Is It Fashionable To Be Organized?

I think so, this is my little dressing table. It once belonged to my Grandmother Carrie. I use to watch her when I was a child every night pull out her brush and brush her long silvery hair, part it down the middle and braid each side and pin them into neat coils in the back of her head. It was downstairs in the garage after several attempts to make it be something else, a desk in the grand kids room, a computer desk, now it serves the purpose it was meant to.


There are three drawers on each side

And one long drawer in the middle and underneath and opening for a chair. I really enjoy sitting here putting on my makeup, styling my hair, painting my nails, or picking out and putting on my jewelry.

Most of the time it's really a mess, this is an understatement.

This is how my jewelry drawer use to look, everything all jumbled in this drawer making it very hard to find anything.

And the rest on the table top in this jewelry box, maybe I would find an earring here and the other to match in the drawer on the other side.

Then the other day I was in Walmart looking for foil and my eyes ran across these snack bags. Well I thought they would be perfect to house my jewelry. One hundred bags for 1.38 cents. If one should break I'll have plenty as a replacements but I would probably never run out.

So I did a search for all of my pink jewelry, and threw away the ones that didn't have matches. After getting it all together I put them neatly away in the bags. They have a zip lock top.

Amazingly all of this fit into one bag.

Then I took my burgundy jewelry and did the same. It took two bags because there were large pieces in this group.

Now whenever I need to find something quick, all I have to do is pull out the bag that has the color I need.

And the drawer doesn't look like a tangled mess. I hope you enjoyed Fashion Friday's and I hope you can find a use for these small bags, it would cost only pennies. I'll be back next Friday with more fashion, the kitchen has been more than it's share of work this week and I'm still not done. Deb

New Camera! ~ Minipoo! ~ Meme!

First I want to say I have a new camera, it's a Cannon Power Shot so, finally I'm able to get a picture of Miss Minipoo. My camera before would do all these flashes and take the picture on the last flash, by then she would have looked away or run away. So here's my little darling, sweetie pie, Pooey, and look I groomed her last night!!! She had a hair hanging in her eyes again that I thought had to be horrible trying to see through so, I took the scissors and trimmed it all by myself. She just held really still so I could do it. And we made it through with no injuries. Isn't she beautiful! Look at those eyes! LOL!!!! Yall know I love my little girl!

Okay, I've been tagged by Jenn @ Bittersweet Prims to do a list of fours about myself. So here goes.

* Four jobs I've had in my life*

Short-order cook
Dispatcher for a wrecker company - all men, it's was horrible the way they carried on with their body functions, gas galore! I think I lasted only a month
Cashier
Claims examiner at a health insurance company

*Four movies I can watch over and over*

Driving Miss Daisy- I loved the relationship that developed between the two main characters.
The Parent Trap - I love this movie and the two below because I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
Coming to America
Diary of a mad black woman

*Four places I've live*

Birmingham, Alabama
Buffalo New York- for two years, I loved it there I always told myself that I would go back there but I guess in another place in time.
Back home again!

*Four TV shows I love to watch*

Everybody loves Raymond- Reruns I know, "Love Them"
Andy Griffith - You gotta love Barney LOL!!
Designed to Sell - I love seeing the transformations!
Fraiser- I really get a kick out of the old ones. I was also a hopeless fan of Bob Newhart, both shows. LOL!! The old comedies take me away from the woes of this world.

*Four places I've been on vacation*

Disney World Orlando, FL. This was the best trip ever! We stayed three days at the All Sports Resort. It was like we were in another world.
Gatlinburg TN.
Atlanta GA.
Mississippi - I know nothing to write home about but, I hate long trips unless I'm going to be gone at least a week then I have time before the trip back. I'll let you in on a secret, I've never been on a plane and at this late date it horrifies me.

*Four of my favorite dishes*

Dot's recipe for Chicken and Dumplings
Fried Catfish, with fried okra, and creamed potatoes
Fried Green tomatoes
My Homemade Chili

*Four websites I visit daily*

WZZK radio station, almost daily- they have a list of last songs played and when I'm riding in my car and here something I like I may go to see what it was if I forgot the name, I can always remember the time it was.
My playlist.com -almost daily
My blog
You tube.com - almost daily

*Four places I'd rather be right now*

I'd rather be standing in my kitchen looking at the finished job.
On my way to the Florida Keys with my husband
Tucked away on an Island staying at a Bed and Breakfast
Slow dancing with him in the moonlight


I'm suppose to tag four, but I won't, if you'd like play along, "PLEASE DO"

UPDATES

Remember this little guy. Well Hallelujah! He's home! He came home Saturday, Praise God!

And remember this kitchen, no, it's not done but I've started.

This is the beginning, once I tore into the paper, it became a project that has to be done.

I've also removed the green back splash that matches the counter top, I'm keeping the counter top unless the Good Fairy makes an overnight appearance. I wanted to remove the back splash be cause where I paint I don't want any breaks, I want a continuous wall color.

I had to use a box cutter to score the bottom and top of the back splash and peel it away from the wall. As you can see I damaged the wall a little but all I'll have to do is sand the adhesive off and apply a thin layer of sheet rock mud and sand smooth.

I've made it all the way around to the large wall in back. It looks so bland, I can't wait until I can paint.

This is what I have left, the wall going into the laundry room, behind the refrigerator, and I'm also removing the back splash in this area here.

But I'm leaving it here by the stove I figure since the counters will be green over by the sink this area will all look just fine plus I need something I will have no problem keeping clean. I have not done any work in there today, maybe I'll be motivated to continue by tomorrow. I keep getting

distracted.

Saturday night my husband, his brother and wife, and I went downtown Birmingham to the Taste Of Fourth Avenue Jazz Festival. It was a free Jazz Concert, sponsored by The City Of Birmingham, Urban Impact, 98.7 Kiss FM, and the Alabama Jazz Hall Of Fame. This is a picture of the stage, it's sitting right in the middle of 4th avenue and the people you see are standing where cars actually drive.

This picture is also in front of the stage, people were as far as I could see. Vendors were set up selling food, and beverages. Right to the left of this picture in the white shirt is my husband he didn't know he was in the picture. The area behind him was full of people too.

This picture is blurred because the people here in front of the stage were all dancing and having a ball. The music was fantastic! Earlier there had also been a Cultural Parade, they had an Art Village, Children's Activities, and Swing Dancing. We didn't go downtown until about 9.00pm, it was over about 12.00am. I really enjoyed it and will go again next year if the have it.

This is Annie and Sherman, my brother and sister in law. No, I don't have a picture of me here. I don't believe it! It was my intentions to have Annie take a picture of my husband and myself together but, I forgot.

Fashion Fridays ~ From ~ Deb's Closet

Welcome to Fashion Friday's hosted by Fifi, at Fifi Flowers Design. I love how she's included anything that you may think is fashionable instead of just clothing. This is a post I did a while back as I also hosted a Fashion Friday but it never really took off. I'm so glad that Fifi has organized Fashionable Friday's because now I get to participate in something I think is quite fun!!!!!

Let's start with the accessories, today I'm using Ralph Lauren's Romance, I always use this Par fum for shinny and glittery nights. I'm also using Silver and Pearls as my jewelry selection. As my friend Connie would correct me to say faux Silver and Pearls because they are not real. Okay! LOL! My shoe choice is a Pewter, peep toe, with a buckle for added interest, 32.00 on sale.

Today I'm going to revisit an outfit. It's one of the outfits I bought while in Macy's during my Fashion show and today I'm showing it with the accessories I've chosen. Actually this jewelry is Silver but, I guess it is mirroring the brown in the top, and giving off a gold accent. I have paired the top with my white linen Bermuda shorts. The shoes are also taking on that goldish hue but, that's okay I love how it changes for the outfit.

I couldn't get a good picture of the necklace, it shows as gold, and it's totally silver. I was drawn to this necklace because it reminded me of the coin jewelry from long ago, and I loved how the weight and shape of it shifts to one side instead of being symmetrical.

Do you remember the jewelry that was like nickels, dimes and if I'm remembering correctly it was buffalo head nickles. Sometimes clothing would have chain belts that also had these coins. I can remember having a red plaid skirt that had one of those belts. This necklace and earring set is by Jordi's European Collection.

Here I'm honoring my friend Nikki Crumpet's request to model an outfit this time. Hi Nikki! Just for you!

Here I used my denim shorts shown last week with the pink blouse. The denim dresses it down a little but, not much so this could still be worn on a nice dinner date.

I must confess a weight gain of about 5 pounds but, I'm still trying to maintain the inches I've lost but I'm beginning to feel a tightness in my clothes. Monday my friend Mary in Texas and I plan to start the Slim'n 6 exercise program together. Pray for us. :O( I wish there was something I could love about exercise, I'm dying just thinking about it. Anyway I'm going to eat everything in sight this weekend getting it all out of my system for next week. LOL!!!!

This is a close up of the shoe, I have not been able to find a purse that I think would be perfect with this shoe.

But, I thought that maybe I could get away with this white bag with this out fit because there's white in the outfit. What do you think?

Remember this?

Well, I thought I'd wear this outfit for you, it's also from a previous post.

This concludes this Fashionable Friday's post, I hope you enjoyed it and will join me again soon. I'm finding that that closet of nothing, is really full of many options. Just pick a shoe and search for the things that will go with it. You'll find you have more than you think. Then take a picture of it for future reference because you will forget how you've pair it. Deb

No Friends, You Misunderstood

No, friends you misunderstood, it was not anyone from blogland but, someone who reads my blog that has to know me personally, because the call was to my cell phone concerning something on my blog. It was meant as a joke but was not at all funny to me. So the message was for that person and not any blogger. I don't even care who it was and I'm sure the matter is settled now by my message that I was not pleased , and so now I'm done with it. Thanks so much for your concern of the matter. Deb

This Message Is For My Prank Caller

This is for the person that was responsible for the prank call made to me this evening.

1. I don't play those games and I don't know of any person that I would do that to, joking or not.

2. My cell phone number is personal to me and I only give it to people that I feel are near and dear to me. I never would think that anyone of those persons would give my number out to someone for malicious purposes, joking or not.

3. I try to be fun and kind to all but, I have to draw the line somewhere. You better hope that I never find out which one of you did this, because I will be reluctant to ever trust you again.

4. If you enjoy my blog, just enjoy it. Don't think of ways to use it for meanness.

5. Now you go, have a nice dinner and be very pleased with yourself. I will not pursue this issue any further because I don't even want to know which one of you did this, but, know that I don't enjoy pranks and absolutely have no sense of humor when it comes to this kind of thing.

Deborah

Please Accept These Flowers

Hi everybody! I know I haven't been around much in the past few days but, I've been extra busy. I'm still engaged in removing the wall paper in the kitchen along with a few other things. My intentions yesterday were to go to the hospital to visit with my grand son, he has not gotten his weight up and he's having a bit of trouble temp wise but, I didn't make that. So today he is first on my list. Please pray he'll be coming home soon. He's coming along but, slowly.

Since I won't be blogging much today, with grocery shopping, a trip to the post office, and home depot also on my list, I hope you'll accept these flowers. I know, I know, they're not much and I'm looking a mess but, please bear with me, I'll try and get back soon. I pray everyone has one the best days of life today, and God bless you all.

Fashion Friday ~ From~ Deb's Closet

Let me begin again with the accessories, this started out to be a little hard, pink being my main color again. Though this time I wanted while it is still warm here, to choose something still fit for the hot weather. I've chosen pink shoes, gold and pink jewelry,and my choice of Par fum is Very Irresistible by Givenchy. A must have, I love it! It has a very playful fragrance.

Here I've chosen to pair a dark blue wash, denim Bermuda short, by dockers, a pink short sleeved blouse; using gold jewelry. Shoes, Sam & Libby. I bought them on sale at Macy's about three years ago for about 16.99. As a rule I hardly ever buy unless it's on sale unless it's for a very special occasion.

Here I'm using, the pink jewelry just to show how all pieces can work the same outfit. Simple pink blouse was found at Walmart for about 9.99.

Here I chose the softening effects of a cream top by sunny leigh, with the same denim short but adding a splash of color by using pink jewelry and shoes. The jewelry doesn't have to be expensive at all. This is some that I've picked up here or there for just about pennies.

Here I'm using the same outfit with gold jewelry to dress things up slightly for a casual evening out. The necklace and earrings were ordered from Avon, and I'm using my everyday watch and a bracelet fit for evening wear.

Here I'm using the same softness from above with the top by sunny leigh, I was drawn to the softness of the sheer fabric used around the neck and as a bow. I could picture the bow blowing slightly in the wind. Here it's paired with linen, Bermuda shorts also by sunny leigh. I love this clothing line because it always fits my body type, what ever that is and manages to hide it's budges and bumps.

Here I'm calling this the unexpected, I'm pairing the pink blouse and linen short and I do find that you can pair just about anything pulling it all together with the accessories. The purse I'm using has a darker color variation of the shorts at the very top and through out, allowing everything to come together perfectly.

I'm noticing that I have quite a few purses from Cato, I don't remember how much I paid for this one but, I'm sure it was under 15.00. It goes a long way with color, there's orange, aqua, and mint green that I have yet to explore. This concludes my Fashion Fridays post, I hope you enjoyed.

My Not Fake ~ But ~ Artificial Plants

I'll start in the den, I have added a Peony bloom to an existing fake I mean artificial plant that I like. The plant has the garden look that I love. The little gold jar I got at Walgreens as Fall decorations. It was 6.99 and get a second half price. I bought two. They have a candle inside but I'm sad to say that they don't smell very good. Seems like they would have smelled like Pumpkin Pie or something but they smell like that long time ago soap that I hated called, Cashmere Bouquet. Does anybody remember that terrible soap? It was right up there in my mind with another product I hated, Tussy deodorant.

My Artificial fern in my monkey planter, I 'm okay with this too. It's a small planter and wouldn't support the root system of a live fern, so I think artificial is in order here.

The little greenery in this pot, I'm sure hurts no one. I have no direct sunlight in my kitchen, because my screened porch it right off from it, so I don't get the sun needed for real plants. So that's legitimate reason enough for me. See there are reasons we use them, not just because we're fake plant junkies.

I love this orchid, I tried growing a live one once and failed, so this one is fine and think it's perfect for this corner. So it's here because I love them but can't grow them. Good huh?

This was actually a candle round, but I took it apart and place it here to hide the crack between the frame and shelf. It serves it's purpose well. Oh! I have started to remove the wall paper! That's why I've been sort of missing these days, I'll still try and do my Fashion Friday post, but I'll be out of town this weekend.

Greenery in the dining room, I think it adds coziness and that really works for me because I also love the outdoors feel, which is what I was going for. All I added as Fall decoration here are the Pilgrims. The plant that's lower on the left is real, but the taller tree you'll see in the picture below is artificial.

This is a picture I took a while back. Some things you see here are longer here anymore. In this picture it shows the beverage cart in the corner better, it has artificial flowers and the table in the back still has the greenery from Christmas, but the plant up front to the right is real.

I really don't think I have too many, just enough to add a little softness or fullness to the rooms, that's all. Also this picture shows when I had the clock that I now have in the den. I change things around a lot. Below I'll show what's in the dining room now taking the place of the clock.

This is what's in the dinning room now. This camera is killing me! I just don't have time to go back to try and get a clearer picture this one will have to do. I'd planned on getting one as a Christmas gift but, I will have to get a new one before Christmas because I can't take anymore. Does anyone have any inexpensive suggestions?