Miracles DO Happen

Last night at 3:15 am , a tumbling noise coming from outside woke me up...

Since the A/C is running 24/7 these days I didn't really knew what the noise was and besides it was time for a bathroom break. Once downstairs I tried to see what was the source of the noise....I couldn't see anything.

I went back to bed and tossed and turned until the alarm clock went off at 4:45 am....

I was spazzing out about the noise, going back to work and the move!

This morning we saw this

  So the big noise was in fact part of the tree that fell down in the yard

 We have been trying to have that tree trimmed for 2 years now....

We have been unsuccessful so far, lack of money, we called 12 tree companies and no one showed up,

and finally the realtor and the regular tree guy both saying that we were selling so we didn't have to trim anything. 

Now for the miracles...

The pool is 6 feet away

It was untouched except for 2 pieces of bark and a dead squirrel

(I put extra chlorine to kill the cooties)

The fence was sparred, totally

The patio was sparred

The neighbor's driveway was sparred

and

finally the Flamingos were sparred

See how close the tree fell???

That was quite the miracle in my book.

I think I thanked God 30 times today.

I was so grateful it fell in the night and not while we were digging out some hostas...

None of the cat were injured

and besides having to re-install the clothes line

there was no material damage...

Thank you Lord for this miracle!!!

Why Not?

I blogged yesterday and felt like blogging today as well....Why not?

Yesterday was a real scorcher for mid-May in the Montreal area, hot, humid and overall yucky.

I don't like to feel all gummy...And the pool is not ready yet!

So what better way to cool down after an intense gardening session?

A cool watermelon snack on the patio!

I find excuses to use my Flamingo dinnerware before I pack it all up!

So that's it short and sweet! Be well and stay thrifty!

Funny Food

To tell the truth I had no idea how to title this post.

The jist of it is that on the looooonnnnnggggg Easter weekend we don't have a lot of people over, we renovate!!!

This year's project was to replace the walk-in closet's old carpet and to clean it out!

Mission accomplished! We brought 4 large garbage bags to the church basement, removed the carpet, installed vinyl flooring, painted the molding, reinstalled said molding and cleaned the house.

Being Easter Dan had to open his big ol' mouth and invite his daughter for Easter supper....

So I kept it simple

                                                Olives and lupimis in sidedish Pyrex restaurant ware (of course)

                               I took this appetizer idea from the Rachael Ray show where they would stuff
                               mini bell peppers with refried beans. So I made a batch of hummus, stuffed it
                               in a zipper bag and used it to pipe the hummus in the veggies.

                              Some of it looks like diarrea! Really! we laughed so much! But it was served in a Red Kettle serving Pyrex plate so that makes it alllllll better!!!
                             

                                I made a beautiful bone-in ham but did nor think of taking pictures.

                               As for the dessert.....I decided to make a lemon meringue pie from a mix, because
                                that is the tradition. For some reason, I didn't get enough meringue and my oven turned it greyish instead of browned, but it tasted beautiful!

                                 Thank God for Easter miracles!

                                 Be well my thrifty friends!

Longing for Spring

I was blessed by this sight a couple of nights ago

 

Yoda enjoying the cat grass

 

 

 

She misses the outside grass so  much that she takes over this grass and

just sleeps on it.

(Notice the Pyrex Flamingo Utility Dish and the striped one as well)

 

Be well and enjoy the weekend!

 

 

Happy St-Valentine's!

Who better to jazz up plain old butterscotch pudding than Pyrex?

How chic does that look?

I would've loved that as a kid!

Have a great evening every one :)

Pyrex Finds

What a fun weekend that was! On the way down we hit 3 boring garage sales and 2 fleas. Needless to say the little green un-marked graduated Pyrex bowl was gone...oh well! You snooze,you loose!

I did find 2 things but I haven't cleaned them yet....I was too busy installing the air conditionner and washing these....

 

I found those at Cliff's flea market in Scarborough, Maine on Sunday. I was a bit down because I didn't find any Pyrex on the way down (except some Early American, tons of it! Early American lovers rejoice!)

Dan assured me I was going to find something GOOD that day! Boy oh Boy that sure was a statement!

I first came across the Atlas jar with a milk glass insert (In case you didn't know I also have a thing for vintage Mason jars...It's called Jarosis) and just had to have it. Then I saw that cute Pastel Stripes bowl that I've been looking for for nearly a year now; I kept seeing it in Ebay and Etsy for around 15$ to 20$ plus shipping....So I was real happy to shell out 7.50$! A couple of booths farther I was attacked by thie adorable Flamingo Party Pan for 2.75$, I just had to bring it home....

Here's a closeup of the milk glass insert. The Atlas jars were in fact made by Hazel Atlas.

 

Also at Cliff's I found the smaller Gooseberry casserole....On Monday we decided to go to York Beach and drove by the BoMar flea in Wells. There I found the pink Gosseberry casserole. It was 12$ and I decided to skip it. Dan asked me if I was sure I wasn't gonna take it and if I was gonna moan and whine about it back home....LOL! somebody knows me soooo well! So I went back to pick it up and lo and behold everything was 50% off! Cool! With lid! And minty too!

Look how cute the triplets look!

Gotta go! This is pool girl's time of the year too! Must remove leaves this morning!

I want to welcome my 56th follower, Leah@StoryBookRanch. Thank you for joining!

I will be joining Suzanne from Colorado Lady for some good ol' clean VTT fun! So hop on over and let the Thursday social begin!

VTT: Pyrex Dinnerware

I found out this morning that information on this line is pretty scarce. In the book Pyrex the unauthorized Collector's guide by Barbara E. Mauzy it is written that the dinnerware line was introduced after the second world war and that much of it has survived finding it's way to the antique marketplace; well not in Quebec honey!
Here finding Pyrex dinnerware in good condition is like finding a gold bullion in cow dung (how's that for a mental picture?).

How cute it is in the morning light!

The original colors were Dove Grey,Turquoise,Lime and Flamingo (pictured here) Years later they added 2 new colors Regency Green and Royal Burgundy, Rengency Green being the harder color to find.

I was lucky to find these pieces on eBay last year for a very,very reasonnable price and the shipping was cheap too. I just scored some saucers last month. Bit by bit,piece by piece one day I might have a complete set...Who knows?

For the time being I'm happy to have found a cream and sugar set with the lid...nearly mint!

I hope you enjoyed this little Pyrex fix! Until next time, be happy,keep thrifting and visit Suzanne @ Colorado Lady for some more VTT fun!