Pink Saturday Swap ‘n Stuff

Well it’s Saturday all over again, and I have a few things to share with you.  First, many thanks and tons of kudos to our gracious hostess Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound.  Every week she gathers bloggers from all over to post at Pink Saturday..You should check it out, she is a wonderful lady.

I am participating in a swap over over at Prim It Up!.  Hayley has been gracious enough to pair each of us up with someone to either make or buy a Prim item and send it to them.  The sweet blogger who got my name is Alana Jo at That's Just Nifty Thrifty.  I received some beautiful handmade prim hearts, and a bagful of salt dough bowl fillers. They are just beautiful and I love them!  See below for a picture of my gift all dolled up in my pretty gilded gold bowl

So pretty!  Thanks and hugs to Alana Jo!

This has been my LUCKY week, I also won a giveaway over at At Home with Terry and Dennis three adorable gift card holders for Valentine’s Day…and also a penguin gift card holder and the pattern for the penguin.  Thank you Terry for the wonderful giveaway and for picking ME!

Thursday we had appointments at our doctor and while Carl was in with her, I started looking around her waiting room and found some pretty pink things to share with you today

 

I would also like to introduce you to a blogger new to me this past week, in that spirit, I would like to introduce to you Shellbellestikihut.  Jump on over and visit this fun, fun site!

Now, go make it a great week!

Head banging

Short post, woke up with a killer headache, like someone hit the side of my head.  Got up and took my pain pills..ate a little something, then felt like I was having an anxiety attack, better now but head still hurts.  Just took a couple Excedrin and even though I was going to try to get through the day with no nap, not sure that's going to happen.

Ok just looked at this post and thought, what a dumb post and like anyone cares about a headache..wow Pulitzer prize coming my way ha-ha…

Goin’ Coastal

I must be missing the beach because I just found another coastal giveaway, head on over to see Kat at Low Tide High Style and enter to win some beautiful hand picked items such as

Head on over before midnight tonight PST to enter the giveaway..

Note to self..must head to the beach….

CANDYLIGHTS

I am so jazzed, I won a giveaway on Roxie’s blog Jorabeel's Blog Boutique!  What I received was a 35 light string of Candylights and three adorable nightlight bulbs!  I L.O.V.E. them, thank you Roxie!

Lit on the fireplace mantle, sorry not a great picture but you get the idea..

Stop by Roxie's blog, check out all the different Candylights for holidays, kids, teams, etc…and say hey to her!

A Beautiful Coastal Giveaway!

I just wanted to quickly let you know about a wonderful giveaway from Kendall at Finesse Your Nest.  She is drawing the winner at 10 am Monday morning so get over there quickly to get your entry in, but secretly of course I WANT to win, lol.

This is what she is giving away!

A beautiful shell topiary with your choice of Tiffany Blue or Satin Gray Ribbon!

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A bag of Kendall’s "ratty" homemade jute balls!

Kendall is a Texas mom who is also a decorator, so check out her blog for some “Beautiful decorating on a bird-sized budget”.  Flutter on over!

Pink Bling

Happy WET Pink Saturday from the normally sunny southern CA desert!  We have had rain 5 straight days so thought I would bring some pretty PINK jewelry into the mix to brighten a winter’s day!

Special thanks to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for hosting our wonderful Pink Saturdays, I so look forward to participating each week.  To find out more about how Pink Saturday works, go Here.

We are also invited each week to visit and invite our readers to meet a blogger new to us.  I found Cindy at Letters from Midlife.  Stop by if you get a chance and say hey!

Ok, on to the bling.. I can only take credit for ONE of these beautiful pieces, and found the others on my wish list!  Enjoy!

 

My friend and daughter in law’s stepmom Karen made this necklace and earring set for me, doesn’t she do a beautiful job?  It is pink and black, and the earrings are a smaller version of the cross…L.O.V.E. it!  She has a Facebook page dedicated to her jewelry at Funky Chunky Jewels.  Please go and take a look, beautiful and reasonable!  Many are earring/necklace sets, I have posted a few of her gems

And a pretty box to store it all!

Have a great week!

Rain, Rain and More Rain!

I live in the desert southwest, near Palm Springs, to be exact.  It is NOT supposed to rain like this.  Nope.

