tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67069382240045374872024-02-20T12:37:10.561-06:00The Pink TractorGwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-38202579692571147382012-04-21T08:17:00.000-05:002012-04-21T08:17:05.575-05:00Testing testing 1,2,3.....I havent blogged in so very long and I see Blogger has changed up things since then. So I am just "dipping my toe into the pool" to test the waters before I knock myself out with bunches and gobs of words.<br />
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So wanting to start blogging again....... Gwynie PieGwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-44091898853569001122011-06-04T08:47:00.000-05:002011-06-04T08:48:22.925-05:00Sweet Week<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprTtEHJzEHTsc9VsUX5xm4zfV_93Y9-b2brgPz4tOm1LvdKe_BkxeoMtKn0MyXYlahX-7EpMFtMvpOYkHku5NYQuouQEou53-HDPiucA4-WmkWD8Cu0V7fOuAa-ZdVRMRmnOHcGKTkm10/s1600/IMG_5338.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprTtEHJzEHTsc9VsUX5xm4zfV_93Y9-b2brgPz4tOm1LvdKe_BkxeoMtKn0MyXYlahX-7EpMFtMvpOYkHku5NYQuouQEou53-HDPiucA4-WmkWD8Cu0V7fOuAa-ZdVRMRmnOHcGKTkm10/s400/IMG_5338.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyhxriiuOfV2HSdPHHdilJ2i3d9tQJe090vLOOv-DfuOal9Bu6uiJQrBU2xQ1c4a79_BIoPK1Z7aOaxHvQeLvC_yDX-nTHdpso67Uc_3Ps2CnErIn7nzrY6EGaW1Tv93gvX-Mq4cLybcQ/s1600/IMG_5423.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyhxriiuOfV2HSdPHHdilJ2i3d9tQJe090vLOOv-DfuOal9Bu6uiJQrBU2xQ1c4a79_BIoPK1Z7aOaxHvQeLvC_yDX-nTHdpso67Uc_3Ps2CnErIn7nzrY6EGaW1Tv93gvX-Mq4cLybcQ/s400/IMG_5423.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKz3-8HMmsY2PsPxOHapSjlDEOxxWUt6t0opbd6TTGikuY19XcCqEdUBnZR0bczLJ2-1eGHeIvZxsN4i4M2VtSTgnWCDABWEqMJbP_B8i1DPvrRqml-li_ryOvkhUgb08y75CFqoG2Xt2h/s1600/IMG_5451.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKz3-8HMmsY2PsPxOHapSjlDEOxxWUt6t0opbd6TTGikuY19XcCqEdUBnZR0bczLJ2-1eGHeIvZxsN4i4M2VtSTgnWCDABWEqMJbP_B8i1DPvrRqml-li_ryOvkhUgb08y75CFqoG2Xt2h/s400/IMG_5451.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-91268205378189429892011-04-25T16:59:00.001-05:002011-04-25T18:31:22.982-05:00Catching up<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgiqUXm3bFAvZEx6V2xGcMDCZiNFnBPlxWh6hXaR-NNXNyrnwPiM7p1tOeVG14HTuSHMAeCJpAXbF3Ls9eyD4siRdvRLfVe8HWAygX6W7bCb0na8avg08Gqwp5GwG1ulWjkq89ofhX_Vj/s1600/IMG_4774.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgiqUXm3bFAvZEx6V2xGcMDCZiNFnBPlxWh6hXaR-NNXNyrnwPiM7p1tOeVG14HTuSHMAeCJpAXbF3Ls9eyD4siRdvRLfVe8HWAygX6W7bCb0na8avg08Gqwp5GwG1ulWjkq89ofhX_Vj/s400/IMG_4774.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong>MY THREE KIDS ----</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">Dana has just fried up some Jalapeno Bacon</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">and her brothers are giving a "review".</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">It's bacon ! What could be bad about bacon, I ask you?</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">I've been "away" for awhile --</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">It's been 4 months !!! </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">So much has happened during that time.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">Life has been super, super busy.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">and...can I just be honest? .....a bit weird too</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">In those few months a lot has happened at our house ---</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">* we had a wonderful Christmas on New Year's weekend</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">* right after Christmas, William became unemployed and</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">is still applying and interviewing -- no job yet.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">* Colin and Ronnie went on a mission trip to</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">Guatemala </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">*then they attended a week long class that taught them</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">how to drill low-cost water wells and their plan is to take</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">that knowledge to third world countries and teach villages</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">to drill wells</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">*Blake ran "The Cowtown" in Ft. Worth this year -- his</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" align="center">first race ever</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFWy7-x_aZVGC7ZnR-QCfB9K0o4q8bvG5hmvUnZNh25UR8PF_TIuQBY4POIKBkR6gv2LtJJa6Lat-OZdA2ZZMwitEceFbNUaX3rtdKbuaOt9-YGRGEWCZk8Q5UaqlYNqsgFzCf-WM-c9G/s1600/IMG_4762.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFWy7-x_aZVGC7ZnR-QCfB9K0o4q8bvG5hmvUnZNh25UR8PF_TIuQBY4POIKBkR6gv2LtJJa6Lat-OZdA2ZZMwitEceFbNUaX3rtdKbuaOt9-YGRGEWCZk8Q5UaqlYNqsgFzCf-WM-c9G/s400/IMG_4762.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>POPS wrestled by son and Jigs.</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>I have a fun family!</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>The guys often "attack" each other.</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>Just for fun.</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>NOT Four Christmases style though --</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>Just craziness.</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">* Devin has spent hours at Dry Hollow fighting the prickly pear</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">and mesquite </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">* Dana is just about a month away from presenting us with</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">a grandson, William Barret Boles,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">named William after both his grandfathers,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">and William Barret after a hero of the Alamo,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">William Barret Travis.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">* my part-time-gone-full-time-job, just went</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">fuller-time</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">* my mother has been with us for about a week</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">and will be living with us for probably another</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">4 to 6 weeks.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">She had an accident last Sunday involving</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">her house and her car.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Yep. It's pretty ugly.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">She, however, was not hurt.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">This past weekend, everyone came for Easter.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Sunday night, we girls were all ready for bed---</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">I looked around the living room and realized that</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">never, ever !!! had all of us -</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">my mother,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">me,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">my daughter,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">my daughter-in-law,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">my grandaughter</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">spent the night in the same house.....not ever !</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">It was quite fun and very sweet.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">A 4 generation sleep-over.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">* Oh, and I started couponing !!!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">What fun! </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Where's has that been all my life??? I wanna know.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">I'm definitely NOT "extreme".</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">But I am saving a substantial amount every month.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Truly makes me feel like I'm contributing in a bigger way to the</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">well-being of our household.</div><div><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisyNxm46bYWVbRxgeCHKmmuOX9rePuo1IldWsAMRYJ70cu40AdOyDKRgH5k5MFukauTpVIcUrgX9qKQZKP037LFUNSodFXadxmMZaVxDJKVh6Hi4Z05VGPzq03OythCkVvb1S3qBG3KlM/s1600/IMG_4733.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisyNxm46bYWVbRxgeCHKmmuOX9rePuo1IldWsAMRYJ70cu40AdOyDKRgH5k5MFukauTpVIcUrgX9qKQZKP037LFUNSodFXadxmMZaVxDJKVh6Hi4Z05VGPzq03OythCkVvb1S3qBG3KlM/s400/IMG_4733.JPG" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>Grand dog Jigs -- having a well-deserved rest. He is the best dog EVER!</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">So much more has</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">happened to us over these past few months.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">It's pretty overwhelming when we think on it all.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Sooooo - we don't ! </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">But honestly, it just sounds like whining when I say them out loud.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">AND -- I am so not whining.......</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Along with so much stress and</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">upheaval in our lives,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">has also come</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">just Pure Joy !!!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">I know that many of my prayers,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">the very desires of my hearts,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">are being aswered.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">I truly feel like we are up above all the mess,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">just skimming along,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">under the protection of the Father.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">We have experienced incredible blessings over these months.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Manna on the ground.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Enough for today.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">We only have to pick it up,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">be grateful for it,</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">and </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">trust God for the next day's supply.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSIzPyD3BpFL0-Gzx0vrXmysO0U1lps-JsODfPkg9MYQJ2E4AUkVS30XT-xD6euR54z_Ciqcl-22iF2b1pIVMWNnT4ISbwiPagXJ6lWymeMQ37zb2TiHPzLW1ZiPwHfHhc5-9gdiuYU0e/s1600/IMG_4697.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSIzPyD3BpFL0-Gzx0vrXmysO0U1lps-JsODfPkg9MYQJ2E4AUkVS30XT-xD6euR54z_Ciqcl-22iF2b1pIVMWNnT4ISbwiPagXJ6lWymeMQ37zb2TiHPzLW1ZiPwHfHhc5-9gdiuYU0e/s400/IMG_4697.