~HUMOR TUESDAY~

Jennifer's wedding day was fast approaching. Nothing could dampen her excitement --

not even her parent's nasty divorce.Her mother had found the PERFECT dress to wear and would be the best dressed mother- of-the-bride ever!

A week later, Jennifer was horrified to learn that her father's new young wife
had bought the exact same dress!

Jennifer asked her to exchange it,
but she refused. 'Absolutely not, I look like a million bucks in this dress and I'm wearing it,' she replied.

Jennifer told her mother who graciously said,'Never mind sweetheart. I'll get another dress.
After all, it's your special day.'

A few days later,they went shopping and did find another gorgeous dress.

When they stopped for lunch, Jennifer asked her mother,'Aren't you going to return the other dress?

You really don't have another occasion where you could wear it.
Her mother just smiled and replied, 'Of course I do, dear. I'm wearing it to the rehearsal dinner
the night before the wedding.'

NOW I ASK YOU - IS THERE A WOMAN OUT THERE, ANYWHERE, WHO WOULDN'T ENJOY THIS STORY?

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

Hugs and Smiles Gl♥ria

~FROM A BUTTERFLY to A PRINCESS~

Hello!! Guys, Well here we are the last day of the month...Boy this month has gone by fast for me...I couldn't let this day past without remembering The People's Princess Diane...I still have a hard time believing Diane has been dead now 12 years today...

To say I admired this woman and what she tried to do is an understatement...I watched this sweet young thing at age 20 on July 29,1981 Marry her Prince Charming...I had to stay up all night to watch this ceremony...We had VCR's at that time but had just came out on the market and were like $1000.00 to have a home one...well just a wee bit out of my budget at that time..You see I just knew that young Princess was going to make a differ in the world...And she did not disappoint me...

I Love all things Diane....here is just a few things from my collection over the years that I wanted to share with you today...

I have Princess Diane Dolls....

Some of my plates...

These ones play music...

Black and white ones...

I have magazines from when she died...

I have paper dolls...

I have lots of newspaper's...

You see I have a very strong admiration for any one that will take their money and fame to try and help those less fortunate...This sweet young Princess didn't care if you had aids or was disfigured she would reach out and touch not just you but your heart...She could have choose to walk around with just a Royal wave and an empty purse hanging from her arm...But she choose to walk around with a BIG Hug and a Huge Heart and touched all she met...Like Elton John said she Lived her life like a "Candle in the wind"....Gone but not forgotten...She will always be a Flame in my heart...Princess Diane 1961-1997...

Now please go by Susan's at Between Naps on the Porch and see all the Great Met's posted for the day...

Thanks for coming by and seeing me....

May you all have a GREAT day...

Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

~WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE~

Good Morning one and all...Yes I know I'm late to the party...But I will hang my head in shame and tell you why...I have not one Roo to wake me up !!

You see this sweet looking girl here sipping on a sweet tea like she's all innocent...well let me tell you she's not !! She's really a Fox in a Hen house...She steals every Roo I bring home...oh Yes!! I have even sat out traps to catch her...

Now this innocent looking girl is coming next weekend to see me...I was at Hospice thrift store the other day and found some new bait to catch her with...I know she'll love this stain glass window...she'll spot it right away and maybe I can catch her then...

If not maybe this will work...She loves to cook and this timer might do the trick...

Or maybe this sweet little chicken with her chicks...

Or maybe this little basket...do you think this might catch her???

It's has a bread basket to match it...

An a Large Pasta bowl...I brought all of these home for my traps...So wish me luck girls that I can catch this Roo thief next week...Now Please go by and See "Barb at Bella Vista" to see all the lucky gals that don't have a Daughter like my Dawna and have to hang their heads in shame...ha ha!!

May all of you have a GREAT weekend..

Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

~BLACK, WHITE and RED ALL OVER~

Hello !! what day is it ?? Why it's S.H.I.T. day " Sure Happy it's Thursday" so we can play with our dishes again...Thanks Susan for hostessing this fun day for us...be sure and go by the Porch to see all the other's today doing tables for your enjoyment...

Now everyone knows how I love my dishes and I also love nothing more to go shopping for dishes...Every time I go shopping to "Home Goods" or Marshall's my Grand daughter knows where to find me if she loose me ha ha!! You see Candace is my partner in crime...she takes me at least once every 2 months...to the BIG cities to go shopping...

2 weeks ago my partner and me headed into the Big city once again...Hey any thing over 1650 people is a Big city to me ha ha!! I found this pitcher at Marshall's....Now Candace just loved it...So right away my ole wheels are spinning on how I could do a tablescape with this...

These black shells dishes I got from Hospice thrift store for $ 1.00 for four of them...

I also found these rattan place mats last month at Home Goods 4 for $4.99...so those I already had...Then while in Marshall's my partner in crime found these beautiful Black/white dishes...So I had to get them...4 dessert plates and 4 Dinner plates...And oh the prices were also great for me...$3.99 for dinner and $2.99 for dessert...Not bad less than $30.00 for service for 4...

Oh I just loved the sweet birds on these...I could just picture these hanging on a wall in a red dining room..WOW!! how pretty would those be...

Wonder what that little Red present is all about ???

Added my little S/P to each place setting...you see we are only having a private special dinner for 2 today...

And what's with all these rose petals???

Napkins I had for years...can't remember where I got them...Hey I suffer from "Old Timers " now...Or CRS which stands for " Can't remember stuff "

Also my crime partner spotted these wine glasses...aren't they beautiful ?? only $1.99 each I had my Christmas gold wine coaster's from Home Goods I got last year...so I added them...don't want any spills on my special table today !!!

Crime partner also thought these would make cute candle holders...I think they are little wine glasses...Also only $1.99 each...so we tossed those in the basket...I know you girls from the South call it a buggy...here we call it a basket...A buggy here is something you hitch your horse's up to ha ha!!

Gold flatware from Hospice again...If my daughter Gina doesn't pick this up soon it will be wore out....

Now these sweet little cloche's Chair at " Happy to Design" send me for my Birthday last month...I had been wanting to do a table with them...When my Crime partner found these Orbs..A box of 6 for $12.99....

Loved all the differ patterns on each one...

So there is my special dinner for 2...and again you are asking what's with the red present???

Well guys...This is my partner in crime...Candace at age 1 and you can see she is even playing with plastic dishes while taking her bath ha ha!!!

This is my Special crime partner on her wedding day in October 2006...is she not Beautiful...Well also I have a secret...you see why I was out with my crime partner and she was telling me about how she did a dinner the night before and I would have been proud of the way she set her table...she loves to cook and entertain..didn't get that gene from me ( the cooking one)...And as I was tossing things she liked into the basket....

also I knew Candace has a Birthday on August 30th she'll be 27...So This was her Birthday present..."Happy Birthday" to my crime shopping partner may we have many more... Granny loves you Baby girl...Now please come get your dishes off my dining room table...Aren't I the sneaky one ha ha!!! Here all the time she was telling me Granny you don't need anymore dishes ha ha!!

Now please go by and see Susan...I'm heading that way myself...

May all of you have a safe and Blessed day...

Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria