If you're visiting My Place to Yours for the first time -- WELCOME! I hope you enjoy yourself and come back often. I have a special tablescape for you today! If you've followed this blog since last Summer, you may remember when I posted HERE about the Festival of Tables I participated in at my church. Well, my sister's church in Texas does something similar -- but different. Rather than simply having table hostesses decorate a themed table "just because," they decided last year that they wanted to be more creative and less competitive. They still do themed tables, but now they use items in their tablescapes that afterwards are given to their local food pantry. Isn't that a wonderful idea? From staple goods like ... Keep Reading...
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Playing With Jacks
Welcome to all of my new blog followers -- and all of you "old faithfuls" too! Thank you for visiting today. Later this week I'll be announcing a giveaway to celebrate 100 followers, so be sure to check back and enter! Renaissance Man and I spent yesterday playing jacks. No, not THIS kind of jacks. Oh, how I wish ... Available at www.amazon.com We played with this kind ... Available at www.lowes.com I love my old house, but sometimes it has a mind of its own. Awhile back when I saw this at the ceiling line above my kitchen cabinets, I knew I had to listen. Are you having a little trouble seeing it? Feeling a little blurry? Yeah, that's how I felt, too–with tears ... Keep Reading...
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More than you ever wanted to know …
Their names are Elsie and Leon ... To hear my Mother tell the story, she was about 10 years old when her family traveled to Beaumont, Texas to visit Aunt Bertha and Uncle Curtis. While they were all out shopping, her father saw this salt and pepper shaker set and bought it as a gift for Aunt Bertha to add to her extensive collection of salt and pepper shakers. At that time, a contest was going on to choose the name of Elsie's calf. (Does this sound familiar to some of you? If it does, you're showing your age ... and I love it!) Well, it was decided (I forget by whom ... I think Aunt Bertha) that this cow and calf shaker set would be named Elsie (for obvious reasons) and Leon (in honor of my Mother's father). Fast forward a ... Keep Reading...
