CSN Winner

Hello Lovies!

I hope you are all doing well and had a wonderful Valentines Day!

The weather is pretty mild here right now, but don't worry, it is supposed to get cold again this weekend!

Hey did you know that Michigan actaully has five seasons?

I know, crazy isn't it!!?

That fifth season falls between winter and spring and its

POT HOLE season!!!!!

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ok, not that bad but it does look like the below picture!

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Seriously!!!

All the snow, ice, salt and dirt erode the pavement and it is like driving through land mines!!

They don't get fixed until about April/May or whenever it starts to get above 50 degrees for more than a second.

Oh my poor car!!!!!!

Ok, now on to something more fun...the winner of the $35 gift certificate to CSN is...

#27 Chris who said that

"i am so ready to work in my flower beds!!! "

(I will send you an email Chris)

It looks like many of you are ready to get your hands dirty planting flowers!

I so enjoyed reading all of your responses and I am VERY ready for Spring and Summer!

Planting flowers

Flip flops

Tank tops

Walks on the beach

Sitting on my deck

No more arguments with my 5-year-old about snow suits!

Top down on the Jeep

Open windows in the house

oh, I could go on and on and on......

Thank you again for everyone that entered and welcome to my new friends and I so blessed to have you all here with me!

Come back tomorrow when I will blog swapping with my friend Kindra from At Home With K

Have a wonderful day!!!

CSN Store Giveaway!!!

I am so longing for Spring and watching the kids play on the swingsets in our park, feeling the sun hit my shoulders and the smell of fresh flowers making their way into the world!

Did you know that CSN stores carry swingsets?

I had no idea!

They also have sandboxes,

and trampolines!!

They carry so much to make your Spring and Summer the best it can be!

So,

the wonderful people over at CSN have offered me the chance to offer you the chance to win a $35 gift certificate towards anything in their over 200 online stores!

I just want to thank you all for joining me and to let you know how much I appreciate all of you!

You have brightened up my most dreary of days with your warmth and friendship and I cannot tell you how much that means to me!

I also want to welcome my new followers/friends and say a big thank you to you for joining me and hope that you are inspired and have fun here!

Now,

all you have to do is just

comment!

That's all!

I am pretty simple,

but

if you want I would love to hear what you look forward to most in the Spring.

I know a lot of you are feeling that itch to get out and enjoy some warmer weather and for my Australia friends, I know that it is hot where you are so you can tell me what you love to do when the heat is just too much! :)

I will be drawing a name through the Random Number thingy next Wednesday, February 16!!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend and a

Happy Valentines Day!

A Winner and an Apology!!

Hello my dear friends! I hope that you had a wonderful beginning to the week!!

I have to say that mine was a bit interesting and irritating!

First let me apologize for the crazy email that went out to you, if you received one from me about buying a computer and it looks like something that I would NOT write,

please delete it!

I hope that I have fixed it on my end and I am very sorry if I caused any disruption in your computer.

That was the irritating part.

The interesting part was this.....

SNOW, SNOW and MORE SNOW!!!!

(I promise the photos are untouched :) )

It was like we were in our own little snow globe! Seriously! I live in the "Lake Effect" area in Michigan and we got about 1 foot of snow today, it looked like that all day! Odd thing is about 2 miles away from the lake it was sunny all day and they didn't get any snow!

Michigan I tell ya!

It did look really pretty when I wasn't driving in it!

Oh,

I also have to tell you that my hubby got a thrill reading all your comments!!

He must have taken some of them as a challenge to come up with some more creative ways to spell things.

So, yesterday morning I woke up to this...

Don't worry, it is a term of endearment! :)

I will say that it is cheating though!

Ok,

Now for you have been waiting for!

I really enjoyed reading all of your wishes and my wish for you is that you get what you are wishing for!

You are all so wonderful, I truly, truly mean that!!

The winner of the $35 gift certificate for CSN is

Erin from Like Grandmas

Congrats and Merry Christmas and happy shopping to you!!

Today is also a very special day for me.

We will be celebrating this little one's

5th birthday!!!

He is so precious to me and his birth was full of celebration

and

heart ache....... literally.......

Winter Wonderland and A Giveaway

Happy December to you!!

I know that you are all well on your way on your decorating, it has been so much fun to see everyone's mantels!!

I think I have spent hours just going through all the pictures and blogs!

I love them all!!

I am sure you are all aware that Christmas is coming upon us quickly!

Have you started your shopping yet?

What do you want for you Christmas?

Perhaps a new tv?

Or how about a choice of new tv tables to go along with that new tv?

(I am in love with this one)

Well, the good folks over at CSN have given me the chance to give you a gift certificate for $35 to help with any Christmas shopping that you still need to do and as a way to say

THANK YOU

for supporting me and sharing all your sweet comments with me!

