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 the Hutch and Entry in the Living Room decorated for Winter/ Heart Month...
I want to THANK the hosts of the month long You're the Star Link party for choosing my blog pot, Snowmen and Birds in a Winter Woodland Den, 2026, as one of their features for Garden week!!
Thanks so much!
Please stop by and link up to this wonderful party!
My apologies to my Blogger friend MaryJo , over at Master "Pieces" of My Life, for not seeing this sooner as she mentioned me and my blog post about my One Little Word for 2026 which is INTENTION!
She chose the same word for this year as she deals with her diagnosis of MS...
We both want to live a purposeful life, full of Intention....
Please visit her pot HERE
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 today is Thursday, I am sharing what we ate over the weekend with my Birthday being Saturday...
Friday is Take Home night where my son treats me for cooking Dinner for him all week....
He ordered pizza from a local favorite, Serpico's...
A mushroom pizza
And meatball one...
We do love their NY style pizza...
For my Birthday on Saturday, we used a Mastercard that I received as settlement in a Class Action suit from Face Book for $32....
Joey then paid the rest of the bill for my Birthday...
We ordered Take Home from Long Horn Steakhouse...
Joey and I both got the Parm Crusted Chicken.....
Joey got french fries, Mac N Cheese and an order of chicken bites....
I got a loaded baked potato and the Mac N Cheese with mine....
And we got a mini loaf of bread with it....
Sunday was my church's annual Pasta Dinner....
All of this for only $15....
A salad and pasta with 2 sausage links...
They packed a good amount into this container....
A bun and a piece of cake....
It was a great weekend as I did not have to cook!!
I also want to share a FB post that my son Jim posted on my Birthday....
It was the best Birthday gift I ever received...
"Today everyone, is my mom’s birthday, so ya know the drill everyone, please wish her a happy birthday!! She turns 25, I believe, today. Don’t bother doing the math, time traveling was involved. I feel I don’t talk about her enough on here, and I should probably change that because of how much she does and has done not only for me, but my wife and kids, too. Just the past few years alone she has saved me so much from trouble and I can’t thank her enough for that. Then again, she has been doing that my whole life.
Growing up her and my dad were always working many hours, often at weird times of the day, just to make sure me and my brother always had a great life and got to enjoy it as much as we can. Because of this we were often raised with an independent, work for ourselves mind set, and I couldn’t be more proud to be like that and to have grown up that way. It definitely helped make me the strong minded independent (and sometimes stubborn) person I am today. I wouldn’t want to be any other way.
When I was younger I wasn’t the best behaved kid/teenager. I got into trouble often, and with the cops a few times. For shoplifting, fighting, and vandalism. I was also suspended from school for fighting. I’m fairly sure I gave my mom grey hair much earlier than she wanted. Sorry mom 
Karma came back and took my hair, though. But she never treated me any differently and always wanted to help, talk things out, and show me respect no matter what I never blamed her or my dad for how I was back then. I can’t even say I hung out with a bad crowd - I was the bad crowd. I was young and stupid and felt like I’d be cooler or more badass if I misbehaved and did what I wanted. I look back on that now realize how stupid and foolish that way of thinking was, although I needed that learning and redemption to become who I am today. Without my mom, I don’t think I would have seen the light as fast as I did. She handled anything and everything I did with such grace and maturity.
Karma came back and took my hair, though. But she never treated me any differently and always wanted to help, talk things out, and show me respect no matter what I never blamed her or my dad for how I was back then. I can’t even say I hung out with a bad crowd - I was the bad crowd. I was young and stupid and felt like I’d be cooler or more badass if I misbehaved and did what I wanted. I look back on that now realize how stupid and foolish that way of thinking was, although I needed that learning and redemption to become who I am today. Without my mom, I don’t think I would have seen the light as fast as I did. She handled anything and everything I did with such grace and maturity. When my dad passed away, it was obviously a huge change mentally, emotionally, and every other way possible for all of us. It was rough, but my mom always stayed strong and continues to today. She shows that fierce, strong, independent side that she helped me and my brother grow up with. I respect her so much for how she has stayed strong since then and managed to adjust each aspect of life that she had to.
Long story short, happy birthday mom!! We all love you so much!! Don’t party too hard!"
Made me cry!!
Jim did get into some minor trouble when he was a kid but not as much as his Dad did when he was a kid...
And yes, he did get suspended for fighting but I need to clarify that... I was never so proud of him for
fighting and getting suspended from school. Jim stood up and defended a
neighbor and friend of his , while waiting for the bus after school at his Jr. High, whose Dad was a Physician Resident at the VA
Hospital and was from a different Country. This boy was being BULLIED
because of his Nationality and Jim stepped in. Because of a zero
tolerance policy, all 3 were suspended and even the principle praised
Jim for doing so but explained that his hands were tied. So Jim received
Conformation with quite a shiner and our priest at the time also
praised Jim....
We will have our family celebration of my Birthday when it gets warmer and some of the snow we have melts... It is just to cold for Jim to take the twins out right now...
Today, I am going to continue my tour of the Living Room decorated for Winter/Heart Month....
I want to share the TV Entertainment Center and the area around it....
We will start with the vintage 3 tier table on the left....
I moved some of the normal decor back on the top shelf.....
I added a few Valentine's touches....
I moved the Angel tree from the Hutch over to this table....
I did a Red Cardinal display on the middle shelf......
My late husband Joe was a Letter Carrier for the United States Post Office....
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On the bottom shelf....a vintage Valentine in a vintage gold Fenton hobnail basket...
A mailbox I embellished for Valentine's and a Valentine's card depicting a letter carrier.....
This year, I wanted to decorate the top of the TV Entertainment Center in more of a Winter theme....
I kept this piece out after Christmas from the Dining Room....
And these 2 white deer....
I also left out the red bottle brush trees.....
Also this year, I left the flocked garland up after Christmas....
And added a red heart garland and a few Winter floral picks....
I also added red velvet bows to it....
And gold heart ornaments to each side of it....
A red heart vase with red velvet roses in it....
And a tree candle holder....
The 2 white deer....
And the deer piece from the Dining Room which I added lights to....
Along with a white and gold cardinal...
And 2 Dollar Tree gold cone trees.....
The right side is the same as the left....
I am really happy with how it came out this year......
On the floor in front of the TV Entertainment Center.....
A Bearington Bear, dressed as a Squirrel with a heart that says "Nuts About You", sitting in a red velvet sled....
I set up a Valentine's display on the chest.....
I bought the large Valentine's card at The Christmas Tree Shop...
I embellished the heart boxes....
The Love sign was bought at Target many years ago....
To the right of the TV Entertainment Center....
On a round table.... 
Some of my normal decor....
With a few Valentine's touches added ....
And this is where I will leave off for today.....
I hope you will stop by to visit again on SATURDAY 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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