Chit Chat Shoppe Has Moved to New Blog Come Visit

Hi Ya'll, and Welcome to Chit Chat Shoppe! Glad you stopped by to see the announcement that I have been putting on all my pages here with my LilacsNDreams Blog! Whew! I am getting me some finger cramps too!:) Due to some circumstances...long story, by as of Monday, May 7th I have been working on my new blog that I started then. Wasn't sure what would happen to this one when I got blocked out, and no guarantees of having it reinstated. 

So, I started a new blog right away, been announcing it everywhere, and to everyone too. Trying to get the word out to all who were following me here as well. You can click on LilacsNDreams which will take you right over to the new blog, or you can also click on LilacsNDreams2.blogspot.com as well. When you land there you will see the tabs with all the pages I have set up for you to visit with. Oh, yeah...if you forget to click on the addys just click one of the tabs at the top of the page, and you should be taken directly over to one of the new blog pages too. Neat, huh? Hope I did it right, and it works as I have been testing. 

I apologize for any inconvenience this has been to anyone. Thanks so much for understanding, and I hope to see you all again. Best of luck to you, take care, and have a wonderful day everyone! See you at the New Blog!:)

 

Chit Chat Caffee Shoppe Gathering

Chit Chat Caffee Shoppe Gathering.

Hello, and Welcome to Chit Chat Caffee Shoppe everyone! Bear with me if you will. As time goes along with this page you will see me using maybe some different words, referring to this page with some different words/names, and so on. I guess I am in the mood for some slight changes, researching the internet to try very hard to make some things unique, and comforting to work for others as well too. There is soooo much out there in blogger land with unique names, and words being used! I have enjoyed some of the wonderful ideas I have had, and have also enjoyed seeing others liking the same things, and using it too. It has been an experience to see how others also are creative, and what they do with words. Pretty good pass time to experience for a day...let me tell you!:) 

This is one of many pages I have with my main blog of LilacsNDreams. I enjoy blogging, working with my blog, showing links to stores where I sell, showing pictures of things offered and have sold, and feel it to be more like a website than just a blog too. I have pages where I try to share different things, and different interests from me that others also like. Trying to have a lil bit of something for many different people. With this page I would like it to be a place where it is about nothing in particular. Just stopping by to visit, maybe share something that was heard of or just learned, share an experience, share something about your day, maybe stopping by with your cup of joe to get a pick me up for a bad day you are having, a place to journal, and.....just a place to chit chat and shoot the breeze with other fellow bloggers, and roamers of the internet. I don't know, but it's kind of nice to step away from business, crafting, listings, and such for just a few minutes to get a breath of fresh air, and to focus with something else for just a bit, don't you think?

I hope you got the idea of what I am trying to make this page about, and can understand my ramblings...I can get excited, and carried away sometimes....LOL:) For now this page is Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe, but I am working on trying to change it just a little bit....Chit Chat Caffee Shoppe, Chit Chat Caffee Joint, Simply Chit Chat, Just For Chit Chat, and so on, and so on. Trying to find something a little bit unique, and to make it into my own.....notice I said trying:) Chit Chat is very commonly used, but I so do like the idea of it too!:)

Thanks for visiting with Chit Chat Caffee Shoppe again everyone. Hey, if you have any suggestions...please share them!:) Would love to hear what others think, and get a little bit more input with this too. Ya'll take care, and see you again soon. Toodles...........

 

Happy Easter Chit Chat Bloggers

Happy Easter Chit Chat Bloggers!

I will be in, and out doing things with my listings for sale...trying to anyway. So, while I was here on my main blog page I thought I would drop by, and wish you all a HAPPY EASTER!! So far looks like it will be a good day here. I know many will be with family, friends, people we have met, maybe helping with shelters, and some will be alone too. In some way I hope all of you are able to enjoy this Holiday, and it's meaning as well too. I wish you all well, and take care. Have a Happy Day everyone...  
                                                            HAPPY EASTER!!

 

Good Day Fellow Bloggers With Chit Chat Shoppe

Hello Everyone, and so happy to see you visiting Chit Chat Shoppe! I know, I know...been MIA quite a bit lately. I am so so very sorry for that too. I have been dealing with priming, and painting some rooms upstairs....but first cleaning up after some contractors before I can do some of the work. Then, dealing with a garage I have not used all winter for my car, but wanting it with weather changes, and possible storms. Yeah, more issues with contractors. They started outside the house with siding, and 2 porches in November. From there they came inside the home to work in rooms upstairs...new bathroom, new closets, new walls in 1 spare room, and so on. Here it is the 1st part of April, and jobs not done yet. Priming, and painting is being done so they can finish the bathroom with the floor, fixtures, stool, and etc. No beds, and no closets to use since January, and it is getting old. Talked few times with son of landlord, and the last time told him a fire needed to be lit under someone's bootie.  Also, been walking around house, and garage picking up nails, screws, and scraps in order to prepare for mowing the yard soon.

