Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!
I am so happy you decided to stop by!!
Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....
I
feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin
Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I
was....
I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....
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In my last post, I shared how I did on my June Goals and what my Monthly Goals for July are....
Click HERE if you missed that post!!
I want to Thank Marsha, over at Marsha in the Middle, for choosing my Blog Post, Patriotic Nelson Crest and Michael's Online Haul, as one of her featured posts from last week's Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot Link Party!!
Thanks so much, Marsha!!
And Thanks again to Andrea, over at The Cottage Market, for also choosing my blog post, Patriotic Nelson Crest and Michael's Online Haul, as one of her features from last week's A Morning Cup of Joe Link Party!!!
Thank you once again, Andrea!!
Please stop by and link up your blog posts to these charming parties!!!
And now for a few Personal Notes...
For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....
On THURSDAYS,
I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local
cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...
I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....
On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...
Since it is SATURDAY, it is time for what I have been up to this past week and that is going to be what this post is about!!!
Saint Maria Goretti Feast Day Celebration....
First, we celebrated the Feast Day of our Patron Saint at St. Maria Goretti Parish last Sunday with the Community Group, which I belong to, serving breakfast after both masses on Sunday morning and ice cream after the 11 am mass....
Water, juice, coffee and tea....
This was a Sam's Club breakfast tray....
We partnered with a parishioner, Susan, who owns The Front Porch Bake Shop, for some of our goodies.....
Susan made the chocolate chip cookies, coffee crumb cake and almond scones.......
And butter, cream cheese and bagels from the local bakery, Bakery Delite.....
We had a great turnout after both Masses....
After the 11 am Mass, Susan, who started her business during the pandemic, selling baked goods off her front porch, also made these amazing cup cakes.....
True works of art if you ask me!!
People were raving about her baked goods so we will be using her talents for our monthly Sunday breakfasts and she is very generous, giving us a 50% discount!!!
Her cupcakes went well with the ice cream.....
That is my friend Michele, one of the parish secretaries.....
A great time was had by all......
A Patriotic Tablescape
We ended up celebrating America 250 on Wednesday as my twin granddaughters had their 2 1/2 year Dr.'s Appointment on Tuesday....
All is well and they are doing fine!
Again, I set a very simple tablescape....
I started off with a Patriotic tablecloth, with dogs on it, that my late husband Joe bought because of our grand pups Faye and Azumi!
Patriotic Star plates, that were gifted to me by my late neighbor Anne Marie and napkins....
Crystal glasses, gifted to me by my next door neighbor's, and red handled flatware that Joe bought in Wegman's...
I put our Patriotic dessert plates, bought in Ollie's last year, for my twin granddaughters....
Simple center piece.....
A star place mat in the center of the table...
A branch tree, bought in Ollie's, decorated with fairy lights and red and blue ornaments and Joe's candle from a special All Soul's Day Mass, that I burn for every family Holiday dinner.....
This is to remember that he is always with us, watching over us all....
A Small Project...
I bought these vinyl picture frames that have magnets on the back of them online in Michael's and picked them up at the store last week....
This is what I wanted them for......
I created a picture gallery on my fridge, using pictures I already had and printing ones off my computer!!
When the twins come, they love to look at the pictures and other items that I have displayed on the fridge which were held on with small individual magnets....
The twins also love to take them off the fridge and show them to the pups , Uncle Joey, etc....
Now everything is in frames that can be easily removed and placed back on....
The center pic is of my youngest great niece Carly , who will be a Senior in High School in September., and all our past and present family dogs.......
The twins with Mimi and G Pop....
The twins wearing Pittsburgh Pens Onesies that Joe bought for them but never got to see them wear them....
More family pictures....
Joe's Pittsburgh Pens magnets that he had on our car....
Family America 250 Celebration Dinner
Notice their hair is parted differently and one has red socks on and the other has white ones on so Uncle Joey and Mimi can tell them apart!!
Thank you, Danielle!!
Danielle and Gigi
Lily and Jim....
Lily had gone and taken the big bear from under my Patriotic Tree in the Living Room....
Time to explore Mimi's house a bit.....
Look what the girls went right to.....
Jim telling them who the pictures were of....
They loved looking at all the new pictures on the fridge and they were able to take them off and rearrange them....
Then it was time for some corn on the cob.....
And chocolate chip cookies!
Jim and Gigi
Lily diving right into the corn on the cob....
Danielle and Lily
And Azumi!!
Lily
Jim and Lily
Uncle Joey and Gigi
This happens all the time as soon as Uncle Joey gets up out of his chair.....
They love to tease Uncle Joey by crawling up in his chair!!
LOL!
Gigi
Lily
Faye likes to take a break from the happy chaos....
Since Joe passed away and I now sit in the chair where he always sat, Faye likes to spend time on the ottoman when I sit there....
I often wonder if they are wondering where he is.....
It was a wonderful evening with my family ....
Full of giggles and laughs and running and happy chaos and this Mimi's heart is so full that it could explode!!!
And my America 250 celebration is not over yet as my Nieces are coming over for pizza on Sunday and my senior group is holding a big America 250 Celebration party on Wednesday....
Fallen Tree Update
This tree cracked in half at the trunk from the storms and 5 inches of rain last weekend, falling onto my fence and my neighbor's fence..........
Much to my very happy surprise, it was cut down on Thursday!!
I came outside when I hearing saws blazing to this image....
That is Ray from locally owned Ray's Tree Service!!
And he evens walks among trees!!!
And hauled it through the yards out to the chipper, parked on the side of the road....
Not one branch fell in my yard and there was no damage to my fence nor my next door neighbor's....
AND NOW!!!
I have not seen these arborvitae's in over 20+ years...
WOW!!
Did it change the whole look of my yard, which was almost always in the shade due to that Tree.....
Not so much anymore!!
This right hand back corner now only gets a bit of shade in the mornings....
I moved the umbrella over to the right and replaced it with the chair and table so there will be more shade to the right in the yard.....
It will take a bit of getting used to but I am glad that the majority of the leaves that I had to clean up in the Fall will no longer be falling in my yard like in previous years!!
I hope you will stop by to visit again on MONDAY for my next post!
Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!
And try to find JOY in every single day! 
Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
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