Purging..light fixture as dessert table decor......one item 2 purposes!

I sell things on e-bay from time to time....and I am going to open an Etsy Shop this spring because like most of you who love the thrill of finding things.....we end up with ALOT of things...One of my favs that I am currently getting rid of is this little beauty....It is an etched glass ceiling light fixture that I purchased as a decoration for the dessert table at my son and daughter-in-law's wedding rehearsal dinner...from the side view it looks just like a glass cake!  Perfect size.....very vintage......and on a cake plate it looked so cool!!  So just a note--not that any of you need this suggestion-but when you see something that catches your attention--give it a double take-it might have 2 purposes in life!  

if you know anyone wanting a different look for a dessert table or a really cool vintage light  here is the link:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190505192367

New finds!!

love this new book container!  galvanized is my new best friend! 

My new clock….will be placed with my others…..

Buy of the week…$5.00 for this…will be painted white and go into the new master bedroom project!!
and all of this great items came from my fav peoria store.....Relics----http://www.relics.typepad.com
Check it out---she will ship!! 

Parting Shots………..

As our weather is turning unseasonably warm-after being unseasonably cold & record amounts of snow…I thought I would take an early morning walk and snap some shots before all the snow melts away…..










Enjoy—and I hope your past weekend had some quiet moments also…….

Adoption Update........

 Below is an excerpt from a young mothers blog who is having adoption issues....Thanks to blogs and facebook she has been receiving prayers from all over the world...how wonderful....all over the world.....while the situation may not be totally resolved --it sounds as if maybe our prayers are working in some small way...Since I blogged about her yesterday I felt I owed everyone an update....Thank you.....Chris
   from        http://www.nate-natalie.blogspot.com
Let me start off and say that words can't express how grateful Nate and I are for all your prayers. Reading your comments and seeing you spread our prayer request around the world really provided so much strength. Not only strength but a praise. As of late afternoon Mariah stated that she wanted more time to make a decision. The praise is that Caleb will remain with us for now. Therefore, your prayers have helped move that mountain.

Yet we need that mountain to be thrown into the sea. Here's why, Mariah still doesn't know what she wants to do. Therefore, everyday we are anxiously having to wait to see if she calls asking for him to be returned that day. We were told due to potential extensions this could go on for over six months. My baby could be five months old and twenty nine days and we loose him. My day was full of sorrow, pain and sickness with the thought of him being two months, I can't even begin to imagine six months old. Therefore, we ask that you continue to spread the prayer chain in that Mariah would open her heart to the confidence of adoption that she had seven months ago. Pray that she would sign rights tomorrow during her meeting with the social workers so that closure can be put into place. Please also pray that Mariah can heal and this adoption doesn't become a battle for Caleb, but something that joyfully brings two families together.

Thank you again for praying and please don't stop helping Caleb forever be a Klauser.

Prayers for a fellow blogger...

Please say a pray for this wonderful couple-they are friends of my daughter...After adopting a beautiful baby boy and having him home for 2 months the birth mother has changed her mind.  I am so impressed by the faith so many of you wonderful women have -- please say a prayer to help this family's pain if the unthinkable does happen.  Here is her blog....and thank you for your prayers.....
chris
http://www.nate-natalie.blogspot.com

Great Find-Habitat for Humanity Store-Does your city have one?

Doing a little copy cat project from The Lettered Cottage-and needed some new closet doors so I decided to try our Habitat for Humanity Store.  Local contractors donate left over goodies and things they find in renovations-as well as anyone who would like to donate items...then they are sold and the proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity.  Well--you know it is going to be a cool place when this is the first thing you see....



$5.00!! And look at the GREAT tile this old building has.......



This chair-$5.00--what a great piece to practice upholstering on!



They have lighting and sinks galore--must of them....$5.00!!!



This guy came home with me......wooden wheels...great hardware under the seat....his price....

$5.00.................A great find!!



So jealous! Look where my son and daughter-in-law are spending the day…..

That's right…as I sit here in the Midwest thaw I get a text with this attached……They decided to go for a short drive to Hillsboro Antique Mall in Hillsboro, Texas….I thought..Hillsboro….I know who has a shop there…

Robelyn—Red Neck Chic…….http://redneckchic.blogspot.com

If  you have not checked out her blog—please do so—you will enjoy her wit and talent….and for those of us who are not a stones throw away from her shop……..gotta love etsy….

http://www.etsy.com/shop/redneckchic?ref=pr_shop

A GREAT find!!

Somethings Gotta Give Dining Room.............

Who among us did not melt the first time you caught a glimse of this in the theatre, on your television or on your computer?  That display of ironstone...sigh....slip covered chairs...to DIE for...the floral decor on the dark table against the light walls, dark floors and neutral  rug...I  want to somehow replicate the room on a smaller scale in my home......

Currently I am wondering if this "find" would work in the design....

