~ Christmas Tree 2008 ~

I promised that I would show you a picture of my Christmas tree when I finished decorating it. I had it all done and decorated before Thanksgiving. I wanted the room to be festive for the kick-off of the Christmas holiday. And a room always looks nice with a nicely decorated Christmas tree. Plus I wanted it done for my guests.

I like to decorate my Chistmas tree with no theme involved. As I was relaxing and looking at my tree one evening, I thought the best way to describe my Chistmas tree is that it's my life's tree. And what I mean by that is that it's decorated the way I want it decorated. It tells about who I am. It has history and Christmas pasts. It has decorations that my children had made for me when they were small. It has ornaments from when I was a child. It has an ornament that belonged to my Great Grandmother & Grandfather. It has this and that on it. It's traditional. It shows a little of my Catholic faith on it. Okay, maybe just a little more than a little. It has an angel on top that's dressed in red and green. I have onaments that were given to me by my mom and mother-in-law.

But I think you see where I'm going with this. My Christmas tree is my life tree. And every year I add a few new ornaments to it. I have to tell you that I had a hard time, for the first year since I've been married, fitting all of my Christmas ornaments onto my tree. I want to get more next year but how could I possibly make a desicion on what will not be getting hung up on the tree. Well I'll just have to worry about that next year. My goal is to have my whole tree decorated with those glass blown up ornaments. The ones that are made from germany and so on.

So I thought that I would show you a picture of my 2008 Christmas tree along with the new ornaments that are new this year. Oh please post your Christmas trees so that I can see them. I would love to see them! I hope you all had a wonder Thanksgiving. Signing

off...from Peek-A-Boo Street!

His boots and candy in his hand move.


Big glass wrapped candy.

Santa Candy Cane.


My 2008 Decade Series ornament from Hallmark.


My hubby's Michigan football ornament.

My hubby's Lion's football ornament.

Smaller glass wrapped hard candy.

Have fun decorating your Christmas trees!

Turkey Please

Okay, I agreed to take the pictures. Now can I have some turkey? Please?! With gravy on top?! I'll also take a little mash potatoes on the side.

Pilgrim Hat Cookies

Of course I'm really busy with Thanksgiving in a couple days. Today I decorated my Christmas tree, ran up to Baker's Square and got three pumpkin pies and then I made my son some little pilgrim hat cookies to take to school tomorrow. I thought these were such a cute idea. The cookies looked quick and easy to put together. My son is having a little Feast at school tomorrow with his little class mates. So I'd thought I'd take a picture to show you. If you click on the picture, it should enlarge. Here is the website that will show you a video on how to make these cute little pilgrim hats. But first you have to watch a short commercial. http://familyfun.go.com/utilities/global/feature/fftv-archive-video-player/fftv-archive-video-player.html?video=pilgrim_hats I hope you all have a blessed and the very best Thanksgiving with your loved ones this year! Now I have to go pick up my little guy from school soon and then, I get to cook my lovely family din-din. Work...work...work...But I love it. No complaing here.

Show Boat..Continued...

My Mom and I had come barreling in with our cameras in tow ready to start shooting for our blogs when we got there. But, we were not allowed to take pictures. That did not surprise me with what we had already been through up to that point. But just then the lights starting flickering. My Mom said that meant that everyone had to be seated because the show was getting ready to start. The theatre was old and use to be a movie theatre. But it didn't look like anything like a movie theatre. The colors were done in blue, white and gold. I kept thinking of what that old theatre looked like when the lights went off at night. It would be scary in there. Imagine on Halloween night at about midnight, yikes! Even though it was an older theatre, I liked it because you could just feel the history in that building. There were pictures of plays done there in years past. It was quite interesting. It had chandlers of course. There was this old red sofa with the gold trimming up around the top.

