Good morning friends, how was your weekend? On Saturday we finished up a few last minute Christmas things and then Sunday we made our favorite chili and watched Christmas movies all day. It was the perfect balance and a well needed rest before the Christmas festivities begin. Monday Musings and Christmas Cookies I am curious, have…
Good morning friends, happy St.Nick! Today if the feast of St. Nicholas. Did you awake this morning to find your stocking, slippers or shoes filled with sweet treats and little gifts? I left my slippers by the hearth and St. Nick left me an orange, some of my favorite hot chocolate and some candy. As…
This post contains affiliate links. Good Monday morning friends, how was your weekend? Did you have a lot of trick or treaters? What did you dress as? We didn’t attended any parties this year so I did not have a fun Halloween costume, I did however see some really great ones in my neighborhood and…
This post contains affiliate links. Good morning friends, how was your weekend? Ours was busy. After traveling all of last week we arrived home late Friday and Saturday morning we were up early working on home projects. As you know we moved into a new house, not a new house, but a new to us…
This post contains affiliate links. Good morning friends, did you have a nice weekend? It was a busy and hot one here. We spent two days in our garage assembling shelves and moving stuff around. I am certain that I have now touched every box in the garage at least 5 times, honestly it is…
Good afternoon friends, my heart is heavy today. I wasn’t going to write a post today but I could not sit and let the word events go un-noted. The earthquake in Haiti, raging fires across the U.S, flash floods in Arizona and the minute by minute horror unfolding in Afghanistan. I have been glued to…
Good Monday morning friends! How are you? Did you enjoy your Easter weekend? We had a wonderful weekend, Saturday it was a little chilly so the morning was spent by the fire reading and snuggling with the pups. I also dyed Easter eggs using a red cabbage! I’ve never dyed eggs naturally and now I…
This post contains affiliate links. Good morning friends, today is International Women’s Day, “a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.” (from International Women’s Day.com) Today is the perfect day to not only celebrate the strong, funny, kind, intelligent and amazing women in the world and your life but to celebrate YOU…
This post contains affiliate links. Good morning friends, how was your weekend? Did you relax or were you busy? Did you have nice weather? Or is it still feeling like winter? Our weekend was restful, after last week we needed it. It is a strange feeling when you loose someone(s), your pain is almost crippling…
“Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.”~Alphonse de Lamartine Good afternoon friends, I had another post prepared but I it seems trite and inappropriate today. Late last night I learned that my dear friend of 34 years lost her husband. I was stunned and could not find the words to…
This post contains affiliate links. Good Monday morning my friends, I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. For many there was a rare treat of snow, for others ice and for me lots and lots of rain. It seems as if it has been raining for weeks. Frankly I like the rain in the…
Good morning! Did you enjoy your weekend? I did, it was 70 here so we spent most of our time outside. The weather here as in many places has been strange this year but I am not going to complain. I titled this post musings but perhaps a better title would have been Monday Rant,…