Thought about placing it on the wall above a cabinet to hold my ironstone platters....add a 3rd shelf on the bottom and display more ironstone on the top of the cabinet......not sure....it might be too chunky, not clean enought lines.....but sure do love scrolling and looking at both pictures while designing in my head......scroll up--scroll down....enjoy your weekend and check out Funky Junk Interiors Post....

she got the call!!!.....scroll up...scroll down.......

http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-call-came-are-you-ready.html

Na-Da Farms GREAT Giveaway! FiFi O'Neils Romantic Prairie Style Book

Here is the link to enter into a drawing for Fifi's latest book--

http://nadafarmlife.blogspot.com/2011/02/think-spring-giveaway.html

I feel any of us would move right into every page and take up residency....LOVE her and Na Da Farms-- both are a great find...Try to win the book OR do the May EVENT at NADA Farms and meet FiFi in person :)

Good luck and maybe I will see you at the Farm in May................

Grand theft? You have got to be kidding me!!

I have debated about blogging about this  –but figured this blog is about my life, my family, my passions and anyone that knows me knows animals are one of the aspects of my life i am  passionate about …..so here goes…An earlier blog told you about a puppy we found abandoned on our property…since that post several of us have experienced an emotional roller coaster that is hard to describe…..Last sunday a pup was found on our property-crying, shivering stuck in a frozen creek..We took him in, i posted puppy found signs and drove around looking for someone looking for their lost pup…By the end of the day we  figured no one was looking for the little guy---he must have been dumped…if  we had not found him and taken him in he would have never survived the night—the coyotes would have found him --no doubt or he would have frozen to death.   We kept him for a few days but knew this could not be permanent due to the fact that we already have 2 labs….so a friend of my daughter’s and her boyfriend asked if they could have him….they fell in love with him immediately and gave him a loving home…after we  de-wormed him..and i will save you that story due to it’s terrible content—but it was obvious wherever he was from he was not taken care of …we sent him on his way to his new safe ,loving, happy home……then last Thursday—several days after finding him and several days after the biggest snow storm our area has seen in over 30 years I get a call—from an obviously inebriated gentleman slurring his words and saying—I herd yous gots my daaaug……..I thought it was a joke-who speaks to a complete stranger like that?  Well, it was no joke….This man inherited  a small piece of property that backs into our property on a small corner several years back…..has not had a job for years-has the random car in the yard—you know the type…and lets just say milk is not his drink of choice……thank GOD he is way around the other side of several acres…..well  he claims at first the pup ran off with his other dogs never came home last sunday….HELLO THIS IS THURSDAY—we live in coyote invested timber-and we had 25 inches of snow dumped on us since then—and you are drunk!! He proceeds to tell me he wants his dauuggg—and I told him I already gave it to a couple after no one claimed it….To make a long story a little shorter…he gets in touch with the couple-they realize he is a little less than a responsible  pet owner and offer him a LARGE amount for the pup-not wanting to send it back to this shack dweller  straight out of the movie Deliverance …my words—not theirs….he refuses..the next 24 hours my phone rings off the hook-threats towards me if i don't get the dog back etc….I call our local animal control officer and explain the situation… and guess what—she knows of this man and all of his animals that are not registered and that run wild all the time…she begs—do not give a puppy to this man…yess..we are thrilled!! Fast forward to yesterday….A Deputy calls me…….tells me he was told this puppy was STOLEN off this mans property and if i did not give it back immediately we --myself and the couple-- would all be charged with grand theft as the man told him this pup was a rare mix and worth well over $500.00---highly exaggerated—this is a blended mix pup !!  I was devastated… not only would this young couple be heart broken, a poor pup would be left to live in the outdoors of this man’s shack……I told the Deputy he had his facts incorrect and this man already had outstanding fines for neglect on his current dogs and no way was I giving him another animal to abuse…here is my address…. come arrest me……I also gave him the number of the animal control officer….She explained the situation—but was told we HAD TO GIVE THE DOG BACK—or go to jail…..She was so upset but promised me she would do weekly checks on the property to see the pup…i was in shock…is this the way this goes??? She picked up the pup from the couple….i called her and the officer again several times explaining this made no sense…give another animal to this drunk to abuse….it was just not right…this pup was dumped on our ground….not stolen…..please try to do something…..and she did….she called our states attorney office—spoke to the person in charge of animal control….they told her if this man has more than 5 dogs on his property he needed a kennel license….and could be fined $500.00 a DAY per DOG over 5—plus the dogs could be confiscated and he would be charged to have them kenneled until he had his kennel license which could take up to 2 weeks or longer…..but…..due to the circumstances they might offer him a one time deal to sell the pup to couple – and give him a week to get his other dogs in order before they start fining him—but he had to decide immediately or the offer was off the table….and guess what—HE TOOK THE DEAL to avoid thousands of dollars of immediate fines…I was jumping for joy when she called me---there is justice—and someone does care for the pups that cannot care for themselves…..I felt like it is Christmas all over----and I am sure this little guy does to!!  Now I can get back to my normal life…..whatever that may bring but i know tonight this little guy is sleeping in a warm, loving home like all pups should be allowed to do!! 

New homes and snow IS a four letter word!

After posting pics on face book and sending out mass e-mails with pictures SEVERAL great people showed interest in our little puppy that someone dumped on our property…so he is in his new home today with his new mom and dad….but i must say i’m going to miss the little guy…..

The forecasts were correct—this storm hit with a vengeance and we have a very cold night to follow…



One last tidbit----found this last weekend at an antique shop for $6.00!

Love it’s old worn tattered wood…..


And like the puppy it now has a new home…..

Enjoy and stay warm….