Festive Foodie Friday!

Happy, happy, joy, joy! It's a 3 day weekend! (4 if you count my boss is off today :-)

1 day of work, 2 days of play!!!

Tomorrow I'll slow-cook this while we work in the yard.

To go with maybe this nice potato salad.

Of course you have to grill for Memorial Day! So I thought I'd grill up some shrimp and mango! Yum!

With some cilantro rice! Maybe a mango margarita to wash it all down with!!!
We're going to have fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun!!! Click on the photo's to get the recipes!
Have a fun filled weekend everybody!!!

I'm a lucky girl

I sit here at work and get paid to see all these pretty things.


Like these awesome flowers from Flora Grubb Gardens. Scroll down to see photo's of a beautiful wedding. OK my wedding was the most wonderful, but this one looks like a lot of fun was had by all!


This is from Poppytalk. One of the best things about summer is I get to decorate an outdoor room!


And one of my all time favorite beadweaving teachers Marcia DeCoster made and posted this stunning necklace!

I love my summer dresses, this ones "On Sale" here!

So I'm lucky I can find beautiful things to look at on the world wide web, instead of looking at this...

my boss! Better yet, it's now warm out so the jacket is off and you get to see his big mid section cause he cut the sleeves out of his t-shirt half way down the sides!
Sorry to do that to you, but you know I love to share!!

Honored once again!

I was fortunate to have one of my pieces featured in this nice blog by Marianna. Go check it out. She has lots of lovely things to show you.

And I just have to mention, if you like to bake, make either/both recipes from last friday, you will not be disappointed!

Fruity Friday...

The raspberries at one of my favorite grocery stores are on sale, and they taste like I picked them off the vines myself! So I think I'll make these from Smitten Kitchen one of my favorite foodie blogs.


I also saw this recipe on TasteSpotting, and I just happen to have a bunch of banana's on the counter as I type :-)

Truth be told I'm making this beacause earlier this week it was actually SUNNY out, and I was at fore mentioned grocery and bought a pint of "dolce de leche" ice cream. Come on when it's sunny what do you think of ??? Say no more we all know it's ICE CREAM!

Say what you want, but chocolate, caramel, and banana's you know you wish you were at my house, with a big spoon in your hand!

Brilliant!!!

How incredibly imaginative are these?!

And who doesn't have empty bottles laying around? Yes JW vodka bottles will work too! Ha

I'm quirky like that!

I'm not sure why this is but, my favorite songs are in a language I don't speak or understand.
And now it seems the same is true for movies. (remember "Hedgehog in the Fog")
This looks just magical, I don't need to know what they're saying, just see what there doing! Though the dialog is adorable too!
Double click to see the whole screen.

Foodie Friday

I'm as giddy as a school girl because it's going to be warm and SUNNY outside today!
That makes me want summer food, like something GRILLED, and Margaritas!
This morning while putting my lunch together I notice the DH brought home some rhubarb for me. Maybe that's why I'm so happy! I loves me some rhubarb! Seriously a dozen roses or a dozen stalks of rhubarb, I'd pick the rhubarb everytime! He knows that, and that's one of the reasons why I'm crazy about him!
What he doesn't know is lately I've been seeing a bunch of rhubarb recipe that I really want to make. Problem is was I can't buy rhubarb in the store just yet! Problem solved! Thanks DH! And to show my love I think I'll make this with them!



Or how about margarita's made with this!

Now that's LOVE!

You know me, I'm all about green!

On Poppytalks blog today they have links to online magazine site's.



All though I'd rather be sitting in the "queenie chair", (or this adorable love seat!) actually holding one to read, I must admit sitting here at work it's nice to browse through a few.
They also give you a link to cloverleaf. It's a site that has a bunch of digital magazines that you can subscribe to for 99 cents each or yearly for $4.99. Not the best selection, (they only have 1 fashion magazine (More). But for 99 cent and and no carbon foot print it's worth doing!

The Wonderful World of Beatrix (no last name needed)

Going thru my Monday morning blog roll, I came upon this illustration of Beatrix Potter's. Brings back old memories of my Mom reading her books to us. Because I most likely couldn't read at the time, I remember the drawings. How talented of a lady to be able to write such imaginative stories and then back them up with such amazing illustrations! Not to mention she made rodents seem so darn cute!




So here's to you Mom, another little gift. Click on the image to go to the site.
On the bead front, one of my necklace's was selected for a treasury! Yeah!!!



No new sales but it's so nice to be included in a treasury. Click the image to see the entire treasury and leave a comment if you chose to.

Fudgy Foodie Friday

Sunday we'll be heading up north to spend time with my family for Mother's Day.
Since my Mom is all about dessert, that's what we're having for supper. Hey what can I say it's her day she can do what every she wants. I promise not to even mention protein or vegetables :-) I'm planning on making this chocolate cake.  I have made it a few times in the past, and it is to DIE for! Really, really chocolatey.  Just the way my Mom likes it. And, AND it's REALLY easy to make. Trust me on this one this cake will not disappoint!

Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I love you like chocolate!

One more off the to do list!

Well the closet is finally finished! Yeah! I looks fabulous! And can I just say, if you ever think you need more clothes, clean your closet! I never realized how many dressed I have, but what can I say I'm a girlie-girl, I love wearing dress, especially summer ones! So there might be a few more in my future!

Here's the before...






And here's the after...

I'd like to thank the DH for doing an amazing job, it's beautiful, just like you. XO