It's Friday

This is how I feel today.
It has just been one of those weeks.
This is the best I could do today.


This is what did NOT happen this week:

I did not do laundry all day on Monday.

My kids did not clean up their rooms on Tuesday and give me WAY MORE LAUNDRY.

I did not get my new cell phone.

Bradley did not say he didn't really like that yo-yo AFTER her literally knocked his dad out with it.

The police did not get called to our house because of our creeeeepy neighbor.

I did not paint 6 chairs.

I did not FINALLY pick out fabric for the chairs that I didn't paint.

I did not spend an afternoon at the AT&T store getting my new phone programmed.

I did not hear the most amazing news from my sweet friend.

I did not get new orders on my Etsy store.

I did not spend most of an afternoon and night in bed with a horrible sinus headache.

I did not eat Mr Donald's twice this week.

I did not get another surprise from my hubby.

I did not miss my older kids.

I did not get giddy at the thought of Bradley being home with me over spring break.

I did not order a new skirt from my friends Etsy store.

I did not redo Bradley's room.

I did not clean out my closet and house and make a HUGE trip to Goodwill.

I did not find awesome things at Goodwill this week.

I did not cheat and order chinese food for dinner.


Last but not least...
I AM NOT GOING ON A WOMEN'S RETREAT THIS WEEKEND.

See ya all on Monday!!


(I promise....I am going to stop by all your blogs before I leave)

~Inspiration In A Jar~

Everyone gets inspiration from somewhere.
Whether it be color, fabric, paper, linens or other people, we all get inspired by something.
RIGHT???

I get inspired by:

Jars that are full of my favorite things.

As you all know, I love a beautiful cloche.
However, these jars have lids.
This jar is full of vintage printing press stamps.
My sweet, sweet dad had them and let me borrow them.
Who is he kidding...he's never getting these bad girls back!!!
When they were brought to me they were in a tray.
In a jar, they looks so cool!!

This is a jar I picked up at the flea market.
It was already stuffed with great Easter stuff.
Hard to turn down something that you have to do NOTHING to to love it!
(wow that was a cooky sentence)

This is that jar I bought at Goodwill the other day.
I just love it.
This may have to stay out all year.
Hey...who decided that eggs were only for Easter???

This of course is my jar that I got at Target on clearance for under $3.00.
I filled it with white buttons (thank you Kasey.)
Perfect.

This is just a bit of what inspires me.

What inspires you??

~Flea Market Finds~

A couple weekends ago I carved out some Maisy time.
I happen to live near an amazing flea market.
It runs the first weekend of every month.
It's so much fun.
I packed up my backpack with a credit card, check book and cash.
A girl must have a hands free experience.
I don't like to carry stuff around.
If I had to carry stuff around I wouldn't be able to touch EVERYTHING!!!!
(and I do mean everything)
I'm a tactile girl....what can I say??
If the items are too big to fit in my backpack I ask if I can pick up my things as I am heading out.

This is what I bought:

A chalboard in an old frame.
Looks great in my dining room.

This darling little blue jar.
There is some old story that came with it.
Not sure if I believe it.
Oh well.....I just LOVE this color blue!

This is my favorite purchase from that day.
It's a shelf made out of old doors.
AMAZING.


OH NO.................
I just remembered I bought something else. Well, I'm tooooo lazy to get up, take pics, edit pics, load pics and write about it now.
It's just been one of those days.

Happy Wednesday!!
(not today..tomorrow...I'm sure you figured that out by now...phew)

~My New Goodwill Finds~

Every Monday morning I drop Bradley off at school and head to my local Goodwill.
Sometimes, as all of you know, it is hit or miss.
Well, today was a hit day.

YEAH FOR MAISY!!


This is everything I got:
A jar with a lid- $1.99(back left)
Vintage lime green baker. (I'm a freak for these. I have no idea why) - $1.99
a 1965 aqua blue Singer sewing machine - $6.99 (I have noooo idea why I bought this...I had to have it)
Bag of moss - 2.99 (to fill the jar and put a nest in it)
Needle point frame - $.49 (I saw on another blog that someone put fabric in it...CUTE)
Can open - $.99 (just needed one)
1930 salt and pepper shaker - $9.99 (new in box...never used...person even kept record of where they bought it and for how much.)
Total - $25.43

I wish you could see the color.
It is so cute.
Seriously though, I have no idea what to do with it.
My husband just rolled his eyes at me.
However, it makes me giddy...yes that's right....giddy!!!!

