Signs of Spring and Some GREEN!

Happy St. Paddy's Day girls! This cute little garden flag is one that I have out in the front yard. I think its my only St. Paddy's decoration:)

I am wearing my green today so no one tries to pinch me; lol!

Here are a couple of my tiger lily's popping through! Yay! Is this a sign that spring is finally here to stay? My tiger lilies have sentimental value to me because they came from my grandma's garden; I think 5 years ago and each year they come in fuller and fuller! This August will be 5 years since she has passed away and I think it gets harder and harder each year:( I'm sad that I won't have her here in "body" for my wedding day, I know she would have been so proud! She has always loved my Brian so much and that meant the world to me! It saddens me that she has never met my baby Gage and that he won't be able to experience her in his life like Gavin was able too! She was the GREATEST!

This is ironic, these are my only daffodils in the yard; actually the only flower bulb thats left. We have major squirrel issues around here and those little devils eat every bulb that I plant so they last like one year. But these daffodils are fighters and are going strong on their 2nd year with me:)

This is my favorite watering can decoration; once it stays warm I will add a flower pot on the inside!

This cute little bunny sign came from GW for $1.00; I love the pastel colors!

This cute little bunny face hangs outside this year. My mom bought it for my grandma, then it became mine!

This little bunny "devil" blew off the flag pole a week or so ago when we had big winds!! Gavin found him in the neighbors bushes; thank goodness! He's too cute too lose!

What's this? Could it be a sneak peek into some lucky gals Easter swap package from me???? Hmmmmmmm? Wonder who's it could be? Katie? Holly? Guess you'll have to wait for the mailman to come!! Hehehe:)

Have a great day gals! I'm off to school:) Oh, good news... I got a high C on my last Math exam, actually thought I did a little better than that but hey, its better than a D or F, so I will rejoice for that!

xoxo,
Noelle ♥

Hello!!

Hi there girls! I couldn't resist having to wait till Saturday to do another post! I miss chatting with you all so much:) So as I get older, I admit I find myself sharing the same interests as my mom. I do love some of the ideas that Martha Stewart comes up with but she is SO boring on her show!! LOL I enjoy watching the show that her daughter and friend have called Whatever Martha!; when they tease Martha!! Hope thats not too mean?? Anyway, I LOVE this Easter table decor and the bunny garland in the pic above. I found it on her site. Isn't it so cute and springy??

Here is an adorable give-away that you must HOP over to enter! Sherry from Edie Marie's Attic is celebrating her 1 year blogaversary and is giving away this adorable bunny, egg and painted candlestick!!
I so want to win:)

Darling Ashley from Domestic Diva's Fancy gave this award to ALL of her followers on her blog! She is a fun young gal who scrapbooks too:) SO to keep up with the award spirit; I give this award to all my sweeties that FOLLOW me! If you are a visitor that hasn't signed up to be a follower, please do so!! I love new peoples!! :) Then you can nab this cutie pie button too!

If you have not yet left a comment on my previous post for my 1st Swap: Easter Swap Egg-Stravaganza... please scroll down to read the details and I hope that you'll join us!!!

Have a great day girls! I should know today if I got the teaching job!!

Big HUGS!!
♥ Noelle ♥

My EASTER SWAP!!

I will begin taking sign-ups for my 1st SWAP: Easter Swap EGG-STRAVAGANZA this Sunday, March 1st!

I am still working out the details on it and can't wait to share them with you!
I know we are all dying for some Spring weather and I think this will help us "get in the spring mood"! Easter is such a pretty and sweet holiday, not to mention a very special one:)

So, please check back on Sunday, March 1st to sign-up and hear more about my SWAP!!

Noelle ♥

this, that and the other...

Hello! I got an email yesterday from Shannon over at Paint Mine Pink, about a Easter Swap she is hosting but its for the KIDS! Oh, I thought this was a wonderful idea:) Gavin is always wanting to know why mommy always gets goodies in the mail and he doesn't?? LOL So I thought, he'd get a kick out of this and Gage might like some "mail" too! So I popped over and signed up. So if any of you mom's want to join in, head over and leave Shannon a comment:)

Did anyone enter in the TONS of give-aways from the One World-One Heart week? I did! And I won a set of 2 patterns; I chose the Pokemon patterns because that is Gavin's newest "obsession"!! And I chose the set of patterns on the bottom left because of the cute gingerbread man!! Betty was the sweet lady whose give-away I won and she also has a shop where she sells home-made body butter and lip glosses with some very yummy sounding scents!

