sunday randomness~

this is miss ruby jasmine one of our great danes...
today was a super lazy sunday..
i got to sleep until noon and didnt really get out of bed until 1pm...
went to michaels to get a few supplies for a suzi blu class that my bff-ellen bought me!! how special is she even though is is very TARDY in updating her blog!!! if everyone could go to her blog and tell her i said that it would be super great!! lol

and then maybe she would get the lead out!!!

anyway, then later we went to our local hangout- the bucket and met our local bffs-deb & kel..

i was famished as i hadnt eaten all day and by the time we got to the bucket is was around 530pm...so i had a garys belly buster, which is a cheeseburger with a fried egg and i substituted the fries for their kids mac n cheese which is soooooooo darn good.....

after that we walked across to our starbucks(its all in the same little square)

and had dessert, julie had the rice krispie square and i HAD you know it, come on!!

the cheery cherry pie!!!

its getting colder my wolf spiders are showing up on the patio...

i love this chandelier~~ see the antlers on it.....welll, i had julie pull them off of a dead buck that had been decomposing, she wouldnt get the other one for me because i guess, it wasnt all decomposed yet and she said it was totally gross and totally reeked....so thats it for tonight...see you all later...

home grown dinner~

tonight dinner was courtesy of a little roadside stand somewhere in licking county.....

grilled peppers stuffed with mozarella cheese, corn on the cob, tomatoes and grilled chicken....

the corn was OMG! heaven..i had 5 ears.....i know, but it was sooooooooooooooo good....

good saturday in general~

just when i give up hope on human nature..something happens that reminds me there are still those who believe in random kindness....texample~today a mom came into the shoppe and wanted to know if we could do some tune ups on her 4yr old sons glasses...he wasnt a patient and that was fine as we are always happy to fix what we can..anyway, i immediately imagined he looked like that cute little boy from jerry maguire movie..remember he had those thick glasses and was so darling, anyway, we fixed his 2pairs and gave him a couple of new cases for the glasses..the mom was thrilled and wanted to pay us, well we do not ever take any payment for that sort of repair..amy and i just thanked her and told her to have a great weekend..an hour passes and the next thing you know she bought amy & i starbucks gift cards and a box of mutiple pastries...

it was a nice surprise...

2nd of all we went out to eat at a nice mexican restaurant had a wonderful patron margarita and then off to world market, one of my favorite places to shop...

we do our shopping and head home for the evening....

it has been a stormy day all day and we are surrounded by heavy grey black clouds...

we let the dogs out and what do we see.....

this amazing full rainbow both sides touching the ground! i do not think i have ever seen a full one, i have seen a couple of double rainbows but not full ones..i was so cool and didnt last very long, i couldnt get it all in the camera so that is was there are 3shots...

hope you all got to see it!!

xo from good manor

monday hands~

good redness~

okay i sooooooooooooooo love fresh homegrown tomatoes..not hot house...FRESH!!

i can so eat them like an apple if they are clean...lol

the grocery that we use has a home grown selection of vegetables and fruits from area farmers...

it is awesome..so tonight i had to stop at the grocery and pick up a few things and the home grown tomatoes looked beautiful so i picked up a few for dinner and made myself one of my favorite sandwiches...growing up my mom always made us lettuce, mayo(miracle whip) and tomoatoes sandwiches...i wasnt a fan of the lettuce and just had tomato and mayo sandwich..

my gawd, it was heaven!!! just like i was a kid again....and i washed it all down with my favorite

brand of tea(iced) even more than starbucks(i know, shocking!) it is called tejava and you can get it at

world market or trader joes for around $1.49.....man it just hits the spot!!

hot time on the city~

this weekend has been the hottest it has been the whole summer...

well i mean humid..i loathe being hot and sticky and would rather stay indoors

in the air conditioning..praise the lord for that modern convenience!

todays picture is from march of 2008,i thought looking at it might cool you all down!

lol....

more class pics ~

here are a few more pictures from my doll class this weekend and a snap of me and ellen with our nose studs...gawd those bags under my eyes are horrible...we got up early and went to bed after 130am every night....it was an awesome fun and great weekend spent with wonderful friends...

finished doll...

i love her she is very michael demeng and i have never taken a class from him!!

a little weekend class~

saturday and sunday took a doll class, our instuctions were to bring a base to class

as the anchor for our dolls...

below is my anchor-a 90%off clearance price item from hobby lobby, a clearance christmas ornament birdcage from target bought last year and vintage baby head....

bff ellen flew in from little rock to take the class....

and my dear friend shara in the white apron drove up from cincinnati to take a class from cody

that was hosted by our good friend sharon andrews

day one ended and ellen, shara and i went to a good dinner at the rusty bucket...

then we went and got our noses pierced.....

that is ellen and i did, shara held my hand and i held ellens...