The play was just fantastic. It was a musical. The costumes were nice. I liked how they all wore there hair. There were even children in the play. I liked the boat, Cotton Blossom I think the name was. I liked how they had the curtains on the boat blowing. It was neat how they made the river look real just by the lighting. It looked like you were seeing the reflections of the river. The singing was superb. It was neat how they would change the scenes right there with the curtains open. Sometimes you wouldn't even notice because you would be busy looking at something else going on in the play. There was also an intermission.

I don't know to much about the history of Show Boat. Don't even know if it's a real story. I know, I'm not much of a history buff. But it looked to be real. From what I got out of the musical play was that you start right back from where you came from. There was this woman who was an actress on the Show Boat. Her parents owned the Show Boat. Then she got married and left Show Boat. Then after some years after her husband left her, she returned to the Show Boat along with other characters from the play. So they all ended up back on the Show Boat. Boy I hope I'm at least a little bit right with the plot of the play. Someone may write me back and say, "Hey Peek-A-Boo Street, what the heck are you talk'in about?!"

I took a picture of the brochure so that you can get a glimpse of what the theatre looked like.

I want to go to another play. At least if we do, we'll know where we're going and what to do next time. Like not stuffing quarters in the parking meter when it's Sunday. Who in the heck would know that. Do you? You can tell that I don't work in a business district. I'm a stay at home mom for crying out loud.

My Mom told me that that was the last show of Show Boat last night. She said that they have huge parties at the end of the show when it's the last running play. There was even a standing ovation. My mom told me that not all plays got standing ovations. But we just had such a great time. I even had to chuckle when I got home and started to relax about the whole experience. We had such a blast though. I will always have those silly memories of my mom and I running with our coats blown back like the Phantom of the Opera or something, running, running to catch our play in time. I love you Mom! (lol) The End.

Go Ahead, Laugh...Ha...Ha...Ha!

Your riding a horse full speed, a giraffe is beside you & your being chased by a lion. What do you do? You get your drunk ass off the merry-go-round! My hubby texted this joke to me on my phone the other morning. I laughed so hard. I thought it was funny. Thought I'd share it with my blogger friends. I hope you all got a good laugh like I did. We can never laugh enough. And they say it's good for our health to laugh. I hope you all have a great day! Keep laughing!

Show Boat

Yesterday afternoon after church, my mother-in-law treated me to a play. We went to see Show Boat. It was my first play since I was kid when I went to go see Pinocchio.
We had a hard time getting there but looking back it was quite hysterical.
Well we couldn't find the darn theatre at first. So we pulled over to ask this lady who didn't know either. We stopped into a florist to ask for directions and she didn't know either. Someone in the shop was giving us directions but they turned out to be wrong. So we're driving along lost and thinking that we're not going to make it in time. Then when we stopped at a red light. My mother-in-law turned and seen in between two buildings the theatre on the other side of the block. So we were like, how in the heck were we going to get over there? So we got over there but then we just followed other cars into some parking garage that was by the theatre. So we're all going around and around and around. Then to all the cars surprise, we all hit a dead end. I never heard of a parking garage with a dead end. So the whole line of cars are inching back to try and back up. It was ridiculous! So finally when we found the way out of that garage, we drove up ahead and we seen some parking spaces along the curb with those parking meters. So Mom parks the car haphazardly and we scurry to get out of the car. Then we're looking at the parking meter to find out how much money to put in. I was telling my Mom that she was putting money in on the wrong side of the parking meter. So she started to add the quarters on the other side as I'm frantically looking for quarters in my wallet. Then these two men walk by and say, "Excuse me ladies. But it's Sunday. You don't have to pay for parking on Sunday." So my mother and I just looked at each other and started laughing. Then the two guys were like, "Are you having a bad day?" Then my Mom was like, "Yeah sort of." Then my mom was saying to me how this would be funny for our blogs as we're running two blocks to the theatre. That guy just turned around and said with a smile, "Yeah I bet." We looked so funny! We're running and running. We finally make it into the theatre with our hair blown from the cold wind. We get our tickets and then the usher ushers us to our seats. When I seen out seats, I was like, "Are those our seats?!" No problem. Our seats were up against the wall. We just had to cross in front of just about, I don't know, 12 people! So we're banging into there knees and stepping all over their toes. My Mom accidentally hit a mans head with her purse. But there we were. We had made it in time for the show! Stay tuned! To be continued... :-)

My 100th Post!