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>POPS and Lily Kate enjoying a cool winter's day</strong></div><div><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzdk_YUlDMjI171iFTESledBbi7BiI5SnAshHvtt36CKZq60lJfT0wh-MTg59JJnMShElmY8qObiVaKJJDFQImIt-7R73AdjOhd4GHJ_P8pi7Cd2uh-mvC4IQxTnfZNVYnloRSXiqmX1e/s1600/IMG_4633.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzdk_YUlDMjI171iFTESledBbi7BiI5SnAshHvtt36CKZq60lJfT0wh-MTg59JJnMShElmY8qObiVaKJJDFQImIt-7R73AdjOhd4GHJ_P8pi7Cd2uh-mvC4IQxTnfZNVYnloRSXiqmX1e/s400/IMG_4633.JPG" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>LK trying out her new soccer ball and shin guards.</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">All in all --</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">2011 is off to a great start!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Gwynie Pie</div><div style="text-align: center; clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="background: 0% 50%; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-61517588979560083532010-12-21T19:32:00.000-06:002010-12-21T19:32:40.582-06:00...all is calm...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyxahveKrcFQ0gDMB4Mw2kNx0dUod_dU8HDCoVsisl9TqBiOGpAKXD-r_wzgqfjWo-f8hIXR1AAZAa5hc05_RIPLZIoxJfGrmGOCAuRzvFtqQ_fSPvv2RfWsmfvFj9wxchgxbwjdiQLp2/s1600/100_3106.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyxahveKrcFQ0gDMB4Mw2kNx0dUod_dU8HDCoVsisl9TqBiOGpAKXD-r_wzgqfjWo-f8hIXR1AAZAa5hc05_RIPLZIoxJfGrmGOCAuRzvFtqQ_fSPvv2RfWsmfvFj9wxchgxbwjdiQLp2/s400/100_3106.JPG" /></a><br />People keep asking me<br />"Well, do you have all your Christmas gifts bought?"<br />and I say,<br />"actually ------we don't buy presents in our family."<br /><br />Shock then registers on their face,<br />and I know they are trying to figure out<br />if I am totally pulling their leg<br />or<br />maybe we got ourselves mixed up with some<br />crazy cult!<br />For goodness sakes!<br /><br />"What do you mean? You don't buy presents?"<br /><br />THEN --- I explain ---<br />Five years ago our family decided that we were NOT going to<br />exchange gifts that year.<br /><br />With three children in various stages of marriage,<br />jobs and college<br />and we ourselves feeling the money crunch,<br />it seemed like a good thing.<br />At least it would be a temporary-just-this-year<br />kind of thing.<br /><br />We would all just "take a little break"<br />and resume as normal the next year.<br /><br />Of course, what happened was ----<br />WE ALL LOVED IT !!!<br />And the next year decided --<br />just one more year.<br /><br />Really. and truly.<br />Christmas that year was so low-key.<br />I didn't scramble around with a knot in the pit<br />of my stomach,<br />preparing for that one day.<br /><br />None of us had to worry about trying to buy<br />something for someone (that they didn't need<br />nor want)<br /><br />something that fits.<br />something that wows.<br />something that is just right wonderful.<br /><br />None of that!</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPH2OmXWsXdiFRiEAbYgZqy23In-3bAGnDAzqWyi7N_4_74UWmfrtgQR0ipXy7X2GBmAZYRN-fB36JRjOx7rtlZFkCrYzQwIwxcI1tKcvK_djLYr1FJ1FFAHzyJXGuZilDG5nM_bwSqsD4/s1600/100_3108.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPH2OmXWsXdiFRiEAbYgZqy23In-3bAGnDAzqWyi7N_4_74UWmfrtgQR0ipXy7X2GBmAZYRN-fB36JRjOx7rtlZFkCrYzQwIwxcI1tKcvK_djLYr1FJ1FFAHzyJXGuZilDG5nM_bwSqsD4/s400/100_3108.JPG" /></a><br />All we had to do -----was<br />decide what we were going to cook<br />and<br />what kinds of new traditions<br />we could start.<br /><br />Then --- enjoy just being together.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCG_7D7cSZntsKz4AcOoEvYov9S6cm_1XSihJY0YB5Um4vfMfigppTjDs7r2QHuED3GwpBy37GGPGJ69C3Myatc8l-FQ9CGLWcPrK97Smwyu7C-xcKkMq6CE033GgeUu0x4n5F-y9on91l/s1600/Jigsy.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCG_7D7cSZntsKz4AcOoEvYov9S6cm_1XSihJY0YB5Um4vfMfigppTjDs7r2QHuED3GwpBy37GGPGJ69C3Myatc8l-FQ9CGLWcPrK97Smwyu7C-xcKkMq6CE033GgeUu0x4n5F-y9on91l/s400/Jigsy.jpg" /></a><br />We discovered what fun it was to do just that.<br />With no pressures of presents.<br />(Of course, we buy a couple of presents for Lily Kate<br />and all the future grands.<br />What kind of crazy, heartless barbarians did you think we were???<br />:)<br /><br />We've also started looking for other ways to spend<br />money we would be spending on gifts.<br /><br />Did you know, for instance,<br />that through<br />Samaritan's Purse<br />or<br />World Vision<br />you can literally purchase a flock of chickens,<br />a herd of milk goats,<br />a pond of fish,<br />a milk cow<br />or<br />dig part or all of a water well<br />for a needy family somewhere in the world?<br /><br />How cool is that?!?!</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmJlEATziJeHIHypP8Se7_kbq_gShYHBOpVXrEmmj05se5mySyoO8rCKK9z1jxh3typXZrfE1g-HxCSsyFQUC40EFjWtP5CzKmLXnq4YEai6FEf040LyeU50-yiZrRTMGpTRrMkbiInqP/s1600/IMG_4429.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmJlEATziJeHIHypP8Se7_kbq_gShYHBOpVXrEmmj05se5mySyoO8rCKK9z1jxh3typXZrfE1g-HxCSsyFQUC40EFjWtP5CzKmLXnq4YEai6FEf040LyeU50-yiZrRTMGpTRrMkbiInqP/s400/IMG_4429.JPG" /></a><br />Now --I don't, for one moment, think everyone should follow our lead<br />on this new "tradition".<br /><br />This, after all, is what we believe<br />was needed in our family<br />in order to bring us back to the true<br />Reason for the Season.<br /><br />It was such a shock to realize that we could say<br />"no thank you"<br />to all the gift buying and hubbub.<br /><br />Who knows?<br />Next year may be the year we go back to gifts.<br /><br />But for right now,<br />at our house --<br /><br />"all is calm"<br /><br />and we are looking forward to a<br />wonderful time with the family.<br /><br />Whatever this week brings your way,<br />I hope you totally enjoy every single moment of it<br />and I pray you are<br />blessed beyond measure.<br /><br />Gwynie Pie<br /><br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-77990481958378298902010-12-19T17:00:00.000-06:002010-12-19T17:00:39.332-06:00...all around the house.....<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJr-OIWwjceLACAAaNwUABVwALLVbQhYFPRtq5T2Cs0bR2dEypWmRW-62tB6ojhPIFbMskRCJD_TZckoQvz6aRqWHtaMaWVqrmn4ty-Q_2feTS7sarY_2sywNmFWf81oM7tyjEaGLO5Abo/s1600/IMG_4420.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJr-OIWwjceLACAAaNwUABVwALLVbQhYFPRtq5T2Cs0bR2dEypWmRW-62tB6ojhPIFbMskRCJD_TZckoQvz6aRqWHtaMaWVqrmn4ty-Q_2feTS7sarY_2sywNmFWf81oM7tyjEaGLO5Abo/s400/IMG_4420.JPG" /></a><br />What a very busy time of the year!<br />It just seems like the days are whipping past...<br />way too fast.<br /><br />I'm busy, just as many of you are with....<br />finishing with the decorating<br />(and since Christmas is in less than ONE week,<br />I need to either do it or forget it),<br />cleaning the house,<br />planning the menus.<br /><br />I have only about 10 chapters of Ezekiel<br />and the book of Daniel<br />left to read and I will have<br />completed my goal of reading through the Bible this year.<br /><br />Tomorrow through Friday<br />I think I'll skip over to the N.T.<br />and read the book of Luke prior to<br />Christmas.<br /> I love the "Christmas Story"!<br /><br />I have really enjoyed reading through the entire Bible in a year.<br />It has given some daily direction to my life....<br />both discipline, to just do it daily...<br /> and<br />actual counsel<br />and guidance to my daily life.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEPJZklzrQ7RQMd0Ibm6pwzwHFcAgDRmeJwDhDWHA2UL0NNIQvyyiAJr3WuGEgqq-6lutfp0sxI2u33SGz5OFEKk2uuK09c7CiT8h3DpvdphF_s6eucOszjbOKkwQkJ9BwWYfaD5s3Jys/s1600/IMG_4428.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEPJZklzrQ7RQMd0Ibm6pwzwHFcAgDRmeJwDhDWHA2UL0NNIQvyyiAJr3WuGEgqq-6lutfp0sxI2u33SGz5OFEKk2uuK09c7CiT8h3DpvdphF_s6eucOszjbOKkwQkJ9BwWYfaD5s3Jys/s400/IMG_4428.JPG" /></a><br />I am way excited about some goals I am setting for 2011.<br />Can you believe it's the year Two Thousand and Eleven ???<br />That's just amazing to me!<br /><br />I want to read through the Bible again in 2011,<br />just with a different version.<br /><br />Also, at the urging of our kids, we bought<br />a book called....<br />"Operation World".<br /><br />This book directs you in praying for the world--<br />country by country<br />so that over the course of one year<br />you end up praying for every single country<br />around the world!<br />Check it out on Amazon if you're interested.<br /><br />So - praying for every country during 2011 is<br />another of my goals.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_tJj_tEHGzehCcn-bW4Uc_t1aqLBICdpesHe7lO9RCG7w2l9iutbmvT5S6tNjaRlUuHwriUeaPXqpDnMH4vYjyIwI17DL7QSxUI8QSS8xBwTSjnpl9ifr4dW5pu5Q22fG_QVWmQ9TXSA/s1600/IMG_4434.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_tJj_tEHGzehCcn-bW4Uc_t1aqLBICdpesHe7lO9RCG7w2l9iutbmvT5S6tNjaRlUuHwriUeaPXqpDnMH4vYjyIwI17DL7QSxUI8QSS8xBwTSjnpl9ifr4dW5pu5Q22fG_QVWmQ9TXSA/s400/IMG_4434.JPG" /></a><br />My husband and I would very much love to go to Guatemala<br />on a mission trip in September.<br /><br />Honestly, that is going to require me to "get serious"!!!<br />about improving my physical condition.<br />I look in the mirror sometimes and wonder<br />"who is that woman?",<br />feeling so far from the energetic and much thinner and<br />in shape woman I used to be.<br /><br />If you are lead to do so ----please pray for me,<br />as I embark on a more disciplined eating plan<br />and try to throw some physical exercise in there too.<br /><br />It's not an easy thing to "find yourself", ya know?<br />or at least find who you know God intends you to become.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNNdkdDh4mqxskh5_ShYPDZhZpoQ4rjsbufsMGsn-ZX8g_CI_3wEzZPjQs2wBRaJrIg4Bo-JfTlDbPmc81tznOOrJvVFiYT67MeYlyCXOgigMLbR6JGjW0e1yDkL9rHuXyMIhfjxnX04Y/s1600/IMG_4444.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNNdkdDh4mqxskh5_ShYPDZhZpoQ4rjsbufsMGsn-ZX8g_CI_3wEzZPjQs2wBRaJrIg4Bo-JfTlDbPmc81tznOOrJvVFiYT67MeYlyCXOgigMLbR6JGjW0e1yDkL9rHuXyMIhfjxnX04Y/s400/IMG_4444.JPG" /></a><br />I find I'm waaaaay excited about the coming Christmas weekend.<br /><br />I am looking forward --<br /> to a shorter work week.<br /><br />I am looking forward--<br />to Christmas Eve candlelight service on Friday night.<br /><br />I am looking forward--<br />to spending some "quiet time" in front of the fireplace,<br />listening to some good Christmas music.<br /><br />I am looking forward--<br />to watching<br />Elf,<br />It's a Wonderful Life,<br />Christmas Story,<br />Home Alone,<br />White Christmas<br />Christmas Vacation<br />:)<br /><br />But...............<br />Most of all -----<br />I am looking forward--<br />to this week of anticipating<br />the celebration of the birth of The Savior.<br /><br /> I was reminded today at church ----<br /><br />as we celebrate the birth of The Savior,<br />let's not forget that the reason He was born,<br />the reason He came to earth at all.....<br />was to save....us!<br /><br />The King of Kings<br />came to earth as a baby in order<br />to die on a cross 33 years later....<br />for me.<br />and you.<br />To pay a debt we could never pay.<br /><br />Because He loves us so!<br /><br />Amazing love!<br /><br />May your week be filled with excited<br />"looking forwards".