Jenny's Heart

Hey Y'all MERRY CHRISTMAS! I love this time of year, there usually seems to be a bit of magic in the air, not really feeling it this year.  Work has wrecked that. Hopefully in the next week I will find and feel a bit of magic, I need it,  just doesn't feel like Christmas without it. What does feel like Christmas is swapping with a new friend! Debby at  Cozy Blanket  and I were partnered and I have a new friend she says I am stuck with her ha ha,  well I can handle that! She is the sweetest and treated me lavishly in the gifts she sent. ADORABLE!!  So cute and sweet and looks great on  my tree in the kitchen! Sweet bottle brush tree in a bottle! Sparkles in the snow. Perfect! Blessed little peg angel, lots of bits and bobs to craft with, and a Debbie Macomber book I have not yet read. See I told you treats galore! I am so thankful for our little blog community. Thank You Debby! I am truly grateful! MERRY CHRISTM...

Hey y'all! OK you know I love swaps and stumbled over this one today thanks to Sandy at 521 Lake Street ;) SIGN UP NOW!!! It looks like a great fun and creative swap.  Erica at  Golden Egg Vintage  is hosting! I cant wait to find out who my partner is!   Trisha and Marci I would love to swap with you each one on one as well! Swaps and friends make me smile!  What a great combination!

Hey Yall  how are you today? I am on Vacation this week so I am Great! October has had a lot of fun scheduled in! Technically this happened on Sept. 29 but I forgot to share so I doing it now I completed my second 5k mud run\obstacle course! This was after the Dirty Dash in Virginia Beach! I did this one on my own, which was a little tough but I did it! I loved the feeling of accomplishment. Believe me when I say if I can do it anyone can! I cannot wait for the next one! On October 4 we celebrated my Dew Drops First Birthday! I cannot believe she is 1 already! Her first taste of cake and she loved it! Love and adore you Darby! Then I worked A LOT! and had no fun :( This past weekend we celebrated our favorite cousins 40th Birthday! LOvE YA Leigh! Welcome to your fabulous 40s! I went junkin on Saturday and only bought 1 thing which is a Christmas gift for someone. Yesterday I went to the movies with my sister in law Amanda we saw T...

Hey Y'all How are you today? we are in Indian Summer here 83 degrees and humid in mid October sheesh...Fall and Winter please get here already! So Deb at Garage Sale Gal and Sandy at 521 Lake Street hosted a cookie cutter swap and if you do not know I LOVE to swap! Of course I joined! Thank You ladies for pairing me with sweet Trisha at American Honey Home  Trisha and I are kindred souls we love so many of the same things and have been through similar circumstances LOVE HER! She spoils me rotten and just look how creative she is... Oh My Gosh I LOVE it all :) We could chose a Fall or Halloween theme I do not have a lot of fall decor so I chose that, she just gets me and I adore every bit. Thank you my sweet friend Love Ya!

I took this silly Chickie to the Norfolk Zoo we spent the day together Laughing, talking, walking and making  silly faces Always posing she wanted this photo on facebook so stylish and sweet my mini me melts my heart Always smiling summer fun on a girls day Celebrating her 7th Birthday VERY LATE! I Love you to bits Shelby! I love that we spent the day together at the zoo, having lunch, shopping   ending the day having fun at chuck e. cheese Your hugs are magical,  your kisses are sweet,  your eyes sparkle with a bit of mischief   you are smart and curious, talented a good sister,  daughter, granddaughter, niece and friend. I love that you love I Love Lucy and the Three Stooges Your heart is full of love, joy and Jesus My sweet Chickie baby!

Holy Cow I cannot believe it has 3 months since I was last here! Where has the time gone? I have been a bit busy but sheesh not that bad! So lets see what have I done since last here. Hmmm for my being a better friend "resolution" I have done ok so far this year I missed sending letters in March and May that's not too bad. I have a stack ready to go out tomorrow for July :) Speaking of July we have had crazy *scary crazy great weather for July in the south! Beautiful days and amazing nights. It's supposed to be a scorcher this weekend though so as the saying goes all good things must come to an end...lol So I don't overwhelm and make a super long post I will just post this for today. One of the most inspiring and amazing things I have done in my life was the Dirty Girl 5k Mud Run! I am telling you now if you EVER get a chance to do one  DO IT! This was at the starting line from left to right Joanne, Me, Laura, Beth, Leigh and Amanda First I h...

Hey Y'all how are you today? I start vacation on Saturday! YES! I need it badly. Work is...well honestly not great so I am thrilled to finally get a break  form there. I WISH I had the time to do all I want to in my few days away. I wish I could load up the car and head out on a road trip, image from google search  maybe stop in Idaho to see Trisha , head to Nebraska and have fun with Angela, up north a bit and see Peg in Chicago, or Julie (aka Lucy) in Wisconsin. They are all so sweet and lovely and live in states I have yet to visit! Maybe go to Kentucky and sleep in a Wigwam I have always wanted to stay at this motel  and I am determined to do so one day! I have no idea why I want to, but I will! LOL Most likely I will head to Nags Head or OBX as it is now known It was always Nags Head, NC  when I was a kid and some time ago it became  The Outer Banks  or OBX as we identify it :) I LOVE IT THERE! Eating at Sam & ...