Hello blogger friends. I hope you all are having a nice relaxing weekend. This is my 100th post since I started blogging last August. I have had so much fun blogging and I'm looking forward to continuing with it. It's one of my favorite hobbies now. And it has been a blast to meet people and visit other people's blogs as well.
Well today I'm going to be starting my second blog. It's name will be My Catholic Oasis. But it is still under construction and it will take me awhile to get it up and running. I am really excited about it, being that the Christmas holiday is fast approaching. But I'm going to keep up with my Peek-A-Boo Street blog also. For one, because of all of the nice people I met and I like that blog that I created. It shows the world a little part of me and of who I am.
Well I'm off to a meeting for my youngest son who will be making his First Holy communion in the spring. And I'm really excited about that as well. I can't believe it's on a Saturday but it's a mandatory meeting.
So if any of you would like to visit me over at my new blog, My Catholic Oasis, come on over. I would love to have you!
http://mycatholicoasis.blogspot.com/ Have a nice evening!

~The Road~

Okay I'm back from the book store! I got...'The Road' by Comac McCarthy. It's a Major Motion Picture. It's a #1 National Best Seller. And it's a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. So hopefully it'll be a good book. The only thing I know about it is that it's about a dad and his son. I can't wait to begin reading it. In fact I'm going to crawl up in my reading chair with an afghan, a glass of red wine and begin reading my book. I hope you all had a good Friday. Ahh...Friday nights are always nice for me because I can sleep in tomorrow morning. Yeah! I hope all of you can sleep in tomorrow to. Okay, I got my book and my glass of wine. All I need to do is sign off...good night, enjoy your evening! Burr it's cold out there...

Amazing Grace-Book Review

I finished Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel this morning. I liked it. I think I even liked it better than her other book Sisters, which I read just a few months ago. It was very interesting how Ms. Steel linked all of her characters together. It makes you think of that, as a reader, that people are all connected in one way or another. Ms. Steel also made you see how good things can happen to people from other peoples tragedies. Just by people who were some how linked to your life even though they aren't from the circle of people that you normally spend your time with. It makes you wonder if life truly works that way. The more I think about this book as I sit here and write this review, makes me like the book even more. If your a fan of Danielle Steel's, I would highly recommend Amazing Grace. I will probably pass this book along to my daughter. I think she would like it. In just a wee part of this book, a man falls in love with...a nun. But that is just a small part of this wonderful book. I also added this book to my Shelfari widget.
So what did I do on this cold blustery day? Well I headed back up to the book store to get me another book. I can't believe that I've been doing so much reading lately. Well I go to the center of the isle were it has the new released paperback books and I can't find anything that interested me. I'm so picky when it comes to books. So how do you all chose a book? Is it the cover? Is it your favorite author? Is it the plot? I just get to picky. In fact I'm going to another book store later to try and find me another book. Ugh! I need to find me a book. I can't believe I'm worried about finding another book to read when Thanksgiving is in a few days. You'd think my mind would be on getting ready for the big feast! Signing off from...Peek-A-Boo Street!

A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

Good Morning. My husband and I will be cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year so we thought that we would like to have our tree up and decorated for our guests. I'm not going to do the Christmas decorations till the weekend after Thanksgiving though, because it is Thanksgiving.