2 days after the call to the son the scaffle was gone outside with all 3 ladders that had been pulled up from the yard...they sat there all winter. My garage is cleaned out, organized, I can park my new car in there, and still able to walk around the garage. Finally! Now, to get this upstairs done. What fun, right? I think not. But, not my property, we have lived here almost 4 years, and the landlord is great! It's these contractors being used that I am not approving of. But, what's a girl to do, right?

Well, now that I have shared some life events.....I do really hope all of you are doing better than me. Hopefully you are in areas to enjoy this wonderful weather we have been having, and with the seasonal change into spring. I always like this time of year. Things are fresh, new, coming back to life, and it feels good!:)

Thanks so much for visiting with Chit Chat Shoppe everyone. Good to see you, and always welcome to drop by. Please feel free to share, comment, and make a note if you will too. Remember to say Hi so that I know you visited, and can hop on over to see you as well. Take care, and see you all again soon. Toodles..............

 

Chit Chat Shoppe Sharing Valentines Day Cheer

Chit Chat Shoppe Sharing Valentines Day Cheer. Welcome to Chit Chat Shoppe everyone! Here is to wishing everyone a super day. Are there plans with someone special, will you be sharing lunch or supper with someone, any big plans? This note is wishing all of you with plans, without plans, and just having a special moment a wonderful Day/Evening! Take care, enjoy, have fun, and be safe everyone!:)

Welcome to Chit Chat Shoppe With Blog Blogging

Welcome to Chit Chat Shoppe in Blog Blogging! Glad to have you visit with me during this time. WOW! Wednesday, 1st week of 2nd month in year is gone, and right now time has kind of been moving this way a little bit. How about with you? It has gotten cool again for us in our area of living, but so nice and sunny, and No Snow! I can handle that one, and so can the body too!:) 

Unfortunately, time still gets away from me a bit yet. I am working on schedules for me during the week so I can become more organized. I have not fulfilled my goal with it, but have honestly been working with it, and trying. Hopefully soon I get a feel for a schedule, and get a rythmn that works for me. 

Trying to keep this short for everyone, but wanted to stop by and say Hi. I wish you all well, hope it is being a good day to you, and Happy Hump Day Everyone! Take care, and see you again soon. Till the next time.....Toodles!:)

 

Good Morning Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe Visitors

Good Morning Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe! Glad to have you stopping by everyone. Hope you had a wonderful evening, and are ready for this great weekend! It's a big weekend with it being Super Bowl weekend. Any plans? Will you be watching the game, seeing it with friends, by yourself, celebrating, and all of that fun stuff. If so, enjoy and be safe everyone. Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to say Hi so that I can come visit with you too. I wish you all well till the next time. Take care everyone, and see you again soon. 

 

Closing of Picnik and Petition Being Signed to Google

Closing of Picnik and Petition Being Signed to Google. 

Hello, and Welcome to Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe! Glad to have you here. Make sure to say Hi so I can come by to visit with you also.

Have you heard the news? The one about Picnik Closing. How sad! I use them all the time to do some quick edits of pictures, maybe add some text on the pictures, a frame, and so on. They are free to use, have a paid premium, are so darn easy to use, no understanding of software, no reading to understand the software, and just go in, zip through, and you are done. Now...that is soon ending. Google had taken Picnik over in 2010? Seems like an eternity ago, not sure on definite time it happened, but things went pretty smooth after that transaction too. Now, this announcement along with you being referred to Google Plus to do your editing. When they say this I am assuming it is Picasa that they are having you use since their albums are with them. Can't do nearly there what you could with Picnik. So, for those you would like to see maybe keeping Picnik around a bit longer, here is the announcement that came to my email. Feel free to read it, and continue on with signing the petition if you wish as well. 

Wishing you all a super weekend! Thanks for visiting my Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe page with this main blog. Take care, and see you again soon. 

