December 31, 2008

Happy New Year Everyone!!!...We're enjoying staying home and watching Shrek with Luke...I think the excitement was too much for Taylor, so instead of staying home she decided to go out with friends..HA!...Today was alot more calmer than this time last week on Christmas Eve..

So to continue from my last post I will finally get to our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day...We had gotten home the night before from visiting family...Every Christmas Eve we go to Cracker Barrel for breakfast/lunch and always pick out a new ornament or two or three...HA!.

But before we went I got packages in the mail..This is the crock that I won on ebay for .99 cents...Can you believe it????...I think it is perfect for putting a primitive tree in next Christmas...I love crocks!!










And then these surprise gifts were from my new friend, Judy Poulos from Maryland...It was so thoughtful of her...Candles, a punch tin plate, dough fixins, and a new addition to our Christmas books...Thank you so much Judy!!...I value our new friendship!!










Tim and Luke at Cracker Barrel....












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That evening was spent at church at the candle light service and then home for a light dinner of sandwiches and sweets....I still needed to get Christmas gifts wrapped and stockings made so Luke would have one to match ours...Yes, I hate to wrap!!!...I confess!....I say every year that I'm going to do better...Well, there is always next year!!...HA!

So I was going to just stiched up some plain blue flannel stockings....But Taylor wanted to have the names on them and a cuff...And I was all for it if she was going to help because I had to get to wrapping...













So a simple project took hours, but it was time we spent together and we will always have the stockings to remember...









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Christmas day was spent with children's excitement...Luke awoke to a 2 foot Mickey Mouse awaiting him under the tree..At 2 years old he wasn't sure about all this Christmas stuff...But in years to come he will know exactly what it is!!
We didn't take any pics during the gift giving because we were busy videotaping everything, but Taylor was most excited when she got her IPOD NANO...But we really surprised her when she opened her argyle sweater...She has pointed them out a hundred times...It 's hard to surprise 18 year olds when they make out their Christmas list....
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Some items Taylor got me...She has learned to love antiquing and found me this bottle...PERFECT!!!...She also got me room sprays from Bath and Body....Along with my omega necklace from Tim....I have been wanting one forever!!!...I love my gifts!!!!









For breakfast we had a breakfast casserole and french toast casserole....YUM!!














































The rest of the day was spent relaxing with the kids and watching movies together...It was a good Christmas spent at home....
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I hope everyone has a warm and safe New Year!!!!..The fireworks have been going off here in the neighborhood for hours!!!....hugs,Jen












December 29, 2008

Hi everyone!...I hope you had a good Monday!!...I love Mondays!!..It's the start of a new week!!...Leaving off on my last post~Last Monday was filled with some outlet mall shopping...No big purchases were made for me...I just got me 5 new shirts....We were on our way to Cartersville, Ga {above Atlanta} from Chattanooga...My parents and siblings all live there...We had a good time and it was good to see everyone!!!

The next day {Tuesday} before we left to come home my sister, Heather, and I went to the antique store we always go to...It's not very big, but I always find a treasure to bring home....There was no room in the car with Luke's stroller and all our luggage, so I knew I had to keep my purchases small...One of the booths that is one of our favorites wasn't there anymore..UGH!! But the other one was having a 40% off sale as she usually does right before Christmas when I'm visiting....
The first items I picked out were some reproduction pantry jars...Priced at $15, $12, and $9...before 40% taken off...










I'm always drawn to sconces...She only had one of these at $8 before 40% was taken off!!!










And this crock for $12.00 before the 40% was taken off also.....









Then I passed a crate in another booth for $7...She apologized that it wasn't on sale also, but at $7 I didn't care...It held all my goodies perfectly with some little silicone bulbs thrown in...
And some how I didn't get a picture of my little red punch tin lantern taken that i got also...I will have to show you next time...It is so cute!!...
So at about 2:30 we headed home...Traffic was really bad and we didn't get home til 6:00...The funny thng was that as we got home it got warmer and warmer....While we had been on our trip the temps were extremely cold and the wind was strong...When we left on Sunday morning{to begin our trip} at 6:30 am it was already 65 degrees at home...Amazing that only a few hours away that there can be such a change in temps...And it was good to get back home...Nothing better than sleeping in your own bed!!!...
Next time I will show you my goodies that were waiting for me when the mail was delivered on Christmas Eve!!...So until then....hugs,Jen

December 28, 2008

I brought some goodies home with me!!!









Hey everyone!...I hope you had a great Christmas!!...It has been non-stop and I have tried many times to get on here to blog, but with all the Christmas celebrating and cleanup afterwards I just didn't get to it...I left off last weekend with our trip home to visit family so we could be home for Christmas this year...Sunday we spent the day with Tim's family in Trenton,GA...This is a pic of Lookout Mtn that is at the back of my in-law's house...









These two are of Sand Mtn...Trenton is nestled inbetween the two mountains...It is quite breathtaking when the season's change in the Spring and Fall...










Leaving Trenton....And I would have loved to have gone to the left toward Nashville for a visit....I grew up in Nashville, Murfressboro, but mostly in Smyrna,TN....Hopefully I can go for a visit this year...No matter where I live Middle Tennessee holds my heart for HOME....
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Sunday night we went to the Homegoods store in Chattanooga...We don't have one near us and I've always wanted to go...Just let me say that we will DEFINITELY be going there everytime we go back....I got me some goodies for sure...








The first things that went in my cart were these two dough bowl/trenchers.....I couldn't pick them up fast enough especially when I saw that they were $16.99 a piece...YEAH!!!



And next I grabbed these two bowls for $7.99 a piece...






And this box for $9.99....







