Amelia Rose Cottage

MY TRIAL BLOG

2010-10-05T13:51:00.000-05:00

This will be my practice blog, I will write a post and put a picture under the writing.and hope it goes where I want it to go. I can learn how to do this easy thing. Now I will find a picture and put it on this post.

I This is a picture of Jessica Amy Timmy and myself at Jess's wedding. It will be my 4 generation picture.

Above is a picture of Charlie and I at the wedding. My prayer is that I can watch all of my grandchildren walk down the isle someday. My youngest is 6 so I have to stay healthy.

It is begining to look like Fall..............

2009-11-08T17:48:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone, hope you are having a good day, what a lovely day in Ohio, Nocember 8th, and it was 73 degrees. It seems late in the fall for Indian Summer but I will take every nice day I can get. I love pictures in black and white and thought I would share this one with you. I will also share some pictures of my little cottage with you.

Above is my Amelia Rose tree, It changes with the seasons...soon it will look like Christmas, the door wreath also changes every season.. The white chair sits on the front porch, above is my summer look.   ( I love roses)      Just a few pictures of the fall season at my little cottage.
                                       Love ya,
                               Sharon K

When autum leaves are falling...........

2009-11-04T14:43:00.005-06:00

Hi out there in my little blog land, we have a chill in the air and few leaves on the tree's. It is November in Ohio...cold and dark at 6:00. Makes me want to cuddle up with a warm throw and a good book. The picture above hangs in my dining room and I think it say so much about this time of year. It makes me stop and reflect on the all so many blessings I have, and how much I take for granted. I think we live our busy live day to day not realizing how much we have...until it is taken away. I have a friend who lost her mother two weeks ago and another friend who lost her daughter two days ago. I want us all to stop and realize that the family and friends we have are such an important part of our daily live.
I want to thank God for the good health I have today and hope and pray it will stay that way. I want us all to tell those close to us just how much we care.
I will try to think of a blessing each day in November and be thankful for this season we call Autumn and the day we call Thanksgiving.
We live for the bounties of fall, but the harvest of friendship and family is blessed above all. Please take the time to be thankful for all you have and to see the beauty of Autumn.
Love ya, Sharon K

Please read my book........I mean my blog

2009-11-03T13:02:00.003-06:00

Hi Guys,
It has been forever but I am back one more time for good....I took a long needed brake, so many things have happened in the last few months and I would like to share every little bit with all of you.
So please, pretty please stay with me, I promise I will be back every day or so, please give me one more chance to show all my loyal readers that I can do this thing they call a blog....meaning biography log.
Now I know each and every one of you want to know about me and where I go and what I do...I hope most of you anyway. I am not saying this is going to be a best seller but it will be cute and fun ....full of every day hints, decorating ideas, a few family pictures and a picture or two of Winston my little Yorkie. What have you got to lose....try me out.....I am free and it will only take a few seconds of your time.
I will have cute pictures to share and poems to write, stories to tell, my spelling will not be perfect and I may not dot all my i;s.........but I will publish...I will...................Sharon K

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2007-08-21T15:56:00.000-05:00

I want to thank Sarah from the blog Horizon

2007-05-20T16:12:00.001-05:00

Do I look calm in this picture........well I took a pill or two.........As I have stated I have lost every thing on my blog so here I am one more time. I promise not to mess up again so please visit me at
http://allmylittleones.blogspot.com/ Sharon K

Construction Failed..........

2007-05-15T15:49:00.000-05:00

Ob boy, did I goof or what, I was working on changing my look and I sure did change it. I lost my back grown and my sidebar, I lost it all.....and now will work on a new Amelia Rose Cottage blog...That is the only way I know to get back to where I was.....I will be back real soon and I have to learn to leave well enough alone......See you soon, Sharon K

Under Construction...........

2007-05-08T19:12:00.001-05:00

I am under construction ......I have the name I want (Amelia Rose Cottage. I have the back grown I want thanks to Tammy from http://gentleretreat.blogspot.com/ My Gentle Retreat. I am working on a new picture of me for My About Me on the side bar. I would love to have a picture of roses by my name Amelia Rose Cottage. If any one out there in blog land knows of some one I could pay to put a picture by the name of my blog I would love information on how to go about this endeavor. I am also working on my sidebar.........so much to do and so little time. I hope by show and tell Friday I will have a new look to show.........Wish me luck.............Sharon K

Show And Tell Friday

2007-05-04T19:12:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!" Do you have a something special to share with us? It could be a trinket from grade school, a piece of jewelry, an antique find. Your show and tell can be old or new. Use your imagination and dig through those old boxes in your closet if you have to! Feel free to share pictures and if there's a story behind your special something, that's even better! Show and tell is sponsored by Kelli at There is no place like home. I was not sure what to post for show and tell, then I looked out my window and thought....why not show the checked curtains that I made this week. I have not sewed in years and thought why not try again. I went out and bought a machine and fabric and like magic I now have a little summer place at the lake with country curtains.
I like the look that I now have achived. A little bit of country, a little bit of nautical and I am a happy camper. My summer home is a 35 foot trailer and it is little and cozy and fells like home. If it gets to small I will spend a day or so at Amelia Rose Cottage. Now I will have to sit and think about next Friday and the next show and tell. Good work Kelli...........Have a wonderful weekend every one.....Sharon K.

My Little Girls Growing Up.........

2007-05-02T18:19:00.000-05:00

I went in town this week and received Brittany"s senior pictures and Lindsey's 3rd. grade pictures. And of course I will find a special place for them in my little home at the lake. It seems like yesterday Brittany was in junior high and now she will be a senior in HS in the fall. Senior pictures sure have changed , when my girls were in school they were the normal pictures..... no pearls like I had a hundred years ago. Now the girls take 6 out fits along and change not just the pose but clothes.

This is Lindsey's picture and they are also quite different then the grade school pictures of long ago. This Sunday will be Lindsey's 9Th birthday and one of her gifts is getting a new decorated bedroom...one for a more mature young lady, grandma and mom painted and put a wallpaper border that she chose. We thought she would choose something different then she did. She choose a wallpaper border with puppies...cute little puppies.....and guess what she wants to go with the new room. A puppy of her own. I think Mom and Lindsey may go dog shopping this Saturday. They hope to find a small puppy that is looking for a new home and a puppy bedroom.

I got home today and will work on a few more projects at my little home at the lake. As they say......a lady's work is never done..........Sharon K

Sir Winston And His New Home

2007-04-25T16:46:00.000-05:00

As you can see from the picture Winston is so happy to be back at the lake. I was not sure if he would remember his little summer home, but no fear he is quite comfortable and very happy. He found his little bed and is ready for an afternoon nap, sleep tight Winston.

I have posted a few pictures of Winston's summer home.

It is raining and cool in Ohio today so Winston and I stayed in the house. I bought a sowing machine with me, I have my scrapbook material here and of course my laptop and blogs to read.....so I can keep very busy on a rainy day at Winston's new little summer home. Have a good evening..........Sharon K

My Home Town

2007-04-24T10:00:00.000-05:00

Another beautiful day in Ohio, I do think spring has arrived and it is wonderful after the very bitter cold winter we had. We have moved down the road to our little summer place at the lake. Our condo is only 2 miles away and will be available for family and friends to stay in at night. The summer place only has one bedroom so I am sure the condo will be very handy during the summer months.

I found this picture and fell in love with the children on the beach. I would love to find clothes like this and take pictures of my grandchildren. If I found the clothes I know a lot of grandparents who would love the pictures. If any one out there in blog land knows of a shop who may carry vintage clothes, please let me know.
We have been at the summer place during the summer for nine years and I feel at home here. I have Lake Erie in the front yard and a beach on the side yard. My grandchildren grew up here and it is a fun place to be. Port Clinton is a resort area in the summer and a ghost town in the winter. Many of the business close down during the winter months. Port Clinton is an hour away from Toledo and an hour away from Cleveland Ohio. We have Cedar Point amusement park and many island get a ways in the area. I will take pictures of the area in another post. It is so neat to share the area where you live with blogging friends. I feel like I have traveled all over the world through some of the blogs I have read. We can share the home we live in and the town where we walk.

This is a picture of Marble Head light house that is in the area, a nice place to visit and sit a while. The tree's are now just starting to bud and the flowers are blooming......so spring has arrived in Port Clinton Ohio. I will be sure to take my camera along with me so I can show you the area where I live. Have a wonderful day and please take the time to smell the flowers and than God for the beauty we all have right around us in our HOME TOWN............Sharon K

My Mother and a look a like.................

2007-04-23T16:36:00.000-05:00

A few weeks ago I put this picture I found on a post and said that it so reminded me of a picture of my mother that I have siting in my living room. I wanted to put the picture of my mother and the picture of the lady with presents and a tree together . It may just be me but the lady with the gifts sure looks like my mother's picture. They say every one has a look a like and this lady looks just like my mother...Ada Amelia

I always thought my mother looked like a movie star in her picture. I would love to put a Victorian out fit on and pose like the queen of vintage......what fun that would be. I have memories of my mother saying..........Sharon why do you like all of this old stuff and the vintage look? I would say.......mother I do not know where I got the love of Victorian,but I know it was not from you. I no not where this love came from but it is all me and I so love it. My I sound like a Victorian queen with that mumbo jumbo. Have a wonderful day my dear........
Sharon K

You Light Up My Life............

