Monday, June 15, 2009

Engagement Party

This weekend I went with my daughter to her friends engagement/birthday party. She did not know till a few days before her birthday that she would be engaged. He proposed while on a camping trip pointing with his finger to the north star. The ring was on the end of his finger and she totally missed it searching for the north star. Was a fun party with parents children and grandchildren.The finger pointer is the guy with the tongs in his hands,the navy t-shirt and the phone thingy in his ear. His fiance is the girl in the whit pants and the step counter on her arm. The back yard is very big and the patio is in the very back of the yard. She gets in a lot of steps just in the back yard. His mother is in the red shirt and her mother has not yet arrived.
This is the finger pointers best friend. He has been married for many years already. That is his daughter coming to help her grandma out of the hammock. She's having trouble getting up. It's the knees they don't work the same when you hit senior status.She gets a little more help from the sister of the future bride. The best friend is hanging on to the hammock, because he plans to take a nap and wants no one else to claim his very comfortable bed. He's planing to rock himself to sleep in the swing.




More party guests. The girl in the black has just announced that she is pregnant and very excited to start a family. She is a little bit in fantasy land, believing that she will be able to have this baby and continue to travel without any problems. She also plans to go back to work as soon as the baby is born. By the way, she's having a girl.



The girl in the over sized t-shirt is my daughter and now the only one in the group who has not gotten married or started a family. I may never know what it will be like to be a grandma. She is still on the fence about children. My answer to that is "Tick, Tick, Tick"




This is the tallest sun flower in the back yard. It must be 10' tall. The happy couple will have plenty to eat this summer. There are tomato plants, peach trees, grapes, berries, mint, onions, potato's and corn growing in the yard. I really miss not having a yard.





Monday, June 8, 2009

AmVets, Estate Sales & Goodwill

I decided to share a few of my thrifty finds from some of my weekend outings. I love to do Estate sales on Sunday's because they are usually 1/2 price on what ever is left. The bench above I go at the Amvet around the corner from our Condo for $2.95. It had glitter glue and stickers on it. I peeled (yes it peels ) off the glitter glue and removed the stickers, did a light sanding and it now sits in my bathroom. I just love it the way it is, but will someday paint it.
The bucket that holds my magazines is an ice cream tub purchases months ago. When the ice cream was gone I saved the bucket and discovered it works perfect for my mag's in the bathroom.

The glass topper I purchased for a $1.00 at Salvation Army as well as the candle holder, also $1.00. I turned both pieces upside down and the picture below is what I got.


It makes a perfect small candy dish and I didn't even have to glue it to the base. There was a hole in the bottom of the candle holder and the glass fit it perfectly.



The birds I purchased at an Estate sale for $3.00, the letter was $1.00 at Target, the tea light holders are from Ikea $.99 cents for 4 and the shelf I bought about 9 years ago for $13.00. I have two shelves and I put them in my bathroom above the towel rack. I love the look. Now I have to find some new towels.