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May 29

My Late Mother’s Day Present & Vintage Finds

Miss Gabi finished my Mother’s Day present last weekend and I am now the proud recipient of a “Gabi Original” work of art!

How cute is this?

And I LOVE that she painted the “Always in My” on there too…

A sweet little message from my not so little girl.

She’s almost done with 6th grade and just received a “Presidential Excellence Award”.

{proud sigh}

7th grader.

My baby is going to be a 7th grader!

I guess it always catches us by surprise…this kid growing up thing.

You go along in your day to day living…waking them up for school (BRUSH YOUR TEETH!), sending them to bed (DID YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH?) and everything in between…

And WHAM.

They grow up when we aren’t looking.

{sigh}

Make some memories…

Cherish every moment…

Even the (BRUSH YOUR TEETH!) ones.

Now with those ultra wise words being said…

Take a look at the rest of the vignette I put her painting with:

A fun little mudroom vignette.

I just have to take a moment to show you a few of my favorite finds:

Fantastic vintage “Fresh 7Up” crate…Love the Campbell’s Soap container and yes…”If you write in the Dust, please don’t date it”

And this WONDERFUL little “lunch bucket(?)”:

Check it out! It even says “Fresh-O-Lator” on it!

I had to have it, I mean really!?! “Fresh-O-Lator”? Who can resist! Surely, not me!

However, my favorite piece of this vignette will be Gabi’s present:

Always in my Heart

I hope to go and do a little “junking” tomorrow…I’ll let you know what I find!

In the meantime…

Have a great day!

Patty O

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May 25

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You Were My Baby Boy…

Pet people will get it. Non-pet people may not.

Hershey came into our lives over 13 years ago. A sweet little chocolate lab puppy that was the runt of the litter.

At the time, our family consisted of two girls: Alex (10) and Sam (6), and one more baby on the way. Little did we know that our 2 legged baby would be another girl and that Hershey would be our baby boy.

And what a sweet baby boy he was – right from day one.

He was Tim’s best buddy (Tim’s only comrade in arms against all the female hormones of the house).

My Babies are Blooming!

OK, that may sound a little off to you, however…

Take a peek at what I call my “babies”!

These truly are babies – ok…miniatures…they were a part of a basket from my Dad’s funeral. And on the off-chance that they’d grow outside, I ~~plopped them in the dirt~~ gently planted them. Read more

May 14

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I have a Nosy Neighbor!

At least that’s what Patty M calls herself!

We chatted across the alley today as she raked leaves that kept blowing into my yard and I pulled the remnants of last years flowers.

She’s such a character…

We chatted about another neighbor who is more reserved and that’s when Patty said: “She’s not like me – I’m just plain nosy!”

Patty’s husband is quite a character too…

As we painted the house a few years ago, George would sit there in his chair and “supervise”.

I think I made him extremely nervous as I was perched up on our ladder to reach the eaves. Never so nervous that he couldn’t give me a hard time though!

This is what life’s all about…good neighbors, good friends, a little gentle razzing across the alley and more than a few laughs.

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.”

Have a blessed day!

Patty O

May 5

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A Weekend of Blessings…

What a fun weekend it has been!

My oldest daughter and her boyfriend came for a visit, picking up my middle daughter along the way – so our household was once again full!

Tim taught Alex how to make Potica on Saturday…I peeked in at the process off and on, smiling at how cute these two are together – what a special moment they’ll remember for a lifetime.

Tim has been baking Potica for our Young Life Sweet Spring Auction for the past few years. He donates 10 loaves which sell for $35 each – what a wonderful talent to share! …And they go quickly – he’s known for his fantastic Potica’s. It’s his Grandma Mary’s recipe which he tweeked a little! 🙂

And while they were making Potica…I took Tom (Alex’s boyfriend) shopping for a Mother’s Day present for his Mom. Of course, he helped me pick out a high school graduation present for his sister at the same time, so we covered all our bases and had a nice time together!

We had Tim’s parents and Grandma Shepel over for dinner that evening…and get this…Alex and Tom made dinner! A scrumptious breaded pork cutlet meal with an Eggplant Casserole…YUMMMMMY!

We finished off our Saturday with a round of Spicy Uno – thanks to Samantha for teaching us the rules…however, Tim and I decided we may be too old for this game!

This morning Tim made everyone French Toast and Bacon and then loaded up Tom and Alex’s truck (ok his parents truck…) with two Adirondack Chairs. Yes, those are the chairs you see the two of them sitting in (their Christmas present). Beautiful aren’t they? Tim built them! (This picture was taken at Christmas…most of our snow is gone now…Yayyyy Spring!)

And then they drove off…

Tom, Alex and Sam…

Back to work and back to school.

(sigh)

And it was back to just Tim, Gabi and I.

(sigh)

The house is quiet again.

(sigh)

Until next time…

(sigh)

But for now, I’m one happy and thankful Mom…

Patty O