Have and Happy, Healthy and Blessed New Year!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Time to put everything back in order and clear out the decorations. It's amazing how your home feels so good and so much bigger after you get all the decorations put away and the house cleaned! Makes you just feel like the new year will be getting off to a good start! We had a very quiet new year at my little casa. Just hubby and I. Watched TV and went to bed after the news....boy, are we getting old or what! That's OK. We liked it. My daughter and son-in-law were off to Santa Fe, New Mexico for some snow skiing, and my son and daughter-in-law and my 3 precious grandchildren stayed at their home. The youngest, Samuel, had bronchitis and an ear infection. Poor little angel! But, he is doing better now.

We celebrated Christmas eve at my parents, and of course, we have Christmas morning at our home with all the kids and grandkiddos. Ashley looked extra lovely in her red Christmas dress. We all enjoyed watching the little ones open their gifts!

Happy New Year too All!!!

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.