Everyone's enjoying the warm weather...

Spring tease

Unofficially hit 71 degrees today, at least on my front porch. I took this photo before we peeked!






We took a ride out to the lake. It's still frozen, but the weather was fantastic and the ice was melting.

What a difference a day makes!!!

Thursday...

The future's so bright....I gotta wear shades!

I HATE Winter...made a video about it!

Snowed in...AGAIN!

Snow, snow and more snow. With a bit of ice and lots of wind thrown in for good measure.
So today I stayed inside and created! My 1st attempt at mixed media collage. I used photos from a trip we took to Italy. Photo shopped them and then decoupaged them onto canvas. Added other decorative touches and paint...voila! I kind of like it. I think it will be an interesting way to display photos while adding color and interest as well. Now I am excited to get back to work at the thrift store to find all kinds of fun things to incorporate into my next one!

More Christmas...

This year I did some shopping at St. Louise Gift and Thrift Store, where I also happen to work! We get absolutely great donations. Here's what I did with some of them...
Some of the little birds on this tree were purchased at a real deal!


This holy family was on the shelf for a week. I kept thinking to myself. " If no one buys it today, I will" After a week, I knew it was destined to come home with me.



I actually purchased this chalk board a couple of months ago. It's great to use as a place to leave notes, but also is fun to spread some holiday cheer. Here I can whine about the weather and be festive at the same time!

I was never a thrift store shopper until I became associated with Catholic
Social Services of Southern Nebraska 6 years ago. St. Louise is an awesome store, unlike any other thrift store I have ever seen. My problem now is trying to not buy too much!

Tis the Season

Most who know me understand I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas. I love the day, Love the reason we celebrate. I just hate the fact the the season starts so early and seems to be totally tied to the national economy. Buy more, buy early, spend, spend, spend. I get stressed and always put things off which makes me more stressed...and so on and so on. So this year I decided to decorate the house early. (early for me anyway) We had a fantastic Thanksgiving with family, an ever growing family as we happily learned that Andrew is engaged to Kelly. I had a wonderful family, a clean house and 2 days before I had to go back to work. I was feeling the whole Christmas thing. So decorate I did. I must admit it is a good feeling to have it done and be able to come home from work and enjoy it. I took a few pictures...
Found the birdcage at the Thrift store and added the greenery and birds...

Found this cute wine bottle with lights at the store as well!