Purple and Pink are the new
Red and Green this year at our house. I've done the Christmas tree in bright, pinks, purples, blues and greens. I was ready for a change.....Sweetiepie....not so much. He doesn't like it....at all....but I decorated him a little tree in the TV room and that makes him HAPPY!
I'll blog about that tree tomorrow.

LeT tHe FrEnZy BeGiN!

#10~NATURE

#10~NATURE

I ♥ fresh flowers and Sweetiepie usually sees to it that I have them in my home every single week~
I especially love these in the basket on a bike.....I'd love to be riding this little gem around the neighborhood and enjoying NATURE!!

#9~INSPIRING PERSON......

#9~ INSPIRING PERSON (S)

Impossible to pick just one....so, here's several....
in no particular order

Terri and Marla~my BFF's
they inspire me to be the BEST I can be, just so I can hang out with them!

Jenny, oh Jenny!!
She's got an old soul with a strong testimony! ♥ her!

My niece, Emily~
{{thrifty, funny, Momma of 4}}
she does some amazing things!

My cousin, Paula
{{she has taught me sooooo much over sooooo many years}}
wish she was closer, but probably good she's not
we'd be in big trouble!!

SASSY~by far, one of the funniest women I have ever met~
not to mention, talented, makes great cinnamon roll and cheers me up every single day on FB!!!

My niece, Roxy!
She's a fun MOM~and she's gotten me excited to want to try to sew!
Good job, Rox!!

My sister-in-law Diane
TALENTED, TALENTED, TALENTED!!
She's a good Mom, a great grandma and the wife of a Bishop!!
Diane can do it all!!

Angie~love every thing about her....
she makes me wish I were young so I could hang out with her more
and she thinks of me at the most unexpected times. I wanna be just like her~

and....several more inspiring folks that were too numerous to mention!

#8 FAVORITE COLOR~

#8~FAVORITE COLOR IS ~

for walls

for furniture~

and for HAIR!! love red!!

#7~Funny

Let me tell you about the funniest thing that happened to me in a long time.
Last Saturday I was going shopping with my BFF, Marla.
Got all cleaned up, and took off to go get her for our girls day.
As I was backing out of her driveway, I looked in my rear view mirror, looked and myself......and GASPED....well, I think screamed was more like it. As I looked in the mirror I noticed I had forgotten to do one of my eyebrows......Marla cracked up....I was embarrassed and ran home to put my other eyebrow on. Ahhhh.....that's a lot better and Marla will never let me forget it!!

#6~BOOKS

#6~BOOKS

If I were to ever have a "favorite" book
this would be it!!
Love this book, it reminds me of my Mom and reading it to my kids and brings back such sweet memories. If you've never read it~I suggest you give it a try...but, I promise, you'll cry!

My next favorite thing to do with books is DECORATE with them......

then....I found this wonderful idea of recycling vintage books~
what a great idea!!

How to recycle Vintage books

I'm thankful for books and very thankful for eyes so that I can read them!

#5~MORNING SKY

#5 MORNING SKY~

Guess what......I missed it.

We slept in this morning til 8:00~
(and for that I am thankful)
it was very much needed!!!

Then we had a funeral to rush to ~ so no time to take a picture.

Sorry!!

#4~LEAVES

30 Days of Gratitude Challenge

#4 Leaves

Wish I could say I'm thankful for the beautiful changing of the colors of the leaves......but remember........we live in AZ and it's still to stinkin' hot for the leaves to change.

I'm most thankful for the leaves on a big SHADE tree.....
I'm not gonna lie........remember......we live in AZ and it's HOT!!

I'm thankful I can have some pretty silk leaves to display so I can pretend that it's fall.......even though the A/C is still going.

I am thankful.......I really am!!

#3~HAPPINESS

#3 HAPPINESS

Yep, this place makes me happy~
along with everyone that enters the door!!

#2~SMILE

#2~SMILE
Enough said! This sweet {{toothless}} smile melts my
♥

I love Angie Dunn
I love her blog~heck, I love everything about her!!
She always inspires me......
looking at her blog sent me to this blog~Positively Present
and I'm taking the challenge
Zoom in on Gratitude~30 day photo challenge
but I'm a day late~so this post is really for yesterday
11-1-11
big and small blessings I'm thankful for

#1 ~ FOOD

.....and at my house this is the main food group

At last.......

I always forget to take before pictures.
They already had the cupboard doors off when I remembered.
So here it is.......

{{BEFORE}}

My laundry room is a long skinny little room~and it's so DARK~
So, we decided to add a little light on the subject

{{AFTER}}

I love it
And I don't even mind doing laundry {{as much}} anymore!

Maren's {{Vintage Sale}}

Fri., Oct. 7 ~ 8 to Noon

924 S. Maple, Mesa

You won't want to miss it!! Maybe I'll see you there!!

No excuse.......I know......

BUT.........

Some how I hurt my knee~

like crying, killer, throbbing, can't bend it, painful hurt knee

I went to see George (as in Strait) or aka Dr. Crawford

He didn't seem to concerned, you know,

take Aleve, keep it iced, rest, stay off it (yeah, right)

then last week

I took a BAD fall

and now it's worse!!!

So, I've lost my creative mojo and my blog has suffered!!

Hopefully I'll be back to normal soon (whatever normal is)......

I'm re-doing my laundry-room

~before and after pictures to come soon!

I'm so excited...it's about time!!

Saw this idea and immediately thought of my kids........
{{Sean & Meghan}}
How cute is this!!

On the road again........

Sweetiepie and I have loaded up the car and we're headed to Alpine~

Where the weather is {{cooler}} and you can breathe the clean air!

Here's to a no-labor....Labor Day!!

On my honor......

Court of Honor tonight
Rylle received 9 merit badges

Good job, Rylle!!
We're so proud of you!

Be sure to check out Logan's Missionary Blog
The Tagalog Blog

One of my best "BFF's" is moving~

I'm sad.

She's just moving farther east in Mesa, but you know how it is,

when someone has been in your neighborhood and in your ward,

moving across town is a big deal!!

I'm gonna miss you {{big}} Teri Hill!!

The stove has a new happy home!!
Stay tuned for a new look for the breakfast room....
COMING SOON!!

New home wanted.......

Yep, the time has come for me to find a new home for my old antique stove. She's been a welcome piece in our home for a long, long time.....
but I'm ready for a change.

So, if your interested or know of someone that might be interested,
send them my way.

Price very negotiable!!