My Kitchen Antiques

This is for Shelia of Note Songs. She asked to see some of my antiques. So I cleaned and dusted so they would be presentable!

My mom's cook book and cookie cutter on the right...

My mini rolling pins....

This is a coffee grinder find today....it is from the Netherlands...Art Deco....we paid $10.00.  There were none exactly like it on Ebay...but I think it is definately worth more than that!  and we LOVE it!!

The wedding picture is my grandpa and grandma sitting, in their double wedding with my grandma's cousin.
See the button tree....that is from Shannon - Northern Girl with Southern Roots.  It is in a doorknob and from her daughter's wedding!
I have shown most of these items before....but never clustered together...I hope you enjoyed it!

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Vee's Card Party....

Here are my selections for June....hope you enjoy them!

Joining over at Vee's Note Card Party.

This may not be the most exciting post..

for blogger land, but for us at Thinkin of Home....we are dancing in the "driveway"!

Bluntly, our driveway was a MESS!

We had had  it!  So we got our our tools, our work clothes, and my hubby started working!!

 This was a big project.  Sweep, wash, power wash, grind cracks, caulk, wash again, prime, paint, let dry, paint again....let dry again!   All in the heat might I add....

Before....see the black stripe....that had been cleaned multiple times and he used every cleaner known to man.....

Now since my hubby is a good man of Polish heritage....shall we say...

TA DA SKI!!

Now, it isn't perfect...but neither are we!  Yes, it is going to get yucky again from tires and stuff.....but, hey......I am enjoying the beauty while I can!!

Thank you Hubby.....WE WORKED HARD didn't we????

Happy Father's Day all Blogging Dads!

I thought you all might get a kick out of seeing me with my Mom and Dad.  They are both with the Lord now.

I don't remember a lot about my Dad, he died when I was 9.  He was a friendly, jolly man....I hope I get some of that from him.

My mom was 36 when she had me, my Dad 46!

Happy Father's Day, Daddy.....

He Never Ceases to Amaze Me!

I have been married almost 40 years, and honestly, I do not have the man I married figured out yet!

The other day he came in, handed me an envelope and said, "this came for you".

I opened it up and began  to cry.  Hubby says, "I didn't think you would cry."

Wouldn't you??

I always thought he would get me the moon if he could, but now I have a star!

Question all you Point and Shoot Gals

I desperately need a new camera.  I still want a point and shoot, cuz...

1.  I can figure it out
2.  I can take it everywhere
3.  I can't afford those wonderful hugo cameras!

Ok....what I have now, and love is a Fugi FinePix J110   10 mega pixels and 5x zoom.

I want to upgrade a bit.  More zoom for sure, more mega pixels. 

I googled best Point and Shoot and the Canon Power Shot came up.

Any advice gals??

Pretty soon the one I have is going to quit....the little catches to keep battery and card in is gone....the lens sticks sometimes...and without a camera, well, you get blog posts like this.....:(

NO PICTURES!   Thanks

From UGG-LEEEE

to much better....

This is what our electrical boxes look like....

I can't even imagine what they were thinking....begs the question...were they thinkin????
So a few weeks ago, at Lowe's the angels started singing!!

Can you stand it?

Now, believe me, I know these are silk.....I had geraniums, HOWEVER, now that it is 110 degrees...and it isn't July.  I quit!  Not until October will I try real flowers again.  And yes, I also know carnations don't grow in groups of red, white, and blue....but you know what else????  I LIKE it....!!

I may add to the fence, if I can squirrel away some money and before they are gone.  I could see one on the left and one on the right with little sweet bushes that don't need much water.....boy, the dreams and projects NEVER end, do they?

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Remember Show and Tell?

when we were in Elementary School.....well, let's do that today!

Cuz, I have so much to show you....

Ok, first of all, and I really have to show a better picture of this, I want to show you what my daughter gave me for Mother's day....

 This is a beautiful "doily" with a tea pot and cups....I have it under a cloche right now, so when I change things...I will lay it out flat!

She also gave me a teapot tea strainer....that girl KNOWS me!  I also got my yearly calendar with family pictures....that is a Fav of mine!

Then my hubby and I went estate sale-ing.  We had the best day!  I don't know what it was, but we found the best things, bargains, and everyone was so nice!

My daughter mentioned she needed some towels and a queen set of sheets.
Jackpot!  And the prices were 50 to 75 percent off the marked price.

Look at this tied quilt.  Perfect......not anything wrong with it, handmade....
it was $20.00, but we got it for $5.00.

See, my hubby and I are praying in a 1970's camper.  So far, nothing, well, that we can afford, but we keep looking.  My dream would be a 1973...the year we were married.  But I am doing it in 70's colors!!

 3 orange and yellow crochet doilies....$1.00.

See the sweet jelly jar on the right.  Well, this sale was fill a bag for $5.00.  I got both these pieces, a shower head rack, and...

this sweet pitcher...No, I didn't need it, but we threw it in!

 This little 6" rolling pin was $3.00.

So, we are leaving this sale, and in the garage I see this candy dish.  I said to hubby see how much....our 40th is in August.  

So he asked the man in the garage and he says....who is it for?  We both said, us, we will be celebrating our 40th in August.....he says....it is yours....my gift to you....

Can you believe that?  I was tickled.

 

 We stopped at Cracker Barrel for lunch and I just giggled when I saw this ant...

Hubby bought him for me!!

What a fun day!  I am tired, but it is a good tired!!

When You Feel Blah.....

My body is trying to adjust to my new chemo.  The score is chemo 3, my body 1.

Hopefully, I will start to perk up. 

 I packed away the birds and put out some summer items....

My lemon glasses from Dollar Tree...

 My lemon tablesetting...

I used my little radio flyers for the centerpiece.....

I added the bee honey server to my other bee items....

 A little S&P set and a candle added the yellow to the other side of the cabinet.

I found 3 of this sweet dishes at an Estate sale.  I picked them up 3 times...told my hubby "I don't need them"...but then the lady said they are now $3.00, my hubby said, "Get them."

They are a nesting set with the hand painting of the wisteria and bees...so pretty.

Have a great week my "peeps".....