I’m just dropping in on this Cloudy February Monday…Dinner’s made and I’m just have having my PM Snack Latte…
This is so much easier and cheaper than Starbucks, plus I don’t have to interrupt my afternoon by going out and getting this…1 Glass, 2 Nespresso Pod’s of Bianco Doppio, a splash of Simple Vanilla Syrup and you can’t forget the Topper of DD Cold Foam Creamer, enjoy and your welcome. You can do it yourself and it’s always better.
And before I forget dinner is going to be Scarlet’s Yummy Apple Pancake. So easy and great for dinner, plus don’t forget the smoky links…Again, your welcome…
If your interested, leave a comment below and I’ll send you my recipe…Happy Monday all of my friendly blogger’s !!! Hope everyone has a great week…Blessings
May is once again on us and OMG the summer has started. I’m not going to wait for the husband to say, ” It’s going to be the 4th of July and then Summer is over 😉 !!! ” So much is going on but I’m going to stick w/ the top 3 for now…
Planning outside landscaping of our beauties new home, our 45th wedding anniversary celebration (Vegas here we come !!!) and our celebration of our family w/a family reunion probably out at our fav place the Atlantic Ocean. Definitely a song for this post 🙂
Here are some of the pics of the decorating of the new house inside. We are all done with the downstairs and I did that withmy broken arm, OMG 😉 …
I know it’s not perfect, but as they say “When there is love in the home, it is a palace for sure !!! ” These pics don’t really show the finished product, but they’re pretty close. We absolutely love it…
Here our is the backyard so it definitely is a before pic b/c we haven’t even started…
Spring in Rosie’s backyard 😉
And I had a perfect Mother’s Day w/the best news of all 😉 … The husband took me out to Sullivan’s for a steak dinner and it was so delicious…Have great leftover’s for today and that’s always my fav. and I got my new coffee machine. I make the greatest drinks with it. Starbuck’s eat your heart out 😉 …
Dinner at Sullivan’s w/the husbandMy Chocolate/Carmel LatteBear Bread (that I baked)
I’ll close this out w/Prom (cough, cough) I call it Mayhem 😉 but I really just got to watch all the mayhem and calm the tear’s and fear’s of mom (my Lizzie and Gabriella)…Gabriella was beautiful and she has a really great guy for a boyfriend !!!
I’m not going to forget our newest little granddaughter who just celebrated her 2nd birthday, OMG where does the time go !!! I tell you she has to be one of the cutest 2 year olds ever. No she definitely is the cutest 2 year old ever!!! This is her reading the book we got her for the birthday. Grandpapa’s fav song, “Baby Sharks 😉 “…
Baby SharksCutest 2 year old ever & Baby Brother Sam
I have to mention the Olivia’s (the oldest little) and her bday party…Grandpapa was in the go carts with her OMG who knew being a Grandpapa & Grandmama was going to be so much fun 😉 . Happy Monday Blogger’s
Stay tuned…Scarlet has a busy summer ahead of us, family reunions, road trips, shhhh a great, great big announcement, aka surprise.
Went to the ortho doctor yesterday…Arm still broken.He said,”It’sonly been 4 weeks..I said 6 to 8 weeks.“Whatever”Then he said I’ll see you in 2 weeks.”So I don’t care I’m going to drive today and I’m just going to do anything I did before…My new and improved cast.I think he just gave me my fingers back b/c I took the other cast off, which didn’t make him to happy.
January 30th, 2024
I was pretty bummed when the cast didn‘t come off yesterday but I had my guy with me and he said it doesn’t matter b/c you still are perfect to me. I love you husband <3 …
Happy Monday evening. I hope everyone had a great day and you got a 3 day weekend !!!! It was raining all day here, a dreary January day. The one good thing I can say about January, and I say it every single day. “We are one day closer to January being over !!!! Y A Y
The kids came over for dinner tonight. It was Meatloaf, Onion Brown Potatoes. Lizzie brought over her corn casserole, it was yummy and I’lll have to get that recipe. I made my Ooey Gooey Cookie Bar Bake that was a nice end to it.
Fill in: ‘If I were really completely honest, I would say that …’ This is a question for ‘radical honesty’. What are the things you wouldn’t normally say? Things you would otherwise actually hide? What’s on your mind? What would you really like to be able to say? ********************************************
I guess I normally don’t speak about my conservative morals & values b/c they aren’t likely to align with today. I don’t really hide them, it’s better just to keep your cards close to the vest. The people that really are important in my life know what they are and that is all that matters. Actually all that truly matters is me, but whatever. I write in my Common Place book quite often and one of the entries way back on February 16, 2013 was
Have you ever broken anything? What about rules? *******************************************
I suppose that’s all I ever do is break the rules. The question I have to ask myself is who makes the rules?? Isn’t that why rules are made to be broken ?? I don’t care about these wordpress settingsthat keep changing and altering mid post, whatever…ugghhhhhhh
Are you also afraid of spiders? What is your biggest fear, other than spiders? (if you’re not afraid of spiders, use your biggest phobia instead). ***********************************************
Spiders just creep me out. I mean how can you be afraid of something so small…Just smash it with a shoe or your foot. But whatever you do, don’t have your husband kill it b/c he hates them worse than you do and 9 x’s out of 10 he misses and it disappears under the bed!!! :0 Ahhhh OMGGGGGG
Do you think time goes faster as you get older? ***************************************************
I’m certain it does. Think of your life’s timeline as a roll of toilet paper…At the start it is big and bulky and takes some coaching to come down. When it gets to the end of the roll, well it just spins out of control right til it’s empty 😉 Am I right ??? You know I am 😉
How do you like me now…As the years go by <3
GRATITUDE SECTION (as always, optional)
Please share something that really inspired you from this last week or month.
