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......

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Monday, March 31, 2025

Spring/2nd Quarterly Goals and Possibilities List and Review, 2025

 

 

 

 

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....
 

As always, click on each picture if you would like to enlarge it....
 
 
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 A NOTE ABOUT COMMENTS
 
I enjoy reading your comments and will return the favor by visiting and commenting on your blog or reply to you directly here if you do not have a blog but I do have my comment section set to Moderation due to spammers and hackers so your comment will not appear immediately...
And since I have a very busy life, like most of us do, it may take me awhile to return your comments but I promise I will....
 
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 In my last post, I shared how I decorated the hutch in the Dining Room in an Easter Village theme....

 

 

 

  And the area to the side of it....


 Click HERE if you missed that post!!


 I know I mentioned in my last post that I would be sharing the rest of the Dining Room decorated for Easter but I honestly forgot that this post would be the last post in March....
 
So instead, I am sharing my Quarterly Goals and Possibilities List for Spring or the 2nd Quarter of the Year....
 

Before I go any further, I just want to mention that Saturday, March 29th was the 21st anniversary of my Mother's passing....
 
We did not always get along but we made amends at the end and now that I am a widow, I have to say that I am actually looking to how she handled her life after my Dad passed away when they were both only 67 years old...
 

 I have a new respect for her now that I am older and dealing with everything that she had to deal with as a widow....
 

I am once again linking up to a Linky Party hosted by these fellow Bloggers who decided to do posts  on Quarterly Goals and Bucket Lists instead of yearly ones...

 

 I saw the initial post on Marsha's Blog, Marsha in the Middle, in January and I was intrigued!!

  This was the brain child of Leslie, over at Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After
 
Each Blogger involved will do a blog post about what those Goals and items on their Bucket Lists are quarterly, doing a follow up to those posts, along with hosting a party for everyone else to join in on....
 
 
I thought this was a great idea because I think listing Goals that you want to accomplish in a certain smaller period of time is a lot easier and more doable...
 
 
My Goals are more of a To Do List for each Season....
 

And I do so love my To Do Lists....
 
But I have to admit that over the past few weeks, I have been lacking in making my daily To Do List and I can see that my accomplishments have suffered because of it...
 
I need to keep myself focused and my To Do Lists definitely help to keep me moving and on track so I am now back into making out a weekly list that includes a list for each day of the week...
 

 
 Click HERE to read my post on my Winter/1st Quarterly Goals and Possibilities List 

 And you can read about how I did with my January and February Goals List HERE..

 

 So how did I do in March..... 

Well, it is a bit of a toss up....

MARCH

Pack away Valentine's in Living Room and Dining Room - DONE

 Pack away Winter decor in Kitchen and Den...- DONE

Decorate Living Room for Easter...

 

 The Dining Room for Easter....

 

  And Kitchen for Easter ....


All  DONE......

 Redecorate the Powder Room with regular decor after packing away Snow Buddy and Winter decor - Yes!.... doing today, March 31st

 Redecorate the Den with regular Americana decor - NOPE!

Contact a landscaper friend to clean up the slope in front of my house and put down mulch for me- NOPE! Doing so this week

 Pack way and take down to my storage shed all my outside Winter decor..NOPE! Will be doing so this week

  Drink at least 64 oz. of water a day- YES!

Stick to my Wellness Program- YES!

 Start walking for exercise again - NOPE....no excuse whatsoever...

 Call my Tax Preparer and get paper work to him -I finally did get this done after not being able to get in touch with our previous tax preparer and had to find a new one


 Work on my Financial Plan for next Winter - Yes, I have been working on this and it is going quite well but I still need to get rid of my landline phone as part of that plan 

 Work on my Christmas Planner for next Holiday Season - On going as I am turning this into a Holiday Planner and hope to use it year round and not just for Christmas

See Wicked in a movie theater - NOPE! Weather and illness ruled it out
 
FINALLY use my new Crock Pot- YES!!
 
Try some new recipes - YES....Actually I have tried quite a few new casserole recipes and have been cooking more
 
Okay, I didn't do too badly in March....
 
 
I want to mention that my Word of the Year for 2025 is HOPE! 
 

 
 And as I approach the one year anniversary of my husband Joe's passing in a few weeks, I have definitely clung to the HOPE that this new life of mine without him will all work out and be a good one..
 
I know from past experience that the first year after the passing of a loved one is the hardest and I will be happy to have all those "first" holidays and special occasions over with as I had HOPED to replace them with new memories and traditions...
 
 
 And I do HOPE that I can accomplish all these Goals in the next 3 months!!
 
 GOALS

This is my Spring/2nd Quarterly Goals List

 

APRIL

 Start walking!

 

Watch Wicked on Paramount + as I never got to see it in person

Go and see Cirque Du Soliel OVO at our arena- I bought the tickets already 

Pack away outdoor Winter decor and haul it down to storage shed

 Clean front porch, bring furniture from back out to front and decorate it for Spring/Easter....

