thank you to all who have served & those who continue to serve~

a cozy little place~

my

 children & the hubs

were so kind on mothers day

not only did the hubs

prepare both dishes we were taking to the cookout

but he did the clean up too

he's very sweet that way

the entire family met at garbry's big woods for a cookout

everyone i tell ya!

my

brother

 sister

nieces

nephews

 mom

all of my children

&

grandchildren

it was such a fun day!

while i could go on & on about mothers day

the point of my story is this...

our library recently started loaning out kindles

pretty nice huh!

the residents of our little town

are fortunate to have

a great library

complete with a kind & generous staff

i'm getting off the subject (again)

the direction this story was taking

is...

i borrowed a kindle from the library

and

fell in love i tell ya

i was one lucky mom to be gifted a kindle

for mothers day

sweet!

i decided to make a cover~

a cozy little place to store my kindle 

it's padded so i can put it safely in my purse

and it also has a pocket for the charger

headphones, cell phone etc~

voila!

you can purchase the pattern through etsy

birdiful stitches

thanks so much to my family

for making mothers day

so much fun

xoxoxo

~*~

paper dolls & cut outs

when i was a little girl

around 10 or so

my next door neighbor, denise ( also known as uncie) & i

would play cut outs

cut outs were our version of paper dolls

we would beg the neighborhood ladies

for their sears & roebucks or montgomery ward catalogs

we would cut out our families and then shop for

 clothes

 houses
furniture

 toys

appliances

husbands

& children

we would use bobby pins to hold on their clothes

my mom was the local beautician

so we had acess to bobby pins & scissors

we had the best of everything
clothes

wedding dresses

above ground pools

split ranch houses
all the latest appliances

all our children were cute, clean & well behaved

and our husbands all looked like models

after all, we were a model family
and all of our shopping trips were free
so we could afford the best

we kept our families & their homes in shoe boxes

along with our bobby pins, scissors & some little rocks

the rocks held our homes & families in place on windy days
as we most often had our little worlds spread all over the front porch

uncie & i spent many days with our paper families & their belongings

those were the best of days

now i have this little grandgirlie

when i found these cute magnetic paper dolls

i couldn't resist

they even came in a cute little bag

how cute is that!

she's not quite sure what to do with them yet

but we'll keep playing

and she'll figure it out

&

hopefully

she'll remember these days

as the best of days

~*~

giddy....absolutely giddy!

we finalized our vacation plans today!

we're spending 11 days...(odd number of days i know)

on Sullivans Island in South Carolina

the hubs & i have been positively, absolutely giddy all day

we are planning

 beach days

 trips to Charleston

(we're only 20 minutes away!)

&

a day trip to Savanah

reserve our table Paula!

while in Charleston,

we hope to do a few walking tours

eat seafood

walk the city market

stand on the battery

&

admire all the houses of rainbow row

sullivans has some great dining choices

poe's is a great place for lunch

and the beach.....hmmmmmmmmmmm

here we will

read

(Dorthea Benton Frank of course)

nap

rest

apply lots & lots of sunscreen

drink gallons of sweet tea

picnic

collect sea treasures

walk the shore

enjoy each others company

tuck ourselves under a big umbrella

snack

splash ourselves & each other

make plans for the rest of the year

rejuventate our bodies & our souls

&

promise to stay longer next year

~*~