Last Day Of April

I can't believe this is the last day of April.

The day started out dark & rainy.

Now, the sun is shining giving me energy to start on some projects I want to accomplish this week.

I love how the plants look in the morning sun.

It's great to see the bright blue sky & fluffy clouds.

Here's a list of some projects I want to do this week.

* purge & organize the guestroom closet . . .

* make a wreath or basket for the front door . . .

Here are some inspiration ideas from Pinterest.

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* paint my garage sale platter with chalkboard paint . . .

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*  tear out stones around the front yard tree and replace with a round mound of mulch. . .

This will definitely be a weekend project with Hubby!

Hint, hint!

Hope your Monday is the beginning of a wonderful week!

Weekly Words To Live By #98

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

II Timothy 1:7

Wishing you a Sunday full of peace. . .

Treasure Hunting

My sweet son, Bobby, went treasure hunting 

with me this morning.

 Hubby was out of town (with our car)

attending the Bob Wills Day Festival in Turkey, TX. 

There were lots of garage sales in our part of town.

I was hoping to score some great treasures.

I was very disappointed with the selection & the prices were very inflated in my opinion.

I did find a few items.

toy tractor ~ 25 cents

pair of red candle holders ~ $2.00

large plastic platter ~ 75 cents

I'm going to paint the center with chalkboard paint & 

use it as a message board.  

The biggest treasure of the day was spending time with Bobby!

Thanks, son, for being my chauffeur!

Love you!

I'm linking with . . .
Seasonal Sundays

Shake, Shake, Shake

I have taken on a challenge!

Two weeks ago Bobby & Kari introduced us to a product.

You may have heard of Visalus, a nutritional shake mix.

90 calories

7 grams carbohydrates

5 grams fiber

<1 gram sugar

12 grams protein 

full of nutrients

Here is the link to Bobby & Kari's web site.

bobandkari.myvi,net

We decided to sign up to try the shakes.

I have been using it once a day for 9 days

Sometimes for breakfast, but most of the time for lunch.

Delicious!

I have already seen & felt a difference.

Here is the shake I made for lunch yesterday.

I mix it up in my Ninja.

Yesterday's concoction . . .

2 scoops Vi-Shape mix

3 large frozen strawberries

1 tablespoon peanut better

4 ice cubes

1 cup 1% milk

Yummy & satisfying!

I'll update you after I've completed 30 days.

Play Time

Tuesday play time at Papaw & Nana's house. . .

tent time

looking out the window

talking it over

under the table

yummy

Have I ever mentioned I love being a Nana?

Organized Closet Reveal

Fibber's closet is organized, again!

(Yesterday's post about Fibber McGee's Closet)

before

after

 candle shelf

decorative items

&

baskets

Now I know where everything is!

Being organized feels good!

Now I only only have 4 more closets to tackle.

No more this week though, I'm going to take it easy!

Hope you're having a great week!

Enjoy!

I'm linking with . . .
A Creative Princess/It's A Party
Wow Us Wednesday
Delightfully Inspiring Thursday
Feathered Nest Friday

My Fibber McGee Closet

If you are from my generation you may remember hearing about Fibber McGee's closet.

Believe it or not when I was very very young

 there were still radio shows.

One of them was Fibber McGee & Molly.

Fibber had an infamous closet.

Whenever he opened the door to that closet to look for something, stuff would fall out.

This movie clip from the 1941 (11 years before I was born) 

movie,  Look Who's Laughing, shows you his closet. 

My project for today is to clean out my Fibber McGee closet!

I clean & organize this closet once or twice a year, but it always seems to end up

looking like this . . .

In this "junk closet" you will find all kinds of stuff.

baskets

candles

decorating items

items for entertaining like this beverage dispenser

Come back tomorrow to see how my purging

and organizing of my junk closet turned out.

Flowers & Greens In Outdoor Spaces

It's chilly & sunny this morning here in NE Oklahoma.

After I slipped on my favorite, warm sweatshirt I spent a few minutes outside taking pictures of the flowers we planted yesterday.

Every year when spring begins I have a hard time deciding which flowers to plant in our front flowerbed. 

The area is in full sun so flowers planted there must be hearty.

Hubby & I shopped several places looking for the best bargains.

So many choices!

Ace Hardware

Home Depot

We also stopped by Under the Sun & Lowe's.

We ended up buying our bedding plants at Home Depot because

of the great quality & prices.

miniature zinnias

red verbena

lantana

The front flowerbed also has several nandina bushes & a large holly bush.

I'm anxious to see how this bed looks in a few weeks.

shades of green on the holly bush

green & red colors on nandina bushes

Large pots beside the front step came from
Ace Hardware.

geraniums & some unidentified green plants 

color on the deck

geranium & lantana 

impatiens 

 flourishing ferns

I hope your week is off to a great start!

I'm linking with . . .
Your Cozy Home Party
Table Top Tuesday