2007-04-20T19:14:00.000-05:00

The lights that show me the way. I have two lights like this on my fireplace. I love the look of soft light coming from a Victorian looking lamp.

When evening comes I look forward tot urning on my lamps, some only have small Christmas light bulbs. It gives just enough light to see.

In the dining area I have a stained glass lamp over the table. It has one up lamp that I can turn on by its self. Can be used as a night light.

This little lamp sits on a small desk also in the dining area. Do you have special lights that also light up your life?

Sharon K

So Sow..........Christmas In April............?

2007-04-18T16:53:00.000-05:00

There is still a cold chill in the air, I am tired of spending so much time in side while waiting for the sun to shine and the breeze to warm up out side. I am thinking Christmas in April. I have made a decision that this is the year that I will make all of my Christmas gifts. I have wanted to do this for many years......and this is the year. So(sow) this year I will do..........
I have to find craft projects that I can do in the evening while watching TV. I am not a talented person when it comes to sowing but I can learn. My first project will be making these darling little jackets made our of a sweatshirt, then adding the sailboat or snowman. I can do this.........yes I can????? I think it would be fun to share ideas for home made gifts for birthday or holiday gifts........in April???
Yes because I do need to start in April and do not want to wait until November and then say ( I wish I would have started this project months ago. So if there is any one out there in our blogging group who would like to share ideas about home made gifts please do so. I do not know how to make one of the cute little badges that some put on there post when they want to share an idea...............so if any one out there would like to join in ....my( Christmas in April ) idea and knows how to make a cute little badge please do so.
Any one with me???????????? I hope so.............
Sharon K

I Remember When...........Now Underdtand Why.......

2007-04-12T09:15:00.000-05:00

My Mother..Ada Amelia

I now sit in my lovely country home, which I call Amelia Rose Cottage. I sit and think why did I want the cottage look. Then I reflected on my life , and the wonderful memories of growing up at Silver Lake in Michigan. My parents had a small cottage at the lake, it was small but held many family members and friends. I learned how to drive on the roads that led to Devils Lake where we danced at the pavilion and roller skated the evenings away. I grew up there and now understand I want to again have the feel of living in a cottage.
One of my favorite flowers are roses, I also like daisy's and geraniums, but the beauty of a rose stands out as a favorite.
I am sure I have shared with you that my mother's middle name was Amelia, she was named after her Aunt Amelia. When Tammy had a little girl she named her Lindsey and wanted her middle name to be Amelia, named after my mothers middle name. Of course I was delighted with the choice of Lindsey Amelia's name.
The above pictures show the reason why I chose the name of my new home
AMELIA ROSE COTTAGE
The sun room is finished, the curtains are hung, all we have to do is wait for the sun shine and warm weather to enjoy the new little cottage at the lake. Memories have been transformed in to the here and now at Amelia Rose Cottage

A Very Special Thank You

2007-04-10T08:50:00.000-05:00

I want to send a special thank you to Nancy Jo for sending me a lovely home made card and beautiful vintage cards. . Your gift has a special place in my new home and thank you so much. I can not believe how many wonderful people I have met through blogging. I use to look at books for decorating ideas and new ideas for preparing something different for dinner. Now all I have to do is turn on the computer and visit my blogging friends to find so many wonderful ideas.

It was a very cold Easter Sunday in Ohio and I did not have thee Easter egg hunt out side. We had snow and very cold winds so I am going to think Spring with a capital S...
We celebrated my daughters birthday on Easter Sunday....and Amy you are not getting older just better my dear. Have a wonderful Monday. Sharon K

Happy Easter & A Happy Birthday To Amy

2007-04-07T15:09:00.000-05:00

I want to wish every one a happy and blessed Easter day and a beautiful spring season.
I thought a week or so ago that I was ready to settle down and start living a normal life and do all
the fun things I like to do.........wrong..................

I have been so busy just finishing up all the little jobs that were still left to do. I thought I could get the small jobs finished in a day. Well that day turned in to a week and now I am
so ready to settle down. I am so happy to be home and able to spend Easter with my family and my little ones. It is my daughter Amy's birthday today the 7Th of April. We will celebrate her birthday and Easter on Sunday. I will take pictures tomorrow of the birthday girl and my grandchildren to share with all.
I sure miss the blogging scene and promise to be back.......miss every one's blogs.....I think it is something that two years ago I did not really know what a blog was for sure, and now it a daily part of my life......starting Monday...........
Have a wonderful weekend.........and do not eat to much of that candy that the bunny will bring...................................Sharon K

One Hundred Things About Me..................

2007-03-25T14:10:00.000-05:00

Wow..it was harder then I thought to come up with the 100 things about me......But here goes...........

1. I love to decorate

2. I'm left handed

3. I have no sense of direction

4. Love chinese food

5. I have 9 grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild

6. I enjoy reading a good book

7. I have deep blue eyes

8. My favorite color is red

9. My favorite flower is: roses, my second is daisies

10. I love anthing vintage or old

11. I'm not a good cook

12. Favorite dessert is ice cream

13. Favorite television show is: "Brothers and Sisters"

14. I am the matriarch of our family

15. My favorite movies is" The Sound of Music"

16. I have to wear my glasses to drive

17. I worked at Columbia Gas of Ohio

18. I worked 26 years at Toledo Public Schools

19. I drive a Buick Rendeveau

20. Love to go to Amish Country

21. Favorite pastime: Shopping

22. I enjoy scrapbooking

23. My favorite vacation: Hawaii

24. Favorite season: Fall

25. Mothers family from: Germany

26. Fathers family from: Ireland

27. Original hair color: Shit-bringle brown

28. Nicknames: Sharon-o-shanna-c-k-thomas

29. Middle name is Kay

30. My favorite flower from the garden: geranium

31. Have a summer place at the lake

32. Grew up in East Toledo

33. Love to travel

34. Gamble once a year

35. Enjoy flea markets

36. Have a whirlpool tub in my bathroom

37. Live on a golf course

38. Have a pond in my backyard

39. Have a dog named Winston

40. I cannot spell

41. I'm 5 ft. 2 inches tall

42. I'm a Leo

43. Love old family pictures

44. Have 25 decorating books

45. Do not like mushrooms

46. Favorite restaurant: Applebees

47. Love going to the movies

48. A fan of Grays Anatomy

49. Enjoy easy listening music

50. My parents were chaperones at my prom

51. Have a diploma from decorating school

52. Support our troops - buy not a fan of war

53. In the summertime live on Lake Erie

54. Miss warm weather in Florida

55. Do not have eye-hand coordination

56. Have a Grand-daughter at Ohio State

57. Have a Grandson who plays football and basketball

58. Used to have a sailboat

59. I'm an Ohio Buckeye

60. When I was a little girl we had a cottage at Silver Lake

61. I try to enjoy life to the fullest

62. My glass is always half full

63. I have a memory shelf of my family

64. Favorite holiday: Christmas

65. Drink 8 glasses of iced tea a day

66. I make good chicken salad

67. Do not like liver and onions

68. Like to decorate for fall

69. Love chocolate

70. Always looking for sales

71. Enjoy entertaining

72. Like to help others

73. Been to Alaska

74. I need to exercise

75. Love to Blog

76. I wear four rings

77. Wear my hair short

78. Don't want to get my belly button pierced

79. Enjoy the Oprah show

80. Like Katie Couric's news broadcast

81. Like the "Today" show in the morning

82. Like to dance

83. I'm a Lutheran

84. Have 2 daughters, 1 step-daughter, 1 step-son

85. Like pineapple on my pizza

86. Like to play cards

87. No gray hair

88. Favorite saying: Live, Laugh and Love

89. Have had foot surgery

90. Have arthritis, as I'm using my heating pad

91. Love my puppy

92. Enjoy email from friends

93. Not good at writing letters

94. Birthday is August 4th

95. Need glasses to read

96. Have many family antiques

97. Enjoy antiquing

98. Been married to Charlie for 16 years

99. When together Charlie always drives

100. Had a hard time finding 100 things about me.

Thanks to Tammy for helping me think of 100 things......Now I will relax.........Happy Sunday and more of my nonsense tomorrow

Sharon K..........................

WELCOME TO AMELIA ROSE COTTAGE

2007-03-21T10:06:00.000-05:00

Happy first full day of spring, I have missed blogging and reading all of my favorite post. It has been a long three months but I am settled in Amelia Rose Cottage. I would like to invite you to my open house which is on the post just below this one. I have put a few before and after pictures on the slide show just to show you why I have been busy. I am so happy to be all most back to normal and again have time for my favorite past time........blogging.........

So please have a cup of tea and sit back and enjoy the tour of Amelia Rose Cottage. More pictures later and thanks for the visit.......Sharon K

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-03-21T10:04:00.001-05:00

Amelia Rose Cottage

2007-03-20T09:51:00.000-05:00

Welcome To Amelia Rose Cottage

It has been so long since I have had the time to blog or to read all of my favorite blogs. Tomorrow I will be back to normal and have time to visit all of my friends. Here are a few pictures of Amelia Rose Cottage. I have many more to post but today is Charlies birthday and the first day of spring. We will go in to town and have dinner with my daughters and grandchildren.

More pictures to come tomorrow and a special thankyou to Linda who took the pictures with her new camera.

Kitchen

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Livingroom

Master bedroom

Till tomorrow.................................Sharon Kay

All Most Home.

2007-03-06T18:03:00.000-06:00

After much time and work we are all most home. Thought I would post a quick up date on the big move. Tomorrow the new furniture I ordered for the living room will arive. The new doors will be put in this weekend. And then we will start the decorating process which I am so ready for. We bought a condo that is 19 years old and we updated it through and through. By update I mean all new.......everything.

When I think about it I now have all new which I want to look old.......I will end up with a wonderful new....old cottage. If you are new to my blog you will wonder what I am talking about...if you have been a regular you know what I am talking about......This is the view I will wake up to each morning.

I sure do miss my visits to all my favorite blogs and can not wait to be settled and back to normal. I will post pictures of my country cottage condo real soon........And the name of my country cottage will be.......Amelia Rose Cottage.

My mothers middle name was Amelia, I have a grand daughter who also has the same middle name Amelia named after my mother. And I had a grate aunt Amelia who my mother was named after.....so after much thought I desided on Amelia Rose. In memory of my mother and in honer of Lindsey Amelia my little sweet heart.

Tammy from Among Friends will help me change my blog name to Amelia Rose Cottage when I move in. She changed her name with out changing her blog and will help me do the same. So soon I will have a new home and a new blog name. I just have so much to do.... I miss all and will be back real soon with pictures. Have a wonderful week and be safe.............Sharon K

Old Stuff And Such.............

2007-02-22T19:00:00.000-06:00

The country cottage condo is coming along, tomorrow new kitchen floors that looks like wood will go in both bath's and kitchen.
The carpet will also be put in this weekend. It is truly looking like my country cottage, and every thing is looking just like I pictured in my mind. The red bedroom with one wall finished in the wallpaper I posted a few weeks ago looks wonderful.

In another week the pod that left Florida with all our belongings will be in the front of the cottage condo. And all my dreams will come true. I wanted to move back to Ohio to be near family, I wanted a home in Port Clinton near our summer place. I wanted to make the condo feel like a country cottage and it is all about to happen.

I am a perfect example of a person who let go and let God......I have wanted to come back home for the last three years but when you are married you have to give and take. I had to wait till the time was right for Charlie. Well that time came and all is well and I am so thankful for all that I have. We went to my granddaughter Jessica's 23rd. birthday last night. It is the first time in eight years that I have been home and able to go to the family celebration for her. I love being home for all the important times in my family's life.

Soon I will be decorating, moving furniture here and there until it looks just right. I know I have way to much stuff and wondering what I am going to do with every thing. I know a lot of you buy and sell on eBay......but that is all new to me and not sure how to go about doing so. I will put all the treasures aside that I can not use and think about eBay later.

So I will be back soon with pictures of the all most finished cottage. I am still working on names for the cottage. So far I will be choosing from the fol ling names

1 Red rose cottage

2 Amelia rose cottage

Untill later ... Sharon K

Thank You So Much.................

2007-02-17T17:32:00.000-06:00

Thank You Bouquets

I could search the world over and not find a better group of women then I have found through blogging. I consider myself lucky to have come across all of them. I have a few that I have gone back and forth with for a year. I have found some that are interested in the vintage look which I love. I found a few who just have a flair for writing and many who know how to take wonderful pictures. All in all each and every one of the ladies that I blog with keep me coming back day after day to see what their next post will be about.

When I started blogging just over a year ago, I thought why not try it out and see what it Ia all about. Well it is about finding friends all over the world, friends that are always there to cheer you on or help you choose a wall paper border. They are there with prayers, and stories that will cheer you up on a down day. They may send you a card or surprise you with a gift. They are there when you need help, and there to say Happy Birthday. I am inspired by them in so many ways and I want to say thank you to all that read my blog and also for all the wonderful comments I receive. It has been so much fun and I truly believe that learning new things is what keeps us all young.

A very special thank you to Tammy of Kentucky Gal for helping me with my new back grown, she was there when I needed a helping hand.( I spoke with Tammy on the phone and she has the most darling Kentucky accent ) Also a big thank you to Susan P. of A Place Called Home. She sent me a beautiful hankie with roses and a K . for my last name and two beautiful cards. This is just a sample of all the new and wonderful blogging friends that I can now call my new circle of friends.

So to all my retired friends who want to beat the winter blues and stop the cabin fever, give this blogging world a chance. You to may just get hooked on this new and wonderful way of life just like I did.

Till Tomorrow.....Sharon K

Decorating...Decorating..What to do???????

2007-02-15T18:48:00.000-06:00

New wallpaper and border for the kitchen.

Cupboards will be red and gold.
Colors of the office/guestroom

Gold...colors of living room/dining room

Red....colors of the bedroom with the wallpaper

This is where we are with the condo so far. The red here looks soooooooooo red but the one wall wallpapered and the white washed furniture will end up with the look I wanted.

I love the gold color of the living room and it will look so good with my sofa with the reds, and ivory colors.

We will have the new cupboards put in next week and the wall paper will be applied this weekend.

The carpet will be put in on Feb.23 and then the pod will be arriving ....that is when the decorating fun will begin. As I finish each room I will take a picture of my country cottage condo. It has been a work of love and will be all that I was hoping for..........I hope.........

Much love...............Sharon Kay

Happy Valentines Day

2007-02-14T16:29:00.000-06:00

Oh what a cold day we had yesterday......around 10 inches of snow and a level 3 snow emergency which means no cars on the roads.

I still am not complaining........I was the one who wanted to come back to Ohio and enjoy the beauty of winter and as long as I sit by the window and look out it is beautiful.

I wish all a Happy Valentines Day....you may be warm, you may be cold buy you will be my valentine snow man.

We have been very busy over at the condo and things are coming along well. Charlie has all the painting finished, we have ordered carpet, and cupboards are on the way. I am going to put bead board in both bathrooms and we will have the pod in the driveway in about 2 or 3 weeks. I am so ready to settle in and be at home once again. Thank you to all for the decorating ideas . I went to order the wallpaper and border and found another one that I liked better then the ones I had. Of course it is at the condo but I will take pictures tomorrow. Have a wonderful day and I will be back tomorrow with more decorating pictures and a few new ideas to share. Love to all on this valentine day............Sharon K

My Decorating Ideas.........

2007-02-07T14:18:00.000-06:00

What to do.............

I am siting here having a warm cut of tea and pondering over oh so many wallpaper and wallpaper border samples. What to do........What to do........

My problem is I have to many to choose from.....I need help..............

1. The first picture is of a wallpaper and border I like. The wallpaper will go on one wall and the border above the cupboards. The gold paint chip is the color I have chosen for the walls. And I have many red accents that will add a touch of Victorian and a little bit of country.

2.This picture showes the stripe and also a polka dot that I like.

Which do you think will look the best. The stripe makes a statement but the other is a softer look.

I wanted to put more of my ideas on this post but blogger is acting up and it is getting to me so.................I will try later. I will be posting ideas for my guest bedroom/office next.

I will take my camera to the scrapbooking getaway this weekend and hope to get many good ideas for pages of my next scrapbook. Remember I said I was going to make all of next years Christmas gifts and this will be one gift that will be started and worked on all year.

Love to all..........Sharon Kay

3. This picture shows the colors of my cupboards. I will have the gold where the red is and the red where the gold is because of the gold walls.

My Country Decorating Book

2007-02-06T16:13:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone, I have been in New York for a few days, celebrating our grandson AJs . birthday and fun Sunday evening super bowm party. This is one of the fun things we get to do now that we are back in Ohio. A fun time was had by all.........A little cold but we warmed up in front of the fire place and a few hugs from Emilee helped to......Usuall I will have a warm drink after I do a post on my blog...but I think I will have the warm drink now this will for sure be a rather long post. We had a few days to not think about paint colors and carpet.......but back to reality, decorating and working on our country cottage.

Winter Wonderland..........

2007-01-30T17:25:00.000-06:00

OK.... I know........I wanted to move to Ohio and we have a lot of snow and I will be the last one to complain.......I Know. People do not believe me, but I do find it some what refreshing. As long as I can sit inside and see the beauty of the new fallen snow on a tree branch or a robin who forgot to go south, flying around and looking for feed. We had our closing today and went to our new condo. and all ready bought paint for the celling...........so we are ready to transfer the condo to country cottage condo. I am trying to come up with a name for my cottage.....and need help if any of you out there can think of a name for my new home. I like Rose Cottage but that belongs to Laurie of the blog Rose Cottage so I will find another cute name and have a sign painter paint it.............so help please.

This evening we had a wonderful bowl of green peeper soup and it was so good. I will add the easy recipe below.
Linda Gray - Oct 16, 2006 View Viewers
Title: Green Pepper Nice thick soup 1 1/2 pounds ground beef3 large green peppers, chopped1 large onion, chopped2 cans (14 1/2 oz) beef broth2 cans (10 3/4 oz) tomato soup1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes1 1/2 cups COOKED rice Directions:In large saucepan cook beef, green peppers, onion over medium heat till meat is no longer pink. Drain off the grease. Stir in broth, soup and tomatoes. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer at least 40 minutes. Stir occasionally. Add rice and heat through.Number Of Servings:10Preparation Time:20 minutes if you cook the rice I forgot ...

If you try the soup you will have it over and over on a cold winter night. We put

shredded cheese on top of the soup......... so good.

OK dinner is over and now it is time to check out a few o f my favorite wallpapers ..now remember I have white washed bedroom furniture that looks like off white and I love this wallpaper for one wall and the other walls painted red..........who said I was not daring..........

I love this paper and I think the light colors are the same color of the furniture and above also is a border that would go with the wallpaper. I think I would end up with a country cottage look.

