Happy To Be: July 2009

July 21, 2009

~JUST THIS -N- THAT~

Hello Girls, Hope all of you have a great week started, Now as you know last Saturday was Len and mine's 8th Anniversary from when we met...and I am so lucky because he also always gets me a Present for that day....You see we got Married on Christmas Day 2005 in Las Vegas so we really celebrate the Summer we met!! Too many things going on at Christmas to celebrate at that time....

Now this what Len got me...It's an painted glass window....it's by Alphonse Mucha who was a very famous Paris painter ...Mucha did all the posters for Actress Sarah Bernhardt from 1890-1910...Now this came from a collector home in San Francisco it is believe to be ca.1910...It is one of the Four Seasons that Mucha did...I just love the gold leaf frame on it is it not a beauty....It's called Butterfly Summer...Have not a clue where I will hang it yet...But I am sure I will find a perfect spot for it ha ha!! Thanks Len you did Great again...Len always buys me Antiques..

Now would you like to see my BUST enlargement ???

Now this is my new Bust I just got from Second Sunday...its a sweet little boy one

Now this is still my all time favorite one that Len got me at Christmas time....This is an antique one...

Piano bust I also got from Second Sunday.....The girl, love the way she is holding her ears and you ask why....

Well here why you see her boy friend is blowing his horn to loud for her...ha ha!!

I also got this Bust from Second Sunday last time I went...You think I have a thing for bust's Girl's

Another Second Sunday find...

Just a couple on my coffee table hey these things travel in pair here...

Now this will be my last post until after Aug the 5th as you see I am going to Texas on the 27th....My Daughter Gina and I will Decorating and attending her Son Joshua and Heather's Wedding on Aug first, and all of Gina's Children will be apart of the wedding and also the first time my Gina will get to see all 3 of her kids at the same time in about 10 years...Plus all her Grand babies...She is so excited as I am for her...I know how hard it can be to try and get the whole family together when we are scattered throughout the states...You see her oldest son lives in Calif with his wife and daughter and she See's him every month...Josh lives in Texas with Heather and his daughter Kyra, and Alison lives in Chicago with her Son Lucas....

Now as for me I am taking my really BIG PURSE to bring back a few things I just have to have...Like I want Moose

Oh and I can't wait to get my old arms around this sweet little Kyra...I have been saving a Zillion kisses to give to this sweet baby...Ooooh girls I can almost smell her sweetness...I just got her wedding dress which is white with a big red sash and she got red Dorothy shoes to wear with it...how cute is she going to be...Oh and her part in the wedding is that of the daughter of the Bride and Groom ha ha!! And to just look cute !!!

This is Alison my 23 year ago Grand daughter and her son Lucas...he'll be 4 in November...wished these photos were bigger...but hey I stole them off her face book ha ha!!

Now Lucas I did get to see when he was 5 months old...He is going to be the ring bearer..can't wait to see him in his little tux...

Now here is Yazzy who is 5 months old and Gina....I have never met this Baby yet either....Her daddy (grandson Bobby) is the best man at his brother's wedding...

Now while I am there I will be celebrating my Birthday ...how do you like my cake girls ha ha!!! I will be missing all of you while I am gone....But can't hardly wait to see my grand kids and Great grand babies...Len gave me this trip for my Birthday...he can't go as he has to stay home with his dog that will be 17 years old also on my Birthday...hey me and the dog share the day ha ha!!

Also josh told me there is a Hobby Lobby about a block away from his house...So I know I will need that BIG purse...I have both my camera's ready and even bought more memory cards for them...Oh Yes I love to take pictures...I will be over to visit with all of you before I leave....May you all have a great time while I'm gone...And Please don't forget me....Love ya guys.

Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

I've learned.... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life. Andy Rooney ( 60 minutes)

July 19, 2009

~WHERE WERE YOU FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY~

July 20, 1969: One Small Step ... One Giant Leap ...
Tony Long 07.20.07

Buzz Aldrin is photographed walking near the lunar module during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on July 20, 1969.Photo: Associated Press
1969: The Soviet Union was first to land a spacecraft on the moon, in 1959, but NASA's Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to set foot on the lunar surface, realizing humanity's age-old dream. And effectively winning the space race for the United States.
Armstrong and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin left the Apollo 11 command module (piloted by Michael Collins) in orbit and performed a landing in the lunar module Eagle. At 4:18 p.m. EDT, Armstrong announced to a watching and waiting world that "The Eagle has landed." Six-and-a-half hours later, he stepped onto the powdery surface with the words, "That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Aldrin soon followed Armstrong down the ladder to become the second man to stand on the moon.
The mission was by no means a slam dunk. There was real fear that once on the lunar surface the astronauts might end up marooned and beyond rescue. In fact, President Nixon had a condolence speech ready to go in the event things turned out badly. Things went as planned, however, and Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the command module after leaving behind a plaque inscribed with the words: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind."
Five more Apollo missions carried astronauts to the moon before the program ended in 1972. (There were to have been six, but Apollo 13's mission ended in near disaster.) The last man to leave his footprint on the moon was Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan, on Dec. 14, 1972

Please tell me what you were doing Forty years ago today...I would love to hear what you were doing on this great day in History...