	Official Announcement: Picnik is closing Since joining Google in 2010, we have been creating editing magic in Google products while continuing to keep Picnik awesome. But now we get to focus on even awesomer things. Picnik will be closing on April 19, 2012. Your photos liberated Amazing photos are created in Picnik, so we have launched a new feature, Picnik Takeout, that easily downloads your photos to your desktop in convenient zip files. You may also elect to copy your photos to Google+ where you can store and share your creations. You may request your photos at any time and use this handy tool as many times as you like until our closing date of April 19, 2012. Learn more. Premium Refunds To our primo Picnik Premium members, we'll begin processing a full refund of your current membership fee within a week of this announcement. By "in full" we mean the whole darn thing. Yep, this means even if you are on your very last day of an annual membership, we will refund you the entire $24.95. Just because we want to say thanks. Now the Good News - Free Premium for ALL! To express our gratitude for your support over the past 5 years, Picnik Premium is free for everyone! Use Picnik in all of its premium glory, for free, from now until our actual closing day. Touch-up, Textures, Advanced, and more are all free for you to use! We have been incredibly proud of building a product that is used and beloved by so many of you. We continue to be amazed and humbled by the photos you create and we are immensely grateful for all of your support, creativity, and passion. We are excited by the photo-editing fun we have already brought to Google products, like Google+, where you can find many of your favorite Picnik effects in Creative Kit. We encourage you to visit Google+ and give it a whirl. Please visit the Help Hub for more information on our wind down, and check the Picnik blog for updated information on our April closure. It's been awesome, Team Picnik

Welcome to Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe Blog Page

Welcome to Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe Blog Page! Glad to have you here, and happy that you could stop by for a visit, and a virtual cup of coffee. It's cold here, and the coffee is good to keep us warm right now. Although it is evening here, and I will probably make some hot cocoa I found in the cupboard, and maybe a few mini marshmellows too. Hmm...and warm!

Here we go into the weekend, and we have gotten through our second week of the year too! Whew! Time just flies sometimes, don't it? Soon we all will be rushing to get our taxes done, and preparing for the change of the season too. Hopefully it comes a bit sooner this year than it did last year. Would be nice with the great winter weather we have been having so far here. 

Well, I wanted to stop by, say Hi, and share a cup of joe with ya'll. Thanks again for visiting with Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe. Stop by anytime, there is always a cup sitting to be drank. Make sure you say Hi too. Then, I can stop on by to visit with you also. When you can, make sure to visit my other pages I have created with my blog too. Thanks again, and see you again soon. Happy Weekend!

 

Good Morning Bloggers and Blogland and Chit Chatters

Good Morning Bloggers and Blogland, and fellow Chit Chatters! Welcome to Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe page for LilacsNDreams. So happy to see you dropping by. Hope everyone had a super Christams, and a great Happy New Year! Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to their new year, and it has been good this first week. WOW! First week of the new year 2012 has already come to us, gone by, and we are into another week. Time just flies don't it? LOL:)

I have been roaming my stores, moving inventory from one to another, busy with things around house with all the workers here, and some days having a hard time keeping up. This weekend was quiet, nice out, moved things down stairs to make room for workers, boxed some things for donations, and then delivered the donated items. I know as time goes along I will probably change my mind about some items to keep, and donate them. Just a wonderful circle of the Yes, and Nos..LOL:) 

Hope this finds everyone doing well, and having a great morning enjoying your Cup of Joe, or drink of choice. Well, it is late, and I have yet to get some sleep. But, I can honestly say Good Morning to ya'll. Have a beautiful day everyone, and thanks again for visiting and Chit Chatting with Me. See you again. 

 

Merry Christmas Bloggers and Webiste Visitors

Merry Christmas Bloggers and Website Visitors!

It's Thursday, and the BIG day is almost here....CHRISTMAS! I want to wish everyone well for this special day. I hope that everyone has some where to go, some where to be, someone you can share this day with, or some where that you might go to share the seasonal joy with others. Have fun, enjoy, and be safe everyone. 
                                      MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

Happy Holidays to All Have a Cup of Joe

Hello, and Welcome to Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe. How is everyone doing? Hope all has been well with all of you! Busy, busy, busy time of year isn't it? Days are getting shorter, and not just enough time to get it all done. Friday I was running around trying to take care of home, me, son, hubby, and a sister who likes me when she needs something....LOL:) Normal family life, right? Then, after doing some of those things trying to take care of me, and my stores that I am selling with online. Not only am I trying to narrow my inventory, but I also trying to find time to repurpose some projects I have here looking at me too. I have some pieces done that need finishing touches of ribbon, some mod podge, paper, and so on. Just not enough time in the day right now. 

So, to relax a little bit on Friday with running I grabbed me a Spiced Chai Tea, and loved it! Hmm, Hmm, Good! Warm, just enough flavor, and hit the spot as I drove down the road again. 

Hope ya'll are ready for the holidays....they sure are coming fast this year! Thanks for visiting my Chit Chat Page, and hope to see you again soon. Take care everyone, and be safe. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!

