~USA EXTREME WEATHER~

~WELCOME TO PARADISE~

See the sign on the railing of this Ohio Home??? Pray for those who are being flooding in Ohio and Indiana ~My Heart Goes out to those Southern States that saw the terrible Twisters and Tornados yesterday, Please pray for them too!!!~
~I will happily take our 13 INCHES of snow we had as of 10am Wed. Feb 6th, 2008. We have broke an IOWA RECORD~
~Notice the BIRD BATH peeking out of our snowfall??? Picture taken in our front yard out of the living room picture window. Nick, Alex and Maddi are pictured above!!!~

THANK YOU LORD, FOR OUR RECORD SNOW FALL!!! Please help those who have suffered from the extreme weather here in the USA in the past few days~AMEN~
Hugs and Love, Amy

~MY NEW TO ME ROSES SOFA & MY MOSAICS~

~CAN YOU BELIEVE MY MOM FOUND THIS FOR ME????~ ~I AM TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THIS SOFA~
~CAN YOU IMAGINE THE FUN I AM GOING TO HAVE DECORATING USING THIS SOFA AS MY PALLET????~
~THIS IS WHAT MY BASEMENT USED TO LOOK LIKE~ Since then, It's now a TOTAL MESS WITH KIDS TOYS and BOXES of My TREASURES~
~BUT I WILL GET IT ALL PRETTY AGAIN~ AND ALL THOSE GOODIES BELOW...I'VE SOLD, INCLUDING THE CUPBOARD, (Sometimes I could kick myself....LOL)~
Okay, so this is what happened. The afternoon before I was to fly to California, my Mom calls me and says I need to get up to the Salvation Army to look at this sofa. You have to understand, I HATE GOING to the SALVATION ARMY. It's DIRTY, GROSS and there is NEVER ANYTHING THERE. YUK YUK YUK!!!!
I really didn't want to go but she said, "YOU'LL BE SORRY!".....so I went up there to see what she was holding for me.....and.....TADA....it was the ROSES SOFA pictured above. Now, here's the CRAZY THING. I am getting ready to leave at 5am for California and I don't really want to spend money before I leave for vacation. Mom showed me the price tag and it was ONLY $50.00.....but that's not all folks, I ended up getting 25% off since it was going on sale the next day and I wasn't going to be here....SO I GOT THAT GORGEOUS SOFA FOR $37.50!!!!
I WOULD HAVE PAID A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS FOR IT!!!!

I AM SOOOOO EXCITED to decorate AROUND IT, and so I am going to take this week off from Blogging to get some work done around the house. I am so far behind (so much so, I still have my Christmas stuff up, YES, can you believe that??? I always take it down Christmas Day Night)

I have been busy listing on ebay today (and continue to tonight and tomorrow) and everything is either FREE SHIPPING or just a little bit of shipping!!!

Check it out if you can......Here is the link to our ebay auctions FourSistersInACottage

WHEN I am all done decorating downstairs, I will have LOTS of pretty stuff that I am not going to keep going on the website, ebay and etsy. I just can't keep it all and I would rather it goes to someone who will love it then put it in storage.
BUT WATCH FOR A FREE GIVEAWAY THIS WEEK.....I WANT TO PAY IT FORWARD.

HAPPY HAPPY NEW WEEK,

HUGS AND LOVE, Amy

~THE MOSAIC HEART I MADE and GAVE TO MARY ROSE at ISABELLASCLOSET~

~THE BENCH BELOW I MADE and GAVE TO ANNA over at MY FLOWER BED~

~And last but not least~1/2 OFF ALL REMAINING TREASURES ON THE WEBSITE, JUST CLICK HERE~

~A GREAT HAIR DAY~

~WHAT A GREAT HAIR DAY~ ~I FINALLY HAD TO USE A BRUSH, FIRST TIME SINCE JUNE 2007....YIPPY SKIPPY~
~I COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY~
~DO YOU THINK MY HAIR WILL EVER BE THIS LONG AGAIN????~ Pictures below taken at The Pier in St. Petersburg Florida~

I am digging my new hair style, however, I am hoping I have the patience to grow it long again, I LOVED my long hair as it was a big part of who I was, it was my signature part of my body. We will have to see.....I am FINALLY FEELING LIKE A WOMAN AGAIN....

Please pray for Deena today. Hopefully she can start chemo today and pray that God stops all the cancer in her body. WE LOVE YOU DEENA!!!
HAPPY SUPER BOWL WEEKEND EVERYONE....

Love and Hugs, Amy

This is the Day the Lord Hath Made
Let us rejoice and be GLAD in it.
Amen