For the guest room/office I found a red sleeper sofa that I will order next week. I want the nautical look in this room ....I do not want to make a nautical statement with light houses or sailboats......so I thought a stripe blue and white with the red sofa and the other walls in blue to match the blue in the stripe would give me the look.

I have been in many of your homes

through blogging and if any one out there has any ideas on decorating ...please let me know.........Of course when all finished you will all see the finished rooms...Thanks so much for coming along on my decorating endevers.....

Dished are finished and now I will sit back and look at a few more decorating books and dream of my country cottage with a few bits of vontage here and there. Country cottage and vintage spells..............................Sharon Kay

And The Winner Is.................

2007-01-26T17:07:00.000-06:00

Good Evening.........The winner of the vintage basket celebrating my one year blog anniversary is..............

Susan P. of http://home-place.blogspot.com/

Susan has a lovely blog called A Place Called Home which I have enjoyed reading very much. Susan has a way with words and tells beautiful stories. She is the kind of person that I would love to have as a next door neighbor.

Susan please email me with your home address and the vintage basket will be on its way to Virginia and a place called home...Every one please visit Susan and you will want to return often.

It has been cold in Ohio but you can see my Winston figured out how to stay warm real fast. I am waiting to see him outside with snow that is taller then he is. Now there is only a trace of snow and he pays no attention to it at all. Winston is saying hi to all in this picture.

We will have the house closing for the condo next Tuesday and leave with the key to our new home. We have been shopping and I am ready to make a nice condo in to my country cottage.. That may sound like a big job and I am not sure that I have ever seen a condo become a cottage ........but I can do this..............My big problem will be on the out side, which I can not do to much with........because they all have to have the same look.......but when you walk through my front door you will then know you are in a country cottage home. I have a photo album that I fill with decorating pictures....when I see a look that I like I will put in photo book and in that way I keep all of my favorite ideas together. I will put wall pater and borders, paint chips and any thing that pertains to the area that I am working o in the same book. The picture here is the colors that I want in my kitchen which of course is just plain old white with wood cupboards. Next week when we bet in the condo I will be taking the before pictures and after each room is fin shed I will take the after pictures. I have a lot to do but it will also be a lot of fun. I will post A few of the wonderful wallpapers I found on my next post. Ever one have a wonderful weekend and be safe....................................Sharon Kay

One Year Blog Anniversery Vintage Gift Basket......

2007-01-23T17:22:00.000-06:00

Hi to all my wonderful blogging friends................

I have been blogging for one year and it has been so much fun. I have met so many wonderful friends and enjoyed so many different blogs along the way. As a group of friends we have said prayers for each other, family and friends. We have shared blessings and helped each other in times of need. Some times we help each other by just being there. We share recipes, advice, decorating ideas, holiday cookies, and home made gifts.

Through blogging I have become more aware of good books, TV programs and which new movies are out there. I look forward each day to checking in on my favorite blogs. I enjoy the country cottage look, and any thing that is country, Victorian and vintage. I have found so many lovely ladies out there who share many treasures they find at antique shops or fairs. We share corners of our homes and wonderful decorating ideas. I have about 25 favorites and as I blog more I find more favorites. The gals who I blog with are all ages, and from all over the world. I will be decorating our new condo and will ask for advise from many of my blogging friends. So you can see that through this little blogging world that I am in why I enjoy the new gals that have become my friends.

I am going to put together a vintage basket something like the one below to send out as my anniversary gift to one of the lucky ladies that comment on this my one year blogging post......So good luck to all.......I will pick the lucky name out of a basket on Friday January 26,2007 at noon.

I again want to thank my friend Judy for helping me get started in this wonderful world called blogging. I will now think about my vintage basket that I will have fun filling full of vintage treasures. That will be fun..........Sharon K.

Memories......................

2007-01-21T16:44:00.000-06:00

Memories..........oh what would we do with out them

In memory of my mother and my sister JoAnn

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!""Gone where?"Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.Her diminished size is in me, not her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says:"There, she is gone!" there are other eyes watching her coming , and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!"And that is dying. Henry Van Dyke
Oh how I miss my mother...It will be eleven years this week and I miss her so much but I am so thankful for all the memories we shared through all the years and the memories are what gives me the power to grow old with out her. She is with me always in spirit and I am so thankful I had her love for so many wonderful years. This week will also mark six years that my sister went to be with my heavenly family. Both my mother and sister passed away the same week , just five years apart. So I truly am so thankful for all the memories that I have of the two wonderful woman that were my mother and my sister.

The picture above reminds me so much of my mother when she was a young women. I could not believe the likeness and when I find the picture of her that reminded me of the above picture I will post it.
I will now have a cup of tea and look at pictures and remember how it use to be when I had my mother, and only sister and sibling.......And I thank God for all the wonderful memories of both of the ladies in my life.
Sharon Kay

Busy Time Of The Year.

2007-01-17T17:16:00.000-06:00

Usually January is a quiet time of the year. The month after the hustle and bustle of Christmas. is always a slow down month. This year January is a busy time for us, a month to make appointments, set up a closing for the condo, check out carpet stores and find the right paint colors........A month to shop for furniture and look at wallpaper and borders. As I have said before Charlie is a handy man and I love to decorate so we will both be in our glory getting the condo ready to become our new home. I have taken many classes in decorating and it is the type of work that I should have gone into, it is a work of love for me. Any one can have a house but what you do with the interior makes the house a home. I posted a picture of the bed , the whole bedroom outfit looks like shutters, also bought a computer desk, and a cupboard for the kitchen yesterday. I picked up many paint chips today and will post the colors that I have fallen in love with. So much to do but the one thing we have a lot of is time. We have two months to work on the condo before our friends come back up north and want their summer house back. Selling the house in Florida and finding a place in Ohio has just worked out so well for us and I am very thankful for this.

I miss all the friends we made in Florida and I am so happy that we are in a high tech world where we can visit through email. I wish that all of my friends had a blog like I have.......it is a wonderful way to stay in touch with family and friends. Also a way to meet so many people through out this world.

The condo that we have is about two miles from our summer place at Vista Villa. When we have company in the summer having two places so close will be a blessing. Also our family's will have a place to stay in a resort area which is a good thing. The area we are in is close to Cedar Point and many islands that you can visit by ferry boat also many inside and outside water parks. In the winter it is a quiet place to live but Charlie and I enjoy day trips and traveling so we will keep busy. I have my blog and many things I enjoy doing on the computer and also like to scrapbook and I want to make all of my Christmas presents for 2007...So I will have plenty to keep me busy. Now it is time for a cup of hot chocolate while I read a few of my favorite blogs. Be back soon..............................Sharon Kay

We Have A Home ............

2007-01-15T16:27:00.000-06:00

We just got a phone call and they excepted our bid on the condo so we will be home owners again . We are both very happy and have a lot of wonderful ideas.... We will now have to wait a few weeks for the closing and the place will be ours. Then the work begins but it will be a labor of love. Charlie is handy and I love to decorate so we will enjoy geting our home ready. We are staying in our friends home so that will give us the time to paint and put down the new carpet. I will take pictures as we go along.

I love the colors in this picture and that is the colors that my kitchen cupboards will be. The colors remind me of a country cottage or old farmhouse and that is the look I want to achieve.

I just wanted every one to know I will not be homeless for long and I will take you along on the home improvement job. It will be fun and I will ask for your help along the way. I will own a condo with a beautiful view and when it is finished it will be our little country cottage. We will be out looking for new furniture also. I have my sofa and two chairs in our pod and I am going to get new white washed furniture which will be a welcome change for me. I will now sit back read a few blogs while I enjoy a hot cup of Chi tea. I have a home............yes......Sharon Kay

Oh What A View

2007-01-12T16:31:00.000-06:00

Oh what a view, the pictures are not that good and the windows may be a little dirty but I love the view. We found a condo on a small inland lake which sits on a golf course and we fell in love with the wonderful view. We were looking at these condos before we left for Florida to sell the house. The condo that we were looking at has sold but another one is on the market at this time.

We have been house hunting and looking at other condos but keep coming back to this one. The one thing I like about this one is I can start out from scratch as far as the decorating, new carpet, new floor and paint. I am going to decorate in country cottage with the vintage look here and there. The condo has a kitchen, living and dining room which is the open look, two bedrooms and two bath. We will put a four season room on the front looking out at the lake.

We will be busy this weekend but will put an offer in next Monday. And you will all be in on the decorating aspect .....Through blogging I know how many of you have wonderful decorating ideas.

The weather here has been warm, a little sun and a little rain. No snow yet but I am sure I will see it some time this season. It has been a busy time and I have only seen my girls and grandchildren one time sense we have been back.

The first five days I was sick and now a lot to do but I am only one hour away and know I can go in town to Toledo any time. It is a wonderful feeling. One overwhelming feelings I have had was to call my mom and say I am home. My mother passed away eleven years ago and is looking down and knows that I am home.

This is a picture of the out side of the condo complex, We will not have to cut grass or shovel snow, but I will have areas in the front yard and back to plant my flowers and watch my little garden grow.

We are also going to keep our little summer place at the lake, we love it there and have so many wonderful friends we can not think about giving that up. Both the summer and winter place are not that far apart but will come in real handy when we have company or the grandchildren want to spend the week or weekend. We will just go home to the condo. We will have Lake Erie and the little inland lake right out side our windows and what more can I ask for. I am truly blessed...................Sharon k.

