OH MY GOSH! Look what I got

OH MY GOSH! I just received my swap package from Cindy at Thimbleprims Studio today and I just stood there when I opened it saying OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH!

She sponsored a Raggedy Ann swap and since I love Raggedies, I was only too eager to enter this swap. And I was lucky enough to get her as my partner. We had talked about the kind of dolls we both wanted and I told her that I would love to have a small prim Raggedy in brown and blue to put in my newly decorated living room. And oh my gosh! This doll is perfect! I just picked her up and hugged her when I got her out of the box. Just look at that adorable little face and the little teddy bears and toys on her dress. And her hair is georgeous! You can't see it, but she has put a little bow in her hair to match her dress.

She also sent me some neat green fabric with candy corn and some flannel fabric with fall pumpkins, squash, squirrels and acorns on it. It is so cute. Then there was Raggedy Ann note pad, a Raggedy postcard, address book, the sweetest Raggedy card and two patterns. I don't know why they don't sell Raggedy Ann merchandise in this area but they just don't. For some reason the north has all the great prim craft shops, prim fabrics and Raggedy products. I am so thankful for all the prim sisters that I have that share this merchandise with me.

THANK YOU SO MUCH Cindy!!! I absolutely LOVE everything.

I am just so ashamed that mine wasn't ready to put in the mail at the same time she mailed hers. My unexpected vacation, that I really needed, has put me so far behind. But yours is in the mail tomorrow Cindy. I just hope you like yours half as much as I love mine.

Here's the pics. Just look at how the fabric matches chocolate and blue! Until next time...

Laura Kay's Vacation

Sarah(my granddaughter) has loved horses ever since she was big enough to say horse.LOL So while on fall break, Laura Kay, Brittany, Sarah and a few friends went to the Outer Banks Island in NC. This is an island that has one way in and one way out and is a wild horse refuge.

While there, they went on a tour in a jeep to see the wild horses. Well the mares were in a dispute with the male horse and would not do what he wanted. So Laura Kay thought watching them was amazing and decided to film them on her camcord. So she is standing a distance from the jeep, running her camcord and the male horse decided to charge the mares to make them do what he wanted. The mares decided to run in the opposite direction at a very high speed, right toward the jeep.

So the tour guide tells everyone they need to get in the jeep now. So Laura Kay starts hobbling back to the jeep and the tour guide says to get in the jeep NOW! LK turns around and the mares are stampeding right toward her and she can't move fast because of bad knees! She said she stood there saying, "help, help" in a small frightened voice. And then the horses just turned and ran in another direction.

Well i told her that's why you don't put yourself in situations where you have to move fast when you can't.LOL

But they had a wonderful time and Sarah loved it.

They also went to the beach and LK found me a georgeous piece of driftwood. While she was trying to get it early in the morning, crabs were jumping all around her. This was just not her trip.LOL

But here are the goodies they brought me. LK brought the driftwood and lighthouse wind chime because she knows I love windchimes. Brittany brought me this cool sign. (Grandpa is the old crab)LOL I can't wait to hang them both on my porch. Until next time...

Rusty Thimble Giveaway

Rusty Thimble is having a great giveaway to be announced on Halloween. Go on over, check out her blog and enter her giveaway. www.therustythimble.blogspot.com Until next time...

I'm Back

Well I am back from vacation and I had a BLAST! This was a last minute, non planned getaway and something that I really needed. I was so stressed out that my darling husband just took me away from it all. And we had a blast.

We had no plans on where we wanted to go, just west. We went through Arkansas and wound up in Missouri. All Chester wanted to see was the great Arkansas mountain peaks only to find out there aren't any (or at least that we could find).lol I finally asked a tourist guide station where we had to go to see the Arkansas mountains and she told me we were in them. When I explained that we wanted to see the peaks, she informed me there aren't any. Well the Arkansas peaks aren't any larger than the Smoky Mountains in our own back yard.LOL

But we did stop at a lot of antique shops and I can't wait to show you what I got. Out of all of it, the butter mold and the tea towels are my favorite. Sarah and I are going to learn to make butter.LOLOLOL The tea towels are the ones with all the different pics in them. It is so cool. And the butter mold has a design on the bottom.

And I have lots of pictures from the trip that I will post as soon as I figure out how I posted the photo bucket thingy. I'll have to look it up again.

But I have to tell you this one. If you read my earlier post, you know Sarah was concerned what they were going to eat while I was gone. Well we got back late Wed. night and I cooked a big pot of chicken and dumplins on Thurs. night(which is Sarah's favorite food". When Sarah walked in the door, she said "Gram, Daniel and me almost starved to death while you were gone." And when Laura Kay informed her that she cooked every night, Sarah informed her, "Yeah, sloppy joes. All you had to do was put the meat in the pan and pour a can over it. You don't cook like Gram does". LOL Laura told her that I also fix sloppy joes sometimes but what she doesn't realize is that I also fix fried potatoes and mac & cheese with it. That poor baby ate almost 4 bowls of chicken and dumplins.LOL

So here are the pics of my goodies and I will post the vacation pics within the next 2 days. Ignore the cup and salt shaker. Until next time...

Great Giveaway

Head over to http://www.oodlekadoodleprimitives.blogspot.com/ and enter her great giveaway.

There is another great giveaway at www.cinnamonberrylane.blogspot.com She is giving an awesome Santa. Go over and check her blog out and enter her giveaway. Until next time...

I Just Have to Tell You

Well before I head to Arkansas I just have to share this funny with you.
We went out to supper with my family tonight since I won't be here Sunday to cook the usual Sunday dinner and my 8 year old granddaughter, Sarah, looked up at me and said, "Gram what are we going to eat if you leave". So I told her that her mother, my daughter, would have to cook (who I might add doesn't cook).
Sarah looked up at her mom and then looked back at me and said, "Gram do you have any recipes that I can cook"? How funny is that?
It hasn't been but about a month since my 11 year old grandson, Daniel, told me he was worried. When I asked why, he asked me if I died, who was going to feed them. Well Laura Kay, my daughter, cracked up laughing. And now she is trying to blackmail me with it. Just read her post.
I bet by now you can tell my grandkids are spoiled rotten. When they come to my house, no matter what we are eating, I make sure I fix their favorites. I don't think their Mom does that.LOL Until next time...

Woo Hoo Going on Vacation

Well, Chester announced that we are going on vacation. So tomorrow morning we are heading out to Arkansas. We have been south and north but never west. So this will be an new experience.
So since I don't have a laptop, I will not be on for a few days. But I will take lots of pictures to share when I get back. Until next time...