Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Wordless Wednesday ~ Going to the Chapel









 



























I l*o*v*e weddings
and we are going to one this week-end
and I am sooo excited!!

I will tell you all about it
on Friday....

Have a fabulous Wednesday!

 

xo























Monday, October 4, 2010

Getting to Know You...

Last week I was tagged by Simone
over at

I just love these things ~ so of course I will play along!

1)  What is your favorite time of the day??

Although I am not really a morning person
I do love grabbing my coffee and sitting on the deck
listening to the birds
taking it all in and preparing for the day ahead

I love lazy mornings at the cottage
or Sunday mornings in the winter
snuggling in bed or on the couch

As for productive times of the day
I can get more done between 7-10 pm than 7-10 am
and yes ~ it runs in the family!

2)  Where and when did you meet the love of your life?

Trevor and I met over 20 years ago ~ actually it is closer to 30 now...
he hung around with my cousin
he was at all our big family functions
weddings, funerals, big celebrations
he was part of the family even then

there was always a spark ~ an interest
but he moved to another city after we graduated
 so we would see each other the odd week-ends over the summers
Easter week-end 1999 my cousin hosted a bonfire at his place
Trev was there
both of us spent the night and stayed up talking for most of it
holding hands...
we met for coffee again the following Friday
and have been together ever since

 

3)  What 3 words would your friends outside the blogging world
use to describe you?

Good heart ~ Dependable ~ Loveable
(I give the best hugs)


4)  What country would you like to visit and why?

I dream of travelling the world
seeing sites I have only seen on TV or in photos

there are parts of the USA I want to go
Vegas is in the planning stages for the spring

I want to explore my own country
take another trip to the west coast as I have been
but Trev has not ~ so to see it through his eyes would be spectacular
Africa for a safari would be on the wish list

but
if I could only pick one right now
it would be the United Kingdom
I have family in Northern Ireland
and would love to go back
and of course could not go overseas without going to London
to see a very special lady

5)  What is your favorite dish to cook?

I make a mean breakfast
scrambled eggs with all the fixins'
eggs benedict
blueberry pancakes
I am a good brunch girl


for a main dish it would have to be 
my stuffed pasta shells
they are always a hit!


6)  Salt or sugar?

Chocolate is a major food group for me
so I would have to say sugar

I do love my salt too ~ hello chocolate covered pretzels

or Smarties and popcorn
Pure Heaven



7)  What are your must have make-up or beauty items?

Hands down would be my lip balm

I live for lotions & potions
for my face ~ good old Oil of Olay

mascara and a compact



8)  What are your favorite flowers?

Lilacs, Cosmos, Pansies for their little faces
and Wildflowers!




9)  What do you think are your worst vices, honestly?

Smoking
(yes ~ I know ~ I know)
not getting nearly enough exercise
watching way too much TV
and 
spending too much time in front of the computer

that was brutally honest!

10)  At what time of your life were you the happiest and why?

I would like to think right now...

but are we not always looking for something more
something we think is better than what we have
in this moment?
I had a great childhood
memories of camping trips
week-ends spent at my grandparents farm
trips to Ontario
are plentiful

I had young parents ~ they were very involved in our lives
I would not trade it or them
for the world.




So thank you Simone
this one was so much fun to do!

I will pass this along to the following people:


Hope you had a glorious week-end!

Happy Monday!











Friday, October 1, 2010

Friday Thoughts



I think most Friday's
we all tend to do the happy dance

I am a firm believer
that week-ends are for equal amounts of
work & play


today I need some pretty


as I plan to do a bit of work
and then some relaxing over the next two days


I have my mum planted out front
very pretty


would love to pull these off ~ they are gorgeous!



always red ~ my favorite colour


all we need...


and maybe some pretty flowers


and a good book 



maybe I will make some cupcakes
although not quite as pretty as these


~ love this ~


and this...
what a beautiful place to write


if the weather stays nice
maybe we'll go for a walk down this path

if only....

 

I could curl up here on Sunday ~ for the whole day




Last week-end we got the office painted
flooring is on the agenda for Saturday

and if I could only get my baseboards
I could get them stained and installed

hopefully soon....

we have game night on Saturday with the
best neighbors ever

then Sunday afternoon fun with some girlfriends
I know we will have a ball!
Thank you for all your wonderful comments this week

I have been a very bad bloggy friend as I have not been around
much at all ~ but please know that I will be
and will let you know when I do stop by.



Have a wonderful week-end!

mwah!