Home Again.......O hi O

2007-01-09T12:07:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone..................

This blog will be in the form of a letter to let every one know that I made it back home. We started out on Wednesday December 27th. by going to the closing for the home in Florida that we sold. Every thing went well and we were on the way to South Carolina to spend a few days with Charlies daughter and her family. Then on to Finley Ohio to stay with friends for a night, then on the freeway to Toledo where we spent a night at my daughter Tammy's house. On Sunday afternoon we went to a friends house to relax and enjoy New Year Eve with four other couples. We had a wonderful time and a lot of fun and food. We left there on Tuesday the 2nd. of Janurary to get settled in Port Clinton Ohio where we will reside untill we find our new little nest I will call home........We have good friends who are in Florida and we are staying at there summer place while we look around.

We were settled in and ready to relax and rewind and find a place to put our heads down for more then a day when that awful bug called the FLU some how found us and attacked. I though how did that little bug know where we were. We had been so many different places , but no fear he founf me. I have been so sick the last few days I did not even care what day it was, I just knew if I could sleep through the next few days that would be the way to handle this nasty germ. Today is my fifth day and I feel all most human, and I want to advise everyone to get a fue shot.I did not get one...haha...I will now....way to early in the flu season not to get one. Charlie did get the flu shot and he also get the flu and felt bad but not as bad as I did....and his did not last as long........So the flu shot does help....take my word for it please.

I am truly hoping that it was my time to get the fuu, and that awful greeting was not my welcome back to Ohio.......as I told Charlie things can only get better.........I hope ..........

We have appointments set up to start looking around and find out what real estate is avaible in this area, and of course I will have my camera along for the ride. So sit back relax and come along with me while I look fo my new little corner of the world. Now I will take a little time and check in on my favorite blogs and see what good things are happening. Oh yes it feels so good to feel good..............................Sharon K.

OHIO

2006-12-24T14:44:00.000-06:00

Hi.......I would like to wish each of you a wonderful and blessed New Year. I have been very busy packing and geting ready to go home. I feel so blessed that every thing worked out so well with the sale of our home in Florida. It has been a busy month for me, but I was happy the whole time I was working on the house.

The Christmas tree was taken down a week before Christmas day and all our belongings are in the Pod ready for the trip north. We will have the closing on December 27th. and head to S.Carolina for a few days, and then we will be heading to Ohio.

I am going home to the area where I was born, the area where my family lives. There may be a few chills, a little snow and even some ice.........but I will have all my little sweethearts to keep me warm. I have had so many people ask me WHY.........would you want to go back to Ohio and why would you want to be in the cold weather.........At this time in my life I choose to be in the cold but have my family close by. So many of the people have just moved here or have been here a short time and I think a day will come when they may feel the same way I do. I also have to think that some of the coubles here have chuldren scattered allk over the United Stated ........where my children stayed in the town where they were born...the same town I was boen in and that is home to me.

I feel very blessed to start the New Year in a new place, to have good health and still be young enough to have so much to look forward to......The new things in life is what keeps me young at heart . We will have the time to look around and deside where we want to settle with out rushing, I will have a new home to decorate........which I will so enjoy. We will meet new people and travel more. I do have so much to look forward to and I thank God for all the good things in my life.

We will be with good friends Debbie and Jim tomorrow for Christmas day and a wonderful dinner. We were also with them on Thanksgiving day.....and Christmas day was to be at my home.........but of course plans changed when we found out the closing of the house would be two days after Christmas.

Christmas In Florida

2006-12-11T18:14:00.000-06:00

It was a beautiful December evening and we went for a walk, the temp was around 70 and there was a light breeze. It seems so strange to look at homes decorated for Christmas in such beautiful weather. I took a few pictures along the way for you to see.

We have been very busy during the day packing and getting ready for the moving sale. We are ready in the evening to rest and relax. All is going well because we do not have to be in a big rush. We will have the moving sale this weekend. Next week a pod will be delivered to our driveway. We will have a week to pack the pod up. They will pick up the pod and ship to Toledo Ohio on the 26Th. of December.
At that time it will be stored in a warehouse until be find our new home, and then it will be deliverd to that drive way. We know people who have used the pod system and have been happy with the results.

I will be packing up the computer desk and my big computer tomorrow but will still use my laptop to read blogs while I am waiting for the big move. This will be my last post until the first of the new year where I will be settled in at Dave and Gail's summer place until we find our new place. They are in Florida for the winter and by staying at there home we can take our time and look around until we find the right little nest for us to call home. I have enjoyed all the Christmas decorations and all the decorated pages you have been posting and it will help keep me in the holiday spirit by the daily visits I will have to your little corners of the world. Thanks so much for all the comments and good wishes I have received and as soon as I am settled I will be back. Please do not forget me while I am away for a few weeks and I want to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year. I will be set up to post again next year.....Jan.2 2007
Love to all........Sharon Kay

The House Is Sold

2006-12-05T18:40:00.000-06:00

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Well I did not think the house would sell the month of December......but it did sell and the tree is up, the house is decorated and the gentleman who bought the house wants the closing on December 27Th and wants the house on that day. So we are busy sorting through things and trying to decide what we want to take and what we want to sell. Evey thing is happening fast but we are happy that it is over with. It was on the market for six weeks and the way the market is right now I think we were lucky. As soon as I let go: and let God take care of things every thing went well.
We will be back in Ohio the first of January and take our time looking for what will be our last move for quite some time.
I will not be home for Christmas but I will be there for New Years Eve..and I can not ask for any thing better then that. I am going to keep the tree up for another week or two and enjoy it, but the other decorations are all ready back in there boxes again. We will be selling most of the furniture because it will cost 5 thousand to have it transported back and I want to buy new furniture when I get settled in Ohio. I am going to decorate with the new cottage style which I will enjoy, and we can go to flee markets, antique shops and auctions which both Charlie and I enjoy doing.
Charlie calls the move north a new chapter in our life and I do agree. After 9 years of spending the winters here I truly am ready to go home and enjoy this new chapter which will include my family the year around and not just in the summer months. We will be closer to Charlies sons family and will make a vacation out of visiting his daughters home in S. Carolina.
I truly thank God for all that I have and for alowing us to enjoy yet another chapter of the book called life.

Winston And Frosty

2006-12-03T15:04:00.000-06:00

Frosty the snow man was siting on a chair and Winston went to visit him. I said stay Winston, and went to get the camera. And this picture is now Winston's one year birthday picture.

Happy Birthday Winston

Winston has brought so much joy to our home and just fits in so well with the little family he has. We walk every day and Winston walks with us and he loves the golf cart and can not wait to get in the car and go every where with us. After we lost Simon last year we were so heart broken and went out 4 days later and bought Winston in to our home, he will never take the place of Simon but he sure helped to fill the void we had.............I guess we could call him our holiday puppy. His birthday was November 30Th. This year will be his first Christmas with us and he has not touched the tree...........but he does think Frosty is his new Christmas toy.

We had an offer on the house yesterday and he counter offered........then I get a call and the real astate agent says he just lowered the offer 5 percent.....I said what? I have no idea what is happening now.......We have never had good luck with selling a home........If we would accept the offer he wants us to be out by December 27...........which is in a few weeks....and never mind Christmas is in between all of this...........We should no something tomorrow, but I can not start packing yet.......... Will let you know.........when I know.................help................I am going nuts now..............not knowing .................

I scrap booked today and worked on Christmas cards and gifts. Just playing the waiting game with the sale of the house.......Tree is up house is decorated and I will just sit and wait for that call.....

Charlie is watching football and I am watching HG TV and will now sit back and real a few blogs and have that big cup of hot chocolate.....

A Christmas MeMe................

2006-11-29T17:23:00.000-06:00

I have been reading this Christmas meme on others blogs and thought I would join in on the fun........................

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate with a Cinnamon stick

2 Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? When I was a little girl they were not wrapped just put under the tree, but now Santa helps me wrap them.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?. Little white lights and white lights in the windows.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? I ran out but I will pick some up the next time I am out..sounds like fun.

5. When do you put up your decorations? I usually put the tree and decorations up the first of December but little miss sweet pea got me moving faster this year.......thanks pea.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?. I love the ham and cheese potatoes the best

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?. The year I found my mutton coat under my moms bed before Christmas

8 . When did you find out the truth about Santa And just what about Santa do you want to know?

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?. No.......never I guess that is still the little girl in me. I want to get up on Christmas morning and see the presents under the tree to open.

10. What kind of decorations are on your Christmas Tree ? White pearls and red apples with Victorian ornaments.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I have been in Florida for so long that I miss it and love it as long as I do not have to drive on the ice that some times follows.

12. Can you ice skate? Not for years and years, and then I was on my butt most of the time.

13 Do you remember your favorite gift? Any thing that my grandchildren have picked out and given to me.

14 What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Christmas cookies and peppermint and choc late ice cream

15 What tops your tree? A beautiful Victorian angel

16. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? I think it is more fun to give but I do enjoy opening a gift or two or three or four................

17 Favorite Christmas music ? Kathy Ma tteas .... Good News

Oh Christmas Tree..............

2006-11-28T17:50:00.000-06:00

The house has not sold yet so I thought I may as well put up the Christmas tree and decorate for the holidays. I was hoping I would be in Ohio and visit with family and have a white Christmas but that is not going to happen this year. I have to be patient and hope it will sell early in 2007.

