I Can't Believe It Is January and that is almost over!!

Well here we are at the end of January already! Alot of things have been going on and I never got here.  Well better late than never I guess!

I got a promotion at work.  I am now a Clerk at Customer Service at Harris Teeter instead of a cashier.  I love my new job and I'm still learning it.  I started with Harris Teeter in September and I have great managers and co-workers!

My friend, Angie was just here from Minnesota for a visit.  It was like a heat wave for her!  We had such a wonderful time talking, visiting, antiquing, shopping, eating wonderful food, etc. She also had a birthday yesterday (the 27th) so we had a special dinner at Chef Santos in Salisbury.   I took her to the airport this morning and boy do I miss her already!  Riley really loved her.  He keeps looking for her and even was by the guest room door waiting for her to come out.  I had to open the door to show him she actually had left.  Here are a few photos of our visit:

This is Angie.

We were driving around and coming home from White Owl Antique Mall and we saw this house with the cutest conservatory.  This is in Mt. Pleasant, NC.

One of the Antique Booths at The Depot at Gibson Mills Antique Mall.

This is Lower Stone Church on the way back to my house.  I love the look of this church with all the stone!

Angie snapped a photo of me at Gibson Mills.  

Pansies at Pikes Nursery in Matthews, NC

This is the main fountain at Pike's Nursery

This cute arrangement at Pikes had this little cabbage in it along with pansies and stock.  Smelled amazing!!

I made this rose arrangement for Angie's room while she was here.

These roses are so beautiful!!

My amaryllis that I have been waiting for it to bloom, decided to bloom and it is gorgeous!  I bought it from Longfield Gardens and it is a double-just gorgeous!!

I made 2 new wreaths for the winter/spring months for my church.  They turned out nicely.

I started painting the walls in the living room-SW Sea Salt but mixed at a Benjamin Moore store.  I like Ben Moore paint better.  I love how it turned out.  I will continue the same color through the kitchen and eating area.

So as you can see I had alot going on in January!  February looks pretty busy too, but I am going to try and get on here more often.  I love blogging-it gives me so much joy!

I hope you have a wonderful last few days of January!  See you in February.

Sherri

These are the books I read for 2024

 Books I have Read for 2024

1. The Whittiers by Danielle Steel

2. Missing You by Harlan Coben

3. The Wind Chime by Alexandra Walsh.

4. The Women by Kristin Hannah

5. The Beach House on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

6. The Woman on the Ledge by Rita Mancini

7. Murder in the Tea Leaves by Laura Child.

8. The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin

9. Never Lie by Freida McFadden

10. My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry

11. The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

12. The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane

13. Go as a River by Shelley Read

14. Hemlock by Kiersten Modglin

15. Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

16. Hot Rocks by Nora Roberts

17. The Girlfriend by Michelle Frances

18. Summers at The Saint by Mary Kay Andrews

19. The Perfect Husband by Danielle Ramsey

20. The Perfect Affair by Angela Henry

21. Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake by Sarah Graves

22. The Arrivals by Meg Mitchell Moore

23. I Said Yes by Kiersten Modglin

24. The Mother in Law by Kiersten Modglin

25. The Good Neighbors by Kiersten Modglin

26. Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand

27. The Last Carolina Girl by Meagan Church

28. The Dinner Guests by Kiersten Modglin

29. Without a Trace by Danielle Steel

30. Skyward by Mary Alice Monroe

31. The Wisdom of Winter by Ann Seyler

32. Becoming Mrs. Abbott by Kiersten Modglin

33. The Manor House by Gilly Macmillan

34. First Lies Win by Ashley Elston

35. All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

36. Lessons at the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

37. How to Destroy Your Husband by Jess Kitching.

38. The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine.

39. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

40. The Summer House by Lauren K. Denton

41. An American Beauty by Shana Abe

42. The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine

43. A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales

44. A Slow Burning by Paula Hawkings

44. Of Manners and Murder by Anastasia Hastings

45. The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry

46. The Sisters Next Door by L. H. Stacey

47. Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory.

48. The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

49. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

50.. Death by Chocolate Marshmallow Pie by Sarah Graves

51. Monticello by Sally Cabot Gunning

52. Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

53. Home for the Holidays by Sara Richardson