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Happy New Year!

Well, it doesn't look like I will be finding any WiFi for a little while yet.

Until next year.....

Doesn't that sound odd?

But I wanted to be sure to wish everyone a Happy New Year anyway!

I plan to ring in the New Year dressed in my comfy old sweat pants...

Chowing down on a pizza...

Enjoying a cold Dr. Pepper...

My butt planted in my Grandma's cushy rocker...

Reading a stack of decor magazines...

Sounds good to me!

How about you?

How are you bringing in the New Year?

Stay safe and have a good one!

Talk to you in 2012!

{XOX}

Not Yet.......

I was hoping to go in search of WiFi tomorrow.

Instead, I will be sitting at Mom's house waiting for the plumber......

So.

Until next time.

{XOX}

 

 

Merry Christmas!

Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to all whom God favors.

Luke 2:14

(NLT)

I'm Off.....

I spent the afternoon boxing up and loading things in my car.....

Including lots and lots of beads.

These caught my eye sitting on the table with the sun streaming in from the back...

Made my thoughts dance around just a tiny bit.

Other crafty things are also making the trip.

Hopefully I will still feel crafty once I get there.

I'm looking forward to many cold days spent alone in the house, stringing beads, playing with fabric and trims, messing with paints....

I plan to take off in the morning, headed east to my Mom's, packed to the brim like a Beverly Hillbilly.

{minus the stuff strapped to the top}

So, it will be back to WiFi for me.

Talk to ya when I can!

Bye!

{xox}

p.s.  Yes, I got my jewelry special order done.

Snapped a few photos.

Show you later....

 

Added Wednesday PM:

Snow prevented my take-off.

Now planning to leave Friday AM....

 

Take Good Care Of This Moment #3

Material Things.

Or, how about just material?

I love material.

And trim.

And buttons.

And....

You get the idea.

I purchase bits and pieces here and there.

New, vintage, at thrift shops, flea markets and garage sales.

Always thinking I am going to do something with that.........

Which usually amounts to stuffing it away somewhere along with my good intentions.

But lately all this material has been niggling at the back of my brain.

So the other night while I was digging through a drawer of stuff and came across a stash of some {kind of} forgotten material, I pulled several pieces out.

Doesn't it look so pretty just sitting there?

I gives me a rather strange, calm feeling.

That definitely is a Moment  I would like to remember.

Seems that lately I could do with something calm....

Yes.

I know.

The material is pink.

But right now, I even like that.

Wow.

Perhaps this pile is a little more my cup of tea though....

Some stripes.

Some burlap.

And a dash of bright.

But what I am liking very much in this Moment  is the fact that I am feeling a little creative.

For so long I've just felt tired.

So maybe I'll take a sack of material along when I leave for Mom's next week...

See if her old sewing machine will still run...

That is if I even remember how to use it...

Whip up something plain and simple like a table runner...

A pillow...

Or just keep on looking at the material sitting on the table, the winter sun streaming in the window.......

Feeling calm.

And happy.

Yup.

Definitely a Moment  to remember.

 

I am linking this post to:

Now go visit Lynn and read other Moments .........

 

 

 

I Got Mail!

And that is putting it mildly.

When I got back to Deadwood after being at my Mom's for over six months, I had quite a stack waiting for me.

I still haven't gotten through all of it.

Lots went right into the Round File.

But there were a couple very special things waiting for me.

From a couple very special Blog Buds.

So, in the order received, here is the first....

What, oh what, did Tami send me???

This box arrived shortly after I left, so I had to wait a L.O.N.G. time to open it.

That about drove me crazy!

But it was certainly well worth the wait!

 Isn't this Flora Door neat?!?

I have no flowers {real or otherwise} around the house at the moment, so I substituted a scrunched up red plastic bag, but I think you can get the idea.

Come on.

Play along.

Use your imagination.

With a heavy plastic lining, this will be perfect for creating all kinds of arrangements to hang on my doors!

A new-to-me idea.

But then I lead a very sheltered life.

And guess what?

