The Real Housewives of NY

I’m not sure how many of my readers actually watch The Real Housewives of NY. I love that show. The show just finished its third season and this was the most troubling to watch. This season had so much content that they had to run 3 Reunion shows so everyone can explain their actions. All of them played a part in a verbal war. As I watch these ladies badger each other, I form my own opinion and chose sides. Even though I chose sides I do like all the ladies for various reasons. But when I say this season was the most troubling to watch, I am not saying that lightly. I am speaking of Kelly in particular. She likes to be portrayed as a kind hearted, vulnerable, tortured soul. She may be kind hearted but vulnerable and tortured….NO!!!! She proved this season she is truly not in touch with reality. She has her own vision of what is going on and it is not even close to reality.   I think she is very envious of Bethany.  Perhaps she also doesn’t like to be overshadowed by Bethany and the only way she can deal with it is by playing the tortured victim.  There are so many signals leading to this conclusion. She doesn’t like when Bethany speaks her mind. She doesn’t like when any one pays Bethany some attention. Proven on scary island when she didn’t want Ramona to apologize to Bethany and told Ramona to ZIP IT!!! Then when Kelly spoke to Jill, she said all Jill wanted to know was how Bethany was. Kelly made a comment stating; again everyone is worried about Bethany’s world. The last clue was Kelly mixed her own drink and called it The Kelly. Hummmm!!!! That sounds like what Bethany did last season by marketing the Skinnygirl Margarita. At that point it was out of the bag. The poor girl is a wannabe and can’t meet the standards. I can’t wait until Thursday to see the last reunion show for this season.

Shabby Chic Inspiratins and many new items in my booth.

I am really starting to accumulate some great items for my Shabby Chic Inspirations booth. I really enjoy decorating. This is a creative decorating outlet for me. I will decorate any chance I get and I love all styles. Since my booth is in an Antique Mall I try to stick with original, vintage and antiques pieces. When I bring furniture home, I really try to think of a way I could make it an original piece. I want it to look like something you will not find anywhere else. My 6x6 booth is quite challenging to decorate because of the small space. I like everything to have a cohesive look with all the items complementing each other. I don't want it to look like things were just put in there to sell.

Last week my booth looked like this.

A whole new look and a complete change for this weeks Shabby Chic Inspirations booth. 

Thank you everyone for e-mailing me about the items in my booth.  I am unable to respond back to some e-mails.  Please include your e-mail address with your questions and I will be more than happy to answer your questions.
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Thanks so much.

Before and After Shabby Chic Inspiration photo.

Saturday I was out hunting for those special items I could put in my Shabby Chic Inspirations booth. I came across this wonderful little kitchenette table. It was already painted black so all I had to do was touch it up.

I picked these Ethan Allen chairs up a couple of years ago at an Antique Mall. I used them for a while in my Cottage but now that I don't need them I thought they might look great with this black table.

As I was looking at the table I felt it needed something. I added on of my hand painted flower cluster to the center in hopes it would add that special little something you would not find anywhere else.

Before! 

After!

Hand painted flower cluster

This is going in my Booth tomorrow at sugar Bears Antique Mall.  I will post pictures of all my wonderful  finds then. 

Giving away a $40.00 gift card from CSN Stores.

CSN Stores is a wonderful site that has 200+ online stores and over 1 million products. These products range from fully furnished bedrooms including platform beds to every item imaginable for the kitchen. I have ordered from them in the past and I found it so easy to navigate through their site including great prices, products and service.

I am so happy to pass on this wonderful offer from CSN Stores. They offered one of my readers a $40.00 gift card towards any product at any of their sites. I am happy that one lucky winner could benefit from this. All you need to do is follow the three easy steps below TO WIN. I need at least 100 great friends to follow these three steps. I am not being compensated  for this post. Tell everyone and don’t let this offer get away from you.

These are some CSN Store sites I have ordered from in the past. Here you can see The Cisco Kid using my hand mixer that I oredered from  Cookware.com.

Other sites. Toys and Games Online and Garden.com

TO WIN: All you have to do is in three easy steps to qualify.

1st step: Make a comment to this post on what you would spend your $40.00 gift card on.
2nd step: Let your followers know that I am doing a Giveaway by posting about it on your blog and link back to my blog.
3rd step. Become a follower on my Family American Style Blog.

All three qualifying steps must be completed within 24 hours of your comment in order for you comment to count towards a chance to win the $40.00 gift card. Contest will go through June 26th, 2010, 11:59pm EST. I will post the qualifying winner June 27th.

Good Luck!

Something smells a little Fishy

We just did this recently and I didn't get a chance to post about it. We live in a rural area and we love the country. We love the outdoors and outdoor sports but there is one sport I can't get the hang of and that is fishing. We tried our hands at fishing a couple of weeks ago and I want to start out saying, fishing is like watching ice melt... for hours!!!! Our highlight of the day was when the gentleman next to us caught a little fish and let the Cisco Kid hold it. The Cisco Kid is very interested in fishing but he was also bored. If anyone knows of a more exciting way to fishing, please let me know.

 

We were putting left over pizza crust on the hook.

Nice scenery of the bridge.

 

Throwing the fish back.

Were done fishing for the day. 

On our way home there is a Military museum we stopped by to see the vehicles.  This boat/truck was used to carry tanks and infantry from a ship to land.  It could drive up from the sea on to land. 

This was impressively large.

This is how they drove the tanks on and off.

The Chief knew every little detail about the gun. To me it just looked like a rusted old gun.