Welcome back to My youngest son and I are catchinga train this evening, bound for the Land of Enchantment(a.k.a. New Mexico).  My mom had knee surgery,so I’m going to go hang out with her at the rehab. center,spend some time with my sister and her family and my dadand my son will get in as much play time with his cousins as possible. It’s been years since I road the train, and I’m lookingforward to taking the scenic route and spendingthat {Read More}

Fresh bread, lemonade, vanilla…Lemongrass, fresh grass, & white pine…Lilac, lavender, & hyacinth.Aside from being the scents of spring & summer,what do they all have in common? These are all scents thatKrissy of PiixlWix Candle Companyincorporates into her handmade candle & perfume products.Krissy kindly sent me a few products from her line to sample,including her new summer fragrance “Good Vibrations”,which is a blend of Yuzu, Pineapple and Jasmine.I’ll be honest, I have no idea what yuzu is,but it sure smells great {Read More}

How can something so bloomin’ pretty be so durn vicious?! My son and his 2 friends were roaming through the fields and came across these weeds. Which of you gardeners knows what they are called? I think the blooms are incredible looking, but goodness, the stickers on the stem and leaves make you think twice about touching them and the undersideof the bloom is just as mean. They have razor sharp thorns. The bugs sure don’t mind them though. I think {Read More}

Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. Philippians 4:20 Isn’t this antique grain sack wonderful?It’s quite stained and tattered,but it still has a lot of life in it. I bought it a few months ago, and eventually plan to turn it into something. I pulled it out to brainstorm and noticed that the name on the bag is “M. Amen”   I can’t think of a better name to have. To God be the Glory, Angie {Read More}

I know technically it isn’t summer yet, but it sure feels like it today at our house. And, what’s summer without watermelon, right? My daughter was sitting outside eating the watermelon we had left over from Memorial Day, and her dog wanted to try it. He ended up chewing every last bit off of every rind she threw to him.Sure hope he doesn’t get a tummy ache later! He’s always been a fruity kind of dog though. I hope you’re {Read More}

I’m going to preface this post by saying, I love my husband. I’ve shown you the work he’s done on our house… and the one before this one… and the one before that one… (well, you didn’t see that one, because it was 2 states and 7 years ago).He’s very talented and willing to take onnearly any project idea I throw at him, (with a slight bit of begging). I want to also say that he’s an extremely bright guy.   {Read More}

I came across this sweet illustration with the phoneticspellings of words in a child’s school reader and it seemed a perfectway to welcome the 1st day of June. Did you notice the sweet page number at the top? Here’s just the image in 2 different color tones. Hope you are having a beautiful 1st day of June! Angie You Can Find Me at These Parties: Monday – Metamorphosis Monday**Manic Monday**Mod Mix Monday Tuesday – Knick of Time Tuesday Nifty Thrifty Tuesday**Cowgirl Up**Trash to {Read More}

If I went to every yard sale, thrift store and auction  the rest of week and all of them were duds, I’d still be content because I came home with this from the auction tonight. I love the handles and the buckle on it.  The funny thing is, I didn’t even win this at the auction. I won 5 boxes full of JUNK (and it truly was junk), and I only wanted a few things out of 1 of the {Read More}