Awards and a Tag

Morning!!! I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday weekend! We sure did and I will do a post on it tomorrow. Today, I want to get caught up on some awards and a tag. I still have one tag left to do, sorry Dana, I need hubbies help on that one because I am terrible with song titles.

This award I received from Dawn at Dawn's Daybreak, she offered it to her blogging friends. Thank you so much Dawn!!! I pass this award onto all my readers who leave me such nice comments and encouragement!

This award is from Rhonda at Scooterblu's Whimsy, thank you Rhonda!! This award she was offering to her blogging friends. I would like to pass this on to all of you...thank you for your inspiration and your blogland friendship!

Lastly, I have been tagged by Dawn at Dawn's Daybreak.

Here are the rules:

1. Link to the person who tagged you

2. Mention the rules on your blog.

3. List 6 unspectacular quirks.

4. Tag 6 bloggers by linking to them on your post and then commenting them to let them know that they are "it!"

Ok let's see...here are some of my quirks...

1. I like all my candy canes on the Christmas Tree to be hung in the same direction. My kids and hubby like to turn one around to tease me...it makes me crazy!

2. This one you know...I'm terrified of spiders.

3. I love John Deere tractors and would love to drive one in a farmers field.

4. I love watching the World News and GMA...I would love to meet Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson!

5. I am short and when I sit in a chair or sofa or when we are out to dinner, I like my feet touching the floor. I can't explain this one...haha

6. I love to read quilt and sewing blogs but I can't sew...I wish I could...I'm hopeless at it!

Anyone who would like to play along with this tag...You Are It!

I will be stopping by and visiting all of you in the next couple of days! I sure have missed you!!!

Have a great day!!! Hugs!

Kim

Award and This and That

Morning!!! I want to thank Jill at Jill's Junk to Jewels for this award!!! You are too sweet Jill! I am not sure I deserve this award but I am humbled to receive it! I am going to offer this award to all the blogs I read every day! You all inspire me to create, decorate, cook and on and on!!!


I want to thank everyone who has been praying for my daughter's friend and his friends and family. She and her bf will miss him sooo much but know he is now in heaven with the Lord he loves so much! He was a true inspiration to all!

I think I am off to the thrift store now and to Walmart for some groceries for the long holiday weekend! I'm so excited...hubby will be home early on Friday and won't have to leave again until Tuesday, later in the day! We are going to a Detroit Tiger's game on Saturday, the apple orchard on Sunday with DD's BF and his family then back here for an end of summer bbq, then on Monday we are headed to Caseville to visit my parents and to do some treasure hunting with the metal detector! I will post a picture of my metal detector treasure! (HEHE...nails, bolts and change!)

Hope you are having a wonderful day! Hugs!
Kim

YUCK!!! And Some Pretties

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*Please pray for my DD and her BF, a very close friend of theirs passed away at 7:30 this morning from Melanoma, he was only 30 . Thanks you so much!*

Morning!!! First the yuck....WHY do brown recluse spiders like MY house!?! I am certainly NOT welcoming them in! I found one in the dining room curtain and my tummy turned and the goose bumps popped! I HATE spiders...I am TERRIFIED!!!! This is the second one this summer in my house that I have had to kill by MYSELF! I sure hope my muslin curtains survived the spider spray! I could NOT bring myself to smash it in fear that it would run me down! I had hubby on the phone and spray in the other hand...screaming my head off as the ugly thing ran across the sill and back onto the curtain!!! Now I only hope that DD's BF will come to extricate the body because I WILL NOT go near it dead or alive!!!! YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!!!!!!!

Enough of the YUCK!!!! How about some pretty? Here are some fall decorations and a pretty tassel hung so pretty!

I cannot remember who posted about these cute little pumpkins from the Dollar Tree!!! How cute are these!?! I love them!!!
Pretty tassel that I purchased from Susie Harris at Bienvenue. Guess what she is having a sale!!! So if you'd like a pretty tassel all your own, head on over to Susie's! The tassel is hanging on a pretty frame from Michael's...it was on clearance...yay!!! No photos in it yet...we are taking photos at the ocean in Florida this December.

