Meet my dear friend and author!

We received an email this morning from a dear family friend, Eddy Calcines.

Since we no longer live in the Tampa Bay area, he wanted to share this 

article  in The St. Petersburg Times today, about his book, "Leaving Glorytown".

Please take a moment and read this article...I am SO proud of him!

For over 34 years Eddy had been a close friend of my family.

My parents and sister still get their hair cut by Eddy and we think of him as family.

"Leaving Glorytown" is a true story about living in Cuba before and during Castro.

What makes it unique is that it told through the eyes of a child~~Eddy's.

Your heart will be captured with the story and it will be hard to put down.

It is a story that needs to be shared with others.

Please do.

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt~


 
Thank you Eddy....

Attention~Vintage Pink Glass Experts,Giveaway and a SALE!

Does anyone know the name of this pattern? I have had this sugar and creamer set for a long time

 and want to sell it, 

but I do not know the name or age of it. 

There is a chip at the base of the sugar, but other than that the set is in

excellent condition.

So if any of you vintage glass officionados can help,

 I would be most grateful:)

My sweet friend, Sandra at Thistle Cove Farm is having a giveaway!

Be sure to pop over and enter, since it ends next Tuesday at midnight.

This is a beautiful yarn to work with and the color is gorgeous!

Oh and don't forget the ChristmasinJuly SALE going on now in my

Etsy shop. I have extendeded the FREE shipping in the USA

until July 31st. That includes all purchases and orders placed:)

Crocheted Lavender Sachet,Mini-Pillow,Pin Cushion

made in your choice of colors

Terracotta Beach/Garden Hat, Sz Med

 

French Cotton Sun Garden Crocheted Hat

sz Med 

Christmas in July Etsy SALE!

While it is sweltering hot, think.....Cold air, great bargains and being incredibly organized!

All of the items (and I will be adding more soon) in my shoppe have FREE Shipping in the USA!

The ChristmasinJuly Sale is going on now in alot of Etsy shops from

today, July 15 through July 25th!

and REMEMBER if you want a different colors, size or don't see what you are looking for in my shoppe

Just Ask via my blog or convo me through Etsy:)

 

Custom made Baby Doll Booties

~you design~

White French Cotton Sun Hat~Sz Med

 

Brillant Blue Olive Green Scarf

Oh....did anyone notice my Newest Bloggie Dress? I changed the background again..lol!

                           

Military Tribute from Gene Simmons, 2008

I saw this today and just had to share it with all of you. A video from 2008 of Gene Simmons (from the band, "KISS") and his fantastic tribute to our military!

Please turn off my playlist music and turn up the volume on this and sing out loud!

Share it with your friends!

Every day should be a tribute to our brave men and women in uniform 

both here and abroad!

May God Bless America.

  

Problem solved with a new Background

Well the issue I was having with my background has been solved....well kinda. The previous background that I had (that I really loved) was with scrappinblogs. Due to issues with photobucket, their templates are unavailable at this time. So those of you who had background templates with scrappinblogs may have a blank background now.

Sooooo, here is my new "dress!"  Totally different but since I didn't want to change the header too, this was the best one I could find this afternoon. Hopefully scrappinblogs will be up again soon....

                                                              

                                                                            

So here's to Lemonade:)

Oops! Has this ever happened to you??

Just wondering....can you see the square box in the middle of my blog that says Photobucket image has been deleted...How do I get this off of my layout??? I can't determined which image has been deleted??

H E L P, please if you know how to correct this! Please, with sugar on top?

~Sun Hats and Lemon Bars~

~Two things that may, just may help us in this smoldering heat~

Both made by my little hands

Sun Hats

available here in my Etsy Shop

                                     

White Cotton Sun Hat

                                    

Terracotta Sun Hat

~AND~

Lemon Bars made from SCRATCH, not from a box!

                                       Courtesy of Paula Deen's recipe (The Lady & Sons, pg 230)

Lemon Bars

                                                                        Yields 24 bars

Crust                                                                        

2 c all-purpose flour

1 c confectioners' sugar

pinch of salt

1 c (2 sticks) butter, at room temp

Filling

4 eggs

2 c granulated sugar

6 T all-purpose flour

6 T fresh lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 13x9x2 inch pan. Make the crust: Combine the flour, confectioners' sugar and salt in a large bowl. Cut in the butter to make a crumbly mixture. Press the mixture into the prepared pan. You may need to dip your fingers into a little flour or confectioners' sugar to keep the dough from sticking to your fingers. Bake for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, make the filling: Mix the eggs, granulated sugar, flour and lemon juice. Pour this over the baked crust and bake for 25 minutes longer. Sprinkle with confectionersugar, if desired, when the bars are done.

These were sooooo delicious! Thank you Paula:)  I just made these last night and there are just a few left.

#2 Son LOVES them, so I will be making them again very soon.

Enjoy! 

Let Freedom Ring~Our Beautiful Flag!

I received this cute pillow in the mail the other day from my very dear friend Marydon.

I was so touched when I opened the package because of the message.

I use this phrase in my signature quite a bit when commenting or sending emails.

This little token is sitting on our hall table for all of us to see. I haven't embellished it

and not really sure if I will.

The words are simple and strong and need to be remembered by all of us

that hold our freedoms dear.

Be sure to turn off my music before playing this magnificent video~

Hello, Remember Me? I'm your Flag