Updates, Giveaway Winner, This,.......And A Lot Of That!!

           No....it's not my hubby's hydrangea. In fact, my hubby doesn't have a hydrangea! This one belongs to Jen, from the blog theOutpost. It's a part of the update of what's going on in her garden right now. Isn't it just beautiful?!!!
        Hubby thought it was!....Hubby also thought her sunflowers were beautiful too!

      But he's not 'as' enamored with her sunflowers, because his own are growing pretty good now too!...At least 3 of them are!...I already shared some of the photos he took of them over the weekend. They are, as he called them,...his 'shy' sunflowers. ^_^  
       But this is a new photo of one of his sunflowers!...

          Ain't nothing 'shy' about this one, y'all!!! ^_^

       Gorgeous,.....from far away!...or close up!! :-)
        In other news, me and Miss Jane Austen are both in love now!! ^_^ 

      (PaintingPort)

          I am in love with this book!!!!!...I'm already up to Chapter 47!! {There's only 14 more Chapters to go!! :-(} I just got to the part where her sister Lydia took off with Mr. Wickham! Grrrrr! But Elizabeth now thinks, because of the wonderful way he's trying to support her through this bad time, that she might be in love with Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy! {YEP!!! I found out his first name!!! I never knew it before! ^_^}

        And what a great book to have around the house to read on your 29th wedding anniversary!! ^_^ I've been reading it out loud. And hubby, as an anniversary gift to me, has been hanging around letting me read to him! LOL I say that jokingly because he loves this book too!!!

       While he was folding laundry and cooking dinner yesterday.....{WHAT! You don't get that done for you on your 29th wedding anniversary?!!!! ^_^}...he had his ears peeled to hear what was happening next!! As a matter of fact, I got side-tracked a couple of times, answering blog comments, and he yelled from the other room: 

      "Ha! Ha! Ha! That Mr. Collins is so funny!!....Is Mr. Darcy gonna come to see Elizabeth while she's visiting there?!"...."What is...what's her young sister's name?!....gonna get herself into now?!!"...."Are you done reading?! :-( " 

       He was so funny!! He tried to pretend he wasn't all that interested, but he kept coming back in the room when I started reading again! LOL Between that, and the delicious casserole he made, it was a very very nice anniversary. :-] (I'll share the photos of what he cooked tomorrow!)

       Now, as to the Giveaway, I shook up the box......And I shook it up some more.....and the name that popped up...{and it's strictly do to her persistent attention too, because most of the names in the box were hers!!...Made me happy she won it!}... was...

            ... Bee Happy!! :-) This little 'Wuglyees Baby' is all yours!!

        I think I have your address already, but just confirm it for me, Okay! Send me an email HERE.

       Now, for the new Giveaway....ending August 15, 2011...this is what it will be...

        I took it directly from my Wuglyees shop! I call it the 'Deborah' Tote Bag.  I've only ever crocheted 3 pocketbooks/Bags. This is one of them. The other two are HERE. Maybe it's my eclectic colors or something, but they haven't gotten much attention in the shop. Maybe it's time to get out of the pocketbook making business!.......Or start making more plain-colored ones.....YUCK! ^_^ {Besides.....you know how much I love doing linings!!! LOL}

        Anyway!!......The info for the new Giveaway is HERE. You can see what to do over there!! :-]

        I'm working on something that is 'NOT' a pocketbook!! ^_^ It's a black and white shawl/Scarf. These 'have' been getting a lot of attention in the shop! I'm gonna stick to what I know works in this department for now...Besides, I LIKE making them!! :-)

          And just as a tease, I'll explain this....

       ...and this...

        (codysanantonio)

       .....tomorrow....maybe!!!! ^_^

Eclectic Tastes

I've got eclectic tastes.
Yes I do! That's what I said!
I'm not afraid of being different,
Country raised and city bred.

If it's pretty, then I'm in,
but just as fast I can be out,
because I don't like what the hoopla
about some things is all about!

I think different can be cool,
in many colors, not just white.
And not just worn by 'one such person',
with a body shape just right.

It's good to have 'eclectic' tastes,
and to just be who 'you' are!
But be careful, because 'eclectic'
quickly can become 'Too Far'!!