So I asked my hubby to take the tree out of storage and to take it outside and give it a good shake from the dust, years prior. Well without much complaint he did that for me. Well he brought the tree in and turned it on and a couple strands of lights had went out. It is one of those pre-lit trees that I just LOVE!!!! Your probably wondering why I don't get a real tree being from Michigan but we have had real trees in the past...and boy do I ever have stories to tell you about them but today I have to hurry and get my posting done because well...I have to get to my housework!! Yuck!! But the reason I do like to use my artificial tree is because I like to put my Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. I love Christmas trees and I just want to enjoy it for a nice full month. After all, Christmas comes just once a year.

So dear hubby wasn't to pleased to see that the lights weren't working after he dusted the darn thing off outside in the cold. So what does dear hubby suggest? The Christmas tree was only $100 about five years ago at Sears. So instead of buying and adding more lights to the darn thing, he suggested that we just go out and buy a new pre-lit tree. So he went up to Lowe's and got another pre-lit tree for $103. Well he took it out of the box and set it all up and the bottom lights didn't work. So what did my dear poor hubby do? The wonderful hubby that he is...he packed the new tree back up and headed back up to Lowe's to exchange it. No he wasn't to happy...and I'll admit.. there was "some" swearing involved but he did take it back. My poor hubby.

So here our Christmas tree sits this morning. It kind of looks like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree with all of it's branches askew and bent every which way. So this weekend I'm going to fix it all up and decorate it. I don't know if I ever put up my tree this early but like I said, I wanted it up for my guests to enjoy. But I promise you that I will post the finished tree when it is all done and decorated for you to see. Have a wonderful day! Signing off...from Peek-A-Boo Street!

*~*~ Sunday Snowfall ~*~*

For all my bloggy viewers out there. I thought I'd share with you our little snowy Sunday in my neck of the woods...

Book Worm Award

Oh Thank you Mom http://charliandme.blogspot.com/ for this Book Worm Award! How sweet of you to think of me even though I'm not much of an avid reader but for some reason I have been reading lately. Thank goodness you caught me when I actually do have a book close by!

So the rules to this award is that you open a book closest to you. Not your favorite or the most intellectual book, but the one closet to you at the moment. I guess it doesn't even have to be one that your reading right now. The rules doesn't say it has to be. Then your suppose to turn to page 56 and write the fifth sentence from the top. And from there your to write two to five sentences. Then your suppose to pass this award on to five of your bloggy friends.

One of my bloggy friends tells me that she http://poshandtrendy.blogspot.com/ always has a book that she is reading so I'm passing this award along to her. As for my other bloggy friends, if you to would like to pick up this award you are most welcome. Just leave me a comment so that I can visit your blog.

I am a slow reader and I am still reading Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel. It's pretty good so far. So hold on. Let me find page 56...ok...

He jotted down her address and told her he'd send prints of the photographs to her. He asked her for her phone number, in case he ever came back to the city. "If I do,, I'll take you to dinner," he promised. "I had a nice time talking to you."

Does he meet up with her again your wondering? Well you just have to read the book! Have a nice day!

Poll Is Closed

Today my poll closed. I had it open for 90 days, since the grand opening of my blog. Only nine people voted and out of those two were my hubby and I. I was surprised that not more people voted. Whenever I come across a blog and seen a poll I always voted for your favorite cookie or whatever it may be. I think there fun to see what others are thinking. Plus you like to know that people are reading your blog. But I would like to thank the few who did vote. I did check my poll every day. So the few who did vote I just want to say thank you. I was so excited when I did get a vote! Even ask my hubby. I was like, "I got a vote!!" Even he was interested in the results.
So I was going to post the results here in this post. But if your interested in seeing them, well, you'll just have to scroll down a bit to my side bar. :-) Will I do another poll? Yeah probably. Even with just a few votes, it was fun.

