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BLUE MONDAY - HOME FROM VACATION

WELCOME TO BLUE MONDAY

In honor of Smiling Sally

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This is so true

Traveling for nearly three weeks we definitely are happy to be home.

We visited so many loved ones during that time and we loved every minute of our time with family we seldom see.

The photo below is a family photo of my husband's sister and her husband's children and grandchildren.

There are 21 one family members in this photo.  We did get to visit and spend time with fifteen of them.

A special time for all of us.

Our family who live in Kansas City.

There are too many to name except for my sister-in-law Shirley and her husband Robert in the center.  They have raised a wonderful family.

Our last place to visit was in Houston, Texas where our oldest grandson and family live.  This visit was to meet our "first" great granddaughter, Lily Mae.  She is 4 1/2 months old and so adorable. 

Lily Mae...Her shirt says 'love me' and we sure do!

 

Lily Mae and her great grandpa. (my hubby

 

I love this photo of our grandson and Lily Mae.

 

Last photo is of our grandson with his wife Maddi, Lily Mae and Bill and me.

 

Lily Mae is such a good baby and she was a joy to be with.

No matter how much time passes til we meet again, it is like  we never left.

HAPPY BLUE MONDAY

Blessings and love,

JEANNE

 

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HOSTING BLUE MONDAY

WELCOME TO MY FIRST BLUE MONDAY AS YOUR NEW HOST

BACKYARD NEIGHBOR IS CONTINUING SALLY'S BLOG PARTY

I promised Sally I would do this in her honor.

I admit this is a scary undertaking but I will do my best.

Please join in the fun.

All you have to do is share anything that is 'BLUE'

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Thank you for playing.

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STARTING MY FIRST BLUE MONDAY AS HOST WITH A FEW SMILES.

Has this happened to you?  LOL!

Good advice

Smiling Sally would have loved this one.

 

And this one too.

 

This is our poodle Cheri' hugging her bear.  She 'never' goes to bed without her bear.  The above photo reminded me of this photo.  She is a new puppy here and I bought the bear at Goodwill for 50 cents. 

Happy Blue Monday

Blessings and love,

JEANNE

 

 

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A BOILED DINNER TABLESCAPE WITH VINTAGE THROWN IN

Today's post was inspired by my Father whose forefathers were Scottisch/ Irish.

He loved a boiled dinner.  This was our St. Patrick's Day dinner.

My dad, Randall DJ Coulter

He was on a cruise.  Too bad the Lei isn't green. Smile!

He was a gentle lovng father with a sense of humor that kept our home full of laughter.

 This big pot inspired a tablescape.  Nothing fancy but the food was great.  My sister and her Bill came to share an Irish boiled dinner of corned beef and cabbage with me and my Bill.

Did you know Bill's are best?  They think so anyways. HA!

When I set this table I was not thinking of a tablescape.  I first have to say I do not love the placemats I used.  Such is life, you be the judge.

This photo is all about the corned beef.  It was delicious.  I FORGOT something very important.  A photo of the wonderful cabbage, carrots and potatoes that we completely devoured. SIGH!

Corned beef...TA DA!

Next dessert...Sugarfree Banana Pudding. (sugarfree instant vanila pudding and sliced bananas)

We have diabetics in our family. 

I say INSTANT is a good thing!!!

It really WAS good.

WALLA! now the tablescape.

I must mention this table is 9 feet long and four place settings looks very lost.  I must also mention I am so glad I wasn't feeding 12 people that night. 

 

Centerpiece vases are vintage.  They were made in Czechoslovakia  
  It is called luster glass and...

THEY WERE ONE DOLLAR EACH?  Sorry, I just couldn't help showing you my enthusiasim for this awesome bargain.

I picked the triple daffodills from my yard.

 

Close up of the tablesetting.  I told you it wasn't fancy.

 

Vintage spooner and bargain goblets at the auction. Twelve water goblets and 12 matching wine glasses for $20.  I love the color of green.  I can't tell if the goblets are vintage.

 

The small dish has mustard in it and the spoon was added after the photo.  Darn!

The dishes are Mikasa, Garden Harvest.

Nothing else is exciting enough to mention.

EXCEPT...

I am joining the following memes.

Susan at, Between Naps on the Porch

Suzanne at, Coloradolady, is our host for today's fun event.  Be sure and visit Suzanne's blog for lots more vintage fun.

Please join Gollum at, Designs by Gollum for Foodie Friday.

Wow, this is the very first time I have ever joined three memes on one post.  I guess that covers that.

Love you so much my dear blogging friends.

JEANNE

PINK SATURDAY - COME IN AND HAVE A SEAT

Happy second birthday to Pink Saturday with Beverly at, How Sweet the Sound.  Your PS baby is growing up!!!

Thank you so much Beverly for bringing hundreds of bloggers together to celebrate the color PINK.

YOU ARE AWESOME.

THE ARTFUL BLOGGING MAGAZINE THINKS SO TOO.

When PS was born she needed this... 

A special chair for a newborn princess.

Then she grew big enough for this...

She was still a small girl and she loved to sit on this.

It wasn't long before she was comfy sitting here...

  She thought this child's chair was just the right size.

PINK IS  REALLY CATCHING ON BY NOW.

Shiny is Good!

 

It is all about pink.

Awww, we can't forget the pets.  They love pink too.

She has a great time with her love of pink

The perfect pillow for her mom!!!

Her taste in decorating is changing every Saturday

Pink, the perfect accent.

Could she possibly like this?

  

YES,  this is fit for the princess she was meant to be.

What will her decorating mind think of next?

Oh no, this is too far out.

