Sky Picture

Hello Friends, I thought I would show

you a sky picture this time.  I took this

while on a plane, I believe it was on

the way to Michigan....The sun was

right behind a layer of clouds,

which made a great picture....I hope

you like it, next time I share an out

door picture, it will be a flower.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Tipsy Thursday

Hello Blogging Buddies....

Today, I have a tip for you on

lettuce....I do this when I think

about it.  I take my head of

lettuce and I wrap it with a damp

paper towel and put it in a gallon

size ziploc bag.  This keeps in the

moisture and the lettuce stays

crisper and lasts longer.

Give it a try....

Thanks for stopping by and I

hope you all have a great

weekend.

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

More Treasures

Hello Prim Friends.....I thought you might

like to see some of the things I got while I

was gone....I got the penny rug plate and

the colored wooden bowl at a sale raising

money for a mission.  I got the churn at a

GW store and the handle in it is actually

a masher....It was only $3.99 and I was

glad to find it since I had been looking for

one....The plain wooden bowl, I got in an

antique mall, I think it was $10, but they

are hard to find, so I didn't mind paying

that for it.  I got some other items that I am

not going to show, because it will be in my

next give away!  My first blogiversary is the

end of May, but I didn't post until July 2nd,

so that is when I will have another give away!

So, watch for that!  I will post the items in

some time in June.

I have been checking out the TX snakes and

that snake that I posted was either a Prairie

King snake or a TX rat snake....Neither one

is poisonous, thank goodness.....Now, I need

to take the pics out of my computer so I don't

see them every time I look in my saved stuff...

They give me the willies!

Hope ya'll are having a great week!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Good Evening....I know it is late,

but I wanted to post this bear

before I hit the sack for the night.

She is a Boyd's bear, 16" tall and

wearing a red, white and blue plaid

dress. Her name is Sherie B. Bearican

and she is holding baby, Cliff...Under

her cute little dress, she is wearing

navy blue bloomers....She just loves

to wear bows in her hair to match her

dresses, and of course, she needs a red

sweater to keep her warm on chilly

evenings.

I have a few of the Bearican family, but I

think, I will start posting some of my

bears dressed in patriotic outfits....

Thanks for stopping by!

Bear Hugs~ Karen

What a Week!

Hello Blogging Buddies.....I thought I'd

try to muster up some energy for a post

to let ya all know what has been going on

with me, this past week.  We went to Texas

to replace the roof on the porch of our

house.  It was our living room for a long

time, but we weren't using that part of

the house, because we really don't need

that much room now.  Anyway, I have

spent more time on the roof the last

week, than I wanted to! I helped with

rafters, nailed decking down, nailed

roofing felt and roofing, used more

roof cement than I ever want to see again!

There was supposed to be a 20% chance

of rain for one day, when we left here on

Friday.  Well, on Sunday, after 1/3 of the

roof was missing, we were having lunch

and looked through the door way and it

was raining in my house!  It didn't rain

much, though, good thing! I am not going

into the roofing business I can tell ya

that!  I had been on the roof for

quite awhile and I went down to get

lunch, or something......We had a tarp

folded back on the peak of the house, that

we had used earlier, because of the rain,

so hubby took it off while I was

down off the roof, and look what

came out from under it!  We had been

sitting near that tarp on the edge of the

roof a little bit before that!  I was a good

thing that I wasn't up there, because I

probably would have levitated right

off the roof!  I hate snakes!!!  We had tools

up there and so hubby whacked him with

a crow bar!  It is a wonder that he got me

me back up there to work!  I told him that

this is the last time I am working on a roof!

I spent several hours on it, just on Thursday.

That is enough for me!

I just looked up some snakes and I think it

was a non poisonous snake, but now he is

just a good snake.  Because I always say...

"The only good snake is a dead snake!"

So, this is how I spent my Mother's Day

and the rest of the week!  My friend and

neighbor grilled us some burgers and

sausages on Mother's Day, after we quit

for the day and even gave me a nice card

and a couple gifts!  She is a sweetie!

I will post a bear tomorrow night....

Bear Hugs~Karen

Hibiscus

Hello Prim Friends....

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I have been going through some of my

pictures and I came across this Hibiscus

that I had in Texas.....It was called the

Southern Belle or the Dinner Plate

Hibiscus because the blooms were

 9" or 10" across....It liked more sun

than it was getting, after the trees grew.

So, we moved it and then it died....

