12.30.2015

Country Roads New Years Day Sale!



 I love to start off the brand new 2016 with a big sale! Each and every year on New Years Day, Country Roads hosts a really big sale! We just want to thank our wonderful customers by offering great stuff at great prices! Country Roads has the best of the best when it comes to our customers! Please enjoy a few pictures that I took today at "the store' as we fondly refer Country Roads as!






























































Country Roads will be open on New Years Day from 10am - 4pm. We sure hope to see many of our favorite customers!  Happy New Year! You all mean the world to us!!


"Let us make our future now and let us make today's dreams a reality"

Malala Yousafzai

12.28.2015

My Dad

Father's Day, time to honor dad and make him special. My dad died a little over three years ago, on Valentine's Day of a broken heart. My mom had passed away a few months prior and I don't think he wanted to live without her. And since today is also my birthday, I wanted to share some pictures of me and my dad! Ernest Everett Moore, but was always known as "Pat", as in Pat the Irishman is what everyone called him. Born in the early 20's, he was like most as he grew up in Joplin, Missouri during those times. He served his time in WWII and always loved telling the story about coming home from Germany on the Queen Mary. He and my mom had something special. I don't know how to describe it, but I never even came close to having it during the 22 years I was married to Mr. Wonderful. He was a family man. Him and my mom bought their first and only home in Long Beach, where I was born and raised. Katie and her family bought the house after my mom and dad had passed away and now are raising their family in the house I grew up in, just a remodeled version of it!It's funny, this picture was taken at my mom's Aunt and Uncle's house also in Long Beach, and very close to where I live now. I've never strayed to far from the "LBC", my hometown. Of course I don't remember hanging out with my dad on our back porch, but I like to think I do. He was the one that kept the "memories" alive in my family. He took most of the pictures, wrote on the backs of them with stories and dates. He was that kind of guy back then. Just a family man that worked for SoCal Edison as a lineman. He got paid every two weeks and on those Fridays my sister and I would go out to dinner with my folks at Heartwell Golf Course coffee shop. And YES, that is still here, close by.When my folks bought their house, it was brand new. Douglas Aircraft had just opened and there were new jobs to be found. My dad planted this magnolia tree in the front yard. The magnolia tree that my sister and I grew up under, the magnolia tree that my three kids played under, and now the tree that Riley plays under and soon her baby brother will join her.
This is one of my very favorite pictures of my dad and me, again taken in our backyard. He really did his part in raising us. He could fix anything and I do mean anything. I remember when I was going to school over at Cal State University Fullerton, I was driving an old VW bug at the time. As I was getting ready to drive home after class, my clutch went out. Not a probem for my dad. He met me at school with a rope in hand. Tied it to some part in the engine and ran it through the driver window. I drove his car home, and he drove mine by using the rope to "shift" since the clutch had gone out. My dad, Mr. Fix It! I have this picture framed in my home, I love it! My sister, Teri and I, were at Pier Point Landing down at the beach in Long Beach with my folks. It's no longer there but was such a cool little place. They had seals, little rides, nothing like the scary Pike that use to be down there! Sadly Pier Point Landing is no longer there. I would have loved to take my grandbabies there! This is a picture of my dad holding Riley for the first time. He was so excited and just kept saying, "your mom would have loved this baby". I've told this story many times before about my mom passing away a few days after Riley being born. My folks had been living in assistant living at the time. My dad saw Riley at her funeral, but none of it registered with him. He had Alzheimer's and was grieving over my mom. He was such a "challenge" to me at the end. The things he did were comical but the messages he use to leave on my answering machine at home were so draining. I would work all week-end, come home from a BSC Sunday and play my messages and hear, "Susan, this is your dad, we have NO cat food, what are we supposed to do, our cats are going to starve to death"! After my dad passed away and my sister and I were cleaning out his room, we discovered cases of cat food everywhere. That was my dad, torturing me to the very end! My dad, Pat the Irishman!It's funny when you've lost your parents and your own kids are grown. I see so much of my dad in Bryce. His appearance, his efforts to fix everything, and the way he loves his little Morgan, just like my dad did with his girls. I know my dad would be SO excited to know Katie is going to have a little boy pretty soon. Our family needs more boys. So, tonight as I go out to dinner with my family for my birthday and Father's Day, I will remember all the good things in my life. What our past has taught us and what our future holds for us. When I got up this morning, I had an email from my sweet "RuFie"! Here's what she sent me: "Life is too short to wake up with regrets~so love the people who treat you right~forget about the ones who don't~and believe that everything happens for a reason and if you get a chance, take it~if it changes your life, let it." Thinking of you today Dad!!

12.14.2015

Baby, It's Cold Outside!



 It really is one of the most wonderful times of the year!  I love the holidays, the decorations, and enjoy spending time with my family and friends.  It's been a bit chilly for those of us that live here in sunny southern California. And I will be the first to admit that I am not fond of cold weather!!  Country Roads is looking so beautiful right now.  Everyone has been working so hard to put together these wonder displays & vingnettes!  And there is beautiful eye candy everywhere you look. Below is just a small sampling of pictures what is in at Country Roads right now.

























I often say that the gift of an antique or vintage item is a very special one of a kind gift! We have plenty to choose from here at Country Roads. We are open daily from 10am to 5pm. We will be open on Christmas Eve Day until 4pm for those of you that may need to do some last minute shopping! And just case you are wondering, we DO have gift certificates! So, with all of that said, I wish you much joy, love and happiness this holiday season!  Take care. 
 
"Gifts of love and time are surely the basic ingredients of a truly Merry Christmas"

Peg Bracken



10.29.2015

A Few of My Favorites




 As I look at the calendar, it is hard to believe in a few days we will have another month behind us!  I always talk about time, and how fast it goes by.  There are days I wish I could slow it down, even just for a little while!! I remember last year, going with my family for our annual visit to Pa's Pumpkin Patch here in Long Beach, on PCH.  It sure doesn't seem like an entire year as passed since then!!  I'm hoping myself and family can break away tomorrow night and get together for one of our favorite traditions that we do every year.  Today 
I wanted to share some of the things that caught my eye at Country Roads. I hope you enjoy them as well.





















As always, I sure hope that you will find some time this week-end to come shop with us!  I know I am prejudiced, but I can never say this enough. . . . we have such a wonderful group of talented people that are a part of Country Roads. I appreciate you all!!

"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the Fall"

F. Scott Fizgerald

9.17.2015

Fall at Home




As much as I love Summer, I have to admit that there is something special about Fall. I think as the weather begins to cool down and the days get shorter, we tend to enjoy being at home a little bit more. I was going to do a blog post today with photos from Country Roads. Well, I forgot to take any pictures the last time I was at CR. So, today these pictures of my home where most of the things I've purchased over all the years have come from Country Roads!  













 
















I love this old heater. I love the architectural detail it has, and it is heavy!  These old iron heaters came from the old Hotel Coronado. I actually have two of them and they are unbelievably heavy!! You never know what you will find at Country Roads. I love the variety of stuff that you will find there. And better yet, my Country Roads family is always bringing in stuff,  so our inventory is always changing. I hope whey you have some time you will stop by and lose yourself shopping in 10,000 square feet of great stuff!  We all hope to see you soon!