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Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!
I am so happy you decided to stop by!!
Just a reminder, I will be posting on Wednesdays
and Sundays every week so be sure to check back on those days to see a
new post......
As always, click on each picture if you would like to enlarge it....
Today, I am continuing a Mini Series called What's in Your Hutch/Curio???
I will be sharing the Curio in the Living Room....
In my last post, I shared how I decorated the Tree that stays up in my Craft Room year
round for the Summer, along with a few ornaments I made for it and a
garden update......
Click HERE if you missed that post....
I want to Thank,
Barb, over at the French Ethereal for choosing my post, A Day in the Park, as one of her features from last week's Share Your Style Linky Party!!!
Thanks so much, Barb!!
I also want to
Thanks again, Andrea!!
And now for a few Personal Notes...
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August 12th was our 44th Wedding Anniversary....
And I say every year.....
It is a miracle that we have not gotten divorced or killed each other yet!!!
It is also 44 years since we moved into our townhouse as we bought it 6 months before we were married.....
Our first night spent in this house was our Wedding Night!!!
I thought I would give you a look of how it looked 44 years ago in 1978!!!
The front of our house.....
The original rail road tie and rock retaining wall in front of my row of townhouses.....
At Christmas time, a few years later.......
Easter in the late 80's when we still had a bit of a front yard....
No trees....looking down the road toward the Apartment complex where my sons now live.....
Our Living Room in 1978.....
That sofa which as made by Flexsteel lasted almost 17 years....
Dining Room 1978
Those were the original chairs that went with Joe's Grandmother's Dining Room furniture....
Kitchen
1978
The appliances came with the house......
Before I had the counter bar built......
Powder Room 1978
Our Bedroom 1978
Shag carpeting that came with the house that we replaced throughout 2 years later....
Guest Room, later Joey's Bedroom, now Craft Room
Sitting Room, Jim's Bedroom, and now Sitting Room again
Enclosed Patio 1978
Back Yard 1978
My Dad mixing concrete for a patio block
WOW!!
It has come a long away, BABY!!
LOL!
We don't really celebrate our Anniversary anymore....
Joe's 68th Birthday was on Wednesday, the 17th.....
And like I tell him every year.....
"You will always be older than me!"
LOL!
He worked at the Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins Toyoto Sportsplex that night....
Some of the employees that help out with the Diamond City Figure Skating Club bought several packs of cupcakes and had the entire Club sing Happy Birthday to him!!!
Joe is a Big Ham and loved it....
Me...
I would have been mortified and died a thousand deaths!!!!!
He also had the pleasure of working with both our Great Nieces that evening!!!
Caitlin worked with him in the concession stand....
And Cort is being trained on the Zamboni!!!
Cort also works at our Arena as part of the Ice Crew during the WB Scranton Penguins games....
So Joe had a great Birthday!!
We are celebrating it with our usual Pizza Party in the privacy of our own home with our kids and the Grand Pups today ( Sunday)....
And yes, I made Joe go and get a haircut for his Birthday!!
He is hanging on to his luscious locks, as my son Joey calls them, for dear life!!
LOL!
It is weird to think that now Joe is 1 year older than my Dad was when he passed away at 67 years old!!!
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Wanted to share this hanging basket in the Patio.....
I planted only 2 wave petunias in this pot....
The impatiens underneath it are also doing well!!
And there are only 2 coleus planted in this pot by the shed in the back yard....
These sunset pictures were taken from our front porch, taken over 15 minutes....
By September, the Sun will not make it around to the front of our house and my sunset views from the front porch will cease until the Spring....
On Saturday, my dear friend Anne Marie came to visit!!
We have had to postpone this visit a few times....
One because we all came down with Co Vid and the second time was because I was Pup Sitting....
It was so good to see her and catch up a bit!!
I will be posting more about our visit and the wonderful gifts she brought me and where I put them in my next post on Wednesday....
Does she know what I like or what?????
Previously, in the first installment of this Series, "What's in Your Hutch/Curio?"......
I shared what is inside the Dining Room Hutch.....
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Showcasing my Moss Rose Collection.....
Click HERE if you missed that post.....
Next, I shared how I cleaned and styled the larger Curio in the Dining Room.....
Click HERE to see this post if you missed it....
In the 3rd Installment, I shared the smaller Curio in the Dining Room....
About 2 weeks ago, I gave the Curio in my Living Room a good cleaning.....