A Thanksgiving Message

My Mom sent this to me this morning via e-mail. I thought I'd share with you. Thanks Mom! http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=RU47623517

Dad Swinging Baby Video

Oh My gosh! Have you seen this video today about a Dad swinging a nine month old baby? It's all over the news this morning and radio. They don't know if this video footage is fake or not but I just couldn't believe what I was seeing when I looked at this. When you click on this link you have to scroll down a bit to see it. Who would do that to a baby? Even if it is a hokes, who would want to be apart of a joke like that. http://www.babylune.com/swinging-baby-video-may-be-fake/

***A Snowy Monday Morning***

Good morning! Who likes Monday mornings when you know you have to get up early. Well early this morning here in Detroit, we are having snow right now as I type away at my keyboard! I'm so excited. What a great way to wakey-wakey! I would of took a picture but it's still dark outside at the moment. But for our first snow fall it's quite a bit. Everything seems covered but the cement. If it doesn't melt, later this morning I will add the picture to this post. The weather man Sunday morning was calling for some snow in the evening but we didn't get it. When I let the dog out before I went to bed I knew that we were going to get snow because I could tell by the sky. You always get that funny gray sky at night. We know what that means here on Peek-A-Boo Street...the snow is coming! Whenever the weather man calls for a snow storm during the night I get so excited whenever I see that gray sky at night. It looks like the calm before the storm. The sky just gets that grayish look to it. Yep just looked out the window...it's still snowing over here on Peek-A-Boo Street! Have a wonderful Monday! P.S. Oh the snow just puts you in the holiday spirit!

You Don't Mess With Zohan-Movie Review

Well I sort of liked this movie because it did have some funny parts in it. Adam Sandler was in it. His movies are not that funny anymore but my hubby wanted to see the movie. It was funny at the beginning which got your attention but than like all of his movies, it got dumb real quick with a few funny parts here and there. That's why I'm saying the movie is OK. It seems to me like Adam Sandler's earlier movies were way more funny. The plots of his movies are real dumb but I do think that Mr. Sandler is really funny so maybe it's just him doing really bad comedies. He needs to pick his movies more cautiously if he wants to keep his fans happy though. It was one of his better ones lately though.

Mama's Got a New Pair of Shoes!

Mama needs a new pair of shoes. Did I go gambl'in again. Well no but I still needed a new pair of shoes. I always wear tennis shoes. But now that I'm getting older I just wanted a pair of shoes that I can slip on when I'm in a hurry to run out the door for a quick errand or something. So I went up to Kohl's and found the most comfy shoes I've ever bought. They are so light weight and hug your feet. They are made by Dr. Scholl's. Do you remember those Dr. Scholl's wooden sandals that contoured your feet with the one buckle strap running across your toes? Weren't those neat?! I wish they still made those, I would definitely get me a pair. I wonder if you could get them on line. Although I don't do any purchasing on line. Anyway I seen these shoes. They sort of remind me of those swimming shoes you buy to protect your feet from the rock on beaches. You know which ones I'm talking about? Well these Dr. Scholl shoes are kind of like that but with much more support. They have this gel like cushion in the heals. You can kind of see it in the picture. Although it takes a little tugging to get them on which I didn't want but the shoe was just to comfy to pass up. They were on sale for $33. Which I didn't think were a bad price. I would love to get a pair for just inside for when I'm doing my chores around the house. The shoe gives your a foot a nice snug feeling on your feet. They like move with your feet. So comfy. I'm happy with them. Mama is signing off on Peek-A-Boo Street with a new pair of shoes!

A Foggy Morning

I'm the kind of person who loves to have my curtains open every day throughout my home but closed at night. Well a few mornings ago I opened my front room curtains and seen that it was a misty, foggy autumn morning here in Michigan. Mornings like this are so peaceful to me. I thought I'd take a picture of my front yard and share it with you.

