We have a winner!

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Denise who left the comment below is our winner:
Anonymous said...
Hi Cindy!Your blog is truly delightful and I think I got a couple of great ideas for Christmas gifts from delight.com. Hooray!The RuMe Bags Reusable Totes - Silicon Valley are the perfect gift for my friend and I am trying to take my own bags to stores now so that would be my choice. Thank you,denise

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Three Sisters in Willow Glen

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This is a cute little shop in Willow Glen (San Jose, CA) that I went to on Sunday. I asked if it was okay if I took some photos to share here and it was. You can click on the photos to enlarge.

I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Do you know the way to San Jose?

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Willow Glen is a quaint little area in San Jose, California and just a few minutes drive from where I live in Campbell. I lived in Willow Glen years ago and would love to live there again someday. It's just full of beautiful old homes. I drove through some of the streets on Sunday and snapped some pictures from my car to share with you.

This one below I had to drive by fast because I used to date the guy that owns this. Actually I don't even know if he still lives there or not but I didn't want to take a chance. We dated for just a very short time about 18 years ago, right after my first divorce.

Here's another shot as I'm driving by. I see a basketball hoop...hmmm maybe he's had some kids since I knew him. Around the corner from his home was my little house. I moved here when I first got married in 1979. I was a very young bride, just a month away from turning 19 years old! My in-laws bought this adorable little house for us which was right around the corner from them. We lived there, happily married, for 9 years. The first 7 years it was just the two of us and then baby Vince came along (the room with all the windows in the front was his nursery.) A couple years later the fairy tale ended and divorce became my reality whether I wanted it to or not. I stayed there about a year after he moved out and then my in-laws sold the house and I moved into my very first apartment. It was a hard time for me...I loved this home. It had 3 bedrooms, 1 very small but cute bathroom and a huge backyard with a swimming pool and lots of fruit trees. It looked so much better when I lived there than it does now! They cut down a tree that was planted near the truck. We had it painted a gray-blue with white trim. Every time I'm in the area I have to drive by this...so many memories!

I hope you enjoyed your tour of Willow Glen. There are a lot more beautiful homes there so I'll go back and take some more photos soon.

Also, don't forget to enter my giveaway (click here). Today is the last day. And if you haven't seen my product review yet for the new JC Penney line called Linden Street (click here).

My Romantic Home~The Movie!

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The other night I was playing around with my mac using iMovie and I made this video which I tried to put on YouTube but I got an error message so I thought it hadn't been uploaded. I had stayed up to 1:00 AM on a weeknight doing this so it was really frustrating when it wasn't working.   This morning I got a comment from someone who saw it on YouTube and reads my blog!  I had no idea it was even on YouTube!  Of course, I had to sneak my kids into this (the dog too)  and it was a challenge to get them in at just the right moment in the lyrics but I did it!  So here is my first iMovie...

Gifts & Tagged!

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I received a beautiful gift in the mail this week! Ginger~Enchanting Cottage sent me these gorgeous toile canvas grocery bags...6 of them! (you can click on the photo to enlarge) I love them! They are something I would have bought if I saw them. I couldn't wait to use them so I've been bringing my lunch to work in one of them this week!

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I was tagged by Carolyn~Wings of Eagles last Sunday to list 5 things I love. Thank you Carolyn! This is an easy one!

1. My family

2. Being enthusiastic ~ I feel very fortunate that little things make me happy!

3. Rain! We don't get rain here in the summer and I really miss it!

4. Decorating! Why I didn't choose this as a career ~ I just don't know!

5. Thrifting, flea marketing and finding treasures

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Sandy ~ Lu Lu's Fluffy Ruffles gave me the awards below! Thank you Sandy!

I hope you all have a great weekend! I plan on starting the chair I bought at the flea market months ago!