Fall Giveaway at Behind My Red Door

Hi Everyone; Go on over to Linda's blog: Behind My Red Door to enter for her fall giveaway!!http://www.behindmyreddoor.blogspot.com. Hurry; the contest ends on Sunday and she will draw the winner on Monday!!! Run!!!! Look at all those wonderful things for Fall; she has a number of individual photos on her blog, so you can see all these items up close and personal!

Pay It Forward

Sandy at For the LOVE of Prims had this on her blog and so I thought I would do it too, sooo...

This is how it works: I will send a gift of my choice to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this "Pay it forward" exchange.YOU MUST make the same pledge on your blog! So, if you want some goodies from me and you are willing to do the same on your blog, do let me know! I will need your email address so we can correspond to each other for mailing addresses so I can get your little goodies out in the mail.

Well, what do you guys think; it is supposed to be something small; like something that can be sent in a mailing envelope or very small box. I think this will be a fun thing and I know many of you are already committed to do this, but I am hoping for three who have not done so yet :)

Let the FUN begin!!!!!

I have been meaning to show you all some of my treasures from thrifting and some recent photos of my craft items; but you all keep distracting me with your beautiful,creative,gorgeous blogs. Each day, I plan to do things, but the call of blogland is very hard to resist; Meg from Lucchese to Louis Vuitton says she doesn't have time for tv anymore because her blog is her "mistress". I agree, except for me, it is your blogs that call my name. I hate to miss a thing; I am currently mad cuz I missed out on a huge Secret Santa at chookyblue's blog! And I know it will be FANTASTIC!!! But I missed out cuz I didn't read her blog on the announcement day and she got flooded! Next year I'll be paying better attention; it sure looked like fun!

Okay enough whining about that and blaming y'all cuz I have NO discipline! Oh, it's true; I do not have a bit.

So now I am playing catch up!!! These are things from various treasure missions; I like the Lapeer Farmer's Market; not only do I get good cheap fresh locally grown fruit and vegetables; they have treasures! They are open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from May to October. I also go to thrift shops like Goodwill and Salvation Army; I feel good about that because my little amount of money does go to help others. ( I also donate things that I don't need/want anymore to help out too!)

I also began doing a little garage saling; by accident; I got two grungy quilts to use in crafting for all of nine dollars. And some never used beautiful pillows for $5...












You know these bunnies are waiting to get all primmed up; but they were $3 for both!

These were free( I love the green bowl? dish?)

This was found at the Goodwill store for $2; there was one like it at the Farmer's Market for $8; I think I did good!!!!

There's more....
from the farmer's market:


from the thrift stores








Also from the farmer's market;


That is a goofy sticker in the bowl; arrgh! It looks bad; but is NO LONGER THERE!
This is a feed sack from the local Co-op; also from the Farmer's Market:



These bears I got on two separate trips to the farmer's market; both were $1 each!!!



The Primmy Things I make and sell:



One of the super primmy snowballs; smells so good; cinnamon,coffee,vanilla;

My soon to be house sign inspired by another blogger's sign! I have to look to remember whose it was:

Not so primmy; more shabby chic; I made this a couple of years ago.

Small Shaker Box I primmed :

One of the lids for the jars:

Sorry the last two are a bit blurry; but you get the idea. Now I am mostly up to date on my treasure finds ; Last weekend we went to the farmer's market in Lapeer on Saturday; then we headed to Port Huron so I could go to Mary Maxim's Craft Store; you can order from them online; they are in the U.S. and also have a store in Canada (Sarnia,Ontario I think) The link is http://www.marymaxim.com/ for the U.S. one; link for Canada is http://www.marymaxim.ca/ . They have some great items for crafting,knitting,sewing,quilting,beading, and they have email alerts and coupons for sales too. We did not take the bikes that day because I did want to buy a few items and it is impossible to do any good shopping on the bikes, at least 'til I get saddlebags!!!LOL!

Here are some photos from that trip:

The Blue Water Bridge from the U.S. (Michigan) into Sarnia, Ontario,Canada

The Huron Lightship; used to warn ships with its light:


My two favorite flags; Canada and the US; this is in Ontario.

Then on Sunday; we went to take Niles,Murphy,Zoey,Bitsy to McDonald's, where their sister is beginning her manager training. And these mugs love McDonald's! This is what a bully trip looks like ( in Sparkle):
Niles is telling his Dad;" we needz more sausage biscuits!"

Niles and Zoey; "Dis openz, how u do dat?" ( I had never opened the back hatch window, so this was a big revelation to them!

The Murph; " U didn't tell me it openz! Whatz up wit dat?"

Bitsy and Zoey; " Me stick my head out first, NO!! ME FIRST!"

Murphy says; ( in LOL speak; see I has a HotDog link) this my hooman sister, her names is Christmas Eve; we calls her Chrissie; we is a bi-species family,canine-hooman; but we don'ts care; we luves her like she is canine! And she gives us good noms; and makes her co-workers gives us good noms too, like Milk-Bones!
After we took them back home; we decided to take a short ride around the Thumb of Michigan; I think we totaled about 190 miles all together.

Here's some more for you to look at:
The fountain in Port Austin where we had lunch; Port Austin is on the shore of Lake Huron;

Our bikes; no, mine does not have a name; but I love it just the same !

My FAVORITE helmet; I love pink and black!!!