Call and schedule the landscaper to mulch the front flower beds and slope

Pack away Winter in the Den and redecorate the Den in Americana decor....

Mulch the back yard

Uncover everything covered on the back patio, clean, set up and decorate the back patio for Summer 

Schedule an appointment for an oil change for the car

Schedule an appointment to have the car detailed after the Winter


MAY

 Walk at least 5 days a week

See Alice Copper in concert at our Arena


Decorate the Front Porch for Summer and Memorial Day

Pack up Easter in the Living Room

Clean and decorate the Living Room for the Summer Patriotic Holidays

Pack up Easter in the Dining Room

Clean and decorate the Dining Room in a Tea Room theme for the Summer

Pack up Easter in the Kitchen

Clean and decorate the Kitchen in the early Summer Hen/Roos theme

Clean out the flower bed by our mailboxes and put mulch down 

Put up the new shades in the bedroom that I ordered last Fall

Have my son Jim put the air conditioners in the windows

 Buy annual flowers for the front yard and plant them

Sparingly buy flowers for the back yard

Look into purchasing some faux flowers for the back patio pots that I can use year after year


JUNE

Walk at least 5 days a week 

Straighten, reorganize and clean the storage shed that I rent

Take down Christmas ( yes , you are reading that right) in the Sitting Room if I did not get to it before this.

Clean and redecorate the Sitting Room in a garden theme

Reorganize the Sitting Room closet

Take down Christmas in the Craft Room if I did not get to it before this

Clean and re-organize the Craft Room, going through all my supplies, deciding what to save or donate

Reorganize the Craft Room Closet

Start going through all of Joe's Pittsburgh Sports items with my son Joey and deciding what to keep and what to donate

Go through the Storage Room again, deciding what I will not be using and reorganize it


Okay, maybe it may seem like there are a lot of things to accomplish on those monthly lists but there is a lot of Seasonal work that I need to do in April and May...

By June, things slow down and maybe I can even add a bit more to June's List...

We will see...

 

  I have been drinking at least 64 oz. of water daily and sticking to my Wellness Program, including Intermittent Fasting, accept for getting back to walking so I am not listing it for this quarter as I feel I accomplished this Goal...

 

POSSIBILITIES

 Christie, over at So What? Now What?, decided to call her Bucket List a Possibilities List and I loved that terminology so I am also going with a Possibilities List!!

If you would like to read the posts about their Spring Quarterly Goals Lists from the rest of the Hosts of this party that I have not previously provided links for, please click on the links below...

Joanne from Slices of Life

Mireille from Chez Mireille Fashion Travel Mom

 

POSSIBILITIES LIST for 2025

This list is more of a year long list...

 I have posted this quote before....


 This in itself is a great Possibilities List

 But I have been focusing on the last statement...


I HOPE to buy LESS...

Can't guarantee Buying Nothing 

And I feel that for the 1st Quarter, I have done pretty well with this...

I have only bought what I really needed and bought almost NO decor items... 

All of that falls in line with my new Financial Plan


I also listed that I HOPE to Make Something

Meaning that I want to craft something that I may have seen in the stores, using up some of my vast craft supplies... 

I really have not had much time for crafting but I do realize that in the Summer is when I have extra time so I really want to do a lot of crafting to decrease my craft supplies in the Craft Room

 

I also HOPE to Shop my own House

I was inspired to do more of this by watching some You Tube Videos where decorators are doing this and using everyday items to decorate with..

And I am proud to say that I actually have been doing this in trying to incorporate every day things I have in my seasonal decorating instead of running out and buying something new!!

 More Possibilities....

Spend LESS time on Face book- need to work on this better


 Spend MORE time reading Blog posts- doing better but still need to work on this

 Respond to Blog comments quicker- again, need to work on this

 

Watch MORE You Tube decorating Videos- hardly got to watch any in March so I need to catch up

Listen to some Podcasts- NOPE, never started

Find time to read- NOPE, HOPE to do so soon and plan to schedule at least an hour a day to read

Reconnect with a few old friends and meet for lunch or invite over- crazy weather during the 1st quarter really prevented this from happening but HOPE to do so in the 2nd Quarter

Be in contact more, whether through messages, texts, phone calls or visits with more family members- working on that but again weather played quite a role in preventing that during the 1st Quarter

 

 New Additions to my Possibilities List 

 Work on my Christmas Planner for all Holidays and Seasons - On going as I am turning this into a Holiday Planner and hope to use it year round and not just for Christmas

 Being more Mindful of how I am spending my time and doing things with Intention...

 Because.....

 

And I do not want to waste any of my time!!
 
Well, there you have it!!

 I do so HOPE that this Spring Quarter will be a good one and I can accomplish everything that I need and want to do....

 

 I will admit that lately I have been feeling a bit disorganized and off center but I will again give myself Grace on that as we approach the one year anniversary of Joe's passing....


 And I do HOPE to continue to....