If you go visit Tami right now, you can sign up to win a Flora Doora and several other cool prizes in her year-end giveaway.

But do it soon.

She will be picking her winners on Monday, December 19....

Alright.

There was more in that package!

Look at these teeny clip-on chalkboards!

I am just amazed at all the things I've never seen before.

I've already thought up lots of fun ways to use these with my beading supplies.......

Look at that cute tag!

Tied with string and a key!

{a couple of my favorite things!}

Tied around what?

Could it be?

Yes!

A wonderful bag of sea shells that fit perfectly in the little butter dome I just bought at the flea market this past weekend.

Cool.

Thanks, Tami!

{XOX}

On one of my next posts, I'll be showing what else I got.....

 

Now go visit Tami at High Street Cottage and sign up for her giveaway!

She has a much  better photo of a Flora Doora.....

 

Ain't She Sweet?

Isn't this itty bitty covered glass dome dish thing-y about the cutest treasure you've ever seen?

And can you believe it was my only purchase at our little flea market this past weekend??

Whoa.

Was my idea of simplification actually taking over?

Nah.

It was just a crummy flea market.

The lady I bought it from thought it would be great for a cheese ball.

{I thought that would be a mighty skimpy cheese ball...}

{and since when have I ever made a cheese ball?}

Why waste all that cuteness on cheese when you can fill it with sea shells instead?

I love shells.

We don't grow them around here.

So where did I get my pretty shells?

I'll tell you on my next post.....

Take Good Care Of This Moment #2

I don't know.

I'm afraid this Moment  might be a bit lame again.

I know I have mentioned this stuff before.

But it is finally getting to where something just has to give.

I have spent the last six months living out of a suitcase with almost all my possessions locked in a storage shed 400 miles away.

Not cool.

But then again, it isn't really cool to be here in Deadwood with almost all my possessions locked in a storage shed one mile away either.

All that is missing is the suitcase.

God has been dealing with me on several issues lately, especially in the past month or so.

And me being me, I try to procrastinate, stick my head in the sand or just roll over in bed and pull the covers up in a useless effort to ignore things.

My Moment  came today.

I was on the floor, doing some stretches and trying to relax.

{something I don't do very well...}

{{the relaxing part, not the stretches}}

And I was fretting as usual.

But I was trying to dump it in God's lap.

Really.

I was.

Suddenly I heard clearly in my head one word.

"Simplify"

I'm sure compared to most people, I don't lead a very busy or complex life.

But for me, things have gotten out of hand.

It came to me, laying there on the floor, that I need to get rid of a lot of the  junk, crap and hooey in my life.

I need to decide if I'm really an artist or not.

I need to s**t or get off the pot as the old saying goes.

I need to read this book....

Again.

I bought it as a joke at a rummage sale.

I read it.

It was actually excellent.

Now I need to follow the advice.

I need to simplify.

Everything.

Can I?

We'll see.

I need to remember this Moment.

Take one teeny tiny baby step at a time.

Perhaps a pair of Big Girl Panties wouldn't hurt any.

~~~~~

I am linking this post to:

Now go visit Lynn and check out some other Moments

 

 

 

Busy.........

I'm working on my big order......

I'll catch up with you soon!

Take Good Care Of This Moment

New linky party!

Lynn, my long-time Blog Bud and fellow sheep herder wannabe, has started a wonderful linky party for the month of December....

About remembering and sharing a Moment  together through our blogs.

She promised coffee and pumpkin bread if we would show up and discuss them in person at her home.

Wouldn't she be surprised....

Anyway.

My Moment  came to me suddenly and is rather cliche, but it struck home for me right here, right now.

{yes, those are the groovy little pearls I bought on-line for my bracelet order.  Nice, huh?}

As I was holding the string of pearls, it passed through my mind about how pearls are formed.

How something so beautiful comes from an irritation.

An annoyance.

A Royal Pain.

And only after many layers do you finally get the pearl.

Right now, I think I am working on the layers.

But I am so looking forward to my pearl.

 

I am linking this post to:

Now please go visit Lynn and Take Good Care Of This Moment!