mama got herself a new pair of pretties....

mama got herself a new pair of pretties!
like um?
hate them?
well, i'm digging them.
snazzy, sassy and a tad whimsical. they match with very little in my closet but personally,i feel like Dorthy, in the 'Wizard of Oz' must have felt when she put on her 'pretties'.
i feel simply exquisite, maybe even a tad brilliant.
hee. hee. :)

poor, pathetic little thing....

hobbies.
we all need them.
some of us (ME) already have more than i have hours in my day.
and yet...
i continue to hobby.
thanks to AMANDA over at www.vintagedutchgirl.blogspot.com,i've once again got the refurbishing/modifying bug. little miss handy-pants reminded me that on wednesday mornings the LC thrift store sets out 'new' stuff. lucky for me, this week was 50% off EVERYTHING!!!
SCORE!!!
since the 5 magazine holders i ALREADY have won't suffice....i HAD to have another. (collecting magazines is yet ANOTHER hobby!) this sad, sad excuse for furniture was sitting by, idly, waiting, possibly LONGING for ME. the pathetic thing even had a Stick-up under it's belly. can't you picture it now...sitting untouched, oppressed, in the depths of some woman's basement, just waiting, like the old toys in the movie, Toy Story, to be loved,to be resurrected. i'm SURE that this same,good intended woman, had a husband who finally had enough and hauled it out, behind her back of course, and brought it to the thrift store. i know all this because my husband/and father would be ONE OF THOSE MEN!
lucky for me, i have rescued it from the burn pile, the belly of the whale.
wishing it, WILLING it back to life.
mercy me.
since i now have 'nothing' to fill my days with and the weather is getting 'cozier', i'm heading out to that messy, pit of a garage (maybe cleaning THAT SHOULD be a hobby!) and start transforming to my little hearts content.
yup, that's what i'll do.
right after i catch up on blogging, facebook, cleaning closets, blah.blah.blah......
ya all better stay tuned!

'merlie'....

when i was a kid, we used to get together with our dearest friends, the koemans. one thing you could ALWAYS count on was LOTS of laughter. something we LOVED to play was 'merlie'. we would get on our knees, on top of a pair of shoes,shrink our hands into our shirts and mentally, instantly, make each other laugh. to this day, i crack up every time i see this. don't know where my children learned this but i'm so happy that they also find the joy in the little things in life. last night, they had us 'in stitches'(as my grandma would say). funny, funny little men.

i cook...

i know, that post title made some of you fall off your seats.
people, i have kept these 3 little boys alive for 10 years!! last night, i was asked to bring dinner to the in-laws. since my mother-in-law is a great cook, there was a tad bit of anxiety attached to my saying yes. but never the less, i cooked. i walked into the other room while preparing dinner & when i came back in, looked at my island, i actually laughed outloud. seriously, i'm a slob. if you've ever scrap-booked with me, you know i hate working in an unorganized space! and yet, bottom line, dinner was made and has since (mostly) been devoured. to my knowlege, as of now, no one has keeled over and died from it.
the bonus is...we have LEFTOVERS so i don't have to cook again tonight!!