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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! I'm breaking the rules of Show and Tell a little today and sharing something that is not from my home or garden. This is where Lauren and I had Thanksgiving dinner today! I know...not a very traditional Thanksgiving but it was nice!It's the Dolce-Hayes Mansion in San Jose, California. It's a hotel and conference center. I bet everyone that

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I wish all my U.S. friends a very Happy Thanksgiving! I'm so thankful to have "met" you all! You really have enriched my life!

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I'm still not feeling well at all, in fact it sometimes feels like I'm getting worse not better. The mornings are the worst. When I get up in the morning it feels like I've slept with a pile of bricks on my chest! The pain goes all the way to into my back! I really feel for people who have chronic pain, I just can't even imagine living like this all the time! This is day 5 of this and I'm going

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Thank you for all the nice comments yesterday. I went to the doctor, had an EKG, blood test, and a chest x-ray and they all came out good so my doctor thinks something in my chest is inflamed, either cartilage or tendons or something... I have to take Ibuprofen (Motrin) 3 times a day for awhile and then I'll have a follow up appointment with her next week. Hopefully it will be gone by then! I

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photo credit: FlickrI have a week off of work and wouldn't you know it...I'm not feeling good! I had a coughing attack on Friday night. It only lasted a few minutes but my chest has been so sore since Saturday morning so I'm going to the doctor today just to be safe. Hopefully it's just heart-burn or something simple. About 5 years ago I thought I was having a heart attack at work. I was

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It's time again for Show and Tell Friday! This week I would like to share my items I got from Vintage & Vogue. If you haven't been to my blog this week, please scroll down to my posts I did on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to see how beautifully this shop is decorated for Christmas! I fell in love with these two cherub ornaments with the hanging crystals! Everyone needs a castle! The colors on

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What a fun day! I get to announce the winner of my monthly giveaway and the winner of the Pfaltzgraff giveaway and also announce a brand new giveaway!!!First the winner of my monthly giveaway for November is Laurie from Bargain Hunting with Laurie.and the winner of the Pfaltzgraff Holiday Dinnerware is Evelyn (no blog), she chose the Winterberry pattern.I'm also pleased to also announce that

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Here is part 3 of my Vintage & Vogue posts. I still have more photos but I think I'll save those for next week. Isn't it all so beautiful! I love all the different themes they have going.Vintage & Vogue241 East Campbell Ave, Ste ACampbell, California**********************************I now have new windows in my apartment and they look so much better! I can even feel the difference. Usually when

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Are you ready to see more of the beautiful things at Vintage & Vogue?Every time I look at these photos I see something else I want to go back and get!!!I did buy some things when I was there and I'll share those this Friday for Show and Tell.How cute is this...and this...I'm really in the mood to decorate for Christmas now! My company is having a shutdown the week of Thanksgiving so I'll be home

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This weekend I was at my favorite store, Vintage & Vogue not once, but twice! I went Friday night for their Christmas celebration and then I went back on Sunday to take pictures! The farmer's market which is every Sunday in downtown Campbell was still open when I took these photos which is why you can see canopies reflected in the window above. The store looks amazing! All these photos

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This week for Show and Tell I'm sharing some dishes I found at the flea market last weekend for $2 each.I bought 2 of this pattern below. They were made in Bavaria. I love the roses on these, they remind me of my absolute favorite rose "Pierre de Ronsard", also known as "Eden." From the same vendor and also $2 I found this Limoges Haviland & Co. plate below. It has a few little chips around

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On the weekends I like to walk this trail that is close to my apartment. I brought my camera along last weekend so I could share it with you. I walk about 3 miles. Are you ready to go?There's a lot of wild life to see...Those are stray cats but some lady comes out and feeds them regularly.This trail goes all the way to those mountains you see in the background (up by Lexington for those of you

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(click here for photo credit)I can't tell you how many times I go to Flickr and look at all the photos that I've marked as my favorites. It's the place I go for inspiration! (Click here for photo credit)Look at all this beautiful inspiration! Can you tell I love soft colors? Each one of these photos is breathtaking to me and when I put them all together in these mosaics....it's just pure BLISS!

