Yummy Din Din idea & a before & after lamp

Good Evening Lovlies,

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Well, not much going on her today but cleaning,

I did get to talk on the phone with 4 ladies today,

2 of them twice, which is not my usual day.

So that was a really nice treat!!

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Made a nice dinner. We had grilled shrimp on

skewers, basted with olive oil and sprinkled with lime pepper.

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Have you ever had lime pepper??????? If you like

lemon pepper, you will luvvvvvvv lime pepper.

It is not as salty as lemon pepper, and I like it so

much better. Bought it at Sams wholesale.

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We had black beans and yellow rice.

To my black beans I add a lot of garlic powder, some oregano,

onions, vinegar and olive oil, and when I

serve the beans I add cilantro on top.

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Has everyone tried cilantro???????

I only found out about this great lil herb a few

years ago, it is lemony tasting and absolutely

delicious, I love it on just about anything

that you would want to be lemony tasting.

It is great on fish, in salsa, in salad,

that is about the extent of my uses.

Now I will be challenged to find new ways

to use it!!

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We also had a nice salad with ranch dressing.

We were all happy lil campers with full tummies

when we left the table.

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We had to wait for our dinner to settle and now

we have to do a workout for 30 mins. cause

we forgot to do it last night cause we were

fiddling with the links for the pics on my blog!! ha

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Thought I would show you a before and after pic

of a lamps where I changed the shades.

I bought the lamp shades for my bedroom

lamps that are wooden and cylinder shaped,

but they didn't look good, so I was gonna take

them back, but I had them stashed in Scott's

room while he was gone till I could take them

back.........so when I started dusting and

sprucing up his room a bit before he came

home, I decided to bring the bean pot lamps

in that I used to have in my bedroom (they were

in the garage and I didn't want them to get broken

they have been around a while) In fact, I bought

those babies with S & H green stamps probably

27-28 yrs. ago. Do you remember Green Stamps.

Weren't they wonderful, I hate they quit doing

that, it was so much fun when you had no $$

to buy anything you could go there and getdd something

for free, what a sweet treat that was!!

Anyway, here is the lamp and shade that was

originally on it.

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And this is with the new shade,

adds a lil of an asian flair, and I think it

makes it look more like a giner gar

than a bean pot.

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Don't know if it is my imagination

but I think it looks slimmer!!

and it gives it a new look,

found the shades at Lowe's on sale,

a great place to look for lampshades

by the way is Ross, just in case you

are in the market.

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Just thought I would share that I know

how you guys love anything to do with

decorating, and so do I!!

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The pic at the top is from my Family room,

and the pics were a great early spring find at Where else..........

But Wally World for $5.00 each, I just love them.

Sorry about the glare. Think you should be able to click

on the pic to enlarge if you want, it worked for me anyway.

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I made the birdhouse and just noticed that the ribbon had

come lose and was just hanging there. Funny!!

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The white book laying there by it's lonesome is a

book published by the ladies in our church some

years back, it is stories that we wrote about

God's goodness, in fact, Jess at Jewels for the

Journey, was the one who got it all started

and published for us.

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Well, maybe tomorrow will be a more exciting day,

In fact, I know it will be cause I am getting together

with a few girlfriends, so that is always fun!!

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See ya tomorrow,

After while Crocodile...........

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My exercise video is beckoning me.............

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Love and Blessings,

Nellie