Friday Five

Happy TGIF guys and dolls!  It's that time again - FINALLY FRIDAY - WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!  How are you?  Do you have any big weekend plans?  Are you a football fan? Will you be watching the Superbowl? Hosting or attending another party somewhere?  We are HUGE football fans but I don't really have a favorite in the Superbowl this year.  However, we will be watching it. Also, I have a bloggy friend who is a MAJOR Seahawks fan so I'll be rooting on the Seahawks for her! :)

On to the linky party:

[ONE - Upcoming Vacations]

[TWO - Spring]

[THREE - Sunshine]

[FOUR - Payday]

[FIVE - Best Friends]

So there you have it - my Favorite Five on Friday this week.  Thanks for stopping by to say hello and please let me know you were here so I can return the favor!  Have a wonderful day and an even better weekend lovies! :)

Lots of love and hugs,

Finish This Link Up…Week 4

Happy Thursday, guys and dolls!  Hope you are having a great week so far!  I decided today to play along with The Java Mama and others who are linking up with the Finish This Link Up and they are already on Week 4.  I'm not sure why I've not thought to join this linky party before as I love linky parties! :)  So... without further adieu - 

1. I use my “green thumb” to … I don't have a green thumb, unfortunately.  However, my husband does.  That is his therapy - he loves to do all of our landscaping and playing with trees and flower bushes, etc.  He has me choose which ones I'd like to have, but he does all of the transplanting, pruning among other things.  My thumb is so black I even kill ferns and from what I hear that is almost impossible to do! HA!

2. The secret to life is being happy with yourself and who you are first and foremost. There will always be someone out there prettier than you, thinner, richer, etc.  On the flip side of that there will always be someone worse off than you too. Once you realize how good you really have it in life, that's when you will truly be happy and content and find you are in deed a very rich person. :)  Like my baby sister always says - the Good Lord let me wake up again today, so I am doing great! :)  Love her attitude. 

3. I get my money’s worth by looking for great deals.  The hubs and I always go to a Mexican Flea Market about 20 miles from our home every.single.weekend.  We have found some wonderful and very inexpensive pieces there and have brought them home for me to work my magic and refurbish them and turn them into their beautiful selves.  I love to repurpose and refurbish old items and make them new again.  I guess I get that from my parents.  Anything home related, I am all about!  See... here's an example of my latest refurbishment.  What do you think? I love how it turned out personally and it cost me a total of about $20.  That included purchase and paint! :)

4. On a scale of 1 to 10, my level of organization is definitely a 10.  I hate to be unorganized and it makes me nuts when there is clutter around. Unfortunately, my husband is more anal than I am though - which makes us butt heads at times because we both want it our way! HA!

5. A gentleman always treats his lady, among others, with kindness and respect.... no matter what.

6. Handwritten notes are unfortunately a thing of the past.  I wish letters still came in the mail.  I love fun mail days. :)  I don't have any handwritten notes (other than birthday and Christmas cards) from my favorite grandmother who passed many years ago, however, I do have her recipe box that has tons of her favorite recipes in her handwriting, which I cherish tremendously. :)

Well, there you go my friends.  If you'd like to play along, be sure and link up.  Also, let me know you were here and that you are playing along so I can come read your responses as well and check out your blogs! 

Have a wonderful day!  We are on the downhill side of the week thankfully!

Lots of love and hugs,

What day is it?!

Lots of love and hugs,

Weekend Recap

Happy Tuesday my peeps!  This post is running a day behind because, well, frankly, I just didn't have time to finish it last night so I am starting it over today.  I worked late last night because we were anticipating snow, sleet and ice here in the Big city of Houston - alas, the temps stayed way above freezing, so there was none - much to my chagrin as I was really really looking forward to staying home today and playing all day - sigh

Anyway, our weekend was pretty good and fairly low key too.  Both of my boys were sick on Friday, so we stayed in and caught up on our tv shows that we had recorded.  On Saturday my husband and I ran a lot of errands and pretty much hung out at home and did housework, laundry, the usual.  I did a few "refreshing" of items that I will show you later on.  I also had made a jewelry (necklace) hanger, but it didn't work out the way I wanted it to, so we went and bought something different to use instead.  It is much cleaner now around my makeup table! HA!

Here are the two options I went with.  I started out with the first one but it looked like it wouldn't hold them well for long - it was going to be too heavy - especially since I continue to buy cute necklaces - HA!

Final option:

Though I like the top option better, the top option just wouldn't last long like I said.  The second option is much more sturdy and will hold a lot more necklaces - hence, just another reason to go shopping for more! hee hee hee

On Sunday, we just hung out some more at home, ran a few more errands and then laid in bed relaxing watching movies all afternoon.  It was a nice "down" weekend for a change.  Usually we are on the go so much (and out of state too) that we never get down time, so this was a nice change!  

Oh, and of course, it wouldn't be a post without a couple of pictures of my furbabies! I think they love each other - what do you think??? :)

This was after they had played outside ALL day long and had their baths - they were completely tuckered out! 

And our Golden baby absolutely LOVES LOVES LOVES her Bella - notice the arm around her Bella?! :) Bella, on the other hand gets aggravated sometimes because the baby wants to be so close to her ALWAYS - hee hee hee 

What about you?  How was your weekend?  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Lots of love and hugs,

Five on Friday

Happy TGIF folks!  Hope you are staying nice and warm where you live.  We got some UNHEARD of weather here in my neck of the woods overnight and into this morning.  ICE, SLEET AND SNOW!!! In TEXAS - Houston to be exact - say whaaaaaaaaattttttt???!!!  Anyway, it took me 2 hours to get to work today due to all of the ice on the bridges and overpasses and the wrecks that it caused.  It wreaked HAVOC on Southeast Texas roads to say the least.  I was really hoping for more so that I could have enjoyed another 3 day weekend at home.  However, me being who I am, I am not one to take advantage of the system, so I slowly made my way to work like a good girl.no matter how much I would have preferred to be home in my nice comfy and warm bed instead.  My poor hubby works at the airport and he had to be at work at 4 a.m. this morning - all that nastiness was still happening outside when he had to leave - poor guy.  However, him being the kind and thoughtful hubby that he is, he scraped the ice off my windshield and pulled my windshield wipers up so I wouldn't have any issues when I left for work later this morning. :)  

Anywho, it is that time of the week again where I join in with Darci and Lauren and play along in their Five on Friday bloggy game.  I always love seeing what everyone has to say and checking out their blogs.  Also, I enjoy meeting and making new bloggy friends too. :)  So.... without further adieu - here are my current favorite Five on Friday:

[ONE]

My sweet, sweet love of mine:

[TWO]

My two sweet furbabies who love each other so much:

 

[THREE]

My mommy and sister - don't know what I'd ever do without them:

 [FOUR]

Great beauty finds:

 

[FIVE]

Yummy salads I made and trying to get back to my healthy self:

I know this is late being posted now, but due to unforseen circumstances, I didn't get a chance until now.  Anyway, hope you're having a fabulous weekend so far!  Thanks for stopping by to say hello and please let me know you were here!

Lots of love and hugs,