Nancy's Notes

Sunday, May 10, 2015

All Heart ~ A Mother's Love

My favorite photograph of my beautiful Mom!
Oh her 80th Birthday!
She's 82 now and still looks fantastic!

Mom, my brothers and me!
On Mom's 81st birthday!

I love, love, love this photograph!!
My Mom, my Grandmother and my Aunt~
A precious Mother and her two daughters~
Aren't they beautiful?
My grandmother lived to almost 100 years old.
My aunt is 92.

Our two daughters on ends and our daughter in law in the middle.

They are the best Mom's ever to our six grandchildren!

Our little blessings!

Another one of our little blessings not long ago!
Our oldest grandson was growing the beard for his role in Bye Bye Birdie!

Our oldest daughter and Mom to one daughter , our first precious grandchild!
She is 19 now and pictured below...

A sweetheart~

Our Daughter in Love and Mom to two of our precious grandchildren,
17 and 15!!

Another Sweetheart!

A sweetheart, indeed!

Our middle daughter and Mommy to our three youngest and precious grandchildren

9, 7 and 5 years old~ seen below!

Three more little sweethearts!

Be still my heart, can you feel the pitter patter???

I'm so blessed on this Mother's day!

Happy Mother's Day~

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Out West~

Good Morning!

Took this photograph on a trip out west!

Just thought it was perfect for the Good Fence Party-

Joining Tex~

Good Fences

Have a great weekend!

Happy Mother's Day~

I will be checking in when I can!

I am visiting with my Mom!

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Nancy's Notes Living - Kitchen

Welcome to Nancy's Notes Living!

Today let's gather in the kitchen, pour yourself a cup of coffee and come along for the tour!

Should I use silver service?
No-

A casual and very cute little set...
No-

Yes, this is it!
It's my daily stuff....

Sorry, no time to bake this coffee cake, but I'll share~
This was pirated from The Pioneer Woman!

The Best Coffee Cake. Ever.

(I'm getting to the tour in just a minute, just wanted to give your something delicious that you can try at home!)

Prep Time:: 15 Minutes
Cook Time:: 45 Minutes
Difficulty:: Easy
Servings:: 16

Print Recipe

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:
1-1/2 stick Butter, Softened
2 cups (scant) Sugar
3 cups Flour, Sifted
4 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1-1/4 cup Whole Milk
3 whole Egg Whites, Beaten Until Stiff
FOR THE TOPPING:
1-1/2 stick Butter, Softened
3/4 cups Flour
1-1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
1-1/2 cup Pecans, Chopped

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat egg whites and set aside.

Cream butter and sugar. Add flour mixture and milk alternately until combined. Don't overbeat. Fold in beaten egg whites with a rubber spatula. Spread in a well-greased 9 x 13 (or LARGER!) baking pan. A cake pan with higher sides would be best.

In a separate bowl, combine topping ingredients with a pastry cutter until crumbly. Sprinkle all over the top.

Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until no longer jiggly. Serve warm---delicious!

Ready for the tour?

Looking in from the family room.

Those under the counter lights are a tad bit bright, guess the photographer had her flash on again! Sigh...
But they
sure do light up my
~~counter top stuff~~
vignette's~

Love this copper pitcher...

A few touches from Mackenzie Child's collection.

~~Don't look at the roosters on those Pier One Canisters...~~
~~from front of kitchen, you can't see the roosters.~~
Don't ask!

Some cookbooks to add to the kitchen ambiance and those lemons...
They've traveled many a mile!!

I fell in love with this aluminum plate plate the instant I saw it!

I try to keep the cookie jar filled.
The Oreo's are gone again...oh wait, there's a crumb!

Ahhh....be still my heart. More Mackenzie Child treasures.

Oh, here's the breakfast room and again Mackenzie Childs placemats, they last forever!
Wipe and go!
I like to add different colored placemats under them.

This Copper pot, grabbed it up, was in my cart, in my car in a flash.

For pennies too!

My desk downstairs.
When Mr. Notes watches TV downstairs - I head upstairs!
I know, you know.

I need my space and it takes total concentration when I'm working on my blog~

Little treasures-
Funny story.
When my mom sees things that were hers, like these mugs on top shelf,...
she'll say, when did I give you these? LOL
I have some beautiful things that she has given to me.
Anything that's hers, I cherish.

Oh my, don't look at the family room yet! That's going to be in next installment!

We enjoy the breakfast bar and so do the grandkids!
Something about being up high, right?

See the border? Hummmm
~~I just don't look up!~~

I do like the window coverings...
I didn't pick out, but thankfully, I'm okay with them!

Recognize that Ethan Allen table? Humpteen hundred years old.
It's not antique - pretty close to vintage.

Little marks our kids made while doing homework, I love the marks now!

Okay, CLOSE UP of the wallpaper we inherited!

It's this border....

Seriously, I thinking this has got to go.
I just don't look up and I'm okay then.

What do you think?
I've heard wallpaper is back-
Maybe keep the wallpaper and get rid of the border.
Decisions- Decisions!

Paint?
Think an entire re-do?
Not anytime soon.
~~Besides, I'm in no hurry for any major changes, enough changes in my body! Ekk~~
~~And anyway, we don't do things fast around here...last movie we saw was Ben Hur!~~

Well, hope you enjoyed the little tour!

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Joining
Wow Us Wednesday~

Hope you all have a great week!

Monday, May 4, 2015

All Over The Place...

Good Monday Morning!

Hard to believe it's another Monday, they sure seem to be rolling around faster than I remember!

I had a post ready and then, I remembered Mosaic Monday! I'm always ready for that party. Since I'm always playing with my camera and making mosaics, it's hard to choose. I know you don't want to be here all day long, so I'll just post a few, I'll try!