Showing posts with label Thrift Store Finds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thrift Store Finds. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

January...So Far

My Status Report January



Making : Wonderful memories every day



Cooking :Chicken Curry..Spag & Meatballs...Pistachio Cake...Peanut Butter Drizzled Popcorn



Drinking : Lots of Green Tea & Good Coffee's



Reading: A new collection of cookbooks.. architecture & decorating books



Wanting: A new Mac home computer ;) Classes are about to start!



Looking: For love in all the wrong places...lol just kidding..to the stars every evening before bed
Playing: with these wonderful and inspiring young men I have
Wasting: No time with the television
Sewing: Nothing Currently
Wishing: For continued health and happiness
Enjoying: Sobriety
Waiting: For the weekend of course to be home with family..best thing in the whole world..nothing compares

Liking: my books...my thrift store finds..my new boots..cold days and coming home

Wondering: Where I should go to church
Loving: My children & family
Hoping: That god may carry the victims of the Tuscon shooting families in his hands through this tough time

Marvelling: Over some of the things I have been making in the kitchen lately
Needing: More rest

Smelling: Lavender... have been washing all the laundry with infused oil


Wearing: My sheep jumping over the moon Nick and Nora Pj's :) My new Uggs..skinny jeans...sweaters..light dresses
Following: The news more than I care to be
Noticing: How life keeps getting better every day
Knowing: That life is too short to waste time on bad company
Thinking:Of what I hope the year holds for me
Bookmarking: Recipes of course
Opening: Cookbooks & The NY Times

Giggling: Over Jim Carrey on Sat Night Live
Feeling: Enlightened and positive about what the New Year brings.....

Next time I will frost this cake with Chocolate Ganache!

Happy 58th Bday Dad!

We served it up with plenty of Cool Whip... Divine!

Dad & I

My new finds... Elle Decor is a neat magazine, I scored the Dec issue for a quarter! Love the photos.. a few vintage cookbooks for which I adore the illustrations..a cool vegetarian cookbook from The Moosewood Restaurant.. The photos & illustrations in the architecture book are stunning....total cost $5.25

Here's a ham glaze for ya: Corn syrup, brown sugar,ground brown mustard,Dijon, honey,Smuckers pineapple iced cream topping... Look Out!

Because I forgot to pick one of these up last time I was in Florida that's why;)

It's toooo late baby now it's too late....

Sunday we spent driving to my parents to celebrate my Dads 58th birthday! I made this throwback retro Pistachio Chocolate Cake in my new bundt pan and used my new mixer..great Christmas presents!! I had a wonderful and relaxing weekend ..actually watched a few movies..went to the library used book sale..did a little bit of thrifting..I was exhausted by Sunday evening however and my wonderful boyfriend got take out food which gave me a much needed break..Onto the week there are lots of exciting things ahead and I am open to them... coming home to this warm house and settling in is truly the best thing in the world.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Thrift Store Finds This Week

Modern Cream & Sugar for After Dinner Coffee

Handcarved Frame from San Bernadino,CA

In love with detail

For Someones 38th B-Day inscribed.. Cowgirl Chic Folding Frame

I have no comment on this:)

Also a newer silver 11X13 frame...a Dell keyboard that did not work after Logan tried for 2 hrs to fix it to no avail..Still looking for macrame plant holders..