Betty's corner of the world: July 2010

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Life gone crazy!

Hi all my blogging pals ... I have not posted for a while cuz my life got so crazy .. My Mom just celebrated her 91st birthday ... family from out of town ( always fun) .. impromptu party at my house .. my husband got hit by a car walking to the bank ... I got an ambulance ride to the hospital with him and a couple hours in the ER.. ( he's banged up but doing fine) .. back to the ER at 2:00am the same night with my Mom cuz she had food stuck in her esophagus .. "11 hours" in the ER waiting for a specialist to come from the next town to remove the food .. (she is also doing better ) .. then taking care of my Mom trying to get her stronger and wondering what I can feed her ...etc. ... But things seem to be calming down now ... thank God! ...So now I'm just busy taking care of Mom and trying to get my gardens back in some kind of shape since I've had to neglect everything .. I've started a "support group" with a few friends who take care of their elderly parents and that really helps .. It's a fun group and we eat, have some wine and share our stories and ideas ... It's really helpful and fun to have people over since it's hard for me to get away ...so things are looking up .. and again I say "Thank God"! ♥

Monday, July 12, 2010

Birthday Banner

Just had to share this birthday banner my daughter Tina made for her little grandson's baseball theme party. ...

Great job Tina!

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDE*

Sunday, July 4, 2010

This is pretty cool.

I have never seen one of these before ...

My son-in-law stuffed these chilies with cream cheese and bacon ....

He put this rack on the bar-b-q ... and ...yummy!
What a great tool.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

God Bless America

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Yard Sale Prize For Today

When I get home from yard-sale-ing ..I always like to look at all my treasures and then I pick one thing out that I think is my "Prize" for the day .. Today I think it has to be this 'Child's Tea Set' ... It's soo cute ...and look at the price. :^)
Oh Happy Day!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Garden Party

The weather has been so beautiful that I decided to have a garden party .. So I invited some good friends ... asked them to wear white ..and made a bunch of food.
I used mint and a couple of white flowers as a centerpiece.
I covered a wire lampshade to cover the sandwiches and now it's on my lamp in the living room. :^)
I also filled tea pots with "flower pens" to give as part of my hostess gifts.
It was such a treat for me to spend time with friends that I don't get to see often enough. ... I'm sure I'll do it again soon. :^)

So easy and So yummy

Put biscuits on greased cookie sheet ... sprinkle with chopped nuts and sugar .. pour melted butter over the top ... Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees... Mix 3/4 cup powered sugar, 2 tablespoons juice from an orange with some orange zest and pour on top .. That's it .. it's soo fast and soo Yummy!
(Make sure you use layered biscuits)

BIRTHDAYS

January, February and March are our "birthday months" ... We have so many birthdays at this time of the year that it makes your head spin ... Although every single one of them is so important, we sometimes just can't celebrate each one like we should .. But we all know we are special and that we are loved by our big family.

There have been all kinds of parties and celebrations, some are big and some may be having pizza at our local pizza place ..but we always have fun.

One of the celebrations that stands out in our family memories is the one where my son-in-law invited about 20 people over for an early brunch since my dauther Jennifer works nights he knew she would be sleeping ... he had us all stand around her bed and outside their big picture window were everyone could look in and she could see everyone outside. ...Well, she woke up to a bunch of "fire crackers" that he lit outside the window... Oh yeah! ...It was not pretty when she jumped up out of a dead sleep ... Saying .."what the hell"!!!! along with a few other words #@%$$#&**##@!!!! .. especially when she raealized that there were 15 people standing around her bed.. she wanted to kill her dear hubby ..but she laughed and has never forgotten her 40th birthday ......So that tells you what kind of a family we have ... there's always something that is good for a laugh ...and it makes for great dinner stories.... So I am saying ....* HAPPY BIRTHDAY* to all of us who will be or has been celebrating a birthday .... I love you all ..and I am blessed. :^)

So that gives you an idea of what kind of a family we are ...

A Birthday Gift From Louie & Yoly

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

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.