I have a few more decorations to do tomorrow and I will be ready for Christmas. We will be getting packages ready to send out and cards addressed. I do not think I will bake cookies this season because if I have them in the kitchen it will be to much of a temptation, and that I do not need while I am on Weight Watchers. I will just go to Sweet Pea's blog and look at all her baked goods and dream of what they must taste like.

I just got a phone call from a friend Diana from Ohio, she just won 11,500 dollars at a drawing and I am so happy for her and Bob. And what a wonderful month to win that much extra money. It is so nice to answer the phone and here such good news......You go girl...........

I have posted a few of my favorite decorations for the tree, and the glass box with lights was a gift from Candee, Joe and Hannah last year. My granddaughter Hannah and I went to see Happy Feet last weekend and it was wonderful. I enjoyed it as much if not more then she did. I would recommend the show to all grandmas and grampas and mom's and dads. She had to hide her eyes a few times when Happy Feet had a problem or two so beware of the few scenes.

Now for my Weight Watchers report.........not good..I gained a pound but I will do much better next week when I do not have to worry about thanksgiving dinner and a going away dinner. I have been going to curves and walking every day and I will do this.........................Till later Sharon Kay

Oh Christmas Tree

2006-11-26T13:14:00.000-06:00

The Christmas tree came down from the attic today to find a special corner in our home to once again remind us about the reason for the season. To light up our life and bring the spirit of Christ and his birth in to our home. It will help us to remember what Christmas is truly about. To reflect on the tiny baby that lay in the manager because there was no room in the inn.

Then I can get the presents sent and the cookies baked and the cards addressed. I want to this year have us all remember what we are celebrating on that special day in December and why.

My Christmas tree is adorned with Victorian decorations from years past and each year I have to find one new one to add to the tree. I want my home to look and smell like the homes of yesterday .

I put my Victorian buggy and china doll next to the tree to add a little reminder of how it may have looked many years ago in an old Victorian home. I want the smell of pine mixed with the smells of cookies baking in the oven to flow through the house. I will have the sounds of Christmas music coming from the speakers and the lights in the windows that say welcome to my home this holiday season.

It will be a busy time getting the last minute gifts made that I have been working on all year but it will for me a time to reflect on all the Christmas pass and all the work and effort we put in to the season and to remember why we celebrate that special day in December.......the day we call Christmas.

Ti's The Season

2006-11-22T17:20:00.000-06:00

Happy Holidays

Ti's the season to start to decorate my blog for Christmas

And it just happens to be my favorite holiday of the year

I have always loved Christmas and I am and will always be a child at heart.

I can remember as a little girl waking up on Christmas morning and the wonder of looking at the tree and all my presents. My mom and dad and Santa always put my gifts under the tree and they were never wrapped. I remember the year I got a doll and high chair and a set of dishes. And I still am a child when I see the gifts all wrapped and waiting for Christmas morning for me to one more time have the fun of opening a gift that I have shock a time or two.

This Christmas season will be different for me because of having the house up for sale. It is hard to make plans when you do not know what is happening from day to day. I will wait a few weeks and if we do not have an offer I will decorate for Christmas in Fl. we will stay here and get the packages and cards for our family ready to send to Ohio and N.Y. I will again have a hard time not being with my children and grandchildren but I know next year we will all be together for the holidays and that will get me through.

We have good friends here in Florida that we have spent the holidays with and they are extended family and I am so thankful for them.

I am so thankful for all the wonderful memories of Christmas long ago when the whole family would get together and have such a good time. When my mom and dad and sisters family, would get together and open gifts and sing and celebrate the day. My mother father and sister are celebrating in heaven and looking down on me and know that all is well with the family that is still on earth. I do not know what I would do with out the happy memories and the movies of all the Christmas when we were together. Each year on Christmas I will get the movies out and cherish the camera that took the pictures. It is time for me to get my candy cane to stir my hot cup of Chai Tea with. I wish you a wonderful day, a day to start dreaming about Christmas wishes because........Ti's the season. Sharon K

Thanksgiving Blessings

2006-11-21T14:29:00.000-06:00

Thanks giving day is a day set aside to give thanks for all the blessings we have. There are times that many things go wrong in our daily live and we think.....be thankful for what. I am sure we all have had many days like that to go through. And it is because of the daily trials that we have , that when all is well and good we should give thanks. I have my house for sale and it did not sell in the first month like I was sure it would. I am thankful that I have a house over my head to sell and it will sell in time. I would love to see my children and grandchildren this week but I live in Florida and they live in Ohio. I give thanks that they are healthy and safe and that I will see them soon.

I am thankful that Canndee and Joe and Hannah will be in Fl. this weekend and we will get to see them. I am thankful that Lee and his family moved back from Alaska and we will see them this spring. I am thankful that I got to meet Dana and her husband Jack in Florida and thankful that they sold their home and will be heading up north to be with their family.

I am thankful for Debbie who I have worked with and who I enjoy so much and her husband Jim who we always have a good time with. I am so thankful for the cushions breakfast where we get together with good friends. I am thankful for Die who has Nantucket Bay where I have meant so many wonderful people. I am thankful for all the wonderful friends we have in Ohio. I could go on and on and be so thankful for all the little things in life that we take for granted. And I am so thankful for Judy that had a blog and I thought, that sounds like fun. I have so much enjoyed all of the wonderful women that I have meant through this little would we call blogging. So I must say in this not so perfect world, we just have to take the time to realize how many little blessing add up to one big wonderful blessing and that blessing is called life.

Have a wonderful thanksgiving and I will be back on Friday. PS

Today was my first Weight Watchers meeting and I weighed in at 174.6 I was so happy that my scale was almost 3 lbs. higher then the scale that they use. Another blessing to add...

Sharon Kay

Come And Walk The Walk With Me

2006-11-19T10:29:00.000-06:00

I need your support

Not talk the talk.................
It may be cold and seem like fall leading to winter every where else, but not here in the Villages Florida. The day was cool early this morning but by 9: o'clock the sun was shining and I did not need a jacket for my morning walk.

I am starting my New Years resolutions a bit early this year, like every other year I am going to loose the extra baggage I am caring around on this body of mine. But this time I am starting early so by New Years Day I will have a good start on this once again thing called........Eating healthy and staying fit....DIET.............. I also thought if I start now I will think about the food that I will consume over the holidays, I will try every thing but in much smaller portions.

I have an appointment for Curves tomorrow and I will work on the fitness area there, I have been and will be walking 2 miles every day. I will start Weight Watchers this week and get both things rolling. In the past I exercised and did not watch the diet that well..........Or I did the diet but did not exercise that much..........But this time I will do both and I will succeed.........I have said before I am women and watch me roar. I have posted my before pictures here and of course I am very covered up and in my after picture you will see more of me........I have a habit of wearing long tops to cover up my amble body must say that I look like I am in a line up and I am very guilty of eating way to many goodies.

We have all been there for each other in times of need..........and I thought lets get real. If I am going to do this and I am going to succeed I need to be honest with my self first........but with the support and encouragement of all of you out there in my blogging would and Curves and Weight Watchers , just maybe I can do this thing called staying healthy.

With this said I have a little story to tell you. I lost my father at the age of 67 ... my sister at the age of 67......and my first cousin, Dick at the age of 67....... So I would say I have a family history of heart problems.

was always thin but I am on a medicine that has a side affect of weight gain.......and boy that pill works wonderful...........should put that one on TV for people that need to gain weight ..........Any way I was 64 In August and on my next birthday will be 65......yes that age when you get that wonderful medicare card.....and also nearing the age of 67...........I missed many wonderful years of not having my dad, sister and cousin around to share memories with.

So you can see why I have to get busy and start thinking about the extra 35 lbs. I am caring around with me. Not tomorrow or next Monday but right now. In blog land we wish each other Happy Birthday and we are there when some one needs help...........I need help and support and I am willing to put my weight amount out there for all of you to see. Now and today so that God may bless me with many more wonderful years to be with my family.

I have very good support from Charlie who of course has no weight problem what so ever...... I want to post each week to all of you what I have lost so..............here goes...............

I am 5 foot two and eyes of blue and weigh 179 lbs........now that was not so bad.......179 lbs on a 5 ft. 2 in .frame is a lot of extra body weight and of course the extra fat I have is in the middle..........not a god thing......another point toward heart problems.

I will on a weekly basis put down my weight after the weight watchers meeting for all of the blog would to see. You can be support or you you can come along with on my venture..............I would love to have others who have a few extra lbs to lose to start this week with me. You may not need W.W. or curves like I do but may want to help your self set your early New Years resolution and come along with me on my ride to better health and happiness. I will walk the walk to success and good health and not talk the talk..........like I have done in the past..............

So please check in weekely and see what I have lost......can not beleive the whole blogging would and my husband now know the number................

Before And

After

Sharon Kay

Ohio State Wins....39-42.....YES.......

2006-11-18T18:27:00.000-06:00

The Buckeyes Win The Big One

Go Buckeyes...................

2006-11-18T09:17:00.000-06:00

I may still live in Florida in the winter months while I am trying to see the house, but I am a true born buckeye form the state of Ohio.....And today is the Ohio State--Michigan game and the best will win and I have high hopes the game will be won by the Ohio State Buckeyes.

My granddaughter Sarah is a sophomore there and she will be at the game today.She will be the one in gray and red....lol
It is a tradition at Ohio state if they win the students jump in to Mirror Lake at the university and I hope Sarah gets soaked today. It will be very cold but Sarah jumped in last year after the big win and she will be ready for the cold lake today after this big win.

