Easter Blessings

Hope that you all, all you and ya'll had a Blessed Easter. We went and visited a church for Easter service. It is a church that Cas has been to before and a very large church. It was very packed as we had to go up and sit in the balcony. We had to go to the early service at 8:30 so that we could make our brunch reservations. Cas had already predicted that the service would be the mostly older crowd. Sure enough I could look down from way up high and see the sea of white and gray hair and all the little ladies in their pastel colored suits. I thought about the fact that some of those couples had probably spent 40-50 Easters together! There was still a good mix of young adults and families in this service too. I like looking around and what people chose to wear for Easter. The blue and white seer-sucker suit seemed to be popular yesterday with the men! After church we went to one of our favorite restaurants, Ariccia's, for Easter brunch. It is a "fine dining" place! We gorged ourselves with made to order omelets, bacon, sausages, fruits, pastries, fancy pizza's and calzones, pasta's, and most of all PRIME RIB. You know it is one of our favorites! They had anything that you could want and more! Best of all they had the best dessert station set up with tons of mini bite size desserts. We were so stuffed afterwards that we went home to take a nap!

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Yard Selling

I woke up early this morning to go "Yard Selling"! I didn't feel well so I kind of poked along taking my sweet time. I have not been to a yard sale in a long time but have been inspired by other bloggers to get out there and find items at a thrifty price that I can re-purpose in our house. The 1st one I made it to had some cute things and an awesome table. I sadly did not have a place for t. The only thing I purchased was this cute little all hook. I am thinking it will make it to the guest room to hold one of my baby dresses on.

I made it to a few more. Did not see anything that would work for my French Country needs and moved on. I did make sure to stop by the one that was listed in the paper that said she was raising money for her Breast Cancer 3-day walk. I did not see much so I purchased 2 old "Country Home" magazines for 25 cents. I like to look through and get ideas. I did not want to leave empty handed as it was a good cause. When I was heading to the other side I saw plants for sale. You know we buy plants any chance we can. She had Canna Lillie's and Day Lillie's for sale. Lord knows I DO NOT NEED another Day Lilly. She had already started them in pots that you can plant. So I thought I would get a couple for Cas for Easter.



Canna Lillie'sHundreds of Day Lillie's above to be separated. There are hundreds more that have already been dug up to move! They came with the house.

Hip-Hoppy Easter

THIS is so cute! Enjoy

Please Splurge

I was reading AOL today and they have an article of things that are considered wasteful spending. O.K. that is fine I admit we all have done it and will continue to do it. I have been guilty of buying things in a prettier package or something that was name brand (mind you I am soo cheap now). They even suggest that you buy whole carrots to cut them to make the cute little small ones as they say it's cheaper. O.K. that is fine too as I just disposed of some this week. But then I get to the tip where they say that spending money on underwear is just wasteful! They suggest going natural. Really??? Because my all time favorite underwear came from Wal-Mart not Nieman Marcus! Mind you they have discontinued it and I have gone to all links including searching EBay and Wal-Mart Canada online for them. I swear I am not lying. Ladies (and Gentleman) I am not going down the list of gross/ungross reasons as to why you should wear them (atleast in public). I should not have to point this out to you! You are entitled to do what you want when you are at home. I have not a problem with that. Do what you want......but I say you should go out and "splurge"!

See I Told You

I was reading Southern Hospitality as I usually do. She just posted about a store closing in Birmingham and they have things marked down to 80%. Oh how I wish I would be in Birmingham this weekend. But I would have not know this had I not read her blog! See I told you!
Rhoda is a "Devine Decorator" and can make the cheapest thing look like a million dollars! She has the vision to turn "trash" into "treasures"! She will make you want to get up to "Go Yard Selling" as we say here in the South. In fact I think I will look for some this weekend all though it is probably a slow weekend for them.

Oh and I have over 900 clicks on my blog! That is 10 more than an hour ago! I think when it hits 1,000 I will have to do some kind of give-away. I will start working on that. But I must know who my readers are! Don't be a chicken. Please leave me a comment! Good Friday to You All!