It started Monday.  We knew it was coming.  We just didn’t know how hard and how much.  Our little rain gauge in the backyard showed us at over 4” since Monday afternoon.  That’s a lot for the desert, because we don’t drain well.  There is nothing to sop the water up, so it just, well, floods and puddles everywhere.

A lot of roads are closed in the valley, the usual suspects that always close when it rains more than a sprinkle.  Now we have been coming to the area for way over 30 years as my parents have lived out in this area since 1972.  The same roads that flooded way back then are STILL flooding.  I don’t get it.  Seems to me these problem areas should be fixed.  Well, obviously I am not in charge..

Carl and I have pretty much stayed close to home this week, we don’t care to drive through flooded intersections as much as we did when we were younger, or rather I don’t.  He would love to take the jeep through some rough spots, makes me a little nervous.  Glad he only has one arm as his other arm still in a sling from his surgery, or I am sure he would be out getting muddy somewhere.

Thought I would post a few pictures..

Tuesday morning after storm #1, love looking at that snow!

I took these this morning in our backyard:-/

Some sweet doggie left her ‘babies’ out in the rain:(

This is down the block from us, a retaining basin disguised at a tennis court, this was taken this morning and as you can see, the water is to the top of the net..I am guessing it has overflowed by now or is close.

One of the retaining basins burst through the dirt berm..I tell ya, lots of rain..  We have several of these retaining basins here at Mountain View.  Most of them fill up very fast. 

Here’s hoping the rain stops soon.  I miss the sun:(

Pink Saturday

Whoa time is going much too fast..already the middle of January.

Thanks and blessings to Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound for hosting our Pink Saturdays..jump over there and see all the wonderful bloggers and their posts!

Also we are challenged each and every week to find a blog/blogger new to us and introduce them to YOU. This week I came across Suzanne at Southern Inspiration, her blog is great and she is a lovely lady.  Stop by and visit her and say hi when you get a chance!

This week I am showcasing my vintage miniatures that I inherited from my grandmother several years ago.  I split them up a few months ago and gave half to my sister, it was only right and I certainly did not need all of them, a few is plenty believe me!  I had a LOT of them.  I am not sure how old these are, except to say I played with them as a little, little girl and I am 56 years old.  So, they are ‘old enough’ lol.

Enjoy!

Fabulous Art Giveaway!!

Oh my heart be still, I just found the most fantabulous giveaway over at Centsational Girl.  You must check it out, stunning images and she is giving away a $50 gift certificate to the artist’s Etsy shop.  The artist is Sara Norris and click HERE to visit.  Hop on over to Kate at Centsational Girl to enter!

These are a few pieces of art work you can choose from:

A Caching We Will go!

When Carl and I lived in Southern Utah a couple years ago, we got into this strange little activity called Geocaching with our good friends Artie and her hubby Lynn.  What is geocaching, you ask.  I always say it’s like a treasure hunt.  You need a handheld GPS, a good pair of shoes, and if you are me, a camera!  For a little more info, go here. 

Like I said, we used to do this strange activity a couple times a week at minimum..but then we moved to WA state and we tried it there, but it was just too wet and rainy..Fast forward to now, we are living in the Southern CA desert, not a lick of rain in sight, and yesterday Carl and I decided to explore the area just behind us in the foothills a couple miles away..there is a dirt road that leads from our housing development and goes all the way up the hill to Yucca Valley.  Pretty much need a 4 wheel drive, and we have the jeep, so I think a trip up that road is going to happen pretty soon while it’s still cool.  This is a MAP of the route.  We found an abandoned ‘camp’ that was owned by the Metropolitan Water District in the1930’s.. it’s cement buildings dilapidated, graffittied and all shot up, plus zillions of spent bullet casings.  Now we did not hear any shooting going on while we were there, but lots of evidence.  We will go back, further up the hill there won’t be any shooting going on..just treasure hunting.  We did see the MWD siphons and there was a huge structure and we could hear the water rushing somewhere below..water from the Colorado River rushing to the Los Angeles area.  It was actually really interesting!

Anyway, we only found a couple of ‘caches’ but we got our feet ‘wet’ again with our treasure hunting.. we took the car so we did not go very far..next time the jeep.  And I wish Artie and Lynn would come and go with us, that woman makes the BEST egg salad sandwiches..that and we just miss them tons..

And of course I took pictures.  I ALWAYS take pictures!  Enjoy!

 

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