Betty's corner of the world: September 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

HALLOWEEN PROJECT

I love Halloween ...

maybe it's because it's a good excuse to have a party ...

and not have to buy gifts ...

I'll be using these as hostess gifts for my

Witches Brew Garden Party ...

Now I only have to make about 15 more!

These are my first Halloween crafts that I've started working on.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

BEFORE AND AFTER

I was soo ready for this nasty old carpet to go

and kept putting off cleaning it as you can see.

Thanks to my grand daughter Natalie, our daughter Tina and her husband Mark it finally got done ... Joe and I could not have done it alone ..Thanks so much guys. :^)

So this is what was under the carpet ...I think it has been covered for 95 years... Of course there were swirls of glue on the wood where they had glued the padding down that had to be removed .. then we just cleaned it with wood floor cleaner .. and lastly, I put Johnson's Paste Wax on it and buffed it with my almost 50 year old buffer.
I love the new floor and it was worth all the work ..
even though today I feel like I've been hit by a truck ...LOL

Friday, September 24, 2010

"IT'S FALL"!!

I love fall and everything that comes with it.

But since I have not started decorating for fall ...

I thought I'd share one of my favorite little friends.

Funny how such a little thing like my friend Humpty can add a smile to our day.

"HAPPY FALL" :^)

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Chickens and Ivy .. love them both.

I have not posted anything for a while cuz things got so crazy in my family ..some good, some not so good .. way to much to write about .. The good thing is that I got to do a little yard sale-ing and one of my "prizes" is this ivy chicken that I put in my laundry room .. I also got the tin pocket on the wall and the cherry garland.. I loved them all and it made my day ...funny how some people's junk can make you so happy. :^)

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.