MY NAME IS BETTY .. AND THIS IS MY LIFE ..."WELCOME"


Saturday, November 7, 2009

New Red Bowls

Last night I went to 'Vons' to pick up a couple things and saw these great nesting bowls ... I tried to not buy them ..really I did ..but after filling my cart with the stuff I went for .. the cart went right back to where the bowls were ...
As hard as I tried not to buy them ..I just had to have them ..Aren't they great?!!
But I am proud of myself because this morning I took some things from my kitchen to my daughter's yard sale and sold enough to pay for them.
"Out with the old and in with the new"



Wednesday, November 4, 2009

HAND MADE PRIZES

I painted this pumpkin for the witch's hat contest winner

Won by "Tina"

Some of the wands we make as door prizes at the Halloween Party.
Making these wands is a party in itself



DAUGHTER OF THE WEEK
Jennifer and her hubby Ron






BETTER LATE THEN NEVER

The bathroom was pretty scary ...
I did have a 'children's bathroom that was decorated with pumpkins.


Yep .. we actually had to shower in there ...kind of creepy ..lol

So now the 'fun part'
PACKING IT ALL AWAY
It was lots of fun ..but I'm "sooo over it"
See ya next year ...boooo




Sunday, November 1, 2009

HALLOWEEN 2009

A very happy bunch of Witches at my
Halloween Party
2009
Me on the left and two of my daughters
Jennifer and Julie


Monday, October 19, 2009

GRAND DAUGHTER OF THE WEEK ..*MAEGANN*

My grand daughter MAEGANN ( on the left)
and her friend GRACE
I am so proud of the youth of today..
I always seem to be learning about
"Love for your fellow man" from them.
Maegann, I'm soo proud of you.
LOS ANGELES WALK FOR AIDS





Saturday, October 10, 2009

MY NEW HALLOWEEN DECORATION

My friend Karen made me this great Halloween Bride yesterday ... She's great! ...."BUT"..
"Where do I keep her during the year"? ...Can you just imagine me going up to my attic at night to look for something and running into her!!! ....lol

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Great grandboys of the week

Jaxon and Jude
Our beautiful great grandsons
Jude
Jaxon
Photography by my son
Luis @ Reflections Photography



Daniel and Heather's wedding

Daniel and Heather\

I made this from a plastic pumpkin

I made this from a plastic pumpkin
I wish the right side was not cut off .. that's the best part ..lol ..who can tell me how to fix this ...I know there is a way..."help somebody" ...lol

Fall is just around the corner

Fall is just around the corner
I just found some great fall decorations at the Dollar Tree .. Can't wait to use them ..."I LOVE FALL".

Joe & friend Wayne went backpacking..

Joe & friend Wayne went backpacking..
it was beautiful and he cought these great fish ... and ate it!

HAPPY 21ST OF JULY

HAPPY 21ST OF JULY

MY NEW FRIEND ...just had to share.

MY NEW FRIEND ...just had to share.
I guess this has been around forever ..but I just found it and "I LOVE IT" ... I think it's the best thing since sliced bread ( or tortillas) ... it works great on rust, coffee stains .. whatever! ..thanks Karen for telling me about it.

LUIS* GRAND KID OF THE WEEK

LUIS* GRAND KID OF THE WEEK
Luis ..or Louie as we call him in the family ... lives every man's dream life right now ... in the summer he is a river rafting guide ...

in the winter he works at a sky resort ...

just for fun he climbs mountains ...

OMG!

he's a hard worker...

...and he's one of the sweetest persons I know. :^)

Something "just for fun"

Something "just for fun"
I just couldn't throw this away so Tina and I thought it would be a fun addition to her garden. ... "I want it back" ....lol

Tina's Guest Cottage

Tina\
Cottage 93422 ... she rents it out... I want to stay there ..it's soo cute.

GRAND GIRL OF THE WEEK*

GRAND GIRL OF THE WEEK*
MAEGANN ELIZABETH* Congratulations ... We love you and are proud of you ...Hugz ...Grandma Betty

She did it!

She did it!
Maegann wearing her lei. :^)

"WE DID IT"!!!!

"WE DID IT"!!!!
Michael & Natalie .. I'm soo proud of you ... great job!

Update on the Aids Ride

Update on the Aids Ride
"IT'S RAINING"!!!!

Michael..AIDS LIFECYCLE RIDE ..From San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Michael..AIDS LIFECYCLE RIDE ..From San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Go Michael! ... I am really proud of these two people. :^)

Natalie

Natalie
Go Nat! ... My grandkids are half way there! ... ready to sleep in their own beds ..but still smiling. :^)
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A LITTLE RED AND YELLOW OUTSIDE TOO.

A LITTLE RED AND YELLOW OUTSIDE TOO.

Louie Reade Fire Fighter

Louie Reade Fire Fighter
My brother Louie is a wonderful, wonderful man who always gives of himself and talks to children at their schools about fire safty... He is a wonderful brother and my good friend. ... Happy Birthday Dear Brother.

