Progress on the House!!

Good Afternoon Bloggers!! It is a wet and dreary day here in Myrtle Beach!! But that did not stop my husband and I from driving out to check on progress on the house!!
I cannot wait to get out of this condo and actually have our things surrounding us, instead of condo furniture and decorations.
The builder said with the Christmas season here, it will be the middle of February before the house will be completely finished. They have to get the inspectors to check out the electricity and plumbing. It seems like it takes forever here in the South to get things inspected.
But anyhow, I thought I would share the progress! I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and wish you many blessings in the New Year. Can you believe it will be 2011!!











My Craft/Sewing Room




Bonus Room











Guest Room Bath- Tub





Master Bedroom Bath - Garden Tub




Master Bedroom Bathroom- Shower

Sharing My Treasures and Some Finished Projects!

Hello my blogger friends!! I will get my whining out of the way first. My vacation is over and I have to get up and go back to work tomorrow. Bummer! When you go on vacation, it is a mad house when you get back to get caught up on paperwork and all the clients want to be seen immediately. Oh well, it is what it is.
I decided to share with you my treasures I bought in Jamaica. I also wanted to share some projects I finished this weekend!!
I hope you have a wonderful week, I have enjoyed catching up with all my favorite bloggers and seeing what has been happening with you since I was away, Hey I was even able to win a giveaway a CSN gift certificate via My Cottage Charm. Thank you Missi!!




My husband and I took a walk on the beach and there were Jamaican people who were selling their art work. They can be very aggressive in trying to sell you things. But all you have to do is tell them your not interested and they will stop hasseling you.
We have been to Jamaica before, and the last time we went, I bought two little roosters the size of salt and pepper shakers. This time I decided to buy these guys and add them to my collection.
We are already planning to go back to Jamaica next year around this time, so I will continue to add to my Jamaican rooster collection.






I do not like this one as well as I do the one above!! But the price was right and so I added it to my collection.







I bought these two hand towels at Walmart for 1.50. I decided to embroidery them in a Christmas design. I embroidered three red snowflakes and then put red rick rack as the bottom trim. These are a gift for my daughter. She never has time to read my blog so she won't know she is getting these.







I found these two little Christmas green tea towels at the Dollar Tree. I decided I would embroidery Christmas designs on both for a Christmas present to my daughter!! She overlooks my flaws and mistakes. LOL.






This is another little Christmas green tea towel I made for a tray liner!! I am giving both green ones to my daughter for Christmas!!


As you all know, Roses and Roosters are my two favorite things. So I bought this little blue tea towel at the Dollar Tree and decided to embroidery it with Roosters!! The trim I found at a yard sale!

Jamaica Photos

Hey blogger friends! As I promised I thought I would share just a few of our vacation pictures!! I did not want to bore you with all of the photos and tried to show the most interesting ones!!
I hope you enjoy them!! I may post others later, but for now this will do.



This is our pink palace. Our room had an ocean view from the bottom floor. Due to my health I had to have a ground floor!
I love the pink and cream colors of the buildings!! The cream is brought in through the beautiful scrolled iron railings and the gutters!!







I hear the beach calling me.........come lay on my golden sands! Let your eyes rest on the beautiful Caribbean blue!! Feel the warmth of the sun on your face!!







These step led up to the lobby. It is the back entrance from the pool! That's my sweetie standing on the steps!!






I wish I was still there!






We were entertained on the beach every day by Jamaicans who would walk the beach to earn money for their families. This gentleman at my request sang Happy Birthday to my hubby!






The ladies who make up our rooms each day took great pride in their work!! We always left a tip for them!! Each day we would have a different piece of towel art on our bed! This was the best ever, the two swans kissing are adorable!! Don't you think?







The Jamaican's do some beautiful wood art!! Don't you just love the detail in this piece!







I wanted to show you some of the art that was hanging in the lobby of the Rio Tropical!


The florals in this art work is absolutely gorgeous!






I love the bird in this piece of art work!!

Update on the House

Good Evening Bloggers!! Progress , progress and more progress on the house!! I thought I would post the pictures we took today. The builder stated they will be putting the windows in the house tommorrow.!! I am so excited that so much was done while we were in Jamaica.
I am still tired from our flight home yesterday! The vacation was so relaxing. All we did was eat, sleep and lay on the beach and listen to Reggae music!! It was awesome! I did not have to cook a meal, clean house or listen to any sad stories! We met so many nice people and enjoyed the friendly atmosphere of the Jamaican people.
I will post the vacation pictures tomorrow.



This is a side View of the house!! The front of the home is the very last picture so be sure to scroll down






Another Side View.






The Bay Window in the Master BEDROOM!





This is the bay window in the kitchen!!





This is the Front of the house!! They still have to install the windows!!

I am back!!

Good Evening Blogger friends!! I am back from Jamaica, with a sun burn to prove it!! LOL. I have missed blogging and keeping up with all my friends out in blog land!! I have lots and lots to share with you guys!! However it will have to wait until tomorrow because the flight was long and I am exhausted!!

Its good to be home!! I cannot wait to see how much they have done on our house!! Before we left they had the framing up, so I am hoping they have a lot more done.
So until later my friends!!

I Won a Towell from Hunted Treasures/ Finished Project!

Good Evening Bloggers!! I was thinking today that I was worried when I moved to this small condo if I would have anything to blog about. Well that was a needless worry! LOL. I have found lots and lots to blog about.

