Can You Spell Tired.....

E X H A U S T E D.....

I can't believe how tired I am..my weekend has been packed with driving and more driving and more driving.  But at least it should be the last long trip to Virginia except for maybe a pleasure trip.

So since it was our "last" trip we took the camera to try to document some of the sights we have traveled past for the last...gosh...umpteen years.

Look how green everything is getting!  My parents have property down in VA near Chincoteague Island.  It really is beautiful there.  We're in Pennsylvania so we had to travel through a small portion of PA, into Delaware through a good portion of that state and into Maryland then we hit VA.  There are chicken farms everywhere...and for anyone who's never had the pleasure of driving past chicken farms...PEE UUUUUUU!!  Not the most pleasent smell!

Poppy Rick was the photographer for this trip (who am I kidding...he's the picture taker for all trips because I'm a control freak and have to drive everywhere..)  Alot of our pics were taken on the fly while driving and through closed windows!

I just loved this barn!  The house is huge....

They never tear down buildings...they are just left to rot to nothing...but I have to admit I love looking at the broke down things.  I try to imagine what they must have looked like back when.

Little towns you go through with buildings empty...waiting for the day when someone will come and bring them back to life....

Cows taking a snooze............

The woodwork or "gingerbread" on so many of the building and houses in little towns are amazing.

But the main reason for this post is the house that is coming up.  I have been driving past this house for over 20 years and I have watched the yard "develop" as the years went by.....

Get ready!

Poppy took the first picture through the windshield as we were pulling up.  I was going to stop and go knock on the door this time...but chickened out...LOL  So over I pulled and rolled down the window to take some shots.  These people have "bottle trees"  I have always loved these trees..HA HA  Something about them tugs at my heart.

Can you say "Got Wine"?

I have always dreamed of having one or two at my house.

Wow...I think they are so neat.  Lets look around at some other things in the yard.  These people are collectors of "stuff"

Love, Love, Love the blue bottles!

Makes for an interesting yard!

Wouldn't you love to go exploring.......

 

I always wondered what "treasures" would be found inside!  I will miss driving down this road and looking at this family's treasures...I will not miss the 3 hour drive one way tho!

The main reason for the trip is this...

The place in Virginia has been........

Keep your eyes open...look at and enjoy your surroundings because you never know when you may not travel that road again......

Blessings,

MeMe Sue

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Sneaky Trip....

Today while at work I took a little break (snuck out) went to rent a van for our Saturday trip to Virginia (our last one I hope), went to the bank and since I was so close to my GW store of course I had to pop in...I mean come on it's discount Wednesday...more bang for your buck right! 

I'm going to share my finds from today at good ole GW.

There she is....isn't she AWESOME??  I went into the GW and walked right to the back where they keep all the in my opinion goodies.  I saw her sitting on the top shelf.  All gold and glittery...she's a big girl and heavy!  I picked her up, turned her around admiring all the little golden birds perched on her.  She was 8.00...should I pay that much?  I put her down and thought let me walk a bit.  I went into the next isle and saw the little ceramic bunny for a buck and snatched it up right away...then I decided to go back and get my golden treasure.  I walked to the end of the isle and thats when I saw her....in another lady's cart!  I sucked in my breath....deflated...beat down..heart broken.  How could I have left her on the shelf like that?

Oh well...I guess it wasn't meant to be with a tear running down my cheek!  So I strolled down the next isle and found this wooden pineapple (any clues?)

It has little holes all over it.  I thought it was cute tho...probably will paint it and yes that is a snowman spoon rest...hasn't found it's way back into storage yet.....

So with my two finds and a hurting heart I walked around the next bend...and what is sitting on the floor but my golden beauty...smiling at me...calling to me to take her home...I snatched her right up and lugged her right up to the register.

I LOVE her!!

I have no idea what I'm going to do with her.  Paint her yes....white? black?  Any suggestions?










While I was walking up to the register one of the workers said to me "Oh my...look at that...I'm going to open my register so I can look at that longer" (I thought that was a little goofy..but to each their own..right) One lady walked up to me while at the register and asked if I was going to buy her.  I kept my hand on my treasure.  Another lady came and admired my prize.  Mine, mine....all mine!!

So then my friendly cashier asked if I would be wanting a discount?  I qualified don't know how she even thought I was 55 or older (acutally won't be 55 until June) but I'll take it!  So my three treasures ended up being 8.00 and change!

Sweet bunny will get a gleaming coat of white paint.

What do you think...tooth pick holder?











I'm a very happy girl that I decided to take a little side trip on my lunch and find my lovely treasures.

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Going with the flow......

Seems like everywhere I looked today someone was showing a cabinet or shelves with all their wonderful goodies on them so I thought I would give it a whirl also.

This is the top portion of my itty bitty china cabinet.  Boy do I have it crammed with all kinds of goodies tho....lets take a peek.

I've started decking it out with some Easter things.  The eggs are sitting in little cordial glasses.  The two crystal goblet are from Germany and are beautiful but that's all I really know about them they were my great Aunts.  The plate is super old and I'll feature the plates in a later post.

Here is a little bit of a better shot...can you see some of my little piggies...I have a thing for piggies!

This is the other side of the top shelf.  More crystal goblets and just stuff.  Little shot glasses that were my dads...nothing fancy but I treasure them.

Now these are most prized possesions.  You can see MeMe and Poppy and all my grands.  Do you count 7?  The baby laying down represent our newest addition who will arrive in early August.  We should find out in the next week or so if it's a girl or a boy...secretly wishing for a girl but 10 fingers 10 toes we'll take it.  I love Willow Trees and have quite a collection.

