~I'll always remember Di~

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 14 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.
( I first did this post in 2009 but just wanted to re-share it with you today)

Until next time from my mountain to yours.

Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

~We don't need no stinkin toys~

Hello !! 

Bet you thought I got lost..no such luck lol!! I have been spending alot of time with Landen..he loves to come to my house because I don't have toys ha ha!! Oh no Gigi's got great stuff to play with...I don't need NO stinking toys at her house... I can play for hours without them.

 

We have vintage picnic baskets to sit in...

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We have yogurt and learn to even use a spoon.

And we can make the BIGGEST mess in the world and Gigi don't care...

 

She just puts me in her blue sink and it all comes out in the wash

Landen will be one year old on Sept 17th

mean while Gigi is trying to clean out her hallway hutch and put all her white things in it...

So many things have been going on around here...some of you already know that I had a few mini strokes and I have been going through a ton of test (MRI, brain cat scan etc.) now to see what is causing these...I still have to have a stress test and a wear a 30 day heart monitor which I will have put on this Wednesday..WOW!! had I known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself lol!!
All kidding aside I have been trying to spend as much time with my love ones..Be good to one another as life as you know it can change in a heart beat...
I love all of you and really have missed blogging the way I use to...But I'm so trying to make good memories for my grand babies..

Until next time from my mountain to yours,


Hugs and smiles Gloria

It's not the load that breaks you down. It's the way you carry it.
Lena Horne

~ The Candy Man Can~

Hello girls, Well I done did it...I got my new (old) cabinet....This cabinet is from 1895 and it's was a hardware cabinet at one time it would have had bolts and nuts in it...but not any more ha ha!! I bought it home on Friday and it became a Candy cabinet...Oh won't the little ones go nuts over this... (Pun intended)

Just look at how colorful it is with the candy in it...Can you love an old hardware cabinet Shelia...well you bet your bolts you can....( I bet you though I was going to say nuts) ha ha!!

I added one of my gum ball machine's to the top...

My Cracker Jack box....These boxes did hold loose "Cracker Jacks" many years ago these boxes would be in a rack and have an scoop...and you would just scoop out what you wanted from them...kinda like penny candy containers...

Look at the fancy handles on this cabinet...This cabinet came from Warren Hardware company..

The inside of the drawers...now you can see that the glass fronts are only so deep...You would fill the glass front and pull the drawer open to scoop out what you seen in the glass fronts...

Love the quarter saw oak of this piece...

I love the way it looks with my old Bin counter that I use as an Island in my kitchen...This bin counter is an 18 drawer one so it creates extra storage for me...plus gives me allot of working space in my kitchen...This counter is 8 foot long

The drawer side of my Bin counter...

One end with a few old crocks and feed sacks...Oh yes it's all about the old general store look in my kitchen...I have always loved this look...Maybe because it reminds me of a simpler time in our hectic world as we know it now and when I'm at home I want my home and life to reflect that time.... That and I'm spending my Kids inheritance ha ha!!

Just another corner in my kitchen...with my stroller high chair and a few more crocks...

An old grain scoop turned magazine holder...

Some of my Planters peanuts containers....This cabinet I had added in 1996...As I had ran out of room in my kitchen so I had the carpenter add this right between the studs...Hey where their a will their a way ha ha!! I have to tell you a funny story about this...I have a neighbor that every time we were adding on to this 1 room cabin would come right up here to see what we were doing now...Well at the same time we were adding this cupboard between the studs we were also putting in a new toilet in the outhouse bathroom...so we sat the new toilet inside this cabinet and when Jim came up here to see what's new ....I told him we were putting a toilet closer in the kitchen for me ha ha!! He left just shaking his head ha ha!! I can still see the look on his face...it was PRICELESS...He always tells me " Your Mama done dropped you on your head girl" If you would like to see my 1 room cabin click here.... Thank you all for coming by and seeing me...

I'll joining My Dear Sis today Chari at " Happy to Design" for repost Sunday..Thanks Sis,
Until Next time from my mountain to yours,
Hugs and smiles Gloria