These are just beautiful. I couldn't pass them up.
I looked them up and they are worth around $150. AWESOME investmemnt.
However, I don't want to get rid of them. I just want to enjoy them.
Haven't quite decided if I am going to use them or not....I don't even know if I'm going to polish them.
What do you think I should do with them???

This is my dog, Stitch and my cat, Riffy.
Thought I would just throw this pic in to see if you are paying attention.
I just want you all to know that this cat RULES this dog.
This is a rare photo. When Riffy is this close to Stitch he is usually biting or smackin' him.
Poor Stitch.

Anyway....back to the whole Goodwill thing....
I don't think I have EVER spent $25.43 at Goodwill in one stop.
OH WAIT...I almost forgot..since I spent over $20 I got 5% off.
That brings my grand total tooooooooooooo:
$24.16

Gotta love a great bargain!!!!

Happy Tuesday!!!

~Floam ~

So, the other day I was reading my friend's, Sarah, blog.
She was mentioning how she did all this amazing shopping at Hobby Lobby.
This is where it gets tricky.....just stick with me here.
I was at another friends house and on my way home I always drive past Hobby Lobby.
I ALWAYS have Bradley with me and let just put it nicely....he's not a fan of shopping.
Well on this particular day he was down with it.
I immediately drove my car as fast as I legally could and parked that car in record time....Ya know before he changes his mind.
Needless to say...I helped the economy that afternoon.
EVERYTHING I wanted was 50% off. How can a girl say no?
Any-hoo.....Bradley was such a good little boy I told him I would buy him a little something.
So I bought him Floam.
My oh my did he want that Floam.
How bad could it be???

Now...I don't know if there is a secret to this stuff but we both HATED it.
We couldn't get it off out hands onto something else. Completely useless.
It turned my hands blue. That's right blue...not just a little, not just a bit....we're talking full blown blue...Think Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
It got in my engagement ring setting and I couldn't get it out.
There are very few toys that really get under my skin.
Now that I'm thinking about it I'm not sure any toy gets under my skin.
We did NOT like this stuff at all. Let me repeat that...We did not like that stuff at all.

Is there a secret? A method we just don't know about?

Needless to say, it doesn't matter now anyway. It has been resting in the garbage all week.
Tonight it is off to garbage heaven!

R.I.P. Froam.....R.I.P!!!!!!

~PHOTO FRIDAY~

This is what I wanted to take a picture of.
The top cake plate I purchased at Goodwill for $1.99
Middle cake plate I got from my sweet, sweet friend Kasey.
The bottom one is from Homegoods. I think I paid $12.99 for it.

I have decided that this weekend I am going to do some baking.
I want to fill these babies up.
The are starting to feel neglected.
I don't know if your cake plates talk to you but mine talk to me.

On the top one I will put chocolate covered strawberries.
The middle one I will use for a pie.
The bottom one will have a coconut cake on it.

YUMMY!!!!

HAPPY FRIDAY

~I 'm A Facebookaholic....Part 2~

OK...so...some of you may know that I also have 3 older step-kids.
Jakob, he is 22 years old. Then there is Haley. She is 19 years old and the closest thing to a daughter I will ever have.
Of course, the original caboose, Asher, he is 17 years old and so full of life.
I just adore ALL my kids. They are all soooooo very special to me.

I would get some pics up of them but I lost years worth about 6 months ago.
I have plenty of pictures of Asher but they all seem to be of him eating.
It's a little joke that we have. I feel like he's only home when there is food around :)

The reason I tell you this is because they think it's weird that parents..ie. me.. are on Facebook.
(I will from this point forward refer to Facebook as FB...I'm not much of a typer and for goodness sakes it just makes me feel cooler to use FB)

I think this is sooooo funny.
Jakob is now graduated from college and living in New York. I guess he should now remove himself from FB. Ya know, because he's graduated now.
RIGHT?????

Jakob, if you are reading this...... STOP ROLLING YOUR EYES!!!!

I love FB. Those of us who didn't grow up with it, it has given us an avenue to reconnect with old friends.
SERIOUSLY PEOPLE....this whold FB thing rocks!!!

Now if I could just figure out this whole Twitter thing.
(From this point forward I will now refer to Twitter as T)
I really don'y understand it.
Maisy, one step at a time girl....one step at a time!

HAPPY THURSDAY!!!!