor, but wanted $20.00 each. I didn't have that much at home and was going to get the rest when she said $12.00 each.....oh, I was doing the happy dance. They are perfect!

I fixed our counter for a Halloween lunch before hubs went to work. I used the little jack-o-latern towels from the Dollar Tree for napkins...and

My halloween Beanie bears and Laura's note card for the centerpiece!

Bentley was such a good boy Halloween night. He loved all the kids coming for candy. Not a peep out of him....

And the candy finally went. Not too many treaters, but enough cute little ones for this grandma to get her cute kid fix!

Hope you all are having a great week. I think I am finally turning the corner and may actually feel better tomorrow. I sure hope so. There is an item at Walmart (Kat, you KNOW) that I want to get so bad, if they have come in yet. That is on my list of things to do!!!

Just saying Hi!

Infusion went well yesterday. Longggg day though. About 13 hours gone from home. So, today, I got a little bit caught up, ran to Target - well actually my hubs drove me! We are working on our shoebox toy boxes for Christmas. They are soon do back at church. Then I got the bug to go through all my packages that I drop off in the guest room of gifts I have bought. What a mess! Well, got that straightened out as much as possible. Now, I am done. Hoping for a good night's rest tonight!
Any other of you starting the "how am I going to get all this done" yet?? This year I feel pretty good, but I have so many doctor's appointments and they take all day....
Of course, this is hubby..."we will get done what we can when we can". Isn't that such a man for ya?
So, all in all, a good day. I am hoping to be perky enough later this week to show the rest of my give-away wins, my garage sale find, and my precious Bentley Halloween night. Till then, hope you all are having a wonderful week.

My Pumpkins Speak to Me!

Today is Mosaic Monday at Mary's Little Red House. I thought today to join in the fun I would show more of my pumpkins that have words or verses on them. I will always buy a new one if it says something different. I am a word person (which anyone who has met me will vouch for!) ...I love to use words and decorate with words and alphabets around our home.

Our last beautiful month of our Autumn/Fall decor. It goes faster every year!

Monday I actually am receiving my second treatment. Praying that it goes as well as the first one two weeks ago. And more than that....that it is working. We received wonderful news the other day that our friend Katie who I asked you to pray for earlier this year is tumor free. She will be having radiation as a safety net...but she is basically in remission. This is such a blessing for her husband and three little children. Thank you for all the prayers on her behalf.