My FREE Magazines are Taking Over My House!!!

I'm sharing a quick tip today on how you can get a mailbox overflowing with free magazines, I get so many because some of them have Awesome coupons in them!!
What is your Fav. magazine??

Lookie What I Got..As My Kids say..LOL..

I won Sue's Coffee Give-away over at http://countrypleasures.blogspot.com/
I am really going to enjoy these, Coffee perks me up and boy I need it these days..lol..Thanks so Much Sue for pulling my name! The Coffee smells delightful!

Whatcha Working On Wed.

When we bought the house one of the things we feel in love with was the built in bookcase, It is such a small room so I also have my computer in here. It is untouched..as in no decorating as begun is here YET!! It is BLAH..so today I'm making it my mission to make it pretty! I'm organizing the books, the majority of them are my DH's but look on top..my prized book collection..NANCY DREWS!! I have the original series from 1-54..I'm always on the hunt for the rest of the series in the original yellow binding..these were my mom's and she passed them on to me..then my Aunt mailed me her series..so I have 2 incomplete series 1-50somthing...I re-read these every summer..We think that the ugly green wall stuff is original to the house to..wonder is I could paint over it? Anywhos...I'm looking for ideas for this small space..I know ya'll have some...share..lol..

I had mail love yesterday..VocalPoint sent me 4 StarKist coupons to share..$1.00 off a StarKist Tuna Pouch. If you'd like one please mail me your addy and I'll get this mailed off to ya.

I also saved $20.00 on my grocery shopping trip with my coupons..WOW..I'm now trying to see if I can beat that..lol..

Have a Great Wed. I'm running to Goodwill and some Thrift to see what I can do for this room!

I'm Honored.... Grandma's Sewing Baskets

Lookie What I have! I have been honored with DH's Grandma's sewing baskets! She passed away some time ago, the family has sold the house and most of the contents but it was decided that I would have the sewing baskets. I feel very honored that they would pass these on to me, I didn't know DH's step-moms Mother very well. Inside is some great goodies, ric-rac and lace and buttons galore! I'm looking thru everything like a kid in the candy store..lol..

Thank You All for the kind word and well wishes, today I'm feeling a little better and am on the mend.

I have a great book to share with you all tomorrow for my BookWorm Friday so come back :)

It's Not Normal!!

I was watching "The Starter Wife" last night after the kids went to bed, had wheeler (cat) curled up in my lap and Cocoa (dog) laying at my feet..I walked into the kitchen to grab something and this is what I found when I came back!! Cocoa knows not to get on the couch..I snapped the pic and told her down..she gave me those poor puppy eyes...never mind that we have a huge dog bed for her behind the couch..lol..Wheeler was actually purring too..How funny!


I won a Blog give-away and I got these cute wood blocks in my mail on Thursday! Now they sit on my counter next to A's pumpkin that she got from a school field trip! Thank You so much!

I stayed up way to late last night, DH is in Michigan till Sunday evening visiting his mom and grabbing books for my future bookstore. Very easy weekend, the kids and I will go the the park and just hang outside.

Enjoy your Saturday!

Whatcha Working On Wed.

I Love Freecycle! We needed a dresser for A's room but the ones that I really wanted were so pricey, so after being offered an old dresser from a nice Freecycler, I ran with the truck and grabbed it..it's in VERY USED shape and I was sad at the state of this dresser, not what I had in mind for A's room but after staring at it..DH says..I can work with this!! So out comes the sander and a trip to Wal-Mart for White spray paint! After sanding it down with the help of A.. DH began to spray paint..only to find that the paint was too thin and not covering the dresser like it should..so today I need to go back and get some plain white paint and have a painting party. A is really excited, now she doesn't have to share a dresser with Sissy! I'm looking for some adorable drawer pulls in the shabby chic look-alike. A is really the princess in the family!

We are working in the barn today, Since the horses have been out to pasture the cobwebs have taken over and little things have moved in..It's a rainy cloudy day and now muddy..We have alot of work ahead of us to get ready for winter!





Yesterday I received my prize that I won awhile back...Sadly the bowl broke in shipment. I adore that Americana plate and the candles smell so nice.. Thanks so Much !

Monday Catch-Up

Here are the Country Sampler Magazines for those that have asked, I tried to get a good pick of the small tear on the November 2006 issue. Please make an offer if your still interested!



Here is my mailbox Freebies for last week, lotsa samples and coupons...Love getting free magazines in the mail! Have you received any good Freebies lately?

WOW, so this week the kids have off for the Fair (all week)..I'm going to use this time to break out an oldie but goodie...SCRABBLE! Sunday night was the first time we have played with my sister and Crystal..It has been ages since I played and we had a blast!! Do you have any Fav. family games? Please share!

Mail Love and Purse Ideas

Happy Friday!! It's raining and nasty outside and I trekked out to my mailbox and found it full of Samples..I'm new to Couponing and getting Samples in the mail so this was nice to get mail other than bills today, a bright spot on this gloomy Friday :)
Now Ladies..This is my Summer tote..time to change it but I have no ideas of what's out there, I'm looking on Etsy later today while lil guy rests but I'm asking ya'll what are your Favs or do you make purses/totes?

Enjoy your Friday...Stay safe and dry :)

My FALL Swap from a Prim Forum

I belong to a great Prim Board and we had a FALL Swap, I got my package in the mail and WOW I'm loving everything, my house smells so good with the candle and I hung the pumpkins/sunflower cone in my kitchen. Terry sure did spoil me! Thanks so Much :)
Come over and say "HI" to everyone at "Creative Home Keepers", Great bunch of Ladies :)

An Etsy Trade and my 2nd Fav. Mag.

Happy Monday!!

The kids are eating their lunch and watching "Tom and Jerry"..Richard is really laughing...Who knew that an oldie could keep his attention!!

I have received my first Etsy trade and WOW...they smells so good! I was contacted acouple of weeks back by Jennifer wanting to trade some of her soaps for my Stitched "Seeds" bag..I took a chance and I'm glad! Please check her soaps out and look at her pretty Aprons!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5601520 , Tell her that Heather from Heather's Stitches told ya to drop by!


I can't wait to try the Cranberry Cocoa Butter!!
More mail goodies! This is my 2nd fav. magazine...Such a pretty cover! This one is hard to find in the stores here in OH.

Nothing much happening on the Graves little farm here, Hoss in the pasture...kids eating lunch, dogs napping and I'm doing household chores...might sit and stitch in a bit.

Enjoy your Monday!