I took everything out of it, washed it all up with my cleaning mixture of ammonia and water, cleaned the inside of the Curio and the glass and mirrors, polished the outside and then put everything back in, rearranging a few things on the different shelves.......
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I bought this Curio about 30 years ago....
I display some of my Angel Collection and my vintage Hofbauer Brydes Crystal Collection inside of it...
The top half of the Curio.....
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Top shelf in the top half....
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Brydes Crystal large vase, bell and sugar and creamer set which gifted to me for my Wedding Shower and that started the whole Collection.....
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Middle Shelf.....
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Bottom shelf in the top half of the Curio....
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And a small crystal Bell that was gifted to us by my Mother on our 15th wedding Anniversary which is engraved on the Bell....
There are 2 shelves in the bottom half of the Curio.....
I split up yet another set of Angels between the 2 shelves....
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Bottom shelf.....
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The only time I change this curio up a bit is at Christmas when I add some florals, greenery and ornaments to it....
I was also going to share what is inside my Hutch in the Living Room today but I will save that for another post.....
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Your grandnieces are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by and for your kind words!!
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Deb
Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday to Joe. I love your wedding pictures, thank you for sharing! Everyone looks so young and the photo with your parents is just precious. We celebrate 46 this September and we say the motto of our marriage has been one step forward, two steps back :) - whenever we thought we were getting ahead, pow, something would happen. And we say the reason we stayed married is that we had five kids in seven years and neither one of us wanted to raise that mob on our own, lol. At this point, I think I will keep him.
ReplyDeleteI love the photos of your townhouse, too. It was decorated for the era! Both our moms had the harvest gold stove and frig so we went wild and bought avocado. Unfortunately we bought them one at a time and none of the shades were the same. Drove me nuts. Did I learn, no. We started replacing them with cream. Finally I went white and recently we have moved to black. I am not into the stainless. So neat how your yard has changed so much, too.
Wow, what a transformation of your townhouse. Happy Anniversary. We celebrated 53 years this past July.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary and Happy Birthday to Joe! I have been married 40 years and we have lived in our home for 32 years. We previously had a house we lived in for several years before moving. We are a rare bunch. I don't know many people who have lived in the same place that long! (-: Or stay married that long. My grandparents were married for 62 years. I always admired them. I remember thinking how old they were. LOL Now I think that isn't that old! (-:
ReplyDeleteLove seeing your wedding pictures!
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary to you both. My husband and I don’t do anything more than say,
“ oh, happy anniversary “, so I understand about not celebrating.
And happy birthday Joe.☺️
Would love to know your lottery winning trick.
Looking forward to Wednesday and what you have been up to.
Blessings to you 💜
Minnie
Minnie,
DeleteThanks so much for he anniversary wishes and for Joe's birthday wishes...We celebrated his birthday on Sunday with the kids and enjoyed the day!! I have no idea how he wins so much on the lottery but like I tell everyone, he is just getting his money back!!! Thanks for taking the time to visit!! I truly appreciate it!!
Hugs,
Deb
It’s always a joy to visit you! I love love the old photos, you’ve done a marvelous job on your home. Your nieces are so pretty and how fun to see Joe celebrate his day. Happy anniversary! Your wedding photos are just so dear. We’ve been married for 47 years and have been in the same California ranch for 40. Your collections are a treat to see, those Fostoria glasses are gorgeous and everything so sparkly and beautiful….as usual. Thanks for sharing. Have a happy day. V.
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by!! And thanks for the Anniversary wishes...Glad that you enjoyed the post!! Stay safe, healthy and happy!!
Hugs,
Deb
Some lovely things in your cabinet but the real treasures here are your beautiful wedding photos. How lovely you looked and what a pretty gown! Happy Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteHi Deb: Happy Belated Anniversary. I love seeing all the pictures of the past. Looking back on them doesn't it make you realize how time passes so quickly? Joe and the girls look happy to be supporting their team and everything looks as pretty as ever..Happy Tuesday..xxoJudy
ReplyDeleteI like how the lights in your curio hutch reflect off the cut glass and the beautiful colors and shapes of all the objects. Happy anniversary!
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www.scribblingboomer.com
I loved this sweet look back at what the townhouse used to look like! Your wedding photos are fabulous too. I once won $100 on a scratch ticket I was given at Christmas but that's it. It sounds like Joe has really good luck near his birthday!
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