Happy New Year, Welcome 2011

Happy New Year to each of you and come on inThrough My Back Door. It looks a little better today than our last visit. Remember you couldn't even get through the door? Today it looks like this.

A lot better, huh? Well any way come on in, grab a cup of Dunkin Donut coffee, prop your feet up and lets just visit. If you are like me, you are ready for some down time. Don't get me wrong and think I 'm a fuddy duddy, cause I am not, but don't you agree its time for some quiet in our lives?  I want to read a good book, eat healthy, and Just Be! What about you? I am sure we have all reflected on 2010 and have decided we are going to make some changes this year. I read  somewhere that a lot of people are making Bucket Lists. That is well and good. I have NEVER been good at making resolutions and keeping them, so I just made one this year, that I strongly feel I can keep. You want to know what it is? Okay, I'll share. I WILL NOT LOSE ANY WEIGHT! Now that is one I can keep. I decided after trying to lose the same 15 pounds the last 15 years, I'd just keep it. Know what I mean? If you are going to make goals, make realisitic ones. Anyway I am kinda' attached to those 15 pounds, we've been through a lot together.lol
I will share a little story about the table in the picture. I have only had it a few months. It is approx 1880 ish. Before I got this table I had this one.

It was just too big now. I had it for about 25 years. Well, my son and his wife decided they wanted mine to stay in the family,so they got it and were going to buy me another one. My d-i-l loves Craigs List, so she found the one in the picture I have now. Let me stop here a minute and explain something, I don't know if I have shared this so I will now. My husband and I were in the antique business for many years, bought and sold lots of good antiques, mostly high country as we called it. Well any way, when Michael and I walked in to look at this table I said ,"Oh my goodness, we used to own this table!" Well can you imagine the look he gave me? I think he thought she's getting senile on me! Until  I said,"It has booties to make it taller,(which he had already spied) and I said, "One of the legs has a large splinter out of it near the top!" Leg found, mind changed! I bought the table and we brought it home! It is a walnut two board top, that you would remember! And I did!
That is the story of the table that has come back home.
I hope each of you ushered 2011 in safely and had a wonderful time with family and friends. We celebrated New Years at Debs, as well as Christmas, since Beth and Ryan were in. As you know they live  in Springfiled Il, and are completing their residencies.

Here they are with you know who and that is a horrible picture. (Again a grandchild will get me for this one, this just happened to be the best of the bad) We stayed up until 1:00am playing games and yes the one in the red shirt stayed right there with us!!!ssshhhh don't tell his parents
Well friends I wish you all the blessings you can handle in this new year. I hope you will continue coming Through My Back Door, where life is good.
betty
I want to thank the Primitive Pantry for making my house the January House of The Month. I belong to two primitive forums and recommend joining to any of you who love prims. The other is A Primitve Place.