Meet Mr. Jack-O

Meet Mr. Jack-O. He is my newest creation. He is available in my etsy shop. http://www.yorkiesprimitives.etsy.com/ See what you think.

Look what I Got

I ordered some sheep ornies from Brenda at The Rusty Thimble week before last and I received them last week. Sorry I haven't posted before now but it has been utter chaos here.

But anyway these are the cutest sheep and when I opened the box, she had them all wrapped individually in patterns. But look, there's not 3 packages, there is 4 and I only ordered 3!

So when I opened them, I had a surprise!! We all love surprises! She sent me the cutest little stocking ornie to hang on my tree!!! I love it!!! Thanks Brenda!!!

Here's the sheep

And here's the stocking

Brenda has monthly sales so if you have never signed up for her newsletter, you should so that you can see all the awesome things she makes. www.therustythimble.blogspot.com Until next time...

HCOFG

Hi everyone, our Halloween Celebration at Old Farmhouse Gathering officially starts Monday morning. We have some awesome items up for sale to decorate for Halloween. Just click on the HCOFG button to view all the wonderful items this group has put together. Until next time...

And The Winner Is...

First I want to say a great big THANK YOU for making my giveaway a success. I had 43 entries and that's the largest giveaway I have ever had. I have also met some new friends that starting following my blog even though they didn't have to to enter the giveaway. YEA!!
Next I need help. When I get a new follower I like to check out their blog but I can't find some of the blogs that have joined. If it has a link attached, I can find it. But some do not have links attached. Can someone tell me how to find these blogs?
And now that I have teased you enough,LOL, my darling hubby drew the name out of a large bowl and the winner is....... Donna from Sweet Prairie Dwellings. Congrats Donna and if you will email me your address at valerie999@comcast.net I will get your goodies in the mail. I am not going to Donna's surprises until after she receives them so check back in a few days and you can see the rest.
I'm sorry everyone couldn't be a winner but to tell you the truth I just couldn't make that many.LOL But I will be having another giveaway closer to Christmas so keep checking back.
Until next time...

Giveaway

Ok Girls, I'm sorry that it is taking me so long to announe the winner but today has been crazy. I will announce the winner tonight around 9:30 and contact the winner. Thanks, Valerie

ORP Giveaway

Old Road Primitives is having a great giveaway. Head on over and join to win this darling little mouse. http://oldroadprimitives.blogspot.com/

A Forever Friend

Have you ever had a lifelong forever friend and didn't appreciate it until you were grown? I have one of those friends.

I have lived in my neighborhood almost all my life. I had a friend, Betty Jo, all through my childhood. We played together and could talk to each other about anything and trust that it would go no further. As a teenager, I was really distraught with things that had happened and Betty Jo was always there to put me back together again. She listened to all my problems and tried her best to ease my pain.

Then we grew up, got married and went our separate way. We have seen each other because her Mom still lives in my neighborhood. But it's one of those things where the normal daily routines of life make you forget some things that you shouldn't forget.

It wasn't until my Mom died in 2003 that I realized how important Betty Jo's friendship was to me. A week after Mom died Betty Jo left a card in my mailbox that told me how sorry she was and had she known, she would have been there for me. And that's when I realized that she has always been there for me.

When my brother, Buster, died in October of last year, she came to visit and once again tried to comfort me. And I did tell her how much she meant to me and thanked her for being my friend. I think sometimes we take people for granted and don't remember to tell them how much they mean to us. We talked for a long time and it fealt good to be with a true friend.

A few months ago Betty Jo called and asked if she could come down. She had a gift for me. Well never in my wildest thoughts could I have imagined what she made me. She made me a beautiful stained glass window picture in remembrance of Buster. I didn't even know she worked with this but she does beautiful work. It's an angel looking down and when put in the light it glistens.

My family has tried to help me with my losses but somehow Betty Jo brought a sense of peace that no one has been able to. Maybe it's because she is my forever friend. I only hope that I have in return been as good a friend to her as she has been to me.

So if you have a forever friend that has been there to help you through troubled times, be sure and let them know because you never know when it will be to late to tell them.

I would like to share with you a picture of the awesome stained glass picture that she made me and I hope you all have a forever friend that can help you through your troubled times. Until next time...