Thanking God for his Blessings in my Life!!!

Good Evening Bloggers!!
It was cold here in Myrtle Beach this morning~~ we had frost!! I thought I would take a moment and just express some thankfulness I have experienced in my life. I think most of you know I am a cancer survivor. I had colon cancer, but they got it all and I am doing fine. It has been three years since I was diagnosed. I am so grateful to my God who is a healing God and he heard my prayers. He continues to bless me everyday!!
Every other day I hear someone that their parent, brother,sister etc has just died from colon cancer!! Every time I hear that I say a prayer of thanks to my Lord for allowing me to discover mine in time.
I am so grateful to my husband who absolutely insisted that I make my doctor send me to a colonoscopy. I had been treated for over a year for IBS and the doctor never mentioned that test. Well obviously I had the test done, and thats when they found the mass!! It was in the very early stages and the doctor told me I was going to be fine!!
So every year at Thanksgiving time I have alot to be Thankful for! I also had thyroid cancer that I had surgery for four years ago!! It is strange my thyroid cancer and my colon cancer , I was in the hospital at Thanksgiving.
I thought I would share this story with you as way to express my thankfullness. The plants below are all from friends and coworkers when I went through my surgery.






This little plant was only a sprig when I bought it at Walmart. I paid 50 cents off the bargain table for it. I cannot believe how much it has grown this year. I don't know the name of the plant. If any of you guys know. please tell me the name of it, I would greatly appreciate it.






This is a plant that work sent me when I was in the hospital for a colon resection. It was a small garden arrangement. It has really grown these past three years.






Christmas cactus is just beginning to bloom!!!

The Rest of Michaels Haul

Good Evening!! Lordy blogger finally let me post the rest of my Michale's Haul!! I love all the sparklies on these picks!! Tomorrow I will show you my Home Store Haul!!









If you look at my very first post in the blogger world, you will see last years tree. You will notice I had a cardinal theme. Well these little picks will be on my tree this year and carry over to next year on one of my trees!!






I won't be using this little birdie this Christmas. I really bought him for next year. When we are in the new house I plan to have a cream and brown themed tree.







I love these lacy leaves. I think they will be so pretty on the tree or even in a project somehow.

Partial Michael's Haul

Good Evening Bloggers. I hope everyone had a beautiful Sunday!! Mine was great. I got the condo cleaned up yesterday, so I had the whole day to relax ie: shop. LOL
I decided to post my Michaels Haul. Unfortunately Blogger is acting up and will not post the rest of my pics. So this is my partial Haul. Hopefully blogger will let me post the rest later.
I had a 50% off coupon for fall stuff. But the cashier applied it to my Christmas decorations. I did not buy any fall items.


A couple of picks for the tree.






I love this rose pick. I may go back and get a few more of these for the tree. I hope they have some left when I go back.





I am going to use this little red wreath as an ornament on the Christmas tree.






I am going to use this Christmas Ribbon to tie a bow around the neck of the deer.






These two little red ornaments are going to be used around the deer's neck. This picture does not do them justice. They are really shiny and cute.

Finally Settled! Christmas Project Started!

Good Evening Blogger friends!!
Wow! We are finally settled into the Condo we are renting until the new house is finished. My husband I drove out and looked at our lot. They haven't started the house yet. They are in the stage of getting all the building permits. That takes forever here in South Carolina!
My dear hubby is a gardener, he planted some gladiola bulbs at the back of our lot today. He just couldn't wait! LOL
I thought I would share with you the project I am working on. Most of you saw the deer I had sitting on my dining room table last Christmas. Well I am working on a larger one that stands up. You can check out my progress in the picture below.
I will start sharing pictures of the decorations in the condo, none of which are mine but are a part of this condo. But hey, I have to blog about something.

MIA FOR A LITTLE WHILE!!

Good Evening my blogger buddies! Just requesting everyone not forget about me. We are moving to the Condo this weekend and I will be out of internet services for a little while.
I will miss everyone!! But hopefully I will not be missing long!! I will take pictures of the golf course we are living on and some of the condo itself. It's decorated Asian style. I am not Asian style decorator. So pray that I won't get too depressed and anxious until our new home is built.
I will be working on some embroidery projects because I am taking my embroidery machine to the condo!! So when I get the internet up and running I will share those things I make along the way.

Show and Tell Friday

Please visit Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday!!

Old Country Roses, Bubble Wrap and Thrifting Finds!!

Good Evening Bloggers.
I did get to do some yard saleing and thrifting this weekend. My hubby was not to pleased about it , after all we are moving and trying get rid of stuff. But he got over it and told me what I got was really nice.
I thought I would share my Old Country Rose utensils that go with my China set. I just love the Old Country Rose pattern. My daughter has already instructed me to will it to her when I die. LOL
I have been really busy with the move, but we finally with an exception of a few odds and ends we are packed!! I am really feeling it, with working and then coming home and packing in the evenings. These old bones can hardly take it!! LOL
I hope every one is had a good week and hope the week goes even better for you!!


This is my Old Country Roses Dinnerware set by Royal Albert. I also have a whole set of the china!! I have a few accessories but not many. I am going to start collecting those once we get moved!! I had bought the china when it was on sale. I came home from work one day and my hubby had a package for me. It was the utensils!! I did not even ask for them!







I love it because the utensils are gold!!




Who would of thunk it!! Pink bubble wrap!! I found it at Walmart!!







This scrapbook/photo album was a yard sale find for a 1.00. It was never used. I may have posted this before. I hope not. I found it several months ago. I ran across it when I was packing for the move.







Of course I could not pass up this little rose teacup and saucer. 1.91 at Good Will.






