Awesome Finds

I have found a few new to me stores lately and I wanted to share them with you.

Do any of you bloggers live near Adrian, Michigan?
You will wish you did after you see these pics. lol.

The pic above and the the first two below are from a store called

AWESOME FINDS

and believe me it is awesome! They have a few rooms full and also a basement and
their finds are fabulous.

As usual someone (ahem..we won't say her name)
FORGOT
her camera so you have to make due with phone pics and a lot of them are blurry,
but I still wanted to share them.

This store is located at:
123 West Maumee St.
Adrian, Michigan

Be sure and check it out if you are in the area.
You will love it!

They also have a facebook page here.

They have amazing signs and one of a kind gorgeous pieces along with
many gorgeous architectural pieces!

AH MAZING!

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The rest of these pictures are from

Collette's Vintage and Antique Mall

in Burton, Michigan.

Most of them are horrible pictures , but I hope you can glean the good from them.
Hopefully next time I go I will remember to take my real camera.

I thought they had some very neat booths and ideas, but as I said

horrible pictures that I am so sorry about.

I also went to two AMAZING stores in Holly, Michigan this past weekend but...

 yep...once again...you guessed it

My camera was left in the car and even my phone so I didn't get any pictures of those
places at all. SO bummed.
 Next time I am up that way I hope to have my
head screwed on right and have some gorgeous photos for you.

Do you ever forget your camera?
I have been so good at doing that lately...ugh.

My week in 80 words...more or less!

Packed, traveled, ate, restaurants,daughter, grandchildren,cut finger, burned hand,
cleaned, laundry, kisses, ate, shopped, lost daughters debit card, crawled, Meijer,
son-in-law, homemade cookies, washed dishes, swept floors, ate, high speed computer,
TJ Maxx, car accident, police, laughter, tears, more kisses, camera,
 Home Goods, hugs,dinner, homemade potato soup, Jo-Ann Fabric, Michaels, Halloween,
Holley, Michigan, candy, pizza, missed hubby, goat {in the middle
of the road!}, Christmas,Target, Chiles, Home sweet home, and after all that...
No baby!! {yet}

My friend Nicki Winkles shout out in the new Holiday issue of Romantic Homes...congrats Nicki!!!

First three photos were taken at Pigeon in the Parlour store in Holly, Michigan.
Beautiful store!! I hope to share more soon. Also we are very thankful that we
didn't get hurt in the accident which happened on the way home about 15
minutes into our trip. Not our fault. Crazy drivers out there. lol
Blessings~

I don't intentionally spoil my grandkids...

...it's just that correcting them often

takes more energy than I have left.

~Gene Perret

I snagged these photos from my daughter. My son-in-law took them at an estate near their home and I love them!!

Candid shots of my sweeties.

This is Joshua...he had to be propped up. :)

Allysha ~ our first grandchild and she is 11

years old already!

Perfect love sometimes does not come

until the first grandchild.

~Welsh Proverb

Love this photo!! {mommy snuck in there too}

What a sweetie!

Can I get down now?

Enough already!

I sure hope we are almost done, don't you Jon?

I will leave you with some wonderful grandparent quotes:

I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have -

if only for self-defense.

~Gene Perret

My granddaughter came to spend a few weeks with me,

and I decided to teach her to sew.

After I had gone through a lengthy explanation

of how to thread the machine,

she stepped back,

put her hands on her hips,

and said in disbelief,

"You mean you can do all that,

but you can't play my Game Boy?"

~Author Unknown

What a bargain grandchildren are!

I give them my loose change,

and they give me a million dollars' worth

of pleasure.

~Gene Perret

Have a blessed Tuesday~

Found a new antique store!

We went on a spur of the moment weekend getaway

up to my daughter's place in Burton, Michigan.

We left Friday after hubby got home from work and

just got home late this afternoon.

My daughter told me about an antique store that

she happened to drive past that she thought I would

love and was she ever right!

I thought I would tease you a little with this gorgeous

photo that I took there. I don't remember how much

she was , but looking at the photo now ...

I wish she

was at my place ...

sitting in my yard.

More pictures to come...

Blessed Sunday to you!

Hmm....Dancing Sandwiches??

This is one of those signs that leaves you scratching your head and laughing! We spent the past few days at my daughters place up near Flint, Michigan and I took a picture of this sign to share with you for a good laugh. We passed it several times and wondered what they would say if we stopped in and asked to see those "dancing sandwiches". LOL

We also went to the Flint Institute of Art on Saturday to see the AMAZING European Masterpiece paintings that are on display Nov.29th through March 8th. I tell you I was just literally in awe over these old paintings that are just too beautiful for words. And the size of some of them ....just huge! I have a new appreciation for the painters of these indescrible pieces and the talent they had. Most were from the 1500's through the 1800's and I so wished I could take pictures of them , but it was not allowed. You must go see them if you ever get a chance. Blessings!