The Proverbial Proposal from Whitney Adams on Vimeo.
One of my dearest friends called me and ask if I was up to the challenge of creating a simple but cute Invite to their "grade level" hayride. My response ~ "Of Course", anything Christmas thrills me! Tammy is the sweetest friend, always calling me and giving me the job of creating invites, labels, etc. The funny thing is, she always waits until the day before she is sending them out to call me! I think I may work better that way and she knows it!










Before my Christmas season gets started up, I wanted to make a couple of special Christmas Gifts! I love these pictures and they are perfect for my new necklaces that I am making for Christmas! Surprise friends and family...... These are going in the mail tomorrow and hopefully will be to you soon!! Merry Early Christmas & I love you all!
I know the Christmas Spirit is in the air when these little fellas come out! These little guys are the first ones to adorn my house! We purchased them on a trip with our children to the Epcot Center. I don't know what is so special about them.... they just make me feel festive and ready to decorate. And don't you just love the skinny trees from Dept. 56? So much fun!

Reid and I went to see one of our favorite Christmas movies today.... A Christmas Carol! As we walked in, we had a choice~ Regular movie, digital movie or the IMAX 3D movie! We bit the $15.00 each bullet and with a childlike anticipation sat down in the "overkill" theater. With a screen that big we had no earthly idea what we were getting our self's into. As the movie started we realized quickly we had to place the 3D glasses on. All of the previews were also 3D, so that got our attention on which movie would be next IF we enjoyed this one in 3D IMAX! (By the way that next movie would be and will be Johnny Depp's Alice in Wonderland)

Halloween at our house starts with Whitney and Reid carving "THEIR" pumpkin!
JD cannot be part of this father/daughter tradition.... So he has to sit and wait!
Glamour Shot before the night starts!
The Captain and the love of my life!
Chase, my son, who wanted to pass on this years theme!
"Bear" always has to be a part of all celebrations!
Whit and JD ~ Whit made their costumes!
My sister, Sonya, bringing food!
We are so ready for our trick or treaters!
The first and my favorite~ Emma Katrice! Also her mommy and daddy, my niece and nephew!
Whit and Daddy with their pumpkin!
Showing off his pirate shirt!
Someone took my camera!
Taylor and Whitney!


When I was younger and dating in Highschool, I usually fell in love with the parents as fast as I fell in love with the guy! One young man in particular that I dated had the most wonderful mother! She was creative, enthusiatic and well... she just enjoyed living life! I remember as long as I dated ............. (said guy) that his mother worked on this beautiful quilt that she called her yo-yo quilt! I loved it! So charming! I always dreamed of making one, but never had the patience to even get started! Well... the other day as I was slowly grazing through the craft store, I found the most wonderful tool... A yo-yo maker! ......... (Said guy's) Mom would be shocked!!! This is the easiest and fastest tool I have ever seen in creating anything! As I sat and watched TV I was able to create three yo-yo's in my first attempt!






We love Halloween!!! We love the fact that children come to our home and get excited about our decorations, our goody bags and well.... I guess you could say the whole atmosphere! Last year we had over a 125 children come to our home! For Reid and I, that is so awesome! It is a chance to visit with the neighbors, see all our friends and just fellowship with each other!
This year with Pirates being so "hot", we choice to be a Pirate house. This was easy seeing that I had collected Pirate "stuff" for our Beach House. Did you know that you can get fish nets really cheap after they get holes in them from the docks? And I found a great place in Apalachicola to get old flags and other Pirate items!
When I was younger, I remember neighbors doing special things for us! Thinking back, I bet they enjoyed us as much as we enjoyed them! That's what I want to create for all my visitors, a great and safe memory of Halloween as I had!
Hope you enjoy the video!!!





Last night, my darling baby girl was swept off her feet!! Her boyfriend surprised her at her ZTA Candlelight Service! At the Candlelight Service a candle is passed around all the girls (200+) two times as they sing their Zeta song. On the third time the girl that just got engaged holds the candle and then blows it out. Tonight was a little different, Whitney did not know that she had been set up to be that girl!!! Her friend Felicity (which also hopefully will be engaged soon) help JD put everything together. She also arranged to have the candle stop at her (she was standing next to Whit) and as soon as it did JD walked into the room and Whitney went crying and running to him!!! He got down on one knee and said she was the perfect example of a Proverbs 31 Woman (after that I started crying and because of the crying could not hear the rest). He then pulled out the ring (blue topaz instead of diamond) and ask her to marry him!!! Felicity took the candle to Whitney and then had her blow it out!! It was so sweet and romantic!!
Yes, I am in the mood for Halloween! I love having the neighborhood children, plus others from surrounding neighborhoods (last year around 125), visit my home! I love to see the creativity of the costumes, how well mannered the children are (Yes, most are awesome), hear the remarks on our decorations (we try to add something different every year for the children) and well, I just love to visit!!! Everyone seems so happy!
I really wanted to mix some of my blackbirds in.... Michael's on sale!
Monster Spider climbing out of my vase!
I am surrounded by weddings and my MOM and DAD's 5oth wedding anniversary! With all this my thoughts go to why some marriages are successful, while others are not. I have two children getting ready to get married and the greatest joy that I believe they could ever have is spending their entire life with that one partner. Life is so short and I could not even imagine having the time to start a new household or even trying to find a new love in my life. But then again Reid and I have been married for 27 years and thoughts of finding a more wonderful best friend, lover and partner just never exist in my mind. The memories we have are forever. For me this song somewhat says it all. My kids laugh at me for loving it so much.... but in life what I want is a man who leads by example for his children, to be with me through all things and be there with me rocking in our chairs on the porch with our pajamas on!




My Findings.....
Another clock!!!! It will be gone in a second at Vintage Village!