<br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-87446966721634938262010-12-02T18:26:00.001-06:002010-12-02T18:27:18.534-06:00Thankful<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">November 1 -- I decided to accept a challenge<br />extended by my blog friend, Jennifer<br />at Smelling Coffee<br />(click on her blog over <----- there).<br />Jennifer loves her family and the Lord<br />and she always has an encouraging word.<br />I know you will love her.<br />It was her November 1 post that so<br />captured my attention.<br /><br />Embracing the challenge,<br />I started a brand new journal with the intent<br />of writing down at least one<br />thing for which I was thankful<br />each day.<br /><br />Here's what happened:<br /><br />while looking for things to be thankful about,<br />I started to really see the many, many<br />previously overlooked, yet wonderful things<br />in my life.<br /><br />I actually started seeing the smallest little things<br />that previously I would have blown right past.<br />But I started stopping to really look at my world<br />around me.<br /><br />A deliberate and purposeful search for things<br />I am grateful for has truly opened my eyes<br />and it also has changed my prayers.<br /><br />I've gone from<br />"thank you for the food I eat"<br />to really looking at the food I eat----<br />the color,<br />the texture,<br />the enjoyment of<br />it<br /><br />~~~ a crunchy taco supreme and a big ol' DP<br />at Taco Bell<br />~~~or just the beautiful color and uniqueness<br />of a single perfect Clementine for lunch one day.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmi23nLd50LKwhBrKX6GXx6NlVg8pMWOV8dbw_V_I_hCHaTB22LhSUS86wc2c2pLD-7miip1oSqGzCe9oLHwAjJZM0niuizZ4XhSccUZdiJoY_4HhjcI0kkj8rjTEiU3MJLBGV3w6DLww/s1600/IMG_4204.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmi23nLd50LKwhBrKX6GXx6NlVg8pMWOV8dbw_V_I_hCHaTB22LhSUS86wc2c2pLD-7miip1oSqGzCe9oLHwAjJZM0niuizZ4XhSccUZdiJoY_4HhjcI0kkj8rjTEiU3MJLBGV3w6DLww/s400/IMG_4204.JPG" /></a><br />I have loved keeping this journal and don't plan to give it up.<br /><br />In reading back over the past month of entries<br /><br />(I wrote down #148 this morning).<br /><br /><br />I remember.<br /><br />#17 ~~~ a perfect cotton harvest</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNawpkPu0pOgkto4jeJlcfX3-vyscg3t9ru63MeX7mqB0HUbDbNYqziF_0JGt_s_YRVPJc9RaQbahEbawMPoxcUYv9X8GD08vifJEcVeyMVe5tnRYn41dWHnJHgFjEDPZdae7KJR6aTp7h/s1600/IMG_4263.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNawpkPu0pOgkto4jeJlcfX3-vyscg3t9ru63MeX7mqB0HUbDbNYqziF_0JGt_s_YRVPJc9RaQbahEbawMPoxcUYv9X8GD08vifJEcVeyMVe5tnRYn41dWHnJHgFjEDPZdae7KJR6aTp7h/s400/IMG_4263.JPG" /></a><br />#131 ~~~the BEST Thanksgiving EVER !</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6JyIoIf4kkGHnhbVGtz8VHe1xDrrVLHqiwb8c8iBsRvZ6UXjkIm56ln9jWopuDkf6c2TUEhuHhAhykofUxCXvUkxd2XdizKXz7adBfDeRS-_4B6A2L3XOzyLbHmZ9s_72TQQElBzer3i/s1600/IMG_4336.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6JyIoIf4kkGHnhbVGtz8VHe1xDrrVLHqiwb8c8iBsRvZ6UXjkIm56ln9jWopuDkf6c2TUEhuHhAhykofUxCXvUkxd2XdizKXz7adBfDeRS-_4B6A2L3XOzyLbHmZ9s_72TQQElBzer3i/s400/IMG_4336.JPG" /></a><br />#65~~~ a warm and cozy place to call home</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZ91WTMxAoa4ejgtifPOuFCBr7XtRJ0ANQKIS8BeZ_d47lsu2nbZgqCHRMpFWyTDt7JK88WAIA2qYtquIhh7_ILi5DX1RUN7iWZNFtuY6ePqOwMUdyJ92VZQf_z89GJRRvaVj6_maPq-d/s1600/IMG_4139.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZ91WTMxAoa4ejgtifPOuFCBr7XtRJ0ANQKIS8BeZ_d47lsu2nbZgqCHRMpFWyTDt7JK88WAIA2qYtquIhh7_ILi5DX1RUN7iWZNFtuY6ePqOwMUdyJ92VZQf_z89GJRRvaVj6_maPq-d/s400/IMG_4139.JPG" /></a><br />#54~~~ a pink and blue fluffy sunrise,<br />made just for me --<br />just<br />to make me smile<br />because it reminds me, at this early hour of this cool-ish Fall morning<br />that I am going to be "Pie" to another<br />little grandbaby<br />sometime in early June.<br />Yeaaaaaa!!!<br /><br />Cool, huh?<br /><br />Soooo - I've gone from<br />"Thank you Lord for the abundance of my life."<br />to<br />"Thank you Lord for this.....THIS blessing...<br />right here....right now."<br /><br />In counting my many blessings I've been humming that<br />old hymn we used to sing all the time<br />but I haven't heard it in years<br /> ~~~<br /><br />"Count your blessings, name them one by one;<br />Count your blessings, see what God has done;<br />Count your blessings, name them one by one;<br />Count your many blessings,<br />see what God has done."<br /><br />Try it!<br />I bet you'll like it.<br /><br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-14273783663517418742010-11-13T16:13:00.000-06:002010-11-13T16:13:51.588-06:00Apple-pickin' Time in Texas<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxldT8iPhriCVGFL3u8sDw_6ILh6KRIeINaABwM2fdUK2PaXSOL0_17czvPsfU4N6tG0Nj30PFthx9LKfpDzMWsWy3WDybVWQ4qVm_fdOmai8kY-N6dXAX6JZZkAe0pAZQz2UtfQmqs9eP/s1600/IMG_4228.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxldT8iPhriCVGFL3u8sDw_6ILh6KRIeINaABwM2fdUK2PaXSOL0_17czvPsfU4N6tG0Nj30PFthx9LKfpDzMWsWy3WDybVWQ4qVm_fdOmai8kY-N6dXAX6JZZkAe0pAZQz2UtfQmqs9eP/s400/IMG_4228.JPG" /></a> Saturday -- William and I<br />took a little roadtrip to<br />Mason, Tx<br /><br />Mason is a sweet small town in the Texas Hill Country --<br />an old German settlement with<br />beautiful, rolling hills.<br />big oak trees.<br />limestone and granite.<br />best bbq places EV-ER!<br />lots of deer and wildlife.<br /><br />It's just pretty pretty.<br /><br />So imagine how excited we were to find out there was also a<br />pick-your-own<br />apple orchard</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluVpRLvYfRBG_M6jjexJGKLDZPz5-_sgjf4Xj6QY36KwC6Xh1pdlzwPWYafpm6Tv-_G6R78WP7YzUEsvxJ2_2APsYRUsKOMlL_-_zWL1OUqQJLjpCWGdEkOQG30VkHbnD4HaD7smRepu9/s1600/IMG_4233.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluVpRLvYfRBG_M6jjexJGKLDZPz5-_sgjf4Xj6QY36KwC6Xh1pdlzwPWYafpm6Tv-_G6R78WP7YzUEsvxJ2_2APsYRUsKOMlL_-_zWL1OUqQJLjpCWGdEkOQG30VkHbnD4HaD7smRepu9/s400/IMG_4233.JPG" /></a><br />We had never, ever picked our own apples.<br />Had no idea apple-pickin' could be done this close to home.<br />We found the orchard on the edge of town,<br />were given precise instructions on how to properly<br />pick an apple so as to not damage the bud for next year,<br />were each given a bucket and<br />turned loose to pick all the<br />Pink Ladys we wanted.<br />I think we picked about 12 pounds<br />at $1.50 a pound = tons of fun.<br /><br />And........delicious apples.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErqZ5SZLXfH40BTtXuQx_LfzUM8GCnWEJvBwTijuw0QWSTpk80BFc0pW-uHjS5X2vDmxUIqV4vyWg6LbRwvIr0V-fWhzmiPRaVo_oWmwuQXZGpgHUcAnYKa3_MN1xv5i4zeHlyLRzCOdm/s400/IMG_4234.JPG" /><br />This barn was built before the Civil War (1860) and has<br />been well-preserved through the years.<br />It has quite the history.<br />Also found out that in 1916<br />the Senior Prom was held in the barn --<br />it had the biggest "dance floor" in town.<br />And now<br />it houses the<br />Sonlight Apple Orchard<br />operation.<br /><br />Very, very fun experience.<br />Looking forward to next August -October<br />when we will go pick apples again.<br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-2690321405338024502010-11-02T18:09:00.000-05:002010-11-02T18:10:39.695-05:00Five Days of Fall<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:57828/31811195b499db86f1d4ff16e9727654/image/d27c03f250ed8ef2.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:57828/31811195b499db86f1d4ff16e9727654/image/d27c03f250ed8ef2.jpg?size=400" /></a><br />So much to do....<br />So little time.<br /><br />That's the story of my life this past week.<br />month.<br />oh really, who am I kidding.....<br />year.<br /><br />And so, I'm<br />consolidating Days 3 - 5 of my<br />well-intentioned, but a little<br />side-tracked, "series".<br />Here goes~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><br />I have only ONE rule about decorating<br />and here it is:<br /><br />Always appeal to the five senses and<br />you can't go wrong.....<br />SIGHT(Day 1)<br /> ~~~ make it cute. if you love it, incorporate it,<br />it'll work.<br />SMELL(Day 2)<br /> ~~~ make it smell delicious.<br />and<br />TOUCH<br />~~~make everything "feel" cozy.<br /><br />Winter always arrives. It does.<br />Always.<br /><br />So in an effort to not be caught on that first crisp<br />morning, slinging things out of a closet to grab<br />a jacket only to find it still has some nasty spillage<br />left from last Spring and you intended to get back to<br />wash it, but got distracted because, after all .....it was Spring!<br />:)<br /><br />uh yep, that's happened to me.<br /><br />Now though, I try to anticipate these crazy things,<br />like season changes<br />and<br />be at least a bit prepared.<br /><br />I had off a couple days from my job<br />last week and spent a lovely morning<br />getting jackets, coats, gloves and scarves<br />and all the bed coverings ready.<br />I pulled all the comfy quilts and fluffy blankets<br />out of the armoire<br />and ran them through a rinse,<br />then let them have a little outdoor time.<br /><br />Ummmmmm--- they smelled great!<br />And layered on the beds they are so cozy and ready for the<br />cooler weather that is on its way.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:57828/31811195b499db86f1d4ff16e9727654/image/b54b865cf1000ed0.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:57828/31811195b499db86f1d4ff16e9727654/image/b54b865cf1000ed0.jpg?size=400" /></a><br />Next ~~~<br />TASTE<br />Getting prepared for holiday cooking isn't all fun.<br />Sometimes its lots of work,<br />but the results ~~~<br />having a clean and organized pantry,<br />and a fresh fridge and freezer~~~<br />I love that part!<br /><br />After giving the pantry shelves a good scrubbing,<br />I replaced the shelf paper with some colorful gift wrap<br />I found the other day at Hobby Lobby.<br />It has just brightened up the pantry and<br />encourages me to keep it in order.<br /><br />Throw away everything that is out of date and<br />beyond it's shelf life.<br /><br />Then I re-stock ----<br />There are a few items that are just staples<br />in my Fall pantry/freezer.<br /><br />Knowing this, I look for coupons and<br />great deals and sales on these items<br />so I can both stock my pantry AND save $$$<br /><br />popcorn<br />pecans<br />(which I buy in 5# bags and keep fresh in the freezer)<br />canned pumpkin, apples, cherries for pies<br />flour and fresh yeast<br />(cause someone is going to need to bake bread)<br />pie shells<br />(I buy the kind you just unroll. They come in<br />an 8-pack at Sam's)<br />fresh spices<br />half and half<br />(essential to hearty up soups and stews)<br /><br />When I make soup I make double or triple and put<br />the extra in the freezer.<br /><br />This past weekend Dana made some killer chicken and dumplings!!<br />I put 2 cartons in the freezer for a blustery day<br />when I don't have time to cook a warm meal.<br /><br />We used 2 rotisserie chickens in the chicken and dumplings--<br />the bones go in a pot with water, celery, onions,<br />carrots and garlic and simmer for a couple hours.<br />Then strain and cool and freeze and<br />~~~Voila~~~<br />homemade, super cheap, chicken stock ---<br />the base of something yummy.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:57828/31811195b499db86f1d4ff16e9727654/image/74dc9ab415bcd525.