I was sure sad about that, I haven't seen

one of them, since.

Well, I hope you all are having a great

week!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Meet a Bear Monday

Meet a Bear Monday

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Hello Bear Lovers...

It is time to meet another bear!

Today, I want you to meet Heather

and baby Tristan.  They are Boyd's

bears and were out for Mother's Day.

I can't remember if my son bought

this one, or not....I think I did...She

is wearing the cutest print dress for

Spring, with bloomers that match the

blue trim on her dress. Her straw

 hat is adorned with a pink butterfly

attached to the bow on a blue hat

band.

She looks like she needs to comb her hair!

I hope you all had a great Mother's Day!

Until next time..

Bear Hugs~Karen

I Won This Give Away!

Hello Prim Friends!

I just wanted to show you all what

I won in Carey's 1st anniversary give-

away at American Girl Primitives-N-Such .....This

isn't all, there was a cute apron, too...

You need to pop on over to her blog to

see a picture of her modeling it!  I want

to thank you Carey for all these wonderful

items!  Ladies, you would not believe how

yummy the candle smells, makes ya want

to take a bite out of it!  The prim candle

holder is awesome!  Go check out her blog,

she has every thing from recipes, make overs,

decorating, homemaking and lot's more!

Now, I need to find places to put it all!

Don't forget to check out the apron, it is

beautiful!

Woo Hoo!  I am one lucky gal!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

       

Sunflower

Hello Blogging Buddies....

Today, I thought I would share this

picture with you, that I took of a sun

flower that came up in our flower bed

in Texas, a few years ago.  Isn't it just

beautiful?   I took this picture with my

other digital camera, that was a 2.0...

It turned out pretty good, though....

Feel free to right click on it and you

can use it as wallpaper on your screen.

I hope you are all enjoying your day!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Garage Sale Finds

Hello everyone, I hope you are all having

a great week!  I said on my

last post that I would share with you

all what I got over the weekend at the

garage sales.  They were having a bunch

of them in one town, so after the storms

went through, off we went in search of

some treasures!  There was an estate sale

going on, outside of the town and we got

some of the things there.  They were the

most expensive of all of it, of course.  I got

the two rolling pins and the big cutting

board, there.....The marble rolling pin was

$8 and the wooden one was $2 and the

cutting board (which is very heavy)was $3,

All the rest totaled $7.25...

The little mister that you put in a bottle

to mist your clothes, was the 25 cent buy...

I need to find an old bottle, in some of my

stuff, for it and put it in the laundry room.

I got the little bibs to hang in the laundry

room, also....I thought I would hang a red

hankie around the top of them.  The cutting

board is butcher block and needs some

sanding and cleaning....I bought a little

ladder from a bunk bed, at a resale shop,

for covering the ceiling light in the kitchen,

I got it home and it isn't long enough, so we

will have to modify it and I am going to hang

the copper collander and my old graters on

it....(Oh hubby, you need to find some wood

and get out the saw.)

So, everything on the table, except for the

lamp came to $20.25.....pretty good haul,

I would say!   The little cabinet has shelves

in it and I am going to put it on the jackson

press were my toys are and put some of the

toys in it.  My hubby says that my bears have

more toys than he had when he was a kid!

I want to do some changing around here, I am

wanting to change the living room all around,

that will involve moving a lot of heavy

furniture and a lot of books.....

Hubby offered a couple weeks ago and then

wasn't sure he wanted to get himself in all

that work....I have other

plans, I want to get some paint for the

kitchen cupboards, they are all white, the

trim in almost the whole house is white. I

want some color, I can't decide, I want red,

but then we are planning on selling this

house in a few years and I might not want

to repaint them....

My hubby brought me home a funny out of

the paper the other day....It was Hi and Lois..

Lois is asking Hi "How long do you think it

would take to repaint this kitchen?"  He says

"About 3 hours to paint....and about 3 months

 to decide on the color."

Yup, that about sums it up!  I had swatches

taped to the bedroom wall for months and I

got tired of them and took them down....

Well, it was cold and I don't paint in

 the winter! 

Is that a good enough excuse???   My

friend thinks I am not happy unless I am

tearing something up and re-doing it!  I

like change, hubby doesn't care, but he

likes it when I get done....

Well, that is enough rambling for now, I

need to figure out where to put all those

treasures, do a load of laundry, wash some

dishes and make a rice bag for a friend....

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen