It happened! And it was nice! Euphoric. A sense of Well-Being, like all was right with the World : ) That’s how I felt when I woke up this morning and it was, well I don’t know how else to describe it other than, Yummy.
You might be wondering what I was dreaming about! Well…..there was nothing Sexual about it at all! LOL It was just the neatest feeling. No aches or pains, no negative thoughts in my brain, just yumminess! Wow! What a terrific way to start the day! I woke up Happy!
I just wanted to know how often you wake up feeling this way? Do you feel like this every morning? Have you ever felt like this? Please comment below. I’d love to know!
(Yep, that’s me on the Beach this morning…..NOT! LOL)
Note to self: Eat more pears before bedtime.
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Even though I live in Florida I still long for the whites of winter and the frosty window panes and windshields. I’m silly I know but it’s just my hometown roots. I just remembered the snow fences along the back roads in the farmers fields. The fences were put up to stop the snow from drifting across the road. Most farmers didn’t take them down after the winter season. I remember them painted in barn red paint and the jagged roughness to the wood. And how they were strung together with twisted wire. This winter most fences are completely buried under a snowdrift and won’t see the light of day until Spring.
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I treated myself to a nice soak in the tub and lit this McCall’s Cabin Scents Candle for the soft candlelight and aroma therapy I so much needed. When I snuffed out the flame I noticed this precious heart at the very tip of the wick! How sweet for Valentine’s Day. Now I don’t want to burn the candle!
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Vintage Style St. Valentine's Day Card
To My Valentine, You’re Sweet, I Love You, Hug Me, Sweet Talk, Be Mine, Kiss Me. Remember all those messages on the Necco Sweetheart Candies? It was always fun to read the loving words. I didn’t like the candy very much though. LOL Now the messages are a bit different then they were from back in my day. You might read: Fax Me, Love You, All Star, It’s Love, My Way, Love Me and Awe Some just to name a few.
How do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? A dinner out? A Card sent with Love? A movie at the theater? A Heart-Shaped box of Chocolates? A weekend away? Or just a nice quiet evening at home in front of the TV?
I’d love to hear about your most romantic Valentines Day. Post me a comment!
XOXOXO
Donna
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- So-Wee Baby Doll Sun Rubber Co
My Baby Doll from the mid-’50’s still sits on a shelf in my bedroom. She’s not been played with in years. But rather is tucked back in the corner of the nightstand where I catch glimpses of her from time to time. She jogs my memory of times past.
Her long dress was an original pattern that mom or my great Aunt Margie made for her. The fabric was left-over scraps from hand-sewn dresses. She had many handmade outfits and her clothes were changed often. This dress is adorned with red rick rack and a brass safety pin on the back keeps it from falling off. I’m sure there used to be a snap or hook-and-eye back there at one time.
This baby doll spent time in the bath tub with me and she probably played with me outside too. The rubber has turned brittle from 50+ years but her sweet features, fingers and toes are still cute as a button.
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Bald Eagle in Pine
Mother Nature paid us a visit yesterday morning. Here’s our resident Bald Eagle drying her wings in the Pine snag across the street from Quaint. We had a nasty downpour the night before and she was soaked. I watched her from a distance for many minutes before she was content enough to go back to nest building.
The immense stick nest in the tower down the street “mysteriously” disappeared during road construction last summer. Luckily the babies had flown the coup and the happy couple is back rebuilding. It’s great to see them bringing sticks and spanish moss to their aerie.
Did you know the largest Eagle nest on record was one built in Florida that weighed in at 3 Tons?
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Jack Daniel Chocolate Pecan Pie
Ohhhh Myyyyy Gosh! My BFF Pam just brought me the most sinfully decadent pieces of pie I’ve ever eaten. I just couldn’t wait to take a bite! LOL!!! Yes, there are 3; no, make that 2-1/2 pieces left on the plate but what do you want to bet my hubby doesn’t get a piece! Heck, they might not even make it to the dinner table! HaHa! (Man, my hands are so cold right now from this frigid weather. I’m having a hard time typing!) Pam also brought in a jar of Frog Jam made in Tiger, Georgia. The main ingredients are raspberries, figs, oranges and ginger. I can’t wait to try it with my morning toast.
