Another post to tell you about a great giveaway!

Hi my prims, I want to let all of you great friends know to hop on over to
http://hungryhookprimitives.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-fun-giveaway-at-hungry-hook.html?spref=tw byMargie. She does beautiful work and the second winner can win a hook rug kit. This is a FABULOUS giveaway. If you also go to my side bar I posted it there as well. Margie will let us know the 2 winners Nov. 1st!!!! Don't miss out on this!!! Please go over and sign up!!!! Thanks Margie for hosting this awesome giveaway!

Here are a couple of pictures of some fall trees when Mr. Hillcrest was driving that is when I took them. The colors this fall are not as virbant as passed years.

Here are the 2 pictures I took....

another one...

I do LOVE this picture that I did already post, but here it is again...

Here are some beautiful homes that I thought you might like to see...

JUST BEAUTIFUL.

Also, I wanted to let you know I have a new picture of fighting breast cancer. It is so important to listen to our bodies and TAKE CHARGE!!!

I had my blood work done yesterday and then this week my MRI then Mr. Hillcrest and I go to Brigham and Women's is where we go and speak to the Doctor and set a date to have my lump removed and it will be done at Brigham and Women's then if I need treatment(PRAYING THAT I DON'T) then I go to Dana- Farber in Boston. I have a notebook FULL of questions all ready to go!!!! I think you all know Colleen, Baby makes five and she has been a blessing with her supportive emails and even gave me her number so we can talk. Colleen thank you for being there for me!

Again, I thank all of my friends here on my blog that has emailed me their own stories and it has helped me SO much. I am strong and Hubby and I will get through this because with my husband by my side and the Lord in the center of our marriage, we can get through anything. Don't get me wrong I am scared but when I start to think and feel fear I start to pray for the Lord to keep me strong. We need to find a cure for this because the reseach I have done, women are getting younger and younger and getting breast cancer and alot of Doctors are not catching it in time. I told Hubby next year if everything works out I am going to do the 3 day walk for the Susan Komen foundation. My friends did it this past summer and of course we donated  a good amount of money, they raised over $11,000 dollars, WOOOOHOOOO! I am So proud of Sue, Mary and Daine, you girls rocked it out!!!

So, that is something I am looking forward too, if everything comes back okay! There is a reason God puts us through things like this and maybe my calling is to walk the walk and help other women. I have been praying hard about this. I hope I can do this next year!

I thank you all again and have a wonderful week. I am already thinking about Christmas, OH, I do have to tell you about a hard cover book that Hubby ordered me, it is called" An Early Christmas" by Tina Woltman.
I CAN'T wait to get it. I found her blog and that is how I found that she was selling this amazing book! I am VERY EXCITED!!!! So, I have someting to look forward too.!!! I DID THE HAPPY DANCE!! I came back to post Tina's blog so yoou can order this wonderful book.
http://www.earlyamerica1815shoppe.blogspot.com

Till next time my friends,
Give those extra hugs and kisses to the ones
you hold dear to your heart. Life is short, live everyday
to the fullest.

Blessings,
Tricia

A FALL DAY WITH HUBBY!

Hi my Prim Friends,
First I want to thank you all for your for your heartfelt, warm comments. It has meant the world to Hubby and I. I see that I have alot of wonderful blogging friends here and I feel very blessed! I have had a very hard couple of days to say the least so Hubby said lets go and take a ride and I felt a little better and we laughed and held hands like always and we didn't talk about anything but fall time and Christmas coming up.

Here are a few pictures of what we did...

We love to go to Out Post Farm and we bought a homemade turkey pie and we had a YUMMY sandwich that they make there....YUMMO!

We also, bought homemade fresh apple cider. It is a little pricey for a gallon but so worth it.

Here are some pumpkins that we saw...

Look, they even make their own honey, jams, fudge, candy apples all different kinds of pies and much, much more..
Take a look...

Homemade jams..

Next picture is there homemade honey...

Check out this picture, Hubby saw this from inside and I of course ran out and took a picture because it was SO DARN CUTE!!!

I think he was ready to drive his Mom and Dad home!!!!LOL!

An old tractor.

Check out Mr. Hillcrest with the goats, There was one you will see that I think she wanted to come home with him, TOO CUTE. She wouldn't let me pat her but she couldn't get enough of Mr. Hillcrest.

Just a BEAUTIFUL Fall day. I really enjoy the cool crisp air and the smell of fall and I just took it all in and just being with my husband, he makes me feel safe and that everything will be okay!

Then we saw a YARD SALE and look at some goodies we bought....

Look at this old vintage oil bottle and spout. It is stamped 1933 because in those days they didn't have cans. Hubby looked it up and when a driver went to the gas station,they would full this jar from a drum and then you could put the oil in your car.
It is made by a company called Dover.

And here are a few other goodies I picked up...

I love this little desk top, I will find something to do with this for sure.


I really enjoyed myself and I THANK YOU ALL again for your friendships, comments, and wonderful supportive emails. I feel VERY BLESSED to have so many blogging friends from my blog and from the BEST forum around APP to be there for my family!

I really feel the love and I love you all.

