A "CHATTY" BIRTHDAY........BLOG STYLE.

What's more fun then celebrating a Blog Friend's Birthday.....

We did just that today for our dear friend

Sandie....The Chatty Crone....

That's Sandie second from the left.....left to right is Denise...Cheri from Chez Cheri...

Miss Linda of A La Carte....and the infamous SantaMaker....Rose...

We met in Kennesaw at Copeland's New Orleans style restaurant....

Sandie brought us each a Goodie Bag....

Only a Blogger would bring gifts to her own party....

Here the ladies are digging into their bags.....

Thanks Sandie!!

The camera was passed around the table when the food arrived....

I'm sure the people sitting around us thought we were all a bunch of

Loons....

This was their Club Sandwich....a bit sloppy but it was good....

Denise got this blackened pork dish and I commented how awful it looked.....

She said it was very good....

Still it looked awful.....

But it was about the company not the food....

Rose got this???????

I have no idea what it was....Rose....what in the world did you order??

All the burgers and sandwich's came on Croissants.....They were good!

I....as usual....snuck in cupcakes....a candle....and one of those flame sticks to light it...

I came prepared to be thrown right out of the place...

We didn't set off any smoke alarms....

See the ring around the candle....

That would be Cheri's engagement ring....

She claims if you put your ring around the candle of someone's cake when they blow out the candle... if YOU make a wish it will come true....

Cheri what did you wish for??

That Sandie would give you the diamond back.....?

Forget those homemade cupcakes that I made everyone suffer eating....

I ordered the caramel pecan cheesecake...

Oh Yes.....as good as it looks....

With lunch over Cheri who brought along her two adorable Dachshunds took them for

a much needed walk before heading back up to North Georgia...

We all wish you lived alot closer!!!

Not ready to end the day....we headed over to do a bit of antique shopping....

The place is Huge.....I was able to make it through 1/3 before I lost all feeling in my feet....

Okay...this is the time when you can all say....

NOT AGAIN.....

yes...I broke my right foot once again on Saturday night on my staircase.....

4th Times a Charm...

but nothing stops me from shopping......

I found a great piece of Milk Glass for my Collection.....

Post to follow....

We commented on this cute sign....

"I'D GIVE UP DESSERT......BUT I'M NO QUITTER"

I saw this painted piece and thought how cute it was....

it was sold :(

In the long run me and Linda decided that in that whole huge building filled with all sorts

Of Antiques and Collectibles with high prices....

That it all comes down to one thing....

A Bunch of Old Crap that nobody wants anymore.....

And I'm always amazed.....and I'm sure you all agree....How generous Bloggers are....

We all went home with Goodies....

Thanks Ladies!!

And It wouldn't be a day out with the Blog Peeps unless I try on a

Wacky Hat.....

It is always the same scenerio.....

I put on Hat....someone says...."Oh I wish I had my camera to take her picture"....

At which point I say...."I have a Camera!!!!!"

I have NO SHAME......

This one was actually taken a few weeks back when I was thrifting with Joyce and Rose....

Joyce suggested I buy it and then plan on going to the

Kentucky Derby this year.....

And here is one last picture to show just how crazy we are down here in

Georgia.....

Because Girls Just want to have fun.....

Either that or.......

Head Lice....

We really need to stop trying on Strangers Hats!!

TALE OF TWO RINGS..........A Valentines Story.

Every now and Then I write a story for Sophie.....

So that one day when she reads her crazy Grandmother's Blog she can know

all about me....

This is one of those stories....

Now you can read it to the end because it has a very wonderful ending......

But you know how wordy I can be.....

So here goes....

It was 1969 and me and the Boss had decided to get married because....I mean....Who Else

Would have us....

I was never a big jewelry person so I was not hell bent to get a Diamond....

I would have been happy with a Kitchen Aid Mixer.....

But when you get engaged you have to have a ring....So I picked out an emerald and diamond ring....

Now it wasn't a Real Emerald it was man made but beautiful none the less...

Shortly after we went to Mr and Mrs. Big Boss' House to tell them the good news and

show off the new ring.....

Now Mrs Big Boss thought she gave birth to Tom Selleck and thought there was

No Girl good enough for "Her Johnnie".....

OH PLEEEEEEASE......

I put out my hand to show her this beautiful ring....it was a diamond cut with diamonds all around...it was lovely.....She asked to see it....As In take it off and see it....

What did I know......19 and stupid I handed it to her.......

You might want to start Cringing at this point in the story.....

You see my MIL had two sides...or so the Boss claims.....when she had on her eyeglasses

she was a kind motherly type....when those glasses came off you better watch out....

Can you say Jekyll and Hyde??

This was the reaction to the ring....

"You let my son spend his good money on this trash....." and with that the ring got

Flung across the living room landing under a chair.....

Needless to say that ring got taken back to that jewelry store so fast your head spun....

months went by and I settled on a small pearl with little diamonds around it...

and the marriage took place.....

I was now Mrs. Tom Selleck....to her dismay.

Fast Forward 40 odd years.......When the Big Boss died we found a gold pocket watch in his safe

wrapped in of all things an old marble bag.....

The Boss and daughter took it to the local Jewelry shop in Princeton to see if it had any value...

Oh yes it sure did......in fact it was from the 1800's and it belonged to the Boss' Grandfather....

I guess we can call him "The Really Big Boss".....

While in the shop.....with me and Miss B waiting out in the car the Fam spied an

Emerald ring in the glass case.....This time it was a Real Emerald....nothing man made about it.

I was summoned in to the store to take a look....

I tried it on.....It Fit!!!

The Boss told the shop keeper to wrap it up.....I was getting my engagement ring back

40 years later.....

Now it's about to get even better....so don't leave to go to the bathroom now.....

In the show case was this gorgeous diamond ring.....

I mean beautiful....and I sheepishly asked if I could just try it on.....

Because now I am 60 and well....Diamonds appeal to me now....

I say to the Boss....

"Your in Big Trouble if this thing fits".....

Plus I had never tried on a diamond before just like I had never tried on a wedding gown....

I had made my gown when we married to save money for my father and never had

the fun of trying on gowns....

I was just kidding about it fitting.....I REALLY just wanted to try it on....

Well it fit.....it fit perfectly.....

Did the Emerald get switched for the Diamond.....

What do you think??

No it didn't.....

The Boss said to the Shop Keeper.....

Wrap it Up!!

That's right I waited 40 years but hit the Jewelry Jackpot....

I got both rings....

Sophie calls this ring "The Ice Cube"......

it's got three diamonds.....

For.....Yesterday.....Today.....and Tomorrow....

So what happened to the original pearl ring??

Why the Boss had it made into a necklace for me......

As for the pocket watch.....

While going through old pictures while cleaning out the Big Guy's house we came

across a family picture of all the Adivari's back in the early 1900's

and there was Grandpa and he was wearing the pocket watch....

It was very cool.....

So for you Miss B.....someday when you get the emerald and the ice cube you will

Know where they came from and I hope you pass them along to your

daughter.....