Good Morning Good Evening Havin a Cup of Joe

Good Morning Good Evening Havin a Cup of Joe. Welcome to the Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe. Glad to see you here, and that you could stop by for a visit too. 

I have to know...how is the weather where you are? Here, it has been cold, and yes it is winter time now. No snow yet...hoping that holds off for a while, but cold it has been. We have had some really nice sunny days, and thankful for that. It helps with the contractors that started on the house the week of Thanksgiving. 

They showed up on Monday, and started by taking the siding off the house and the garage, put a smaller window in an upstairs room that will be converted to a bathroom soon, closed off a door in our bedroom...there is no porch to step out onto, at the last minute decided to cut a whole in living room wall and added 2 new windows there, have the frame work for a porch on the front of the house, put a new door at the entrance to the house and a porch will also go there, and a new entrance door was added to the garage as well. Whew! 

Got wood in the yard to put up on the house, got the rolls of insulated plastic waiting to go on the house, and finally the siding can go on. But....with it being sooo cold at night would sure be great to have that insulation put on the exterior of the house...like yesterday. Know what I mean?:) Hopefully tomorrow they can maybe start. It's been a bit drafty in here at times. For now windows will get caulked, and then this spring some new windows are being considered too.

Ok, time to go warm my hands a little bit now. I do thank ya'll for stopping by, and checking on things. Don't forget to leave a note saying Hi so I know you were here. Also, when roaming check out my other pages I am working with on my blog too. Just click one of them tabs up there, and away you will go. Thanks again everyone, and see you again soon. Take care......

Good Morning from Chit Chat Coffe Shoppe for LilacsNDreams

Good Morning, and WELCOME to Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe! Hope you got a good strong cup of joe in your hand, and ready for the day! Ummm....I have not been to bed yet, and if I don't get there soon, I might just look like that little guy above....yikes! That is scarey. 

We are now going into the weekend, and I hope all of you will be able to enjoy it with all you have planned, or intend to do. I never make plans anymore. Hubby gets home for 1-2 nights out of the weekend, and is gone again. Little while longer, and schedules will soon change again. That means winter is here at that time, or on it's way...urgh! I so do not like the snow anymore!

Anyway, maybe later today...Friday....I can sneak away for a bit, and get some thrifting done for a few pieces/items to work with. Got the glue, should get a little more paint and some primer, AND some mod podge too. Got some ideas for that use too. Anyway, visit my other blog pages from the top tabs when you can. See what is being shared with those, pictures, and of course the links to everything for me too. Thanks so much for visiting. Take care, and Happy Weekend Everyone!:)

 

Good Morning With LilacsNDreams Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe

Good Morning Everyone, and Welcome to LilacsNDreams Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe! Glad to see you here, and look forward to hearing from you as well. 


Busy, busy, busy for many right now. Last minute vacations, the rush for school shopping, preparing for getting kids started with school, and also preparing some for their next step they are taking in life with going to college. 


Past couple of weeks I have been slowly working on repurposing some products that I have gotten from thrift stores, found at sales, or some of it comes from some of my own inventory of things too. I have been enjoying myself with this as it will be a new step for me to add with my sales of vintage, and collectibles that I have done since 2004. I am nervous, and also excited as I am enjoying what I am doing, and hope things work out for all of it too. There are so many talented people out there doing this, and I only hope I can do as well as some of them have done for themselves too. 


When you have a chance, visit with my other pages at the top of here. Visit Thrift Store Junkies....where I try to show pictures of items I have come home with, or maybe have at home. Then, visit with Second Time Treasures where I try to show you pictures of before, and after of some of the projects I have completed and worked with lately. I have titled my pages pretty much according to the topic that will be on that page. Giving you a little of a variety for when you visit with me. Clicking on the Home tab takes you to the beginning of my blog, and how I originally started with LilacsNDreams. 


Thank you all for visiting with me today, and wishing you all a wonderful Friday!:) Have a sweet weekend, enjoy, and have fun. Till the next time my dear friends....Be Well!:)

Welcome to LilacsNDreams ChitChat Coffee Shoppe Blog

Good Morning everyone, and Welcome to LilacsNDreams Chit~Chat Coffee Shoppe page! Glad to see you here, and enjoy you visiting with us all here too. I wanted to remind everyone that on the right side of this page is My Blog Pages to Visit list. Due to circumstances with blogger, and what they meant by the 10 pages they allow, misleading is what is was. Anyway, like many other bloggers I have made another way to have the pages I wanted, how I wanted them, and to make them that everyone could interact with the pages. I wanted to work with more than the static pages blogger offered, and so that everyone would be able to share, and comment with things too.

