Weekend Wrap Up.....Little Bit of Everything!!!!!

Our February schedule is crazy!!! So there is no telling what my updates will look like this month!!!

Sunday afternoon I pulled my famous Turkey Chili out of the freezer for the big game! Marc was tired after service so he slept through a portion of the game. I hung in there until after half-time. There is but so much football (heck any sport for that matter) that I can take. Thank goodness for HGTV. I spent the rest of the evening dreaming of a vacation home in Florida. LOL

My Valentine decorating box is steadily filling up. I'm soo excited about our Marriage Ministry couples dinner. I figured at the most we would have eight or nine couples who would actually sign up. Instead we have had 19 couples sign up and a few more are thinking about coming. Right after that dinner I will have to concentrate on our Girls Nite In event. Please pray that the women have a great time connecting and encouraging one another.

Speaking of growing....our children's church is doing very well. So well that we really need additional volunteers. I didn't get a chance to take a picture of our teens that were in the back helping out.

Last year Marc started praying that a few good men would join the church (we love our women, but men are just as important to the ministry and we were lacking in that department. Plus the men we did have were wearing themselves out). In the past year a large number of our new members have been men! Thank you Lord for so many answered prayers.

The remodeling continues (including a few updates at church.......photo's to come later). It started with a $2.00 basket filled with flowers at the local thrift store. From that one arrangement I created the two lovelies above and an additional arrangement for church. The basket even got a new purpose as a holder for church fans. LOL

All of the knickknacks above came from a local thrift store. Two wall sconces (the white ones in the back $4.00 for the two) are from Blue Willow and as soon as I figure out where my two Blue Willow pieces are (long story) they will have a new home on the shelves. The pink items in the back will be used at our "Girls Nite In" events at church. The small pink bowl was around $1.00 and will be perfect to hold mints in at our registration table. The short pink vase was $2.00 and will be filled with ink pens with pink flowers taped on top. When you put a bunch in the vase it will look like a floral arrangement. The large pink vase ($3.00) will be used for a table centerpiece (probably on a food table). The palm tree bath set was $3.00 and the floral votive candle holders I found at two different thrift stores! What is the chance of that?

My favorite purchase of the weekend was the two small table lamps. They were $5.00 for the pair! One will go in my kitchen and one in my foyer. I just need to find shades for them. My foyer is almost done I'm just looking for a small chest to replace the ugly medal shelf hubby has there right now (and a rug). As soon as the foyer is done I will post a photo. That will be the first redo that I can check off of my very long list of re-do's!

Marc actually picked this out. Not sure what the original use was for it, but we are using it to store long matches in. I think it was $3.00.

This little cutie pie was a last minute purchase. I popped a candle in it this weekend so its already been broken in. LOL I can't wait to get rid of that awful end table in my familyroom. I started sanding down my "new" end tables  Friday and would have had the first one completed but the weather changed on us this weekend...starting with rain, and now the temps have dipped to low for me to stain outside. Most of the items we picked up this weekend  were 40%-50% off . I even found a purple Creative Memories scrapbook for $3.00 (brand new still wrapped in the plastic) with inserts for my oldest daughters photos. If you don't know much about CM...their albums usually run around $35 (with an insert). Getting back to scrapping is another one of those items on my list for 2012.

This weekend we will celebrate Marc's 49th birthday. Its also the night of our Pastor Wives and Widows Sweetheart banquet. I'm excited because my mom and the girls will be with us. So be on the lookout next week for lots of photos! Can you believe I still don't have a clue what I'm going to wear? This is definitely a first! Well that's this weeks schedule...I didn't even mention our upcoming movie night or Black History program! And don't get me started on Valentines Day!!!