What a Deal ~

Bob loves buying plants and flowers (especially in January), and when he finds a good sale, it's even better! He stopped at the little garden shop down the street and discovered they are going out of business. So..........

He bought azaleas and minature roses and he brought me this flat of snapdragons, they were FREE.

The next day the owner delivered four of these babies (complete with flowers) with his tractor.

And today these two plants appeared on the front porch.

While out for a drive a few days ago, we decided to drive by "the house that we almost bought". Before we found the house we are in now, we found this place. It was on about 15 acres, with LOTS of pecan trees and a pond. We spent a couple of hours wandering around the property by ourselves and went through the house twice with the realtor before deciding it just wasn't the right one. We were shocked to see it has burned to the ground.... we also see, and are thankful for, the divine intervention that steered us away from that house.

COLLECTIONS ~ Bob Finds the Cabinets ~ Jeri Fills Them

We bought this collection of dolls at a garage sale in Lexington. The lady selling them cried....and that made the lady buying them cry too. Mom helping me unwrap my collection of shoes.

When I was a little girl we would visit my mom's Aunt Maude. It seemed that everywhere I looked, windowsills, table tops, everywhere - I saw pretty little glass shoes.

I got my first shoe (the shell covered one on the left) in 1963. My newest shoe was given to me by my daughter-in-law Shelly, it is the cute little red shoe in the middle and on the right are some very special shoes that my cousin Janice brought to me from Finland. I wonder if she remembers them???

So we have arrived at our winter destination a couple of days ago. We got caught in some snow and slippery roads in Indiana. (Mom was ready to get a motel). We both had some minor problems with our vehicles ~ Bob was in the pick-up ~ Jeri, Mom and kitties in the Envoy. Thankfully we were being watched over and made it through a couple of scary situations without a scratch.

This morning we went out in the backyard and picked up this bowl of pecans.

Pecan pie anyone???

This evening we went out for an early dinner to celebrate New Year's Eve and now we just waiting for the ball to drop. With a couple of hours to go several people in the neighborhood are already shooting off fireworks.

A safe and happy 2008 to everyone!

BooMama's Christmas Tour of Homes

Welcome! I am so glad you made it here safely without getting stuck in a snow bank. Come in out of the cold, have a mug of hot cider, and have a look around. Step into the living room - this year I have 3 little trees instead of 1 big one.

In the corner I have some of my collection of Santas. These little trees are in the breakfast nook.

And finally, the dining room where I have more Santas.

So that's pretty much it for this year - thanks for stopping by and a special thank you to BooMama for hosting this lovely tour. Merry Christmas To All!

Winter Wonderland

ICICLES!!

Bob moving some SNOW!!

Chicago

Finally posting pictures of Chicago. We went to visit John, Colleen and Molly last week. We got to see Molly perform in Schoolhouse Rock - she is quite a talented young lady.

Before heading home we went to Macy's, the Christmas decorations were sooooo pretty!