Portland Finds....

Hey Chickies!

As promised..... the pictures of the goodies we found on our recent trip to Portland.  Gosh I love that place.  We had such a good time and the shopping is super.

I really shouldn't buy a single thing.  I have enough to fill two houses and am ready to sell off some of the overflow, but when one is a treasure hunter, it's really hard to give it up...  I just can't!

Love, love, love vintage seam binding.  I have about 47 gazillion yards of the stuff.  I've had a "thing" for ribbon for a long, long time.  I could put bows on everything I own for the rest of my days and still wouldn't use it all up.  That's just how I roll....  Everything's cuter with ribbon, right?

Loved that little loom.  It looks like it might be painful to use, but I'm going to give it a whirl one of these days.

A cute little biscuit jar for my kitchen re-do.  I've been collecting things for a couple of years now.  I'll be happy to finally get moving onto that project.

Cute drawer........has dividers.  No clue what I'm going to do with it. 

Any ideas clever girlies??

Those little apples?  A whole bag of them at the Goodwill for 4.99.  What a buy!

They say that number 8 is the number of money.  I need some of that, for sure!

We've been working on the master bathroom.  The first room in the Spring Cleaning lineup.  It is going to be SO darn cute.  I'm excited to show it to you.  It's going to be a few weeks from now, however.  We're leaving in the morning for Hawaii.   :-)

  

Whooopeee!

Some good eats and shopping are in my future.

Better go pack!

Spencer

xo

Tip Of The Day!

I FINALLY have started the 'ol Spring Clean!

I fully intended to start right after Christmas...yeah.....didn't make that timeline for sure.

Which really has nothing at all to do with this post, does it?  

Except that I wanted to replace all the moss in my pots as I work around the cottage spiffing things up and I found this AWESOME deal at Dollar Tree.

A BUCK!  I've purchased dearfoot/reindeer moss many times, and usually use my Michaels coupons, but have never gotten the stuff for a buck.

So, hurry right on over and pick yourself up a few bags!

Thanks Dollar Tree for the great deal.

It's a decent sized bag too!

The second part of this story is that I bought four bags full of items and only made it home with two.  Why can't they give you ALL of your bags?  I was NOT happy.  I am in the midst of totally tearing the place up around here and did not have time for a return trip.  Grrrrr.

I always start with my bathroom (aka the master bath)...  and I'm so excited to show you all the improvements.....  It's a rather LARGE project which is why I was procrastinating.  As usual.

Ok girls........Start Your Engines!

Spencer

xo

Beautiful Portland

I'm so far behind on posting I don't know that I'll ever catch up...  :-)

I don't know where the time goes.  It seems to older I get the busier I am.  I always thought that by the time I was a grandma I'd have white hair and be sitting in my rocker all day doing a bit of needlework.  Yeah, well.....  that just isn't real life around here.  I'm lucky if I can squeeze some "fun time" in during a MONTH!   And, any discussion about haircolor is strictly off limits.......okay?    :-)

However, last month, my daughter, grandson and I went to Portland, Oregon for a few days.  We can drag B along everywhere with the promise of a hotel stay.  I don't know why he likes it so much, but it really makes the kid happy.  Well, that and a promise for a nice Voodoo doughnut.  Can't go to Portland without a stop by that little place.

I had to share this adorable little neighborhood with y'all...  It reminds me of Leave it to Beaver or Father Knows Best......Whew.......dating myself, huh?  It seems like neighborhoods like these are a thing of the past.  So many planned developments now........including ours.

I had a much better photo of the house on the top but somehow managed to delete the darn thing....  Isn't it so sweet?

I'd put lace cafe' curtains in the windows if this was my home...  I have them in our little cottage, as a matter of fact.  They just look so darn cute, don't they?

Looks like this one is either for sale or already sold.  I'll bet it has lots of stories to tell.

We loved this one......it looks so cozy, doesn't it?  I think a little grandma lives here.....  maybe sitting in a nice little rocker doing some needlework?

A tiny house with a little turret......sweet.

Loved the big window on this one........and the little, bitsy one to the left.

And, all this cozieness on this sweet little, tree lined street.

Home Sweet Home.    :-)

I'll be back SOON to share all the great purchases.  We found some wonderful things.  Not that I should be buying anything!!!   I have no more room and no more need, but it really is all about the thrill of the hunt, right?

I've really missed all of you dear chickies...  I'm going to have to be a better blogger. :-)

Huggies and Lovies,

Spencer

xo

Happy Birthday To My Darling Daughter

Oh what a happy, happy day. 

My darling girl has......shhhhhh..........another birthday!  She's 42 today.  She just told me that she's starting to dread them now.  :-)   

What a wonderful daughter she's been.  If I'm off doing something fun, very likely I'm with my girl.  She's such a joy.  Not to mention HILARIOUS!  She always has me in stitches.  Sometimes to the point of tears.

Thank you God for this wonderful blessing.  I am grateful.

So, Happy Birthday sweet Dodi Rae.

YMLY

xoxoxo

Mummy

Cherry Red Happiness!

WooooHooooo!

Pure Joy.

Nice, shiny, new RED LG duo.

I've had the Whirlpool Duets for about seven years.  They were great, but they died. Really dead.

There is nothing worse for this Suzie Homemaker than having a kaput washer and dryer.  

There are only two of us here and I do TONS of laundry.  I love, love, love CLEAN.  And, since I thrift shop a LOT I always have them fired up.  My old set had a sani-cycle, but these have an allergen cycle and a super, duper, wazoo sterilization cycle and a steam cycle in both of them.  

Our little cottage is so pastel and girlie, but I've always wanted this red set.  Somehow they remind me of Dorothy's ruby red slippers.  I think laundry's going to be so much more fun now.  :-)

I had a horrible time with the delivery people and nearly cancelled the order, but everything's fine in the end....  thankfully.

Have a wonderful evening dearies!

I'll be doing laundry.

xoxoxo

Spencer