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:57828/31811195b499db86f1d4ff16e9727654/image/74dc9ab415bcd525.jpg?size=400" /></a><br />And HEARING ~~~<br />Anytime we have a party or people here,<br />we almost always have some soft(or loud)music playing<br />in the background.<br /><br />And when I need a little extra "umpf" to<br />clean house, I usually listen<br />to some 1940's Big Band music<br />or maybe some 60's stuff<br />or even a little<br />get-up-and-move gospel<br />~~~~~<br />it never fails to inspire.<br /><br />However -----nothing is better..... to me, anyway, than<br />q u i e t<br />I think maybe I love silence so much because I<br />am an only child and quiet was our norm.<br /><br />We didn't have the noise of lots of voices<br />nor<br />did my folks ever turn on a tv or radio<br />just for the "company".<br />We just enjoyed the peace and quiet.<br /><br />I still today prefer the quiet.<br /><br />I can think better that way.<br />and you know I love to think.<br /><br />But ~~~~ also~~~~ better to hear.<br /><br />Monday I dragged a rocking chair and a quilt,<br />along with my Bible and<br />my journal<br />out into our yard<br />in the middle of a bunch of purple flowers.<br />The monarch butterflys love stopping off on<br />their way to winter in Mexico<br />and I just sat in the middle of them<br />and rocked<br />and read<br />and was quiet.<br /><br />It was a grand experience.<br />I can't wait til the next time I can "just be".<br />and<br />hear<br />the quiet.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:57828/31811195b499db86f1d4ff16e9727654/image/76d4d85adbf5c5a.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:57828/31811195b499db86f1d4ff16e9727654/image/76d4d85adbf5c5a.jpg?size=400" /></a><br />Happy Fall to you all !<br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-62940621685691223012010-11-01T10:38:00.000-05:002010-11-01T10:39:52.759-05:00Weekend........<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">A perfectly wonderful Fall weekend!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z1r-Y9zzmzB4JeQi54JlB18IYjV_lfRhP-i2cN-37siWhFUFpkHjE-Cm4d2r2Gy1l4gzCMFdQVOuiiXwnvcpupoF1sjye71uNuJVcb8ZcZSK78Qi5i8YWjPDGE69lsDlDggt0McOwO_w/s1600/IMG_4140.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z1r-Y9zzmzB4JeQi54JlB18IYjV_lfRhP-i2cN-37siWhFUFpkHjE-Cm4d2r2Gy1l4gzCMFdQVOuiiXwnvcpupoF1sjye71uNuJVcb8ZcZSK78Qi5i8YWjPDGE69lsDlDggt0McOwO_w/s400/IMG_4140.JPG" /></a><br />~~~~~a little firewood gathering~~~~~<br />with good friends</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaG5Hm03VNY2lDl-4Esc4d-tp4GqAW4uCvXe0AisS498UUheWUB5BFeWT4jtUXGSRjVnhjvhMIluVYtS7PHTBhLlAWXuN-f1YXRurSlZf7ims23MdHj8ok4otoWyf9HP7O_ib50tTOKXx/s1600/IMG_4164-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaG5Hm03VNY2lDl-4Esc4d-tp4GqAW4uCvXe0AisS498UUheWUB5BFeWT4jtUXGSRjVnhjvhMIluVYtS7PHTBhLlAWXuN-f1YXRurSlZf7ims23MdHj8ok4otoWyf9HP7O_ib50tTOKXx/s400/IMG_4164-1.JPG" /></a><br />~~~~~a little coloring time~~~~~<br />for Lily Kate<br />and<br />Wunky Toot</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8rq658F2X3QdO1wVBiSXmXoWdcU0LLN8DTRJ_lN9iuTk2VfgkjnCpORKZWF4fiUlZ-Nd2m9eKhZmbzF4NqDw1rlESKhGoQGZlAUFfGM2MUgmvRwlUrL-8eMGG1Uxx_WkDXq7Mb2C3dSR/s1600/IMG_4169-1.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8rq658F2X3QdO1wVBiSXmXoWdcU0LLN8DTRJ_lN9iuTk2VfgkjnCpORKZWF4fiUlZ-Nd2m9eKhZmbzF4NqDw1rlESKhGoQGZlAUFfGM2MUgmvRwlUrL-8eMGG1Uxx_WkDXq7Mb2C3dSR/s400/IMG_4169-1.JPG" /></a><br />~~~~~a tea party for Jigsy~~~~~<br />He was soooo excited!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw73gwivkjocxo1grFmWZ1Ra447WsCKamzO-dDEn85G6fo78VfTWrR_RAK70f5IcApO-nbQxUgMiE0_KjSfxkpuVcd1RPl3A6NdZu9hPu14FMFtgEyt4LtWwTgmtlXcpH1ZULfqgNyWfVs/s1600/IMG_4087.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw73gwivkjocxo1grFmWZ1Ra447WsCKamzO-dDEn85G6fo78VfTWrR_RAK70f5IcApO-nbQxUgMiE0_KjSfxkpuVcd1RPl3A6NdZu9hPu14FMFtgEyt4LtWwTgmtlXcpH1ZULfqgNyWfVs/s400/IMG_4087.JPG" /></a><br />~~~~~<br />just a most wonderful<br />Fall<br />weekend.<br /><br />Hope your weekend was wonderful as well.<br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-64757552013626374442010-10-26T10:04:00.000-05:002010-10-26T10:05:15.787-05:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQe1Kcy2dcfP-uVxq2iARhO1Ly8tpfC7P6jsEplliv-MrK7qlhP1o1A6GpRGmasTj3y4bXlHBX1FBMNKDCKep8kE7VkxkcskLPM1DSuUlUV8_CmVfUySXBzWKmAOU_QfwHLu7LlCQQd_e7/s1600/IMG_4102.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQe1Kcy2dcfP-uVxq2iARhO1Ly8tpfC7P6jsEplliv-MrK7qlhP1o1A6GpRGmasTj3y4bXlHBX1FBMNKDCKep8kE7VkxkcskLPM1DSuUlUV8_CmVfUySXBzWKmAOU_QfwHLu7LlCQQd_e7/s400/IMG_4102.JPG" /></a> </div>Problems posting my pictures AGAIN !!!!!!! <br />In case you can't see the pics in the following post,<br />here they are.<br /><br />IF you CAN see them, here they are.... :)<br /><br />Anyone else have this problem?<br />If so - and you don't mind, e-mail me the<br />solution. Thanks !!!<br /><br />Gwynie Pie<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhBS-uFQkhH_1RY1ShERFDU0lcVzzJ8MOc7kPv7VbZ1fbCjOZCMLrTL3iCk1cP1dTWO6Z7yGaK0-1IAhSgOBhe0c9URsxYXv7MI2kbzPKDBbWxj7fMU2emY84jgfmewdH90caT8jxY-E-/s1600/IMG_4121.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhBS-uFQkhH_1RY1ShERFDU0lcVzzJ8MOc7kPv7VbZ1fbCjOZCMLrTL3iCk1cP1dTWO6Z7yGaK0-1IAhSgOBhe0c9URsxYXv7MI2kbzPKDBbWxj7fMU2emY84jgfmewdH90caT8jxY-E-/s400/IMG_4121.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65eIcS4CDugaL4qFOD0io7rCtyeQrjsPH32FBlAIjlIXwMnd0X6Cf8tNKOdSNVDqUItjMslWi1VizlJv2ZAzQjWBCpB98tYZajYanpK9H16_13qbBqO6oUpMVohg-Y6LiNkKV33fll4JZ/s1600/IMG_4117.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65eIcS4CDugaL4qFOD0io7rCtyeQrjsPH32FBlAIjlIXwMnd0X6Cf8tNKOdSNVDqUItjMslWi1VizlJv2ZAzQjWBCpB98tYZajYanpK9H16_13qbBqO6oUpMVohg-Y6LiNkKV33fll4JZ/s400/IMG_4117.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRO703LWjScLlEKyWxSdRUhinLgEGUuHZ5ahAfLI3JlOy9I8aojPreJePK5KotsTjLflKqGqwyvX0-oo_WWTbSLx_uGC0xN8oKDecL70JaYpvpkoqStEzRvgflj7Qo3bn5UpSPAze4Xlv/s1600/IMG_4126.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRO703LWjScLlEKyWxSdRUhinLgEGUuHZ5ahAfLI3JlOy9I8aojPreJePK5KotsTjLflKqGqwyvX0-oo_WWTbSLx_uGC0xN8oKDecL70JaYpvpkoqStEzRvgflj7Qo3bn5UpSPAze4Xlv/s400/IMG_4126.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-41621618215856329752010-10-25T19:56:00.003-05:002010-10-25T20:20:33.956-05:00Bedroom #1 Redo<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center"><a href="http://localhost:55806/a7f7253a25d001db771b87d4996216d0/image/da1fac9f167682a0.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:55806/a7f7253a25d001db771b87d4996216d0/image/da1fac9f167682a0.jpg?size=400" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">My big, huge, 24-hr. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">weekend project --</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">converting Office/Craft Room</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">into a Bedroom</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">was a great success.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">The cute twin bed was given to me</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">by my "friend of many years"</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">(NOT old friend!) </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">:)</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">and it is just perfect in this room.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">It was one of two twin bed in Susan's room</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">when she was a girl.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">I spent many fun times at Susan's house.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">Two things stand out:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">1. While playing in their attic (something I knew</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">nothing about),</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">I stepped wrong, off the beams,</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">and stuck my leg clear through the ceiling.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">I was just hanging there, laughing and</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">totally embarassed. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">I mean, really???</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">what do you say to people when you just</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">made a sizable hole in their living room ceiling?</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">and 2.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">I remember once we made mud pies</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">and got just a tad bit carried away.....</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">we covered every bit of skin that stuck out of</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">our clothes with a thick coat of mud.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">Then --- hosed off out in the yard.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">OH and 3.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">Susan's mom made THE best cream puffs</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">you ever laid lips on !!!</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">Oh. my. gracious.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">yum</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">Anyway, thank you Susan --</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px" align="center">I love it!<br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:55806/a7f7253a25d001db771b87d4996216d0/image/b14c50ed334d425f.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:55806/a7f7253a25d001db771b87d4996216d0/image/b14c50ed334d425f.jpg?size=400" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Meet "Dudley"</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I got him at Christmas at Old Fort Concho</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">a couple of years ago.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">It was love at first sight !</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I had to have him!</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I was so very glad he was almost within the budget.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">He is sooooo sweet.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">And he has been everywhere....</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">on the back porch surrounded by</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">old branding irons.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">over the fireplace.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">in the dining room holding Stetsons.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">The stunning quilt was given to me by my</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Mamaw,</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">about 25 years ago.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">It was THE best Christmas present</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I ever got from her.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">She made it years before that</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">and just kept it until I was old enough</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">to appreciate it.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:55806/a7f7253a25d001db771b87d4996216d0/image/c4396aa83603d51f.