2/5/11

Just some randomness.

Hey all.  I thought I'd just share some random "putterings" & thoughts with you today.  But, first I have a question for all of the seasoned bloggers out there.  I love meeting and following  all the wonderful bloggers, but I'm having trouble staying on top of actually following them & doing my "thank you's" to new followers to my blog.  Any suggestions?


Okay, on to the randomness.  I know this won't mean much to a great many of you and will probably sound like "whining" on my part, but we've had an Arctic blast!  The following pics are of our backyard fountain at noon on Thursday the 3rd.  I know what a lot of you are saying, that this is nothing compared to what's going on in so many parts of the country.  I hear you, but really people, we are in the AZ desert!  This is the land where no one owns heavy coats, so this was a shocker!  I was wearing 3 long-sleeve knit tops -- well, until I had a hot flash, that is!



Abby didn't even want to get out of her little bed.  We had to put extra padding under her bed to get it off the tile so she would stay warmer.


It's almost like a Kiva oven once she gets it warm with her fuzzy little body.  I tried putting my tootsies in there, but she didn't think too much of that idea.


Thursday was my b-day and my sweet neighbor gave me this decorative, glass piece.  She got it from Pier 1, can you tell?  I just love the colors & had to quickly find a spot to display it.


The old singer seemed like a good fit.  This was what I had here first.


I removed the flowers and added my b-day piece.  The colors are certainly perfect for this room.


The other items were either already here or I took them from other vignettes around my home.  I took the ivy topiary from The Man's side table (believe me, he didn't care) & the candle stick and candle came right out of my decor closet.  I like this look.


Have ya'll ever seen one of these?  It's called a "Pouchee" & it's a purse organizer.  I first heard about them at Toni's "A Bowl Full of Lemons" and knew I needed one.  I love to change purses a lot and this makes it so much easier.  It takes the place of my wallet, coupon holder, & a small cosmetic bag.  As you can see, it has card slots on one side, along with a pocket for the cell.


The other side also has 2 pockets that you could use for sunglasses, IPhone, IPod, etc.  They come in numerous colors & fabrics.  The metal rings make it easy to grasp from the depths of my purse.  It also has a very strong snap closure.


Then it opens up and expands to hold numerous items inside.  There is a zippered compartment that I use for change, a section for paper money, another section that I use for coupons, & then a large area for all the misc. stuff that always ended up in the very bottom of my purse.   I would even feel comfortable just grabbing this when I needed to make a quick run to the store.


It fits beautifully in most of my purses.  I'm not getting paid by anyone for an endorsement, but if you want to take a look at these handy-dandy "Pouchees", you can find them Here.


Last, but certainly not least, I just want to shout out a big "THANK YOU"  to Debbie at DebbieDoos for hosting the "Newbie Party" which has been such an awesome experience.  I've been blogging since late Sept. '10 which meant I was considered a newbie, and I also had less than 100 followers.  I gained about 20 new followers and found so many wonderful blogs.  There is so much talent out in blogland with so many kind-hearted blog-sisters (are there any men doing this blog-thing?) willing to share those talents.  If you have become a follower of my blog and I missed thanking you, I sincerely apologize.  I'm really trying to be a good blog "responder", so please know that I do appreciate all of you so much.  Thank you for stopping by and please come again soon.

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2/3/11

Something I can blog about.

With our home on the market, I feel limited in what I'm willing to rearrange, tear apart, or redo;  so when I saw this blog party about Dough Bowls, I knew I could participate.  I already had the photos, but didn't realize what the bowls were called.

This is a bowl that The Man picked up somewhere, maybe a garage sale.  It was dirty, yucky, and I used it for years to hold potted flowers outside.  During the holidays, The Man was looking for little projects to occupy a very long vacation, so I handed him this bowl.  My question was "Can you make this look good enough to go on the dining room table?"  Well, a couple of hours later, he presented the transformation.  It sat empty on the table for a couple of weeks after Christmas waiting for me to decide what to put inside.  It really didn't bother me having it empty because he really transformed it into a thing of beauty.  I finally did decide to fill it with potpourri & added some textural, earthy spheres to help fill the space.  I'm really happy the way it turned out.





This bowl is supposed to be an authentic Hopi Indian bowl.  Whether it is, I don't know(I have my doubts because it was cheap), but I like it.  It may or may not have been used for dough, but it has the right shape.  Normally I wouldn't alter something that is supposed to be truly old, but it has kicked around our home for many years & was in desperate need of a face-lift, so I sanded it a bit and added just a little dark red paint to it.


It's now ready to serve many more purposes around here.  This was my first fall display last year.  Loved how it looked filled with flowers, gourds, pumpkins, etc.


Now I will probably be keeping my eyes peeled for more such bows!  Thanks for stopping by and please come again soon.
CAS

2/1/11

I'm a very happy Nanna!

Thank you to all of you who left such sweet comments to my announcement of the long awaited new grandchild.  We were happily surprised with our 5th beautiful granddaughter.  I'm going to link onto a couple of my favorite blog parties & hope the hostesses won't mind too terribly much.  Thanks in advance for indulging me.
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Avery Quinn is just precious.  Just after her first bath.


Big sister Flynn's reaction to seeing Avery for the first time.


I could sit like this until my arm goes numb.




Dad and Avery having a serious bonding talk.


We are all about "feet" in this family.


What happened?  Yesterday I was the baby.


Avery and Flynn's older sister and brother were with their mother and haven't seen the baby yet.  They will be thrilled and will be a big help in making Flynn's adjustment much easier.  We had a great time with Flynn.  She's really a sweet little girl.  We are home now but will be going back to Scottsdale in a couple of weeks.  I'm sure ya'll will have to put up with more pics in the future.  Thanks for being patient with this proud gramma, aka: Nanna.
CAS

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