A Lack of Progress on Baby Bee's Room

I had hoped it would be done by now.

But frankly, we still seem to be in the dreaming stage.

So.....why not share with you some more of our dreams for her room.....

Thanks Pinterest!

(You can follow this board here on Pinterest.)

 Sweet little light treatment.

Refurbished jewelry boxes - love those saturated colors.

 We'll have to have some sort of beach sign!

 And this sweet little lantern isn't in our price range, but I bet I can figure out a way to make something similar.

 I know I'll be making this for my girl!  Those peace signs!  Where did she get that obsession?

 A little ceiling inspiration.....

 and some wall inspiration.

I think that's half the problem.  Too much inspiration making it a bit hard to make final decisions.  

But Baby Bee's birthday is at the end of February, I have a couple of three day weekends coming up, so we better have some action around here soon.

Thanks so much for buzzing in for a visit today!

I'm so delighted to see you.

P.S.  And please, if you haven't already, take a moment to enter my giveaway for some sweet little treats.  Click here to enter!

A Giveaway Winner! And Susan Branch! And I Actually Made Something from Pinterest!

Winner! Winner!  Winner!

Thanks to Random Number Generator, comment #31 from Amy of UTryIt is the winner of my Amazon and Starbucks card giveaway!

Amy is a food blogger and she has awesome recipes and features.  Please go check her out.  You won't be disappointed (unless you don't like food)!

And, in honor of a food blogger winning, I thought I would share my version of Susan Branch's Corn Chowder!  Not really cold here anymore (but at least it's not hot) and I bought the ingredients to make this last Wednesday, but I ended up working until 7:30 that night and there just wasn't time to get this done, so I made it today.

(My bowls aren't as lovely as Susan's, but they still look pretty good!)

And oh my was it ever YUMPTIOUS!!!

Want a closer look?

This is really, really good and easy to make, but you MUST INCLUDE THE BACON!  

Vegetarian? 

 Then use tofu bacon or whatever it takes, because the BACON takes this soup to divine!

And.....you'll be so proud of me.....

I made something I found on Pinterest!  

Yes I did!

I made these....

Better than Jim and Nick's Cheesy Biscuits from Plain Chicken. 

that I found here!

Then we had leftover chocolate croissant bread pudding with homemade whipped cream for dessert tonight!  (Worker Bee's birthday was Friday, but we couldn't celebrate until Saturday night.)

Definitely not a night for the cows to take off!

Thank you so much for your support and entering my giveaway!  Your visits mean so much to me (and even Worker Bee and Baby Bee, they delight in your visits too).

I hope you know you're invited for dinner any time!  I love to make soup and I would love to have you come on over!  There's always room for one more!

My Latest Obsession

Do you ever find yourself getting completely obsessed with something that a few months ago you would not have cared one whit about?  Just simply passed them by at your favorite thrift haunts?  Might have even donated some of them yourself?

Well, my friends, I am in the grips of a major obsession and I can't seem to get my fix.  Just a few months ago I saw them everywhere and said, um, no thanks.

But now.....I want them.  I need them.

What could I possibly want so badly I'm willing to turn back time to get the ones I passed by before?

Why, it's vintage sheets!  Those oh so sweet and colorful and flowery sheets from the 60s and 70s!  Sheets like I slept on growing up in the 70s.  Sheets that I looked down my nose at just a few short weeks ago.

What has caused this change of heart?

Stinkin' Pinterest has, that's what.

(And thanks Betty for the invite.)

Here, let me show you what I have found and now must somehow have...

Love those colors.

This one just says summer to me.

So cute hanging out on the line.

This is such a cute idea - pajamas made from vintage sheets.  Maybe I can get Sewing Bee in on this project!

And how about that skirt?  Adorable!

And this one!  It just might be my favorite.  

And here's what I've found so far for my new obsession...

two pillowcases.  

Hey. It's a start.  

Have you ever done that?  Gotten rid of something you thought you'd never ever want to see again and then with someone else's vision went out to find it again?  What was it?  Or, should I say, is it?

Thanks for buzzin' in!  So nice to see you.  Your visits are a bright spot in my day (like finding some cute vintage sheets at the thrift store)!