Needless to say when I left there I was VERY happy!!!...I have lots to share with you and pics, but it is past bedtime for Luke and I have to go rock him to sleep..It's 10:45 already....He has mastered climbing out of his bed, so I have to make sure he's fully asleep....HA!...Have a good Monday and I hope to put more on tomorrow.......Jen

December 21, 2008







So much to do and so little time left!!...Do you feel that way??..I do...I have cleaned, shopped,done laundry, and packed today...We're heading out in the morning to Northwest Georgia, actually Trenton, GA....It is in the fartherest corner of the state as you can get...You go too far one way and you're in Tennessee and too far the other and you are in Alabama...It is nestled between two mountains...Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain...Tim grew up there and I spent my summers and holidays there visiting my grandparents, aunt, and uncles,and cousins,etc...We will spend time with Tim's side tomorrow and then head back to my parent's in Cartersville, GA tomorrow night...Then on Monday we will be heading back to Chattanooga,TN for some shopping and Calhoun,GA for outlet mall shopping...Monday night we will be getting together with my side of the family at my parent's...Tuesday we will hang out with my family and head back home probably that afternoon or evening...

This will be our 2nd Christmas Day in our home since moving away from family 13 years ago...Our first was 2 years ago when Luke was born the month before and I think we slept through that one because it is a blurr..HA!...Taylor always wants to be at home, so this year we will be...On Christmas Eve we always go to Cracker Barrell for breakfast/lunch...That is our tradition we started years back when Taylor was small...And if we're with family then whoever can get off to go goes with us...But if we're back home this year then it will just be us...

I have to get the gifts all wrapped...I haven't done that yet this year...I sooo wanted to wrap them and put them under the tree, but I didn't want Luke unwrapping them 2 minutes after I put them there..HA!...And I still have to get some stockings sewed...UGH!!!...Luke doesn't have a x-stitched one like the ones we've used since Taylor was a baby, so I want new ones so his will match,too...Actually I want primitive ones anyway..HA!

I also went grocery shopping today...It was crazy out there!!...I usually go on Monday, so I went and got everything so I won't have to go back til the Monday after Christmas...I got ingredients for our special Christmas breakfast ....I'm so excited!!...I've wanted to make special things for Christmas Day, but we're never here!...

So I will be off the computer and I won't be able to blog til we get back...I feel the withdrawals already!!...But I will take pictures and maybe I will bring some goodies back with me to share with you...I want to go to the antique store my sister and I always go to..I always find something there...So I will miss you all and I will catch up when I get back....I'm not sure what just happend that my letters got fancy...ha!..But I like it!!

UPDATE!!!...Oh and I just want to let everyone know I have rerouted my emails to my aol addy...When you click on the little house on the left side of my blog they no longer go to my Knology addy...For some reason I'd email back and some of the emails weren't being received or I was getting emails saying they were having trouble getting their emails to go through...So if you emailed me and you haven't received a response back then email me again please....I would never want to offend someone or hurt your feelings by not responding to your emails...I sooooo appreciate all the emails with compliments, questions about my x-stitch, orders, and just to chat...I have met so many new friends!!

So Merry Christmas my friends!!...I hope you have a blessed week and I will hopefully post as soon as we get back on maybe Tuesday or Christmas Eve...hugs,Jen













December 18, 2008

CHRISTMAS PICTURES ARE FNALLY ON!!!

My Christmas pictures are finally on...Just click on the picture of the long johns with the santa hat on the right hand side..None of Luke's room this year...He has been enjoying himself redecorating everything I decorate!!!...UGH!!..I had my tree in my bedroom all decorated and he has pulled it down 4 times on himself...So, off came the little boy and girl ornaments after 4 were broken...I'm off to get some stuff done...It has been a WARM week here in GA!...Where has our cold weather gone??..We've been wearing shorts..But I've sure been enjoying all the snow pictures on alot of the blogs...Have a great day!!..And I hope you enjoy the pictures...hugs,Jen

December 16, 2008

Good Tuesday Morning!!

Good morning everyone!...I'm sorry it has been so long since I've been on here...I have been feeling bad and been busy with the kids and getting ready for Christmas...My siser emailed me and told me I was slacking on my blog!!..HA!...I haven't really been on the computer much at all other than to purchase some goodies...Don't you just love getting new stuff for Christmas either for the holiday or for everyday use?!?!?...This is a pic of my first primitive santa...Hummm!!!....A new collection...Isn't he wonderful?!!...And then I also got the two tahoe trees,too...I've been wanting some and then Cheryl posted them for sale on P&R...So I had her toss them in with the santa....Which meant when they got here I had some redecorating to do...HA!...




Then I got these great bowls from primitives-by-pam on ebay...I had been eyeing them for a while and when I saw that this was her last set of black ones then I knew I had to go ahead and get them...They have straps on them so they can hang...
I have a weakness for textiles...I also got this one from Pam..It is the Orange Peel pattern..








Along with the Rings and Chain pattern in the red and greens for Christmas...


And yesterday I went to Michael's to get more greenery while it was on markdown...The past couple of years I have been buying greenery that has a more realistic look to it...Don't we all wish we had woods to go out in and have fresh greens??...Well, at least we can have the look!!...

And nothing is better than Cookies hot out of the oven...

Well, I'm off to work on finishing up my curtains today...My no sew curtains...Just some nails, osnaburg, and fabric ripping...Have a blessed day!!..The temp is in the 70's today and the rest of the week, so it feels more like Spring here..And I will I will be anxiously awaiting the postman because I have 3 more trees coming...SHHH!!...Don't tell my dh!!!.....hugs,Jen