Show & Tell Fridays "Vintage Picnic"

Don't ya just LOVE vintage picnic stuff??

I DO!

See my little yellow ice chest on the right?

LOVE IT!

My vintage picnic baskets

They make great storage for out of season decor

Ummm, I am kinda addicted to pretty, old thermos's

Gotta have some old picnic drink jugs too.

Yes, I actually do USE these pieces!

Stop over to see more

Show & Tell

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See you tomorrow for

Pink Saturday!

Blessings~LillySue

Don't cha wanna be a pumpkin too??

Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin.
God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes

all the dirt off of you.
He opens you up, touches you deep inside

and scoops out all the yucky stuff
including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc.
Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts
His light inside you to shine for all the world to see.

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Blessings~LillySue

Hello Pink Kitties

When I was a teenager, I LOVED Hello Kitty!

Do you have a Sanrio (Hello Kitty) store near you?

We don't have one in Central Oregon.

When we went over "The Hill"

(Cascade Mt. Range)

to "The Valley"

(Portland)
We Popped in to the

Washington Square Mall

They have a Sanrio and a Pottery Barn/PBKids

L*O*V*E it there!!

Jesse drew this for me when he was a wee lad.

He called it "Hiker Cat".

I guess he was about 4 when he did it.

It has always been my favorite!

My second son, Lucky being

Mr. Naughty Pants

He knows he is not supposed to be in the dryer!

My Sister Cherish had a cat named Ashley.

Ashley got in the dryer and it got turned on...

My Mom found her a short time later when she

realized the dryer sounded wrong.

Ashley's eyes were bugged out and she was beat up.

She recovered and became a much more loving cat.

Still can't figure that one out, but get really

freaked out about Lucky being left in there when

it gets turned on......I almost always check it,

turn it on and then stop and check it again......

He is my precious lamb!!
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Visit Beverly's

"Pink Saturday's"

to find everyones Pinkness!

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Blessings~LillySue

Show & Tell Fridays are Here!

Cindy at "My Romantic Home"

has started doing

"Show & Tell Fridays"

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I decided to participate!!

I made this sign for my new PINK kitchen

Made this one too!

Bought this one at TJMax and repainted it colors

to match my new kitchen

It is BIG and sits on top of my refrigerator

(See my *PINK* kitchen here!)

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Make sure you pop over to visit

Cindy and Show & Tell!

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Blessings~LillySue

Thanksgiving in September?? You Betcha!!

Here is Chef Holly in the kitchen whipping up her

famous Bananas Foster Crepes

We're talking serious YUM here!

That is homemade organic whipped cream in Birdie

(my kitchen aid)

Holly wanted to treat her Papa and Nana who were

here for a week from Arkansas.

They left this morning.

Nana bought Holly this "holly" apron she found

at a cute shop called "The Hen's Tooth"

in downtown Sisters.

It is Holly's first grown-up apron all her own!

Papa did a lunch show for my

Daycare Littles.

I think Samdog enjoyed it too.

The temp. was about 77* ....Perfect!!

Since we live so far from all our family,

we decided to go ahead and do

Thanksgiving Dinner while they were here.

My cousin, Royce, drove over from Portland

with his sweet wife, Bess to join us.

My Dad, Jack (aka~Papa) did potato duty for me!

He had lots of support


Turkey~Mashed Taters & Gravy
Stuffing~Corn~Green bean Casserole
Cranberry Sauce
Homemade Pumpkin Pie ala~Holly
YUM!!


While the boys played Mario Bros.
Holly & Bess did the dishes.
I was told to get out of the kitchen.
It was very strange to have someone else
cleaning up my kitchen....
I liked it, heehe!!


How cute are these two dish washers??!!


Jesse getting pancake making lessons
from the Master.


My Daddy can make the BEST pancakes.
Jesse ate 13
Yes, I typed that correctly
13!

Monday night we had our friends,

Brad, Tiffany & Spencer

over for dinner.

Brad is a musician, so he and Dad did a

little jam session for us.

I was in Heaven!

Good food, friends, family and

Homemade music.

BLISS!
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Blessings~LillySue

Feeling the Love and Sending Some Out

Howdy Hey!

I just wanted to take some time to say

"Thank You SOoooooo Much!"

to all my blog friends.

It has been such a blessing to have

your kind words to read.

I wanted to let you all know how much I

really appreciate you!

My marriage is one of few kind words and it

truly is a blessings to know there actually are

people with big hearts out there.

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Starting today, I am able to do more visiting.

My folks are still here from Arkansas,

but they leave tomorrow morning.

I can hardly wait to see what

ya'all have been up to!

I did get a chance to visit Carol from

Old Glory Cottage

She gave me an

"Attitude of Gratitude"

award!

Thank you, Carol!!

I LOVE her blog layout.....

It is pure CHERRY bliss!

Pop over to see her....She is a kindred sister!

I also want to pass on this award to my followers.

If you follow my blog, feel free to take a copy of the

award photo and put it on your blog with what you are

grateful for!

Come back soon......

I will be posting more often now!

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Blessings~LillySue

Benny doesn't like Pink!

This is Ben

Benny does NOT like his little top

He doesn't like that it is cute

He doesn't like that it is pink

But MOST of all......

