DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG: May 2023

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Patriotic Tablescape and a New Buys, 2023

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

I am now posting TWICE a week !!!

I will be posting on MONDAY and FRIDAY!

As always, click on each picture if you would like to enlarge it....

SURPRISE!!

I decided to do an extra post this week.....

I wanted to share my Memorial Day Tablescape and a few New Buys....

In my last post, I shared how I decorated my Seasonal Tree in the Living Room for the Summer Patriotic Holidays this year....

Click HERE if you missed that post!!

I want to Thank all the Hosts of You're The Star Monthly Blog Hop for choosing my post, Hudson Model Train Club, as one of their features for extra Feature Week!!!

Thanks so much to all the Hosts of this lovely party!!

Please stop by and link up....

And now for a few Personal Notes...

I have been a Blogger since 2010 and the world of blogging has changed drastically since then.....

A lot of bloggers are now in it only to make money, get free merchandise from companies for Endorsement and to make a name for themselves and create a Brand like Pioneer Woman did...

I choose not to have ads on my Blog, not to give endorsements or care about Branding because my blog is more like a personal journal that maybe someday, my family will have it to look back on when I am gone....

My Blogger friend Dee wrote a great post on Link Party etiquette ....

I highly recommend reading it...

Click HERE to read this great post...

We observed Memorial Day and celebrated the lives of those who made the Ultimate Sacrifice for our Country with a Cook In, as I call it, for our family of 5....

And our 2 Grand Pups, of course.....

I set a simple tablescape......

I used the round red place mats that I bought on Clearance after Christmas in Dollar General for a buck a piece....

I also used my red handled flatware......

Nothing fancy....

Paper plates from Sam's Club because they are big and will hold a lot of food....

I know my sons!!

3 crystal glasses...

And 2 blue ones as I only have 4 crystal ones and 2 blue ones!!

A flag tray from Dollar Tree that Joe just bought sits in the center.....

I made cheeseburgers on the Georgie....

And hot dogs with chili sauce on the griller....

Boneless chicken bites in a mixture of Honey Mustard and Honey BBQ sauce....

Mac N Cheese....

Price Chopper Potato Salad which I love.....

And Corn on the Cob and Ice Cream......

This is what I wore for Memorial Day.....

We have had temps. in the mid 80's and with that, my eyelids are swollen due to my Hashimoto's Thyroiditis....

My left eye lid is drooping from the swelling and my ankles and hands are swollen....

I bought this top 2 years ago but it was too tight and the capri's were bought 10 years ago when I initially lost weight when I was first told that I needed Knee Replacement Surgery.....

We enjoyed a lovely afternoon with our family and grand pups....

So much so that I forgot to take pictures...

In the evening, I enjoyed sitting with my feet up out in the Patio....

This is my view from my chair......

The trees and the lattice make my back yard into a Secret Garden where I can sit and no one can see me.....

And through the Trees, I could see the moon.....

It was a nice relaxing evening .........

If you frequent any type of social media, you know the hottest thing out there right now is the Spring Bee Collection of Dishes from Dollar Tree....

Everyone is sharing tablescapes using this collection from Bloggers, on You Tube, Face Book , Twitter and Instagram.....

The private Face Book group that I belong to, Beautiful Table Settings, is just inundated with tablescapes and hutches with them on display...

I have been watching our Dollar Tree stores for some time but to no avail.....

Until Joe stumbled upon them the other day.....

I had him get 4 desert plates and 2 mugs.....

And 2 dinner plates....

Why only 2 dinner plates?

I figured I could use the dinner plates as serving dishes and pair the desert plates with the plain white dinner plates that I already have........

Or I can use the 2 dinner plates for a nice tablescape for 2....

And they also go nice with my vintage yellow fiestaware tea cups and saucers.....

I like that the pattern is on each side of the mugs....

I decided to use them in my Summer Beverage Center in the Kitchen as they go well with my red and yellow color scheme....

I then realized that I should have gotten 2 bowls.....

So I sent Joe back to Dollar Tree for them....

Perfect for my sweetner packets and creamers....

I love the new additions to the Beverage Center area.....

The following day, we were out and about because I wanted to get more flowers for the back yard and we stopped at one of our 2 Dollar Tree stores that are right by us....

Pay Dirt!!

They had the place mats so I bought 2......

I feel a Bee tablescape coming on.....

Stay tuned....

And lastly, I want to share a recent Sunset from our Front Porch......

I will be back on track with my regular posting schedule on MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS....

On FRIDAY, I will be posting about a special Anniversary....

On June 1st, 2022, I embarked on a Journey toward living a Healthier Life....

This picture was taken in 2020 and was one of only a few pictures that I allowed to be taken of me in many years because of my weight....

Even though this was not taken in 2022, this is what I looked like at my heaviest weight which was right before I decided that I needed to take back control of my life....

This pictures was taken Sunday on our way to morning Mass....

I have lost 50 pounds in a year!!

And last Saturday, going shopping....

So I hope you will stop by to visit again on FRIDAY to see my post as to why I am FEELING MORE ALIVE AT 65!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

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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