Summer Read

Although our book club meetings are wrapping up for the summer ~ we have one evening left and need to pick our summer read. Now I have tons of books in my "to read" pile and cannot wait to get to the cottage so I can lounge and read all day! I would love to hear your pick for a good summer read....



Would you like to join me? I am sure I can find another chair where that one came from...

Back Door Guests

The old saying that "Back Door Guests ~ Are Best" ~ of course this means that your closest friends will always enter through the back door. The way that our home is now we rarely have back door guests as everyone always come through the front as it is more convenient. I hope that in our new home we can make the back door more inviting and love, love this ~



I also love this as a back entryway ~ isn't it just darling ~



I chose this as a back entry as I hope to have a front porch similar to this ~



All pictures can be found here.

Have a lovely week ~

Just a Swingin'

I have always dreamed of a house with a big sprawling veranda where I could place one of these ~



Curl up with a book and some lemonade....





There was one like this where we had our honeymoon ~ we spent more time in the jacuzzi though than the swing!



Happy Week-end!

He Ain't Heavy ~ He's My Brother

I have had to dig deep the last few days ~ they have been trying and stressful. Funny thing is I have not cried ~ I have come close ~ stay strong ~ bend like a willow in the wind.



This was going to start out as a post about music as I sat here tonight loading my old mp3 player to take to my brother as he is in the hospital. In times of trouble or need ~ music has always been there for us ~ to calm or make you laugh and to always sing along!



We were raised with music ~ Dad: the country bumpkin and Mom: loving the old time rock & roll. A wide variety of music was always played in our house, so we grew up to appreciate it and love it.

My brother Gord's old favorites are 80's hair bands ~ so now I have songs that bring back a smile and a memory of our teenage years ~ and I hope these make him smile and help him heal.

Father's Day

This is my Dad ~ the one that treated me like a princess....



I would say from the beginning ~ I was "Daddy's Little Girl"



So ~ on Father's Day I will honor his memory and think of him just a little bit more than usual ~ oh how I miss him....



In some ways it is hard to believe that it has been 8 years.....

A Sweet Giveaway!

Melanie over at My Sweet Savannah is having a giveaway ~ she is an amazing woman ~ head over and say "Hellooooo"

Prom Night!

My sweet, sweet God daughter Jillian's prom was last night. I worked a 1/2 day and headed out to see all the little princesses in their finery ~ I was NOT disappointed! They were beautiful ~ but the most lovely of them all was:



Now I know I am biased here ~ but look at her ~


The dress was breathtakingly gorgeous!



I got out of my car and she was out front of the house for pictures and I almost started into the ugly cry right there! I dried my tears and posed for one with her and another one of my best girls ~ Lisa ~ sister of the prom princess:



After pictures at the house we went to the university grounds and where the locals call the "swan pond"



Princesses on parade ~ the dresses were all beautiful and the boys looked great all decked out too.

This is Matthew ~ brother of the prom princess:



So off she went in her silver flip flops to dance the night away ~ love you girl!