Your monthly bath.....

I normally don't shop at Walmart. But there are times we need certain items. Instead of driving out of town I just run in and run out. The other day Thomas and I needed one item. So I ran in on Friday evening and I should have known it was the end of the month. Not once, not twice but three times I passed folks who hadn't had their monthly bath. Now, they just plain stunk. Body odor could be smelled 20 feet away. I know there are some folks who have  problems even when they bath once a day. But these folks hadn't seen the inside of a shower in a week or two. As some folks say.....only at Walmart!!

Lazy Days....

I love lazy days. Days when you get to do whatever you want. Today has been a lazy day.
When I finally have one of those days you will find me either in my flowers gardens or baking in the kitchen. Today was a baking day. Fresh blackberry cobbler for Mom and Daddy, brownies for Thomas.
A sweet friend of mine keeps me stocked with fresh blackberries and they are sweet as sugar.
Make sure you make time for a lazy day...

Number 23.....

Hard to believe that another Valentine's Day season is here. Number 23 for me. Many of my florist friends like me have been prepping for weeks. Making sure every detail is done and ready for the big day. Call me crazy, but I love this holiday!!

Shiny new car........

Looking back at pictures today I ran across this one. Our driveway is long and there are a few places where the snow drifts and it's hard to maneuver through. I never gave it a second thought when I left for work on these mornings, I was driving my Expedition. She is a trooper through snow and just like a FORD she would always get me to work on time.
This Fall I purchased a new vehicle. I drove my Expedition for 16.5 years and she is a jewell. Never really had any trouble from her. She ran like a dream and still does. On occasion she would need some work but Thomas could always repair her. The life of a car is how you take care of them, is what Daddy always said. He would wash his vehicle every week, polish them and pull it back in the garage whether they needed cleaned or not. Never drive through mud, water puddles or dirt roads. These are the things I recall Daddy saying when I started driving.
Looking at this picture I wonder how I will maneuver down the driveway with my new car, she does set low to the ground and I sure don't want her to get dirty. Maybe on days like this I will uncover my clean, shiny Expedition and make a path just like the old days.

Happy New Year.....

Happy New Year....have you made a list of things you want to improve for 2017? We all make a mental list and some of us even write them down. Keep your list short, don't want to over do it.
   You may want to be more organized at home and work. Some may want to save more money, lose weight and avoid drama. Don't think you have to get it all done in a month.
   When it comes to organizing your home, clean out one cabinet or drawer at a time. Better yet commitment to 10 minutes a day or evening. Before you know it you will be done and everything is in order. Same thing with saving money. Just set back a little with each paycheck. Saving a little as $5 a week will add up. Do that for a few weeks and bump it up to $8. If  your income is really good start out at $25 and work your way up. By the end of the year your piggy back will be heavy. Doing without a Polar Pop twice a week will be money in your pocket and healthy to. That's where losing weight comes in. Cutting out  Polar Pops will help the hips, all that sugar isn't good for you. Then there is the drama. My advice on that is, run from those who love drama. Don't walk..... run. Life is so short and the stress they cause is not worth your time. Circle your self with friends who respect you and care about you.
   So there you have it, simple little things you can to for a good 2017. By the time 2018 rolls around your hips will be thin, your bank account will be fat and those drams queens will be left in the dust.
 

Miss Lola......

Miss Lola watching over my gardens and helping her Momma Sarah water. Got to make sure everything stays beautiful.

Floral withdrawal......

Having floral designing withdrawal....need to have my knife in hand, fresh flowers and a beautiful vase.

Bristol Rugietwo.....

Missing this handsome boy today. The last time we was at the lake house he was with us. Bristol loved it here. He liked to set in the sun room and watch activity on the lake. Didn't care to much for the birds as they came for lunch at the edge of the lake. He didn't mind the ride down, actually he loved to get in the big truck and go anywhere. We always made him a special bed in the back seat. He would sleep for awhile and look out the window for a bit. Love and miss you Bristol...

Humid......

Sunday evening relaxing in the swing feeling Indiana humidity. No need of complaining six months ago we had cold snowy weather.

Wordless Wednesday.....

OMG.......

OMG......I'm sure most of you are saying that about right now. It's been months since I've been here.  I love to read by florist friends and my circle of friends blogs, but find it hard to set and write on mine. So maybe just maybe I might try to do better in 2016.