Because Ohio and Michigan are neighbor states, it is a very big deal in Ohio, my daughter Tammy said there was a crowd at the grocery store last night and it was not shopping for Thanksgiving turkeys but the crowds were buying party supplies for the big game . All of our friends will be at Maumee state park for a big get together to watch the game today and I wish we were there.

We have both Ohio State and Michigan friends that have a big rival going on all year, but today's game will be the big one. I am not a real big fan of football but I never miss this game, it is like the super ball game when the two teams play each other.
I will let you know the results of the game as soon as it is over..........So go buckeyes...go......

I have links........yes I do.......

2006-11-14T17:34:00.000-06:00

Oh my........as you can see from the picture I am so happy, it has been 10 months and I just got my links of blogging friends. up and running......yes I did it........ It has not been easy to get into this world of blogging but the new bata blogger just makes every thing a little bit easier. I am women and I can do any thing.....all most.......

I have so much more to learn but I have found out looking at other blogs is like going to blog school. I have only just begun so watch out for me, I am sure that learning at my age is good for the brain and keeps me busy.......which is a good thing. Charlie works in the yard and I sit and scrapbook and sit and blog and sit and put DVDs together and sit and sit and sit.........I do go for a two mile walk every morning and that is also a good thing. Any way for all my friends that may or may not enjoy my blog....I now have a few other blogs posted on my side bar that are very good and fun to read. So check them out and you will see what I mean. If any one would have told me two years ago that one day I would have a blog...I would have said....what is a blog.......

I have met many blogging friends around the world and look forward to their daily post and pictures. I have listed a few and will add many more in the future. I did it..........I did it....... yes I did............... Now I have to learn how to put the pretty wallpaper up behind my blog, and learn how to put music on my blog. I want a calender and a clock and I want and I want so many things.........I will succeed at this blogging thing, so do not be shocked at all the neat things that will be coming one day. So come back tomorrow and see what I can do...... I can not spell well and I may not have my nouns right but as long as you can read my post I can say I did it.... Oh yes I want to learn how to put my name on my blog like I see on others blogs...................Sharon Kay

A White Christmas

2006-11-14T08:29:00.000-06:00

A green Christmas

It looks like I will have another green Christmas here in Florida. We made no plans for the Christmas holidays because we were not sure about what was going to happen with the sale of the house. It has been one month today that
the sign went up and nothing has happened.

I will get the family pictures and movies out and remember how things use to be.

I have a picture of a silver Christmas tree would change colors with a light that shown on it. That was in my parents living room and I think I gave my age away with that memory. lol

It is through that lens that every Christmas day I look back and remember how it use to be and I am so thankful for the pictures and movies and memories. So once again I will sit on Christmas day with my tall glass of ice tea on a 80 degree day and watch that movie once again while I wait for my house to sell so I can play in the snow next Christmas. Till later. Sharon Kay

Corners Of My World

2006-11-12T08:25:00.000-06:00

Create Your Own!

Corners of my world

2006-11-11T18:17:00.000-06:00

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I love the look of yesterday and any thing that is old and vintage. I have many family favorites and thought I would share with you through my little slide show.

The Morning Light

2006-11-10T14:50:00.000-06:00

I found these pictures that a photographer took and I wanted to share with you. This is Florida at first light and I think they are just beautiful. God always has a brush in hand to paint us a morning and evening picture as the sun rises and sets. We just have to be still and marvel in the beauty that he has created for us. The first picture looks like a tree dancing in the morning light and the second pictures points out all the beauty of the morning sky.

I have always liked sun sets and now that I have seen these pictures I will set my alarm clock and
try to capture the canvas that is there in the early morning light. I just have to look and I will find it. God has so many lovely pictures for us to take. I can not paint a picture but I can have my camera ready to snap a few of the pictures he has painted for us.
The last two pictures are of a beautiful sunset I tool and look at the awesome colors of his painting just waiting for the snap of the camera

We have to remember to thank him for the beauty we see each and every day, and all we have to do is take the picture. As in every thing else he does the work and we just have to realize the fact and believe.

Just like the lens on the camera, we just have to believe in him and all will be taken care of by him. Thank you God................

Till tomorrow.......Sharon Kay

A candle for the Kentucky Gal ( Tammy)

2006-11-02T16:03:00.000-06:00

This candle is shining in hope that Tammy and her husband of( Kentucky Gal) can put the Goodyear strike behind them soon. Prayers are needed so that they can get back to work and try again to live a normal every day life. Tammy we are all here for you that read your blog and many blessings are sent out to you.

Sharon Kay

2006-10-31T12:24:00.000-06:00

Thanksgiving and Christmas......Seasons to give thanks and to worship the savior.

A Christmas Blog L indsey from Enjoy the Journey has a new Christmas blog, Advent for Evangelicals, which begins tomorrow.

It looks like a wonderful way to enjoy the up coming seasons together.

Happy Halloween........

2006-10-31T08:55:00.000-06:00

From my house way down in Florida.....to your house where ever that may be.....Halloween wishes are coming your way.........

How I miss Halloween way down here in Florida..We live in a retirement area and needless to say, this evening I will not have one little person knocking at my door. I miss having my large bowl of candy siting on my table and looking at all the darling costumes and hearing trick or treat. If I were in Ohio I would be going Halloweening with my grandchildren. I have many happy memories of my mother hallo weening with me and my girls years ago and that is one tradition I want to keep when we move back to Ohio.

I also have many happy memories of the parade that we would have at school. We would all walk around the play grown with our costumes on,. and then walk around the block where the school was located. I remember one year I won the school prize for my costume...sure wish I had a picture of that to share. What would we do with out happy memories of all the years past. In some ways the person that we miss so, is with us in memories of that special day or that special celebration. We just have to take the time to remember.

Well fall is in the air and Thanksgiving will be here soon and then the next wonderful holiday , the day the Christ child was born. Christmas, om my how this year has flown by, the days turn in to months and the months turn into seasons and we start all over again.

I have a verse about how a christian is like a pumpkin I would like to share with you on this Halloween day..............................( Being a christian is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt of you. Then he opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out the yucky stuff---including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then he carves you a new smiling face and puts his light inside you to shine for all the world to see.)

Till tomorrow.........Sharon Kay

2006-10-29T16:11:00.000-06:00

Create Your Own! I have been blogging for a while and I have to get brave and try a few new things. I have seen Rock You on other blogs and the only way we learn is to try something new. I just love all the wonderful things that you can put in the blogs. Some day I may even learn how to put pictures and special things in my side bar. I prove to you that we are never to old to learn new things............

I just want to go home.....................

2006-10-26T14:54:00.000-05:00

I went for my normal morning stroll and I looked at all the palm trees and flowers and they were beautiful. I think because we plan on moving up north for good that I am thinking about the beauty of fall leaves on the trees and the falling snow on a pine tree. I truly miss the seasons. Now mind you one winter in Ohio and I may change my mind .......... brr

Any one that knows me well will think , here she goes again on the move one more time. Well I am here to say that I hope it will be the last move.....I just want to go home. It had been nice living in Florida but I want to go home.....to family and friends. I just want to go home.................I want to find a little home and have my summer place. I want to go to garage sales, and flee markets and an antique mall. I want to find old stuff that I can transfer in to my new cottage look. I would like a picket fence and flower boxes and all the things that make a house a home.

At this time in my life I want to settle down and grow old with all the things I love. A cozy warm quilt and a cup of hot tea in a pretty little china cup. I would put the cup on an old table with a lot of old family pictures.

I want to visit with my girls any time I want and see all my grandchildren and go to the apple orchard with them. I want to go on a weekend scrap booking with the girls. I want to go to grandparents day........I want to watch all my little ones grow up. It is funny how time changes things. Years ago when I was working all I could think about was retiring in Florida and after spending many winters here I just want to go home.

I am not looking forward to all the hard work of the big move but I am looking forward to all that I have to look forward to when I get back to Ohio. I love decorating so this will be another two places I will have to work on. In the summer I will be at the summer place. We hope to get a larger place there and I am going to have that decorated in the country cottage look which I so love.

This is a picture of a little corner of my kitchen now and I want to decorate in this style. I have so many favorite things that I will be taking back with me and and bought many wonderful treasures from a friends house sale last summer.

I am going to check out a few more blogs now and this evening enjoy the few good shows on TV and look at more of my favorite decorating books...........Till later......Sharon Kay

Early Morning Walk.........

2006-10-22T13:29:00.000-05:00

This morning we went for our normal morning walk around the Villages and of course I took my camera along and snapped a few shots. Winston will walk with us and loves to lead the way. I am not sure who is walking who sometimes. It was a sunny morning with very high humidity and I was happy to come home and have a very cold glass of ice tea. I am sure when we move back to Ohio I will miss the sun that all most always shines in Florida. I spoke with Amy this morning after our walk and she said it is cold and raining in Toledo. Not a good thing, I always think that when the sun shines it helps with how we feel on a daily basis. I guess I have to give up something to get what I want.

The 4 sale sign is now up in the front yard and we had a couple walk through for a second time today, so that is a good sign. We have never had real good luck in selling homes and we think this time it should go right for us.........I like to be in charge of my life, and now I have to let go and let God. It will all work out in his time not my time.

