What I wear ....

a couple of things first.....keep in mind, I'm 57 years old
second, I can take really good pictures and I have a really, really great lens
for taking pics. I've taken classes and studied a lot on photography but I look like a total idiot taking a picture of myself. And I def cannot even get them to
turn out very good...ha!
and third, I wasn't even sure I could post this but here goes....

I think one of the harder parts of aging is the clothes you wear

personally, I'm not ready to wear my grandma's style clothing

but yet I'm a grandmother!

I love the younger styles but luckily, I'm smart enough to know

I cannot wear some of those fashions!

So I just kind of border on....the in between.

Not too young but yet not too old

And sometimes I'm just not sure but if I can look in the mirror

and think it's ok, then I go with it.

so here are my outfits over the past week

I might make this my regular "wear it Wednesday" post

but then again, regular readers know that anytime I try to

do a weekly theme posting, it usually fails....haha!!

you can let me know your opinion.....if you think they look too young

or too old, it won't bother me!

So for Thursday's outfit for work.....

I guess it could border on too young.....because you see a lot of

the younger generation wearing the leggings under dresses. But I like

when I wear a shorter dress that I don't have to worry about it flying

up or that it's just too short for my age. Plus, I like the look so I went

with it.......

 

On Friday I wore this.......

and really you just can't go wrong with capris, a simple tshirt

and a cardigan so I would vote this one age appropriate.

This is what I wore on Saturday...just going to do some
cleaning, then a friend was coming over and I was going
to keep Declan for a couple of hours

Then Saturday night, black pants, yellow blouse and black shawl
low heel shoes.....going out to dinner with Johnny

This is Sunday morning.......heading to Jazzercise!!

Then Sunday just relaxing.....

well, doesn't look like I'll have very many dressy days...ha!
this is Monday...I'm working from home today so I can
really be relaxed! At least I'm not still in my pj's
and oh good grief....could my picture be any blurrier!!

 

Then on Tuesday I wore my gray linen pants with a nice blouse.

I love wearing linen in the summer. I know the wrinkles are terrible but I

still love it. I ironed these before work and by the time I got there they

were all wrinkled up but that's ok....it's the linen look

 

 

 

On Wed I had to work from home again.....the den cabinets and shelves

are being installed. So I didn't take a picture as it was just shorts

and a tshirt. So there ya go...one weeks worth of

outfits. I'll probably do another one of these.....because I do

have some cute new clothes to wear this summer. That is if it

ever warms up enough!!

 

later....

 

Chrissy the helper .....

Chrissy is our 13 year old Pek-a-poo and she is very obsessed with lights

And she's a smart little girl too......because she

knows that when workers come to the house, they have

tools. And tools give off lights, reflections from the sun

So I usually have to lock her away or she can get in the way

The other week we had an electrician over to figure out why

some wiring wasn't working. They had to take the door off of

one of the cabinets as there was some wiring in the back of

that one. Chrissy was being good so I didn't lock her up

But I walked in the kitchen and here she was......I guess

trying to help the electricians!!

love my sweet Chrissy girl

later......



I was gassed ....

about a week ago Maddox came over to spend

the night with us.

Even though he is 7 years old, with being a special

needs child, you still have to watch him a lot

and my house by no means is kid proof

I gave that up a long time ago when our kids

grew up

When we re-modeled the kitchen, we put in a gas

cook top. I was not used to gas....though I do love it now

So I never really thought about the kids being able to turn

the knobs and turn just the gas on

So whenever Maddox would visit, we would try to remember

to do that. But I totally forgot this last time

I was sitting in the den and he was just being busy exploring

around the house. I saw him in the kitchen wiping things up...

something that he loves to do. Then he came in to the den

with me. We hung out in the den for awhile and then the

dogs wanted to go outside. I walked in the kitchen and WOW...the

gas about knocked me out. I was afraid to turn the fan on, didn't

want to create a spark so I opened the doors and windows

Really scared me bad

Now, I just keep the gas cooktop locked every day, all of the time

I'm not taking any more chances like that!

later....



Flowers ....

here's my annual post about my flowers in

the yard and around the deck

I probably could post the same set of pics each year because

it's rare for me to buy anything different .. ha!

but I buy what I know will grow best in and around our house

and most of my plants are perennials so they just come back

each year

first up is having to clean out and wash up all of the pots

and this is just a few of them!

 

I usually do not have much luck with tomatoes because the

squirrels love to take bites out of them

but I haven't seen many squirrels around this year

So I'm going to try again......

