Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful...

*For a warm, sunny day
*That I got all my cleaning, office work etc. done for the week
*I am done my house jobs for another 2 weeks
*That Hubby has a good job (even tho he has to work late sometimes..)
*(And excited!!) That we are leaving first thing tomorrow morning and are going to San Diego for the weekend!!
*That our car is working fine (there is a bit of a story behind this one!)
*That this busy day is winding down
*For this good life..

A Breakfast Idea

Here is a breakfast idea for you all! Actually it is yummy any time of the day!=)  It's called  cinnamon-roll-cake and it's real simple ,too ,which is always a bonus! Enjoy!!

*While you are checking out this cake recipe check out the other recipes on her blog! I love the ones I have tried and have lots I want to try yet!

A (Sort of) Wintry Day

I have been craving a rainy day for about the last year!! Ok so maybe not QUITE a year but at least 6 months! Last night I awoke to the beautiful sound of rain! So I thought "Good! Maybe Sunday will be a nice rainy day and after church we can come home and I can sit in a big comfy chair with a cozy blanket,a latte (or some other equally good hot drink) and read a book!" However, by the time we got up it looked like I was out of luck since the rain looked like it was over.. So, after going to church, and receiving a blessing there, we came home for a lunch of leftovers! ( Exciting, huh?BTW my hubby is NOT a fussy eater!Thankfully!=] ) By the time we had finished eating it had clouded over again, the wind picked up and it started to RAIN!! It absolutely poured for awhile and did some drizzling too and then it started sleeting! Our back yard turned white!! Could about have imagined it was snow!! Kind of cool when the only way to see snow is to drive bout 2 hours to the mountains! Mom, what do you think of your "Southern"" daughter?!lol  So, to make a long story short it rained off and on all afternoon and I sat in my chair with a cozy blanket, a home-made latte and my book! I loved  it!!(If you are wondering what Hubby did... He sat around too!!lol) We both had a relaxing day!Maybe my rainy day craving will be satisfied for a while now!! How did you all spend your Sunday?!

A Birthday Party

Today I had 7 ladies over for a good friend and cousins(same person!) birthday party! T turns 30 this next week so wanted to do something special for her! They all came for a 12:00 lunch. One of my friends helped me and we served Chicken Walnut Salad sandwiches on Molasses Oatmeal bread, Pina Colada fruit salad and Sun Chips for main course. Dessert was Mini Oreo Cheesecakes (baked) decorated with a dollap of whipped cream, drizzled with chocolate sauce and had a mini Oreo stuck in the cream! For the beverage my friend made Raspberry Lemonade! Was a beautiful day so we set the table up on the back patio! Decorated with coordinating purple and aqua plates,napkins, tablecloths, etc! We had T sit on a black&white chair and tied coordinating purple and aqua balloons to it!  T got some lovely gifts!! An enjoyable time was had by all!!

One Year!!

 Yes today is a year since we moved! Seems like time has totally flown by! Sometimes one wishes we could grab onto time and slow it down just a little... We do love it here tho an this place feels a lot like home already!
 As far as weather goes, now we have been thru a whole year of different weather! I have decided that spring is my favorite!=) Right now the bougainvilleas are in full bloom and are vivid colors of hot pink and a lighter pink and even a few orange! Also the fruit trees are just starting to bloom and I think that has got to be about one of the best smells!! Sometimes when I go outside I could just stand and take deep breaths and inhale all of that smell I can! It is a slightly sweet smell and is just strong enough I can smell it when I go for my walk, when I am in the backyard, bout anywhere I go!! It is not an over-powering smell at all tho! Guess you will just need to come and smell it for your selves!=)

The Afternoon Off

Today I took the afternoon off! LOL cuz I didn't get a whole lot done this morning either.. So maybe I kind of took the DAY off!! For some reason, one thing that happens when I take off is that the work I would have done instead is still always waiting later! Time off is still good tho and I AM still recuperating from the weekend! I think!! Anyways, the reason I took off was that Hubby called this afternoon and said he had to go downtown to the mechanics and to a nursery down there! So he picked me up and after stopping at the mechanics for a while (me staying in the truck and reading my book!) we went to the nursery! Just as a side note: I love going to these nursery's as they are all out door and it is so neat to walk up and down the paths looking at all the beautiful plants! They have one area with all the palm trees, etc. and it's so thick in there it's about like a jungle! So while we were at the nursery and I was walking around on the paths I found the most beautiful bush!! I love it an now I want one!Bougainvillea is what it is called and these are plentiful around here! However this is not just your ordinary one! It has light pink blossoms that fade into white! Reminds me a little of apple tree blossoms! After we left the nursery we headed to Hubby's last job of the day. While he walked the grounds I talked on the phone to my mom. And read my book. Then to Subway for a quick supper of Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki sub on flatbread! My fav sandwich from there! Then home again! Now bed is calling..

The Busyness of Life

Yes life has been busy this last week!! I am sure all of yours probably have been! I haven't hardly had time to sit down and blog and today I don't hardly either! However I want to assure you all that we are still alive and well so will ramble for a bit!
 This week has consisted of getting ready for the company who is coming for the wedding this weekend and of trying to buy a house..
 We got a bed for our guest room (finally!!) so have set that up and cleaned and arranged that room and the rest of the house has been given a good cleaning except for the vacuuming today! The fridges have been well stocked with food and right now there is fresh Lemon Poppy Seed Bread cooling on the counter along with a two batches of Granola. Sometime this afternoon I need to do a few little touch up things on my dress for the wedding! Need to make a Key Lime dessert yet today for the supper tomorrow night! Company arrives around midnight tonight..
 Now for buying a house... We are still looking since the one we really wanted didn't work out.. I believe the right one will come along in the right time tho! However we have been pretty busy meeting with our agent to look at houses and then trying to make wise decisions! Are looking at some more this evening! Will post more about our process of buying a house at some later date. Maybe after this weekend is over! =)
 Guess I gotta run if I am going to get that touch up work done on my dress! Thanks for reading my rambles! =)