Blogging is the Best

I checked my Blog this morning and I was so excited to have some comments! I have had almost 900 (hopefully have 900 by the end of the day) clicks on my blog. Maybe some of you read it all the time, maybe some read it occasionally or maybe some of you just ended up here by accident. Whether you like it or not I do plan on continuing to blog as I find it to great fun and a way to document a lot that happens in my life. I do love to scrapbook but have not had much time nor do I have a good setup yet for my scrap booking. If you do read please leave me a comment. I would love to know who you are and what you think. Especially if I don't know you I would love to read your blog! I get some of the greatest ideas on here and I hope to share a lot of my finished projects on here with all of you (soon)!
One of my best friends, Charity, has finally started a blog.....after stalking many of you in the blogosphere! You can go here to read her blog. O.K. Charity I have put you out there so you have to start blogging regularly. More than one time in 10 days is a must! :)
Another fabulous blogger......The Southern Queen Bee left me a comment! I just love her blog and she is a women after my heart with that title! Southern Queen Bee I must tell you that my name is Melissa, which means Honey Bee, and I am from Alabama (Southern) and well I am a Queen! I also have a great passion for finding little bees to put around the house. I am more into the rustic brownish ones that are more shabby chic looking! All of should go and check her out!
I honestly have to tell you that I have been more educated on couponing, cheap decorating, recipes, crafting, holiday ideas, etc by reading blogs than I have ever have been before. I am a sucker for a cheap idea that looks great. Oh and on the note of the coupons I have been blog-informed that there will not be any in Sundays paper due to Easter. I can't wait to get to the point where I can do give-aways!
Also, Kelly from Kelly's Korner has a story on her blog today for a family that needs prayers. Please swing by and read. Kelly is another absolutely fabulous blogger. She is a Godly woman and could probably give you a great testimony on how blogging can certainly change your life. Just a few months ago she welcomed a beautiful baby into the world and they were told that she might not make it through the night. She continued blogging through all of it. Each day no matter what they had happen, good or bad, she would blog. There were so many people praying for her family. She had bloggers she had never met come to visit her, send email and cards and most of all PRAY for her family. It just goes to show you that you do not have to have met a person physically to extend yourself to them!
Get out there and blog!!!!!!!!! You might actually make a difference in someones day!
Happy Good Friday!

Free-Kin Fabulous (Thankful Thursday)

I just love FREE things! I ran my mail out to the mail box to drop some cards in it on my way out and low and behold there was a little surprise waiting for me. A pack of Stride Sweet Cinnamon gum! I register for a lot of free things online and it is so fun to get goodies in the mail......especially when I don't even remember signing up for them. I know it is just gum but it is a regular size pack, not a sample size and I just ran out of gum so it was a great find! I am so thankful for the little (free) things this Thursday!

Palm Sunday

We did not make it to church this morning but we did this evening. Our friends Adam and Ashley were in town and the group, Footprints, that Adam used to perform in played together tonight. They were really good and Adam is a really great singer. Don't worry I will be calling on him for a special day. Halfway there I realized I left the camera battery at the house so I could not take pictures to post or video for that matter! But I did get a few with my camera phone. The youth minister of that church did have a great message for us that night though. He spoke about the fact that people will shout from the rooftops who their favorite sports team is but won't do the same for God! He also told a great story about how he had been praying for new floors and his house flooded which majorly inconvenienced his life. Someone had pointed out to him though that he had been praying to be able to get new floors and now he was getting them!

Happy Holy Week!

Rainbow Qauckers

Look at these cute little critters. I think two would look great in the backyard.

Spring Fluff

Flag from the thrift store for 99 cents. Tied it up with some tulle and a dowel!

I found these bugs that I had bought last year. I hung them out on the back porch and think they look cute.

I thought I would post a few pictures of my Spring Fluffing!
These are just a few pictures. I share my love of Easter and rabbits that my Mother had so I love decorating for Easter!