Princess Spoon

I love how Miss I can take an ordinary, plain everyday spoon and make joy and happiness from it.

While I look at the spoon and think old and plain, she looks at the simple etching on the handle and declares happiness because it is a Princess Spoon.

Makes me wonder how much more God looks at my ordinary plain life and declares me His daughter, a princess.

Silent stories

I love looking at this quilt on our bed. If you look closely at it, it would tell silent stories.
That blue sunflower block used to be part of Only's summer dress when she was a tot. Just remembering that makes me smile.

See the bright multi colored there at the lower left? It used to be a clown costume that Oldest wore as a tot. I can see his red painted nose and the giggle on his lips.

The red print on the upper right? It used to be a skirt worn by the beautiful woman, my mother-in-law, who made this quilt for us a few years ago.

Can I brag?

Can I take a moment and brag on my husband? This week a piece of paper (see picture) appeared on my kitchen cabinet. It's usually decorated with a funny cartoon or two, maybe something that needs to be signed, class schedules, or a picture that has been colored. But this one is different. It only appears once per year and it's all about Honey and his job.

Honey has been a service advisor for 22 yrs, at the same Ford Dealership. What is a Service Advisor? He's that really nice person you talk super nice to, at the car dealership when you have to have work done on your vehicle. He is the go between the vehicle owner and the mechanic who will work on it. I'll be the first to tell you it is a stressful job and most do not stay as a SA that long. It's hard when one is yelled and cussed at, frustrations are taken out on him, and it's a wearing job. He leaves before 5 a.m. each morning and gets home around 6, but we are thankful for his job. He has met so many wonderful and interesting people through the years and some of them, I fondly refer to as the "the other women in his life" (over 65+) depend on him like a trusted friend to take care of their auto needs.

Okay, now for the bragging! All those numbers probably don't make sense to you, he had to explain some of it to me, but the bottom line is: Honey is the #4 Ford service advisor in a FOUR state area group!!! I'm so terribly proud of him!

Menu Board

It seems that Pinterest is all the "rage" at this time, and I must say I like being able to keep my ideas in one specific organized place. I've used a few of the recipes I've found, made several things I've "pinned", but I wanted to share the latest project, a menu board! I've wanted one for years - an easier way to make better use of our meal choices and stop having the same thing ALL the time.

I found my inspiration here and was super inexpensive, about $6 when I used a 40% coupon at Michaels for the frame.  Meal planning is a little easier these days.  I like it because all of my menu choices are kept in the red Menu Bank and once are used I place them in the smaller pocket above. Each menu card has the needed ingredients listed on the back, so I can just look there and see what I need for my shopping list! We're finding we're having a bigger variety of meals and the family has more input.

We had company on the 14th and the husband looked at it and said they got "jipped" because they didn't get all the items listed! We had a good laugh over that.

Have you ever made something from an idea you've found on line, Pinterest, or a magazine?  I'd love to hear about what you created.

Lynnet

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