Katydids Kountry

Eating Healthy!

2008-08-19T05:48:00.000-07:00

I make sure I eat my veggies. You can count on that. We are getting some nice zucchini from our garden now and what better way to enjoy it than a CHOCOLATE and ZUCCHINI CAKE. I am all about nutritious food, folks! mm mm mmm!

Spudnuts

2008-08-16T17:31:00.001-07:00

Believe me, I did not need to make these. I start thinking about days of yore and before you know it somewhere in my memory there is food involved. Back, way back, when I was in high school taking drivers ed with my school pals and our teacher Mr. Miles, he would take us to various donut shops that he enjoyed. One was a place called Spudnuts in Sapulpa. There was the grubbiest donut man there but man, o' man could he ever make donuts. Spudnuts are donuts made with potato in the dough. Anyway, I found a recipe and decided to give it a try. Yes, they were delicious just like I remembered!

Thriftin' Thursday

2008-08-15T04:47:00.000-07:00

My very, very favorite find of the day was this GORGEOUS platter! Just look at it!

I will probably hang it on the wall. $3.50

This tray with the attached bowl will be perfect to make a fruit or veggie tray and put the dip in the center bowl. It really is pretty! I need to have a party so I can use it. I gave $5 for it.

I could not pass up this old retro Coleman cooler! It was in great condition for only $2.50

I might resale or maybe I will keep it. I dunno. I just liked, okay?

I really liked this clay pot with the metal holder thingy.

I thought it would look great with some Fall mums. $2

Nice Postage Scales. $2

It will come in handy when I mail out items from my LilShabbyChic business!

3 yards of tiger stripe fabric which I will use as a table cloth for the

Halloween Youth Party in October. It was only $1
Lulu and I went thriftin' and shopping for fabric yesterday. I found some great treasures + cool fabric for aprons and purses (see my other website). While we were out we saw some very funny, funny things. Example: two very redneck women sitting on the tailgate of a truck parked on a slightly busy thoroughfare with Avon signs poked in the ground. I guess with gas prices so high it is cheaper just to park on the corner and sell Avon than it is to drive from house to house.

Ding-dong..."Avon, calling"! Lulu tried to get a picture (then I could have shared with it you) but the batteries went dead in her camera. Jeff Foxworthy would have truly loved it!

I am lovin' my camera!

2008-08-14T18:56:00.001-07:00

The colors are gorgeous!

There he goes!

Bumblebee's on a zinnia

Did you notice the ant to the bottom right?

Mexican Sunflower

Take a look at that bumblebee!

Shabby Addict's Blog Giveaway!

2008-08-12T05:12:00.001-07:00

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Peach Preserve Day

2008-08-07T16:40:00.000-07:00

Oklahoma Peach Preserves

Oklahoma peaches are some of the finest tasting peaches that I know of. Unfortunately, you have to practically take out a second mortgage to buy a bushel of them in Porter because they want almost $50!! Anyway, I found some for $.98 a lb. at WallyWorld and grabbed up enough to make a fresh pie and some preserves. This morning I got 5 pints of Peach Preserves made.

Mmmmmm! Talk about good!!

Fall Silk and Dried Flower Arrangement

I went in to the Dollar Tree ( I looooove the Dollar Tree, don't you?) anyway, just to buy some white tissue paper for my LilShabbyChic Boutique business. Well have you ever walked out of the Dollar Tree with one item? I ended up spending $25. Part of my purchase was the silky flowers in this Fall arrangement in the picture above. Recognize the little overnight case from a previous post? I also used some of those dried roses from birthday/anniversary/Mothers Day in the arrangement.

I am so ready for Fall. ~sigh~

My Super Duper Birthday Present

2008-08-05T16:38:00.000-07:00

Hubby bought me a Panasonic SDR-H40 Camcorder/Camera for my birthday.

It takes awesome pictures. Here are a few! My first birdhouse gourd!

This is so very cool! I am loving my camera!

Mr. Cardinal way up on a powerline. I zoomed in 42X

Mr. Dragonfly

I love this picture with the three bumble bees.