My peonies have not opened up yet ... I'll have to post a
picture of them once they do. They are by far my most
favorite flower

and my 2nd favorite are my hydrangeas. I love them so much

and love cutting bunches of them for vases
I have the large one that we've  had for awhile but now
3 more...they are real small right now

 

 

the clematis is especially beautiful this year

I love putting marigolds on the steps as they do
help keep the bugs away. They are a cute flower but
they do not smell good at all......

 

and here are a few more around the deck......

 

 

the grass is looking beautiful too

The only downfall is Johnny is having to cut it twice

a week now....so much rain is sure helping it to grow

so beautiful. Below you can also see the pink

butterfly bush. It has done the best ever now

that we cut it down to the ground once the

summer is over

 

 

 

later....

 

 

Happy Anniversary ....

Today Johnny and I celebrate 34 years of marriage

and we have had a wonderful

34 years of marriage.

he's a great guy....and my tribute to him is

34 things I love about Johnny

 

 

He's a hard worker

I can always trust his judgement

He always tries to make me happy

He's a good guy

He's a man of his word

He takes out the garbage

He always makes me laugh

He's the most honest person I have ever known

He would rather be with me and the kids than anyone else

He puts up with my menopause moods

He fills up my car with gas .... always

He loves my momma and daddy

He turns on the coffee every single day for me

He always makes sure I'm ok with what's on TV

He doesn't mind that I don't cook during the week

He will bring me home flowers for no reason

He is a great father to our kids

He would give a stranger the shirt off of his back

He's not a show off

He calls me if he's running late

He loves his sisters

He loves our doggies

He's pretty handy around the house

He's proud of me

He's realistic

He's  not a whiner

He rarely spends money on himself

He always says "I love you"

He always ask me before he leaves for work if I need anything

He's loyal

He takes pride in our home

He's a good friend

He has a great sense of humor

He loves me ... and I love him

 

Happy Anniversary Babe!

 

later..



Hail ....

The other day we were getting ready for our

Jazzercise class and a terrible storm rolled in.....

and it started hailing marble size hail like I've never seen before

it was coming down so hard it was starting to pile up like snow!

 

Definitely the worst hail storm I have ever seen.

 

we have our class and then I head home.

 

I no sooner pull into our neighborhood and another storm

comes in....with even more hail

 

So I just have to sit in the driveway as there was no

way I was getting out of the car in that mess.

 

It sounded like tons of rocks were being thrown

at my car...wow, so loud.

 

After I had been in the house for awhile, I thought about

taking a picture of the hail. Of course since we were still

in the 70's, most of it had melted but here's a pic

that shows some of the hail.

 

the really bad part of the hail was it tore up my new tomato

plants. some of them were broken and they lost a lot of leaves.

but with the recent sunshine and more rain, they're looking

pretty good now.

 

later.......



Are you sick of Fiesta ware ....

yep, another post about my Fiestaware.

what can I say......I love it.

I had all of my little Fiestaware coffee cups in the cabinet

of my coffee bar. I don't use these for coffee, too small but I do 

use them for hot tea. And of course, I just love the colors

so I didn't like that they were "hidden" in the cabinet.

I bought this shelf of hooks at Target and I think

it's perfect for my little Fiestaware cups

 

later...... 

Frost ....

Usually here in Virginia you're pretty safe from frost once

we get into May

and now, May 13th, they are calling for frost

 

so here's the little tent that Johnny and I did

to protect our tomato plants and my basil plants
my tomato plants are in containers so was easy to
just pull them all together by the table that my
herbs are all sitting on.

 

I didn't bother to cover up any of my flowers

I sure hope they will be ok

 

 

later......



Red bar stools ....

Our kitchen re-model was a 1 1/2 years ago......and I'm

just now getting my bar stools for the island

 

I've known all along that I wanted red stools

and had planned on buying them from the same company

that we had our table and chairs made by

but dang....they went out of business. Which is really

too bad, they were great to work with and sold only

solid wood furniture.

 

So I had to start searching for a company that not only sold

solid wood but one that could get me the red finish

 

I found one, read reviews and they seemed fine to deal with

So I ordered my stools on Feb 22nd

they told me 3 to 4 weeks for the custom finish

 

and week by week went by and no stools

And Johnny kept telling me that he thought I had been ripped off

once in awhile they would answer my emails

always promising a shipping date or tracking number

but I never received those........so I was beginning to think I

had lost my money on this deal.

 

And then the other day, May 9th, my stools finally arrived!!

 

aren't they beautiful.....

 

 

I love them!!

 

later......