I found this Little BOY figurine at Goodwill for a 1.91. He matches a collection of blue and white figurines I already have. I have posted the pictures of those in earlier post.







I love the Roses on this address book. It was another Goodwill find!! I love the Romantic Shabby Chic looking address books, journals etc!! 1.91.







This pillow sham was a Good Will find!! I love the roses in it.






This is an FTLD vase. I like it , it matches my decor in my living room. It was only a dollar!!







I will proably give this to my daughter. It was 50 cents at yard sale. It is brand new,never out of the package!! It looks like something my daughter might like.

Prayer Request and Pics of my Grandchildren!!

Good Evening my friends!! Since I could not go thrifting this week end. I thought I would share the pictures I just received from my grandchildren in Okinawa. Their mother will occasionally send me pictures of the children. Right now she will not let my son have contact with the children. She is angry because he is remarried. For those of you who do not know, my former daughter in law kidnapped the children and took them to Okinawa. By Japanese law , even though my son has full custody in the states. He cannot take them, he would be arrested and thrown in jail.
Please pray that my grandchildren be happy and that they can have both their father and their mother. We have an awesome God and I know he can make it happen!!

I did not go thrifting because I can't bring anything into the house until we get moved. By order of Mr. N. I tell ya girlfriends, It was hard not to hit the yard sales this weekend!!










This is Emily and Anthony. They are really close to each other. They always have been.







This is Emily isn't she beautiful. I miss her so much

WE SOLD IT!! and Yard Sale Finds

Good Evening my friends in blog land! I am so excited! We have sold our house!! The next step is the closing. If nothing goes wrong, I am keeping my fingers crossed!! We have to be out of this house by October 27th. So I gotta get busy!!
We will have to rent a small condo and put our furniture in storage until our house is built. So I will be blogging about the progress of the house!!

I thought I would share this weeks yard sale finds!! I didn't buy too much because of the move, but I really did get some great stuff!!



Here they are the first three boxes that I packed. I have just began,so wish me luck :)






I just love this gravy boat. It is a really old piece. I have other china pieces it will match. I paid 1.00 for it as well.






This teacup is by Royal Albert!! Its a Christmas cup!! The pattern is Old Country Roses. I have a whole set of this china pattern, but this little cup is the only Christmas piece I have. It was 1.00.







This little salad plate was 50 cents. I love the royal blue and white color!!





These three little plastic campbell soup cups were 25 cents. I just thought they were too cute to pass up.

Show and Tell Friday

I am joining Cindy at My Romantic Home For:"

Yard Sale Haul!!

Good Afternoon my blogger friends!! Its beginning to look like fall here, but it is still very warm. I miss the colors of the Kentucky Falls! I went to several yard sales this weekend. I thought I would share my finds. I will have to pack some of my dishes away until we move but that's okay. I should not be buying stuff, but I can't stand just sitting around waiting. So I purge as I buy and pack away as well. So enjoy browsing my blog. And if your not a follower, I would be glad to have you as a follower!


This was my best find of the weekend. I love the roses on this plate. The pale pink one and the light creams and tans. It is a Royal Munich. I paid one dollar!




This is the markings on the back of the Rose Plate.






This plate was a dollar. I absolutely love the colors of the pears. The brown tones and the green.





I have several pieces already of this cornflower blue corning ware. I found these this weekend. All three pieces was 3.00. I can't wait to get to my new home, if I ever do to orgainize all my dishes.






This green purse was 5.00. I just love the color. It is a Nicole Lee. I researched it on the internet and its original price was about 57.00. I think I got a bargain!!






I bought this purse for 3.00. I love it! It has so much room for all my junk! LOL





This basket and four tassels and the earrings were 2.00 for all. The basket has a liner. It's in the laundry right now waiting to be laundered.






This is a close up of the earrings. They have rhinestones with little black pearls. The lady had 20.00 marked on them.





I ended up getting this baggie of buttons. The lady was asking 2.00 but she let me have them for a dollar.







Look at all these beautiful vintage books. They are filled with poetry and inspirational sayings. I think their covers are just so beautiful. A lady had a small box with all sorts of stuff, The box was marked free, so I took it. It had a pretty little salt shaker that I will use in crafts and some other odds and ends that I threw away. But these books were awesome!!

Show and Tell Friday

I am joining Cindy over at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday!!

Yard Sale Haul!

Good Evening blogger friends!! Yep its Sunday and I have the blues. Yes, therapist can be blue too. I love my job but I love my home more. I would so love to be able to stay home and clean and play and thrift.
I am struggling with impatience as well. I so want this house to sell so we can start living a normal life again.!! We have to keep things so staged, that it does not feel like home.
I thought I would share this weekends yard sale finds. I did not find much, but I did like what I manage to get. So enjoy!




I just love this little silver platter. It needs some TLC. I will do that after we move. I just love the little roses on the ends of the platter.






This silver plated spoon ( at least I think its silver plated) says Merry Christmas. It was a 1.00.





This watch my daughter in law gave me. She bought it at Cracker Barrell. I just love it!! But my son said Mom we got it with large numbers on it so you could see it.!! Boy do I feel ancient!! LOL





This pink tassel is so pretty I think. 50 cents!






These were all in the paisley pink bag below all of that for a buck. Can't beat that with a stick. Its Avon Skin so Soft.




I found this at a yard sale for a dollar. The paisley pink caught my eye. The stuff in bag was an added bargain!!




I bought these Christmas stay at home socks for 50 cents. My feet say cold winter and summer so I always have socks on my feet in the house. Of course I will not wear these until Christmas time!!