i heart your blog award!

i received this AWESOME award from Mrs. Miles ! Thank you so very much for thinking of me when there are soo many blogs out there! These awards mean soo much to me that i got all teary!
Now the rules are to share 7 random things about myself and then pass it onto 7 more bloggies! hehe
seven random things about me are:
1.i LOVE music, most everything but opera

2.lately i have been on a chocolate chip cookie binge (and it shows on me EVERYWHERE! lol)

3.i would LOVE to open a no kill shelter (both of these are rescues)

4.DH takes me out to breakfast on Saturdays & Sundays

5.we have satelite tv, radio & internet

6.my cats names begin with B's & my dogs names begin with C's

7.i LOVE plants

To mix things up a bit i am sharing this award with:
1.Bargain Hunting with Laurie
2.Bethany
3.Melanie's Digital Creations editted to correct name (my apologies)
4.My Guy Friday
5.Oakleaf Hollow
6.The Joy of Nesting
7.Jazzy
i am looking forward to learning a little more about each of you!
Thank you, again, Barb, so very much for sharing this much FUN!!!
Thank YOU for visiting with me! i hope you have a FANTASTIC day!! Now i am off to visit YOU!!! :D

So much more to share!

i hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL day! this week, we have had warm days again, like in the 70's, last week it was freezing! lol strange weather!
oh i have found soo much to share today and i still have to share a new award too!! WoOHOO!! i LOVE when i actually have something to blog about! lol
First to share is Valentine Giveaway . and if you scroll down on that page, you will see some AWESOME projects too! FUN FUN FUN!!! :D
Second on the list is something i found AMAZING! While i was visiting another new blogger, Bargain Hunting with Laurie , (how could i not check this site out with a name like that, huh?). lol ANYWAYS, while visiting there i came across the most interesting post which lead me to another site that i hope you find as interesting as i did!!! Have you ever heard of Typed art ? it is the most fascinating thing i have come across in awhile! Such creative talent! i am sure i could NEVER do this! A little about the man,"Paul Smith was born in Philadelphia on September 21, 1921. Although severe cerebral palsy kept him out of school, it didn't prevent him from having a remarkable life. He taught himself to become a master artist as well as a terrific chess player. His pictures were based on these characters @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ "
Here is just one of his AWESOME typed art:

Are you AMAZED yet? :D
Third today i want to share Tea & scones just FULL of yummy looking recipes!
And last but not least, a FUN Scavenger Hunt as well as WONDERFUL graphics for you to play with! i haven't yet tried the hunt, myself, but it sure looks FUN!
Thank you so much for your visit and i hope you have a FANTASTIC day! i will be back tomorrow to share an award! :D

New (to me) site to share!

For tonite i am just popping in for a quick post to share a site for patterns! These patterns are mostly used on woods but i am sure they can be used in so many other ways too! i hope you check it out and find it useful! :D
Patterns
Thank you for visiting! i will see YOU in the morning! hehe Hope you have a GREAT nite!

Sharing a little of Saturday

Yesterday when we left, in the morning to take DS to work, this is what we saw!

That's the moon setting, in the west as the sun was coming up on the east!! It was still so bright & BEAUTIFUL!
After breakfast, we found these at the swapmeet!!
This ashtray is about 5 inches and was only a dollar!!

Here the back shows it's from Portugal!!

i usually buy these, what i think are called bolos, for my brother-in-law but i think i may have to keep this one with a malachite stone.

And finally, i got this bowl for just two dollars but the picture doesn't show how the red shimmers and makes it irresistible! hehe

I also made a layout of a small part of the some chicks that hang around my house.

Credits
Layered Template #53 Designed by Gloria Val Verde
Fairytale Dreams by Crops2Dawn
font is MONBIJOUX
i read somewhere once that chickens, in the kitchen, are suppose to bring good luck, so there they are! :D Not that i bought them for that reason, i hadn't even read that til after i had them, but most of the chickens i have are outside!(sorry the older photos are so much bigger)

And these basket ones:

(you can see the picture if you right click & save as, again i apologize for the bigger photos)
On a sidenote:
Speaking of bringing luck, i also read that nothing attracts wealth and good luck like a water fountain! Always pretty if nothing else! :D
And finally i found another AWESOME site for giveaways, i hope you check out and enjoy!! :D
One World, One Heart
That's it for me today! Thank you so much for visiting, i hope you have a GREAT day!

