Happy Birthday to me ! ! !

They sure too come a lot faster than they did, when I was younger! There have been many changes in my life since my birthday last year, but I am blessed with my wonderful family and many dear friends. I do not know why I feel a little sad today maybe time is slipping away too fast for me. I received cards in the mail yesterday and several wonderful gifts from friends and today will be celebrated with my family.

A wonderful 4th of July !

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July, however you spent it. We did something very different this year. We went to both Malls in our nearest city and I really did shop till I dropped,well almost!
We then had a late lunch at a wonderful steak house. Last night we sat in our rocking chairs on the front porch and watched wonderful fireworks in our neighborhood for about 2 hours. I loved the day from start to finish.

TROPICAL STORM DEBBY

Debby dumped 15 inches of rain on us yesterday, for awhile my front and back yard looked like a lake but the water has gone down at our house this morning. We have friends who are having to move furniture up on blocks or remove from their homes because the water is still rising where they live. We needed rain, a lot of the lakes around here are drying up but we did not need this much this fast! A lot of people are still without electricity in the county. Ours never stayed off more than 1 hr. at the time but was off and on all day yesterday and last night. I actually cooked on my gas stove by candle light. So thankful there was no loss of life and that we faired as well as we did through this storm and praying that the water will recede before property is lost. Having lived on the coast all my life, we have seen much worse than this by Mother nature but it is always a little scary.

June 1st ?

It is June 1, where did May go?  Somehow it just flew by for me, not one post! It was a very eventful month with Mother's day celebrations, end of school events, family outings. I guess I was soooo busy I just did not have time for posting. I will do better this month. It is the first day of summer vacation here. We are all excited to see what is in store for us! I am off now to catch up with all of you!

My sweet 10 year old grandaughter  prepared a Tea for us . She chose one of her lovely tea sets with tiny pink flowers,green leaves and a hint of lavendar. I had never noticed before but they look much like my Royal Albert lavendar rose teapot.

She made tiny sandwiches of butter and jam and served tea with sugar and milk.

She loves having tea as much as her grandma!

It's good !

A wonderful weekend with my Grandaughter! We did our nails and hair, watched movies,baked and had  Tea. Life is good!

More "simple pleasures"

A wonderful weekend at my house. Yesterday hubby and I went to the local "worm grunting festival" visited several yard sales and antique stores in our little community. Our 14 year old grandson came and spent the night with us. We watched some t.v and talked before going to bed. This morning I fixed him his favorite breakfast, bacon and scrambled eggs,we sat and talked some more. It was very nice, he stays so busy with school, sports and friends, that we do not see as much of him as we would like, so this was very special !