Five of My Guilty Pleasures

Life gets so hectic at times - we forget to take care of ourselves.  I have been blessed with the opportunity to work on creating my own business during the past three months.  Well I tell you ~ this working from home and starting a business is NOT for the faint of heart!  I have found that I have a really hard time balancing everything working from home - chores become intertwined with creating.......before I know it ~ the day is gone. 

I've been eating, living, breathing, trying to create product........I wake up thinking about it........go to sleep thinking about it..........and quite frankly haven't been taking very good care of myself!  So I dedicate this next week to indulging in at least one of my guilty pleasures each day. 

Five of my Guilty Pleasures:

(1)  Marshmallow Creme (by itself or just about anything)
Think I'll try these strawberries dipped in marshmallow ~ looks yummy

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(2)  Books Books Books ~ Love to Read
(Haven't indulged in this lately - so think I'll visit the Library this week )
Maybe I will pick up:

"Dreams of Joy" by Lisa See

http://www.lisasee.com/

or maybe this.......

http://www.susangregggilmore.com/

(3)  PINTEREST - Yes I love it.....Yes I'm addicted.....and Yes I feel guilty!

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(4)  Big Fat Fluffy Soft Slippers
Like these......from one of my favorite stores ~ Garnet Hill

http://www.garnethill.com/terry-thong-slippers/121707


(5)  Just do NOTHING - maybe sit outside......have a Fall picnic....... and look up at the sky, the trees, the birds......

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Well there you have it.....five of my guilty pleasures ~ I'll let you know how it goes.  What are some of your "guilty pleasures"?

“In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly, that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the 1st place: the opportunity to do good work, to enjoy friends, to fall in love, to hit a ball, and to bounce a baby.” ~ Alistair Cooke ~

I'm Back.........

After a loooooonnnnnnnnggggg break ~ I'm back.  I'm ready to re-vamp and start blogging again.    Lot's of good topics coming up - crafting, food, and fun!  Please come back and visit soon!

~Rebecca~

Our Work | Heifer.org

Our Work Heifer.org  Just had to share this organization with you today.  This is the perfect gift to give to that person who has everything.  You can give a goat, pig, chicken, etc. to help fight world hunger.  Please check out their website and pass it along!  We are so blessed and rich here in America!  Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Much love to you,

Becky

Scarves Completed for Bridge and Beyond

I have finally completed a little project I've been working on........I crocheted a few scarves to send to "Bridge and Beyond" http://homelessbridge.blogspot.com/ -  which is located in Columbus, Ohio.   Ms. Sandy and her group deliver socks, scarves, hats, and mittens to the homeless in Ohio.  I think this is just simply AWESOME - 

Their Mission Statement:

 Our Mission is to warm men and women living under a bridge in cold Central Ohio. Homeless people need our help! Hand knit, and crocheted hats, mittens, and scarves are needed ALL YEAR long. Hats, mittens, and scarves are also needed for women and children treated in two free clinics in the area. Hats, mittens, scarves, and slippers for women and children who are homeless and or abused at Faith Mission. TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, one stitch at a time.

For more information on this great act of kindness happening - visit their website at http://homelessbridge.blogspot.com/ or email Sandy at sandycrochet@gmail 

If you crochet or know of someone who crochets please pass this information on.  If you do not crochet - you can also help by sending socks or personal care items.

~ ~ ~ ~Take a peek at what I'm packing up tonight to place in the mail tomorrow ~ ~ ~ ~

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." ~ Mark Twain

Much love to you all.....may you have a lovely week!

It's Dreamin' Day

These are some sweet little somethings that I found on my recent excursion to one of my favorite "dig" stores

Sweet cheese server

Too cute "Cupie Doll"

Really pretty sunflower cake pedestal

Lovely vintage pink typewriter

Much love to you all!

"The Heart of Life"

Fall is officially here ....... maybe it doesn't quite feel like it with temps in the upper 90's and even reaching into the 100's here in the sultry South. But it is HERE....Fall......one of my favorite seasons - but a season that always makes me reminisce.....this year I seem to be remembering things from my childhood such as.....

afternoon naps with my grandmother ~ playhouses made of dirt floors and trees serving as dividers for rooms (we had mansions - I tell you!) ~ mud pies ~ pedal cars ~

paper dolls (the kind cut out from magazines or catalogs) ~ Bonanza ~

the slinky ~ spinning tops ~ jacks ~ mexican jumping beans ~ special walks in the "grove" to find the best colored leaves ~

 Red Rover Red Rover ~ Nancy Drew Books ~

 Fields and Fields of snow white cotton ~ four-o-clocks ~ hydrangea's ~

 apple fights in the apple orchard ~ the grocery man (a couple of times a month he would come by and you could purchase your groceries from the truck) ~

 swimming in the TN river on the Natchez Trace ~

 swinging so high that I thought if I got just a little higher......I could really touch the sky.... 

 and my very favorite memory of all.......sitting at my grandmother's feet with my head resting on her lap......she would rub my hair and sometimes sing songs to me (I continued this routine up into my adult life!)..........although, she has been gone for twenty years - I still miss her  - especially during the  Fall ~ she gave love unconditionally

What's some of your special memories?

Childhood is the most beautiful of all life's seasons.  ~Author Unknown

Much love to you all and wishing you nothing but those sunshiny kinda days.

Cobweb Cleaning in Order

Yesterday - we had a little get together for my Mom's 80th birthday.
It was so wonderful to have so many of my loved ones in one room.

