National Cat Day~~Meet Annie!

It's National Cat Day! 

Since losing my sweet Charlie I've been letting my heart heal. 

Finally it was time to bring a new furry love into my home.

Tiger and I spent a day checking out a few rescue cats at PetSmart before heading to our local animal shelter.

As Tiger told the ladies there, "we are looking for a calm cat, who likes children and likes to be petted!"

(I love this child)'

After playing with a few cats that just didn't steal my heart, we took this little cutie into the play room!  She loved to be petted and was very affectionate! She kept going up to Tiger's hand for pets and he said, 'Grandma she loves my hand!' We played with her awhile longer, I held her and my heart did a little melty thing.  Tiger looked at me and said, 'I think we found the one Grandma' and so we had.

Meet Annie Belle!

They think she is about 3 years old and was a stray.  I can tell she loves people so she must have had a home at one time.

She has some unusual markings for sure and the prettiest eyes!

We had to submit our application and were told to come back the next day to pick her up.  She was up to date on all her shots, spade, chipped and was well worth the $50 adoption fee.

Tiger and I brought her home and she was happy right from the start! 

Loves my bed and has become quite comfortable there!

She is eating well and has those amazing 'laser' eyes in this photo!

She and Mr Toes have gotten to know each other and that is going well.

I can't tell you how happy I am to once again have a kitty to love! 

Cotopaxi is an outdoor-wear company based in Salt Lake City, Utah that is focused on giving back and making a positive social impact. They donate a portion of every sale to world poverty initiatives, and their travel backpacks help provide the most relief. To carry on their mission, they raised awareness for local humane societies on National Cat Day.

I hope you will tell your story about how you found the cat(s) in you life today! 

Tiger was very happy to help me find a new Kitty and we already are in love with 
Miss Annie! 

Wishing you JOY,

Linda

Thrifty Finds and A Winner!

I was in one of my favorite thrift stores when some ladies brought in several items they left in the bins by the front door.  I don't usually go through the bins but someone was already looking so I joined in.  This store doesn't price everything first so it's often OK to take something up to the counter and ask a price.  When I saw this...

I did!  It was tied with string but I could tell it has stuff in it.  I paid $3 for it and home it came.  I've never heard of 

"Liddle Kiddles" before, but I could tell they were vintage.

Vintage Little Kiddles  - Liddle Kiddles were introduced by Mattel in 1966.  They were tiny dolls, ranging from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches tall, with pose-able limbs and rooted hair.

I found lots of information on this website Liddle-Kiddles

Most still have their little story book with them.  

This is Howard 'Biff' Boodle

Lola Liddle

Nurse Florence Niddle

(I found her hat but not her apron).

 Greta Griddle & Little Diddle

I don't plan to keep these.  They are in 'loved' condition but if someone is interested in them let me know!

I feel good about my $3 investment!

Thank you all for participating in my giveaway.  Ramsign is so awesome.

The winner is...

Carol at Art and Sand!

I'll send Tezz your email address and she will contact you about getting your Ramsign.  Congrats!

Wishing you JOY,

Linda

Ramsign Giveaway!!

I am so happy to once again offer a Ramsign giveaway on my blog!

These amazing porcelain enamel signs are gorgeous and I'm so happy to offer one of you a free sign with a value of up to $99

You could choose your house numbers or as many are doing the year they married!  These high quality signs will last for years.

Several styles, colors and fonts to choose from!

I've wanted one of these signs forever and always enter the giveaways...so far no luck, but one of you will be LUCKY!

To enter leave a comment letting me know you would like the sign.  You must have a way for me to contact you should you win or your entry will not count.

I love these red and white signs!

Also please like Ramsign on Facebook

The giveaway starts today Oct 23rd and the winner will be announced on Friday Oct 27th.  Enter as often as you like but all entries must be on this blog post!

(and you must indicate you want to win)

Thank you Tezz and Ramsign for letting me host this wonderful giveaway!

Rules once again:

Enter a comment on this post that you would like to win the Ramsign value up to $99

I must have a way to contact you or your entry will not count

Like Ramsign on Facebook

Good Luck To All!

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Thrifty Friday Finds

I promised to show you what I bought at this diggers antique store called 

Barron's Antiques

I saw lots of things I liked but the prices seemed high.  I found two things and one wasn't marked.  When I asked she made me a good price so I realized she would bargain with you.  It was time to move on to our next stop, so these are the only two items I purchased.

Pottery of course! 

The white planter was $1 (NapcoWare) and the sweet little turquoise was $3

I have a good size collection of white pottery now and plan to showcase it in my home somewhere soon. 

I researched the little turquoise piece and found this out.  Made by Vitreous China, San Antonio, Texas.  I found these listed as Alamo Pottery and made in the late 40's - 50's.  This piece is a small tulip bowl.  The color is really pretty and a great addition to my pottery collection.

If I ever get up that way I will visit that store again and try to bargain more! 

We then went to Seneca, SC and found 'thrift shop row'....REALLY!  About 5 or 6 thrift shops on this one street.  And yes I stopped at almost all of them, but really didn't buy much!

This was a fun book,  I only collect S&P Orphans but it's a good reference guide and at $2 I decided to buy it.

I never pass up a good glass container especially if it's .25

My Mom has an ice cream scoop like this one and I love it so this .50 version came home with me. 

My best find at the thrifts was this Japanese made flower frog.

I have quite the collection of pottery flower frogs now and plan to do a series on them soon.  Only $2 so a bargain!

What have you found lately?

Come back on Monday for a giveaway!

Wishing you JOY,

Linda

Where's Linda????

Here I am!

I've been flying coast to coast

Road trip to the mountains

Looking at houses with a friend

Visiting with family

Babysitting the Grands

Teaching Sunday School to the children at my church

Bible Study with some wonderful friends

Cleaning house

and 

READING

What I haven't been doing is...

Blogging!

I've missed blogging but for some reason I've just had a hard time putting posts together.   But I'm still here and I hope you haven't all forgotten me!

Today is my Mom's 86th Birthday

Here she is with her sister when they visited us a few weeks ago! 

Tiger being a 'cat' with Mr Sam

Playing Soccer at the YMCA

Scout doing her Scout thing!

She is saying new words all the time!

I'm hoping to slow down a little bit and enjoy Fall.  I hope you are all doing well!

Come back soon for a great giveaway on my blog!!

Wishing you JOY,

Linda