What I am Thankful For Day 4 and Thrifty Thursday

Today is another short and sweet, I have so much algebra to do and biology and medical terminology...you get it...don't even ask me about our new pet dust bunnies.  Oh well! It will all get done sooner or later right?

So, I am feeling a little guilty about this post today because it's not about my family or friends, which I am very thankful for, that's a given, but today is about worldly things...Just so I can link up with Leigh over at Bloggeritaville.  she hosts a Thrifty Thursday every week and I haven't participated in a loooong time, mostly because I don't get out as much as I used to and because if I do go out, I usually end up by books at the SA for $1.00 each...exciting for me, but for blogland..not so much.  Anywho!! Today I want to share some treasures that I basically got for free!  They are Momma's so if she ever decides she doesn't want to live with us again...I have to give them back (can you see me pouting)...but that won't happen. I think I have explained before about the shed that stores all of Momma's treasures and how every now and then I go there to be with her and bring a little of her back home with me...my master bathroom is filled with Momma's treasures. ALL of which she bought at a thrift store or yard sale.

Yep that's mouthwash in that decanter...Momma is great at re-purposing, I think I got the idea from her. There is a matching tumbler that sits next to the bottle...I don't know why it's not in the pic...

Baby oil in this one, to remove the mascara....clever huh?

Sugar, Creamer....Qtips, cotton balls...eh...same difference.

Little miss lovely who is supposed to have a plant growing out of her head or something, keeps my brushes at arm's length and organized.

We looked everywhere for a little box to hold my face powder...then one year Momma gave that little crystal trinket box with a powder puff in it...perfect!

The little tray is mine, I thrifted it for $2.00 with the intention to do just what's it's doing...

to keep my face care products neat and organized...the little pink decanter holds Neutrogena Body Oil...it's such a treat to pour it out of here than squirt it out of the plastic bottle.

This basket just screams SPA to me...I don't know why but it is very zen...

The ginger jar was a Christmas gift from Momma, I have blogged about it before, it found it's new home in here.  All the pearls are mine and Momma's thrifted...they make me smile. The Star box  is unique in it's texture, it's almost like a shell and the candle holder is very Momma, but I like it too.

I got the little pail from target for a dollar and thrifted the scoop along time ago for $1.00 I think...I know  a little pricey but it makes me smile.  What REALLY makes me smile is the soap...I am a bit of a soap fiend...I LOVE special soaps...they are a treat for the senses!

The candlesticks were a Christmas gift from BB Brother, the plate with the candles on it was also part of gift, the pink ball was gift from Momma...it's blown volcanic glass from Sonora, and the decorative plate is waiting for Baby Girl...I think...Momma will have to refresh my memory.

 This little corner shelf is Momma's too...and the little shell globe...all thrifted!

All of these thrifted treasures makes bath-time....well...see for yourself....

illuminating...

refreshing (glass = $1.00 - The Dollar Tree)...

and just plain relaxing (yes, I have ugly feet...don't we all).

So that is What I Am Thankful For today, all of the thrifty little treasures re-purposed and arranged to make my daily routines a truly beautiful experience. It's the little things in life that make it enjoyable!  What are you thankful for today? Hop on over to The Bz House That Love Built and let them know or post it on your Facebook.  Okay back to the algebra...I wish I could figure out how to make that more enjoyable!  Ta Ta for now!
PS...after doing this not so short post, I am having a blog dejavu...if I have blogged about my bathroom before..sorry, but I can't seem to find it or remember...I think I need a better labeling system.

What I'm Thankful For Day 4 and Outdoor Wednesday

Short and sweet this morning, I have a lot on my to do list and most of it is algebra, but some of it is fun stuff like putting the Halloween Goodies away, folding some laundry, doing dishes, ordering firewood, and shoring up the Thanksgiving Dinner plans. Fun?!  Dishes, laundry?  Yes lovelies(Momma is rolling on the floor laughing)!! This morning, as I was sipping my coffee in my big chair, meditating on the day, I was suddenly overwhelmed with a feeling of Contentment. I am Content.  In all the simple everyday chores, there is love and there is life. Oh sure, not the passionate love of a movie kiss or the exciting day of strolling the streets of Paris, but real love-the kind that endures and aches and real life- the kind where if I am not careful, I will forget, I have but one life and this moment right here is everything.  I am alive and aware of the gift that I have been given..this day.  I am so thankful to be here another day to see Bubba's smile, have a chat with Baby Girl,  Laugh with Momma on the phone and cuddle with PC at the end of a very perfect day.  What are you thankful for today?  Hop on over to The Bz House that Love Built and link up or share it on Facebook!