Hey Y'all how are ya today? Doing ok here :) It is a beautiful sunny day here in my little spot. I hope it is where you are too! So what have you been up to? Me, well I have a few irons in the fire... I have finally graduated from my archaic laptop that took forever to do anything on to a new HP laptop with Windows 8. I am still learning all the features and am frustrated a bit by some of it, but the speed and being able to navigate at will do more than make up for my frustration! That is part of the reason posts have been so scarce, it was just too much of a pain to try and get it done on that old thing, whoo hoo I am thrilled. It was a surprise too, Lee walked in and said here you go. I was not expecting it at all, especially since he did not do anything for our Anniversary, Valentines or my Birthday. (to say I was hurt would be an understatement) So an out of the blue gift.....completely gobsmacked. He knew how the old one was frustrating to me. I am very thankful...

Hey Y'all how are you today? It is a gorgeous day here in the south east! Sunny and 75 (love Joe Nichols too) We ran up to the hardware store to pick up lunches (we bought tickets from our local Boy Scouts) we came home and ate on the screen porch, we had dinner there last night too ;) It is quickly becoming my favorite spring time spot! onto the post :) Shirley of Zetta's Aprons and I were among many of the ladies that signed up for Deb and Sandy's Spring Cloche Swap at 521 Lake Street . Now y'all I have to be honest the whole cloche thing escapes me, why everyone is obsessed with puttin' stuff under a glass dome makes me shake my head, I just don't get it, but I support those who do whole hearted!  HOWEVER  when I saw all the cute as pie spring time scenes, under the dome of a plastic dollar store wine glass I just had to jump in! Shirley and I met a while back through Sandy's Easter Swap and I have adored her since. We were lucky to be matched...

Hey Y'all how are ya today? It has been a beautiful weekend here in Va. I was off all weekend to enjoy it. We grilled out Friday and Saturday night, and enjoyed our meals on the screen porch. LOVED IT! I also finally had a chance to get to the bookstore and pick up a copy of The Hannah Swensen installment for this year. As some of you may recall I was a character in the series last year, in  I also got a chance to meet Jo last year at a bookstore in Richmond when she was here for a book signing :) Read all about it HERE Well this year I am in the book too!  I was so tickled :) Ok so I am only on page 330 and I am only in 2 paragraphs, but  I don't care! I love it and I will be tickled pink if I am in every book she writes! My Character is  Jenny Hester, Nurse at Lake Eden Hospital  Love ya Jo and thanks for including me again! It made my day :) all images are from  joannefluke.com

Hey y'all how are ya today? It sounds like most of the country is having crazy spring weather! Today got to 74 here and tomorrow 40 is the high. Crazy. So I received a message from a very upset lady, she was looking for my blog (...I never did find out why) when she put in Jennys Heart images of a nude young girl came up and she blasted me with both barrels. Slow your roll lady, the photos are not of me nor anyone I know! So after I read her message, I googled, binged, and yahoo searched my blog name sometimes I came up first, sometimes a young porn star named Jenny Heart did! YIKES! So now I am wondering if it is time for a name change? Part of me wants something new, however everything here is what I love, it is my heart. Changes are good, and trying new things and changes are what I desire this year. At the same time....I was here first...lol Hmmmm Decisions... What do you think?

Hey Y'all how are ya today? Spring is in the air here today, the doors and windows are open and my nose and eyes are running, but it is worth it, today is beautiful! I want to let y'all know about a new swap over at Sandy's She is the sweetest and I love her swaps. I have never done a cloche before, they are really not my thing, but after seeing the most adorable things one can do with a plastic wine glass...holy sweetness, count me in! Sign up QUICKLY! You only have until the 14th! Check out her post at  521 Lake Street bring some spring sweetness and a new friend into your life! X's & Os Jenny

Hey Y'all how are ya today? I am having a pretty low key day, off work for 3 days helps! So it is that time of year again :) I have aged another year! Phew  the last one flew past too quickly. I love this cake! I found the photo on Bing search. My Birthday is actually Monday and since I have to work that day I decided to make a weekend of it early. Tomorrow I think I am gonna take the day to myself and wander some junk shops, eat some place Lee would never and just enjoy myself. Its supposed to he sunny and 60 tomorrow so I think it will be a good day for it. Sunday is the GREAT AMERICAN RACE! the Daytona 500 and since Lee got cable installed for the first time in years I can actually see it! WHOO HOO!  If somehow it has escaped you I am a huge race fan (well racing,football, baseball,etc...)and Jeff Burton has been my driver for years, now that he is semi retired I have to pull for me 2nd favorite Jimmie Johnson! Lee is a Jeff Gordon fan, so are both my s...

Hey Y'all! How are ya today? It is snowing again here in the southeastern part of Virginia, I cannot recall a time since I was very little (maybe late 70s) since we have had so much snow. I know all my Northern and West and Mid West friends think that is hysterical, but we don't get this much snow...ever! It'll be gone quick....again so I am gonna love it while I can. OK So I promised you my other swap! Oh my gosh have you met Holly at  Cotton Pickin Fun? She is so talented and creative and we have so much in common! I have a new friend for life in her! We love a lot of the same things so when Sandy at 521 Lake Street matched us for her Valentine Swap She could not have picked a better pair! Thanks Sandy :) We both LOVE everything Vintage and golly did she spoil me. The Cutest and sweetest tiny handmade felt bear and heart. SO SWEET! In a tiny valentine decorated matchbox! It all arrived in this lovely box. I am gonna use it for October Afternoon Bits a...