Fairy Lights..........

 

I have been "fascinated" with fairy lights lately.....

I have seen blogs that have taken pic's of them hanging in an archway,

over a bed, or  throughout the hallway.

 Strung outside, or in.... they are a great replacement

 for when the Holiday's are over and your

ambient light from the tree is no longer.



Santa stop here...............!

So happy the Holiday Season is upon us..... I have had luck lately "catching" some of my favorite Christmas Specials on t.v. Tonight I will watch the lighting of the tree at Rockefeller Center and wish that I could some day ice skate there.

 

I am looking forward to holiday shopping, snow, a little hibernation at home after the Holiday, and the up coming 2014 Winter Olympics.... (love the ice skating, and snowboarding).

Heirloom goodness....

It's surely tomato season....I was able to make two batches of "freezer pickles" this summer, and now have been turned onto making "freezer tomato sauce". I have enough of these freezer bags to last me through the winter. Such a good feeling knowing they are in the freezer to be taken out at anytime for chili, spaghetti, goulash, or casseroles. Made with a hint of onion ( not a fan, but I agree they add flavor ), celery and green pepper. I am really looking forward to the natural wholesomeness of fresh and not canned.  

My "cup" uh... "tub" runneth over........

Well, sometimes plans just don't pan out the way that you wished for...I spent the weekend pondering over a tub faucet that decided the washer was "spent" on Friday night. What had been a small leak turned into "niagra falls" I guess flowing streams of hot water does not constitute a weekend emergency. So, by Saturday night ( after having the bathroom door shut all day), I tied about 12 pieces of yarn around the neck of the spout.....and low and behold quiet. At least quiet enough that I did not have to sleep on the couch. 

Little corners..................

 Finally, we had some snow....a little to late in the Season for me, but nonetheless it was feeling like Winter today.

 The morning light, making it's way through the curtains.....

What can I say, everytime I see this little glove form hanging on my wall....all I can think of is "talk to the hand"!

Button Noser..........

Bella always finds the best spot. When all errands have been ran, the laundry is done, and the apartment is cleaned, (well somewhat anyway) the Christmas movies find their way to the dvd player...........and can I stretch out on the couch? I think not.

Up cycled items...............

A little glass "don't know what it was in a prior life" ..... wasn't sure what I was going to use it for, bought and took home.

Cleaned up and sitting on my night table for about two weeks, I one night plopped my cell phone in it, and bingo. Upcycled, attractive, girley, cell phone caddy.


A vintage green wooden pant hanger, that holds an adorable print from a 2010 calendar

And, something I have had for a long, long, time. This is the under side of an old jewelry box. The top would have been silver that was scratched an faded away. But the under side, was perfect black enamel. Cost, $1 at an Estate Sale.

Call me crazy........

I like doing laundry...... ....something about it being all clean, folded, and put away.