He doesn't like that he can't get to

his stitches to rip them out!

Benny is a naughty boy.

He is a HOUSE cat who will dart

out the door if you leave it open....

Someone left it open....

Ben was found with a hole in his arm

After his little surgery, he would not leave

it alone. Nurse Darcy said put a top on him.

Hence...

He has actually been very good about

leaving the top on.

It is much sweeter than wearing one

of those plastic cone collars!!

He gets his stitches out Monday.

Maybe he learned his lesson!

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PINK SATURDAY!

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Blessings~LillySue

Pink Kitchen Bliss!

Welcome to my new

PINK KITCHEN!

Let's start on the far left

and work our way around.

Here is the original white frig. I put the

cupcake I repainted on top. I also put my old mixer

up here since it has been retired. My scale is there too.

Cupcake anyone??


Here is my cookbook shelf over the stove
(Click photos to make them bigger)

The original range....

I guess I will not be getting new stainless appliances

after all. Since I am keeping the white appliances,

I decided to paint the bottom cupboards

my own custom mix I call

"Robins Egg Bliss"

I am so glad for the appliance fiasco....

(see below post)

I had planned on keeping the bottom cupboards white

and getting stainless steel appliances.

It was just too much with all the cupboards and appliances

being white.

When all the new appliances were sent back I had

second thoughts.....

My frig and range are really fine. I only need a dishwasher

that works.

Sooooo.....

Since I am so in love with my new

Kitchen Aid Mixer

I got with my birthday money...

I decided to paint the lower cupboards to match it.

I picked little glass tiles for the back splash that match.

I can't show you a full kitchen picture because

I haven't got all the cupboard doors painted yet.

Here is my beloved new mixer

I have named her "Birdie" since she is

Robins egg blue.

I could not believe my eyes when I walked in the

store and spotted her.

She was the color of my dreams.

I had never seen one like it before!!

The colors look great with the new

granite counter tops.

I love how the red accents look.

Red had been my favorite color for many years.

Now I think all these colors are my

favorite!

Just pretend like you don't notice the lower

door missing!

This is on the left side of the sink.

Holly didn't do the dishes yet so we will skip

over the actual sink.

Here is the other side of the sink.

I will get the rest of the painting done this weekend

and will post more shots of the whole

kitchen this next week.

I am very tired but really happy with

how it has turned out so far.

Thank you for stopping by to visit!!

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Visit Beverly for more

~PINK SATURDAY!~

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Blessings~LillySue

Cupcake anyone??

Lucky actually looks like he is ready for some cocoa instead, heehe!

Don't you dress your cat up sometimes too??

This was the end of some socks we cut off

and made into a ski hat and turtle neck for him.

This is how the cupcake started out....

I bought it at TJMax for $12.00

I did not like it the way it was, but....

I could see it had potential.

This is how it looks now!!

Some paint and glitter glue and it is ready

for my new PINK kitchen.

If you want one too, just head over to TJMax

and see if they have any left. Then you can make

yours what ever flavor you like!!

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I had to do this post to cheer myself up....

I had purchased new stainless steel appliances.

The dishwasher and range hood arrived yesterday.

We installed the hood last night and put the old

Range in the garage this morning.

Then Hubby left for a 10 day hunting trip to Montana.

They delivered the frig and range...

First they hauled the old frig out to the garage.

Then they brought in the new one.

It did not fit in the hole.....

UGH!

They brought in the new range.

It did not work, they had delivered a broken one

SIGH......

Both were sent back.

I had to clean out the old frig in the garage, plug

it in and move all the cold stuff out there.

I think I will keep the range hood since it is already

installed and looks good, but I think I will return the

stainless dishwasher too and stick with the old white

appliances for now.

What a let down!!

I have to get everything put back together so

I can share how pretty it is for

PINK SATURDAY

And, Oh-Yeah.....

My folks are coming to visit next week.

They haven't been here for a few years....

Might be nice if I had a frig...

IN THE KITCHEN!!

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How come I NEVER have chocolate in the house

when I NEED it???

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Make sure you pop back in Saturday to see my

NEW

(except for the appliances)

Pink Kitchen

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Blessings~LillySue

Are we done YET???

This is my new PINK door

It is in my kitchen and is the door to the laundry room

and my fancy new pantry

See my new green and PINK apron??

I love it so much I have yet to wear it 'cause I

don't want to get it dirty, Heehee

Does anyone else do that??

My aprons are hanging from my new iron

hooky thang I found and knew right away what

to use it for.

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Here is also another teaser peek at my kitchen.

I am so excited to be getting a new pink kitchen......

B*U*T

I am so stinkin' tired of

WORKING

on it!!

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It is 11:57 pm, Friday night

I have just finished for the day, yawn...

Grouting and cleaning up takes

FOREVER!

I have just a little touch up painting to do

and then comes the fun part.....

~DECORATING~

WAHOO!!!!

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I know I have been teasing you with

pictures, but...

I PROMISE

I will debut our redo

NEXT PINK SATURDAY!

Honest!!

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Make sure you visit Beverly for lots of

~PINK SATURDAY~

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Blessings~LillySue