When you get a chance, visit with some of the different pages I have done so far. I have been working so that not everything is on one page, gets boring for some, and of course gets too winded....as we all know I can be sometimes...LOL:)

Thanks for visiting with the Chit~Chat Coffee Shoppe page. Hope you enjoyed, and wishing you all a great day! I hate to run, but I have not been to bed yet, and need to get a little bit of sleep before coming back to work on my blog again. Take care my blogging friends!:)

Welcome to Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe A Place to Gather

Hello, and Welcome to Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe, A Place to Gather. 

Well, I hope everyone had a great weekend, and was able to enjoy all if not most of it. It wasn't too bad here. Always hard when a holiday falls on a Monday because to me, the rest of my week is always off then. My days are off, I lose track of the time, the days, and so on. Sometimes, feels like I am playing catch up....which has happened this week. Our one child is out of the home, has a daughter, and is married. But, sure has me on my toes with last minute babysitting all the time, I need help running here, I need help running there, and I honestly am feeling very worn out this week from her. Her husband don't seem to care, and well....let's not get into it here about him, ok? LOL:)

I just posted one of my weekly posts to my Home blog page. I hope to get some more blogs added to my Sharing the Blog Love page, and everything else I can do I hope to accomplish tonight. Have to see what the night will allow me to do:)

Thanks for stopping by to visit with my Chit~Chat Coffee Shoppe page on my blog. Nice to have you, and feel free to share, and comment here as well. Till the next time...Take Care. 

 

Chit~Chat Coffee Shoppe

Hello everyone, and Welcome to the Chit~Chat Coffee Shoppe!:) For me it is late night here, and by the time you get to this hopefully you have got a cup in your hand, and are sipping away, and enjoying. Great way to wake up, and start your morning, right? 

I wanted to mention a blog I read today. The woman inspired me even more with thoughts, and ideas I had been working on. In her own way she let's you know that you can still do what you desire, enjoy it, and be inspirational to others as well. When you can, visit Shop Keeper 508 blog. I enjoyed my visit this morning, and hope you will too. 

Well folks, by the time you read this, the 4th of July weekend will be started for some, and almost started for some. I wish ya'll a beautiful, fun, exciting, enjoyable, and a safe weekend!:) I hope everyone has some where to be, someone to be with, or are able to get out to do something. Take care, and enjoy!:)

(Chit~Chat)

BBQ, Grilling, Recipes, Food

BBQ, Grilling, Recipes, Food . . . . It's Tuesday, 4th of July is closer, and I was thinking of this today. What do I need to get at the store, food, what do we want to grill out with, and what salads should I make, and . . . making me hungry!:)

So, if you are at home, or even visiting with your family and friends . . . Will you be grilling? Cooking in? What will be served on your tables for the holiday meal? I was thinking some chips, potato salad, maybe a fruit salad, and soooo many choices! I have to think of this when I am not hungry . . . LOL:)


If you have a traditional recipe that you use, feel free to share it here. Share with us what will be served for your holiday meals. Thanks for stopping by the Chit~Chat Coffee Shoppe everyone. Hope you enjoyed the visit. Stop by anytime to read, share, leave a comment, and all of that. Have a super Tuesday everyone!:)

4th of July Holiday Weekend Among Us

Fourth of July Holiday Weekend Among Us! So, let's get this party started with my 1st actual posting to this new blog page I have done for my Main LilacsNDreams Blog!

You know, we waited, and waited, and waited for summer to be here. For the warmer weather, for things to bloom, and winter took so long leaving use it felt like. At least in our neck of the woods here it did. Now we are dealing with flooding, rains, and some light storms. With that has been some cooler weather at night. I looked at the calendar, and realized we are into our last week of June! That means, next weekend is the Fourth of July already! 

Where has this month gone? Where did all the time go? Mother nature is just not giving us a break to enjoy the season by rushing it by us so fast. We had plans for the weekend ourselves here. Was going to be out of town since hubby gets a long weekend. But, with them falling behind on this job, and trying to get things done, our weekend plans might not consist of so much now. 

We will still enjoy the weekend. We will still get some fire works to play with, and watch the grand baby enjoy them. Yes, we are still like kids at heart ourselves when it comes to some things. Gotta enjoy the time we have, and every holiday deserves to be celebrated. So, that is what is happening with us so far. What plans have you made, and will you be able to do anything?

Thanks for visiting with my new blog page, and hope you will enjoy the visits. Stop on by anytime, have a good read, share with us here, and all are welcome. Take care everyone!:)