Betty's corner of the world: January 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

"I GOT MY PRIZES"!!!

Look at the sweet little cameo that was part of

"my treasures"

from Linda at Robins Egg Blues

The sun is shinning and I got a sweet little package in my mail box ... It's a special day on my corner .... Look at all the 'toys' I get to play with ... I'm trying to think of something to make using all my beautiful things ... hmmmm? ... I'm sure some of you gals could just whip something up without batting an eye.... It may take me a few days to come up with something, but I promise to post a picture of it as soon as I do.

Thank you so much Linda for all the pretty little things .. I hope you will all go check out Linda's blog and see what she's giving away now. ..

A great big "THANK YOU" Linda ... and a GREAT BIG (( HUG))

Robins Egg Blues

Sunday, January 24, 2010

JOSHUA

" GRANDSON OF THE WEEK "

Josh is "22" years old today!
This picture is of his second birthday.

Josh and his mom ... my daughter Juliet a couple years ago.

You've never met a nicer young man then our Josh.

One of the many things he does is cross country running...
He was the top runner in high school
and now he helps coach the team at his school ..Cuesta Collage

The little guy in this picture is Joshua .. the other little guy is his cousin Michael.
Where does the time go?
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH"

Friday, January 22, 2010

"I WON"!

It may be raining ..but today the sun is shinning on my corner ... Why?

"BECAUSE I WON"!!!!

My thanks to Linda at Robins Egg Blues for picking me as the winner of her wonderful givaway ... I'm so excited and can't wait to see all my 'prizes'...You've got to go visit her to see all her great ideas .. She's so talented and so inspiring ...thanks Linda. :^)

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

"SILVER "...My new love.

Here are a few pictures of my dinning room ...I "finally" got all my Christmas stuff put away ...well, it made it up the stairs on it's way to the attic any way.

After seeing so much beautiful silver on some of your blogs it started catching my eye and now I'm in love with it ...just what I needed ..'another thing to collect' ...Oh well ...The hunt is on!

I love the white and silver together ... I just found the silver bowl in the middle of the shelf at the Goodwill ...It was black when I bought it but I couldn't wait to get home and clean it up.

I love this beautiful coffee pot I found at the Goodwill.

I actually started buying silver trays to paint with chalkboard paint, but I just can't bring myself to paint one yet.
Don't you just love my $1.00 yard sale teapot lamp?

Friday, January 15, 2010

Bubble Bath

Does anyone remember the bubble bath from the 50"s?
It came in a long box with little koolaid looking packets, only smaller .. maybe 6 or 10 of them ...I don't remember how many ...each packet had a picture of a different flower on it and the bubble bath was the sent of the flower.
My sister and I would buy them at our local 5 & dime ... Newberry's in Los Angeles ...I think the bubble bath was in the same area as the Blue Waltz and Evening in Paris Perfumes were ... also we would buy "Natural" lipstick and nail polish there ... the nail polish had a little 'finger nail' on the cap. :^)
I have looked on ebay for the bubble bath, but no luck ...I would love to find a box for my sister.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Home made laundry soap

I want to thank Maryjane over at The Beehive Cottage

for posting her recipe for home made laundry soap..

I had such a fun 'play date' with my daughter Tina shopping for all the ingredients since we had never heard of a couple of them ...Then there was the hunt for the jars at all the thrift stores ...This soap is really fun to make and now I have a special little gift for my friends....I love this stuff and will never buy detergent again ... You've really got to try it.

And be sure to look around Maryjane's blog when you go over to get the recipe ...she is so talented and so inspiring.

Tina also printed up the labels for me ..I don't think you can read them but they say "Betty's Laundry Soap"

'one to two tbs. per load'

Friday, January 1, 2010

The Beehive Cottage: Tea Party Gloves...

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.