Spring and Easter are here...

Caryn and I love to visit antique and thrift stores to see their spring displays and maybe buy something to decorate our homes with...

Spring in Santa Clara near St. George is GREEN!

Every corner of this fun store Uncle and Aunties has fun things.

Bunnies everywhere...and Easter eggs!

Love all the kitchen and home decorations.

There's even a kid section.

Me taking a photo of Caryn taking a photo of all the STUFF!

You could spend a mint here or just get ideas for home decorating.

Here's my redone kitchen shelves with my collection of stuff from here and there.

My favorite farm shelf with a tractor for hubby--though he'd like a real one!

Searching for JOY

I have all these inspirational signs around my home. It all started with my friend Caryn's sign in her home in 2007 or 8 in New Harmony. She had wooden letters that spelled SERENITY. and another sign was SIMPLICITY. Well, I decided to join her and got some wooden letters that said HARMONY as that was a theme I hoped to have in my life at that time. Still searching for that...Later I added GENEALOGY, FAITH, HOPE and JOY is my latest focus.

Note the fun frog sculpture I found in the same store
JoAnns as the metallic letters J-O-Y!

So what is JOY to you? To me it's more than happiness, it's longer lasting and involves a lot of gratitude and faith in a supreme being who loves and guides us all through life's challenges.

What's for Dinner?

Seems like that's always the question around here. Breakfast I have figured out and lunch is a cinch but dinner? That takes planning and the right ingredients, time and energy.

Starting with sliced Polish beff sausage which I brown in a skillet,

next comes sliced zucchini and yellow squash which I lightly brown. 

Then thinly sliced cabbage about 2/3's of a head.

Then all ingredients are thrown together in the pan and stirred.

A light sauce of 2-3 T wine vinegar and 1 pkg of Splenda add jest.

Cover and steam about 10 min. till tender and tasty-eat!