It's Outdoor Wednesday over at A Southern Daydreamer, so I thought I'd share a shot of the Sunrise I caught a few days ago, after all that was a bit of my inspiration this morning.  I have to go put up the ghosties and cobwebs!  Ta Ta for now!

Tunes on Tuesday #3 and What I'm Thankful For Challenge Day 2

Today I am combining my Tunes on Tuesday with The What I'm Thankful for Challenge hosted by Cheryl and Brian over at The Bz House That Love Built.  You get a bonus song today because these songs mean so much to me because they mean so much to WHO I am thankful for today. I have mentioned her in many of my postings, she's my inspiration for blogging,  my hero, my co-conspirator, my goto girl, my friend, My Momma. 

 I am so thankful for the time she was living with us, we got to know each other as woman to woman not just mother to child and I deeply miss our time together (she's crying right now - sorry Momma), and can't wait for the day she comes home, so that we can have a little more fun together...we were just getting started. I am thankful for the giving heart my Momma has, she is the caretaker in this Act of her life, and I am sure when the curtain closes on this Act, she will want to come home and pick up where she left off in this play. But maybe we will just keep her in the green room for a year or so and feed her strawberries and Dove chocolates :), then she can make a grand entrance into the next Act.  If there is anyone that can make something beautiful from a pile of discarded mischiefs it is My Momma...I should know. Thank you Momma!  The Tunes? I almost forgot! As a child growing up, there is a soundtrack that I hear when I think of her and I and BB Brother, we didn't have much, but for some reason I never noticed when we were together, I just remember laughter, magic and John Denver.  Please enjoy! 

John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders

Now I have math homework to suffer through! Ta Ta for now!
PS- If I don't blog tomorrow it's because somehow she managed to kill me from 2000 miles away for putting her picture up here...isn't she booteeful!!

What I'm Thankful For Challenge Day 1

Over at The Bz House That Love Built, Brian and Cheryl are celebrating November by issuing a challenge for bloggers and non-bloggers alike to post everyday during the month of November what their reasons to be thankful.  So I accepted the challenge, let's see how I do with the everyday posting...

PC and I were talking the other morning about some of the things that need to be finished around the house, we moved in 5 1/2 years ago with just a few things left to do and as life took over other projects crept up and here we are still with unfinished cabinets in the master bathroom, can lights that need to be placed in the game room, and now our kitchen cabinets need to be refinished...and that's just the inside.  Still when people come to visit for the first time, they tell us what a beautiful job we did on the house.  We humbly say thank you and start to point out all of the flaws and tell a few stories of the nightmares we had during construction and then finish with the all too common today, one liner of "It's pretty but we could do without the payment". See, we got caught up with the rest of Southern California and decided we needed a new house, when the one we had was perfectly fine. There are many factors why we chose to come out to the "country"; to be close to our whole family who were also caught up in the construction frenzy, to be in an area where Bubba and Baby girl could ride dirt bikes and quads, to have enough land that PC could build his giant steel building, and to also build a house for the experience.  All in all we are happy here (except for once a month, when that check has to be written), we have had many gatherings, PC's building is everything that he dreamed it would be, as is the house everything I dreamed.  However, after you live in a house, even one you designed yourselves, you say "we should have put this here" or "we could have done this," or "I wish we would have..." Would of, Could of, Should Of...That's what I am thankful for today, as I putter around my too-big- for-our-own-good home. I am thankful that it's not perfect, that there are improvements to be made and lessons that were learned.  I am thankful for our ability in these times (and especially with the life-style change we are going through because PC supported my decision to go to school) to be able to write the check for the payment that we really should not have gotten ourselves into. I am thankful for the man (PC) that has the know-how and ability to make all of those improvements. I am thankful that as PC and I talk about the future, we realize that this is just a house and that our Home is wherever our hearts and love are at the time, so that if ever our situation changes, we could sell this house, cherish the memories of it as we do our other two Houses and make our new Home wherever we choose.   Would of, Could of, Should Of...these conversations usually get on my nerves, because I see them as a way of living in the past, bellyaching about things that cannot be changed, but today I am grateful for all of those conversations between PC and I because today I feel a sense of security in the knowing that as long as we are together we are Home.
Want to join the challenge?  Go check out The Bz House That Love Built and post what you are thankful for.  Thanks for stopping by, I have to go post my Menu Plan on My Dream Kitchen, c'mon over and visit it me there!  Ta Ta for Now!