ME AND MY DAUGHTER JENNIFER

ME AND MY DAUGHTER JENNIFER
this picture was taken in the early 70's .. Jennifer is now 41 years old .. We are standing in the middle of what is now our lawn and gardens ..I love seeing the changes from 1915 to now ... It must have been morning since I'm still in my robe ...lol

YOU DON'T NEED A FACE TO TELL A STORY

YOU DON\

A Birthday Gift From Louie & Yoly

A Birthday Gift From Louie & Yoly
My brother Louie & his wife Yoly gave me a gift card for my birthday back in Feb. .. I went shopping with my daughter Julie and she convinced me that I should not buy something like underware when you get a gift card ..she said I should buy something I don't need or would probably not buy for myself ...so I bought this great bike flower pot stand ... Don't you just love it? ... I still have to put some pots in it ... Julie was right .. Thanks Louie and Yoly. :^)

A GIFT FROM RITA

A GIFT FROM RITA
What a wonderful surprise I got today when the postman left a package at my door! .. I was having a regular day doing what I do ..then I found a package on my porch .. I had no idea who it was from .. then I saw that it was from my niece Rita Reade ..I can't tell you how thrilled I was shen I saw what she had sent me ..."A beautiful bag full of trinkets" ....I just love every single thing in the bag and the bag is a treasure in itself .. and guess what? .. It's not even my birthday!... I don't think I've ever gotten a gift in the mail for no reason at all .. and don't you just love getting packages in the mail? .. Thank you soo much Rita for all the beautiful things and for making my day soo special... I love you ... Hugz ...Tia Betty

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I love this little bag "tied" with an old clip on earing.

BEAUTIFUL!

I am feeling so special right now

I am feeling so special right now
THANK YOU RITA. :^)

Some Mexican Folk Art

Some Mexican Folk Art
When I was a little girl my Mother had a couple of these bird feather paintings in our living room ..so now I have a small collection of them in my home.

This is one of my favorites

My Mexican outdoor kitchen

My Mexican outdoor kitchen
Another old stove .. this one lives out doors in our Mexican patio / kitchen.

We brought a little bit of Mexico to our corner .. I'll show you more of the Mexican dining room when I get some new pictures ... This part of our yard is one of our favorite "out door rooms."

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU.

DON\

This is what $1.49 pot of ivy can do to your garden! .. This "was" my 'children's garden'.

This is what $1.49 pot of ivy can do to your garden! .. This "was" my \
I've been working on it so I hope to show it to you soon without all the evy ..it's like "The Secret Garden" .. I'm finding all kinds of treasures under all the ivy ...Wish me luck!

My Purses

My Purses
One of my hobbies ...making purses. .. These are some I made last summer.

Old World

Old World

Sandy's Cottage

Sandy\
These are pictures of my friend Sandy's little "3 room" cottage ... It's always a treat to visit her and see what she has done new .. It's a little doll house.

living room

living room

living room

living room

She 'painted' her piano white!

She \
She 'painted' her piano white!

more painted furniture

more painted furniture

Sandy put down used brick in all of the rooms and then white washed them on her knees.

Sandy put down used brick in all of the rooms and then white washed them on her knees.

yep... she painted the fire place too.

yep... she painted the fire place too.

Her big bed in her little bedroom

Her big bed in her little bedroom

Bathroom

Bathroom

Sandy set this beautiful breakfast table for my birthday.

Sandy set this beautiful breakfast table for my birthday.

My Dear friend "Miss Sandra"

My Dear friend "Miss Sandra"

WELCOME TO MY HOME

WELCOME TO MY HOME

My Kitchen

My Kitchen
I love my red stove ... The stove is one of my favorite "prizes" ...it was a gift from my nephew Dean Reade ..Not a day goes by that I don't think of Dean when I look at my stove.

MY DISH WASHER

MY DISH WASHER
I told you my house is pretty much like it was when it was built in 1915 ... I have no dish washer, no garbage disposal, no trash compacter, not even a teenager to wash my dishes.

laundry room at Christmas time

laundry room at Christmas time

Yard sale weekend

Last Saturday was a city wide yard sale in a near by beach town called Morro Bay ...it's about a 15 minute drive from our town ...I went with two of my daughters, Julie and Jennifer. ..They picked me up at 6:30 am ...we wanted to be the "early birds" so we could get the best "prizes" ..of course everyone else had the same idea ... Tina, our oldest daughter also followed in her car with cousin Pam ... we had to take two cars to have enough room for our treasures ... good thing we did take two cars because they were both 'packed' when we came home ... It was such a fun day. One of the things I bought was a service for 12 set of Spring looking dishes .. but when I put them on my table they just 'didn't work for me' ..so Tina is going to try to sell them at her yard sale next weekend.... You can't win them all.

Easter

Easter
I love my bunnies

Dining room Easter table

Dining room Easter table
My first attempt at making a bunny out of clay

dining room Easter table

dining room Easter table

A touch of Easter in the kitchen

A touch of Easter in the kitchen
These eggs are kid's sidewalk chalk from the Dollar Tree

A BIRTHDAY "PRIZE" FOR YOLANDA

A BIRTHDAY "PRIZE" FOR YOLANDA
My sister-in-law Yoly loves hankies .. I could not find any in the stores so I hit the yard sales and found this old box and a bunch of old vintage hankies in the bottom of a box of junk .. I washed and ironed them and put them in this great old box .. under the hankies there is also a vintage apron. .. I love this kind of stuff... I hope she does too. :^)

hankies

hankies
la la la ..Happy birthday to you " ..la la ..happy birthday to you ...la la...Happy birthday 'Dear Yolanda" ..happy birthday to you ...la la la