vintage Paris postcard images...

tornadoes in November...

this is what we had today...

4am the siren went off...

yeah, we just got one...

but we didn't hear it for the wind...

we had a tornado watch for a little while and the a warning until 7pm...

we ended up with a lot of rain, thunder and lightening...

but no twister...

yeah!

had no idea it was that bad...

I was on my way to bed and fell asleep watching the lightening...

one of my favorite things to do...

we had high 60s today and we sat out on the deck...

I started out with a terrible morning...

IBS...

in the bathroom until noon...

got a pinched nerve in my lower back from Saturday...

did it scooting on my butt on the deck while we had the babies out...

dumb...

used the walker Saturday and Sunday morning...

getting around better today but still slow...

sore but not in pain...

this is my favorite rose ever...

and it even has new growth on it...

crazy weather...

beats that 4 letter word...

s*@#...

lovin' it as long as the tornadoes stay away...

the days are more like spring days here...

hope you all are safe and not in the path of anything nasty...

may God bless and keep you through the night...

start Monday off right...

Luke 11:1-13One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.

"He said to them, "When you pray, say:
" 'Father, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation."

Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.'

"Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's boldness[e] he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

cute place settings for turkey day...

here are a few ideas that I found...

you still have time to find accents to spruce up your every day dinner ware...

a simple leaf plate...

nice for salads...

these are just so pretty and I would have to use them every day...

mix and match what you already have...

vintage looking patterns add custom look...

bold graphics add fun...

add white and off white to extend special pieces...

and if your family is like mine...

something funny on the table would fit right in...

but at my house...

you never see the dinner ware until we wash dishes when it's over...

the guys pile the food on and cover up all the pretty details...

and the years when I worked full time and the kids were still in school...

we did chinette...

toss is in the trash and the dishes are done...

it was enough to wash all the glasses, silverware, pots and pans...

besides...

it's the food and the company that they will remember...

right?

very simple ideas to decorate this year...

I was searching online very early this morning for some simple ways to spruce things up for Thanksgiving dinner, without going over board...

I really like this...

this is so easy...

this is a bit more, but there are several little things from this that you could do...

and not everyone is artsy fartsy...

and the less is more thing is appealing to me right now...

I like the 1st photo...

reminds me of a haystack...

colored many of them as a kid and it makes me think of Thanksgiving...

this is so simple...

water in vase, buy flowers and plop them in there...

nuts, candles and glass...

simple and elegant...

now this is cute and you can use this idea many different times a year...

pumpkin candle...

easy enough...

easy.. 

and cute...

just fill a basket with your left over gourds...

simple splashes of color...

from  your yard or market...

this is just wonderful...

plain, simple, timeless...

in 2 weeks, most of us will be eating left overs and another holiday dinner will go down in the books...

just a few simple ideas for you to follow up on...

I know many of you work either part or full time and every second counts...

so while you are shopping for that turkey or ham...

pick up a couple of small things to play with...

have a great weekend!