Congratulations to My Husband

My husband has been promoted to a foremen in his career. He works in the auto industry. Where else but here in Detroit, the Motor City. I just want to say congratulations to him. I'm so proud of him and I love him so much. He has worked so hard for our family while I was able to be a stay-at-home Mom. At times I feel bad that I never helped with the monetary aspect but I to feel that I sacrifice for my family. I'm not complaining. My husband and I love our life that we made for our family and we are both proud of our hard work, our commitment to each other and our children. My husband and I always say to each other that we make a great team and we do. There are things that only I myself or my husband can do to help our family along. We lean on each other to get the job done. My husband is the best and I just want to say congratulations to him and that I love you! ( He does read my blog sometimes you know :-) )

I'm a Great-Aunt

My nephew's wife had her baby today. It was a girl. So I would like to just send out a congratulations to them both. The baby is healthy and the new mama is doing good. My nephew was crying. My sister was crying to. I was not there at the hospital but my mother called me and told me the good news. My sister is older than I am and this is her first grandchild. I'm two years younger than her and I already have my second grandchild on the way. My daughter has a son so I hope her second one is a girl because I know she wants a daughter. I hope she get one. Although I'm kind of hoping that she has another son so my grandson can have a brother to play with. Either one is fine with me because I'm a granny and all grandchildren are great! Have a nice evening.

Fool's Gold-Movie Review

What can I say about this two hour movie? Booooriiiinnnggg! I couldn't wait for the damn movie to get over with. It had Kate Hudson and Mattew McConaughey in it. Were those two married in real life? I can't remember. This movie didn't grasp my attention at all. I kept going into the kitchen to get a snack.
Kate Hudson looks so much like her mom Goldie Hawn. She even sounds like her mom in a few parts of the movie. None of the characters really grasped my attention in this movie either. You can watch it if you want but would not be missing anything if you passed it up. The acting in this film was really bad to. It was like those romantic comedies and it was just to over the top for me. When I was younger I like those types of movies but maybe it's just because my interests are changing now that I'm getting older. Those types of movies to are are just to silly and a waste of my time.
I'm still reading 'Amazing Grace' by Danielle Steele. Oh man is that a good book. That is what I love about her books. I know I'll be getting a good read whenever I pick up one of her books. Have a good day!

The Assassination of Jesse James-Movie Review

Well if your getting settled in for an action packed western full of gun slingers on an action adventure, then this movie isn't for you. The title of this movie is exactly what it is about. Jesse James assassination and that is it. I found this movie to be boring. The movie did manage to put in a train robbery at the beginning and that is pretty much it for billy-bad-ass Jesse James in this tale.
On a good note, the acting was superb! Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck really did a fine job especially Casey Affleck. I believed Casey Affleck played a tough part. He also made his part look believable.
Over all, it was an OK movie. There were times when it was getting drug out and boring. Did you see this movie? Did you like it? Leave a comment and let me know.

All Soul's Day

Today in the Catholic church we celebrate All Soul's Day. Some people even call it the Day of the Dead. In the Catholic church we remember all of our friends and family who have died before us and still might need our prayers for their souls to be released from purgatory and into heaven with our Lord for all eternity.
All Soul's Day purposely follows All Saint's Day (which was yesterday Nov. 1) in order to move the focus from those in Heaven to those in purgatory.
In Mexico they celebrate Hallow's Eve, All Saints Day and All Soul's Day with festivities. They call these three days, The Days of the Dead.
In the Catholic church they keep out a book all month for the parishioners to sign there beloved friends and loved ones who passed away. This is called, Book of the Names of the Dead. At the end of the month the priest will take that book and pray for all those souls listed in that book for their souls to be released from purgatory and into Heaven to be with our Heavenly Father for all eternity. In turn those souls that you prayed for will pray before the Lord to help you when 'we' find ourselves in purgatory so that our souls can also join them in Heaven. God knows I need all the help I can get! That is why I always keep the Pour Souls in Purgatory in my prayers and have a strong devotion to them. Plus I'm doing my little part in helping them because God would want us to.
I've been a Catholic since 1999. So if I'm wrong with any of this please feel free to correct me. I'm still learning. I think I will be learning about my Catholic religion for the rest of my life. Just when I think I know it all, God lets me know, I don't!
In fact I read and learned something new today. On All Soul's Day people can go inside a church and say six Our Father prayers, six Hail Mary prayers and six Glory Be prayers with the intentions of the Pope. You will receive a plenary indulgence for a soul in purgatory. You can repeat this by leaving the church and re-entering and saying the same thing over again for another soul. I never heard of this practice by catholics. By the way I did do this for 'a' soul today in church.
When I was going through the R.C.I.A. they told us that we should pray for the Pour Souls in Purgatory during the whole month of November. This is the prayer they gave me. I always recite it daily during the month of November. It's not to lengthy. Here it is;