Can you tell I just love to eat way too much. And Wow is my heading spinning from all that Jack Daniel Whiskey. And I’m at work today. (Just kidding about my head spinning : )
Check back later incase I post the recipe. What do you say Pam? Or is it a secret….
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Ideal Dutch Process Hot Cocoa
There’s nothing as warm and cozy as getting wrapped up in your favorite blanket and curling up with a good book and cup of hot chocolate on a chilly day. It’s very chilly here in Florida right now and I had a “hankering” for a good cup of Hot Chocolate. My favorite secret stash of cocoa powder was tucked in behind the rice and soups in the cupboard. (There was always a tin of Ideal Dutch Process Cocoa powder in mom’s cupboard at home and when I go back home to visit I always pick up a box. It’s made at Wilbur Chocolate Co. in Lititz, PA.)
I use the recipe on the side panel and in under 2 minutes have a steaming cup of hot cocoa. I love to dunk buttered toast in it too. Sometimes I’ll cut the toast into four strips which makes it easier to dunk! Hot Chocolate and Toast is a great comfort food and just makes you feel warm all over.
Hot Chocolate Recipe:
1/4 c. Ideal cocoa
1/4 c. sugar
1 c. water
1/4 tsp. vanilla
3 c. milk
Mix cocoa and sugar thoroughly.
Add water to form paste. Boil
1 min. Add vanilla, then milk
and heat. Do not boil.
I added a dollop of whipped cream and of course served with buttered toast!
Only one thing would make it taste better and that’s if I were drinking it in front of a rip roaring Hickory wood fire crackling in a stacked stone fireplace in my own log cabin in North Carolina! A girl can dream…..
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McCall's Wax Buttons
We’ve been warming McCall’s Christmas Jingle and Christmas Tree Wax Buttons at home and here at Quaint Essential Antiques and it smells like freshly cut Evergreens when you walk through the front door. The fresh pine scent is just like I remember when I was a youngster. As a family we’d hunt for and cut down the perfect fresh Christmas Tree up on Kauffman’s Farm in Pennsylvania. The Christmas tree farm was filled with the sappy fragrances of Eastern White Pine, Norway Blue Spruce and Scotch Pine.
Quaint Essential sells McCall’s Country Canning Company wax buttons in a .7 oz. wax melt embossed with the McCall’s Country Canning logo. These wax buttons release the McCalls’ alluring fragrances simply by way of melting fragrant wax. Melt one or two of these wax tarts in your favorite wax burner or potpourri pot! You may even want to try mixing a couple fragrances at one time to make your own combination.
Electric Wax Melters are great for use in Condos or Apartments where the open flame of a candle is prohibited. The lightbulb melts the wax instead of using the flame of a tealight candle. And you can get the same fragrance from a Wax Button that you can from a McCall’s scented candle!
My hubby and I decorate an artificial tree in our Florida home and it’s nice to have that same piney fragrance that I remember so well from my younger years. I’ve been melting McCalls Wax Buttons in an electric tart burner to get that same heartwarming aroma of fresh-cut Christmas Trees at home.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Visits Quaint Essential Antiques
“This is the most fun I’ve had shopping all day!” “You have great prices!” “Your shoppe is so nicely displayed and clean.” “I love your dealer’s merchandise!” “It smells so good in here!” “When mom comes to visit I’m bringing her in.” “I love your shoppe and I’ll tell my friends about you!”
These are just some of the praises our wonderful customers are saying about Quaint Essential Antiques! Our customers and dealers are the best and make us feel so proud!
Thank you so much for a terrific year! We’ve had some challenges along the way with road construction and the slow economic times but with positive word-of-mouth our shoppe is still thriving.
~*~ Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All ~*~
From our Family to Yours
~Donna & Tom Kiehl~
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