Heirloom Ornaments - Show and Tell Friday

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Disclaimer: I apologize in advance...this is a very wordy and sentimental post!



I hope all of you that celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful day!  I did!  I went up to visit my dad in the Gold Country in California.  He lives in the area in California where gold was discovered in 1849! 



I feel like I struck gold too! My dad told me to feel free

Happy Thanksgiving - Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  At the  moment I am writing this post, it's the night before Thanksgiving!  Boy, do I love this time of year!  For me, it's the start of everything wonderful! I just love the holiday season!






Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday. We should be thankful for all we have every day but the truth is most people aren't! I hope those people at least think

Thanksgiving Table - Show and Tell Friday

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This week I know many of my friends in the U.S. are getting ready for Thanksgiving next week so I decided to re-share my very non traditional Thanksgiving table I did a few years ago.







I found these turkey candy dishes and turkey plates at Marshalls a few years ago and fell in love with them!  







I used the turkey candy dishes as soup bowls!  I

Show and Tell Friday

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I don't have anything "home" related to share today so I'll share a little story about my trip to Tahoe last weekend.  Two of my girlfriends and I took off Friday for a 3-day weekend and we had so much fun! 



Saturday we decided to go for a hike.  We drove from the hotel to the trailhead, parked the car and went out for a hike.  We came to a creek with

Autumn Roses (and Me as Marilyn Monroe) - Show and Tell Friday

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I think these are the last of my roses for this season! I have a few buds left on the bushes but it's cooling down now here (finally) that they may not bloom.



Last weekend I had 5 Halloween parties that I went to Friday and Saturday night! Yes FIVE!!! There were actually some more that we never made it to.  I sure had fun being Marilyn Monroe...