Harbor Beach; also on the shores of Lake Huron;
So I am almost caught up; but I want to post a pic of the rainbow outside my sewing room window yesterday, but I have to download it; so I will have to do that next time. I have never put this many photos on at one time; AND it has taken me all the day to do it!LOL!!!!

Well that's all for now!!! I bet you are saying finally!!! LOL

I've been tagged!!!!

I have been tagged by Jenn over at Bittersweet Fixins "n" Primitives; she is a very funny gal; you should all go over there and visit her.

This tag is "Seven Strange Things About Me"

(Now she makes me have to think! I think everything about me is normal; LOL; I bet I will be getting my comments filled on that one!)

1.) This is the REAL BIG ONE!!! I have severe claustrophobia; it is so bad that before I go anywhere I have to find out about the "elevator situation" I absolutely cannot even walk by an elevator without getting lightheaded; my heart beging to pound and my hands start to sweat like crazy! I can't be in a small bathroom where I have to lock the door for fear of getting locked in a small space. I know why I have this problem, and yes I have gotten stuck in elevators twice. When we go to a hotel, I like to go to ones I have stayed in before because I know the layout!

2.) I named my truck; *Sparkle* I have never really cared for cars all that much ; just that they have a cd player and that they run, okay up until we got our really big truck the H2; after we got rid of it, which killed me... we finally got the second most truck of my dreams... and I love it; so for the first time I named her. Although I did always call the H2 Big Dog!!! LOL. Here's a picture of Sparkle...

3.)I have running conversations with my dogs; and yes, I understand fluent dog; read my posts; you'll understand. LOL

4.) I love cotton candy pink crocs! I wear them everywhere and I actually have a winter pair lined with sheepskin (faux of course!)

5.) I LOVE TAB!!! that's right; the soft drink from what; the sixties,seventies??? Yes, you can still find it in certain areas. It was the precursor to all the Diet Coke,Diet Pepsis we have today. Well, it comes in a pink can for goodness sake! AND... it allegedly has the most caffeine of any diet drink. I am not talking about the *energy* drink; I am talking about old school Tab; used to come in those funny frosted bottles. I have to tell you a funny story about Tab; when I was growing up, we drank pop/coke as kids. My dad was funny, he loved a bargain ( he also loved to dumpster dive, which was then called; garbage picking; we kids were embarrassed to death; now I do it!!! LOL) soo, unbeknownst to us kids, Tab was cheaper than regular Coke, so my dad would buy it; and we did not know. well, when I was older and started drinking Coke I kept wondering why it didn't taste the same as it did when I was little. Well, I gained a whole load of weight with my last pregnancy so I thought I would start to drink diet coke; I started by drinking Tab which was then available at KFC; I finally figured it out; we got slicked by our dad! But I still love Tab!!! When we lived in Canada, we would go to Buffalo,NY for our shopping raids I called them and we found a place that sold Tab; so each time we went we had to get Tab and Krispy Kreme Donuts ( until they got them in Canada at which time I did the happy dance)

6.) I watch cartoons!!! Oh yes, I do! My favorite of all times is Bugs Bunny; and they have a lot of bulldogs in those cartoons! I have it on my I-Pod; and my computer. I also love Tom and Jerry; again a lot of bulldogs, love that Spike and Butch ( hee-hee; I married Butch !!!) I watch SpongeBob SquarePants currently. I refuse to act my age! I would rather watch cartoons at least the old ones than to watch a lot of the icky stuff on tv.

7.) My husband is my closest friend. I know that they say you should have some secrets from your spouse, but I never have. We go everywhere together; I have tried going off with a friend or two on occasion, and have had some fun, but not as much as when he is there to share it with me. I am very close with him and have been since the very beginning; we have gone through a lot together and we like a lot of the same things.

I have one more... I love the Mounties!!!( RCMP)

Okay now its yourrrr turn; I do not know who to tag so I am tagging all of you; can't wait to see your "secrets"

Murphy's Siblings

Mr. Murphy asked me to write some about his siblings. I have been reading the comments to this blog as they come in; and it is clear that Murphy is loved by all! However, his siblings are a little cross at me because they feel that they aren't as famous as the Murph; so Murphy said we "should" post some more pictures about his brother and sisters to further acquaint the "world" with them too. So here we go; hope this works ( but being me I have to put one of my other favorite photos of the Murph on too! LOL) Murphy also said that he thinks I should change the name of my blog to "Everybody loves Murphy" Oh yeah, he is trying to get me killed!!! So I hope that you all enjoy these photos....

Too Funny

see more dog pictures

Fun contest and giveaway

My friend TwoBarkingDogs is having a fun contest and a giveaway; go to her blog http://twobarkingdogs.wordpress.com and vote on what she should make for dinner; she has a wide range of choices that all sound good; she is giving away a $10 gift card for Barnes and Noble or a box of books from her collection! So stop by and vote and leave her a comment. She is very smart and I think probably well read so I think I will opt for the books from her collection: I haven't really been reading like I used to; I read blogs,message boards and you know ; our ever increasing magazine collection; that new Romantic Home issue was wooo! And my new fall Country Sampler; well, I do devour them. But it sure would be nice to read some "real" books.
Hurry; the voting closes Saturday August 2!!!

Also, I found a new web board for prim lovers; (well, it is new to me) called Creative Home Keepers; http://www.queenkeeper.proboards59.com ; please join and add to the fun! There are so many neat things there I was up til 2:00 a.m. reading and still haven't seen everything. They do have recipes for primmin' up stuff, decor ideas, and pictures; it is a great forum for prim and country lovers!