Today I would like to honor the most special person in my life...My Mom...Mary Evelyn...she has always been the Best of the Best...she is always there for me and my family... she never judges our actions...she is a wonderful example and inspiration...in other words I am VERY blessed...

So Happy Birthday Mom...I love You..B

Take the time today to tell someone you love them...life is sooo short we need to be more aware of our loved ones around us...

Well it has been a few days since I posted...Life...I think even though you might not have kids in school...May is one of the busiest  months...Oh Well....I wouldn't know what to do if I wasn't busy... May brings a lot for me...the end of school...my Mom's Birthday ...one of my good friends Finally turned 50...so that starts out what the pictures are about...My good Friend is the last one of our friends to turn 50!!! Really...I am 53 and it seems like an eternity since I turned 50...Well my friend, Jocelyn and I decided to do Birthday Week for Sue...We started out with a Memory Box to keep all her cards, pictures ect...then we had a box full of Lady Bug things...she loves Lady Bugs...a family frame and a hand decorated candle...this wonderful bottle of wine that I personalized...very easy to do...just glue on your personalized label...a vintage necklace and one from Dusties with a 5 blank domino drop I made...one should always wear vintage because WE Are Vintage...and one day was a personal one just about when we hung out together in the "old" days...and the last day was a new book I found about the next half of our lives...it is written by Mimi from Drew Cary...it is a great book and has a lot of insightful things in it...it is kind of a YaYa Sister kind of book...I don't think I could ever do All that they say you should but it does make you think...the name of the book is..."Queen of your own Life" by Kathy Kinney & cindy Ratzlaff...it is defiantly worth buying...

  

It is also fun to use sidewalk chalk...watch the knuckles and nails!!! 

Now another Grand Production...My Aunt Cookey Retired and I helped decorate for her Party...I made her a shoe...just FYI if you buy dyed shoes be sure and seal them first... I didn't have any sealer and I thought I would never get it to quit bleeding through...it would have taken less time to go out and buy some sealer...that would have been tooooo easy...I also made her a box for her cards and pictures...

and the cakes are from Sam's...with flowers added...they will not put on the nuts and carrots if you order one...Can't beat the look and the price...about $25.00 for both...and they are  

really good ...

So ends 2 More Grand Productions in my life... hope you are; in a small way; inspired to do something fun this week and enjoy your day...till next time...Brenda

I just found a great new Blog...to me...and she is having  a great give away...a wonderful purse...I found it through Laurie Anna's, yes one of my fav places to shop... Here is a pic of her shop in Canton.  She is in the Canton Arbors and has a wonderful house\shop on the main drag into Canton...of course I shared the wealth at both places 2 weekends ago... she always has the best Treasures...oh yea...back to why I started this blog...http://www.daphnenicole.com/ here is the web to go see the fab purses...enter you may win...B

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day

Today I am honoring just some of the Mothers' in my life...First and the most important is my Mother, Evelyn...she has always been a wonderful Mother and role model..I am so very thankful for her and for the unbelievable example she has always been..

This is our Daughter Ronda and my 2 granddaughters Eryn & Avery

This is our Daughter -in-law Kristi, her daughter,& my granddaughter, Anna and Kristi's Mom, Peggy...

This is Donna, her Mom Doris and her sister Glenda... 

 



& last but not least the reasons I am a proud Mom... Jarrid and Brad...It has always been my pleasure to be a Mom and now a grandmother...God has truly blessed me...There are a lot more that I don't have pictures of that have meant the world to me.  My Aunt Cookey, her daughter Lea Ann , Aunt Mary Anne they are wonderful Mom's...and so many friends and their Mom's and their daughters...God has blessed me with their lives and the pleasure to get to know them.  I am also lucky so many of my friends know my Mom...what a blessing they have received and the Mom's I have known have truly blessed me..
May God bless everyone.... whether your Mom is here here with you or in your Hearts...Wow how blessed we have been...Happy Mothers Day to all...B

Finally Surprise Friday...

Well my idea of Surprise Friday is some favorite ideas...

The first picture is at the Lake Estate in my main bathroom...I have 6 hooks for towels...there is usually 15 of us there.  I found 6 different #'s and used them so they would remember which towel was theirs...haha

This is a picture of my entry way... The previous owners had a funky border going up the side and had flattened it out so there was this funny backwards 7 that I could not figure out what to do with.  I

 couldn't retexture because the stair case was there and it went straight up.  Soooo finally I decided to mud the whole thing flat and try my hand at harlequin...not for sissy's!!!  BUT it looks fabulous...It is one of my favorite thing about my house.  

Here is the picture of the leopard ceiling I promised a long time ago...Ain't it the cutest...pardon the okie language  a comin' out...  This is a great half birdcage I got at...of course... Laurie Anna's...I added the crystal bobble I got from Hobby Lobby to the bottom...they have a very strong magnet and you can get 

then half price when the lamps are on sale...This is the rest of the of them I used on my chandelier that had no Bling...what's up with that!!!

Well hope you got some small ideas from this today... Have a wonderful Surprise Friday...hope there are a few surprises for you today...like Oklahoma's weather...just wait a little while and it will change...B

Back...Finally from Florida

Well we had a great time in the land of sun...I took a million pictures and we had some funny stories...so I will share the funniest...We went to 

Clearwater Beach on Monday.  We were hungry so Kristi went and got us a hot dog...we were on the beach...big mistake...eating our hot dogs and I had just taken a bite and was holding my hot dog and , of course, talking...and a seagull came along and took the Hot dog weenie out of the bun!!!!!  Yes he did...I could be rich if we had had a video camera!!!  It was the craziest thing...I got so mad and tickled at the same time...I just threw them the bun too...

 

Even though this is where the infamous Hot Dog Heist took place...we had a wonderful day...

I wanted one of those postcard pics of the fam...and it turned out fabulous... PaPa Ron and I even took a decent pick...Everyone was there except Brad and I am going to have him photo shopped in!!!

The end of a truly Beautiful day...What a sunset..Thank you God for the beauty you provide around us everyday...

I hope you find something to laugh about & something Beautiful today...Enjoy...B