May you all have a great day...

Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

July 17, 2009

~FOR SALE~

Oh I know what your thinking...the other day I was trying to give Len away to a "Bad Home" and today I want to "Sell him".....Nope that's not it...You see that Red 1967 El Camino Len is standing by...Well I had this car before I met Len, In fact that's how I met him 8 years ago today...I had put this car in our local Buy-n-sell Newspaper to sell....Well guys I had a ton of tire kickers up here wanting it but didn't want to meet my price on it...You see this car was the second to the last car to come off the Old Chevy plant in Oakland, Calif in 1967 that was the year they closed it down and I have all the paper work proofing this it still has the original INDIAN Red paint job on it...Is she not a beauty...Well any way the ad only ran for 2 weeks, and about a week after that this guy calls and leave a phone message telling me he might want this car and Please call him....Well I did call him that night and he had me on the phone for over an hour asking everything thing he could about this car...Now the only thing I know about cars is that when the gas gage says E that doesn't mean ENOUGH!! but EMPTY...ha ha!! So he humored me when I told him this was my Late Husband car and we never drove it...just took it to local car shows...Told him my price and his still did not hang up!! We made a date for him to come up on Saturday to see the car...Of course he also called me Saturday to say he was running late...(the signs were there even then that he would always be late) He has asked me on the phone how long I had been windowed, how old was I, and what I looked like etc...Now come on would you be truthful to someone you don't know on the phone...for all I knew this man could be "Chester the Molester" So I told him on a good day I weighted 250 lbs stood six feet and if I didn't smile no one knew I had teeth missing...ha ha!! Hey I was on this mountain top alone girls...

Any hoo I was out watering my yard when he pulled up the driveway and he got out and came walking up the walk ....And I kid you not when he seen me he said he was looking for Gloria and I told him I'm Gloria...All he said was "YES INDEED" and then he said WOW! you look nothing like what you told me...Told him I shrunk, lost weight and had some quick dental work done ha ha!! Any way this man was at my house for 7 hours looking at this car...duh !! I knew he was more interested in "little red than Big red by that time ha ha!! YOU THINK!!! He took me out to dinner that night finally left and said he would get back to me about the car....Of course Len didn't know I have caller ID and on Sunday he called 4 times and hung up as soon as I answered...

On Monday morning he called again....and suggested maybe we should go out to a Mexican dinner and discuss the car some more (how much can we talk about a car?)....Said how about Wednesday night I come by and get you at 5pm....You see Len is very shy around women...He can talk cars all day with guys as he loves old cars and when I met him he had 25 cars...Yes you heard me right 25...He will spend hours reading Hot Rod books....But don't ask him to read anything else unless you put a picture of a Hot Rod on it he won't touch it ha ha!!! Any way we did dinner and like they say the rest is History...Now the gnl wfo on the license's plate Stands for Gloria -n- Len....Way -Far -Out...Remember I am far out on a mountain....

Now this is Len's 1968 Corvette he came up here to take me out to Dinner in....Is it not a beauty....

I mean come on guys what girl could resist Mexican Food and a Corvette...And a guy that gives you the PEACE sign....

His license plate may be all ZERO"S but will tell you he's My HERO!!! I kid him now that he just didn't want to meet my price on my car ha ha!!!

May all of you have a great weekend my friends....And Len you know you love me more than my car... "HAPPY 8 th ANNIVERSARY LEN"

Hugs and smiles, Gl♥ria

I've learned...That life is like a roll of toilet paper, The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes....

July 15, 2009

~ DOES THIS COUNT~

Hello everyone...Well it's that time once again to play with our dishes...with our hostess Susan at "BETWEEN NAPS ON THE PORCH" I also thought I would join in with thrifty Thursday with Leigh at "TALES FROM Bloggeritaville" for another fun day ha ha!! Hey I'm a thrifty chick so that's counts right!!