Quilter's Delight!

Popping in on a Friday night, with a quick post to let any quilters know about an AWESOME giveaway!! Over 60 blogs participating (check sidebar)!! So if you like to quilt or know someone who does, then check this out!!! All i checked only asked for a comment to enter!! Hope someone can enjoy & win!! Whirl into Winter Giveaways :D

Have you tried to LeapBlog yet?

While on my daily blog hopping and visiting Betty, i read her post about LeapBlogging! lol It sounded FUN and a GREAT way to check out new blogs too! The rules are simple:
You leap off to a blog listed on your own sidebar and then jump to a blog unknown to you on that person's sidebar then continuing this way for 10x. Then, on that tenth blog, you must find your own blog listed in that tenth blog's sidebar in order to win. Winning isn't everything and i left a comment on each blog too! i was quite surprised to see how many bloggers who get NO comments.
Anyways, here is how it went for me:
from my sidebar to
Newlife Dreams
where i LOVE to look at her LOVELY kits
then
Cheryl is a Domestic Goddess
where i saw BEAUTIFUL layouts
then
Lilacs in Bloom
where i saw more LOVELY layouts
then
Stacey Siegal
where i found a white Christmas layout with sand NOT snow! My kind of White Christmas!
then
Keeping it Real
where i found some really cute designs and more layouts!
then
To Scrap or Not to Scrap
where i found a dressmaker!
then
PERFECT MOMENTS
where i found New year's celebrations!
then
Scraps of life
where i found a model of T-Rex
then
Create Your Traditions/
where i found someone keeping up on the Project 365
and FINALLY, my last stop
Tinman
found a gent
and lost but sure found some intersting and fun blogs! And i am sure to be doing that again! lol i have LOTS in my sidebar! hehe :D
My sweet friend, Mrs. Miles , while visiting with me, asked what all was in my son's package. GREAT question and thank you for asking!! It was FILLED with about a ton of Tastykakes!!! Something we cannot seem to be able to buy in southern California unless we have access to the Marine Base. Yes, they have a GREAT store! There were Cream filled Vanilla cupcakes, some kind of chocolate ones i think are peanut butter filled (haven't yet tried one so am not sure of the filling), Butterscotch Krimpets, Cream filled chocolate cupcakes and a coffee cake type filled with vanilla creme!! YUMM i can almost feel the pounds building on me between all these goodies and the chocolate chip cookie binge i have been on! LOL Thank you again, Son for this YUMMY and WONDERFUL gift!! HUGS!!
One other thing to share and you may already know about this magazine online:
Scrap n' art
Thank you so very much for visiting and i hope you have a FANTASTIC day! :D

A new Award!

i hope everyone is recovering from the partying okay and all the children & husbands back to school & work!
it has been absolutely FREEZING here in the high desert! Yesterday DH slept in and i thought it would warm up a bit by the time we left the house. We go downtown to have breakfast and by 10 am it was still only 38 degrees!!! Needless to say, we came right back home!! lol too cold! BRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr! lol Goodness bring back those 60's & 70's!!! lol
i thought i would share some more photos, i hope you enjoy them!
Since it's been so cold, it's appropriate to remember the snow storm, not too long ago. lol

Coco says it's COLD!!

Oh and here's a really cool box i recently purchased at the swapmeet!

And the inside.

Christmas cards we received this time! THANK YOU BUNNY & LYNNE!!!!!!! :)

A package of East Coast goodies from my son Cliff who lives in New York! YUMMM!!THANK YOU SON!!

And now onto the AWARD!!!
i received this AWESOME award from Betty Wiens who lives in Paraguay! i hope you visit her blog and see how WONDERFULLY Betty shares that part of the world!! THANK YOU BETTY!

The rules for this award are very simple.
Link to the person who gave you the award (done that), then select seven bloggers to pass this award on to.
(my rule: if you come up with more - that's okay too!)lol
Sharing this award with the following:
1.A Legacy of Stitches
2.Loucee
3.Deb
4.Lori Jean
5.Graphics Fairy
6.Heart Prints
7.Bethany
8.Linda Walton
And now i am off to visit YOU!! Thank you so much for visiting! Hope you have a BEAUTIFUL day!