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:55806/a7f7253a25d001db771b87d4996216d0/image/c4396aa83603d51f.jpg?size=400" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">These two silhouettes are of Mamaw and Papaw.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Stamped on the bottom of each card:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Rock City, Tenn</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">That's all I know about them.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Aren't they cute?</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">And it looks just like them.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:55806/a7f7253a25d001db771b87d4996216d0/image/41f052e2e95e45f5.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:55806/a7f7253a25d001db771b87d4996216d0/image/41f052e2e95e45f5.jpg?size=400" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">BLEDSOE RD</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Hmmmmmmmmmm</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">this sign was</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">uhhhhhh</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">borrowed...</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">from the road</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">which was named after</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">my grandparents,</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">which is, I am sure</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">what motivated</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">someone???</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">to "borrow"</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">said sign.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">It's black and white</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">and ever so cute,</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">yes?</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Gwynie Pie</div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-48389260215309249242010-10-22T15:18:00.000-05:002010-10-22T15:18:14.584-05:00ROOM IN CRISIS<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPfcOngpWD0Vij33x0HEcRdzEayVxgN71dLBXccP6yyg4Nec8WIYcurC9TWEpnr4gjB0yOx9Pleq3HfXpQS3K_t4ab9rp7O2PLeQM2_z5IVb4tqx7DrRYx2kCz-yk-JjiD8j16pSG6Hdl/s1600/2010-10-19.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPfcOngpWD0Vij33x0HEcRdzEayVxgN71dLBXccP6yyg4Nec8WIYcurC9TWEpnr4gjB0yOx9Pleq3HfXpQS3K_t4ab9rp7O2PLeQM2_z5IVb4tqx7DrRYx2kCz-yk-JjiD8j16pSG6Hdl/s400/2010-10-19.jpg" /></a><br />Bedroom #1<br />is undergoing an<br />identity crisis.<br /><br />First I packed up and moved all<br />the office items out<br />~~~~~<br />computer<br />office items<br />bill paying stuff<br />~~~~~<br />all moved to the other end of the<br />house to a cute little corner<br />of our bedroom.<br /><br />Next ----<br />the craft stuff,<br />sewing paraphenalia,<br />and<br />booookoooooz<br />of what I refer to as<br />"miscellaneous"<br />all were taken away.<br /><br />And all that left<br />#1<br />just sad<br />and<br />kinda,<br />sorta,<br />empty<br />and<br />without purpose.<br /><br />BUT ------<br />"I have a plan."<br />words that make my<br />big, strong handsome man<br />tremble.<br />:)<br /><br />And then.........<br />he always comes along with<br />the muscle<br />and<br />the toolbox<br />and<br />the expertise<br />and<br />the logic,<br />and<br />the sweet smile<br />and<br />turns my "plan"<br />into<br />reality.<br /><br />What a sweet guy!<br /><br />My "plan" is to have this room<br />completed by tomorrow afternoon.<br />It is now 3:10 p.m. cst<br />soooooo, I'm thinkin'<br />24 hours from now???<br /><br />Okay, gotta jet.<br /><br />I'll be back with pics.<br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-50463429259751339982010-10-19T10:28:00.000-05:002010-10-19T10:28:37.739-05:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1wIMlMuSn60Xe3O7Li1PH-tuG4khh_JyU2-awogDZoYkhh0c1zSOXyByTZj5zOxpXSEZxXP1CIoJQAqxWyFIGMHhOoxBnRA3TCmn7mJC8fE1xzYvftJtQ0Ja-CDKKaWAjIiwezXLLV2C/s1600/IMG_4090.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1wIMlMuSn60Xe3O7Li1PH-tuG4khh_JyU2-awogDZoYkhh0c1zSOXyByTZj5zOxpXSEZxXP1CIoJQAqxWyFIGMHhOoxBnRA3TCmn7mJC8fE1xzYvftJtQ0Ja-CDKKaWAjIiwezXLLV2C/s400/IMG_4090.JPG" /></a> NOW HEAR THIS----<br />Blogger makes me craaaaaaazy!<br /><br />I spent 30 minutes doing pictures,<br />writing, re-writing,<br />fussing with everything<br />and THEN<br />it posts my words<br />without the pictures to go with it.....<br /><br />I ask you,<br />what's a blog without<br />pictures???<br /><br />Sooooooooooooooo<br />These are the pictures that go with the post<br />that follows.....<br />FIVE DAYS OF FALL -- Day 2<br /><br />I don't have time to re-write the post to go with these pictures<br />and<br />I don't have the expertise to "fix" whatever is the problem.<br /><br />I'm gonna have a great Fall day<br />anyway...<br /><br />you do too!<br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-64275022329757922482010-10-19T10:07:00.000-05:002010-10-19T10:08:55.895-05:00FIVE Days of FALL - Day 2<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:52056/6eabc8e21a656b1a5e0ec5b7add94332/image/b64afc32b8c96a20.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:52056/6eabc8e21a656b1a5e0ec5b7add94332/image/b64afc32b8c96a20.jpg?size=400" /></a> Okay, well ---- we are NOT movin' right along with these FIVE days, are we?<br />That's because ----<br />I got a little (lot) distracted.<br />I've been busy doing<br />~~~~<br />and<br />not much blogging.<br /><br />I had a "brilliant beyond brilliant idea"<br />(name that movie)<br /><br />aren't they all?<br />ideas.<br />brilliant.<br />at least in theory.<br />and on paper.<br /><br />Well, THIS idea was a winner!!<br />whew.............<br />I moved the office/craft room<br />out of #1 bedroom<br />(which has not ever been a bedroom)<br />and<br />we are making #1 into a real live<br />usable-by-guests bedroom.<br /><br />It's gonna be so cute.<br />More on that as it happens.<br /><br />The moving of my office from one end of the<br />house to the other was a bit of a task, though.<br />And it involved calling in the net provider<br />to move computer connection from one end of the<br />house to the other as well.<br /><br />Then, William and I turned our room on end<br />moving pretty much every piece of furniture<br />and all its contents to somewhere else<br />in the house.<br /><br />Fruit basket turnover style.<br /><br />A horrific mess for about 2 days and<br />now...............<br />ahhhhhhhhhhhh<br /><br />Super good.<br />Super fun.<br />Super cute.<br /><br />When I get the curtains up later today,<br />I will definitely share.<br /><br />Soooo, BACK to Day 2 of Fall ~~~~~<br /><br />The house is decorated end to end<br />and top to bottom for<br />Fall ~~~<br />it just makes me smile<br />and sigh a happy sigh<br />when I walk through the house.<br /><br />Don't cha just love it when your home<br />IS your "happy place"?<br /><br />My next step is to make this<br />happy place<br />smell<br />delicious.<br /><br />I made a trip to Bath and Body yesterday<br />for Fall fragrances in<br />Wallflowers<br />and<br />candles.<br />I only buy these items there when they<br />are on 1/2 price<br />so I can get twice !!!! as much<br />:)<br /><br />Delicious scents warm up every room<br />in the house .......<br />Frosted Cranberry<br />Autumn<br />Creamy Pumpkin<br />Leaves<br />and right now I have<br />a Winter candle<br />burning on my desk that<br />I promise you has a hint of mesquite smoke<br />in it.<br />Deeeelishus!!!<br /><br />Glade also makes some wonderful seasonal candles<br />that smell great.<br />AND<br />am I the last person on earth<br />to discover Mrs. Meyers ???<br /><br />I bought the all-purpose spray<br />back in the spring<br />and use it for cleaning just about everything.<br /><br />It just freshens up a room instantly.<br />All her products are natural<br />and safe to use in kids rooms<br />and kitchens.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:52056/6eabc8e21a656b1a5e0ec5b7add94332/image/b8b45dff8fa50270.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:52056/6eabc8e21a656b1a5e0ec5b7add94332/image/b8b45dff8fa50270.jpg?size=400" /></a><br />The best way to make your home SMELL deliciously Fall-like<br />of course, is to bake something yummy.<br />Something involving apples and cinnamon<br />is always a crowd pleaser.<br /><br />And nothing!!! is better than a pot of soup or stew<br />simmering on the stove<br />with a pan of cornbread<br />or<br />homemade French bread<br />in the oven.<br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:52056/6eabc8e21a656b1a5e0ec5b7add94332/image/f4f565dc079776e5.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:52056/6eabc8e21a656b1a5e0ec5b7add94332/image/f4f565dc079776e5.jpg?size=400" /></a><br />This soup<br />was kind of a "end of summer"<br />put together soup<br />that turned out fantastic !!!<br /><br />Saute a big onion<br />and several cloves of garlic,<br />rough chopped<br />in a good amount (1/4 cup) olive oil.<br /><br />When the onion and garlic are translucent,<br />add sliced or diced<br />zuchinni (2-3)<br />and<br />yellow squash (2-3).<br />Cook until they start to get done.<br /><br />This is where you need to add about a Tablespoon salt<br />and 1/2 Tablespoon pepper<br /> I also added about 1/2 Tablespoon<br />crushed red pepper<br />but it was borderline HOT.<br />I will back it down on the red pepper next time.<br /><br />Then add<br />a large can diced tomatoes,<br />a can of Ro-tel<br />and<br />chicken broth --<br />a good amount is needed here....<br />probably 2 qts at least.<br /><br />After it is good and hot,<br />break into small pieces<br />a BIG handful of<br />fettucini or spaghetti<br />(any pasta will do here).<br /><br />Simmer until pasta is done.<br /><br />THEN -- and do not skip this step....<br />Add at least a cup of<br />half and half.<br /><br />You will not be sorry....<br />trust me on this.....<br />I know my soups.<br /><br /><br />Sooooooo - here is bottomline ---<br />get some great comforting<br />scents going in your home today.<br /><br />You are going to love it.<br />Even cleaning house is better<br />when great scents are going on.<br />Yes.<br />Really.<br /><br />AND ~~~~~<br />Your husband and kids<br />will be delighted to step through the<br />door this afternoon<br />to a warm Fall welcome.<br /><br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-48834719777277672972010-10-11T17:06:00.001-05:002010-10-11T17:14:01.199-05:00FIVE Days of FALL --- Day 1<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEZIkfcRxEfw5BGxK3LB6mSIhD4IbBfUBCYWxJ6fbtMgNBTORfsZIk-XXfWy_Ql-2ifQUN-pXzESEyxjKCmaHwUBYa_isQgOwb7Iazl0VICTFx3XgmALmt44VBonlB9MNujeGk03KAeBa/s1600/IMG_4075.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEZIkfcRxEfw5BGxK3LB6mSIhD4IbBfUBCYWxJ6fbtMgNBTORfsZIk-XXfWy_Ql-2ifQUN-pXzESEyxjKCmaHwUBYa_isQgOwb7Iazl0VICTFx3XgmALmt44VBonlB9MNujeGk03KAeBa/s400/IMG_4075.JPG" /></a><br />There is just something so delightful about Fall.....<br />something refreshing and soothing.<br /><br />Full of excitement as Fall arrives,<br />I know Winter will be close<br />behind and there is a<br />"get-ready-it's-a'comin'"<br />kind of feel in the air.