Happy Christmas!

I've been so busy with decorating, baking cookies, and shopping, wrapping gifts, I haven't had time to post anything! Here are a few of my decorations for Christmas. I won't be posting anything for the rest of the year. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to All!

Snow Flakes!!!

Snow Flakes are no where in sight in little ole La Vernia, Texas, but we can still create our own. Click on the link below to create your own snowflake.

Pretty Pink Vintage Christmas

I found these pretty pink vintage scenes to share. Too cute!

Fall Decorations

Ok, last blog for the day! Just wanted to post some pictures of may fall garden and porch.

The Booth is Up!

We are in our new booth at Craftique Mall! Debbie and I got our booth decorated over the weekend and the Mall opened for business on Tuesday! Can't wait to see how we do. Here's a few pictures.

A Fall Festival

What would Halloween be without a Fall Festival! We attended the Annual Fall Festival at my granddaughters school, Salem Sayers. Quite a few little ones all dresses up for the occasion of games and fun!

Deja Vue

I'm still visiting the sights for Vanessa's Halloween Bash-Blog Party, when what do I see, but a blog from "Anything Goes Here" titled "The Florist Estate Sale"! Of course, this gave me deja vue of my own little flower shop that I recently closed due to the economy. The Estate sale was from a gentleman who was a florist for 75 years in Elgin, Illinois. Scrolling through the photos brought deja vue of my own little shop. Glassware, containers, florist supplies, christmas decorations, baskets, the list goes on and on! Florists must be a collector of anything they think they can use! Here are some photos from my shop who I was co-owner with my twin sister. Just a few photos.

Happy Blogging Again....

Well, I am finally able to post a blog today. My laptop has been out of commission for over a week! I wasn't able to post anything for Vanessa's Halloween Blog Party! I was out that day with hubby to a "Fall Extravaganza" at Burns Nursery, our local landscaper and plant place. He has wonderful landscape ideas in the nursery, and it is all setup for Halloween, with his own maze of hay bails and pumpkins by the tons! He also has little areas setup for you to photograph your little spooks. I will post pictures later. I've been visiting all the other blogs on Vanessa's site and enjoying their Halloween posts. So, I'm off to visit more and will post more to my blog later in the week!

Halloween and The San Antonio Rose

Wow, another month is gone! Where has the time gone? October is one of my favorite months. Not only is it the month my daughter was born, but it is the month my grandmother was born also. She was actually born on Halloween! The year was 1908 though. She is no longer with us, but her spirit lives on. She was the original "San Antonio Rose". My grandfather wrote the words to the famous song which was about my grandmother. She loved roses! Happy Birthday Jennifer and my sweet little "Nana".

Hello Fall

Finally the end of one of the hottest summers on record here in Texas. We are all glad to see it end and are looking forward to cooler weather. Time to bring out the fall pumpkins and scarecrows! Happy Fall!

Beach Bound

First week back to work is almost done! It's so hard to get back into the swing when you've been off work for 2 weeks! It was wonderful and I find myself wishing for more free time. Some day I will have it! These are photos of our short trip to Port "A". A quick get-away weekend. This weekend I will be attending another baby shower. This one is for my daughter-in-laws cousin and his wife. They are expecting a baby boy. Hubby and I did manage to get away for a few days at Port Aransas. Here are a few photos I took. Have a wonderful rest of the week!

I am a Sunflower What Flower Are You?

Shouldn't I be a rose? Description of the sunflower does fit me!

Grandparents Day and Baby Showers

Today is Grandparents day and I spent the day with my number one granddaughter, Ashley Rose, (of course she has my middle name!) We went to my daughter's (Jennifer) house for a baby shower, which was for one of her best friends, who's name is Jennie. It was a very nice day to spend with my granddaughter and my daughter. The shower was a hugh success and Jennie received lots of nice things for her new baby. She will be having a girl sometime in October. Her name will be Avery. Very cute! My daughter did a lovely job with her table. So I'm posting it here. Happy Grandparents Day to all!

Julie & Julia

Saw the movie! Loved it! I will definitely try my hand at making Beef Bourguignon.

HGTV DREAM HOME 2010

I just found out that the HGTV Dream Home for 2010 will be in New Mexico. It is located in Sandia Park located off the Turquoise Trail, which is between Albuquerque and Santa Fe! We have family and friends in both places, so this would be a great home to win! I will be logging in to HGTV website alot for my chances to win. Can wait to see the finished product!

Labor Day of Love

Today is Monday, and Labor Day. Time to hang out the flag and get to work in the garden. Yesterday hubby and I cleaned out all our flower beds. Whew! What a task. We also are re-doing the flowerbed along the back end of the house. Today we are off to purchase some mulch and other goodies. So, I'm calling today our labor of love. We both love to be outdoors and working in our yard. Hopefully you will be doing something productive today and have your own Labor of Love day! Even if it's just relaxing by the pool and enjoy family and friends. Photos are of our yard last year. Before the drought. We removed the old white rock from this bed and have new plants. Also, we have added some new plants to the other large garden. Will post after pictures when we are done. Have a wonderful day!

Trip to the RiverWalk in San Antonio

Jean and I went downtown, to the Riverwalk. We wanted to see the new addition to the river, but we were told you can't walk to it from the river! How sad that was. Why have an extension to the Riverwalk if you can't get to it from the original Riverwalk! We did find out the new area is 2 miles away. To far to walk it for my mother-in-law, and too hot for us today. Downtown temperature was near 97 degrees. So, we went to Casa Rio for a light lunch. I had the Taco salad, which was very delicious, water with a slice of lemon (to cool us off). Here are a few photos I took. Sept 2, 2009.