Tagged Twice!

Hello all! I've been tagged twice! The first one I was tagged by fitty's pink rose cottage. I am to answer the following 7 questions. So here goes...

~Where have you traveled? Canada, Oklahoma, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Washington D.C., North Carolin, Kentucky and Tennessee...I almost forgot... Florida and the Caribbean!
~Where would you like to live? I like my house here in Michigan but will eventually be moving to Illinois full-time.
~What is your decorating style? A bit of everything...I mix the old with the new. I will post a few pics soon.
~How many times have you been married? One time, almost 24 years.
~Favorite color: shades of pink, green, brown and white~
~What is your proudest accomplishment? 2 kids...one soon to be a meteorologist and one soon to be an elementary/middle school teacher
~What would we be absolutely shocked to learn about you? Hmmm...I guess that will go along with my second tag today...I really don't listen to music. I like it but when I'm alone in the car...I like to be quiet and have time to think.


Now I will tag these ladies (if you've been tagged before and don't want to do this again...no problem!)....


Kim at BellaDella and Joy at Books and Life!

Ok have a fun and great day! Hugs!
Kim

Look who I found

Good Morning!!! Look who I found in the pumpkins! My pink flamingo was a little jealous to be stuck up in the attic when he heard what a great time The Stone Rabbit's new friend was having. So when I heard the crying, I told hubby to go get him down. He has been neglected the last 6 years...poor thing got put in the attic when we moved here. I wasn't sure where he should go at this house...at our last house he had been a housewarming gift (a gag housewarming gift) but I loving placed him near the pond we put in. So here he is 6 years later...a happy bird in the pumpkins. I hope you enjoy the story at The Stone Rabbit, I know I sure did!

The pink flamingo in his new home.

Pumpkin flowers...they're so big and bright and the bees love them!

A pumpkin anatomy lesson...this flower bud is a male...no pumpkin bulge under it.

This one is the female...can you see the little bulge below the bud? (Right where the vines divide)

An update on our first pumpkins progress. Saturday, July 12.

No new treasures to share. We had a busy weekend! Saturday we went to the Detroit Tigers game...we have season's tickets right by Magglio Ordonez on the right field side. Magglio is on the DL, a couple of weeks ago we watched him walk off the field with an injury. I missed seeing him there but he will be back after the All Star break. Sunday we worked around the yard and did errands...not so fun stuff. I think today I will check out a thrift store.

Have a great day! Hugs and happy treasure hunting!

Kim

Updated blogs I visit

Hello! I updated the list of blogs I visit everyday or try to...if you don't see your blog on here and would like it to be...let me know and I will add you!
Have a great day!
Kim

Before and Now

Good morning! Just a couple garden pics. I was amazed to see how much the plants grew in a week! We have our first pumpkin growing too! This is the first year for us growing pumpkins. Hubby threatens to suck up the vines growing beyond the garden with his lawn mower. But since he likes me happy, he will leave them unless they start taking up more of the valley. I have always wanted to grow pumpkins and with as much as they cost to pick your own north of here, I decided this was the year. Hubby wants to know what happens if we get a ton (probably unlikely) but I told him I'd put them up for sale in a "garage sale" (not sure if we can just put up a produce stand in our sub). Ever see Little People Big World on TLC...we may need to call our property Kim's Farm and build attractions! Not likely, since we have only 1/2 an acre in the middle of a subdivision managed by a homeowners association. But anyway...as long as we have a couple nice ones to carve and some to decorate the yard with, I will be happy.

Ugh! Ok the pics are in the post below because Blogger won't put the pictures where I want them! Sorry about that!!! Hope you enjoy the pics on the next post!

Happy treasure hunting and Hugs!

Kim

The Garden Pics

Before...at the time of the blog Garden Party.

Saturday, July 5

Still Saturday, July 5 (before hubby cut that long grass!)

Our first pumpkin! It's a lot bigger since this pic was taken on Saturday!

Promised pics...

Hello again! Here are the pics I promised you. Having caught up on all your blogs, I am having a bit of a phobia when it comes to posting pics. You all stage or arrange your treasures in such beautiful ways. I am trying but boy do I have a lot to live up to...lol! Hope you enjoy!

This cute little covered vanity box is Coalport and is about 2 1/4 inches across and 1 1/2 inches high. I picked it up at the Armada Flea Market (here in Michigan) 2 Sundays ago for $5...I just saw one up for auction for a starting bid of $14.99. So, I think I got a deal!

This treasure box I found at the Marshall's in Illinois. It was on clearance for only $7. I love it, it will hold a lot of treasures! The skeleton key I picked up at the Armada Flea Market for $1.50. (I added the green ribbon.) I love these keys...my great-grandma had one to open her door up until she died in 1981. They remind me of her.

I fell in love with this Avon talc tin at the Armada Flea Market. I love the flowers and the pink lid. It has just the right amount of shabby-ness to it. (only 75 cents)

I have been collecting these bud vases for a very long time. I haven't seen one in a while but picked this one up at the Armada Flea Market for a dollar. I don't know if it's and old one or a reproduction or what they call them but I love them.

One final pic of my skeleton key. It's so cute!

Tomorrow I will have pictures of our vegetable garden. Our plants are growing like crazy, especially the pumpkins. Have a wonderful day all! Happy treasure hunting and hugs!

Kim

I am back!

Good morning! I am back from my long break, hope you all had a great holiday!!! We had a good break but glad to be back to my own schedule. We spent some time here, some time at our Chicago-area apartment and a day in Caseville, MI. I have some pics of some of my new treasures coming up later today, hopefully. I found one at Marshall's near our apartment (sorry don't know the cities around Arlington Heights yet...we are new to this area) and I found some treasures at the Armada Flea Market here in Michigan. I didn't find much though, especially this last Sunday...a lot of booths but not a lot of finds. I probably could have found a lot on Saturday while headed to Caseville, but my parents expected us around a certain time so we didn't stop. I really wanted to though as we drove by thrift stores a big yard sales...sigh. While in Caseville I hoped to find some buried treasure in the woods behind my parents. We took the metal detector out there but only managed to find rusty nails, a bolt and a bent piece of wire...no good treasure. There were way too many people to take it down to the beach but maybe next time.

Wow that got long...still reading?? If so, I will get those pics taken today and try to post them too. Along with that I am going to catch up on email and all of your blogs! Can't wait to see what everyone has been up to!!!

Happy treasure hunting till then and hugs!
Kim