Christmas Porch For Pink Saturday

Of course I don’t have my porch done for Christmas yet!  This is from several years ago.

I clumped three trees together

next to the porch couch!

Go see Beverly who hosts Pink Saturday but first look at my Blog Shop sale below!

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My Crafty Little Blog Shop!  I thought I’d join Beverly’s new endeavor also today.

I made Tussie Mussies for our antique store.

A whopping   15”  it’s made with a vintage cake plaque and bird candle holder from the ‘50s and would be a perfect birthday gift for any Pinkie!

Embellished with a lollie made from an old French book, a mercury glass ornament, old lace and seam binding.

$30 + shipping. I can invoice you through paypal.

Thanksgiving 2012

My Thanksgiving is a blur.  Really – every picture I took was blurry!

My grandsons…abide! They’re showing me “gang” poses to send to Aunt Buckeye Jude!  How that got started I have no idea.

Why do they rush to get out of my pictures?  Does that happen to you guys? They act like I’m the Paparazzi!

My only non burry picture – the turkey.  This one is not going anywhere… isn’t it a beauty?  It’s cousin Turkey Two was outside being boiled in oil so everyone would have leftovers for Friday! Thank you, Jeffy for thinking of that!

My son, Jeff fried the turkey and it was the best turkey we’ve ever ever had. Everyone was busy in the kitchen with their respective jobs.  

We all squeezed around the table and my little grandson Q said grace and I was completely overwhelmed with gratitude that we were able to be together.  Do you ever have those moments you wish could last forever?.

And meanwhile under the table were Lillie and Iris.  No one cares at our house…it just adds!

After dinner it was time for football and naps.  Here are my two little turkeys once again trying to avoid the camera.

I hope your day was full of blessings…as mine was.  Are you shopping or decorating this weekend? Not me.  We plan to do a little bit of decorating at Oodles and the rest is open.  My shopping is pretty much an online trip! 

Thanks to Beverly for hosting Pink Saturday. xoxo Nancy

Soup Kitchen

What am I doing this weekend.  Making a big pot of soup to  share with my two favorite sisters – Barbara and Judy.  Not my sisters by blood but my sisters by my good fortune.

Here’s a start on the table.

Using my Four Seasons dishes and some teal glasses.

I’ve been making these for our store and maybe for Beverly’s BlogshoP.  Did you read about that? I think it’s a great opportunity for all us.

These are huge Tussies – about 15”.  I’m making some birthday and Christmas ones and people love them for gifts.

Here’s to a wonderful Thanksgiving for all of us.  I’ll be with my family and that is my greatest blessing.   In this picture I think they are grateful for Longhorn and Buckeye football and naps. I’m just happy to have them all under one roof!

xoxo Nancy

Joining Pink Saturday blogs today. Check it out!

Harmony

 

So what are we doing this weekend?  Well, it’s bittersweet for me – my grandson’s last football game.  I could care less about watching pro football and I do love the Longhorns, but nothing has ever compared in football speak to watching Texas high school football when you have a kid on the team. 

They started out strong but had a lot of injuries this season – but they never gave up and I think we’ll be seeing a lot more of this team in the coming years.

 

These kids are the future and you know what? After the election the most promising and comforting words came from my grandson. He gave me hope for the future.

As for me – I’m going to sit back and reflect..  I found this little passage from J. Frank Dobie. 

“Here I am living on a soil that my people have been living and working and dying on for more than a hundred years—the soil, as it happens, of Texas. My roots go down into this soil as deep as mesquite roots go. This soil has nourished me as the banks of the lovely Guadalupe River nourish cypress trees, as the Brazos bottoms nourish the wild peach, as the gentle slopes of East Texas nourish the sweet-smelling pines, as the barren, rocky ridges along the Pecos nourish the daggered lechuguilla. I am at home here, and I want not only to know about my home land, I want to live intelligently on it. I want certain data that will enable me to accommodate myself to it. Knowledge helps sympathy to achieve harmony.”

Hoping for harmony….xoxo Nancy

I’m joining Beverly’s Pink Saturday today.