A Few New Things

Last week, my niece and nephew came over for the evening while their parents were at meetings. Todd asked if we always decorated for every holiday. Alyna told him that we decorate for every holiday and every season. Yep. I guess I'm kind of crazy that way.

For many years, this has been the main table decoration for Halloween. It consists of a wooden napkin holder I made about 22 years ago and a table runner I made when I was first learning to quilt, about 10 years ago.

This year I found this darling witches hat and loved it but didn't know what to do with it so I set it out on the table in place of the napkin holder.

Well, I didn't think the satin and feathers and such of the hat looked very good with the

cotton table runner so I went to my miscellaneous shiny fabric stash and bought a few more Halloween ones and - Wha-La! A whole new look. The boo candy plate is just waiting

to be filled but since we all have serious sweet tooths around here and some people

choose to eat candy for breakfast, lunch or dinner - well the plate

will just have to stay empty till closer to the big day.

Several weeks ago, we gave our big aquarium to a nephew that needed a low maintenance

pet. After having an aquarium for 18 years and having it sitting in the corner of our

kitchen ever since we moved into this house, it feels a little strange not having anything

there. I wasn't sad about not having to remember to feed the fish everyday as I was

running out the door, but I sure missed the cabinet that the aquarium sat on. It had stored

all our games that we play at the kitchen table as well as cookbooks and a few baby toys.

I thought it would be easy to find a new cabinet that would fit in the same spot but after perusing all the furniture stores in town, I was beginning to think I shouldn't have been so hasty in giving our old particle board one away. I decided to try the antique stores in town and finally found just what I was looking for. It was an old radio cabinet that the radio had been stripped out of. The seller was willing to fix up the inside and get it all ready for me so all I had to do was paint it. I am really happy about the way it turned out and it fits perfectly into the space. I'm even more happy not to have boxes of games and such sitting on my bedroom floor to stubble around!

I figure when grandbabies come, we can replace the plant under the shelf

with a basket of toys and books.

So, who wants to come play?