Jill Peterson's New Book

Jill Peterson's New book............Simple Cooking for A Simple Life is wonderful. A hardcover book featuring simple recipes from antique collectors and dealers. Photographs of kitchens, butteries and taverns. Book retails for $24.00
Trust me...............you will want to get your mixing bowls and whip up a recipe!!

New Book

Just In.......................Judy Condon's latest book. Holidays At A Country Home is all about Christmas. LOTS of great decorating ideas for the holidays............get a jump start!!
The book retails for $24.95

Homecoming at Buena Vista University

Saturday we took a short trip to visit Natalie at Buena Vista University. We left at 7 a.m. and arrived shortly after 10:30 a.m. We had a great lunch just outside the football field and then headed to the game. The Beavers won and some of us actually got sunburned! Natalie made the Buena Vista Cheerleading squad but is not quite ready to cheer. We will be making another trip to see her perform. She will be one of their "fliers"...............yes, that would be the one that gets tossed in the air!?! I didn't get any pictures of Natalie..........those will come later. I thought that I would share this "lovely" picture of the men in our family.............don't they all looked thrilled to be there?

#*!#*@*# DOG

Look at that face. Does that look like the face of a dog that would destroy anything?

Let me give you a little history about this dog named Cooper. A couple years back the girls and I were visiting the mall and came upon a pen of puppies. Natalie wanted one soooooooooooo badly. Dad said, "NO" and Mom said, "If you use your own money." Well, that didn't work out so good............we came home with the puppy.

The "perfect" dog that we already had wouldn't even be on the same floor as the "new" dog. That should have been my first clue!!

I can't even tell you how many things this dog has destroyed. He seems to have a fetish for my underwear, yes, he has eaten too many pairs to even count!

This morning I came down stairs at 5 a.m. to find a special surprise.

Last night I sat and hooked while listening to Jenny play volleyball. I was very proud of myself that I actually worked instead of just sitting.

I found my most favorite hook laying on the floor.............NOT where I had put it when I was done hooking!!!!

YES, he ATE my hook! I couldn't believe my eyes. There were actually splinters laying on the floor beside the hook. If I could kill this dog AND get by with it he would be GONE!!

Drinking a cup of coffee................(I seriously thought about something stronger) I wondered what I was going to do.

So, I think I am going to sand it and use it the way it is UNTIL I can get another one that hasn't been eaten by a dog named COOPER!!

It's Here................Folk Magazine

Well, the much anticipated magazine is finally here. I am not sure how I found out about this magazine but I thought it would be great for our shop. The magazine is published, written and edited by college students...............yes, college students. By the way, they are very proud of the University of Kentucky Wildcats!!

It is the FIRST ever issue and has sold out of all copies that were printed. They love the primitive, simple style of the country life. Most of them grew up with families who cherished the simple pleasures in life.

Now, I don't usually admit my faults in public but when it comes to magazines I am a "picture looker-ater." However, I have read several articles and I haven't finished "looking" through the magazine. I can't really explain it other than it's different from your "usual" magazine. I sat with my laptop and looked up web sites, drooled over the cake recipes by Aunt June and thought of ways to make it to all of these places!!

I am ready to make the Pea Picking Cake and the Witch doll that comes in the magazine. Now, if you are like me and like to look at the pictures.............they are fabulous to say the least.

We have already placed our order for the next issue...............Christmas
The magazine retails for $6.95 an issue and we have 10 left..........YES, of course, we took one for ourselves!?!
Let me know if you would like to have a personal copy.

You know it cool weather when.....................

It's time. Yesterday we had a good frost and it was a little chilly in the house. I was standing in the kitchen and turned around and there was Sam wearing his hat. He looked at me and said, "It's time for the hat". Sam wears this hat from early fall to early spring. We usually spend 15-20 minutes looking for it every morning as he can't remember where he left it last! It has even taken a couple of rides on the bus. The hat was a gift from his sister TWO years ago. She never dreamed that he would wear it this much!!
Here's to the hat!

It's here!

Yes, it arrived this afternoon. We watched as the postman loaded the package into the mailbox...........aren't we terrible? We would hate to be too anxious!? I haven't even had a chance to flip through the pages yet but it looks good. It talks about the history of Magdalene and how her rugs came to be.
The book is a softcover and retails for $24.95
Call or email for your copy.