it's the little things~

my daughter and i get together often

sometimes for a meal

but mostly

just because

i always look forward to these get togethers

because there will be

 much talk about

cooking

flower beds & vegetable gardens

and pinterest.............

always lots of plans to do the things we've seen on pinterest

and eating

we both enjoy cooking

but most of all

we LOVE eating

i usually fix the main dish and a side

and she brings desserts & salads

and always

 she brings her dad & i ice....

it may sound like such a little thing and it is

but

 it's the thought behind such a simple gesture

she knows her dad & i love the crunchy ice

that her icemaker churns out

she stands at the fridge for what

must seem like forever

filling a ziplock bag

with crunchy ice

to bring her mom & dad

thank you baby girl

for taking time

to do

the

little things

xoxo

~*~

sprouting.....and yes, i blogged again

the hubs & i love sprouts on salads

we've not tried sprouts on

anything besides salad

i would like to but

our area stores rarely carry sprouts

i've wanted to try sprouting so

we would have them whenever we wanted

so when katy over at

no big dill

had a blog about sprouting

i was thrilled

if you're interested in sprouting

pay her blog a visit

she gives a nice detailed explanation

and has a sweet blog

~*~

pin,pin,pin.....i may never blog again~

this is a wall of love notes placed by visitors seeing the balcony

of juliet

(they were placed on the wall with gum)

of romeo & juliet that is~

from our europe trip several years ago

while this picture has nothing at all to do with the

title of this post

i thought it interesting

enough said......

i've been introduced to the world of pinning!

be still my heart

i could & have spent hours looking over

very creative recipes, clothes, sayings, crafts, photos.......

i could go on & on & on

but i won't

take a look yourself

the wonderful world of pinning

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

~*~