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Congratulations to Diana!   She is the winner of my giveaway from CSN stores!  I used the site  random.org  to choose a winner.  If you have time, please stop by Diana's lovely  blog  and say hello.  She likes to quilt and knit and writes about her crafts as well as about her life and family. Diana, I know how much you like Fiddler on the Roof so this somehow seems like an appropriate song to play to celebrate your win.  I know the gift certificate won't make you rich, but I hope you at least have some fun shopping with it.  Thank you to all who entered the giveaway!

Not too long ago, I showed you this picture of a pretty tree in my neighbor's yard. Well, now that tree looks like this, and after all the high winds we have had this week, my back yard just to the right of this tree looks like this. My front yard, not to be outdone, looks like this. Can you see all of those leaves on the ground?  It looks like I'm going to be spending the weekend with a rake in my hand. While I am out there raking, I've left a couple of things here in this post for you to do. First, if you'd like to, you can listen to my son's string quintet play the song, "Michelle."  He's the one standing  up in the back on the right playing the double bass. Second, you can look at a pretty drop leaf table or two, or check out what is for sale at any of the stores under the CSN name to see if there is anything there that you might like to buy with a $55.00 gift certificate.   Why am I suggesting you do this?  I am suggesting it because the...

Congratulations to Denise from the blog Together We Save !  She was the winner of my giveaway drawing.  If you haven't yet visited Denise's blog, you should check it out.  She posts all sorts of coupons, deals, bargains and free products that you can send away for.  Thank you to everyone who entered! Denise, I sent you an email.  Please email me back to let me know that I have the right address for you. Happy weekend, everyone!

Well, apparently the folks at the CSN stores really like my readers.  They like you so much, in fact, that they want me to give one of you another gift certificate.  This time they want me to give someone reading this blog a $55 gift certificate to use at any one of their stores.  That ought to make you feel like dancing! You can buy all sorts of things at their stores, everything from a drop leaf table  to shoes to items for your kids and pets to home decor and much more.  They have  over 200 stores  so the selection is large.  Click on those links and check it out.  See if there is anything listed there that you might like to purchase with a $55 gift certificate.  If there is, leave a comment on this post before 5:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, October 1st.  I will enter each person who leaves a comment here into the drawing, assigning you each a number. I will then choose one of you using the random number generato...

Congratulations to Tracey !  She is the lucky winner of a gift certificate from   CSN stores   from my blog giveaway.  Thanks to all who entered and to those who became new followers of this blog.  Thank you to  DiningRoomsDirect.com  and to  CSN stores   for sponsoring this giveaway!

My older son and husband flew to Florida last week to visit a couple of graduate schools that my son is considering attending next year.  They took some pictures that I thought I'd share with you. taking off hotel where they stayed the view from the hotel a cool palm tree (probably not too exciting to those of you who live in Florida, but to those of us who see mostly elm, oak, and maple trees, palm trees are interesting) on campus at one of the schools my son a pier at a nearby beach This is an Italian restaurant where they dined one evening. Although I don't know for sure, I would imagine that the tables inside were those cute little bistro sets , you know, the ones with chairs made of curlicue wrought iron and a round table top on an iron pedestal. coming in for a landing I'm sure some of you noticed that there was a link there under the pictures to an online furniture site.  That site is one of the over 200 sites that are part of CSN stores.  A while back, s...

If you're like me, you learned this song from watching Bugs Bunny make a fruit salad on Elmer Fudd's head.  This is one of the songs the City Orchestra played at this week's concert.  My son is playing the upright bass as you probably already know.  This is the Barber of Seville. Also, my blogging friend, Becky, is having a giveaway over at her blog , and she wanted me to invite you all over there to enter.  You never know, you might be the big winner!  She's giving away an awesome prize which includes a long list of really great items.  Why not click on the link for  her blog  to get all the details and get yourself entered?  Have a great weekend everyone!

One of my blogging friends, Becky, is holding a giveaway on her blog , and she asked if I would mention it here.  She is giving away the winner's choice of one of these two books written by Kelly Stone, either "Thinking Write: The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind,"  or "Time to Write: Professional Writers Reveal How to Fit Writing into Your Busy Life". If you have a minute, why not stop over and say "Hi" to Becky and enter her giveaway while you are there.  If you win, it just might make you feel like dancing! If you already feel like dancing, here's some music to get you started.

It's Friday night, and I have two things on my mind that I want to blog about.  The first item on the agenda is that I am hosting a sponsored giveaway on my Smiling With Daisy blog that I wanted to share with my readers here.  Some of you who read both of my blogs may already be aware of it.  I am giving away to one of my readers either a Corelle Coordinates 4 piece casserole set in the Callaway pattern like this   or an iittala Origo Orange server bowl like this. If you are interested, pop on over to my  Smiling With Daisy  blog and find out how to get yourself entered. Now as for the second thing on my mind, it is that I want to dance with somebody. (I bet you already guessed that, didn't you?)  It IS Friday night, you know.  Come on and dance with me! Now, what are you waiting for?  Go on over to my other blog and enter the giveaway!!  You can't win if you don't enter!  Hope you all have a good weekend!

A new calendar has arrived in the mail for me here. It was sent to me by Mildred from the blog Nalley Valley in her giveaway in celebration of her 100th post. Congratulations, Mildred on your 100th post! The calendar has very cute pictures of the goats and other animals at the Hidden Haven Homestead . Thank you very much, Mildred. I love it!

There is a cool giveaway contest going on over at Thistledew Farm . The hats above were all made by the writer of Thistledew Farm . If you enter you could have the opportunity to win a handmade crocheted hat in a design of your own choosing. Go check it out. I've already got my entry in, so why not join in the fun. Below you will see the hat she created from my description. Isn't it great? (You just have to imagine my head where the roll of Bounty paper towels are--ha ha!). :-D Update: My friend, Eric at Speedcat Hollydale Page through the magic of photoshopping and his creative talents made this virtual photo of me wearing the above daisy hat. He's such a nice guy! Thanks, Speedy!