This is the pretty lamp my youngest son Zack bought me for my birthday.

I leave it on all the time! I love the softness of the light!

I'm a little sad

2008-08-04T06:13:00.000-07:00

I lost one of my big ole fat laying hens yesterday. Hubby found her dead in the hen house. We don't know if the cause of death was from the intensive heat or the virility of three roosters or the combination of both. Poor hen. She was so pretty. RIP little fat hen.

Little brown eggs

2008-08-02T20:22:00.000-07:00

Well, what have we here? Yesterday we got our first egg! Hubby found it on the ground under the nests. Today he found another one in the nest. We are a little excited ;o)~
I bought some yummy Black Diamond plums last week and made 4 jars of plum jam. We decided we had better open one and make sure it was good. It was!

Estate Sale Finds

2008-07-31T16:01:00.000-07:00

I just did not want to sit at home on my birthday so Lulu and I hopped in the car and headed for town. Then we spotted the sign. Estate Sale. It was one of the best estate sales I have been to in a while. It seemed a little sad though going through someones home and barn. We both felt like intruders but it was obvious the decisions were made to sell it all. If I would have had a pickup truck with me I would have really brought home some stuff. I have always wanted a whirligig and now I have one!

I think I gave$2 for this.
This old Country Gentlemens magazine is awesome.
It is full of advertisements. It is dated April 1951. I love the cover picture!

I probably gave a little too much for this concrete red bird
but I liked it and it was my birthday after all.

Now I grabbed this up for only $2. It is all metal.

I am sure I will think of something to do with it.

Today's project was painting my white metal lawn chairs. Here is a before and after view.

My hubby bought me a real nice Panasonic Palmcorder for my birthday and oldest son bought Season 2 of MONK for me. I started watching MONK shows at a friends house and got hooked. I have Season 1 ordered. My youngest son bought the sweetest lamp and said he had some pillows for me. I will post the lamp when I get things straightened up and get a good picture. Of course, my oldest daughter spent an arm and a leg on my surprise party plus gave me a sweet, sweet card. Lulu helped with the party. My little Chantry even gave his Gammie a card and signed it. I had a wonderful 50th birthday.

50 Years

2008-07-30T05:13:00.001-07:00

Me and my mommy.

Look how beautiful my mother was.

See no evil..Speak no evil..Hear no evil.

I am sure my daddy put us up to this pose.

That's me on the far right with my sisters.
Sittin on Grandpa's lap. I was his favorite I'm sure.
He only had 63 other grandchildren.

Little ole' me with my family. I was probably 10.

Oh, what a sassy 16 year old I was. This is me with my dear friend Vicki. I gave her a Halloween theme 16th Birthday party (1974). The black and white was taken last year (2007)

Hubby and I on our wedding day 30 years ago.

I was almost 20 and he was 26.

This is our family. My loves.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Flowers, Pumpkins, and Three Lovely Couples!

2008-07-28T16:28:00.000-07:00

Isn't this a beautiful Sunflower? I love the way the blue sky and the clouds look too!

This is my first Pie Pumpkin!

I know! Another star shaped pumpkin bloom with a busy bee inside. It's just so pretty!

Jack-Be-Little (isn't he cute?)

Elvis (uh huh huh!) and Priscilla

(He thinks he's a real hunka-hunka burning love in the chicken yard)

Rhett and Scarlett (bless her heart!)
Ugly Bert and Ugly Betty
I have no idea what kind of chickens these are.

UP AHEAD-Interstate 50

2008-07-27T12:08:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my family surprised me with a birthday party! My birthday is next Wednesday but you know how mid-week events go. Anyway, my daughter Amanda got the whole thing together. Hubby grilled his famous Burgers n' hotdogs yumm! Amanda made delicious Peach Tea, birthday cupcakes and a scrumptious Melon Basket! Earlier in the week my sweet Aunt Phyllis sent me a quilt that she had made. Was I ever surprised! What a treasure! Then my mother gave me another quilt that my dear Aunt Audrey had pieced together. It is gorgeous! I can hardly wait until cold wearther just so I can wrap up in those quilts! Lots of other sweet gifts! I had a wonderful day! I love birthdays!!! My mother and me

My babies Zack and Lulu

My sweet daughter Amanda planned the whole party. Isn't she beautiful?

