New year brings new bargains!

Well, since being sick, i haven't been to the swapmeet much but so far this year we have collected a few goodies.
Like this cool desk that we got for just $25.


Next is a small box, the lid is a pin to wear, with earrings (the smaller music notes) and inside the box is a musical note necklace, for a quarter! (l know, it looks like i hiccupped when i took the photo!lol)

These scarves were 50 cents each. (i really like the sparkly one!)

The tops were only a buck each.

This mini pearl purse was given to me recently. (i guess, someone knows i like purses. lol)

i remember paying $6.00 for all these rubber stamps!(two sandwich bagfuls)

50 yards of wired ribbon, silky pajamas and a 7 piece candle set for $7.00! hehe

That's all i remember getting so far this year but i have TONS of photos that weren't yet shared from last year!! (i just heard that, i know that i gotta get on the ball around here!! hehe)
i DID accomplish getting my blog folder over, so, i hope you keep that in mind and stop back often!
Have a WONDERFUL evening.

Another Wonderful Sunset

Breakfast with a cowboy.

Well, not really but i could not resist taking this photo, one weekend at breakfast.

i will be back soon after i get my blog folder over onto this computer...silly me, it's the one thing i forgot to put onto the external.hehe
Have a SUPER Friday! :)

OOPS! i did it again!

After not having time on a computer for so long, i actually surfed the web and did a little blog hopping and EVEN
commented a few places! you know, just starting to get back into the swing of it all and it happened!!
i crashed the internet!! if you have followed this blog at all, you might remember that we use HughesNet satelite
internet and we pay quite an amount monthly for a certain amount of usage!!! You guessed it, i went over the limit yet
again!! Unbelievable! i so look forward to moving to a place where we don't have to depend on satelite, especially
HughesNet and have actual choices again!! oh don't get me wrong about this service, i surely appreciate it...when it
works, that is!! and i cannot really imagine how i went over since i didn't go to anywhere that had an over
abundance of other stuff on their sites, like blinkies, well i don't even know how i went over the 300 some megs we are
allowed to download. and believe it or not, everytime you open a site, you ARE downloading everything there!! i guess,
i didn't know that...do now and really avoid places that take long to view... i just don't know {sigh}. but it sure
is nice to have a new computer to work with and get organized on...that's what i did after the internet stopped
working yesterday! hehe make due with what i can. :)
i still have to do some picture uploading because i certainly have a ton still to share but it's GREAT to be back!
Even my hubby blogged once, this year already, on his blog. (first link in my fav. places, bottom of page in sidebar.)
Yesterday we even sucessfully installed one of my photoshop program, want to install PSP (still learning it) and
CS2 again, then i will feel back in business! hehe
Almost two years ago now, or more, my son and hubby bought me the Cricut machine and although i did get to play with
it a bit, it got packed up for the holidays and i haven't had it back out yet, so we have been making a place for me
to work with that and between that and digital scrapbooking (that can be printed) i am REALLY looking forward to some
card making. i would REALLY REALLY love to print out my layouts for a book but then i would need a 12x12 printer...
maybe when this one breaks down. hehe
A few years back, i handmade some cards with spirella and iris folds,
and they were a HUGE hit with people that saw them and besides it was tons of fun to make them. Some with sentimental
sayings, some blank. It'll be fun getting back into it with some of the Commercial use stuff this time.
well, i am off and thank you for visiting and will see you again! Have a GREAT day!

short story of life:

Yesterday was only the second Sunday in a row that i have been able to go out to the swapmeet,(or anywhere other than
the doctors office) due to the flu, over the holidays. The first Sunday being horribly cold and i had a slight
relapse until this weekend, when i felt a bit well enough to venture out into the 70 degree weather.
So i really looked forward to it. We came across a few things (keeping in mind that we are unemployed for two
years now) and i was looking forward to bringing them home.
Upon arriving at home, i quickly came to the conclusion that one of the last items we bought didn't seem to make
it home. Now THAT has happened before, not often, but one gets comfortable at certain vendor stands and may
set something down...supposedly temporarily.
Well, we figured it was gone and instead of letting myself go into a complete funk and be mad all day, i simply
expressed my depression about it and eventually even try to joke about it. i am not one for letting things go easily,
especially when i feel i did something dumb to cause it, but i seriously tried to rise above it being just a material
thing, kind of like letting it go and it may come back to you, although i didn't even think THAT, i just figure it
was gone!!
Let me tell you, i later found it!!! it is a small black camisole top with a red rosy flower and i was elated!
Then it hit me, did i just pass a test and was rewarded with the item i didn't torture others over what i thought
was paid for and lost? Did this old dog learn a new trick, in a sense?
well, it certainly seemed that way to me, confirming & strengthening my faith! :)

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)

We're Baaaaaaaaaack!

Happy New Year!
It's well into the new month of the new year and i am finally getting around to blogging. i sure hope you had a safe and wonderful holiday season. We spent ours nice and quiet at home for both Christmas and New Year's. So far, this new year hasn't been much different from last, as far as struggling goes. i hope where you live, jobs are becoming available. We are talking of moving and tho we don't yet know where, you can be sure i will keep the old blog going. :)
i was thinking of what to start blogging with this year either until i saw this one commercial!! i believe this is a product that ALL mothers with young ones, NEED!! i hope you check it out, i also want to add that i have NO affliation with this product...it's just way COOL! NO SPILLS! hehe
Gyro Bowl
Be sure to check back often because i plan to be here more...and soon i will share some new designs too! Wohoo! :D