Tuesday 4 and Other Delights!

Here's some things that have brought some "delight" to my days:

This Amaryllis plant that I just planted last week from a bulb in a box/kit:

Yes, it already has three blossoms, and I think there might be one more hiding in there:

Amazing! Delightful!

And today, when we took our usual morning walk, I was shocked to see these wild plum trees are already blooming!  I guess because we had such a warm spell the last few weeks they thought it was spring!

I just hope that doesn't mess up its fruit development! 

But aren't these little blossoms so delightful?

Now, talking about something to really bring you some joy and delight...

You might want to check out Lily Grace's Latest Adventure: Jingle Bells! 

I must apologize for not keeping up with the Tuesday 4 earlier today, and I am way behind in keeping up with my friends' posts and comments.  I've been dealing with a little bit of "illness" this past week...had an apparent flare up of diverticulitis and had to go on some strong medicines...which actually caused me to have a worse problem so I had to quit taking it...and I go back to the Dr. tomorrow to figure out what's going on. I am actually starting to feel better, but not totally...so we shall see what we shall see. The only funny part of this whole episode was last week when the Dr. prescribed these medicines for me, "cipro and flagyl"...all I could hear in my mind was my dear mother in law saying those two names with such disgust and disdain! She had to take them quite often for the same problem, and she absolutely hated to even hear the names of those medicines...but it kind of became a family joke about "Nanny and her cipro and flagyl".  She was quite the character and made everything more "interesting" with her reactions and expressions.  Anyway, I told my Dr., "Oh No! I'm becoming my mother in law!" and had a good laugh.  I'm sure I'll be fine...just need to watch what I eat...and you know how hard that it around the holidays!

So anyway, here's the Tuesday 4 for this week. I'm not sure I have much to share on this one, but I'll give it a try.

Tuesday 4: Linens and Things.. January White Sales
Each week we offer 4 questions for you to ponder, think over, blog about or ignore if you like! We keep up the tradition begun by Toni Taddeo!

Here are this week's..... all about January Linens.

1. White month is in January when towels, sheets and household goods go on sale. Do you replace old sheets and towels each year? If not when?  No, I don't replace old sheets and towels each year. I wish I did, and I wish I could. But has anyone priced linens lately? It would take a pretty good "White Sale" to make them affordable again.  I replace them when they wear out.

2. How many sets of sheets and towels do you feel a household need and how often should they be changed on the bed and on the bathroom towel rack? Well, I think you should have at least two sets of sheets per bed, and at least two or three sets of towels per person times the number of bathrooms you have. I probably have more than that, but I also have a lot of old towels that could probably be used for rags.  I change the bed linens once a week, and I wash our bathroom towels, dish towels, etc., every other day. If we have guests in the house, they get the best and newest towels.  


3. Do you think the January sales are a bit too close to Christmas when people have spent their money? If you do, what month would be an ideal time to replace linens and things in the home?

It would be nice if they would have "white sales" more frequently than just January. Maybe springtime would be a good time, and then again around Labor Day.


4. There is something so lovely about a linen closet with beautifully folded sheets, towels and blankets. Some place lavender in the closets for a relaxing beautiful scent. What do you do to make your linens nice? Fabric softener? Lavender? Special folds? Of is you linen closet in serious need of some tender loving care right now? I do not have a "lovely linen closet" in one location, but do have closets in our bathrooms where we can keep towels.  The bedsheets I have to keep in our bedroom closets or in a drawer in a dresser. I do love the scent of lavender on sheets...and it's been a while since I gave that much thought or attention since we moved to this house. This has inspired me to pay a little more attention to this subject.  I used to love to hang sheets out on the line in the spring and summer, but I don't have a clothesline here and I miss that. There is nothing sweeter than fresh sheets that were dried on the clothesline.

Here's a post I wrote about that some time ago.   

Here's another post I wrote about this quite a long time ago.  You might enjoy the poem that was included in this post.

Oh, here's a good one about fresh southern scents

Okay, this was fun and delightful! Hope you enjoyed it as well!  And thank you, Annie, for being our hostess with the mostest on Tuesday 4 each week!  

"For the Lord takes delight in his people;

He crowns the humble with victory."

Psalm 149:4 NIV