I thought I would share with you, the towel i won from Maria and Ruth's Give Away @ Hunted Treasures. It is the most darling little towel I have ever seen. It will find a special place in my new home!!

Also I have been working on this beaded deer since I lived at the house we sold. I finally finished it today!! So I thought I could share that with you before I leave for Jamaica!!
I am so excited to be going on vacation!! It will be a nice break away from work. I am really exhausted mentally and physically. We leave Wednesday at 7:45 am. So I will be missing in action for a time.

I was so fortunate to win this little dress shaped towell!! Isn't it the cutest little towel you have ever seen! I won this from Hunted Treasures!! Maria and Ruth did a wonderful job on making this sweet little towell.







This is a close up view of the top part of the dress towell.






Maria and Ruth from Hunted Treasures sent along a nice personal note!!





I finally finished my Christmas Reindeer. After hours of gluing cream colored beads to a paper machie deer. It is finally finished. I think its pretty. However it is not as good as the first deers I did. I added a Christmas ribbon and glittered rose and a couple of small ornaments around his neck. I did not put this detail on the first deer I did.

Angie, This is Dedicated to You!!

Good Evening Blogger Friends!! Well Thanksgiving is over and did I have alot to be thankful for this year. First of all my family and friends~~ also I am going on a pre Christmas vacation to Jamaica!! We leave on Wednesday Dec 1!! And God is blessing with a new home!! I am cancer free!! God is so good!!!

As you know our Christmas decorations are simple this year!! So I thought I would share a picture of our Tree!! I have dedicated this tree to my sweet Canadian friend
Angie@Freespirit Haven!! When she sees it she will understand why!!

The theme of the tree is red cardinals which are the Ky State Bird!! As most know Ky is my home state!!

This day I spent doing my Christmas Shopping. It was a mad house out there!! I will never ever do that again! I usually shop all year long and then I can just enjoy the wrapping at Christmas time. But you guys are not even going to believe how disorganized I am! I had shopped all year round, but during the move, the boxes marked Christmas presents were taken along with the other boxes to storage unit, with all our furniture and stuff. They are sitting all boxed up in the back of the unit with furniture and who knows what piled high on them. So, thus, I had to go shopping for presents again!! Lordy Lordy will I ever learn!!

Progress

Good Evening Bloggers!! It has been a long week. We met with the builders this week and chose all our colors and worked out the detail of the house!! It was so much fun and very exciting!
I have posted some pictures below to catch you up on the progress of the house!! We actually have lumber!! They did the concrete for the foundation. They will start framing after Thanksgiving!!
I apologize in advance you are going to get very bored looking at the pictures of the house!!







































We have concrete for the foundation!!

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Progress on the House and Yard Sale Finds!!

Good Evening Bloggers!! Finally some progress we can see on building the house. This past month has been waiting on permits and getting all the paperwork done. I wanted to share the pictures of the work done on the lot thus far. The next thing they will put in the plumbing. Here at least , I don't know how they build in other states, they put the plumbing under the cement foundation.
I am so excited!! I can't wait to see the walls going up. We meet with the builders next week.
I also was able to hit a few yardsales last weekend. I went in hunt of books to read. But I stumbled upon these two gorgeous finds I could not pass up!! So please bear with me on what may be boring pictures to you on the house. Scroll on down and see my latest finds!!


























I bought this little crochet apron for fifty cents. Is not the most adorable little apron you have ever seen.






This little sweet grass basket was something I could not resist. It was just 5.00 dollars. For those of you that don't know , a sweet grass basket the size of a fifty cent piece can sell for 25.00. This one is much larger.
Also for those of you that don't know about these baskets, they are huge part of the South Carolina culture!

Family Dollar and Home Goods Finds!!

Good Evening Friendly bloggers!! I hope your Saturday has went well. It was cold here this morning, but by the afternoon it was beautiful!! I did go to some yard sales today, but only but a few little things. I will share them maybe tommorrow.
I thought I would share some of the Christmas decorations I found at Family Dollar and Home Goods. I really do love both those stores!! So enjoy!!

I love this little snowman wall hanging. I found it at the Family Dollar. It just had to come home with me!!






I still have to buy a Christmas candle for this Candle Holder. It was a home goods find as well. After Christmas it may get a makeover, maybe to an oil rubbed bronze.






This mug I bought for hubby. It suits him well, he can be a real bah humbug at Christmas. But he tolerates it for me. He knows I love Christmas.






This little poinsetta Christmas bowl , I bought at Home Goods!! I will set it in the middle of my dining room table here in the condo!! OOOOOOOOOoops maybe not on the table, that is where I am going to put my deer. Maybe I will put it on the coffee table.

Lets Pray for Our Vets!!

Veterans Day should be a special Holiday in every American's heart. Please lets all take the time to remember our young soldiers who continue to keep American's safe!! Our country no matter what its faults is still the best Country anyone could wish for!!
Our young soldiers are giving their lives everyday to keep Americans free, and safe.
As a mother of a US Marine I stand proud!! My son has served his time in Iraq. He continues to be a loyal Marine and puts the Corp and God first. By putting them first he understands he is keeping his family safe and contributing to the safety of all American families.
Just to be clear he is not in Iraq now,but continues to serve as a loyal US Marine!!
The picture below is of my son in his uniform and on his wedding day. Isn't he a handsome dude!!