can i tell you how great it was to pop in the Antique Marketplace yesterday!  what a luxury!

i had one quick chore to do in my space…plus…admittedly i was a wee bit curious!  i know.  it’s only been a few days since i moved in, but i’ve been shouting it from the mountain tops!  sure enough a couple of things sold!  ahh, that’s a good feeling!

anyway, the manager of the mall (who was not there tuesday when i moved in) followed me to my space.  and was extremely complimentary of the job i’d done!  he kept wanting to know if i had a degree in interior design or was i a graphic artist.  HUH?

no.  not me.  i have no education to brag about.  i have no formal skills or training.  i’m just ME doin’ MY thAng!

what i create in my space is a direct reflection of who i am.  and what i love.  it comes from my heart.  that’s it!

so he says to me: hey we have these two walls (that join two rooms of the mall) and we’d love you to rent them!  we want someone who’s good at merchandising and you’re great at that!

what?  me?  i don’t do walls…i mean, i’m great at covering them, but i completely stink at the next layer…what in the world would i do with two walls?

walls completely panic me.  i never have the right things to hang on them.  i’m always searching for something big that takes up a lot of space so i don’t have to think about it.  i always leave my walls for last.  procrastinating.  and then i have to gingerly (right.) place my foot in the middle of ironstone and vignettes that were carefully placed and lean and stretch to get something…anything…hung on my walls.

i don’t do walls.

so what did i tell him?   really?  me?  wow!  okay!   yeah, let me think about it.  uh-huh.  uh, but not before Marburger!

did i just commit to renting two walls?  crap.

but as the day wore on i got more and more excited!  I DON’T
DO WALLS.  that’s right.  and that’s exactly WHY i’m seriously considering doing these walls!

there go those marbles rollin’ around in my little blonde head!

man.  i am so tempted…

don’tcha just love LOVE?  i do! 

my valentine got me my favorite pink tulips and took me to do something superfun last night!  can’t wait to tell you all about it…soon!

from my heart to yours…happy ~ happy heart day!

First things first…congrats to Sandi for guessing correctly what the little “thingies”  are that were posted in game on!  She gets her name in the hat an additional FIVE times!  But everyone who guessed gets their name in the hat too!

There were lots of good guesses and some funny ones too!  But the correct answer is: the “m” part hooked on to the Christmas tree branch and the ”flower” part held the candle! 

Okay, that was fun!  Thanks everyone for playing!

Now, in case you don’t know…I HEART words!  You can browse around SweetTalk to read all about my fascination and maybe discover the words you love too!

In game #2 it’s about WORDS!  All of these are funny, but one of them had me doubled over!  It’s your job to figure out which words I have yet to stop laughing about!

in case you’re wondering…i did not waste valuable shopping time for an evaluation…

right.  like a little ol’ load limit would stand between us and JUNK…

uh, i think that’s suppose to be “lonely” but what do i know…

“crap” is one of my favorite words and i use it often…

oh help me…the homemade sign…

I’ll tell you, I got a good chuckle out of all of these…but one of them pushed me right over the edge!  HAPPY GUESSING!

I have more good news cuz there’s a SweetTalk give-away this month too!  So for every comment you leave you are also being entered in the Halloween Package give-away too!  How excited are you?

And…we had a blast shopping for the *adventure* give-away today!  We put some fun things aside for the WINNER!  If you just jumped in the game…it’s not too late to get in….check out the rules!

Now don’t forget to hop over and see Tricia…it’s all about Hillbilly Tacky and she is delivering the best in tacky!

Yet another of my favorite words…..TIME…..I believe is the gift God gave us to heal the heart.

The husband and I headed for the Humane Society Saturday to pick out a new kitten!  I couldn’t stand it another day.  With the exception of a few years I’ve had a cat (or two) since I was six years old! 

Bruce did an amazing job picking out Sister so I sat back while he studied the cages looking for the kitten that would come home with us!  This little one was buried under her two brothers!  She climbed into Bruce’s lap and curled up in the bend of his arm and we knew she was IT!

She was born March 25 and I took her to the Vet today for her first visit…she weighed in at a whopping 2 pounds/2 ounces! 

She’s just a minute-of-a-thing!

We tried a coupla names on her and decided on “cookie”!  She’s just as sweet as a cookie with a dash of salt that makes her feisty!

I’ve always wanted a shop cat….problem is….I’ve never wanted a shop!

introducing…..cookie-cat!  The O-fficial SweetTalk blog cat ~ the modern day version of a *shop cat*!

taking a snooze in her new pink bed (she loves it)!

contemplating her favorite words…..

what’s not to love!

I told her on the ride home she was in for one heck-of-a-good life!  I am well on my way to spoiling her rotten and not apologizing for it!

My heart is smiling…..again!

p.s. check out my blog roll…..i knew i bought that pink chair for a reason!