Saturday, May 30, 2009

Paper and toys





These are some of the recent finds at the Goodwill outlet. Hannah would like to have the doll set for Chastity but--who wants to pay $30 or more if you don't have too! So, while she was here, Hannah found the stroller. Chastity couldn't walk behind it very well but, she will the next time she comes! I found the high chair--I need to replace the seat cover-and the carrier after they were gone. All we need now is the pac-n-play and Chastity will have a set for less than $10.
The other find--and hopefully a bit of a money maker--yes-EBAY!--was 319 12x12 scrapbooking papers. 41 were double sided, 25 were just single sheets and the rest had at least 3 of the same--most had more. Also, I found 229 earthy brown card envelopes, 1 8.5 x 11 sheet, 1 pkg. page protectors, 2 stickers, 1 baby sheet of stickers, 1 alphabet set of stickers and 1 pkg of templates. Of the 319 sheets of paper, there were actually 5 Marines sheets! I've sold stamps on ebay and some have done very well so, I'm hoping these will do well. I know I'll recover what I spent--which was maybe 6 dollars or so--but I hope to earn a bit on them, too!
I do like a bargain and if I can make a bit on it that makes it better! I know--if you don't need it--no matter how cheap it is--it's not a bargain. This is what I know and keep in ind when shopping. I'm amazed at all the stuff some folks have in their carts! I know some resell but, I don' think they all do!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Hannah, Baby and this and that

We so enjoyed having Hannah and Chastity home with us for a week. It was a surprise for Tom--he had no clue! This was actually the first time Chastity has felt good when we've seen her so, it was a real treat to be able to connect with her. She managed to tighten the final loop on Papaws finger! The pink horse is a thrift store find-$4.00. A lady at the office keeps telling Tom he needs to get Chastity one of those $250.00 horses! When I saw this one, of course I snatched it up! It doesn't do anything but, Chastity doesn't know that! She actually liked it!! It's hard to believe she'll be 1 next month!
We do hope you all are enjoying your summer--Tom and I are.














I so enjoy the seasons of flowers! It's amazing to think how creative God was in choosing the colors--what a dull world if everything were black and white! Of course, if it were, we wouldn't know the difference, would we???
Our small garden is coming along as well as some things in containers. Thanks to our new "neighbors" who so graciously offered to plow up a garden spot for us this year. We were pretty settled on just some container gardening. We had this same family over a few weeks ago for a meal--there are 13 of them at home and 2 not at home! They are very nice people, truly seem genuine, and the children are interesting and well behaved.








Thankfully they don't make their way to the front porch all the time!



Squeek and her pups

Monday, May 18, 2009

Awwww--how sweet

It was so nice to come home Saturday and find these beautiful flowers that Tom picked waiting for me. I call that SWEET !

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Yummy homemade yogurt and puppies

No, the 2 things don't have anything to do with each other--just giving this a title!

Talk about eating on your feet!






I found a recipe from a blog I follow for crock-pot yogurt! This is very easy and it turned out very well! I do believe this one is a keeper!