THANKFUL thursday....

this morning I decided I would start a 'THANKFUL thursday' post...the idea is for me to post one every thursday. Not just the obvious things I'm thankful for, but for me to really ponder and appreciate the little things in my life.

• I'm grateful that my mom was well enough to come for a visit
• I'm grateful for the rain that we received today
• I'm grateful for a husband who works hard to provide for our family, so that I can stay home
• I'm grateful for my calling in the church...the opportunity I have to serve
• I'm grateful for 6 beautiful, healthy children
• I'm thankful for my home and my little piece of the country
• I'm grateful for nap time :)
• I'm thankful for the pioneers and all they sacrificed
• I'm grateful for good people
• I'm thankful for the BEST 3 sisters in the world!
• I'm grateful for all the little things that make my life easier
• I am thankful for a loving Heavenly Father who has blessed me with so many things to be grateful for and knowing and loving ME despite all my faults. :) When I stop and really count my many blessings....I AM TRULY BLESSED!

so, what are you thankful for?

August 9th - food storage

Baking Week - Baking powder, baking soda, salt, corn starch, brown sugar, yeast. Dry yeast freezes well.

instead of...

doing this today......

I did this....

our Relief Society supply was starting to get low, so I replenished it!

goodwill treasures...

when I went to Arizona for my family reunion I hit goodwill and found me some treasures....

treasures before.....

after.....

I spray painted the little tin hanging basket black, added the words 'welcome' that I cut out using my criket and added some silk sunflowers that I purchased from the dollar store and hung it on my moms screen door.

the other hanging tin basket I also spray painted and added sunflowers ....and hung it up by my back door....

this CUTE little wooden box that only cost me a DOLLAR that day now sits on my back porch with a silk plant in it.....

and remember the chair I used to make my bistro set...well it use to sit in my entryway with a doll sitting in it. I needed something to replace it, so I took one of the goodwill chairs that only cost me a DOLLAR and painted it black, took a little sandpaper and roughed up a few edges and TA DA ....

I haven't decided what I am going to use the cute little red rocker for yet, but when I do I'll let you know.

bistro set...

at the beginning of the summer I started looking for a little patio bistro set for my back porch. I found a few I liked, but I didn't like the price....the ones I found that were sort-of affordable would probably blow away with the first gust of wind.

So, I took two chairs that I already had and a donated table

and made my own....

but.....

it just didn't look right, so with a little paint, new seat cushions and a centerpiece that I got from bunco I now have a cute little bistro set for my porch!!

TA DA

We now enjoy sitting on our porch....especially in the early mornings and late evenings

curb side treasure

this was just sittin' outside waitin' to go to the dump....



it just so happened that I was looking for an outside kids table....so, I asked about it and they gave it to me!!! WOO HOO!


this now sits in MY yard....

August 1 - food storage

Back to school sales:
Get paper, envelopes, pencils, journals, postage stamps, pens, ink for printers, etc....