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

April 6, 2011

~Bloom where your Planted~

I love spring time on my mountain...After all the snow we had this year I really was thrilled to see my Daffodil's coming up...

My old wagon after 25 years is starting to fall apart just like me..but still has alot of beauty to me..
I so remember went this was the population in my one horse town..Now we have 1650 Lenny found this old sign for me and brought it home..how sweet was that!!



My irises

I have alot of old farm things I use in my yard as I have 11 acres to try and fill
An old wine barrel can you say huge lol!!






If you walk through that Heart arbor you will get to my front door...I loved this when I found it because "Home is where the heart is"
My sun room



My driveway with the tractor wheels
This is the road that goes to my apartment in the back....Every tenant has loved living in that apartment because it's so quiet and on a private road..This is also where my Big barn is at..

Len just made this flower bed for me last year..see that old iron headboard leaning there it will go into the flower bed so I will really have a flower bed lol!!
Len is also making me a rock pond with a water fall...
This is where Len buried his old dog Rex in 09 and he keeps solar power lights on it...

I hope you enjoyed seeing my mountain top in spring time..nothing fancy like you all have but I tell you God planted me here and I have always bloomed here..I'm joining my Dearest young friend Glenda at " Tootsie Time" for Flaunt your flowers Friday...Thanks Toots..Love ya girl
Until next time from my mountain to yours,
Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

April 1, 2011

~ My Diner Things~


Did you ever have a collection of things and didn't know it...Well the other day while Landen was taking a nap I was dusting my kitchen and noticed I had alot of Vintage things from the olden Diners...Now I did not start out to collect things from Diners it just seemed to happen lol!! Doesn't that happen to all of us?? some of my cream pitchers and sugar shaker



My Hamilton Beach milk shake maker..I was just talking to my bestie friend Vanna aka *winks* at" delusions of grandeur" on the phone last week and each week we always seem to talk about our passion about Antiques and the hunt for antiques, buying antiques, decorating with antiques, Where in the H are we going to put another antique, well you get the message...We got to talking about the milk shaker maker * winks* also has one..but then what doesn't she have ha ha!! I still use mine it makes the best milk shake in the world..I tell you the spoon just stand up in it...
I think I love all these Diners things because they were around as I was growning up...Do any of you remember being able to play music at your table..5 songs for a quarter


This is my latest vintage diner item..an napkin menu holder and for only a penny it would give you a Yes or No answer to any question you asked it..Can you say fun!!

I love this sign and old holder



And what Diner would not have a 1015 Wurlitzer 1947 jukebox  in it....This is by far my favorite thing in my whole house I have and many others that have come here had many "Happy To Be" hours dancing and singing to this machine..If you would like to hear it play click here...


I sit it up on my hardware cabinet turned Candy Cabinet..And yes after almost a year of owning this piece I still have it full of candy lol!!

This is Sun out my kitchen window..it's something my mountain has not seen in over 5 months...I think fingers crossed plus eyes that spring has finally come ha ha!! Snow even melted off this week and all my Daffs started to bloom..
I'm joining Courtney at " French Country Cottage"
Laurie at " Bargain Hunting and Chatting" Thanks girls..
My daughter Dawna is coming for the weekend..she's been trying to come for over 2 months..but with all the snow she has not been able to make it..She's Landen Grandma and can't wait to see that little guy..I told my granddaughter last night that her and I could just take off because she's really only coming to see the baby and not us ha ha!! That brat called me at 6am to see if I was baking her a cake!! Told her sure I was and the smell from the oven was overwhelming ha ha!!
I hope all of you have a GREAT weekend..
Until next time from my mountain to yours,
Hugs and smiles Gloria