nutz?

i found this article on msnbc this morning and found it so interesting!!

so after you read this go out and get some food for our winter time friends..

times are rough on them too....

thank~you~

ps..beth you are my shining star when it comes to feeding our winter friends

i know they do not go hungry at your cottage!

xox

give thanks~

today we have much to be thankful for..

times can be tough but you always have your family through thick and thin

and i am most thankful for that...

julie made her delicious french pressed coffee morning

as she does every weekend morning.we spent the early afternoon at my moms eating her delicious turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, rolls

and

several desserts.vera with my moms dog-gracie

my 2beautiful nieces-maddy and sam, my beautiful daughter-heather with vera and me....

wishing you many family memories...

xox

snowmen cometh~

how cute is this family!!!

directions are in this months cloth paper scissors

xox

gratitude~

i was over at eb's blog last night and she had a post on gratitude and that she was going to start a

gratitude-journal ..

it is a wonderful idea and i started mine last night..it makes sense to me after reading christine's explaination as to why it works, i am so in.......

how bout you?

what are you grateful for???

messing around.....

and the winners are.......

heather

maija

and because she knows me sooo sooo well-

ellen ......

thanks to all who left comments as it made be feel good that you stopped by......

okay, i will try and have a

little holiday giveaway next month!! so stay tuned..

prizes will go out early next week!

xox

portal to where contest?

is this an amazing picture?? it came in a email and i think has been making its rounds with no info attached..it looks to me like some kind of

magic portal

but to

where????

leave me a comment with your thoughts on

this photo and i will pick one or two out

with the help of chance marie

for a couple of prizes.....

drawing will be on wednesday...

xox

come & gone..

the faeries have come and gone..we did what we do best..

ate, shopped, drank and laughed like fools!!!

here are a few pictures from saturdays road trip..we went to delaware, ohio

home to ohio wesleyan college chartered in 1842..

very charming main street with cute antique stores and restaurants...

the one below~hamburger inn

started in 1932..

fabulous homemade delicious diner food...

gawd! it was heaven, had the best chili, never like i had before and grilled cheese...

it was just darling!! we will return there for sure!!

next door was an awesome antique store,

dont be surprised if you stop by good manor and you see this pulpit in a corner somewhere, lol

across the street was this contraption, lol

we had a great day and later that night we had the season ending bonfire!

a wonderful saturday spent with the bestest of friends...xox

tears and hugs were shed at the airport when we dropped them off..

we love them all so much and cannot wait until we meet again!

xox

YES WE CAN~

i am not political by any means

but this election is history in the making

and i will be vocal about

our country needing change......

i voted for change!

i found this video tonight and i think it is briliant!!

it was made by will i. am. of the black eyed peas..

check it out!

late on a deadline~

so i have owed someone something and am late in doing so...
but to my defense i really havent found anything that i
felt was right for her..but a few days ago i found something
HERE

that i thought was perfect ....so lets hope i was right..

instructions from a A Charming Exchange...

sunday night~

i know this post is lammo, but that is all i got!

busy this coming week as getting good manor ready for the faeries arrival!

they will start arriving on friday morning from the east coast

west coast and

the land of disney....