Immortal God, holy Lord, Father
and Protector of all You have created,
we raise our hearts to You today
for those who have passed out of this mortal life.

In your loving mercy, Father of all,
be pleased to receive them in Your
heavenly company, and forgive the
failing and faults they may have
done from human frailty.

For all the faithful who have died
we pray, but in particular for those
dear to us, parents, relatives and
friends. Nor do we forget all who
did good to us while on earth, who
helped us by their prayer, sacrifice
and example. We pray also for
any who may have done us harm, and
stand in special need of Your forgiveness.

May You, Lord Jesus Christ, welcome
all those for whom I pray into
eternal life.

Our Father (prayer), Hail Mary(prayer), Glory Be (prayer)
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon
them. 3X (repeat 3 times)

May the souls of the faithful
departed, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. Amen

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Halloween 2008

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween. So tell me, what is the first thing you grab for after you check the kiddies goodies? C'mon, what is it? Well for me this year I think it was Peanut M&M's. Anything chocolate. I love chocolate! Well I take that back. I hate Almond Joy's. Does anyone really eat those things? My son did get one in his goodie bag. I would never pass those things out for Halloween. I can't stand coconut. Gee, I hope I'm not hurting any ones feelings here. :-) All of my readers are going to comment and tell me that there favorite candy is Almond Joy. Sometimes you feel like a nut...sometimes you don't...
I hope you all toasted up your pumpkin seeds. Mine turned out pretty good this year. For one, I didn't over cook them this year. I got them out of the 300 degree oven right before they all turned brown. After I washed them I put salt, pepper, Cumin and a little smokey Paprika on them and they tasted pretty good this year. I waited for them to be mostly dry before I put them in the oven.
This is the end of Halloween 2008. Tomorrow I'm planning on taking down the Halloween decorations and on to the next holiday...

Lost Now Found

Good morning! As you can see, I found my long lost teddy bear this morning. You can see him on the upper right hand corner of my blog. It wasn't from the same web page but at least he's found! Isn't he cute? So there he will sit (as long as he doesn't disappear again) for a time until my Dad feels better and gets stronger with each passing day. Have a nice day.

Broken Hearted Me ~

My hearts crashed to the floor and were broken into pieces. Well I'm sure we all have had that happen to us some time in our lives. Probably a few times. Something we like in our home gets broken by a family member. My dear hubby knocked over a bowl on my dresser filled with puffed hearts made out of seashells. It took me several months to find a dish I liked to hold those hearts. The bowl got chipped and well...the hearts got broken. I can't replace it. The store where I purchased the hearts is no longer in business. Even if they were still there, they would not have the hearts there anymore.
I know it was an accident and he apologized for it but my hearts are broken. I had to through it away.
It's so weird because when something gets damaged in my house it seems like it's always something new we just purchased. Or something I just love. Then I get angry and say this is why I'm not going to buy anything for the house anymore. Or I'll tell myself that this is why I'm not going to get to fussy about my house anymore because everything just gets damaged anyway. It's so disheartening sometimes because a housewife tries so hard to make her house nice. Plus I don't always have the money at the time to replace it or you just won't be able to find it again in the stores.
Well this is what comes to mind when something around the house gets broken. I feel that God is trying to send me a little message that I need not get to be to materialistic. Which will keep me humble and to stay more focused on what's really important in life.
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend.