It's Spring

Isn't It?

It is...It is...

But the world sure feels strange. I am sorry I haven't 

been here much. You would think during a time when we are 

all suppose to be in our houses I would have plenty of time 

for house projects and blogging. 

But no...I am still delivering food to make ends meet.

So I am out every day taking food to people.

I wish I could be home all the time - oh how I wish but 

this is what I must do.

I have been playing over on Instagram lately.

I don't know why it took me so long to use that platform.

Oh...yeah...I was always at work and had nothing to share.

Anyway...I've been sharing my Easter decorating over there.

I haven't seen my Mom in over a month and won't see here till 

this thing blows over. This means I will miss her 81st birthday

tomorrow.

Very very unhappy about that.

She is fine. She is happy at home. 

But she lives across the street from my sister and that

worries me...that my sister and her crew won't keep Mom

safe. 

For that matter - my sister has many health issues that mean

she needs to stay isolated as much as possible.

I don't trust her to make the right choices.

But I have made suggestions till I am blue in the face.

There is nothing I can do.

So me and the dogs are having a fine time at home.

I am trying to be as safe as possible when out.

Today I must be able to find alcohol somewhere.

I am almost out of hand sanitizer.

I kept on hand to clean my hands constantly when 

in the car before this but I am almost out now.

Stay well...I'll post next week Easter photos here.

In the meantime join me on Instagram.

 

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Oh...how I adore Easter.

It's full of all my favorite colors.

I didn't decorate this year....I just had too much going on.

I did buy a little bunny the other day at Hobby Lobby on sale.

She'll be pretty added to my things for next year.

You can see what I did last year on this post.

And here too.

Since starting the new job...I've met so many nice and interesting people...

I've decided I'm going to start sharing their stories here.

We'll start with the 65 year old man that came in the other day to purchase two twin beds.

He and his new wife were adopting two teenage boys.

He met his new wife on Facebook a little over a year ago. 

Seems they knew a lot of people that knew each other. 

They had both lost their spouses to illness a few years before

and decided after visiting on Facebook to meet up.

They met at a Denny's and that first date lasted four hours.

After marrying his new wife, he learned that she had two great nephews whose parents were

involved in drugs and in prison. 

The two boys had been in different foster homes since they were little, now 15 and 18

they were coming to live with him.

He said in his previous life...he had two girls...now grown. 

The boys have already come and stayed many weekends with him and he was so excited to 

have them come live permanently. 

He HAD to have the twin beds by the weekend for their new room at his house.

He left telling me about all the activities he had planned for them and how he'd already

arranged for one of them to have a car to drive. 

He was so excited to have these boys in his life and filled with hope to bring happiness 

to them. The two boys grew up apart. This will be the first time they've gotten to see

each other every day and live in the same house since they were like 5 and 8.

The least I could do was help him find the right beds.

Oh...I love the stories of the people I help each day. 

More to come....

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Not that kitchen...it's no April Fool, but I am....I'm a fool for April because

soon (only two weeks) and we'll be past the last frost date in Oklahoma and I can start 

putting ferns out and planting some things in pots outside!

I'm also a fool cause I'm super late getting the Mod Mix Monday Link Party up....

but I had bigger fish to fry...or rather weenie dogs to catch 

and I'll explain later in this post.

I think that kitchen above is so pretty by the way...don't you?

Love the color of those metal chairs and the white cabinetry plus that pretty pretty table!

A bold industrial light looks just right over the table...don't you think?

Something with a lot of curves would have made this whole thing too sweet.

Ok, so Big Easter Day was had.

It started with this...

Harvey the Bunny

All the weenies had ears to wear but Sally kept taking them off everybody.

I had a heck of a time just getting this one shot taken.

They all didn't mind wearing them including Sally but I couldn't get a picture because 

Sally was having great fun pulling everyone's off! 

I barely got this photo of Harvey with it all cocked to the side....just before Sally grabbed it again.

After the Easter Ear debacle....I met my friend Shannon and her Mom Peggy for 

Easter Brunch at the Waterford Hotel.

I just watched them eat because I'd made plans to eat with Mom later.

Then I met Mom at my house and we had Thai Food at Thai House on 23rd Street.

I think Thai Coconut Soup is a perfect Easter food. 

Mom and I piddled around the rest of the afternoon till about 7:30pm

when we got a call from my sister saying that one of her dogs was missing!

That made my heart go to my throat.

My sister is in a care facility again...but will get out this week and her husband had left 

all five of their dachshunds in the backyard early that morning and when he got home that evening,

all five were out!

The gate had blown open!

This infuriates me. That is exactly why my dogs are never left out when I am not home.

You just never know what might happen.

So by the grace of God....four of then were all fine and sitting around the house.

They live on a very very busy road...so this is a miracle in itself.

Mom and I each jumped in our cars to make the 40 minute drive to their house to help search.

I was just feeling nauseous the whole drive....and scared at what we might find when we 

reached our destination. 

We arrived just as it was getting dark. 

We had about 30 minutes to search with the sun going down quickly.

Then we searched using flashlights and headlights.

Oh...and the missing little one....Becca, is totally deaf!

So you can't call her nor would she hear anything headed her way.

I was just sick. 

Becca is a longhaired dachshund that looks similar to my Franklin but has blue eyes.

She is tiny...only about 8 pounds.

I was so frightened.

I walked and walked and went up to doors and knocked asking if any of the surrounding neighbors had seen her.

All were so sorry to hear she was missing.

(I think most assumed the worst.)

After about two hours of searching...my Mom called my cell phone.

I was scared to answer.

On the other end I heard...

"I've got her!"

I said..."Is she alive?"

"Yes," she said, "She is just fine."

Oh...my brother in law and I did a happy dance and hugged and then I said,

"Don't ever, ever, put them in the backyard and leave town."

"Never."

He said, "Well, I didn't know the gate would blow open."

Hello!!!! We live in Oklahoma, gates are always blowing open.

I told him as such.

"Yep", he said, "You are right." 

"I will never leave them out when I am not here." 

He better not!!!!

I feel like we dodged having the worst Easter ever!

Mom drove up with little Becca who was so happy to see us all!

She was very hungry too.

She'd been sitting most of the day on a neighbor's porch one street behind and over two houses.

The neighbor didn't know whose she was...and just let her sit there hoping someone would come looking for her.

She quickly realized that Becca was totally deaf.

I'd been by that way walking...but had not seen her.

And she doesn't know me well enough to want to run out to me.

I think actually that she doesn't see very well either.

But...

Mom's car lights just barely caught a glimpse of her.

She said she couldn't believe it was her.

Honestly, I'd been looking for little lumps of white and black fur in the bushes fearing she was hurt.

It is a miracle that this little one didn't get hurt.

A miracle that none of the other's did either.

A neighbor said he'd seen one of them running out in the road earlier in the day.

Well, if you see this....go get the dogs...please!

Please!

They are never to be out in the road....duh!!!!

Anyway....we were so happy to be able to call my sister and let her know everyone was fine.

It was an Easter Miracle!

So I got home last night after Midnight and tried to do this post....but fell asleep and then 

I had to be at the store at 6:15 am and then I ended up having to stay to work much longer than

I was suppose to....therefore...this party is just now happening.....sorry about that.

Lots of good stuff in lasts week's Mod Mix Monday.

Let's look...

Linda of Coastal Charm shared her Easter decor.

It does have a coastal charm about it, doesn't it?

I adore that huge ornate chalkboard mixed with the understated sofa table.

How can a vignette be Eastery and Beachy at the same time?

I don't know...but Linda pulled it off.

The Scribbler of Scribbler Unfocused showed off her new Boho Bath.

Lots of gorgeous color and pattern and it's fun and girly and interesting!

This is amazing! 

Danielle of Finding Silver Pennies made this a one of a kind mid century piece by decoupaging a friends photography to the front of the dresser's drawers and painting it too.

The scene is of their local beach.

I can just see this in a beach cottage.

Laura of Cottage and Broome shared photos of her garden of last year.

She reviewed them to remind herself of what she did and should do.

But Oh...my what an inspiration her garden is to me!

And it was a perfect Easter post seeing as a rabbit is hiding there.

Ok, I adore this! I mean it....Adore...period.

Pink ombré drawers? What more can you say?

Helen at Picked and Painted created this masterpiece in furniture revampification.

Let's see...also I picked a winner in the EpicLinen $30 gift certificate giveaway.

#34 which was Melissa Bishop!

Melissa, email me and I'll have the company contact you so you can get your certificate.

email me at nitastacy@gmail.com

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H A P P Y   E A S T E R !

I doubted this post was going to go up for awhile there.

I have been so sick this week...I couldn't bring myself to finish my dining room decor for Easter.

The buffet had been decorated for days but I still had some other things to add to the table.

Last weekend I'd bought moss and twig wreaths to use as charges.

But I never got around to getting napkins.

I'd seen some I wanted but thought I'd wait to see if I found something better.

Well, seeing as I didn't leave the house this week...this is as far as I got.

I do love getting all my majolica out in the spring!

The colors are so right at this time of year.

I never tire of the majolica begonia leaves.

And although I have quite a few...I want a few more.

Eggs nestled nicely into a cupcake stand.

I found sheets of moss at a local antique mall for a runner.

Moss from the Dollar Tree went inside the cupcake stand.

Who knew Dollar Tree had such cheap moss?

It's not the highest quality but it will work in most instances.

Twig wreaths also from Dollar Tree became chargers. 

I've started to buy charges countless times over the last year and then put them back because they just seem so ho hum. 

I'm still looking for the perfect ones.

The dishes are my Johnson Brothers's Richmond White with Luray Pastels on top of that and then topped with these pretty decorative plates that hung on the wall in my past homes.

They never made it to the wall here...not sure why...

Maybe they will yet.

There are four different ones....I didn't take a photo of the fourth.

Etruscan begonia leaf dish. I can't get enough of these.

Love this majolica plate too.

All the colors I like to use in my house.

The large bunny is by United Design. A company that manufactured stone figures 

for years here in Oklahoma.

My sister worked for this company and knew I wanted this large bunny.

She grabbed it for me on an employee sale day.

I cherish him because of this. 

I think it's going to be a quiet Easter for me this year.

Just Mom and I...I think. 

Oh...yes...and the weenies.

I hope you have a lovely one.

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