I appreciate it so much!!

CSN has so many wonderful things with over 200 online stores that will help you check off your Christmas list!

TO ENTER:

All you need to do is leave me a comment telling me what is on your Christmas list this year!

I will choose a winner next Tuesday the 7th so you can have some time to shop and have the item shipped!

Good luck!!!

Also, yesterday we woke up to a blanket of snow!

It finally decided to show up here on the lakeshore!

My old man felt like a pup again making his snow-dog angels!!!!

And the pup was not just not feeling it!!

I am off to do some shopping of my own!

Have a wonderful day!!!

CSN Winner and Teaser Part 2

I just wanted to thank everyone who has been a friend, became my new friends and left wonderful comments last week during the giveaway. I hope that you all feel welcome here and that I can inspire you and get to know you!

Now, the winner of the CSN Store $35 gift certificate is:

#7 Caron from Everything Coastal

Congratulations!!!!

Please contact me, if I have not contacted you and I will let you know how to claim your wonderful prize!!

Happy shopping!!!

NOW,

I hope everyone had a great weekend!! It finally turned cold here Friday night and we were able to get a nice warm fire in the fireplace last night along with one of my favorites, white chicken chili!!!!

Ahhhhhh!

mmmmmmmm........

Also, I told you that I would reveal my little tease that I left you with last Thursday.

Well, I lied,

a little.

I haven't finished it completely yet and wasn't able to do what I wanted this weekend but I will give you another little tease!

See, I am a nice girl!

I wanted to show you my drift wood curtain rod!

I found this great piece in Glen Lake this summer and haven't been able to find the right spot for it until now!

I simply mounted the drift wood on the trim above the window,

screwed in little hooks and cut small slits in the cheese cloth that I had left over and hung it on the hooks!!

Simple and it makes me smile from memories of this summer!

Hopefully I will be able to finish up this week, but we will see how the week unfolds!

Tomorrow I will show you my find from Sundays flea market trip!

(I will be linking up to the parties in my 'Linky Parties' tab on the top of the blog!)

CSN Store Giveaway Reminder!!

Just a little reminder that there is still some time left to enter the giveaway for a $35 gift certificate to CSN stores!!!

Just go here and find out how you can enter!!!

I will be announcing the winner on Monday, September 27!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!! Mine will be filled with work, cleaning and hopefully junking on Sunday for some great finds for my new project that I teased about yesterday!!!

(By the way, loving your answers!! You guys make me smile!!)

I am really excited!!

I am feeling a little nostalgic today and since it is now officially fall I will leave you with this beautiful image of The Albony Covered Bridge surrounded by the beautiful colors of autumn.

I love covered bridges, not sure why, maybe because my grandpa liked them so much, but there is just something so beautiful and interesting about them. Is it because you can enter as one person and may leave as another? Or is the image of crossing over to a place unknown but you know as you make your way you are sheltered?

Image: William Carroll

I found a poem that kind of explains how I feel.

"What stories could these bridges tell
If they could only talk?
They'd tell us of the ones who rode
And those who had to walk,
The rich, the poor....those in-between
Who used their planks to cross,
The soldiers, farmers, businessmen
In buggies, sleighs, by "hoss",
Like sentinels these bridges stand
In spite of flood and fire,
Their rugged, stalwart strength remains
Our future to inspire.

-Author Unknown

CSN Store Giveaway!!!

Imagine yourself relaxing in your living room, cup of tea on your new coffee table (coaster under it of course :) ) and clicking your way through endless possibilities for your home at CSN!!

I was very excited when CSN contacted me to give one of my readers a chance at a $35 gift certificate to any one of there fabulous online stores!

I was so amazed at their selection of coffee tables, take a look of some of my favorites..

Contemporary

Shabby chic shadow box table

Leather ottoman coffee table

(imagine a cute little tray with some hot tea for those cold winter nights by the fire)

and SO many more wonderful designs!

What do you have to do to have a chance at a $35 gift certificate?

Weeelllll,

it's easy!

You can go check out more of the coffee tables here,

or

go to the CSN main page and browse around there!

THEN,

come back and tell me what it is that you would spend your $35 on!

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES:

Become a follower and let me know or let me that you already follow.

Blog about it and come back and tell me that you did.

SO there you have it, 3 ways to enter!!

Giveaway will run until Monday, September 27 when I will announce the winner through random number generator!

So please come back then to see if you are a winner!

Don't forget to leave a valid email address so I can contact you if you are the winner!

(I am sorry but if you do not claim your prize with in 48 hours I will have to choose a new winner)

Thank you and GOOD LUCK!!