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Do you have new plans or new adventures planned? May you have success and joy in each new plan or venture. My wish for you: A happy, exciting and prosperous New Year.

and were surrounded by loved ones and friends. Ours was and we were...and of course there were the Ginger Babies....Willie is patiently waiting for some food to appear. He says "Food?" "Okay I can wait"....."Someone DID say food didn't they?"..."Sigh"…

the little contest/drawing I posted about further down...the one with the cute kitties...okay so I'm trying to get as many "awwww how sweets" as I can...not to mention the fact that it's about impossible to get kitties to pose. :) So I was asked to post a picture of the whole tree…

The tree is coming along...here are a few of my favorite ornaments...I can not find my favorite angel tree topper though and am going to have to use another. Fortunately I do have a few to choose from. How is it going on your end? Be sure and ENTER for my after Christmas DRAWING....see the post bel…

Sooooo, I'm a little slow this year and still haven't gotten very far with decorating but Willie and Wynona thought it would be a good idea to have a contest/give away in the spirit of the holiday season. You can just see the excitement in their expressions, can't you.....yup. SO, I a…

I am just now starting to decorate our home? Just starting to clean it too :) This is my favorite Santa...he is all sparkly and so is the lamb. If you click on him you can sorta see the sparkly. Now I know some of you have had your home decorated since Thanksgiving and others have been done for…

I can't imagine a celebration without my Aunties spiced tea...and here is the recipe that will serve 20 : @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ In large container put juice of 3 large lemons, 3 large oranges, 1 cup pineapple juice (optional) Dissolve 3 cups sugar in 2 quarts boiling water and pour o…

Thanks for sharing some of your holiday memories. I enjoyed reading them and remembering some of my own. If you didn't have good memories I hope that you are making some now. So, early this morning a name was chosen...but before I tell you who...ya'll know how I am. So, if your name wasn&…

The sights, the sounds , the scents....all bring back many memories. My Auntie used to make spiced tea , it was delicious but the scent was heavenly too. What are your favorite memories of this time of year? If you will share at least one memory then we will have a give away...the last day for e…

Well, I have been nursing two invalids instead of one....so the past week just got away from me. My SweetiePie is a disabled Veteran, he was rated at 70% but manages to get around and do pretty well. Most of the time he just suffers in silence last week it caught up with him ... he has been flat …

Ever get so behind some days that you almost catch up? Well I am far behind but not quite close enough to catch myself :) I have been working on a few things and one of them is to create a "Think Pink" category on the web shop. I have been taking pictures of various pink items and hop…

Angie...www.scrapnmomsmoments.blogspot.com sent out an invitation for us to join in a Gratitude Gala where we all share what we are grateful for and the blessings in our lives. We are always grateful for the love of our heavenly father and I am so very grateful for the many chances he has given me…

Our sweet little purrbaby Wynona broke her hip. We have spent the last few days driving her to one vet and then another. It has been frustrating to say the least. We hope it is now sorted out and she will be operated on today and home tonight. Didn't get much done at the cottage...see above..…

Well it warmed on up again...but I did get a couple of nice cool days in...I made a quick trip "up Nawth" and saw my GrandDOGters and the Prairie Pups...did a bit of shopping too, of course ! Now I have to get really really busy because I am behind...which is not in the least bit unusual …

Finally we are having cool mornings and don't need to have the a/c on all the time. Finally we can believe that we might just get some fall after all ! Finally felt like putting out some fall goodies and now the Cottage smells soooo good, just like spiced cider and apples and oranges. Yummm.…

Several people have asked me to post pictures of the Cottage. Since I can only add 4 at a time I will do it in three posts for now. These first photos are of the first room you enter... the first one is the doorway into the second room. The second photo is looking at the front door, the third is t…

We bought the Cottage just over two years ago. We painted the front and two short sides..it goes back a bit so is larger than it looks. We still have a lot of painting and fixing to do...last summer was just tooo hot...so she isn't gussied up like we'd like or like she would either I imag…

There are only two main rooms in my half of the cottage that I use for retail . The front room is pale green and the back room lavender. Each room has a large fireplace. I have a small bathroom, so small the door hits the toilet bowl when you open it. Then there is a nice large kitchen that has…

Hey ya'll....head on over to Queenly Things...there's a party going on ...Don't worry if you didn't bring anything, I bet there will be plenty of gumbo and other delish things. I've been so busy I had to dig out Uncle Thibidoux's secret recipe to take. Believe me after th…