These are faux chocolate bunnies that I painted and set in the crystal glasses with grass...they look so cute.  Below them is one of two clay angels that my oldest daughter made when in school...those are the things I can never get rid of...and boy do I have some ugly beautiful pieces.





Different angle......



This is the right side of the bottom shelf.  Another hand made angel and a painted pluto on glass in the back...see the little cloche on the side...I have a flower sitting in both of them.

And this is the middle of the bottom shelf...sorry for the glare but the middle section does not open and I had to shoot through the glass.  Yes those are crystal pastel Christmas ball in the crystal bowl.  I always keep something of Christmas out year round...I'm silly that way.

Underneath the actual top part of the cabinet there is an open shelf and I have just a few things sitting on it.

Pretty soon this whole cabinet will be replaced by my Thrifted much huge larger china cabinet.

So there you have it...another portion of my collecting to share with everyone.

Blessings,

Sue

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Thinkin Pink....

I have a favor to ask of all my new bloggy friends!

My youngest daughter has a friend who has been recently diagnosed with breast cancer.  She recently at the age of 29 had a double mastectomy.  I'm going to post some of her story in her own words.

Thats Michelle or "Mish" as she's known by her friends on the right.....The reason for this post is that she has a wish to be a bat girl for a day.  This is the contest site Honorary Bat Girl for a Day.  Once you get there you look in the gallery for "Mish"...you will see her with the Phillie's Phanatic as all good Phillie's fans would want to be...LOL  That aside....here is a bit of Michelle's story.

Cancer is all on my dad's side of the family, not just breast cancer but ovarian and others. I have a hereditary gene that is mutated called triple negative. Even though they got all of the cancer I still have to do chemo because that is how they have to get rid of triple negative. It could still be floating in my body because of it being genetic. I don't need radiation a) because it was too small (1.5cm, stage 1) and b) you can't pin point it because of the type.

I only had it in my right breast. My option was a masectomy or lumpectomy. With the lumpectomy I had a 9% chance it would come back. With the masectomy my percentage is just 1%. That made my decision there. My next was do I remove just one of my breasts or both. I opted for both so I wouldn't have to go through this again.

I will have implant reconstruction.  The implants will be an outpatient surgery which I cannot have until after chemo.  Chemo starts this Weds. It is 8 sessions, 1x every other week. My sessions should be complete by mid July. My implants will be 2 weeks after. I was told that the doctors have only seen 2 women not lose their hair with the treatment I am having, and that it is suppose to start falling out within the first 2 weeks of treatment. I'm trying to stay positive with the hair thing but it's kind of getting to me now.

All and all, it is what it is. Everything happens for a reason and this is just another hurdle of life I have to completely jump. I'm a firm believer that from everything bad something good happens. I'm already seeing the reprocussion of that in the overwhelming support I'm receiving now. But also my outlook on everything. I've always spread the awareness and been a huge supporter of this but more so now then ever....


I know that I have not been a blogger for very long.  I have a few (thank you all so very much) followers...but those followers have followers and so on and so forth.  The web is such a powerful place and it has amazed me that almost every blog I have visited has been full of Christian kindness!  What a wonderful world I have landed in.

So if you would all take a moment to cast a vote or say a prayer for "Mish" I know she would appreciate it as would I!!

Blessing to you all,

Sue

What a Weekend!

Whew.......

Now I know why the good Lord give children to the young.......

We had the pleasure of having our youngest grandson Liam for the weekend while his mother my youngest was visiting a girlfriend in North Carolina and his daddy was working.

He'll be two in June and yes this is the baby in the laundry basket.  He keeps you hopping trying to stop him from putting everything under the sun in his mouth and rearranging my stuff.  Everytime you turn around he's got something and he's tearing off with it!  All in all it was a good weekend, we even got to go to the GW and I picked up a few things I will shoot and post later.

Tonight I'd like to show you a bit of my stuff.  My Hubs was kind enough to put pictures in the computer for me in my own file that I'm actually able to find...he's a sweetheart.  Speaking of the "Hubs"...I'm not real fond of the title "Hubs" for him.  I've been thinking and thinking and I thought calling hime Mr. Lil would not float so since I'm Meme Sue we'll just call him Poppy Rick since that's what the grands call him...so on with the show and tell..

This is my antique sewing table that my dad found outside someones house on trash day....can you believe it.  This is actually one of two that he found.  He loaded them into the truck and lovingly refinished them.  My mother always loved this one the best and had it in her living room for years until they downsized and it got passed to me and the one that I had which has the sewing machine down inside was given to my youngest daughter.  I wish I would have taken the top box off to show you the machine that sits inside.

Isn't she sweet.  Had all the original hardware and look at the detail!  I love it.

BEAUTIFUL isn't she??

Sitting on the pedal I have my sweet Mommy and Baby toile chickens that I bought years ago...I love toile!  The metal on the sewing table and the pedal are very chippy...I debated on painting it and think I'll just leave it for now.

We were suprised to find some goodies in the drawers also!

There were also pins, needles, containers of snaps and hook and eyes....it was neat to see all the stuff.  I have know idea what the two gadgets are that are above so I need to do some research...if anyones knows and would like to share I'd appreciate it.

She's a pretty girl and I'm proud to have her.  I guess I got my love of junkin from my dad....LOL  This just goes to show ya to keep your eyes open while your traveling....you never know what you might come across....whats that saying "One man trash is another man's treasure"!  How true!

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