Blessings,
Tricia

Sad Post

Hi all my Prims,
I wasn't going to post this because we are very private people but I feel I need too. I have had a lump in my right breast for over a year and a half and it has been growing and every 6 months I go for an ultra-sound and in the shower I felt the lump for myself and  I broke down and cried. My husband said that's it because he felt it as well, call Dana-Farber in Boston and make an appt. which is Nov 9th. The Doctor did get my films and he called me and told me that it does need to be removed and he couldn't believe that my Doctor didn't order an MRI, so that day my husband will be coming with me and the doctor is going to check me and I will be having an MRI and then he said we will be setting a day for surgery because he is removing it. He prepared me on the phone and I really didn't want to hear what he was saying but he said from what he saw on my film and the growth it doesn't look good, but we are going to take one step at a time. My Doctor has been doing this for 40 yrs. and he is such a gentle man and I feel safe with him.
We have Blue cross Blue shield so we have great health insurance.I am asking all my prim friends to be praying for my family and me. We haven't told our sons yet until our appt. and MRI is done and then we will let them now.My breast is sore and the nipple I noticed has a little dent, but I believe in the Lord and the power of prayer and we are praying that the utcome is good news. After they remove it,  they will test it that day and then he said whatever the outcome is we will take the next step. He just couldn't believe after looking at the films that my other Doctor didn't order other tests. He said I am doing the right thing. Ken is taking harder than I am. Ken said I can't live without you and that is when I lost it. The Doctor did say that if the test results come back and thre results aren't good I will need chemo, he just wants to tell me what might happen. He did say that is what he tells all of his patients so I did feel better about that statement.  We are going to Tenn., this up coming summer because we are going to build our dream home or buy our dream home..GOD WILLING.
I am trying hard to stay strong but Ken doesn't cry that easy and the only times I have seen my Hubby cry is when my MIL(MOM) passed away and on our honeymoon night but HAPPY tears. Then this happend and he did break.
My family is everything to me, my Hubby is my BEST FRIEND, MY SOUL MATE and LOVER! I am very blessed to have a wonderful, warm and loving husband and I am very blessed to have 2 wonderful sons that are doing so well in school. Like I said before our oldest is in his second year of College and is getting A's and our youngest is in 11th grade in High School and he is getting A's and  1 Bt...he want to go to the Boston of Arts.
I feel that in this day and age and we did an AWESOME job with our sons and I am proud to be their Mother. I believe that teaching your children starts at HOME, not at school, yes part of that is learning at school but we as parents teach our children about life and right and wrong and peer pressure ect..

These are the reasons that I am staying strong, my FAMILY!

I was hoping if anyone that reads my blog and has been through anything like this could you share your story with me because I feel right now I am the only one, which I know sounds very silly because that is not true.
Instead of posting as a comment you can email me at triciamcn@verizon.net
Thank you all for your support.
Till next time,
Be kind and love each other
and give those extra hugs and kisses to the
one you hold dear.

Blessings,
Tricia

Giveaway,and all different things to show you all!

Hi my Prims, I have a few things to tell you all.
I won a giveaway from Myra and her blog is My Mother's Daughter.
Check out what I won, she made it herself. Myra is a crafty woman!

You guessed it, it is a Dragonfly. Each one is unique in it's own way! My drangonfly was made from a part of an antique chair....80t year old, how cool is that.

Thank you again Myra I love him. Please go check out her blog. You will enjoy it alot!

Now my friend Dana from homespuntreasures we are always doing swaps which we enjoy and Dana got me into couponing and I LOVE IT!!!!!

Here is my PINK binder...Dana has the same one but she has a black one!

It is full of coupons and I have saved SO much.
At CVS I bought over $100.00 worth of produts and I only paid $40.08 and I have done that more than a few times. Dana is a great teacher.
We are saving because in my last post I told you all that Dana and her hubby and my hubby and I are going for a week to Tenn. THIS SUMMER and we are all EXCITED!!!!They are staying with us in our condo and we will be checking out land as well to get ready to build our dream home or buy.

When I go to the market I save at least $50.00 in coupons. I am on a roll.

I buy 4 newspapers and I also print coupons off the computer and you can stack them, it ROCKS on how much I have saved for my family!!! If we won a million dollars I would still coupon even Dana said the same thing.

Here is what I got in the newspaper this weekend...

Here is my slots in my PINK binder..

  Here is some of the things I have bought for almost nothing. The razzor blades Mr. Hillcrest uses are $15.99, and I had a $5.00 coupon and then a CVS coupon for $3.00 and then a $4.00 rewards CVS coupon, WOOOOOHOOOO! Do the math, AWESOME!
The vitiam water were 5 for $5.00 and I got them for FREE!!!!!!!!
Yes, FREE!!!!!!
I think you got the point. Toliet paper, paper towels you name it I save with coupons. Thanks Dana, we are going to have ALOT with all the extra money we are saving to spend on our FABULOUS vacation and we CAN'T wait.

Here is a picture of a few things I bought today...

Our youngest son Matt has a part time job after school and loves it and he picked out two names and they exchange fall goodies and here is what I did for it...

There is candy, silly pens, mittens, pencils and alot of other goodies and Matt said they LOVED what his Mom did!!!!!Matt was a proud kiddo.

Here are some things that I will be putting up on my website shop. Just a tease. I have ALOT of Christmas goodies to put up,when I say ALOT, it is ALOT here are a few more pictures..my favorite are the prim Father Christmas. I do have to say Hubby and I did buy alot for our homestead, remember I LOVE Christmas and will be decorating Nov.1st!!!!!

So I have so much to put up in my website shop, you are going to DROOL!
If you see something right now just email me at triciamcn@verizon.net because I know these are going to go FAST!!!

Well, that is it for now, have a great week.
Till next time be kind to each other.
Love your family and friends and give those extra hugs and kisses.

Fall Blessings,
Tricia