Just My Type!

Sweet Hubs was helping his parents clean and sort and
get rid of some things late last week....

He knows me so well... He knew I would love this!
And I do!

It just needs a new ribbon and it is good to go. I'll be using it for some tags and projects and such. I love the look of the type.

Thanks Hubs!

Oh! One last thing...

Thank you to everyone that joined in for Fresh-Cut Friday! The next party will be Friday March 4th. I hope you will join in.

Also... How do you feel about challenges?

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Fresh-Cut Friday #6

Howdy do all!
Welcome to the 6th Fresh-Cut Friday.

I picked these pretties up at Whole Foods. They are organic and GORGEOUS!
Don't you think? I took these pictures on Sunday, the day that I got them and they are now HUGE-O-MUGE-O!

A few more $'s but worth it!

Escape Christmas Ornament...

Just when you thought you were DONE with all the Christmas decor...

Do you see it? There it is... that sneaky little so and so!

Yes! I cleaned everything... Yes! I moved all the furniture... Yes! Everything is packed away nice and neat... I thought so anyway...

Well! I stuck it there and there it will stay! Just like I meant it!

Did that ever happen to you?

Any Who!

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WARNING:

ADVERTISING AND BRIBERY

BLATANT ADVERTISEMENT FOR FRESH-CUT FRIDAY!

REMINDER!

Friday is the next Fresh-Cut Friday. I really REALLY hope you will join in. I love seeing all the arrangements. In honor of your joining in I am sharing with you my vintage seed packets.

Please take them and use as you wish. I am going to be using them in my sidebar. I hope you will let me know what you use them for. There are so many craft projects that these would just be perfect for.

Aren't they cute?

Enjoy!

Arizona Antique Market - The Place For Antiques

This is how I opted to spend my Saturday. At the Antique Show. I love going and talking to the dealers. They always are such a wealth of information. Sometimes, I just wish I could do this for a living! I love being with all the old stuff. I always have!

Look at those sweet mixing bowls!

Some pretty Flow Blue....

Looks like a nice time to start a collection of frogs!

Silver spoon? Did anyone need one?

If I had a bunch of money and another room to fill...
I soooo would have bought this gorgeous spool display case!

Puppies!

Kitties!

This is what I found and brought home... Isn't it cute!?

I wish there was a way to see some of the pictures that were taken with this cutie patutie! I imagine that it belonged to a teenage girl and she took lots of pictures at the Grand Canyon. No reason...It's just my imagination, and it can be whatever I say. Maybe she still has those pictures? I hope so. I hope that it helped her to keep wonderful memories.

Any-who! This is it's new home now.

And this is where it will stay!

P.S. Quick Reminder... Next Friday is Fresh-Cut Friday!

Whites

Did you know... That Estheticians recommend that you use only white, all cotton washcloths on your face? I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Did you also know that the price of cotton is sky rocketing? We're stocking up!
Got these at Walmart.

When Crickets Cry

January's Girlfriend's Bookclub selection was:

When Crickets Cry
By Charles Martin

From the back of the book:
"In a small town square of a sleepy Georgia town, seven-year-old Annie sits at her lemonade stand, raising money for her own heart transplant. At a nearby store, Reese flips through the newspaper, thinking about the latest boat he’s restoring. As a beat-up bread truck careens around the corner, a strong wind blows Annie’s money into the road. Reese looks up in time to see Annie’s yellow dress fluttering in the wind as she runs into the road. What happens next will change both of their lives forever."

I LOVED this read. It was such a sweet and ironic story. I would easily recommend it! I will also more than likely pick up another one of Mr. Martin's stories. They are very similar to Nicholas Spark's book. So if you love his story telling skills you will also love this one.

~NOW~

For our February selection:

These Is My Words
By Nancy E Turner

From the back of the book:

"These Is My Words uses the love of learning as a major plot element in a story inspired by her great-grandmother, Sarah Prine. It is set during a time in Territorial Arizona when life was hard and tenuous. The story is a portrait of the courage and perseverance of one woman, and a love affair that will never be forgotten."

I chose this book because our book club always reads a love story in February. And while this book has a love story to it... It is also about our state... Arizona. As luck would have our statehood day is ... February 14th! Rich! Right?

I have already started reading it and let me tell you... it is gooooooooood!

OH! P.S. if you ever want to order one of my recommendations... just click on the book carousel on my sidebar.

Homemade Laundry Detergent-Saturday Morning Project

Well, the weekend is just about over. I hope you all had a good one. Friday night with Terry O was great! I came home completely inspired to get busy. So, I have a couple of projects started and one that I started and finished. It was really easy! And I love me an easy project!

Homemade Laundry Detergent

I have actually been wanting to make it for quite sometime, but I was over perusing The Beehive Cottage and Maryjane just finished a batch. So I thought that I would finally give it a go. I love her blog. She has so many great ideas and crafts. You should go see.

Here is the recipe:

• 3 bars Fels Naptha Bar Soap - each bar is 5 1/2 oz.
• 4lbs Borax
• 4lbs Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
• 4lbs Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
• Mix and store in an air tight container
• 1/2 cup white vinegar for fabric softener

I mixed it in a kitchen garbage bag and then put that in my laundry tin. I trimmed the top so that it wasn't so long and I just roll it down and clip it. Seems to work just fine. I also grated the bar soap by hand so I wore gloves. Not sure that you need them, but the soap is pretty strong.

I use my scoop from my protein shake mix. Just to show you how little it takes... 2 tablespoons per load.

I did 5 loads of laundry yesterday... Jeans, Whites, Colors, and Towels ... I love this stuff! Low sudsing, no phosphates, no dyes and lowcost! I got everything from Fry's (the rest of the world knows them as Kroger's) and for less than $20.00. And really... if I would have been more patient, I could have shopped the ingredients and gotten it all for much less.

My husband has very sensitive skin and a sensitive sniffer. He gave it 2 thumbs up!

I also recommend the white vinegar fabric softener. It really is a wonderful idea. It disinfects your clothes AND it helps prevent soap build up in your machine. It really does work and the smell is clean! You remember that fragrance, right?

Pottery Barn Bed and Bath White Sale

SO!
Today the new Pottery Barn catalog came...
I think I'm in trouble!

I think I need these frames...

SERIOUSLY!