Betty's corner of the world: November 2010

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Does anyone have the 'recipe' for lavender wands?

I made these a couple years ago but I don't remember how to make them. :^(

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Asking for prayers.

We just got my Mom home from a 5 day stay in the hospital after a fall... I spent the 5 days with her because she is so used to me being with her that I could not leave her .. The doctor wanted to send her to a nursing home from the hospital but we brought her home and hopefully we can care for her here at home and I think with the help of the physical therapist and the home nurses she can stay here with us and her little dog Petunia...She is 91 years old. .. Please keep her in your prayers. ♥

Monday, November 15, 2010

Thanksgiving dishes

I found these dishes at a yard sale many years ago ..

Of course I had to 'rescue' them even though I didn't need them.

The set is not complete but there's tons of them

including serving platters and bowls of all sizes.

Now we call them our "Thanksgiving dishes".
I also love using them for Easter with yellow and purple napkins.

To me they look like spring ..but the colors are perfect for fall.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving Season

From my home to yours. ♥

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Sometimes you just need a good laugh..

One that makes you cry

and almost pee your pants ...lol

This is me and my sister-in-law, Yolanda ...

It must have been funny..LOL

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.