She is beginning to appreciate the softer side of pink

So pretty in pink!

Now, this is more like it...

Birthday presents just for her birthday.

"I want to open them NOW!"

Very soon dear, after we have cake.

Come in everyone and have a seat.

Don't worry we have lots of room for more.

There is more room in the garden.  There are so many of you.

See, no one will be left out.

Sit down  everyone and enjoy a lovely piece of cake.

How exhausting this party has been.  I'll rest a bit before opening gifts if you don't mind.

 

This is perfect, thank you so much.

Thank you so much for coming to my birthday party.  I hope you were comfortable and your time here was lots of birthday fun.

Happy Birthday to Pink Saturday.

Love Jeanne

Note: The highchair is my inspiration for this post.  I found it on my antique shopping trip in Ohio.  The horse was at the same place.  All other photos are from Goggle.

BLUE MONDAY - PLEASE PRAY

 

PLEASE PRAY

Today is Blue Monday and our gracious host is Sally at, Smiling Sally. 

Please visit Sally for lots of wonderful blue.

My weekend in Charlotte with my longtime friend was wonderful.  Her son is doing well  after three plus weeks in the hospital with a serious case of Swine flu.  Thank you for all of your kind comments.

Now I am asking You to pray for my cousin's daughter who is very ill and probably will not recover.  I received a call from my cousin last night.  Her daughter's name is Jera and she has been suffering for many years and is on dialysis,  Her vital organs are shutting down.  She had cancer and only has one kidney.  She is only 42 years old.  My cousin Marilyn and her husband are suffering such sadness right now.

Thank you my friends for your prayers on a time of need.

I am so thankful for my blogging friends.

Blessings and love,

Jeanne

BLUE MONDAY - WATER GLOBES

Hello my dear blogging friends, I'm home from my wonderful trip to Michigan.  I ran the roads for a solid week and visited my family too.  The week flew by and when I arrived home late last night, I was so pleased to read all of your lovely comments.  I am trying to visit each of you and catch up on your blog posts as soon as I can.

Today is Blue Monday and I want to share a purchase I made to water my plants when I am gone.  this was a plan to put in to operation while I was in Michigan.  The underlying word is WAS.  I forgot to do it and my poor plants had a setback because my dh did not remember to water them.  Sigh.  Have you ever used these?

I love these globes and I hope they work.  I will let you know how it goes.

Sally at, Smiling Sally, is out host for Blue Monday.  Thanks Sally, for this day to show our blue.  Please be sure to visit Sally's blog to share your blue with our blogging friends.

How true is this?

Before marriage the three Little words are...

"I LOVE YOU"

After marriage they are...

"LET'S EAT OUT"

Blessings and love...Jeanne

BLUE MONDAY - A TREASURE FROM MY GRANDMOTHER.

Good morning my dear blogging friends.  I will be in Michigan for a week so I am pre-posting this today.  I am visiting family and will be without my computer.  Bill is home watering my plants and that is a HUGE job.  I will return this weekend.  Until then I appreciate your comments very much. 

Today I am sharing a cup and saucer from my grandmother on my mother's side of the family.  Her name was Sylva Johnson Rossman.  I was named after her and you may be surprised to know my first name is Sylva. (Not Sylvia). Yep Sylva Jeanne.  My grandmother was English and I confess I have never heard that name anywhere else.

My blue is an English cup and saucer that was one of her vast collection of cups and saucers. It is a treasure to me and it is on a little shelf in my bedroom.


I should have straightened the plate.  Sigh!  I love the flowers and the china is very fragile.  My memory of a grandmother that passed away when I was only 13 years old.  This treasure is a reminder of her and very dear to me.

Now please visit Sally, our wonderful blue Monday host at Smiling Sally.  You will find many bloggers that share our love of blue.

Happy Blue Monday
Love...Jeanne

BLUE MONDAY AT NELL HILL'S IN KANSAS CITY

This Blue Monday post hosted by Sally at, Smiling Sally, is about sharing a fabulous time with my blogging friend Dana at, The Stone Rabbit, (Dana's Blog)  in Kansas City at the fabulous Nell Hill's store.  This was our second visit this summer.  The bonus was Dana's friends, Bonnie and Patty came too.  My sister-in-law, Shirley, was able to come along as well.  Actually, this beautiful store was located just five minutes from my sister-in-law's home.  We were so lucky to meet Mary Carol Garrity who is the talented owner of this store in the Briarcliff Village shopping center and also, her very first store, ( named NELL HILL'S) and GARRITY'S ENCORE, which are located in nearby Atchinson, Kansas.  We we thrilled to find out she was there on the day  we visited AND so was Patty's cousin, Cynthia, who is a gifted stylist for the store.  Of course you know we took lots of photos.  Today I am showing a few items for my blogging friends who love the color blue.

We were lucky to share a photo with Mary Carol and her stylist Cynthia.


From left to right...Bonnie, Mary Carol, my SIL Shirley, Jeanne, Dana, Patty and Cynthia.

NOW FOR THE BLUE



You know how I love birds.

 

I adore the doggy book ends.  The blue and white vase is beautiful.



Love this display.  I know this beautiful blue and white is making some of you drool.



The sweetest lamp.



There are more photos to share but I am writing this post at 3:00am and I must get some sleep.  We drove from Kansas City this morning, all the way home.  My dh drove most of the trip home.  (16 plus hours)  He knew how anxious I was to come home where my heart is.

Please visit Sally's blog for lots more blue.  I will be visiting tomorrow, oops it is already tomorrow, and enjoying some time with my dear blogging friends.

Love...Jeanne