I am posting late again, I know!

It was a whirlwind day which ended with a lovely wedding at the ranch of a friend of ours.

This cake topper was PERFECT for this occasion!


I hope your day was as fantastic as mine!
Oh, don't forget to set your clock for spring forward!
Hey, ho...that reminds me...I must go change the time on my coffee pot or the morning could be a disaster!

Fun Friday!

I have had such a fun day!

My sister and brother in law are here!

We drank lots of coffee, had a scrumptious lunch, played a few hours of Rock Band, and laughed a ton!! I did not feel at all like a 40 year old mom of 3.

My brother in law made his famous, size of your palm cookies.
(Mine have salt, his do not. I like the salt...he knows this)

I will not have cookies for supper.


Ohhhhh boy, let me try that again....
I will not have cookies for supper.

What if I just take one little word out of that sentence?

I will not have supper.
Oh wait that was two words.

I am going to seriously try to not eat only cookies for supper...I am just being honest here!

This day begins Spring Break for my kids!
I guess I just wanted you to know that.

I must go eat.
Something.
Hmmmmmmmm.........

Light Pink

Good Morning Blog world!!
I wanted to get my post done early today as I have company in town and will be busy having assorted bouts of fun!!!

I walked outside this morning to put my children on the bus and got completely distracted by the drops of dew on the plants.
I am easily distracted!
I did see my children off, then rushed back in to get my camera!

It is a bit frustrating to imagine how a shot will look, take it in hopes that you are getting that shot, only to come in to load it and see it is not what you had in mind specifically!
That said, I still like this shot! Ha ha.

I wanted a specific drop of dew which didn't cooperate. Who ever heard of such a thing as uncooperative dew?

I am amazed that God made some plants so hearty to make it through several rounds of frost without a single burned out leaf.

How is it that a rose bush can produce such delicate flowers and yet be so NOT fragile?

I suppose God is just cool like that!!
Did that sound irreverent??? I hope not!
You gotta admit, God does plenty of cool stuff!!!

As I was walking my dog I remembered that it was COLOR THURSDAY!!!
Well, I was so excited about the dew I had forgotten.

My daughter chose light pink last week, so pink is where we have to go.
I am sorry.
Me and pink....not so much!!!
Before she was born I determined that purple would be her girlie color of choice.
Huh, funny how that didn't take!
Today I decided to try taking several photos of things the same color to see if I like that route better! If you have a preference let me know!
Pink


Pink



(Gagging a bit)

Pink!!!

This was the doggie treat container that came with Shelby when she arrived with all her worldly goods!
Ick, it makes my stomach turn a bit!!
I can't possibly leave you with that as the last thing in your brain today...let me go look for something else to post....

...be right back!

Ahhhh, yes this will do.
This was not taken today...duh!
But it does qualify in the light pink category!
Did you know the Texas Capitol building is a lovely pink granite?



Oh boy...gotta run again!
Later!!!

Wednesday shots!

I currently have 3 loads of laundry yet to accomplish with a load in each machine and 3 done!!!
Laundry is a full time job!!

I have to leave for Wednesday nite bible class in 7 minutes, so this will be another speedy post.


I made dumplings for the first time today!
We grew up with homemade noodles so I have a good excuse!

I must say I like noodles better, just a preference!

I did a teeny tiny bit of reading today about shooting into the sun.
I had about 3 minutes to give it a try today!
I have been thinking about how to best capture this spider web!

Not perfect, but a good start to a fun idea!

Here is another, even more cropped.


That is it, I gotta run!!

Life on a Tuesday!

Today I saved the world from utter destruction!!!

Okay, not really...in fact I didn't even get any laundry done (didn't do any Monday either, yikes)!

I did get to the grocery shopping though, which was much needed.

I had an overwhelming urge to reach out to a stranger this morning before I got my day going.
The feeling was so strong that I felt like if I didn't do it things would just be wrong and off...

...and my heart wouldn't be right.
Did you ever feel that way??
Did you act on it, or just let the feeling drift off??

So, I made a flying leap and put myself out there, in hopes that what I had to say would be taken the way I typed it.
Hee hee, it was an online, internet leap!

Let me tell you something, it was the perfect right thing to do today!

I want to encourage you to take chances and make leaps and do what your heart is leading you to do....especially if it is a good and Godly thing.

Then, you get to feel like I have all day.
Extra happy with a full out look at your purpose beyond just laundry and groceries and chores, and the daily grind!
Ha ha ha, I know that little above list doesn't apply to everyone, but you get my drift!

And now on to the photo of the day portion of the show.

I wasn't sure if a photo opportunity was going to present itself today so I took this shot of myself in my laugh earrings!!

I dig laughing!

But then, I went out to do my shopping and remembered that my coffee store was changing the logo just for me today!
So, I headed over to get my first newly designed, cup full of joe!!
The young fellow working today was kind enough to let me take a photo of this experience for you!

Mmmmm, coffee! I dig coffee too!

Guess what came in the mail today????
Yes, my friends the first issue of my Food Network Magazine!
That means a recipe is on the horizon, can you smell the anticipation??

Well of course you can't, silly!!!

Monday!

Super fast...here we go!

Our pond was overtaken by tendrils of slime so we evacuated the fish and are cleaning it all out to start fresh!!
We think between the frozen and slimy plant life and the decomposing leaves, the pond just had no chance. We will do better next winter now that we know more.

Oh....
a moment of silence for the plecostomus which was found while cleaning the pond.




(ick!) I am sure he had a great life, while it lasted.

Anyway the fish are back in thier bucket for a few days until we get the water back in the pond and righted!! They are none to happy, let me tell ya!


The snails however seem happy!
Though their numbers are greatly decreased, I did save lots of tiny tiny babies!!

They are in a separate bowl, not pictured here.
Oh boy, I must hurry! Supper must be made.

I went to Lowe's today and got some color for the front yard!!
Do you know there are mostly purples and pinks out right now? That just doesn't suit me, so I had to really search to find oranges and reds.






I also got a little ahead of the game and chose a few tomatoes and peppers!!!!
So very excited about this new project!




Oh, and just for fun...

an onion update!!!
AHHH ha ha ha!
Gotta run!
See ya tomorrow!

Quick Sunday photos

Whoa! Another long and harried day.

But I do have 2 photos for you real quick, then I am off to crash again!
I attended a bridal shower today and these gorgeous flowers were there, they caught my eye...even more than the array of delectable cookies!



And, here is our (poor) Shelby girl. My children wanted her to join in the Mardi Gras festivities that we partook of with our neighbors.

One strand quickly became two and were still on her patient rolly polly neck when I returned 2.5 hours later!!
She wears it well.

More tomorrow!
Goodnight.