<br /><br />It's time to get buy and get my<br />house in order,<br />well-stocked and prepared<br />for Winter.<br /><br />First things first -----<br />the house gets decorated for the season.<br />I use the same 3 tubs of decorations<br />year after year,<br />just arranged a little differently<br />each year.<br /><br />Last week while browsing Walmart,<br />I found this beeeUtiful<br />ribbon.<br /><br />I love the "Thankful" one best --<br />30 feet for $5.00<br />it's a real find.<br /><br />Help me out --<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THIS<br />GREAT RIBBON???<br /><br />I have a few ideas but would<br />love to know how you would use it?<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6gsl5ipWj3XBhwH2tnv7swbGs7nyJH3Izz2HW4tnR0LTwn4tMKCpM8DsEpFag6tGWIax0l_ZRBu4nsaHk2-HHQdvWfC1rAgmIu6Zjb1CyLJsedYH1_b03ArJGeH4mafQPriMCE-hTUf9/s1600/IMG_4048.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6gsl5ipWj3XBhwH2tnv7swbGs7nyJH3Izz2HW4tnR0LTwn4tMKCpM8DsEpFag6tGWIax0l_ZRBu4nsaHk2-HHQdvWfC1rAgmIu6Zjb1CyLJsedYH1_b03ArJGeH4mafQPriMCE-hTUf9/s400/IMG_4048.JPG" /></a><br />Pumpkins, gourds, leaves and nuts ~~<br />both real and fake, find their place in my decor.<br /><br />~~~a cute couple of Autumn angels with<br />leaves for wings<br />(you can find them through<br />Celebrating Home)<br />and a garland of<br />leaves and feathers draped<br />over an antique tablecloth.<br /><br />The mantel clock always stands on the mantel ~~<br />no matter the season,<br />chiming out the hours and the halfs.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I just decorate around it.<br />This very clock stood on my grandparents<br />mantel -- always.<br />It's like the heartbeat of this house.<br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1x9f6Clj4qb5iY6E1eZb0HYtUZKKwjQx54exZqKRrYkFbDiskPmSJD61gNUyShd_M-6defizp7RHgpBLF5_lCcJp_senAuWQ1Swx-KAiJsmqO_Z__Vy6uctXkiN2MVcvVoaGfCggkc3J/s1600/IMG_4051.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1x9f6Clj4qb5iY6E1eZb0HYtUZKKwjQx54exZqKRrYkFbDiskPmSJD61gNUyShd_M-6defizp7RHgpBLF5_lCcJp_senAuWQ1Swx-KAiJsmqO_Z__Vy6uctXkiN2MVcvVoaGfCggkc3J/s400/IMG_4051.JPG" /></a><br />Simple, rustic burlap runs the middle of the long<br />dining table topped with a wooden<br />placemat, a funky Fall plate,<br />then my scripture cake stand<br />topped with a rusty cloche<br />that is filled with three perfect pears.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />"Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good:<br />blessed are those who<br />trust in Him!<br />They shall not lack any good thing!<br />Psalm 34:8; 34:10b<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cWg0eNZhT_Dn_jazcpwISPiy8MxRECWO9gEImGn_GtbCcPR7O_rcPCVwSnQu_2r6hyphenhyphenXpBepd_kTwe76oByKdLTQqLdpzRXzjNZtEcsj-sUagR4AqtS8VYu-YsOi9fFd_GhIkfnRX1qFV/s1600/IMG_4080.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cWg0eNZhT_Dn_jazcpwISPiy8MxRECWO9gEImGn_GtbCcPR7O_rcPCVwSnQu_2r6hyphenhyphenXpBepd_kTwe76oByKdLTQqLdpzRXzjNZtEcsj-sUagR4AqtS8VYu-YsOi9fFd_GhIkfnRX1qFV/s400/IMG_4080.JPG" /></a><br />And maybe my favorite spot in the whole house ~~<br />below my loved church window<br />(from the church where I grew up)<br />hangs a German house blessing.<br />The open Bible on the buffet was a<br />wedding present 38 years ago.<br />Open to Psalm 112<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />"Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,<br />who finds great delight in His commands."<br />~~<br />a great foundation on which to build a home.<br /><br />As Fall comes to your home,<br />slow down,<br />savor the days,<br />be thankful.<br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-18134035043838107922010-10-09T14:33:00.000-05:002010-10-09T14:36:30.371-05:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwbiHFeBRMX-49p20EglfqQJkEr6w8DFYskubfD3QcKPWX-oG9yUWS5VeLfeIKipyKBIPwzEWmx5alhvdFFHX_0i7HEKvKeUkjrXdWMSn-pG1HYcFCkOv4bdWwvdTxsexNs6G2YvDmekh/s1600/IMG_4053.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwbiHFeBRMX-49p20EglfqQJkEr6w8DFYskubfD3QcKPWX-oG9yUWS5VeLfeIKipyKBIPwzEWmx5alhvdFFHX_0i7HEKvKeUkjrXdWMSn-pG1HYcFCkOv4bdWwvdTxsexNs6G2YvDmekh/s400/IMG_4053.JPG" /></a><br />Hope you are having a lovely Fall Saturday.<br /><br />I sure am.<br />I really don't know how the weather could be any more perfect !<br />It's about 80.<br />No clouds.<br />Bright sunshine.<br />Smells fantastic.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5I7faA9vVEguNKvKtxxvgpCMANWVRV3VBS83cRHdqCrrjiNn6UE4W2M9rrGZAB1XSKoIdCP78bdPIujJQGWRNK4U2WIKzGZRUpLhtG6xXD18twgYg1ixOcgeGC3DaY3DyrgGy675tD_G/s1600/IMG_4059.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5I7faA9vVEguNKvKtxxvgpCMANWVRV3VBS83cRHdqCrrjiNn6UE4W2M9rrGZAB1XSKoIdCP78bdPIujJQGWRNK4U2WIKzGZRUpLhtG6xXD18twgYg1ixOcgeGC3DaY3DyrgGy675tD_G/s400/IMG_4059.JPG" /></a><br />Sitting out on the screened in porch<br />and<br />listening to<br />the cotton gin as it churns out the finished bales<br />is such a soothing sound to my ears.<br />That sound just means Fall and Home to me.<br /><br />Texas Aggies are<br />playing in Dallas Cowboy stadium<br />this afternoon<br />and will be beatin'<br />Arkansas --<br />lookin' forward to that.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25zOnXIn0jh27QUWOj8355F2LfcBv-q9Baai2-hiYbER9opM_u3ikAoACxgRA4uJwjvSL9lTrkqeouZWGJmQSxM7b1k0qzGeb1NPsB9QaBxvHOV2bNI1_z51jIvmQy1XYWw-uGT-8Mv4L/s1600/IMG_4060.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25zOnXIn0jh27QUWOj8355F2LfcBv-q9Baai2-hiYbER9opM_u3ikAoACxgRA4uJwjvSL9lTrkqeouZWGJmQSxM7b1k0qzGeb1NPsB9QaBxvHOV2bNI1_z51jIvmQy1XYWw-uGT-8Mv4L/s400/IMG_4060.JPG" /></a><br />Later today<br />my daughter-in-law's mom is flying in from NC<br />for a little visit.<br />It's been a long year since they have seen one another<br />and I think I'm almost as excited for them as they are.<br />Almost.<br />:)<br /><br />They will be here tonight<br />and I'm making<br />a Fall meal ---<br />bbq sausage,<br />mashed potatoes,<br />steamed brocolli,<br />and<br />Sister Shubert's parkerhouse rolls.<br />Yum<br /><br />Then worship tomorrow,<br />where I am sure we will,<br />yet again,<br />be challenged and inspired<br />to live radically.<br /><br />I haven't told y'all about Radical yet,<br />have I?<br />Hooooooboy, challenging doesn't really<br />quite cover it.<br />It's good, good stuff.<br /><br />I've been Fall cleaning<br />and<br />decorating<br />and<br />I'm going to be posting<br />"Five Days of Fall"<br />starting on Monday ---<br />all about living life<br />incorporating the five senses<br />in all that we do.<br /><br />Hope you will check back on Monday !<br />(which is a holiday for me !!! Yipppppppeeeeeee!)<br />So, so excited about that !<br /><br />Enjoy your Saturday Friends,<br /><br />Gwynie Pie<br /><br /><br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-63743883197663313162010-10-04T15:38:00.002-05:002010-10-04T16:07:40.549-05:00<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">HEY !!!!!! </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">a rare event happened</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">at my house this morning................</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">I MADE up THE BED !!!!!!!!</span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuLGr7W8R9FSjpyYwNGXVVB_AoKyOglCigDlyp2BpMc6N65Ip_nLe1t4TgCy3INRnexEok7R4nyGDd6YLJhRt1DJZZ4_AcT_WDv53-HabCvDrg3Q2wa7pGp8-XZzBSVnTDT-zRQQj9NG0/s1600/IMG_4028.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524295169348511346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuLGr7W8R9FSjpyYwNGXVVB_AoKyOglCigDlyp2BpMc6N65Ip_nLe1t4TgCy3INRnexEok7R4nyGDd6YLJhRt1DJZZ4_AcT_WDv53-HabCvDrg3Q2wa7pGp8-XZzBSVnTDT-zRQQj9NG0/s400/IMG_4028.JPG" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#663300;">I probably shouldn't admit to this, </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">should I?</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">but..........I rarely make up the bed</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">before leaving for work</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">these days.</span></strong></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">When I was a stay-at-home woman,</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">it was made up every day.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">Without fail.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">Just part of the routine.</span></strong></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">And I do love the way the whole room</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">looks</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">when the bed is neat.</span></strong></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">You know.........</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">the bed surface is about 80%</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">of the square footage of the average</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">bedroom.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">Therefore..............</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">you make up the bed,</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">you instantly bring order to the</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">majority of the room</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">Now ----just tidy up the rest of the room</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">and I can check this off</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">my "to do" list.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">:)</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">I think that's pretty good </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">motivation for making up the bed </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">every</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">every </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">every</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">day.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;"></span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbjbC_vukdHeza9aiNkSVQa8GtdYyzFGde4BkITGDNbVEepDUOApwEN5tvUSmeYB5UmYAbz8-3qq7EEJW0Ujn3RECvuLPufpwQlbrRaiWgAaTsPIcHr8YQzNyGRHLXa4hZ9jevA9aTPV_/s1600/IMG_4027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524295164677537650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbjbC_vukdHeza9aiNkSVQa8GtdYyzFGde4BkITGDNbVEepDUOApwEN5tvUSmeYB5UmYAbz8-3qq7EEJW0Ujn3RECvuLPufpwQlbrRaiWgAaTsPIcHr8YQzNyGRHLXa4hZ9jevA9aTPV_/s400/IMG_4027.JPG" /></a><strong> <span style="color:#663300;">In fact, I like it so much</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#663300;"><strong>I think I'll try it again tomorrow.</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">Gwynie Pie</span></strong></div><p><strong><span style="color:#663300;"></span></strong> </p><p><strong><span style="color:#663300;"></span></strong> </p><div align="center"><br /></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-23570784792818913272010-10-03T20:32:00.000-05:002010-10-03T20:34:07.130-05:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">"Happy is the man who fears the LORD.<br />taking great delight<br />in His commandments.