Something New

Just a little note....Nancy again has outdone herself.....she just listed some very nice little rural mailbox covers for a very low price....surprise the postal worker and make his/her day! Just click on the Making Memories Nana link..

Another note...many of you visit me on Sundays...Welcome! please sign my guest book and
introduce yourself....there are lots of vintage photos through out the old posts so please take a look and you are welcome to any of them..my gift to you...

Oceanside, Ca

Here is an additional Riverside fruit label.....Riverside looked something like what is pictured years and years ago.....I've never been to the mission there but it would be fun...

I was browsing around and found a postcard of the hotel we stayed at the first night my family was in Oceanside, the Ellis Hotel....


It looked about like the picture...a little more worn perhaps....

We only stayed there about a short time when my parents were able to buy a house in South Oceanside, this was in the 1960s....I think they paid about $19,000.
Oceanside was a sleepy little beach community, with a great pier.....the population was 21,000....


“Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”-Colossians 3:12

Hello, I usually post first thing in the morning, but my computer wouldn't go online, evidently a plug was pulled out.....this has happened before....

I really like this label...the palm tree avenue is so pretty...Riverside is north of us about 50 minutes away......when I was a little girl, about 10 or 11, my grandmother became very ill with cancer..my mother went to Spokane to be with her for a month, my brother and I spent the month with my aunt and uncle who lived in Riverside at the time and their two teenage daughters....this was in about 1960/61...the girls would listen to rock and roll...first time I had ever heard it and get phone calls from their boyfriends...they'd get so mad at me cuz I would tease them so much..think they were glad when we went home!
Uncle Bill had a cat he called Mrs. Stupid....the cat had been Stupid until she got pregnant and then she was Mrs. Stupid....she had a litter of kittens while we were there which was an experience for us too......neither my brother or I had seen animals being born before....I don't know if Bob (my brother) remembers this, he was just a little guy, only about 4 or 5 years old.....
When my parents came to pick us up, we all went out to this Italian restaurant that my uncle raved about before we went home....they put us in a private room with murals on the wall....at this time in Riverside, there were many great restaurants and Riverside was an elegant town....sadly, like all things, the town has a bad reputation now although they are trying to revive the downtown.

I intend on posting some photos of old southern California in the future....the way I remember it....

I have two of these scissor holders and love them....before I got these, I was forever hunting for a certain type of scissor for different projects....now they are organized!
They are very inexpensive and make a nice little thank you gift for a teacher....Nancy sells these in her store, Making Memories Nana....the link for her store is in my link list.....

Friday

Another vintage fruit crate label.....colorful and pretty......these are so rare now....even the old fruit crates are valuable..I have one from our old town, Vista, Ca. have the crate by our front door sitting on top of an old workbench...I plan on filling it with flowers soon...our geraniums are blooming so will use one of them.

I've been kinda of in a "flux" place with the Lord.... emotions go up and down..part of being human....I am so thankful that Jesus understands and faith is way above emotion.
I signed up for the Girlfriends in God daily word emails, and they have been so helpful......todays was about Mary and Martha...how both women are necessary, Martha for all the work she did, and Mary for all her devotion.....as most of us, I tend to be a Martha...working always for the family, getting up before dawn,promoting our business, working on my blog, store, cooking, housework etc. and tend to neglect the Mary side of myself, yet it is the more important side....sitting at the feet of Jesus, prayer, and meditating on His Word....
..Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things." Luke 10:41
Prayer time is for benefit....reading scripture and meditating on scripture is for blessing and helps me cope with the stresses of daily life.....be refreshed and have things in perspective......God invites us and wants us to be in communion with Him.
It's so easy to get distracted by too many things! I want to seek to become more like Mary and spend time everyday "gazing" into the heart of my Lord.

Many of the orange groves in Southern California are gone..covered with concrete and houses....when my family first moved to Oceanside, Ca...the valley was miles and miles of orange groves and driving inland, the orange blossoms were so fragrant and lovely...sadly, it is all housing and shopping centers now......
In the next few days, I am doing a little tribute to those wonderful years and will be posting vintage fruit labels....hope you enjoy them.....

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”-Romans 8:28

Spring Nest Cleaning Giveaway

Peggy of The Simple Woman blog is giving away some wonderful items for spring cleaning..please check out her blog and sign up...heaven knows I need to do some cleaning (as my cat looks at me curiously) her link is in the links list.....I am not as computer savvy as my sisters as far posting links goes...

