I finally did it...............

Yes, I finally made a decision! ( the older I get , the harder it is for me to make up my mind..... especially when it comes to making a purchase that I will live with for a long time)

But the day before Thanksgiving I finally decided to purchase new dishes!! Just plain tired of looking at that 20 year old Pfaltzgraff with all the nicks and chips out of almost every piece!

The coffee mug is a perfect fit in my hand ( I'm funny about my mugs, do you know what I mean?) but why is all dinnerware super-sized? The plates are huge and the bowls honestly fit half a box of cereal in them. (Must watch out for that because I love cereal!!!)

Found this set on sale at Kmart of all places!  I was pleasantly surprised by their selection, love when that happens!!  

Now to just keeping them from breaking or chipping for the next ten years or so!

(yikes, just jumped over to the Pfaltzgraff website and only saw about six other patterns that I might like)
 should not have done that

   Must move on to other decisions....what to do with this boring dining room wall, it needs some love asap!!

Sunday Driving

This weekend was our final outdoor soccer tournament for the season, picture me doing a happy dance right now! I'm definitely a fair weather sports fan. I love watching my kids play sports but not so much in mid-November when the morning temperature is about 35 degrees and we have to be on the field by 8am! Time to move on to some indoor sports.

However, I am not complaining about the beautiful drive that led us to the soccer field. The scenery was outstanding! Luckily this was very much a country road where we could stop the car on a moments notice for photo opportunities. And there were plenty! Funny how the children just don't appreciate the things I see! My son insisted that we could get arrested for just stopping the car in the middle of the road.

Enjoy my Sunday morning drive!

I hope these chairs are still here when my daughter needs her senior pictures (she's only in 7th grade at the moment) but I just love this setting and think it would be an awesome place for pictures!

Check out this super-sized photo.

This is going to be a crazy week! I'm hosting the meal at my house on Thursday ( what was I thinking). So what is everyone up to this holiday week? Traveling, eating at home, going out? Whatever you do, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

boys will be boys

I thought I signed my son up for Flag Football.  Which I thought involved no tackling! Apparently I'm wrong and this is what I've had to deal with every Wednesday after school. Today is the last session. Yesterday we had major amounts of rainfall......I can't wait to see how these boys look today!

This should be good!!

Friday Finds

Possibly the cutest front porch ever!

They had a visitor on their front porch too!

Caught in the act!

Brick beauties

Details , details.......I can never pass these up.

A barn sale that I've always wanted to stop at............very interesting place. According to the kids,  kind of scary! I have to admit, I was a little creeped out too!

It was a gorgeous autumn day for exploring!

Character and Charm

Driving in a new town the other day, this lovely home caught my eye! I would love to take a peek at that "tower room". I envision a wonderful little reading room with a window seat and lots of pillows! That's where you'd find me in the afternoon, curled up with a cup of chai and a good book!

This house was next door to the home above. I imagine it was the same builder, they were almost identical.

I love this stone! Can't you just picture the inside of this house .......wide plank wood floors everywhere, a fireplace in the kitchen.

You all know how I love a Cape Cod! This one just says "SWEET " to me. I'd put a little white picket fence in the front yard and window boxes under all the windows to complete the picture.

On a totally unrelated note....  Friends I have not abandoned you, I am having major computer problems and am unable to view almost all your blogs let alone post a comment. I am missing so much and will have major reading to do when the husband gets a chance to address this problem!

So, so frustrating!!! I have a major love/hate relationship with this computer! I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you and can only see a tiny portion of your posts in Google Reader. I think I need to call in the Geek Squad!