Amanda's first Melon Basket. Pretty pretty

All 4 of my babies. God has been so good to me!

Hubby (the Grill King), Amanda, Zack, and Chance (great nephew)

Queen Birthday Girl and my little helper grandson, Chantry

Just up the road and to the right is the BIG 5-0. Interstate 50. I-50. I will be 50 next week. OMG! I can hardly believe it but it is true. And I thank God for every day that I have lived and hope He grants me another healthy 50 years ahead! More pictures later! I'm tired!

CHAOS AND CORNFUSION or DEATH OF A SCARECROW

2008-07-15T05:25:00.000-07:00

Kaw! Kaw!
Hubby and I worked so hard to have a large bountiful garden this year! We had visions of tomatoes, beans, CORN, and sugarplums dancing in our heads for months! Then the Spring rains came. And it poured. And poured. And poured. Finally one day the rains stopped and we commenced to plant. We planted and planted and planted. Potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, squashes, peppers, and CORN. Well the CORN never came up. So we planted it again. Again no CORN.
Then we realized we had a problem...with CROWS. So we planted CORN again and this time I placed Mr. Scarecrow in the garden. Our CORN began to grow. "Yes! We will have fresh CORN!" we shouted. Then a storm blew in knocked the Mr.Scarecrow to the ground. "Awe Haw!", said the crows. "The scarecrow man is dead! We will again eat CORN!" and they swooped down and pulled our little CORN plants out of the ground and ate the CORN.

The End Here lies Mr. Scarecrow. He was a faithful servant until his untimely death. RIP

Aprons

2008-07-11T14:13:00.001-07:00

Check out my other blog http://lilshabbychicboutique.blogspot.com/

Something Good

2008-07-08T04:49:00.001-07:00

Fresh picked blackberries mean...

Blackberry Jam

Blooms!

2008-07-06T06:31:00.001-07:00

I did everything I could to dig this plant up last winter. I just did not like it. It was planted right in the middle of the back yard and I just did NOT want it there. Well I guess the roots must reach China because I could NOT dig it up so I just let it live.

As Gomer Pyle would say. "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!" Look in the center of the picture. Those little pale green things are FIGS. I was told that this fig plant never produced. Looks like I might be making some "Figgy pudding" this Christmas!

My Birdhouse gourds are up and thriving!

Scarlet red Crepe Myrtle blooms

My sage is finally growing! I love fresh sage in my dressing. Ever tried it?

Hello, Mr. Lincoln rose! mmm smells good!

Star shaped pumpkin bloom. These blooms are huge!

Summer is officially here. We are finally getting some drier, sunnier days and everything is growing like crazy! Our garden is finally looking like a real garden. The cucumbers are beginning to climb. The tomatoes are growing and need to be caged up. And we finally have corn plants up! Yay! Yesterday Hubby planted 9 Papershell Pecan trees ( I helped but he did all the hard work because he is so strong). We are hoping to have a small (maybe 20 trees) Pecan Grove for our retirement years. ewww! That makes me feel very old just typing that!

I am glad to be an American!

2008-07-03T21:26:00.001-07:00

Let's hear it for the Red, White, and Blue devil's food cupcakes!

Lulu did an awesome job on this patriotic jello dessert! mm mm mmmm!
We Americans can really make good desserts!

I did a little thrift shoppin' today

2008-07-03T16:25:00.000-07:00

Large crystal pedestal bowl with scalloped silver rim. Gorgeous!

Darling vintage overnight case. I am addicted to old luggage!

Large silver plated tray

Had to go into town today so I figured I might as well hit the thrift store. I probably won't be able to go any during the weekend . Anyway, I just love the bowl. It is gorgeous in true life. Also crazy about the overnight case. I like to use them to store old pictures. And one of these days I am going to host a party with my closest friends and serve refreshments using all my silver serving trays.

Have a safe 4th of July!

Celebrating Our Independence

2008-07-01T05:11:00.000-07:00

There is something about adding the American flag that makes things even more special.

I am so glad to live in America!

I looove old newspapers.

I found this one the other day at an antique sale. It is the Tulsa World July 4th 1976 Bicentennial edition. That was the year I graduated from Checotah High School. Can you believe I got it for $.25? What a treasure!

This was one of the articles in the Tulsa World. I liked the picture.
The heading says "We Moved Slowly Into Independence".

This is a picture taken at the Paul Henry Carr Day in Checotah, Oklahoma in 1991. The VFW, of which my parents were members, built the float for the parade. It was a ship. The three children on the right are my kids. The other children are my nieces and a nephew. My daddy stands Very Proudly in the background. I love this picture.
* I almost forgot to mention that the uniforms are original whites and blues that we found in an old abandoned house near my parents home. The sailor must have been really small because we did minimal alterations for the clothes to fit the kids.

Some Very Awesome Ladies!

2008-06-30T19:00:00.000-07:00

On the left is my Aunt Inez. She is almost 91 and is sharp as a tack! She is a hoot! We laughed all day at her stories. The middle lady is my precious mother. The lady on the right is my Aunt Mary. She always has so many stories about when they were all kids. I could listen to Aunt Mary, Aunt Inez, and my mom tell stories all day.

Thriftin' Thursday

2008-06-26T15:39:00.000-07:00

This trunk was a real bargain! I love using trunks and old suitcases for storage. I will probably use this in my Big Rusty Barn Sale this Fall.

Silver pedestal tray. Pretty, pretty!

I just love these jewelry boxes.
I especially love the handle! And the color is so soft and sweet!

I have been collecting vintage metal tins for awhile now. I really like the Christmas ones but when I saw this one today I just had to have it. I will probably keep buttons in it.

This vase is perfect for my future cut roses. I know my Mr. Lincoln rose bush is not gonna fail me this summer. I get the most gorgeous long stem roses from that bush! And their aroma is delicious!

Lovin' These Sunny Summer Days!

2008-06-25T15:26:00.000-07:00

I know, I know. I post more pics of this bird than I do of my children. But just look at him. Ain't he handsome? He has really been strutting his stuff in the chicken pen these days. He crows and fluffs his feathers and really gives the girls a run for their money!

Here's a pic of my bloomin' pumpkin plants! I am really excited about my pumpkins! I planted more lumina's a couple of days ago. Hubby thinks I have plenty. He has no idea just how many pumpkins I really want. He has NO idea.

Aren't these blackberries pretty? I just love the colors. And let me tell ya' these berries are sweet! I can hardly wait until I can pick a whole bucket full!

As Andy Griffith would say, "It's Goooood"

2008-06-23T10:53:00.000-07:00

Blueberry Pie mm mm mmm!

A Very Good First Day of Summer!

2008-06-21T14:54:00.000-07:00

Saturday afternoon Huge Sale finds!

Just look at the treasures! Four dolly's, Ole' Glory, Sweetest Apron, 4 canning jars, several jar rings (for later), crochet doilie, Ceramic rooster (to join the others on my kitchen window sill, ceramic wren (so cute!), hand-crochet lace trim, and the wooden Coca-Cola crate (I will put it outside somewhere). All this for $3. mm mm mmm!
This Big Red Wagon is not just any old big red wagon. It was driven and pulled probably hundreds if not thousands of miles by my little children whom are now all grown up. I planted some Moss Rose in it yesterday. This wagon and I will never part.

We Are Going Nuts!
Hubby and I talked about planting pecan trees on this property when we got enough money to get the trees. Well, my sweet brother-in-law (Hubby's baby brother) brought us a bunch of pecan trees that came up in his yard. I just love the way God uses people to bless our lives.

I just love peaches. I do believe the peach is my very favorite fruit! I wish I could say that our peach tree is loaded with peaches but I think Hubby counted only six. They sure look yummy. Maybe next year we'll get a bumper crop!