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWs_oTO1sY_H5TFeRB7sHFC0nI7jljZ2J32Zz9rAQTP04dGyAtYgRDdrfWaKSJpYdCBYLWpHKAxRK_OteVunLot42jG-SLC4hrUZmERujxTpvOlic_UjeR-A9skzGUYtujr2pSQ79PeZsk/s1600/IMG_4017.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWs_oTO1sY_H5TFeRB7sHFC0nI7jljZ2J32Zz9rAQTP04dGyAtYgRDdrfWaKSJpYdCBYLWpHKAxRK_OteVunLot42jG-SLC4hrUZmERujxTpvOlic_UjeR-A9skzGUYtujr2pSQ79PeZsk/s400/IMG_4017.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz1QnUH0oAyG7RszmBPC-1OxvCSLsOaOVTGY8-dfS3xahJiN7tpVP72YDU1Qsl29ndscRctvUeuoZ7hpWmBKXB8wF15CpYOL-E5ukh821bRZLfqM8mb3OEyRrnTUlCH0XcaPXMZvL8N-3/s1600/IMG_4019.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz1QnUH0oAyG7RszmBPC-1OxvCSLsOaOVTGY8-dfS3xahJiN7tpVP72YDU1Qsl29ndscRctvUeuoZ7hpWmBKXB8wF15CpYOL-E5ukh821bRZLfqM8mb3OEyRrnTUlCH0XcaPXMZvL8N-3/s400/IMG_4019.JPG" /></a><br />His descendants will be powerful<br />in the land;<br />the generation of the upright<br />will be blessed.<br /><br />Wealth and riches are in his house,<br />and his righteousness<br />endures forever.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKS1M_-HacsROuJWzKeivaHROVgda4w8OCi6KltPLFYHhME2kK01b7EhMOutTeLzjsZo3864fYiYudE5cplmFoy035jPjpIVJQCESObTOrWHZyU1pLHtvVPr4bQJsFflsoxQv4zgqeL8sd/s1600/IMG_4021.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKS1M_-HacsROuJWzKeivaHROVgda4w8OCi6KltPLFYHhME2kK01b7EhMOutTeLzjsZo3864fYiYudE5cplmFoy035jPjpIVJQCESObTOrWHZyU1pLHtvVPr4bQJsFflsoxQv4zgqeL8sd/s400/IMG_4021.JPG" /></a><br />Light shines in the darkness<br />for the upright.<br />He is gracious, compassionate,<br />and righteous.<br /><br />Good will come to a man<br />who lends generously<br />and conducts his business fairly.<br />He will never be shaken.<br /><br />The righteous will be remembered<br />forever.<br />He will not fear bad news;<br />his heart is confident,<br />trusting in the LORD.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHwo6WCRR_M5lXALxNnB5JjywZ0Z1GLgb-StqrTZOUhNbkstaCSE3f14scAgR-soxsNx64anLruwfs0HeIUm9Hs3eFqW6tdqpjXhqDHs4jfoLXu4DeHuOFLEBoVarqlrh-3VsUSAa-inA/s1600/IMG_4022.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHwo6WCRR_M5lXALxNnB5JjywZ0Z1GLgb-StqrTZOUhNbkstaCSE3f14scAgR-soxsNx64anLruwfs0HeIUm9Hs3eFqW6tdqpjXhqDHs4jfoLXu4DeHuOFLEBoVarqlrh-3VsUSAa-inA/s400/IMG_4022.JPG" /></a><br />His heart is assured;<br />he will not fear.<br /><br />In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.<br /><br />He distributes freely to the poor;<br />his righteousness endures forever.<br />His horn will be exalted in honor.<br /><br />Psalm 112: 1 - 9<br /><br />After worship, lunch, and nap this afternoon<br />the sky got cloudy, the temperature started<br />dropping into the low 60's !!!!<br />and we enjoyed sitting on the<br />screened back porch,<br />curled up under a quilt,<br />drinking coffee with French vanilla creamer<br />and listening to the gentle rain.<br /><br />A near perfect Sunday afternoon.<br />I pray your Sunday was a blessed one as well.<br /><br />Gwynie Pie<br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-18698696264059575742010-10-02T12:19:00.000-05:002010-10-02T12:20:51.512-05:00Blue and white all over<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29Yc0ooy2kB7mEYEXPBZDZrcabvYwT_mg8qrBJLXLocc5-khxccdoB2UF1F6DWAxS7e8ZAnxFHJWg5ar-YTyueGCkG80z3KGQflCa_jP6u9ZVvcBLqm1a_CfmUQTUzUsJyH_BUeXsUkrl/s1600/IMG_3886.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29Yc0ooy2kB7mEYEXPBZDZrcabvYwT_mg8qrBJLXLocc5-khxccdoB2UF1F6DWAxS7e8ZAnxFHJWg5ar-YTyueGCkG80z3KGQflCa_jP6u9ZVvcBLqm1a_CfmUQTUzUsJyH_BUeXsUkrl/s400/IMG_3886.JPG" /></a><br />It's that time of year again.<br /><br />When our world turns<br />blue and white.<br /><br />There is the occasional other color<br />on the landscape.....<br />maybe a red barn<br />or an orange cotton module cover.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDR52rKSzHM1-OWt8MXJy4AP8d8CFBSGDnIO8nTHJN9lyntMMulqnPbunWpg6PBxCPlFbGDKLEaMPpPbamFoYg03I3xmXN4ILIjdZb4Bkisn7_NWWKEkMTqI7C8A5pOUsY_AQdKMq63W2f/s1600/IMG_3894.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDR52rKSzHM1-OWt8MXJy4AP8d8CFBSGDnIO8nTHJN9lyntMMulqnPbunWpg6PBxCPlFbGDKLEaMPpPbamFoYg03I3xmXN4ILIjdZb4Bkisn7_NWWKEkMTqI7C8A5pOUsY_AQdKMq63W2f/s400/IMG_3894.JPG" /></a><br />The bright red,<br />yellow<br />or<br />green<br />of<br />a tractor<br />or<br />cotton stripper.<br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi318_YspI2capCMuZdMuhXRM2S_ybhbZCMdF97_tyY0K9Lcido9FgAvz1fT4mNl7Bhyphenhyphen0GDIU3hCOTyWo1s9W5If1AUcWyl_si83zJXqAaECfSAXuWgDYJALsVxCYdCB_-UWZcUPvgPAm6u/s1600/IMG_1103.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi318_YspI2capCMuZdMuhXRM2S_ybhbZCMdF97_tyY0K9Lcido9FgAvz1fT4mNl7Bhyphenhyphen0GDIU3hCOTyWo1s9W5If1AUcWyl_si83zJXqAaECfSAXuWgDYJALsVxCYdCB_-UWZcUPvgPAm6u/s400/IMG_1103.JPG" /></a><br />But mostly -----<br /><br />it's just<br />blue and white all over.<br /><br />Beautiful, breathtaking,<br />horizon to horizon<br />blue sky<br />over<br />a field of brilliant white.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3AUZcHt7TiEC0xsqv72K-HqjbszIhHt34R2ZQgif0XVj5x5YlHIFXKM8mLZHCvlrOrlom-XaWDjcCV0PInTckrWX1DTZx4TTTSdggWMonci0QFBrgriTLnnvhPBzHmIoF8WLM-6ueU8P/s1600/100_2809.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3AUZcHt7TiEC0xsqv72K-HqjbszIhHt34R2ZQgif0XVj5x5YlHIFXKM8mLZHCvlrOrlom-XaWDjcCV0PInTckrWX1DTZx4TTTSdggWMonci0QFBrgriTLnnvhPBzHmIoF8WLM-6ueU8P/s400/100_2809.JPG" /></a><br />I sure do love this land.<br /><br />Gwynie Pie</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-45623296348902785902010-10-01T22:17:00.001-05:002010-10-01T22:34:47.704-05:00Shades of R E D<img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjFsdDGJYjoxje4TnF_e0y6YoqNthAIUQtXOqIP3TG9m-d7hfjgEVR1e3bSF8YBFE79G6Mxl_4iLzLyUisOTWm3m5JHyiGPSioMjLA84Oeg7DJS-ST0jSqJQweMdFHynwymvGqIe6Fh0I/s400/IMG_3992.JPG" />I adore nail polishes.<br /><br />I regularly stop in the store just to admire the lovely colors.<br />I have a LOT of polish --- 38 bottles of it.<br /><br />Just recently it was pointed out to me (again) that although I have a lot of bottles ---<br /><br />"all of them are red"<br /><br />WHAT????<br /><br />Are NOT !!! Are not!<br /><br />I have a ton of different colors.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnAFB2SMTpCAiK7e88VOJlho4dXGKk2Rkl18hE3TjwoOTnka2IlrAKRsmTYyqB8O6lWACi9AhcmEBAdoP4pTbKvEwKZSuS0mnkp4NjngaUyXJMHDML_1O4Ux8FOJ7dVQTQISlvcoQprJ3/s1600/IMG_3980.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnAFB2SMTpCAiK7e88VOJlho4dXGKk2Rkl18hE3TjwoOTnka2IlrAKRsmTYyqB8O6lWACi9AhcmEBAdoP4pTbKvEwKZSuS0mnkp4NjngaUyXJMHDML_1O4Ux8FOJ7dVQTQISlvcoQprJ3/s400/IMG_3980.JPG" /></a><br />And I can prove it ---<br /><br />there is Cherries in the Snow<br /><br />Double Decker Red<br /><br />Smitten with Mittens<br /><br />Cajun Shrimp<br /><br />Frankly Scarlet<br /><br />Ruby Red Stilettos..............just to name a few.<br /><br />Well........okay................maybe they are all in the "red family", but<br />they are all so very different.<br /><br />So I got thinking......maybe my kids are right about this.<br /><br />I need to branch out a little. Try a new color. Something way different.<br /><br />So browsing at CVS the other day, I spied a new "Fall" color and thought<br />"Why not?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ73WqAspNuRENWGV-Zgs9tng0k8tKIjOKatoHufxQuevq8dNXs2NHlVqlRsRyBseWwHL7DxNxitJ1dmCOr6umJ8Ju5YVH0fInhnELWCtdTnUxLIy1rAnlkTZBTwFkr2GBgfEIjjqo3PV8/s1600/IMG_4004.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ73WqAspNuRENWGV-Zgs9tng0k8tKIjOKatoHufxQuevq8dNXs2NHlVqlRsRyBseWwHL7DxNxitJ1dmCOr6umJ8Ju5YVH0fInhnELWCtdTnUxLIy1rAnlkTZBTwFkr2GBgfEIjjqo3PV8/s400/IMG_4004.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ocean Breeze Blue.<br /><br />Hey. That's the very name of the Krylon spray paint I've been splashing<br />throughout the house all summer.<br /><br />I'm sure that is just a coincidence.<br /><br />After I painted my toes, I held up my foot to show Pops.<br />"Do you think this color is too young for my 58 year old foot?"<br /><br />"Nope. I like it. It's shiny."<br /><br />Done.<br /><br />Gwynie Pie <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-91776196097918874572010-09-18T16:10:00.001-05:002010-09-18T16:15:57.752-05:00Autumn QuizIn reading through some fun blogs today, I found this little "quiz".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqfVI4W-BARNCCqruBVlLOIwyVpT3iCF-Kv8Ws41JmX0m8cHXzIkAezHJEw0-znxmYe3ZnG3MMFWlwzyfv4LhO4GBJIHy8rAD5Hs09I7nmB_CUOw29_TKjdsphOoznpjKOETrgYJahmqR/s1600/100_2744.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqfVI4W-BARNCCqruBVlLOIwyVpT3iCF-Kv8Ws41JmX0m8cHXzIkAezHJEw0-znxmYe3ZnG3MMFWlwzyfv4LhO4GBJIHy8rAD5Hs09I7nmB_CUOw29_TKjdsphOoznpjKOETrgYJahmqR/s400/100_2744.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfrvWBEPz5un4yupcdKrZTlPeTBaLq_-2DAtr3R_8ZjFwwVk3IYWrY804nmPfohlLX65-Av_9v2T8MLB7FUACecBN3vvmAy9z1-XtIztEs2zOWVo_hCxOZq59N7cTye6OLlG3bpqPk-Mk/s1600/100_2774.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfrvWBEPz5un4yupcdKrZTlPeTBaLq_-2DAtr3R_8ZjFwwVk3IYWrY804nmPfohlLX65-Av_9v2T8MLB7FUACecBN3vvmAy9z1-XtIztEs2zOWVo_hCxOZq59N7cTye6OLlG3bpqPk-Mk/s400/100_2774.JPG" /></a> AUTUMN in my kitchen means ...........<br />soups, stews<br />breads<br />warmth<br />laughter -- Fun!<br /><br /><br />AUTUMN in my home brings..............<br />we bring in --- the wood for the fireplace<br />we bring out --- the throws and quilts<br />we bring on ---a little bit slower pace to life<br /><br /><br /><br />I bring AUTUMN indoors by.................<br />decorating with as many natural elements as I can<br />They aren't always "real" but I like them to at<br />least look real. I love decorating with<br />gourds, pumpkins, squash,<br />nuts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAdEJmf6Ulk0w4wF2uPT-VF0u8w-YROShV8_xcA34gchJeMAg5Ub0Tyo8VmViAuMyEWjmh8pK7TeunQ-IB5trruoRdM5_NUKs6aNUYmOv5Lh56PKpzuEE703MdgvG5paXqJ24Oc9-_6fJ/s1600/SANY3411.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAdEJmf6Ulk0w4wF2uPT-VF0u8w-YROShV8_xcA34gchJeMAg5Ub0Tyo8VmViAuMyEWjmh8pK7TeunQ-IB5trruoRdM5_NUKs6aNUYmOv5Lh56PKpzuEE703MdgvG5paXqJ24Oc9-_6fJ/s400/SANY3411.JPG" /></a> and leaves.<br /><br /><br />A few favorite AUTUMN activities are ...........<br />The Woodchopper's Ball (this scene is from last<br />year) and .....it's nearly that time again.<br />and<br />we love just being able to sit out of the back<br />porch without roasting......to drink a cup of coffee<br />and just take life a little easier......visit.....laugh<br />And<br />we play host to my family reunion at the end of<br />September -- next Sat. in fact......always fun!<br />.......I love those people !!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Two favorite AUTUMN recipes are..............<br />Skillet Cake<br /><br />and<br /><br />Pumpkin Penne<br />(I'll share both recipes in a coming post)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjZI4iIxuQ3CYcqo0Ji36Mdb7RxTxieAIBjaL35HHuONgXCwKGVnJ-F_DGiKVK30e2ROvzVLY7gOgcHmyBoFfXvN95G2KvsSFHN1l90HPpYZsEdiXucfL2tJm2GOvXFLpu_ABV_ZOFduH/s1600/100_2481.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjZI4iIxuQ3CYcqo0Ji36Mdb7RxTxieAIBjaL35HHuONgXCwKGVnJ-F_DGiKVK30e2ROvzVLY7gOgcHmyBoFfXvN95G2KvsSFHN1l90HPpYZsEdiXucfL2tJm2GOvXFLpu_ABV_ZOFduH/s400/100_2481.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This AUTUMN I would like to........................<br />let's see????.............hmmmmm.............<br /><br />Spend some quality time with my kids, their spouses and the grand.<br /><br />I'd love !!!! to get to have 2 days off in a row so William and I could go to Fredericksburg during October. Never been. Been to Fredericksburg many, many times, just not ever in October. Love Fredericksburg and the Hill Country.<br /><br />......and......oh yeah............Beat EVERYBODY!!!! Gig 'Em Aggies !!!<br /><br /><br />Gwynie Pie <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-38414839016576756632010-09-15T21:48:00.002-05:002010-09-15T21:58:36.494-05:00Kitchen Revival<div align="center"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7PacJQXiJzjOEQH4f4a3aGty8WfRgNLt_Ccq2cqakYzD4uVWWBp6D3Pjk_THiUzxoZNbMzw5tAyj3zC9wuh_SaKWdkdbPBvZtdS8aa9yzBU9_mu2sTnkb6sm2n3-5UqBTVuw4JjnNbAp/s400/IMG_3831.JPG" />Warming up the kitchen with *zero* dollars<br />and<br />minimal painting as well as minimal<br />effort ---<br /><br />That was the goal.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqA63D-iwNb80R038mjLSuBmkOSeV1mzHe9WFNfbuwShr3PDrFqZ1kxddV8yX5d331g-mauoWIPOQdtLUBdH1-M-0hw4uI-ISkumWE7GUaHjp7Qgj_7BiEc0GnyGopnJvCYVemNoX5zaC/s1600/IMG_3832.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqA63D-iwNb80R038mjLSuBmkOSeV1mzHe9WFNfbuwShr3PDrFqZ1kxddV8yX5d331g-mauoWIPOQdtLUBdH1-M-0hw4uI-ISkumWE7GUaHjp7Qgj_7BiEc0GnyGopnJvCYVemNoX5zaC/s400/IMG_3832.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIevurdpTwAuKnbcWKD0dyWT0QVTmdZvYinG2vKgFA07LxBFSNEjxuD2cvjayEaDOuDYpYniFW460Lz5kzpCSQ-BxLVsDP47tXZGhS4BiHQD3juWkxvzaI86vEHbUa0G2OHp_43FUWBVTL/s1600/IMG_3835.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIevurdpTwAuKnbcWKD0dyWT0QVTmdZvYinG2vKgFA07LxBFSNEjxuD2cvjayEaDOuDYpYniFW460Lz5kzpCSQ-BxLVsDP47tXZGhS4BiHQD3juWkxvzaI86vEHbUa0G2OHp_43FUWBVTL/s400/IMG_3835.JPG" /></a>One can of paint later --<br /><br />"Alfalfa"<br />by Kilz at Walmart<br /><br />and<br />a can of Krylon spray paint<br />"Blue Ocean Breeze"<br /><br />a roll of red and white houndstooth<br />print wrapping paper from Hob-Lob<br /><br />and<br />that's pretty much it as far as<br />new stuff goes.<br /><br />This e-NOR-mous counter is probably my favorite piece of furniture<br />in the whole house.<br /><br />It was used in the general store my grandparents ran in the 1930's thru 50's<br />here in Mereta.<br /><br />The counter once had glass on this side to display various wares.<br />The storekeepers stood on the other side.<br /><br />The top is so scratched up and dented and scraped --- how I wish it<br />could talk ----- the stories it could tell.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQRqlcsvIZspdRAP6-L62AaFdW-iITGnAnq1ig-wLXyU3DO2kA4qaP1cYAPZdz9C-iLKk2OjHFMnOzvqmsMmCxHN0pI6P6PoLihGVn49rrjQbGoBphICn4Bk6c2Z36q8fCHn1x6v-PD58/s1600/IMG_3845.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQRqlcsvIZspdRAP6-L62AaFdW-iITGnAnq1ig-wLXyU3DO2kA4qaP1cYAPZdz9C-iLKk2OjHFMnOzvqmsMmCxHN0pI6P6PoLihGVn49rrjQbGoBphICn4Bk6c2Z36q8fCHn1x6v-PD58/s400/IMG_3845.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Gwynie Pie </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-46351828560870583472010-09-15T16:09:00.000-05:002010-09-15T16:11:08.703-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-a67FXGyaCozsXnOxaE3fzG8JH6JDT3fs0laIcGSB1iYSvmuQsqDEx2IKjSIxjbGxLP9VGS4oQAEESFVtYK5OIPgwHqkvntvsPsheLpwaFj3TObxkUTD_ceka4hVXHRhT3FjvhYnyuSc/s1600/IMG_3808.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-a67FXGyaCozsXnOxaE3fzG8JH6JDT3fs0laIcGSB1iYSvmuQsqDEx2IKjSIxjbGxLP9VGS4oQAEESFVtYK5OIPgwHqkvntvsPsheLpwaFj3TObxkUTD_ceka4hVXHRhT3FjvhYnyuSc/s400/IMG_3808.JPG" /></a> <br />I have long wanted to put glass doors on my upper kitchen cabinets. <br /><br />But that just seems like such an undertaking.<br /><br />Especially when..............<br /><br />what I REALLY want to do is paint the cabinets white.<br /><br />But ----------------what I really, really, REALLY want ------------ knock out a wall<br /><br />open up the kitchen to the dining room and living room.<br /><br />That isn't going to be happening any time soon. Nor the painting of the cabinets.<br /><br />my mother made me promise. <br /><br />long story.<br /><br />:)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYnC3iQQ1-uSaqtZzWRqNLZojkDcsuoNnnK1oY-m11qx0ay6RR9qQ8OUnOMOTnjj5_C_jWm0ExfCv2W1XylhjMJbvjMeHaJJM6KNvaWtdexzEnJ5RCOrnxNohweJ1-1xbuut8isMun6vl/s1600/IMG_3809.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYnC3iQQ1-uSaqtZzWRqNLZojkDcsuoNnnK1oY-m11qx0ay6RR9qQ8OUnOMOTnjj5_C_jWm0ExfCv2W1XylhjMJbvjMeHaJJM6KNvaWtdexzEnJ5RCOrnxNohweJ1-1xbuut8isMun6vl/s400/IMG_3809.JPG" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sooooo, in browsing through some of my favorite blogs,<br />I was inspired by<br />the story of a kitchen that could not be painted<br />because the landlord said "no" and<br />do you know what that clever renter did????<br /><br /><br />She completely covered every single part of her cabinets with white contact paper. It cost about $10.00<br />for the entire room. And it looks spectacular !!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPORC7ofE1xwGSD8V7rNDY57m8kDa-73ZqqBytnBjddpla3xtK2upE6USzs-poWLQOzoR6b_RgM7RcYFGwDdvWBaQKrUaTinF-WQbq1XW3aRH4XHnfbXefezIfcKsDaG0aeS9EO0bvpEe/s1600/IMG_3810.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPORC7ofE1xwGSD8V7rNDY57m8kDa-73ZqqBytnBjddpla3xtK2upE6USzs-poWLQOzoR6b_RgM7RcYFGwDdvWBaQKrUaTinF-WQbq1XW3aRH4XHnfbXefezIfcKsDaG0aeS9EO0bvpEe/s400/IMG_3810.JPG" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So --- being inspired --- I just decided instead of painting the outside of the cabinets,<br />I would change up the inside of them. With wrapping paper.<br /><br /><br />Hobby Lobby has some of the most beautiful wrapping paper right now.<br /><br />Paisleys, polka dots, damask, stripes and this beautiful houndstooth design.<br /><br />I cut the strips to fit the back of the shelves, spray a little(lot) of adhesive on the back side of<br />the paper and press into place.<br /><br />Oh yeah - I removed the doors entirely.<br /><br />I LOVE the new look.<br /><br />It just completes the bright, old-fashioned look I have going on.<br />Right now.<br /><br />Stick around.....it'll change. <br /><br />Liking it a lot!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuM9wXES5AETD8grAu-EL51pgMrrykqfA3t_gQ9NX_NDWR6UBGTuhvAnvND9IGFshjwiO0gn3aZjclKq-dcd0T7pttRP9fjxDh-aDCLfnlq_tZWn6iEHQK3B8yoHOqElNK3FuX9Ozdliy/s1600/IMG_3814.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuM9wXES5AETD8grAu-EL51pgMrrykqfA3t_gQ9NX_NDWR6UBGTuhvAnvND9IGFshjwiO0gn3aZjclKq-dcd0T7pttRP9fjxDh-aDCLfnlq_tZWn6iEHQK3B8yoHOqElNK3FuX9Ozdliy/s400/IMG_3814.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> ("antique" cookbook collection)<br /><br />Gwynie Pie<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-84424437074047443252010-09-14T19:38:00.000-05:002010-09-14T19:39:07.003-05:00Fall is a comin' .....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcjbEq9Qjgmvhdww6kMSAL-umgtzRfghErgJ8hPEgXTd87Q-q0ePdVFadSLAk8RjUB_Vv7Sq_sjN6hmv0GWo6lcGBxxMzNB5rhnLPpVYjc8J-eEBGqM5FZfEwzlAdJ3HoaN3yNR_EpBvK/s1600/IMG_3789.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcjbEq9Qjgmvhdww6kMSAL-umgtzRfghErgJ8hPEgXTd87Q-q0ePdVFadSLAk8RjUB_Vv7Sq_sjN6hmv0GWo6lcGBxxMzNB5rhnLPpVYjc8J-eEBGqM5FZfEwzlAdJ3HoaN3yNR_EpBvK/s400/IMG_3789.JPG" /></a>....................I'm just certain it is.<br /><br />Doesn't exactly feel like it yet.<br /><br />You know --- that fragrance in the morning air....<br /><br />.....a little occasional breeze with a promise of<br />more cool where that came from.............<br /><br />Not<br /><br />here<br /><br />yet.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqj3MgWTbUUI48ci_VOhOb24SVZS1A9zDsRe2KeBiIjS1L_o_lEyOWzplYIMWlVqfAPQWs1lPAUNT0CKw5V_wcww2QQF33r6u13iG5A4vMOTJRhdqFuJomAPw93Dg3y6t2Sh_AhrCbFvn3/s1600/IMG_3821.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqj3MgWTbUUI48ci_VOhOb24SVZS1A9zDsRe2KeBiIjS1L_o_lEyOWzplYIMWlVqfAPQWs1lPAUNT0CKw5V_wcww2QQF33r6u13iG5A4vMOTJRhdqFuJomAPw93Dg3y6t2Sh_AhrCbFvn3/s400/IMG_3821.JPG" /></a> <br />That doesn't stop my Fall decorating desire from getting all<br />stirred up.<br /><br />And so......I've moved some furniture around.<br /><br /><br /><br />Warming up areas around the house.<br /><br />Getting down all those boxes marked "FALL".<br /><br /><br />'Cause you just never know when you'll<br />wake up one morning ----------and there it is !!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I can not wait !!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq66EdDw5cADTq5p8JKZqqonaXt83Y1C_qEaGjebprYPieTEbN03t-bW3_UVmHZmoj82Ib2FizaNvg2E7SL13o9PsN8gSsN3Q7Ujck6i4-RuZZMQtaIdmKKtHfjJw-pIQyzn8iP82RGzcJ/s1600/IMG_3787.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq66EdDw5cADTq5p8JKZqqonaXt83Y1C_qEaGjebprYPieTEbN03t-bW3_UVmHZmoj82Ib2FizaNvg2E7SL13o9PsN8gSsN3Q7Ujck6i4-RuZZMQtaIdmKKtHfjJw-pIQyzn8iP82RGzcJ/s400/IMG_3787.JPG" /></a> How 'bout you????<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Gwynie Pie<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706938224004537487.post-84247479531264148852010-09-09T19:42:00.003-05:002010-09-09T20:04:53.650-05:00Clothesline Questions ??????????????<div align="center">What is it about clothes drying outside on a line</div><div align="center">that is so very appealing to me?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Is it because it is such a rare thing these days </div><div align="center">that the sight always catches my eye?</div><div align="center">as well as my imagination...............<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNq-9EdDShTR3lC_XtgOg1ZH11i3d0k2pVtz3vhskalKJC_YXx3MIuHQ2B8xAI464-kcEGll8SSNfX5hPAg84cthRvW-wvZRCst-Rr7dHhzXq0kt9uKo4UKpdoWcX_e_u_dQL4WxNfH3RA/s1600/Decorating+and+yard,+5-4-09+006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515081126207554962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNq-9EdDShTR3lC_XtgOg1ZH11i3d0k2pVtz3vhskalKJC_YXx3MIuHQ2B8xAI464-kcEGll8SSNfX5hPAg84cthRvW-wvZRCst-Rr7dHhzXq0kt9uKo4UKpdoWcX_e_u_dQL4WxNfH3RA/s400/Decorating+and+yard,+5-4-09+006.JPG" /></a> And what is it about me hanging MY clothes on the line that</div><div align="center">makes me feel like a total success?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">.....like I've scaled Everest....</div><div align="center">.....run and won a marathon.....</div><div align="center">.....been crowned Queen --- of something?.....</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">There is just something so rejuvenating and stirring about it.</div><div align="center">Do you feel that way too?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Or</div><div align="center">is it just me?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">What?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I'm just full of questions today I guess.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Gwynie Pie<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRZFbxNyA-yYeiPz6SbSiMwDnrFS7ftIuNNkeffLlDGsw85ocCCe1zR2p2Fq8YZloB616HtYFpT26gH1VZczOxM_KwjuVKz1aeKRAxcKtZqZK_6NZAL7lef0uymaslHOR-yVpIrNfsmnO/s1600/Decorating+and+yard,+5-4-09+008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515081116795813282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRZFbxNyA-yYeiPz6SbSiMwDnrFS7ftIuNNkeffLlDGsw85ocCCe1zR2p2Fq8YZloB616HtYFpT26gH1VZczOxM_KwjuVKz1aeKRAxcKtZqZK_6NZAL7lef0uymaslHOR-yVpIrNfsmnO/s400/Decorating+and+yard,+5-4-09+008.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></div></div>Gwynie Piehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491122069858215686noreply@blogger.com1