Wednesday, December 31, 2008
It couldn’t get much better than this (for me anyways) . . . a snowie New Year’s Eve Day! Thought I’d take a picture of where Mike and I spent quite a bit of time this fall and planned on doing the same this winter. HEHEHE . . . Well we haven’t been out there [...]
Monday, December 29, 2008
Remember a couple posts ago I mentioned the three glass door knobs I purchased and asked that Santa (Mikey) build a custom shelf for my studio? Well Santa really does deliver . . . he built it especially for me and look the three glass door knobs are on the shelf . . . isn’t [...]
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Funny we’ve lived in Shelton CT for a very very long time and never knew that Stockbridge’s was here . . . yes just a mile or so from where we live. Boy we don’t pay much attention . . . either that or their advertisement doesn’t stand out enough. Either way, we’re happy to [...]
Friday, December 26, 2008
I was taken waaaaaay back to 1979 when I was a wee 7 years old living in Marathon, NY. The smell of green tomato relish waffling through the air as I got off of the school bus and walked up our long dirt driveway to get home. “Emmm I can smell it, momma’s been canning [...]
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Oh what a jolly time we had at the Talmadge House last night (Christmas Eve). We exchanged gifts, ate a bunch of appetizers, some fell asleep in the recliner (Jeremy who wasn’t feeling well) . . . we also had great company. Thank you everyone for sharing your evening with us! So here are some [...]
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
We celebrated Mike’s 38th birthday yesterday. He received a couple of nice gifts if I might say so myself and we dined at the Outback which was alright. The company and atmosphere was superb however the choice in food not so much. We’ll get something different next time.
My birthday guy and our buddy wrapped up [...]
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Thanks to the Factor we are sporting this bumper sticker, We Say Merry Christmas. When we saw this bumper sticker was given out with the purchase of “Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity” Bill O’Rielly’s new book we had to have it, and the book is great too.
It really amazes me how many groups, organizations, [...]
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
And the winner of the Talmadge House “spirit of the season giveaway” is . . . . . . . .
MY SISTER BRIDGET
And the crowd roars . . . I can hear the shrilling screams of joy coming from her already. Congrats Bridget!!! I’ll put it in the mail tomorrow morning (12/18) with Priority shipping [...]
Monday, December 15, 2008
Attention all friends and family . . . In the spirit of Christmas Talmadge House presents a giveaway of an advent calander handmade by me. You can tuck the calendar into one of your Christmas displays or lean up against something on your desk. I borrowed the idea from Jenni Bowlin who designs and sells [...]
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Ooo-la-la these are sooo pretty. Sweet Jessie has given her readers a free PDF for these vintage gift tags which was worth sharing with my female readers. Sorry guys Mike has to get to work with his manly postings. Until then you’re stuck with me and HEY I don’t think that’s so bad and I’m [...]