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I was at Marshalls a couple weeks ago and spotted these toile pillows! Love them!!! I wanted darker blue pillows for Fall and Winter and these are perfect! (I just changed my slipcovers on my sofa which is why they looked so wrinkled in these photos. It takes a day or so for the wrinkles to relax)Beau likes them too because they are filled with feathers and nice & soft...I also changed out my

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It's time again for my monthly giveaway party. If you are a blogger who is hosting a giveaway on your blog, please sign up with MckLinky below. Also please make sure you link back to my blog so your readers can enter the other giveaways!NOTE: MckLinky is only used if you are having a giveaway on your blog! If you want to enter to win my giveaway please scroll down to the next post.

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I found this cute little plaque with the bird on top Marshalls. I bought one for me and one to giveaway on my blog! I'm also including this book titled "At Home with White". My friend Lorrie sent me two of these awhile back, one for me and one to giveaway! It has some beautiful things...I love this dresser! I'm also including a silver-plate candle stick and some Strawberry-Rhubarb tea light

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Welcome to Show and Tell Friday! This week I'm going to share some beautiful gifts I got from my blogging friends. These beautiful cards above are from M ~Tales from OC Cottage. They are from photos she took! I think I'm going to frame the one with the stacked teacups! She also sent me some more glittered starfish! I love these! That German Glass Glitter really sparkles! Did you see the great

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Beau knows where the softest, most comfortable spot in our home is!He doesn't even mind that it's a very girly bed! Sleeping is his favorite pastime...along with barking!He thinks this is his bed and he just shares it with me to be nice! **************Don't forget to enter my giveaways, if you haven't already!Click here to win Pfaltzgraff Holiday dinnerware on my product review page.Click here to

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In our family we call this Meat Love, not Meat Loaf! That's because when Vince was about 3 years old he asked me one day if we could have Meat Love again for dinner! It took me a few seconds to figure what he was talking about! Ever since then Meat Loaf has been affectionately called Meat Love in our home!To me, this is the ultimate comfort food-- meat love, roasted-garlic mashed potatoes with

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Back in May I showed you this Pfaltzgraff teapot (on the right) I've had since 1979! Back then, when I was only about 20 years old I really wanted the large coffee pot that matched it but I couldn't really afford it. Well, 30 years later I'm really pleased to say I finally got it! It's the large pot pictured above! I went into a thrift store awhile back and found it for $15 and found out

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First I need to mention that if you are having trouble loading my blog it seems to be a problem with Internet Explorer 6. If you are using this old version it is advised that you upgrade your web browser. Hopefully those of you that are having problems will see this before you get that annoying "not responding" message. I'm getting a lot of email from people saying my blog freezes when they open

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Houzz interview: Cindy's Elegant Romantic HomehouzzBadge();houzz- kitchen design, bathroom design, landscaping and moreI'm so excited! Houzz.com contacted me for an interview and it's now on their website! If you leave a comment over there you have a chance to win a $50 Target Gift Card!If you're here for Show and Tell Friday, just scroll down it's the next post! I just couldn't wait until

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It's Show and Tell Friday again! As I was driving home from work tonight (Thurs) I was thinking about what I would share with you this week. Once I got home and saw a package waiting for me I knew right away what it would be!I won this old Haviland & Company Limoges cup and saucer on Ebay earlier this week and it arrived today! It was only $4.99 but then the shipping was $7.94. Still a good

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My friend (I've actually met her in person!), Tracey from Vintage Be Joyful is giving away this oh-so-adorable clipboard on her blog! I just LOVE this! Click here to go enter! I'll put the post up for Show and Tell Friday later tonight. I'll try my best to get it up by 8:00pm so those of you on the east coast that want to post a link don't have to stay up too late!

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As promised here are the great Halloween decor for sale at my favorite store, Vintage & Vogue in downtown Campbell, California! Isn't this guy above adorable?Peek-a-boo...I see you...This would be a good time to disclose to all of you that said I look so much younger in my new photos, the photo of me on the right sidebar has been retouched to remove my wrinkles! Ahhh...the magic of photo editing!

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