I Met Marty39!

Marty and I were able to meet for lunch on Thursday. What a fun day....we had lunch at Paradise Bakery, talked, ate a chocolate chip cookie, talked....exchanged gifts, talked

This is the precious teacup that Marty gifted to me...it is so precious and I love the border design!
After lunch we ran to 2 Goodwill stores. I found a couple things I didn't buy....proof that I do walk away occasionally!


See.....I was so tempted...but I have some chicken dishes, so I said step away from the 99 cent dishes. I am not quite over it....but time heals the wounds.

If you get a chance to meet a fellow blogger, do it!! I can't wait till my next meeting.

Chicken Tablescape Thursday

I have seen so many lovely chicken/rooster tablescapes...I just had to try my hand at one. I don't have as many lovely chickens, but it is a nice table for my hubby and I to have a simple breakfast I used some gold napkins as a runner on a black tablecloth.

This plates were from our area grocery store.

These bowls are perfect for cereal...rooster on one side,

sunflower on the other.

I have had these gold colored goblets for years...don't know where they came from...maybe Big Lots.

Little salt and pepper shakers from Ross.

Cute little egg cups from an Estate sale.

This I know I got at Big Lots!

The napkins are really towels from Cracker Barrel. On sale yesterday! They are perfect!

Well, I am off to visit all the other pretty tablescapes at Susan's. See you there!

July 4th Weekend in Payson/Pine AZ

My husband and I spent the holiday weekend Up North in the mountains of Payson area. We just looked at all the little shops and enjoyed the scenery and the cooler weather. We actually had rain!! Here are a few shots of a bit of what we did and saw!
This is an old gas station made into an antique store.

My hubby really enjoyed this store!

I thought this was so funny....better get those ladies in to spend money!

Now, I would have bought this, but I would have had to take out a small loan...believe it or not, it was almost $400.00! Nope, not kidding!

Cool stuff....

This little store was so sweet, but it is closing.

If only I had room.

This was the darling dressing room.

Yep...I had to take a picture especially for Shelia!

This was Bentley favorite place...the balcony of our hotel room. My hubby says that he liked to smak talk to the birds and squirrels.

Speaking of which....

This squirrel was the evening entertainment!

We enjoyed some lovely scenery.

Hope you enjoyed a taste of our wonderful weekend. I did buy some little goodies...but that is for another day!

Doggie Questions Answered

I just wanted to answer some questions about our new dog Bentley.

Bentley came to us through a friend's daughter co-worker. They originally rescued Bentley when he was dumped from a car and left. ( No, we can't understand that either) The co-worker's husband rescued him from the road and took care of him for a couple of weeks. They have several dogs so they wanted to find a home for Bentley (that is what my hubs and I named him, and he knows his name quite well).
We took him to the vet and he is about 18 months old and a Lhaso Apso Mix. His fur is fabulous! He was scared to death at first. We couldn't get near him. We finally figured out to keep a leash on him and then we could get to him. Once we started loving on him he just calmed down. He is still a little timid with fast moves. He sleeps under our bed. We were a little concerned when our grandchildren came over on Sunday, but Bentley loves kids. No problem there. We have had him a week now and he has found a permanent home and trust me....is already spoiled. And I didn't do it alone. Hubs had his part in it also.
Tomorrow, Bentley is going back to the vet for a bath. They will check his ears, paws, everything and get him cleaned up. They suggested I wait for a bit to have him groomed professionally. He will also be having surgery in 2 weeks. Nope, Bentley will not be your puppie's daddy!! If you are just now reading about our new addition, scroll down to the last post and you will see his picture.
You want to know how life can change with a doggie? Yesterday we had to go look for a new dishwasher. (Can you believe this one from the builder only lasted 3 years...infuriating!) After that I wanted to stop at HomeGoods. But the dishwasher took longer than expected and I said, let's do HomeGoods tomorrow. I want to get home to Bentley. Oh my goodness....this could be serious....I am sure I will recover eventually!

A Very Fun-Interesting-Busy Weekend

I can hear you already say...Ceekay, can't you do anything without a story??

Apparently not!

Last Monday started out pretty normal. I went to get my nails done. Coming home my friend Candy called and said she knew of a dog we might be interested in. Well, this little precious fella has had some difficult days. He is going to take some loving and patience, but he already has started to make himself at home with us. As the story continues, we didn't know we were getting a doggie that day and we had already made plans to go "up north" for the weekend. So what could we do, but take him along! He loved it. He played with another dog, he tried to run away, he likes fast food restaurants, and he likes to get up about 5:30 AM!

Our Bentley is 18 months old and a ball of fur! When he feels like being loving he is a precious baby. When he doesn't want to be bothered, well...best to just leave him alone for a bit! We were thrilled though when our grandchildren came over and he just was the happiest dog to have them to play with him. Lots of giggles there!

I have lots of pictures of Payson to share later this week. We garage saled (have they made that a word yet?) and antique shopped and flea marketed till our feet and paws ached! It was so much fun...but that is for another day! Till then, you will find me trying to catch a nap!

Oh and by the way....my Friday's post didn't come up to have the right one on

S & T. So if you get a chance look at my previous post and see if you like my finds!!

4th of July, 2009!

I am so anxious to share some of my recent finds for Show and Tell at Kelli's. I went for quite a few weeks and just didn't see anything that "thrilled" me to buy it. But that "problem" was resolved last week, when, I frankly could have bought the stores out!

My hubby bought me this adorable candle holder when we were in Prescott as a surprise to me. I was antiquing....and he went into the candle store and found this copper looking calla lily candle holder. It is so pretty at night and I finally found the perfect place for it...which wasn't easy!

While antiquing, I saw these little goblets. There was only 2, but we are only 2! I didn't NEED them, but when they said $1.00 each...well, could you have resisted?

and 2 compote dishes...yep, same price...and they are crystal.

OK, on the squeal level...well, let's just say I was having a Hallelujah moment inside Hobby Lobby when I found this fantastic baby!!!

Hmmm, you all are squealing with me now too...I KNOW you are!

I put my little wreath and eggs from the Apothecary jar...and it made room for my previous post of CJB!

Story time....please hang in there with me....a while back Ro and I were looking at these little clocks from Bulova on line. They are $80 to $100. They are about 12 inches high. ok...fast forward....last week hubs said, while we are out, do you want to stop at Big Lots? I said I didn't need to...and yes, I really did say that. Well I walk in and stopped in my tracks. There was this little clock.

Well, I was just carrying on about how I couldn't believe it...and how much they were...so, we bought one! Now, it still wasn't $5.00 mind you. Wish it was...but the price was less than half!

Well, I am going to take off the rest of the week from posting. Going to enjoy it with my hubs. I hope all of you have a safe and memory making July 4th celebrating this wonderful land we live in!

Just a Cracker Jack Sunday!

I know, I am stretching it with the title! These little Cracker Jack boxes have almost become as popular as Target white birdies...so I figure I would show just how copy cat I can be and show my CJB boxes too! You know the saying...copying is the greatest form of flattery, etc, etc....

Now Picket was so brave and clever and opened up one of her CJB boxes.....but as you can see, I am thus far too chicken to do that!!! (Isn't that silly...but then again, you never know when you might see these cute boxes AGAIN!!)

They really are cute though and go so well with the Patriotic decor right now.

So, have a great (CJB) Sunday blogville...rest and enjoy family time! and maybe eat a few Cracker Jacks!