The Blog Party!

My Country Roads family are now all home from their week in Warrenton. As we all know, I really wanted to go, but there is always the Spring. The one event I really wanted to attend was the Blog Party that Theresa, from Garden Vintage Antiques, hosts each year. Gloria took the pictures, so at least I got to "see" everyone having fun. I emailed Malisa, my Texas buddy, these pictures so I could get some of the names correct. Above is Margaret and Ted at Magnolia Pearl. I have known both of them forever. Ted is married to Gloria and Margaret was one of my very first dealers at Country Roads when the store opened in January of 1993. My CR Girls, from left to right: Lisa, Jeannie, Gloria, Pat, and Margaret.More of my CR Girls, and yes, Tim is included in that category!!Here is a picture of Theresa and Gloria at the Blog Party. Here's another picture from the Blog Party. I saved the best for last. This is Cher with TOT at the party. Cher is a really cool person, seriously! Here's Cher and Gloria together. I was happy Gloria got a chance to meet Cher. Let me tell you, Cher has a wicked sense of humor even in the worse of times and she is a BIG lover and fan of the Bush Family!! And Cher has a heart the size of Texas! Thanks for the pictures Cher, and keep fighting the fight because you my friend, are going to win!! I hope I see all of you in the Spring and glad you all had fun and hope my Country Roads family was on good behavior!! When I have time (some of us have to get out the door to open the store), I will insert links to all these great Texans blogs! Thank you all for be so nice to my Country Roads family, I appreciate it as do they!!

My Country Roads Family "Doin" Warrenton!

Thanks to Gloria, I too get to "do" Warrenton through pictures. The picture above is my very favorite as you see from left to right; Gloria, Tim, and Debbie. The reason it is my favorite is because there Debbie is, who I have gotten to know through the blogging world, with two of my good friends. It really is a small world after all. Thanks Debbie for posing with my buddies!


Here's Tim smiling with a treasure he's found. And I can tell you as he is smiling for the camera, his brain is racing as he thinks what he is going to make out of this.


Our Country Roads "girls"! From left to right are Lisa, Gloria, Jeannie, Pat, and Margaret. And of course the one's having a great time with "wine in hand" are Lisa and Margaret. You go girls!!

"Come on Lisa, just say cheezzze one more time so Gloria can take the picture"!!

Here's my "fancy girls", all dressed up and having the time of their lives. What you can't "hear" in this picture is all the giggling that I know is going on! They are just too cute when they get together!


This is a picture of "Tim & the Girls"! Margaret is trying to fool us by hiding wine in a water bottle! See, even I can tell and I'm only looking at a picture!I'm not sure who this beautiful display belongs to. Gloria forgot to tell me. But what amazes me is this awesome display is set up in a tent! Maybe I should post it in my store for a handful of my dealers that don't understand the importance of "display"! When Gloria returns home, I'll have more pictures of the awesome displays she took on her camera. I'm hoping that Gloria makes it to the Blog Party tonight so I can see some more pictures of my Texas girlfriends. Have fun everyone!!