I have to share an email I got from my 3 year old grandson Austin, I emailed him this morning and he wanted to email back, his mom told him that she would type word for word what he wanted to tell me....in his words... I love you gram I love you very much, I want to come over to your house sometime, can I come over to it? I love scooby doo and the shows are best. I love you gram. And of course that made my day....I have only been back in Fl. 3 weeks and I miss them so much all ready.

We are working with real estate people in Ohio but I do not want to find what I want until the house in Florida is sold. I have found a few homes I have liked and tow days later they are sold. We are going to keep the place on Lake Erie which I could never give up but we can only be there 6 months out of the year. We have to find some where to call home during the winter months. I can not believe how things have progressed with real estate on the computer, it is so easy to go through a home now, you need no directions and do not have to get in the car. I guess that is what we call progress. Just a short note about health insurance for all you working people. Keep that 401k growing......When Charlie and I retired 9 years ago we both had worked at jobs that promised us full coverage on health insurance, it was a part of our contract. If I worked for 25 years I would have the coverage. Well I worked 26 years because that perk was a must. Now between the two of us we are paying four hundred a month for the same insurance that was part of the contract. Beware just because they say it is covered does not mean a thing any more. I wish some one would have warned me about it, because it was not part of the retirement budget I had set up for us. I will now stop preaching and get of the band wagon..but I just wanted to mention the word free health insurance for life.....in some cases is not a true statement. I do not know how I got from my morning walk to health insurance but I guess it has been on my mind a lot.

Now it is time to sit a while and look at my decorateing books and dream a little, and of course pour me a big glass of very cold ice tea Till tomorrow.............Sharon Kay

Moveing Home To Ohio

2006-10-20T10:51:00.000-05:00

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Another beautiful day at the Villages, very warm and humid but they say we are going to have a cold front come through and it will only be in the 70's. Talking about a cold front, after much thinking and talking Charlie and I have decided to move back up north full time. It has not been a easy decision to make but it will work out best for us at this time of our life's. We have been in Florida for nine winter seasons and have enjoyed the beautiful weather, but are ready to settle down and be buckeyes again for good. We hope to travel and see a little more of the country side and take in all the beauty of all the state's. We will get a bigger trailer on Lake Erie this summer and have much more space then we have had the last few summers, and look for a small condo or home to live in during the winter months.

I will watch my little grand baby's grow up like I have watched the bigger ones. I guess when I get right down to it I want to be with my family more then I have been in the years past. Just an old fashioned family girl is what you can call me I guess. I have lost my sister mother and father and that was my family. Now I have Charlies and my children and grandchildren, my sister's family and Charlies sister and family. And to me life is family and friends. We have met wonderful friends here in the Villages and for sure will be back to visit often.

Above is a link that you can go to and see my house that is now up for sale. The reality did a good job with the virtual tour and they sure did take a lot of pictures of my little corner of the world. I will be taking you all along while I look at pictures of homes up north and make the big choice of my future home. I think that will be fun and I can get a little input from all of you guys. I should have called my blog........moving 101.........what to do and not do while you are moving across the states with a big moving van behind you.

Wish us luck on the big adventure ahead of us, now all I need to do is have a large glass of tea and sell my house. Till tomorrow.................Sharon Kay

I NEED A BLOG SCHOOL..................

2006-10-19T12:40:00.000-05:00

Blog School Help

Oh my, here I go one more time....I have had a very very hard time with this bata blogger. I have worked on this post for a week and for some reason I can not get my pictures up loaded. I can post one picture and if I go for the big count of two ( nothing ) I seem to be a slow learner at this blogging thing and have even thought about forgetting the whole thing. But sad to say I enjoy this thing called blogging and I love reading others blogs.

When I look at other blogs and see the beautiful pictures on the top of the post and all of the sayings and wonderful things they have on their sidebar... I wish their was a school where I could learn all that others have mastered. Now grant you I am 64 and ready for medicare in a year, have many grandchildren, and of course just a few wrinkles, but I just keep thinking I CAN DO THIS....... And they say you are never to old to learn, but I need a teacher. Number of reasons why....................................I need help

I am not even going to try to put another picture on this post because I will just be bummed out one more time. I just wanted my little group of readers to know I am still here. I have had so many blogs I do not know where I am any more let alone you try to find me.

I am hooked on blogging and I just can not help myself, and I have found so many lovely ladies out there in blogland and I find myself wanting to know what is happening in their lives so I have been reading every new post that appears.

I have gone to the help area in blog help and I need help understanding what the help area says. I think someone out there should start a school for slow learners over the age of 60.

Anyway I will just keep working on this blogging thing and you will see a post tomorrow. Oh my, the bell just rang for my first class and I can not find the classroom........Help..... need a glass of ice tea and a good nerve pill. I can do this.....I can do this.....Yes I can.........( Help)

Home Is Where My Story Begins

2006-10-06T14:45:00.000-05:00

Welcome Home

I am back in Florida and decorating for the fall months, I have so many books on decorating but one of my favorites is (Welcome Home) by Emilie Barnes

It is a book about crating your own place with beauty and love, it is about making others feel welcome.

I have found that the little welcome lights that most people put out only around the holidays is a wonderful way to say welcome and come on in the year around. I also have a small light in the kitchen that says welcome to me when I have been away and to others. The wreath on the front door is a wonderful way to also say come on in. A seasonal wreath is a wonderful way to do this.

And of course the home sweet home sign or the welcome to our home is a cheerful way to say welcome.

Go not abroad for happiness. For it is a flower that blooms at the door. (Minot J. Savage)

A beautiful flowerbed next to the door or a pine tree covered with snow is a seasonal welcome that is always out side the door. If you have someone coming to visit you can hang a chalkboard in your garage and draw a welcome sign with the visitor name on it. These are just a few ways to say welcome home or welcome friends. The entrance way to your home sets the mood and sends the message about the whole house. Of course the smell of candles or scented sprays always help. I do not have a foyer in my home so as some one enters they see my living room. I have soft light and soft music playing when I am expecting company.

There are so many ways to make a house in to a home and that is what September Morn...will be about. Tomorrow I will post a few pictures of my home and my new autumn look at the lamp post . I will also have helpful hints and this one I used today...

I cleaned strawberries and used a straw at the bottom of berry ran it up through berry and it took the green top of . It was a easy way to clean them and they were so good. I will now have my glass of ice tea, it was a very warm day in the sunshine state........Till tomorrow..Sharon Kay

Florida Sunshine

2006-10-04T08:14:00.000-05:00

A good morning everyone, I arrived in Florida last week and it has been beautiful weather here. Very warm during the day and a light breeze in the evening. We spend the late afternoon and evening out on the sun porch. The whole room is windows and it is refreshing to sit and relax.
I was just getting use to the autumn weather in Ohio, and I found it very refreshing to cool down a little and there we were rolling down the highway toward the sunshine state. Charlie has been doing the outside work and I the inside. As you can imagine a lot of cleaning after being closed up all summer.

When I had the time to sit down at the computer I had to decide which blog I would stick with. My first blog was My Front Porch and I got locked out of that one. Then I went to the bata blogger in early September ( that is why this blog is called September Morn) I was not sure of the bata because there were still a few problems to be worked out. I then went back to the
regular blog and went with Lavender and Lace. I can not believe that I forgot how I signed in and had to forget that one in Florida. So if I promise not to move around again I hope you will all stick with me just one more time.

I am way behind in reading my favorite blogs and hope to get caught up on that project thorough out the next few days. September Morn will be a journal of my life which I have to admit can be very boring many a day. Not to much going on here.......

I would like to write and show pictures of my passion which is my home and decorating, there are just so many corners of my home to take pictures of. SO.... I want to share some of the ideas and decorating tips that I have picked up in many of the decorating classes I have taken.
I am also a book nut when it comes to decorating books..I go in to Barnes and Noble and the first place I go is the sale isle where I always can pick up a book or two about decorating .
So much cheaper then the little magazines you can get that are full of advertising and a page here and there about decorating. SO....that is what September Morn will be about, a little of my everyday life and a little about my passion. I know have to sit back and look at all the decorating books, of course I will have to sip on my tall glass of ice tea and think about my next post.
Till then...................Sharon Kay

Fall is in the air

2006-09-03T15:03:00.000-05:00

Autumn begins with a subtle change in the light, with skies a deeper blue and nights that become suddenly clear and chilled. The season comes full with the first frost the disappearance of migrant birds and the harvesting of the seasons last crop.

Hi and welcome to my new journal, you know me as Sharon Kay and you could always find me sitting on My Front Porch sipping my tall glass of ice tea. I had some problems with my blog and decided to try out the new bata blogger and I like it. It seems easy and the pictures and post come up right away, you have many choices of colors and you can add things on the sidebar. I went with the name of SEPTEMBER MORN...because I started this blog on September first. It is fun and a challenge to start all over, I was locked out for some reason on the previous blog and I so enjoy all the friends that I have meant through blogging so I knew I had to come up with a new look and blog so here I am again. I want to thank ms.robin for all the help she tried to give me and also Judypatooote for the encouragement she gave me when I thought of starting a blog. I have about twenty five blogs I read as often as possible, and I look at the women in my circle as friends that are always there. They may say a prayer for me or a family member, share a recipe, take a walk with their camera and share the neighborhood or country they live in. That is what writing a blog or reading a blog means to me. I am starting all over but have all ready found my friends. If you do not mind I will e-mail my new blog to my circle of friends one more time. I hope each of you will visit me on this beautiful September Morn. Would a few in my bloggong circle please let others know that I am no longer sitting on My Front Porch but I am over here at September Morn.