These are my newest addition to my family of dishes...I got these at Second Sunday Swap meet...

Now here they are in my sun room just waiting for me to unpack them...

Now here we are waiting in the kitchen for me to wash them all...

Now I looked these up at replacement Ltd. to fine out what I could on these...They were made in ca.1940 and I got a service for eight...with 2 oval serving bowls, 2 platter, and the Creamer and sugar and, fruit bowls, bread plates. luncheon plates, and soup bowls with the saucers...

I also got 6 crystal Fostoria wine glasses...these I paid $10.00 for all

Now here we are all washed sitting on my cutting board...just waiting for a new home...

Now look at these sweet soup bowls with saucers....love the handles on them...

Ok we finally made it into my dining room...See the meat platters there...

Oh I just loved this Cream and gold .....

Of course they joined a new Toile Tea pot and sugar and creamer I also got....Plus some clear glass plates...

Also they are joined by Place mats and napkins for further Tablescapes...

Now guys at Replacement Ltd. to buy this China would have cost me $ 737.54 for all the pieces I got Sunday...But are you ready for this...I kid you not my friends I got all of this for $40.00 plus the wine glasses for a Grand total of a fifty dollar bill...Now tell me I wasn't doing my Happy Dance plus my Irish jig...WOW!! now I only hope I can find the time to do a Tablescape with them by next week...Did I do good guys or what...Hey its on my table so does that count as a Tablescape ha ha!!

May all of you have a great day...and go by and see Susan and Leigh to see some tables that are put together and some great thirfty things today ha ha!!

Hugs and smiles....Gl♥ria

~FREE TO BAD HOME~

WARNING LABEL NEEDED !!!

You see this innocent looking husband...well girls let me tell you he's NOT !!

Oh and that sweet looking SUV...also a NOT!! Now this Cadillac I got when my Daddy died in 05...I have only drove it once since I got it...only 7000 miles on it...But the DMV won't let me register it because it already has 6 factory recalls on it...Well after a ton of paper work with the DMV and my insurance Company and $800.00...I was finally able to take it to the dealer yesterday for all the fixing it needed...So now it at there hands to get it fixed right...Ok anyway while we were in Stockton which is 65 miles from my home...Len did take me to Homegoods and Ross...Good hubby right!! WRONG!! We found a new food store we never heard of and bought a few things...Now Girls Len is a Diabetic and has me up at least once every week with his sugar too low or high...And he's not suppose to eat sugar at all!!

These were my donut holes I bought just for me...Well I go to bed before him and he sneaks BIG TIME...

This is what I got up to this morning !! I want to kill this man that is still in bed as I clean up all these ANTS...He not only ate the forbidden Sugar but left the lid open....

The next time you see this man he'll be on a "MILK CARTON" I kid you NOT...You'll will see me on a "DATELINE" Special...ha ha!!

Hope all of you have a great day ....

Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

July 13, 2009

~MY GARDEN GUEST BATH~

Hello guys, Well are you ready to see my olden Garden guest bath....All of this stuff I got from family, Second Sunday swap meet or thrift stores... How do you like my new old window...I got this yesterday at second Sunday and just knew it called my name...Len just got it hung for me today...Oh can you love an old painted and chippy window...You bet your panes you can...OMG I just sounded like Shelia at "Note Songs"didn't like...ha ha!!

See the sweet little bunny hiding out there...

Now girls this is my olden claw foot tub...with the shower bar...I already told you how I found this tub in my friend field and had it redone...Also I have alot of old picket fences in this room...

Now you really can see the angles these wall are on...Hey it's an attic room...

Faucets...these I ordered from a place in Murphy's Calif along with the shower bar...

Pedestal sink also got out of my late FIL yard and had Miracle method redo it....

I love bunnies and of course you have to have some extra TP so what better place to put in than in an tin bunny basket...I have air refresher in the bunny planter...

Old wheel barrel that I have dried flowers in...Also one of my old watering cans....Hey remember this is all about the gardens and bunnies..

Another old window that I put 2 old chippy shutters on each side of....

An old hay fork that I hung an old straw hat from...see the bunnies peaking in the wall paper...

Now this old buffet I got 10 years ago to use for this bathroom...as I have no storage in here and needed a place to put towels, extra TP Etc...

The top with my 2 old Bunnies I got last year from second Sunday that came out of a flowers shop display from ca. 1950 these are made of straw....

This pitcher I got from Hospice thrift store 2 months ago....Just loved it...

The basin or bowl was Len's and I just put them together...love the little green flowers on it... This came from England...And the dresser scraf my Mama made ...sighs..