~ hello spring ~

My one lone tulip has made its appearance. Dad gave it to me the year he passed away so every year that it blooms I have to say "hello dad" "good morning dad" , etc., every time I pass it. Sounds silly I know, but it makes me feel closer to dad when I see it.

Happy spring everyone ... No matter what the calendar says , my dad says its here.

~ Conversations at a Mall ~

Walking through Bridgestreet at lunch time today and hearing snatches of conversations ...

... do you have to close tonight ...

... I really need to go buy a gift certificate for ... but I don't know if I have time ..

...  that makeup looks great on you ...

...  do you know where the Apple store is ...

...  so hungry, what do you feel like ...

... can I help you find anything ...

and then  (between two young women walking to their car behind me)

...  I don't know yet, but I have prayed about it everyday and I'll have an answer soon cause Jesus never lets me down ... thats just what I do ...


How refreshing.  It made me smile.

Black Clothes

I need to inject some color into my wardrobe. I seem to have accumulated about 95% of black clothes - so much so that I need to use a flash light to look into my closet to search through the sea of blackness to find something to wear. I want some pinks blues greens yellows to wear shopping is in my future ...

* Mojito Anyone ... *

Mojito ...

So simple, a little rum, a little spearmint, a little lime juice, some club soda, sugar and sliced lime, add crushed ice and yum ...  a wonderfully refreshing drink.  

I wonder if it would taste as good without the rum, because one of these just make me want another one ... 

Went to Bonefish for our 14th anniversary tonight... it was so good ...   Bang Bang shrimp, Seared Sesame Tuna, ..... yum, oh and a mojito.

 

 

Ingredients

• Ice
• 6 ounces light rum
• 12 mint sprigs, or spearmint, 8 roughly broken apart
• 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• Club soda
• 4 slices lime

Directions

Place ice in beverage shaker then add in the rum, 8 broken up mint sprigs, lime juice and sugar. Shake well and serve over ice in a high ball glass. Top off each glass with a splash of club soda.

 

 

Cheers!  V

* A New Year *

Gary bought us exercise equipment and has made a mini gym for us in a building behind our house.

Now to  get myself into the routine of using it!

Wasn't that sweet of him ...........................................  :)

I'll try to let you all know my progress, only if its good though!

Later, V

~Thanksgiving or Christimas - You choose! ~

We all gathered at my sister's home for Thanksgiving this year.  Have I mentioned that my sister loves, I MEAN LOVES, Christmas?  She has already started her Christmas decorating ...  see below ....

And she's not done.

She has a Christmas tree in every room.  She lives in an old farmhouse style home.  On the main floor, she has a kitchen, dining room, living room, parlor, two bedrooms and a bathroom.  On the top floor, she has two bedrooms, a big playroom, a small kitchenette, and a bathroom.  Yes, there is a tree in every room, plus alot of additional decorating to boot. 

Every tree is beautiful.  She decorates for other people too.

It is like a Christmas wonderland.   She loves Christmas.

I don't have my tree up yet.

But I am thinking about it.

Thanksgiving was fun at her home, but I kept thinking we should be opening presents too, or at least singing a Christmas carol!  ~.~

Til later, V

~ An afternoon outing ~

Went to my grandson's 4th birthday today.  
At my ex-husband's house. 
Always a little uncomfortable when I'm around the ex, with his slim pretty wife (and also very nice)  in their big perfectly clean and orderly home ...
Didn't help much that his dog bit me as we were leaving ....

If it weren't for that, it was a great little birthday party.

Shitty ending though!