Home Haven Happy Meal

Hello!  

Wanting to cut back on beef or ground turkey 

in your spaghetti sauce???

Have you thought about adding 

more vegetables to your sauce????  

Our meal was a HAPPY one 

at Home Haven with more vegetables in the sauce.

Loved the TOASTED Garlic Bread.  

Just add a Green Salad with a Iced Tea 

and call it good.

Making HOME a HAPPY place!

May you have a BLESSED WEEK-END.

~Deanna~

A Lovely Treat With Family

Welcome.  Tablescape Thursday is always a treat for me to see so many tables beautifully decorated with lovely dishes, food and entertaining ideas.

Want to share with you some fresh fruit!

~Beautiful Fresh Fruit served in crystal dishes~

Blackberries and Strawberries

Recently we celebrated a Grandson's First Birthday 

with wonderful food that his Momma presented to the Guest.

Fresh Fruit combined with Fresh Veggies,

Pretzels, Crackers, Slices of Cheese with Summer Sausage.

All served on crystal and glass dishes

which added a clarity to the food.

~Pretty Dishes and Silverware~

Crackers, Sweets, Cupcakes and Birthday Cake

awaited us to taste and celebrate with. 

Deviled Eggs, Salmon, Miniature Quiches as well.

~A LOVELY SPREAD~

 

~The Host Family~

Thank you for stopping by!

Enjoy hearing from you and sharing ideas.

 A pleasant time celebrating 

and being treated to a feast.

We all had a great time! 

God Bless,

~Deanna~

~Deanna~

Tablescape Thursday is Hosted weekly by Susan.
Thank you Susan for the opportunity to celebrate Tables that precious people dine at!
Please visit www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com

Home Happenings

How ya doin'?
A load of white shirts and blouses are in the washing machine as I sip my morning coffee and surf the net.  Wow...that's multi-tasking!!!

Lil Miss has had her breakfast, is playing on the floor with her iddy biddy Princesses, carrying on a conversation with her toys and listening to a musical animation on the television.

There are moments that we sit and listen to the quiet.  This is refreshing.  Hush......wait a minute....be right back....gotta go put the whites in the dryer and put a load of casual multi-colored shirts into my ROBOT...TROMM LG.   I am so thankful to have a washer and dryer at HOME to use.  Still I have trouble staying on top of the laundry.  It's rare these days for me to have ALL THE LOADS caught up.  Like this feeling when I have mastered a task!
 

~TROMM LG~

Deanna's Robots

Yesterday was a very full day as I was out and about from 10 in the morning till 6 in the evening.  Did a lot of walking.  Had my exercise and I did take deep breathes.  By the time I sat in my overstuffed chair my legs were tired.  Precious Daughter fixed a casserole SUPPER and it was sooooo good.  As I wobbled into the house...the aroma was in the air.  Better than a fragrant candle burning.

Earlier in the day as I was driving down a street I noticed that THE NEW MEGA MENARDS was OPEN!  Went and toured the store and kept saying to Lil Miss that Grandpa was going to LOVE this store.  It was awesome to see all the wood.  WOOD instead of styrofoam crown molding.  Dreaming of the rooms at HOME HAVEN that will have Crown Molding going up in the next two years.

I wasn't familiar with Menards from Wisconsin....but she's NOW here in Kansas well stocked and clean as a whistle.  I must have been asked 25 times or more if I was finding everything alright and a friendly HELLO HELLO HELLO!  MEGA is a reality.

After Hubby got off work, I met back up with him at Menards.  The things I really really liked were the wood moldings, a Amish Quality Playhouse, and a Patio Display.  Found a paint sample.  Seriously thinking about using this color in Home Haven's Family room called SWEETCORN.  It's a creamy soft yellow.   Saw some walls this past week-end that had a similar color...Really liked it.

Not sure I'll get it done today or not but hoping to tidy the Kitchen FOOD rack.  About every 4 months I have to rearrange this rack.  For some reason it doesn't stay tidy...must be that it has a personality all it's own and likes messy.

Spring Cleaning continues.  In hopes of sweeping the Utility room floor and scrubbing her CLEAN today.  Lord, Please help me get this completed....i am tired.

If I say it enough times it might just really happen....I will be victorious in getting my house cleaned.
I will be victorious in getting my house cleaned.
I will be victorious in getting my house cleaned.

Amen and amen.

~Deanna~

Bunny

~BUNNY is happy HoPpInG at Home Haven~

Spring is here.

~Deanna's happy BUNNY's happy~

Thanks for stopping by.

Mercy Sakes

Oh Mercy Sakes....I cannot even begin to tell you how many blogs or decorating sites I've visited in the last two years on the internet.