Christmas was so fun this year, Thomas and I are so blessed with Sarah and Patrick, Sandra and Blake. We laughed so much, had a delicious dinner, played Bingo, scratched off lottery tickets. Blake was the big winner this year. We only wish he had been the BIG winner so he could have shared or taken us all on a long vacation.

Hoping you had a good christmas also. Even though we had a green christmas here's a snow picture.....

Security lights.....

   While driving to work yesterday morning--extra early,for some reason security lights along highway 31 caught my attention. Now don't ask me why but as I said it was early. Early as still being dark. I'm sure some of you of thinking this is a little odd. But I'm sure that you have driven the some route for years and for some odd reason notice something different that you never seen before. I knew that Swifty Farms has a ton of them but then I began to notice some homes have two, one in the front yard and one in the back. Maybe they are really scared of the dark.
   Thomas and I have one at the side of the house. Thomas decided placing it there it would shine in the front and the back. When we started raising chicken he purchased one that runs on electricity so we can keep an eye on the coyotes as they come searching for dinner.
   The silly things that we notice during our day, silly to some but makes sense to us . I don't know why they caught my eye but it made an interesting drive. I stopped noticing them when I got to the S curve. Guess I left Vernon Township and it didn't matter anymore.
    My mind started thinking about the flowers that were waiting to be processed. I had funeral work to design. That was the reason for going in extra early, I had three funerals and I needed to get a jump on them before the doors open at 9am.
   I guess I could have taken a picture of security light for all of you, but I didn't think about it. I'll just show a few beautiful flowers......

Getting back into the flow....

 


Thomas and I have been on vacation for the last 15 days. Come tomorrow we go back to work. Might take us a few days to get back into the flow of things.

Hello.....

I've been gone way to long. Lots of reasons why I haven't blogged. I'll get into that on another day.
Been enjoying a lot of vacation days with the hubby. Getting a lot of things checked off our to-do list.

Hair......

After losing almost half of my hair a few years ago during chemo I decided to let it grow. And grow it did. It hadn't been that long since Sarah was a newborn baby. It was becoming a lot of work and took time in the mornings, more time than I wanted to spend in front of a mirror.
I think I like it this length....

Blooming in Uniontown.......

It's about blooming time in Uniontown. Walked around the yard this evening and found the Magnolia bush, Hyacinth's and Pussywillow bush was showing signs of spring. 

Super excited!!!

Wordless Wednesday..........

Let the water flow........

We've had a lot of rain the past 24 hours and water is standing every where around home. As I was making ditches today for the water to flow I remembered helping Daddy when I was young digging ditches out by the barn and around the pasture. The pasture is where our home is now.
Funny the things you learn as a little girl, are the things that help you take care of your own home. Daddy always said, there is a right way and a wrong way of making a good ditch. I think Daddy would have been proud of my ditch's today..

The Happy Dance......

I think I might have caught up with things that were put on hold for a few days.
Valentine's Day was a huge success at Jubilee Flowers. As a florist we always worry when the holiday falls on the weekend. Heather and I had quite a few planning sessions on Saturday sales. Needless to say her sales blew all records.
The best part for me was having Sarah working with us. We were short a couple girls due to illness.
Sarah grew up working in Mountain Memories and she can pretty much do it all. She helped me fill the cooler with cash and carry flowers. Kept the deliveries in order, wrapped those precious roses from the cold weather and did her share of balloon bouquets. She was having so much fun that at the end of the day I think she was a little sad to have to go back to her desk her job on Monday.

Sandra stopped in and kept us company for a while. Even though I was busy designing flowers as fast as the orders came it. My heart was doing the happy dance having my girls with me.

The Tent......

Visiting with Daddy today, he reminded me that this was the week that we use to put up, "The Tent."
 We had a good laugh at all the times we put it up and filled it with flowers.
We needed the extra room and a tent was the answer. Mountain Memories was a small shop but come Valentine's Day we would fill over 300 orders. We needed a place for overflow and a place for me to design.
Daddy worked hard every year to secure it incase we got high winds when the snow came.
This picture was taken in the early years. The tent belonged to Carl Fred. He used it in his yearly years at Kovener and Sons. Adams Funeral Home was kind enough to let us use it one year. Daddy made a hall way by the side door so drives could be covered in case of rain or high winds when they carried balloons. They could back their vehicles close, load and go. The flowers and my design area would stay warm when the door was opened. Daddy decided we needed a gutter to protect them from getting drenched.
Over the years Daddy mastered the tent and it was secure and warm. He would come up with new ideals each year to make it easier to set up and weather proof.
It was good walking down memory lane.