A Secret

I found this photo online and really like it but don't know if it is vintage or not...because the leaning girl has short hair.....but it really tells a story..

I am also posting a photo of Mama Dove....thought you might enjoy it...



We've been working steadily and God is blessing us...calls about every day for the last week or so.....jobs today and tomorrow too...we are really thankful...
Philippians 4:19
"And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus"
Yesterday I helped Alan at a foreclosed home north of here in a larger city....the house was old and unmaintained for some time...he had to replace a door and fix the door jam on the front door, plus re key the house....it was a small 3 bedroom home with a fireplace...would be a good starter home for a young couple perhaps or a good one to flip..

It is just me or does everyone get thrown off by the day light savings time change? I feel like I am playing catch up all week.....I haven't gotten anything done yet today and its already almost noon...

Tuesday

I've always liked this photo...reminds me of my mom for some reason...she worked as a parachute inspector during WWII in San Diego......

I signed up for a online crafting class and am going to try to make this darling little flower pot doll..I think she's cute....and I can think of a lot of places to put her when she's done...our main bathroom is decorated with sunflowers. So I think I will use yellow calico fabric. She isn't really big, you use a soup can as a base. You can get a lot of interesting craft classes at eCraftClasses.com


There is a lot of talk about a recession going on....and we all have to cut down on expenses as everything is getting more expensive...today on Good Morning America, they were talking about grocery shopping and this one lady was spending only $60 a week on groceries for two.....we spend about $120 a week for 4 which I don't think is bad....I cook a lot from scratch and don't buy much junk food (to my teens anguish)last night we grilled big hamburgers outside, tonight is Taco Tuesday...I try to get things on sale and do buy in bulk at times when there are good buys. We don't eat out much at all....we used to go out to dinner once a week or so but no more...
I do quite a bit of baking (my speciality) this morning I made blueberry muffins with a streusel topping. They are sugarfree, I use Splenda for sweetening...as Alan is diabetic....he loves them and when he's working, tucks a couple away for a "on the road" snack. I get the frozen organic blueberries at Costco, huge bag which lasts us probably two months or so.
About the only thing I buy that are processed is instant mashed potatoes and dry milk powder...they are good, healthy and cheap! I get them in bulk.
we are growing some vegies outside in oak barrels...I have potato plants,carrots and lettuce growing right now...want to plant more, especially tomatoes soon....and hopefully our fruit trees will start producing this year.....

Monday Morning

Good morning! I took a day off yesterday so am getting caught up....lovely morning here..sunny and just a little chilly but it will soon warm up......

We had a very interesting day on Saturday....thought I would share a little bit about it......I sometimes go with Alan when he re keys a foreclosed home...as I like decorating and architecture.....its fun for me to see the inside of some of these homes....the outside of this home on Saturday promised to be great but WOW....who ever lived in it before was so filled with rage, it was just a little scary..
Every wall in the large home was smashed..it looked like they had taken a sledge hammer to it...all of the 3 bathrooms were totally ruined, they had sledgehammered the sinks, counters, showers and toilets....the kitchen was the worst...the lovely granite counter tops were broken, the oven had been smashed and there was glass all over the floors, the oak cabinets had been torn, and splintered...in the family room, the nice fireplace front had been smashed also and the built in cabinets were splintered and ruined....the home was totally unlivable...

I verbally apologized to the house as it always seems to me that each home has a personality of its own...and prayed for whoever had done this terrible thing....the person really needs help....I know and have said banks need to make every effort to keep the former homeowner in the home but its not the banks fault if the person quits making payments.....
Proverbs 29:11
"A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control"

Alan got the place re keyed asap and we called the real estate office to let them know the situation...make sure the home was secure and left....

Afterwards we decided to do something fun and pleasant.....we drove up on some back roads into the hills around Lake Elsinore and took photos of many of the wild flowers that covered them...it was so lovely and the views were incredible...Alan has another blog he is working on and putting a lot of photos of our beautiful countryside on it...I will add the link in the list for anyone who wants to visit..
I have it under Alan's Slide Shows.
Lake Elsinore is the only natural lake in Southern California. We also picked many of the flowers and I am drying them...of course, I didn't pick any of the Californian poppies as they are protected.
As we looked across the lake, the hills were orange with all the poppies...it was so pretty....there were also purple flowers that I thought were lupines but when we got closer, discovered they were not..I've been searching through some California wildflower sites but haven't found out what they are yet...they are a dark purple blue flower tubluar similar looking to a fushia in shape. very pretty....