UPS Delivers!

Hey everyone!  I think that I'm maybe on the "road to recovery."  This illness
really knocked me for a loop, but I feel much, much better today.  Yay!!!  I do
so appreciate all the "get well" wishes that have been streaming in from all my
good friends out in blogland.  Ya'll are truly the best!

A few weeks ago I was the lucky recipient of a Give-Away from the very
sweet Vanessa & Heather from At the Picket Fence.  This was part of their
post & you just had to do the usual things to get your name in the pot for
a random drawing:

APRIL 4, 2011

It's An Etsy Giveaway! Meet Our April Etsy Store!

Larkspur Interiors

by Kim from

My Domestic Bliss

Well, I had been following Vanessa long before she linked up with
her sister, Heather, & started this wonderful new & fun blog; and
I had also already been following Kim & had an immediate
connection because she and my sweet DIL were expecting babies
at almost the same time.  (They ended up being 1 week apart).
Needless to say, I was all in for this give-away.  And GUESS WHAT?
I won!!!!  I was so thrilled & immediately went shopping.

Since ya'll know I've been sick this past week, you can well imagine
what a boost it was when the UPS man rang my doorbell.  It probably
wasn't too uplifting for him to see me like that, but they always smile
anyway!  This is what he delivered.

Yay, a box with my name on it, & I see immediately that
 it's from Kim!

Oh, the anticipation!  I do this with Christmas & birthday gifts, too.  

LOL!!!

TA-DA!!!

This is the cutest little frame, just a little chippy and worn.  

Perfect!

My 3 treasures!  Dog of Flanders, Rin Tin Tin, & Spike of Swift River.

Does anyone remember the movie "Dog of Flanders?"

I love that this is hand-written inside the cover of the Rin Tin Tin book.  

This is also inside the book.

Wow, does this ever bring back memories!

I love having this history to go along with the book.

My plan for these wonderful treasures is to use the frame for 

a photo that The Man & I do each year of us with all the "Grands."  

That photo, along with the wonderful books will go on some display 

shelves in the guest room in our new house.  This room will be most 

often used by our grandchildren, so I intend to have things in that 

space that they can relate to.  The Man and I are both really looking 

forward to reading these stories to the kiddos, even the ones 

who are old enough to read for themselves.  I see this 

as a really special thing for us to share with them.

For some of you young "whipper-snappers" these won't mean 

much, but I think there are some others who will enjoy my 

little "shared" walk down memory lane.  Thanks for stopping 

by and please come again soon.

It only seems right that I should link this to:

Inspiration Friday At the Picket Fence

Saturday Night Spotlight