Retail Therapy

Sorry there hasn't been much going on around here to blog about.

I've been a little under the weather this week and am trying to battle this nasty cold & cough.


I do have a little retail therapy planned for today.


I'm meeting up with a friend & we're hitting the outlets to find a little of this:

Hope everyone is having a good week & staying warm. It was about 28 degrees here this morning - Brrrrr.

So, light those fires and finish those projects and I'll stop by to say "Hi" soon.

TV Ad

This afternoon G and I were snuggling up together watching one of our favorite movies....Matilda.

It was commercial time & what do they decide to advertise during a kid friendly movie but.....

birth control.

Mirena to be exact.

Not sure if you've heard of this one, as it's fairly new (at least to me) but it's effective for five years or something along those lines.

Well, during the ad my ever so observant daughter starts to ask me questions - especially when they showed a picture of the thing. (It's a Y shaped plastic thingy.)

G: "What is that for?"

Me: "It's supposed to help mommies not have babies."

G: "Oh....how does it work?"

Me: "I'm not sure." (Not totally a lie.)

G: "Maybe you swallow it...... or put it on your teeth,....... or maybe in your ear,..... or even in your belly button (laughs & giggles)."

Me: "Maybe."

End of conversation - I deployed distraction techniques: "G, want some cookies?"

I guess one day I'm gonna have to have a talk with that girl and if you really have to put it in your ear - no wonder it works for five years!

Local Home Tour

In our area the local paper produces a magazine appropriately named TALK.

I've enjoyed getting to know more about the local activities & people.

More than that, they usually add in a home tour for our enjoyment.

(It's a good thing too because I'd never be able to peek into houses like this otherwise.)

Sit back & enjoy this beautiful home that was featured on the Symphony Tour of Homes '08.

(None of these pictures were taken by me. They were done by the magazine photographers.)

Since I'm still living in Fantasy Land.....I'll take this house located on the water (down by Charleston) please.

Thanksgiving in my mind

I've been told by my husband that I have a vivid imagination.

That doesn't always mean a creative imagination.

I've seen the work of you wonderful ladies in bloggyland and there is no way I could ever come up with the ideas that y'all so brilliantly translate into reality.

So....I have to resort to translating other ideas & making them work for our family.

I frequently get a lot of these ideas from wonderful sources:

Southern Living

Country Living

Coastal Living

(there's a theme here)

Better Homes & Gardens

You all know I have an addiction to my magazines.

Well, in keeping with a system that has never let me down, I have put together the perfect Thanksgiving Day.

Would you like to take a look?

The location:

My dream is to live on the water one day so in my mind that's where we'll be.

The Table:

(There are several choices. Which is your favorite?)

Some of the wonderful food:

And afterwards:

Along with a nap.

That's what is going on inside my mind, however what we get may be something altogether different.

Thanks for playing along.

(All photos borrowed from one of the websites listed above.)

Favorite Photos

I was cleaning up some of my online photo files & thought I'd just do a post dedicated completely to some of my new favorites (taken with the new camera, of course).

Hope you like them, too.

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Just a little update....we had a busy Saturday with G's second gymnastics meet. She did well but could've done better (as always), she did win the handstand competition for her level.

Way to go G!

I do have one question:

Does anyone else's coffee table look like this:

because you're reading this?

I'm almost done....they're soooo good!

What do you do when you finish book 4?

A little of this & a little of that

We haven't been doing too much the last couple of days.

G's been out of school with strep throat. 103 fevers are always fun.

We did stroll outside a little while ago to take a look at the beautiful color still in the area.

Take a look around our yard.

Our young trees. I hope we can stay here long enough to see them get a lot larger.

The river birch in front has already lost it's leaves.

G & I threw together a couple of grapevine wreaths for the gates.I'll change them up seasonally. I didn't put too much effort into the fall look since Christmas will be going up in a few weeks.

That's about all we've been up to. Stop back by again soon.

Oh, almost forgot, I finished New Moon last night. I need a quick trip out to get the last two.

November

Well, after the last few days, I need to get back to basics.

I can't believe it's November already.

I can't believe the direction our country just headed.

I just need to remind myself that God is in control of all things and everything will work out

to His Will.

Ok, no more election thoughts. I'm done with the whole thing, so.....

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I just love November.

The leaves are beautiful & falling, I start planning the Thanksgiving feast, we have two birthdays to celebrate and of course....starting to plan for Christmas.

Let's just take a break before all of the chaos insues and look around at God's beauty that surrounds us everyday.

These are of a lake that's not far from our house. Just beautiful!

I had more but once again, Blogger's not cooperating.

Hope everyone's enjoying this beautiful Wednesday.

Be sure to leave me a note & tell me your favorite thing about November.

Go Vote!!

November 4th 2008

Today is a very important day in our country.

It is based on one of our founding civic duties & is a priviledge.

Please carefully consider the candidate for which you will be voting and regardless who that is...

Go Vote!

(It only took us an hour & a half and worth every minute.)

God Bless America

I'm Done.

Look what I just finished:

I don't know why I have procrastinated on starting this series.

Everything I had ever heard about it was wonderful and now I can honestly say, they're right. It is a wonderful book. I'm not usually into science fiction or vampires but I'm addicted to these characters. I started it yesterday afternoon & finished just a little while ago. Absolutely loved it!

This is what I'm starting next:

I'll let you know when I'm done.

(I hope no one in my house needs any clean socks or underwear in the next couple of days - hehe)

Last Halloween Post

Whew! We finally made it to Halloween.

Last night the kids had a great time trick-or-treating with friends.

The weather was a little cold but not too bad that we couldn't do

a hay ride around the neighborhood.

It was actually very Norman Rockwell-ish.

Take a look at my werewolf and of course...Miss Hannah Montana.

They're a frightful looking bunch.

Trading candy afterward.

Lots of memories were made this great Halloween night.

Now......on to Thanksgiving.