More of those cute little pumpkins from the Dollar Tree.

It is really feeling like fall this morning!! Very chilly! The weeping willows across the way are turning yellow and a maple tree down the street is red already! Loving the cooler weather! Hope you all enjoy your day!!! Hugs!!!

Kim

Pumpkin Update

Morning! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! We didn't do too much this weekend which was nice and relaxing. I did take some photos of the pumpkins though. I couldn't believe it when I counted 18 pumpkins!!! All but 3 or 4 are orange already! My hubby is afraid of picking them too soon and I'm worried about not picking them before someone comes and smashes them! That side of our property is pretty dark at night and easy for people to get to. I don't like thinking bad of people but I have seen too many smashed pumpkins around the area every year. So hopefully, my "watch flamingo" will protect them until they are picked by us! :)

The "Watch Flamingo" guarding day and night!

A closer look at a big one...most of them are pretty large!

From another angle of the garden. If you look real close you can see our dog in the very upper right.

Hope you all enjoy the last week of August!!!

Hugs!

Kim

Thank You and An Award!!!

Morning everyone!!! I just want to thank everyone for their kind words and well wishes this week! All your comments meant so much to me! I am feeling somewhat better and am back to doing things again. You all are amazing friends!



Angie from Sandals and Daisies presented me with an award!!!! Thank you so much Angie!!! You are such a sweet friend and I really would love to live nearer to you so we could thrift, thrift, thrift!!!


The rules of this award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours
5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you’ve nominated

I want to award this to:

1. Kim at BellaDella
2. Dana at The Stone Rabbit
3. Cherry at Cherry's Jubilee
4. Donna at Donna's in the Attic
5. Liz at Mabel's House
6. Susie at Bienvenue
7. Jeannette at Sincerely Yours

Congratulations ladies! I love your blogs! You are an inspiration to me and I'm so happy I have gotten to know some of you through comments and emails! Hopefully, I will get a chance to know all of you! Stop by these ladies blogs and see why I LOVE their blogs!

Have a wonderful day!!!! Hugs!!!
Kim

A Bit of a Break

Hello everyone!!!

Just taking a bit of a break. I don't think I've mentioned it here but I have fibromyalgia. I don't generally talk about it because it is just a fact of my life and I deal with it. I can go months with only minor symptoms and then I will get a flair up and it's just hard to do everyday things. When things are good...I go, go, go because I don't know when I won't be able to do that for a while. I am having a pretty good flair up right now so it's slow, slow, slow for me. I am listening to my body and resting more and will hopefully be back to go, go, go soon. I do have some pics to show you but I need to put them on my computer yet. I will be posting again soon and checking in on you all too! I just won't be able to be posting as much or doing as much as I would like to for a bit.

Have a great day!!! Hugs!!!
Kim

A Blogland Purchase and Birthday/Christmas Peeks

Good afternoon!!! I have been busy working away on yo-yo projects for upcoming birthdays and Christmas gifts. Like I keep saying, they are so quick and easy. Very good project to work on while watching the Olympics! I, also, got a package in the mail that I had ordered. I ordered a body scrub from The French Elements. Barb at The French Elements is so sweet...she included a free bonus scrub! I haven't tried it yet but the one I ordered got a wonderful review...check out Barb's blog to link to the review! I can't decide whether to keep it for me or use it for a gift...I bet I keep it for me! :-D

Here are the photos!!! (Remember you can click to enlarge them.)

Oh so cute packaging and a sweet card from Barb!!!

A peek at a canvas bag I trimmed out with yo-yo's (and it may get an applique) for my SIL for Christmas. She has a dog who she just loves...so goes the doggy themed bag! She can use it to pack up her doggy's toys and things for trips. Plese excuse the kitty hair...Cypher was trying really hard to be in this picture!

This is a lavendar cotton bag that I purchased at Cheaptotes.com. I am trimming this one out with yo-yo's too. It is for a friend's birthday. I will use it as a useable gift bag. Haven't decided what to fill it with yet. This bag still needs it's buttons.

Well I am trying to find some energy to head out for errands. Don't know why I am so sleepy today! Hope you are all having great days!

Hugs!

Kim