And to

I  HOPE that you enjoyed reading this post today!!

In my next post on THURSDAY, I will be sharing the rest of the Dining Room decorated for Easter!!


So I HOPE you will stop by to visit again on THURSDAY!!  
 
 
 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!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE  give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment.  If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......


I am linking up to these parties:
 
 


  THURSDAY
 

    Please take some time to visit these terrific hosts and all those joining in on the fun!
 

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Friday, March 28, 2025

Easter Village Hutch & More in the Dining Room, 2025

 

 

 

 

 



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....
 

As always, click on each picture if you would like to enlarge it....
 
 
 PINTEREST
 
If you would like to Pin my pictures, please click on them to enlarge them to do so....
 
 
 A NOTE ABOUT COMMENTS
 
I enjoy reading your comments and will return the favor by visiting and commenting on your blog or reply to you directly here if you do not have a blog but I do have my comment section set to Moderation due to spammers and hackers so your comment will not appear immediately...
And since I have a very busy life, like most of us do, it may take me awhile to return your comments but I promise I will....
 
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In my last post, I started my tour of the Dining Room decorated for Easter beginning with the buffet...

 A Tree decorated for Easter...


 

 

 And the top of the small curio... 

 

 Click HERE if you missed that post!! 

 

 I want to Thank Barb, over at French Ethereal, for choosing my post, Easter Bunny Mantel and More, as one of her features from last week's Share Your Style Link Party!!

 

Thanks so much, Barb!!

 

 I also want to Thank Lisa, over at Boondock Ramblings, for choosing my post, A Drapery Trick, More Stock Up and What I have been Cooking, as one of her features from last week's Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot Link Party!!


 Thanks again, Lisa!!

 

 And I also want to Thank Andrea, over at The Cottage Market, for choosing my post, Easter Tree and Bunny Land in the Living Room, as one of her features from last week's A Morning Cup of Joe link Party!! 


 

 Thanks so much, Andrea!!

 

Please stop by and link up to these charming parties!! 



 And now for a few Personal Notes...
 

I packed away all of Winter/Valentine's in the Kitchen this week....

And decorated it for Easter!!

Truth be told, I have not done one single thing outside even though we have had several days of unseasonably high temps. here and there... 

That is why my header on this Blog still shows the house decorated for Winter...

Because it is still decorated for Winter!!!

I hope to pack away and haul all of that decor down to my storage shed next week and decorate it for Easter, along with bringing the porch furniture from the back, where I stored it for the Winter, out to the front..... 

I wanted to get the inside of the house decorated for Easter first before attacking the outside and I keep reminding myself that it is still March...

We can get snow into April and even into early May here in NEPA!!!!!!

 

Today, I am continuing my tour of the Dining Room decorated for Easter......

I will be sharing the hutch and the area around it....

I removed the red transferware dishes that I had displayed in the hutch for Christmas and for Winter....

Replacing it with a Bunny Village!!


But first, let's take a look at the top of the hutch....

The left side....


The bunny dish and Easter Caroler came from the Christmas Tree Shop!!

In the center is a floral arrangement I did inside of an Easter tin pocket along with 2 mini Victorian homes...

On the right side....




Inside the hutch......
 

Last year, I decided to move this Bunny Village from the Living Room into the Dining Room....
 

Again, like on the buffet, I used pieces of my pink depression glass collection....
 

The top shelf....


The Easter putz style houses were purchased several years ago at The Christmas Tree Shop!


Easter Egg plates from Tuesday Mornings are the back drop....
 
Middle shelf....


Easter bottle brush trees....

The bottom shelf.....


A lot of different bunnies and eggs......





On the right side of the hutch.....


Is the vintage window that I hung as a divider between the Dining Room and the Living Room.....




I like to hang signs on the window, which was an insert for a vintage door....


A Dollar Tree signs that I embellished....



A bunny butt plaque that I made.....


On the side of the hutch.....


On a pedestal that I topped off with a hat box, creating a small table....

My mother gifted me this macrame Easter basket over 40 years ago.....


This year, I placed a fiberoptic Bunny Tree that no longer worked inside of the basket....


I lit the tree and the handle of the basket with 2 fairy light sets.....


This is an Easter bunny that I bought in Dollar Tree and embellished 2 years ago......


Eggs and a set of bunny napkin rings bought in Gabes.....
 

 
On the side, is an Easter Bunny that originally sold in Hallmark stores that I bought at an estate sale for 
$3.00!!






I hope you enjoyed seeing how I decorated this hutch for Easter this year....
 
 
 
In my next post on MONDAY, I will be continuing my tour of the Dining Room all decked out for Easter!!
 
 Sharing my pink Easter Tree and the rest of the Dining Room.....
 
 
 
So I hope you will stop by to visit again on MONDAY!!  
 
 
 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!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE  give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment.  If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......


I am linking up to these parties:
 
 


  THURSDAY
 
    Please take some time to visit these terrific hosts and all those joining in on the fun!
 

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