What a Pair of Nut Heads!

Ok, here they are. Short and to the point! My newest addition to the nut head gang!





I can't tell you the immense pleasure this pair brought me! They just make me laugh!
I guess they aren't really "heads", but they are funny just the same!

My Last Day of Christmas Vacation

Today is my last day off from the real world. It has been a pleasure and I really am dreading getting back on a dead horse. We will see what this year brings.
I was busy all day at home and it felt good. I am thinking I need more time at home to make my house a home. Today was spent vacuum packing the lovely summer sausage we made. We ran out of bags, so Chris has to make a quick trip to town. I got started on reorganizing the pantry in order to put Christmas dishes, the meat grinder and the sausage supplies away. I also made room for the new cordless drill and cordless screwdriver I found in my stocking on Christmas morning. I did away with some old canned goods, threw out some useless items and picked out a few things for resale. Feels good.
Now I'd like to share the little Santa I found for $5 just before Christmas. He was a battery-operated bank at one time, but the acid from the batteries made sure that wouldn't work again! I thought he was pretty cute and couldn't leave him behind for just 5 bucks. To sell or to keep? That is the question. I've enjoyed him this season.

Hello 2012!

Two thousand twelve. Just to say it is mind-boggling! Can you imagine, 2012? It sounds like some futuristic science fiction movie! Never-the-less, here it is and I welcome it. Time to put 2011 to bed, be grateful for all of the good things of the year and observant of the bad. Time to reflect and try to be a better person. In that vein, I have been struggling this year to come up with a personal theme. It's typically much easier for me and just shows itself, but 2012 is much more difficult. A lot of things come to mind, but don't really fit a theme. Be more mindful, more observant, better on my follow through (we all have good intentions, but do we act on them as we should?), patience, slow down and enjoy life, less is more......I could go on.
This is the year I turn 50. I don't want it to be just another year.

More Nuts to Share!

I've been shirking my duties here on my blog, not that anyone is paying attention anyway. One other nuthead is for sure! I had promised some nut ornaments and here they are!
The first two I found in a local thrift shop. I can't tell you the joy these little buggers give me. First that someone would go to all of the trouble of making such tiny ornaments in the first place and second because they rarely cost more than a quarter!
Not a creature was stirring......



The next one I must apologize for the picture quality. I tried and tried, but I do love this little nut shell full of yarn balls and knitting needles!



And last, but by no means least, is one of my very favorites! I found 2 of them in Portland when I was there, so Linda got one and I got one. Can you believe the Nativity made of peanuts? And Jesus in a nutshell with a popsicle stick creche. I love the child-like simplicity of it. So endearing.

Another Treasure to Share

When I was out looking for that illusive teapot, I happened across this adorable little tea cozy. I originally bought it for resale, but when I put it on my little 3-cup tea pot, how could I resell her? She was a steal at $3.00, don't you think? I guess the lack of desire to take tea in this area has its benefits!

And Another Nuthead Joins the Family!

So it's a week before everything needs to be done here and I decide to go shopping. Not that there's not a ton to do here. Oh, there's plenty. No tree up, no decorations. Walk away from it all and go on a treasure hunt. I really only had one specific thing in mind today and that was a Christmas teapot. I got this wild, hair-brained idea and went on a search. I didn't want to waste my whole day, but wound up wasting a good part of it. Nix the idea. It's not flowing.
But do you want to see what I did find?
Yup! She's a nuthead! Pecan to be exact! He arms and legs/shoes are raisins and prunes! Crazy, but at $4.50 I had to have her! I couldn't just let her sit in that big mall all alone. She came home to join the rest of the nutheads here. Did I tell you I am the Queen?

As I had promised, this is another nuthead ornament I found at the bins when I was visiting Linda! We walked in and there was a Christmas tree set up and the first thing I saw in the whole warehouse of bins is this crazy little nuthead/pinecone ornament! I had to have it! Such fun. It is shown in this picture hanging from a peg on one of Linda's shelves. The square wooden thing around it is not part of it.