Sunday, July 7, 2013

Journey for Dishes......

Hello Lovely Friends......

I have a sweet story to tell and I hope it will Bless you in someway!

.................................... Let me back up a few years.

My maternal grandmother was the young age of 44 when she passed away!  I was 3 years old at time, which means that I really was not old enough to remember her very well.     My mom had two younger brothers that were a lot younger than here  (one being 6 years old and the other being about 9 or 10.)   My youngest uncle on my moms side.....is only 2 months older, than my older sister.  Note  *this sister, my only sister, died almost 35 years ago.      

 My mom and her mom were expecting at the same time!!  How cool would that be?  Guess it would depend on the age....My grandmother was 38 when my uncle was born... My mom was 18 when my sister was born.   38  hmmmmm.   18 not so bad!

My Grandfather re-married after the death of my grandmother.   To shorten this story......let me tell you......My grandmother's dishes did not get passed down to my mom...UNTIL......some 40 years later.  By this time, most of dishes had been used and many of them had been broken.    In reality, my mom ended up with very few pieces.

My mom died 8 years ago, but about a year or so before she passed away, she gave me the dishes that were once her mom's.   I was very honored to have each piece that was left.


The dishes were:  Homer Laughlin........Virginia Rose pattern.

I'm sure they were not expensive, but that doesn't matter.   What mattered to me was that my grandmother liked them, which made me want them more.

Homer Laughlin made several different patterns of dishes and some of them are very, very close in their patterns.


sorry for the blur...........

For the past 8 years, I have shopped many antique shops.....in hopes of finding a set of these dishes.    Not much luck at all.     I found a dish at one shop a few years ago, and this past year, I have found a bowl, a creamer, and a plate.    That has been it!!

Until:     This past week!!

My sweet Sam realizes how important this is to me, and for this reason, he is always checking out some web-sites in hopes of finding these dishes.

This past week, he was browsing on Craig's List and he found where a lady had posted some "Virginia Rose Dishes"  

Sam never said anything to me, until after he had made a deal with the lady.   She was wanting to sell about 45 pieces of Virginia Rose dishes.  She and Sam sent messages back and forth, and she also sent pictures for him to see what pieces she had.  He made the deal and then he wanted to know if I would like to take about a two hour drive with him?  Said he needed to pick something up.

A few minutes later, he gets a call and it was the lady selling the dishes. She said that she would be coming to Tyler the next day and that if he wanted her to, she would deliver the dishes.  And so she did!!


I now own.......45 more pieces of the pattern of dishes that my 
grandmother loved.

I still have quite a ways to go before having a complete set, plus the side dishes......but I am convinced that I will be able to complete my set of dishes before long.

Now listen to this......

The lady told my husband that she had Prayed all day that someone would answer her ad in order to sell her dishes.     Her family was having some financial problems and desperately needed to make some money in order for them to survive the week!!

Our purchase was bittersweet for me.......I WANTED the dishes, but I'm sad that this lady had to sell her dishes in order to have money for her family.

Anyways.......I'm thankful and I can assure you that I will continue to be on a journey......shopping for "Virginia Rose" dishes...

If any of you ever see ANY of these dishes.....Please let me know!!

Hugs, 

Shug

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Gonna Miss Em'

Well.....it's kinda QUITE around here!!     The kids all left this morning around 4:30 for Missouri.  They have a full vacation planned for this week.   Not sure that I could keep up with their schedule.

Roaring River is the first stop....and from there, it's day after day of activities.   Zip Lining.....Passion Play......Silver Dollar City.....Lambert's......Trout Fishing.....Hiking.....Swimming.....Golfing.....and what ever else they can find to do.

I'm not sure that we have ever taken a vacation that required us to pull a U-Haul.....just to carry our luggage and Fun stuff.    My crew did!!  That thing was loaded with all kinds of things to do while they enjoy this family vacation.  

Here are a few of the pictures they have sent me so far....


The crew.....minus Brian.....who I'm assuming was taking this picture.

(Trista, Ty, Tucker, Becky, Brilee, Kelsey, Tyler, Noah and Tori)

We have adopted Becky and Brian's Family.....Sweet, sweet Family!


Noah, Tyler and Tucker.........Catching Mudbugs with their hands....

I would be way too scared that the mudbugs would pinch me......(Here in our part of the world, we call crawfish....MUDBUGS!)

I hope they have a wonderful trip......Gonna miss em'

Shug

Friday, July 5, 2013

Just Posting Pictures...

Hi There....Just posting pictures of the 4th!   We had a wonderful time.....


Tucker with the melon......Tori with the crazy sunshades.....and Tyler with the delicious basket of chocolate dessert!!


A serious face.....just daring someone to take his melon!!  lol



Our good friends.......Trella and Dan


More good friends.....Susie and Sonny


Me....and my sweetheart


Dan and Sam on the Pontoon


Us girls on the Pontoon...

Marsha Kay....Susie....Vicki.....Shug....Trella





Sonny.....the captain of our ship.....



Love the reflection on the water.....


all of us....minus two other friends who couldn't be there...


Bobby Joe....


Getting ready for the fireworks....

We had a GREAT time and the weather was PERFECT.  Such a cool breeze as we rode across the lake.  (I think I could have spent the night out on that Pontoon)

Beautiful fireworks and great memories with special friends...

Hope you all made a lot of memories on the 4th...

Hugs,

Shug



Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Pre-4th of July...

Tomorrow will be a Big Day for the good ol' USA.  



Life is fun.......especially on the 4th of July!

There will be parades of all kinds.....


I can promise you that there will be a whole lot of BBQ eaten!




I love seeing all of the red, white and blue!!

Had to add this picture of my CUTE little niece.   Brylee Kay


and I can't wait to post pictures of all the fireworks that I see tomorrow night!!

Enjoy the 4th....

Shug


Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Burlap Project!!

Oh Y'all......I broke down and went to the Chiropractor this morning.....   Seems that I am 18 pounds heavier on my right side.......which just happens to be the side that is hurting.  

I'm all twisted, which is causing my back pain.    Had a good adjustment while at this visit....feeling somewhat better now.



I guess it seems like I left you all hanging about my ladder and burlap project.   Well, my life has been a bit on HOLD while getting my daughter and her family moved in.  Now that we are all settled.....I can get back to work.

Thought I'd give y'all a sneak peek at what I'm working on.


I have learned how to make flowers, using material and burlap.  


It took me about three good tries, and I had it down.   These things are so easy to make and the good thing is, each flower has it's own unique personality.


I only have about 10 more sashes to make and then I'll be ready to put it all together.  

Don't forget.....I'll be using a ladder as well.....
What could it be??

Hope to have this project finished by the end of next week!!

Woo Hoo!!!

Shug ~

Monday, July 1, 2013

Celebrations...

Today has been a better day.   I can actually walk!  I'm still icing and keeping my back flat with my legs stretched across the ottoman.   All of this really seems to be helping.   Oh...and I have taken a couple of muscle relaxers.  I am not one that is very good at taking medicines of any kind, but.....I must say, these two relaxers have helped tremendously.

The problem with taking muscle relaxers (for me) is that they linger on and on and on.  
As a matter of fact, I'm sleepy right now.  Can I make a small confession?  Here goes:
I could certainly get use to letting everyone wait on me hand and foot!!  Never knew it could feel so good!!!   LOL



Happy Canada Day to all of my wonderful Canadian friends.   

celebrate and enjoy!!

*****

This coming Thursday, Americans will be celebrating the

4th of July!!  How many of you have big plans??


Sam and I will be spending part of the day with our good friends...
BBQ and Fireworks!!  I can't wait!!!


Shug....


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