I'm so ashamed of myself.......so ashamed I find myself blogging at 4 a.m.

This verse from the Bible is weighing greatly on my heart this morning.....

Luke 10: 38-42 ~ 38"Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, "which also sat at Jesus feet, and heard his word. 40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone/ bid her therefore that she help me. 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: 42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her".

I missed a wonderful opportunity today.....I missed the "good part" ~ to just sit and visit with family and friends - to soak in what they were saying

Instead........I was in a "whirlwind" - worrying about on to the next event - food being served......cake time now.......opening presents........

While people were talking to me.......I was thinking about the next item on the agenda........some I just walked away in mid-conversation

Please forgive me......this is a day I will never have back........wasting my time WORRYING.....what a foolish......foolish girl

I hope to make this up to those friends and family I love so dearly.......maybe by a letter or maybe even a one on one lunch........
Eye opener at this event for me - I've got to slow down.....enjoy these moments.

Just a little forewarning friends and family.......a Christmas get together is in the works......

SIMPLICITY.........AND I PROMISE TO SIT AND LISTEN WITH MY HEART

I don't want to be a Martha in a "Mary world" anymore
I need to be still and listen.....

Much love to you all............

Wishful Wednesday's

Charm.......artistry........romance..........that's what I think of when I think of cottages. It's always been a dream of mine to have a little cottage. A small residence.......maybe on the seaside......maybe in the country. Simple. Cozy. Of course - there would be flower gardens to die for. Yep......my head is in the clouds again this Wednesday and I'm dreaming and wishing of just a little cottage..........

"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and water exhilarating;

to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter...to be thrilled by the stars at night;

to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring....

these are some of the rewards of the simple life." John Burroughs

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I am wishing all of you an AMAZING kinda day!

Missing My Little Munchkins

I have really been missing my sweet grandbabies the past few days.......So, I've had to rely on easing that longing by looking through pictures and Skyping. I'm looking forward to making more memories with them very soon. Thought I'd share a few pics with you today........

Every time I think of you - and I think of you often! - I thank God...."

1 Corinthians 1:4

Our next adventure is just around the corner.........I hope all of you have a sunshiny week filled with lots of good things.....Love to you all!

Wishful Wednesday's

I started a blog..........then I got sick.........in the bed unable to move kinda sick......for almost an entire month. Just a simple little sinus infection that created havoc with my entire body. I'm on the road to recovery now and am so thankful. When you are that sick - it takes everything you've got to just get out of bed and take care of the every day chores (even brushing my hair was a task). I'm so thankful to say - I'm back on the road to recovery and have a ton of energy to get rid of! So it's back to blogging..........

I'm a dreamer.

Always have been.........always will be.

When I was a little girl - I loved to look through the Sears Catalog - especially during the Christmas Season. I would spend hours dreaming of new clothes, toys, bikes, and bedroom furniture. I was always allowed to make my Christmas list from the catalog -needless to say my list changed at least a dozen times - of course the last revision being the night before my Mama would place her order at Sears.

I still do this......I love me a catalog ......

be it Pottery Barn, Garnett Hill, Pampered Chef, etc... give me a catalog with "Stuff" in it - I'm a happy girl - love looking and dreaming.

Now that internet is here and everything is available at the touch of a finger...........well.......for a dreamer that could be disasterous - you could get lost and sidetracked for days surfing around .......just "lookin and dreamin". So I've decided to declare Wednesday's from here on as my "Wishful Wednesday's". I'll make Wednesday's my "dreamin" days and I will share with you some of my finds here on my blog.....

Today I've found some lovely little items at Anthropologies - http://www.anthropologie.com/ (one of my very favorite stores for dreaming). I was on a kitchen theme today ......

Birdie Dish Towel

Flower Measuring Cups

Sweet Little Apron

"Not for the grand cause, necessarily - but for something that tugs at your heart, something that's your aspiration, something that's your dream."

Author UnKnown - from Dream Big

I hope you all have a lovely, sunshiny day!

"Real" Books vs Digital

I consider myself someone who embraces and adapts to technology - yep......I love technology.....EXCEPT - when it comes to reading my books! Not long ago, I had a discussion with a "well seasoned" educator who stated "books would soon be a thing of the past". Crushed I tell you. Crushed. I was completely and utterly crushed after that statement.

I love the smell, the touch of a book. I like to look at my collection of books on the shelf - they bring comfort. There is nothing better than snuggling in a comfy chair with a hot cup of tea and a great read (try doing that one with a hand held device - somehow it's just not the same). The demise of books would change forever the beloved bedtime story. Can you imagine reading to your children or grandchildren from a "cold" computer contraption?

If books disappeared from my life - I think I would feel just as Kathleen Kelly felt in "You've Got Mail": " People are always saying that change is a good thing. But all they're really saying is that something that you didn't want to happen at all.....has happened. I own a store, did I ever tell you that? It's a lovely store, and in a week it will be something really depressing, like a Baby Gap. Soon, it will be just a memory. In fact, someone, some foolish person, will probably think it's a tribute to this city, the way it keeps changing on you, the way you can never count on it, or something. I know because that's the sort of thing I'm always saying. But the truth is....I'm heartbroken. I feel as if a part of me has died, and my mother had died all over again, and no one can ever make it right."

Morning View

May 15, 2010

This is my morning view from my kitchen window. An inspiring way to start my day - this is "my year" to be thankful for the small things that touch my life each day. A HUGE and I mean HUGE Magnolia tree - almost in full bloom.........