I don't remember if I showed these prints awhile back? They are finally back in my kitchen after probably a year! When we repainted, I took them down and put them in our closet till of course, the paint dried. Day after day, I had every intention on hanging them back up but never did. So, FINALLY they are back in the kitchen where they belong!! LOL I love the iron scrolls on the top of each picture. If you click on the pic to see it up close, you'll also see the toile looking pattern around the edges. I LOVE TOLIE! I have for such a long time; it probably has to do with my love for France!! Ugh, I want to travel there someday, so BAD!!

And apples, of course to go with my Apple and now Gingerbread themed kitchen!!

Well, we are taking off in a bit to search for a new entertainment center or something for our living room. We got a new tv for Christmas and haven't put it out yet. Brian wants to "wall mount it" but I'm not too crazy about that idea cause then we will be getting rid of our entertainment center, which is what I decorate for the holidays:( We did find one the other day which was really nice but a little bit more than what we wanted to spend. But it had lots of shelves and room on the top for photo frames. Have a great day!

Noelle ♥

GW Easter pretties and a NEW Home Party concept...

Good Morning girls! I had a bit of time to pass yesterday so I ran into the Goodwill over by my mom's house. She told me the day before that they had a whole aisle of Easter stuff so I wanted to check it out. They actually had 3 aisles of Easter decor!!!

So I found all these goodies yesterday:) I also had a 15% off coupon I got when I donated some old toys and clothes a couple weeks ago, so I ended up spending only $4.54!! Woo-Hoo!! You can't beat that!

I found this really neat Easter basket; I just loved the colors on it- kinda retro colored eggs. I also found a "Happy Spring" and a bunny "shelf sitters". See the cute ceramic egg? It opens up and you can put goodies inside. I also got a 6 pack of paper eggs that I'll end up putting them on my windows.

This little yellow bunny is cute but needs some eyes added to it. Also got the sweet Easter pail and a 2 pack of decorated eggs! I could NOT believe how many Easter Baskets that had; I couldn't decide!!!

My dear friend Holly collects these plates and asked us fellow bloggers to be on the look out for them. This pattern was one that her mom had when they were growing up, so they have sentimental value for sweet Holly! Enjoy Holly ♥

Last night I was invited to a "House Party" that my friend Angie was hosting. It featured products from Ziploc. There is a new website called House Party.com
that you can go to and sign up to host "parties" for companies who want to market their products. I applied for a Fisher Price toys party a couple months ago and was chosen! They sent 4 big toys for Gage to keep plus coupons for moms and little toys for the children that came with their moms. The concept behind the "house parties" are that you share a companies products with family and friends. There is no charge to do them and nothing for anyone to have to buy either. Which is nice!! The site just has you check an agreement that you will use your "party's blog site" to invite guests, post pics or videos about the party you've hosted! Its so easy and all the products are sent to you free and yours to keep!!!

So at Angie's last night, we got a bunch of free products; such as this Ziploc X Large bag which would be great for storing old, out of season clothes for example.

Here are 2 containers that we received, a few Ziploc baggies, a notepad, Sharpie marker and a coupon packet. I also got 2 medium sized bags that had pretty polka dots on them and now I see that the pic didn't come up that I posted- ugh!!
It was a nice time last night to get out, get some free stuff and organizational tips and Angie also served some yummy snacks too!

Here are a couple new pics of my little Gage:) I cannot believe that he will be 2 in April!!! It makes me so sad:)

Here is Gage with all his cars at the kitchen table!! I called it his "used car lot"; which Gavin thought was pretty funny!!! This is what our table looks like everyday; lol! And EVERYDAY I have to clear off all the cars so we have room to eat dinner!!

Holly, awhile back you posted pics of your kitties... Well here is Maxie (the black and white one) getting ready to kick Maddie's butt (the tabby)!! They do this at least 3 times a day and EVERY TIME, Maddie lays there like a dummy while Maxie attacks and bites her!!

And here goes Wrestle-Mania time! The boys laugh because I'll start singing that old "Cat Scratch Fever" song when these 2 fight!! LOL

Hope you all have a nice day! T.G.I.F.~ RIGHT???
Today we are off to look at how we can redo our tub/shower "surround"; man, does it need it!!!

♥ Noelle ♥

MY FIRST HOSTED SWAP... COMING SOON!!

I WILL BE HOSTING MY FIRST SWAP, COMING IN MARCH!! STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS:)

♥ NOELLE ♥