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I rest my case!  Seriously?

Hellooooo

Seriously.....this is just tooooooo cute!

"Stuff in Tool Box"

I showed my Guest room a while back and several of you talked about my Tool Box.

You may remember I purchased it for $5.00 from the son of a man who made it 60 years ago.

Right now I have it in the Guest room with some "stuff" in it.....

You can see that it is just a gathering of things that I like....

This was my wedding Bible...

Everyone has old buttons...wish I had more!

My sachet from Rebecca at Gathering Thoughts.

A little bowl I bought years ago, but I love the little raised flowers.

Some old gloves and my Grandma's glasses.

I also have the pin cushion that Marty made me...you can see the top of it in the first pic.

This box changes per my whims!!

Joining Knick of Time for Vintage Things.

Updated ??? Guest Bedroom

Remember my guest room I showed a few days ago?  So clean, so organized, so calming.....

This is the same room today!

Yah......Wedding stuff!!  and it is going to get worse before it gets better!!

Have a great Sunday.....


Linking to Sunny Simple Life.

Idea Thank you!

Thank you to all of you that took the time to think about my design problem.  I will have to do some shopping it appears...but that will have to wait till after the wedding.

I know several of you mentioned about something in the crock on the left side, however, you have  no idea how big that crock is.....any plant would have to be a tree in there.  I have put a board on top at times, but I don't think I want another plant there....since there is one on the right side.

So I will play with it some more.....but I do appreciate the ideas.

Now if you all could just come and visit in person!!

Have a great weekend.....Talk to you next week!

Grrrrrrr!!!! (UPDATE)

I told you I had a decorating problem that I need help with.  So here it goes.

The wall behind the table has the curio in the corner.  Everything that is sitting on that wall is staying there...why?  there is no place else to put it.

I love my little cuckoo clock.  My husband bought it for me from Frankenmuth, MI.  So.....I put it on the left of the buffet....but then I thought maybe I should put it on the other side to balance out the lighter wood.  I just don't know how to decorate this wall.  The right side has the stupid switchplate that I cannot cover.  So, even if I put something to balance the cuckoo on the right.....do I just leave the space above the switchplate empty?  And if not, what do I put.  I don't want anything too busy because of the stuff in the curio.

See.....I NEED HELP!

I don't want a photograph....I would like to keep it sorta dressy....although, as you can see, I mix things up all over the place!
I do not have 2 pictures the same size and move the cuckoo, (although I don't know where!).  Trust me I looked!
Maybe I am just over thinking this....but HELP!  What would you do?

OK....I changed a couple of things and I like it and I will explain why I did what I did....but I still have an empty spot...Guess I will have to buy something...

I had the framed prints of Helen Keller's phrase....so I put that where the cuckoo clock was...and I had tried that before....but I moved the cuckoo clock over more and higher, the same height as the top of the glass hurricane lamps on the other side....I haven't talked to hubs about the switch, but I kinda know what the answer is going to be.

I changed the plant to one that is taller and put it in a crock to match all the other crocks... and I like that.

I also put some greenery around the hurricane lamps. These lamps were from my husband's family original farm house, so I like them out....

I think if I find another frame similar to the one on the right it will finish it the way I see it.

I am also going to add some plates above the mirror, but I don't know exactly what yet....I would like ironstone, but I don't have any....something to look for....

So NOW what do you all think??

Wish I Could Think of a Cute Title

however....

My brain is fried and my feet are sore.

I am planning my daughter's wedding.  Just a small affair, but still quite a bit of work.  I ran around yesterday, probably too much, to pick up some final items.  The wedding is June 23rd.

So, I am trying to visit you....but if I don't make it, please understand.  Life for me lately has been a little hectic.  It will settle down.  It better settle down!
Btw....this clip art is a pretty good representation of how I really look right now!!

Dragonfly Tea Company

Last August my husband had a Groupon for Fleur de Teas in Phoenix.  I did a post on it back then....I loved their tea and we have waited for another Groupon.  Yeah...they finally had one but now they are called Dragonfly Tea Company.

We went and I knew I wanted this one tea that I just loved.  But because of our move, I could NOT remember the name of it.

So I picked out 3 teas that appealed to me and a bag of Herbs de Provence.

I came home and went through my past posts and found the one about the teas.  There it was the tea that I considered my favorite.

Indulge Yourself.  I love that name.  They no longer carry it.  That doesn't surprise me, cuz if we like it, it is usually the Kiss of Death.

I called Holly and she laughted.  Unknowingly, I bought Sweet Surrender.  It is almost identical to Indulge Yourself.  See, I really do know what I like!

I also wanted to show the June page of my Suzanne Duda calendar...before June is over!

Get Out My Soapbox

You know I do not like to get political....

I want everybody to get along....

I want criminals off the street....

But seriously, arresting a woman for cheering at her daughter's graduation?  I have been mumbling since I heard this story.  Ok, so they told the people not to cheer.  Big woop....and she cheered.

Well, lock her up and put her in a cell with a murdering child molester.

Really people!

Where did I put that chocolate?  I just cannot believe this....can't even cheer at a graduation...no talking about all the kids that drop out and don't graduate...are in jv detention......


***Edited....I am not saying she shouldn't have been confronted....I don't know and the paper doesn't say  how long or how loud she was......I am saying to arrest her and charge her with disorderly conduct is a bit over the top in my opinion.

Sock Hop

Saturday evening was a Sock Hop in our community.  Man, it was cool!

I had an absolute ball.  We twisted, Hokey Pokeyed, and the Slide....my body is paying the price, but it was worth every ache.

I will have more pics later....here are just a few before the party got started....

Of course, Elvis showed up!

There was a hoola hoop contest....

Centerpieces were big Root Beer Mugs....and yes, we had Root Beer Floats....Hamburgars and Fries!

This couple are fantastic dancers!

This was the DJ.....

I rested up real good so I could have a good time....
I caught up with my magazine reading!!

Hope you had a great weekend too.....Hopefully by Monday, I will be able to move again!

BTW - Let's Twist Again....that song got way longer than I remembered it...(or maybe my body got a little older!!)