I have a love for decorating and enjoy seeing the latest trends out there in blogland and in diverse places.

I've noticed that simpler lines are aggressively taking over with cleaner, uncluttered rooms being a hit.  Weathered wood, chipped paint, back to nature accessaries, lots of whites, less furniture and more wide open spaces.

When Shabby Chic Decor first started...I was timid about embracing it.....still think this style is very popular and helped usher in the Farmhouse Style that can be found in all communities including country and city life amongst the millions. 

The chipped paint on furniture didn't agree with me at first...I was trying desperately to get more refined as I aged and that meant staying away from refinishing projects that required elbow grease and sweat.  I had already done this phase as a newly wed and young momma.  The old stuff just wasn't classy enough for me.  I desired STORE BOUGHT NEW with dignified prices that caused nose bleeds because one's nose was upped turned so high.

Today 36 years into it, I have relaxed about the chipped paint and just leaving the vintage pieces of furniture as is or consider painting the entire piece classic black or fresh white.  These days I like old furniture and still desire to fill my home with older pieces of LOVELY. 

It turns my crank to go to Antique Malls and Thrift Shoppes.

Recently, I admired some old pieces of furniture at an antique village.....and a very old house in the country that's being remodeled.  Whoever is doing the remodeling has upscaled the interior of this stone house.  If it is placed on the market and they have an Open House, I hope to see the finished work.  Saw the house when it was runned down and no work had been done on it for umpteen years.  The house on a sizeable piece of ground sold for 84K a few years back....but I think it will resale in the $300,000-$350,000 range.  Shall see.  Just guessin'. 

Inside the Kitchen was a very old over-sized stove that I know they moved in from elsewhere 'cauz it wasn't there before.  The interior of the house is sure cleaned up with new ceilings, different lighting, fresh walls, old pine wood floors.  Farmer's sink in kitchen.  Took the old Kitchen Pantry out to enlarge Kitchen.  I loved the old pantry that was there before....painted soft grey in her hayday where years of aging had worn down the paint which was truly a seasoned Farmhouse OLD with weathered wood shelves holding the things a functioning kitchen needs for making the KITCHEN the HEART OF A HOME.  Think the remodelers goofed on taking the vintage pantry out.

The outdoor veiw is glorious of the Kansas Flint Hills.  Takes my breath away.  So quiet.  I wish.

Wish I had pictures...Deanna 

Flower Power

Dear Ones, Thank you for stopping by and saying hello.  I have a beverage of choice waiting for you.  I'll be sipping on some cold Iced Tea as I watch Lil Miss run, twirl and dance in the yard.  The sun is shining and there's a gentle breeze.  Wonderful being outside after suffering through so much cold weather. 

Spring is here and with each passing day, the lawn will get greener, the flowers will bloom for us to enjoy before they fade, we'll have fresh air and peaceful thoughts.

I'm so glad it's Spring!  Awesome blue skies with fluffy clouds in motion.  Open the windows and let fresh air in as the birds are singing.

Flower Power to the rescue as Winter goes away and Spring smiles at us!

Have a sweet day

and God bless you,

~Deanna the Granny Nanny~

A BLESSED and PLEASANT Day

First Day Of Spring

The day started out at a slow pace.
Hot morning Coffee with cream.
Read out loud the Book of Proverbs Chapter 20.
Blogged.
Checked email.
Said a prayer.
Ate Breakfast.
Visited with sweet hubby.
Stripped the bed of her sheets.
Placed sheets in the wash machine.
Admired that it was the first day of Spring.
Heard the local Church bells ring to call people to come to Church.
I had plans to go to Church today and plans changed.
Got dressed and groomed.
Wrote out a utility bill.
Went to City Building and dropped bill off.
Rode along to Paxico with hubby.
Looked at some antiques and admired the turquoise jewelry.
Rode along with hubby to Maple Hill.
Drank a lemonade and ate a hamburger with fries at Puffy's.
Drove around the little town of Maple Hill.
Drove passed a house in the country that we had looked at before it went to auction.
Day dreamed about living in the country.
Drove to Topeka.
Skinny Latte from Starbucks.
Shopped at Big Lots.
Returned some items to a Lumberyard.
Saw a religious man throw a rug out on a patch of grass outside of Sam's and face Mecca to recite prayers to a false god.
Shopped at Sam's.
Drove home.
Unpacked groceries.
Ate supper.
Watched a little television.
Blogged.
Listening to some instrumental music on the television.
Going to bed.
I'm tired.
Wonderful First Day of Spring spent with just my Sweetheart and me.
Thank you God for days like this.