WELCOME to HAPPY TO BE...This is a blog about my love of Antiques, My family, humor, as humor keeps us laughing and my every Day life...I hope you enjoy your visit...Please leave me a comment to let me know you Came by so I can visit with you Thank You !!...Hugs and Smiles, Gl♥ria

September 30, 2009

~CHRISTMAS VILLAGES~

Hello girls....Just had to share this with you today...Did you know you can order from Dollar Tree and they will ship it at NO cost to your local Dollar tree store....This is a 60 piece Christmas Village set I ordered I got this it was only $36.00 for every thing you see here.....

It came with 3 Churches, 3 houses, Restaurant, Town Hall, Grocery store, Candy shop, Fire house and a School house.... total of 12 pieces...




One of the houses





Love the Fire house...
This also came with 9 packages of little people and things...



Cute little lamp post....









Also came with 6 packages of tress for a total of 11 tress...White ones, green ones...Too cute



Now here are some of the bigger people there are also 9 of these...Just look at how cute that snowman is...





Love these Christmas gates...


Bridge with lamp post's


Girl on a swing...Now girls you can only order this complete 60 piece set online.....from Dollar Tree If you buy all these pieces at your local Dollar Tree it would be over $60.00.... Added the link here for you just click on Dollar Tree...Also if you see something at Dollar Tree like dishes,Crafts items,etc. you want you also can order them online... FREE SHIPPING !!Did you know that?? My oldest Daughter Barbra is manager at our Dollar Tree and she's the one who told me about this Christmas Village set...I just think it's so darling and talk about getting a bang for your buck this is it...I ordered 2 sets of these...One of which I want to give away to one of my followers the week after Thanksgiving...Now these do not come with lights but have the place in the bottom to insert them...I also will add lights for my give away one....


Just wanted to share this great bargain with you gals...Hey I'm all about a good bargain !!!


Hope all of you have a great day...as for me well I'm tearing down wall paper in my Laundry room and painting as I just got 4 rolls of the "Bead board" wall paper to put up...this paper is awesome it even looks and feels just like bead board with only half the work and cost of doing the real thing... this also can only be ordered online from Home Depot ,Will show pictures when I am done with it...


Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

September 28, 2009

~FAMILY REUNION~

The Love Story continues....Bubba and Patty Ann got their mansion all fixed up.....So it was time to have a family reunion.... They wanted the family to see how Purdy it was....
The family was flying in...




Driving in from all over...






Bubba fixed the patio furniture....

Put together a new yard fountain...
Patty Ann did some flowers pots....


Gave the baby a bath....

While bubba set up the trampoline for the kids


Put out the table's and chairs...


Aunt Edna had a great time...



Bubba and Patty Ann had plenty of beer in the outside cooler


Patty Ann made a cake...

Bubba Jr did the Hot Dogs...




Uncle Earl spend his time in the pool...


Uncle Chuck won at horse shoes again...
Even the dogs had a great time....
The End....
You'all come back now ya hear!!!
Hope all you you have a great day...Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

September 25, 2009

~QUIET WEEKEND~

Don't you just love it when you get your favorites magazines and you finally get a chance to just sit with a Hot cup of tea and read....We have no plans this weekend so I get to do just that....sighs I'm so blessed....
I love sitting in my Bedroom and reading.....

Cuddling up with Miss Kitty!!! Girl's this is the best cat I ever had...I had it for 10 years and it never eats, goes potty in the house, always stays clean, It just sleeps all the time...I just love my fake cat ha ha!! I know I'm sick...



"NOW WARNING GIRLS"
I"M PRETTY SURE THIS GUY A SCAM " Warn your friends....
Hope all of you have a great weekend...Life is so short so try and take some time just for your self....
Hugs and smiles Glria

September 23, 2009

~QUIET EVENING~

Hello guys!!! Well it's that time again where we get to play with our dishes with Susan at " Between Naps on the Porch" Be sure and go see all the others playing today...

Tonight we are having a quiet dinner for one and a new book to read...



Please sit down on my Antique bench and enjoy...

Chari at " Happy To Design" had this book for her one year anniversary as a give away...just knew I had to have it and also knew I would not win...Melissa at " Heart and Home" won... boo hoo...like she who is the worlds greatest decorator needs a book on decorating...Boy it some times sucks to be me....Any hoo I ordered this right away from Amazon so there Chari and Melissa....ha ha!!!


Its another one that is chalked full of wonderful decorating ideas...I give it 5 stars for sure oh!! wait this isn't RMS so I give it a 10...Ooooh I just love the bust there...

Now I don't know about you but I love looking at all the pictures close up...



This silver ware I got from Second Sunday 2 weeks ago its called "Community" from Rogers and sons...I got an 8 piece set of it plus the serving pieces....


Added a crystal candle holder, a crystal sherry decanter, little crystal stem ware glass and my little glass swan flower holder with some blue flowers....My oldest daughter Barbra got this for me when she was 16 WOW!! and now she's almost 50...




One of my little crystal swan salt cellar's and a little salt spoon I also got from Second Sunday about 3 months ago...
China was my Grand Mothers...I have a service for 12 of this....

Napkins were from my Hospice trip last month and Silver napkins ring also from Second Sunday this month I got 9 of them...For are you ready for this $10.00....



Swan's eye view....




Look!! after reading the book I added one of my bust next to the table....Chari also has this same bust...so I guess between us we are 2 Busty Gals...ha ha!!!




Now guys you had to suffer through all of that just so I could show you my latest find....This wonderful Tole hand painted tray...Is it not a beauty....it's so big everything you seen I had sitting on it...I had wanted one of these for so long...but every time I found one it is way out of my SS check budget....Well this one costed me $25.00 tell me I wasn't doing my Happy Dance...

Now do I have your attention Yet ? I am having my 1 year anniversary in 3 weeks and I have been real busy for over 2 months buying stuff for this special day !!! So in honor of my first year...I thought I would tease you like Lynne at " Lynne's Gifts from the Heart " does and start showing you just a sneak preview of what's coming...I know Lynne I'm a copy cat...but girl you know you love me more than your luggage... RIGHT!!

Be sure and go see Susan and I hope all of you have a great day...Thanks for the visit today...it does mean the world to me when you come by....


Hugs and Smiles Glria