I really don’t even have to say anything about this painting except it is one of my fav’s !!! The Artist painted it for me ( 😉 i.e. the husband ) It’s a cloudy, cold and rainy Monday but I have this beautiful painting to look at…I hope all of you had a great weekend and blessings on your week <3.
Remember any of the Artist painting’s can be purchased by contacting me or on our website Handmade by Amazon…
Do you believe in soul-mates? (my definition of ‘soul mate’ is the IDEAL partner romantically).
Definitely do believe in soul mates !!! I married mine. We’ve been together for 45 years, 42 of them married. I also believe in love at first site b/c the first time I laid eyes on him, I knew he was my guy <3 …
What are three scents you like?
Anything cooking from the kitchen, Lavender and Vanilla…
What are some things that you might be considered too old to do, but that you enjoy?
Dancing …
What is one food you absolutely refuse to share?
French Fries…
The Husband
I am alway thankful and grateful when I wake up and see that face next to me…You’re still the one I want to talk to in bed, you’re still the one that turns my head, we’re still having fun and your still the one <3 …
Oh yes and one last thing I’m always thankful for a night out at the baseball game with the family !!!! You can’t beat fun out at the old ballpark…That’s where it all started 😉 Chicago White Sox vs. the Milwaukee Brewers at the old Comiskey Park in Chicago on July 16, 1976 !!!
He came out from Virginia and took us to the Ballpark on Friday Night…Surprise, Gotta love a son who takes such good care of his mom & dad. We had a blast and they won !!!! Y A Y Thank you Matthew <3 We love you <3 …
I usually start the week with Monday’s Masterpiece. Father’s Day was great !!!! Dad and I will be going to a lot of baseball games…Y A Y <3 . Thank you to our Son’s Matthew and Connor. You made Dad’s day great !!!! Lizzie had to work but we are going to hook up later this week 😉 .
That’s where it all started at Comiskey Park which is now Cellular Field … Our first date was July 16, 1976 the Chicago White Sox vs. the Milwaukee Brewer’s before they went to the National League. Yes I’ve been with my sweets for 45 years and we will be celebrating our 42nd wedding anniversary this August <3 …
It was definitely a Father’s Day to remember. It was hot and they said it was going to be a stormy day and for anyone who knows me, knows I’m a weather geek for sure. I watched the storm all day. It hung out west all day so I was thinking it wasn’t going to be anything.
Severe Weather ConeTornado Warning !!!
They upgraded us to a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. I went outside about 10:30 pm to just see what was going on. It was coming, but I still wasn’t worried. The wind started picking up and the husband joined me in the garage and I started getting the feeling things were going to go south pretty quick. I knew they were going to blow the sirens too, b/c they always do no matter.
No sooner did I have that thought the storm hit fast & hard !!!! Sirens blowing so it’s time to go in. I don’t have a basement so me and Rosie (our chicago brown dog) went into the bathroom and prayed b/c this storm was not fooling around. I told the husband to go look and see how bad it was and he said, “What am I suppose to stop the tornado.” I said, “Of course your are, your the guy and last time I checked that was a guy job ;). ” Thank god it was over fast, and boy were we lucky. We were probably 3 houses away, literally !!! Well here is what my neighborhood looks like this morning, and it’s not pretty….It will be a long week cleaning up…
Ranchview Neighborhood/What a Mess !!!
No fatalities but a couple of people did end up in the hospital. Prayers for everyone who’s Monday has been a hard one !!! Blessings and to all <3 .
I guess it’s just happy everything day <3 I’m going to throw this blog post up quickly while the husband is out walking our Rosie (thechicagobrowndog, no that’s really a breed 😉 )
Rosie, Our Chicago Brown Dog <3
We sure do love her. Took her up and got her a bath today, new collar, new toy. We do love our doogie <3 Very special dog !!!! Now I’ll get back to the blog.
It’s been a really great holiday weekend…Family, food and fun which is always a great way to start out the summer…Y A Y Must add some music for today…Let’s Rock n Roll !!!! This one’s for my Connor…Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap !!!!
AC/DC Rock n Roll
We spent Saturday running errands for our get together with our daughter and her family, her Guy, Cordell and his mom GiGi and of course the granddaughters !!! Everyone is just growing up so fast. Here are some pics of the family <3 We love you all to the moon and me and GiGi dressed the same right down to our jewelry and we didn’t even coordinate it that way. We are truly one brain 😉 .
Twins <3Gigi and the girls <3
The food was amazing…We did the BBQ with out of this world grill packets filled with all sort of yummy food. Shrimp, Chicken, potatoes, veggies…So good and Mr. Cordell did an amazing job on the grill !!!!
The Chef <3 Nice Job on the grill <3
I brought some side dishes …Apple Snicker Salad and Baked Beans along with the Small Cakes for dessert…
Baked Beans…Apple Snicker Salad
Time to get my summer on because before you know it, it’s 4th of July and the summer is over Mr. Nightlinger 😉 Three birthdays, Matthew/June, Connor/July, Me, Lizzie, & Missy/August and throw in an anniversary and the summer just flies by. Add a vaca somewhere, not quite sure where yet, but yes I think the summer really is over.
Just kidding 😉 Be safe and enjoy the summer <3 Blessings from Scarlett <3 .
