~I REMEMBER ALL MY LIFE...OH MANDY...~

~MR. DREAMY HIMSELF~

Mr. Barry Manilow

 On Saturday my Mr. AGPMan and I attended a concert here in OKCity by the incredible Mr. Barry Manilow.  My guy and I were both blown away by his presentation and how absolutely GREAT his performance was.

 

~TOO HAPPY TO SPEAK~ 

In a few days (I Googled it because I was curious) he will be 69 years old and he sings just as good as he did

35 years ago...

~BEING TOTALLY CRAZY~

I've been to tons of concerts in my lifetime (from Paul McCartney to Bon Jovi to the Carpenters) and I have to tell you Mr. M's concert was in the top five.  Honestly...it was better than great!

 ~YOUNG LOVE...MR. AGPMan & I - 1978~

I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that his music was crazy popular when my Mr. AGPMan and I were dating and there wasn't one of his old songs we didn't know.  He tossed in a couple of new tunes that were equally as wonderful...

The show was fun, clean and sooo romantic!

~A DUET with HIMSELF~

The highlight of the night for me was when he sang the his #1 hit song, Mandy.  On the huge screen behind him was a vido/TV clip playing his debut from 1973 when he was on The Midnight Express.  Incredibly he sang a duet WITH HIMSELF that brought down the house.  The entire thing gave me chills.  He was SOOOO YOUNG and handsome and I'm sure could never have dreamed then that because of technology he'd one day perform with his younger himself...  The entire experience was amazing.  Loved every second of it.

NOTE TO DENISE A:

YOU WERE RIGHT, MISS FANILOW!

MR. BARRY DID NOT DISAPPOINT!

I'M NOW A FANILOW, TOO! :)

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I'll be in and out this week as I'm going out of town to visit my sister in Nashville in a few days.  I'm excited about shopping and junking and helping get her new shoppe, PLANTATION WHITE, off the ground.  More about this soon!

Hope your day is wonderful!

Love to you...

~MR. DREAMY and OLD PINK ROSES IN THE TRASH~

Early this past Spring one of my long time friends called me to tell me she was coming to town.  After chatting for a few minutes she said she found something in storage she wanted to have hand painted with roses  She went on to say she'd purchased the piece many years before and it no longer fit in with her decor.  She actually had some choice words to say about the piece and went on to lament how much she had grown to absolutely hate it.

After describing the piece to me I told her to bring it over and I'd giver her a price to repaint it.

Well...when she walked in the door carrying the vintage hamper you see above I couldn't contain my laughter...nor could she!  The piece she was WHINING to me about was a something I'd painted for her back in 2003.  I nearly fell on the floor in hysterics when I saw it...  We giggled for over an hour...not kidding!

ARE THOSE SUPPOSE TO BE ROSES????

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

I haven't repainted the old hamper yet, but I'm going to soon!  Those roses look like piles of HAY to me!  ARGH!

Today I met one of my Oklahoma bloggie friends down at my booth space so she could pick up a special order.  Since I FORGOT (WHAT?) my camera I won't tell you who she is...I'll let her share with you if she so desires.

Anyway, she found this amazing fireplace screen and it was a fun piece to repaint....

Today I'm thinking CHANGE IS GOOD!

My Mr. AGPMan is taking me to see Mr. Barry Manilow tonight and I'm more than excited.

My friend Denise from

All Over Roses

  is a huge fan of Mr. Dreamy and has seen him in concert a gajillion times.  I told her I was going to stand up in the concert and scream out:

MY FRIEND DENISE IS IN LOVE WITH YOU

MR. MANILOW!!!

 (I may do it, too!)

This is my first time to hear him in person even though I've loved his music for years.  No yellow ribbons in my hair...but maybe PINK!

Love to you...

~LET'S EAT WHITE CAKE~

We have a birthday celebration in our family and tomorrow my children, their spouses, my Miss K and my Mr. AGPMan and I will gather together inside my La Chaumière de Briarwood and eat cake!

 Now...as crazy as it may sound there are more

WHITE CAKE LOVERS

in my family than

CHOCOLATE CAKE LOVERS

(much to my hubby's dismay!)

and so in the morning I'll be baking a

FRESH WHITE CAKE

in honor of my beautiful son-in-love, Micah's,

28th birthday!!!

He truly has become my second son!

I've mentioned to you before how much I love the vintage Woman's Home Companion Cookbook my mother gave me years ago!  I go to that amazing 60 year old recipe filled book for nearly everything.  

Today I'm sharing with you a recipe first published in 1941 (my cookbook edition is from 1955) for our family's favorite non-chocolate cake!   It is soooo yummy and it's fabulous with most any icing! 

WHITE CAKE

Cake Flour, 2 cups

Baking powder, 3 teaspoons

Salt, 1/2 teaspoon

Shortening, 1/2 cup

Sugar, 1 1/4 cups

Egg whites, 4

Vanilla, 1 teaspoon

Milk, 2/3 cup

Sift Flour; measure; add baking powder 

and salt, sift again.

Cream shortening; add sugar gradualy;

cream together until light and fluffy.

Add unbeaten egg whites and beat thor-

oughly; add vanilla.

Add dry ingredients alternately with the

milk, stirring only enough after each addi-

to blend thoroughly.  Do not beat.

Pour into 2 greased 8-inch layer pans.

Bake in a moderate over (375 degrees F)

about 25 minutes.

When cool frost with your favorite icing!

EAT and ENJOY!

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I'm back in my studio today painting more old finds.  I'm FINALLY getting around to finishing up some things I started many, many moons ago.  

See the vintage pink rose cake cover at the top?  Well...I base painted it back in 2010!  OH MY GOSH!  I think I'm a little behind in finishing some projects, don't you?  Finally added the hand painted pink roses last night and it's going on my website today!!!
(Yippeee...now it's SOLD!).

Better late than never!

My friend, Sandi, over at Rose Chintz Cottage
 has been featured in Romantic Homes.  I'm sooo excited for her and hope you'll pop over to her sweet sight and say
CONGRATS!  Beautiful lady...if you don't know about her or her bloggie you are in for a real treat!

Love to you...