April 21, 2009

Today is a very special day. No, I do not mean because it is the word of the week.

Today is my little brother's birthday. I love my little brother, he is the best. I could go on and on about him, but I wouldn't want to bore y'all and I don't think he would like that!

Today's word is actually brought to you by HIM! Thanks, Ben!

Grape News, you may not ask, flirt or in any other way try to get him to tell you the answer. That would after all be cheating! ;)

~~SUPERCILIOUS~~

Answer: Supercilious: soo-per-sil-ee-uhs; adjective
-haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

Did I mention, I love my Brother! Have a GREAT Birthday, Ben!

Almost Full Bloom

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:  And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  Matthew 6:28-29

Here is NY, it is dark, gloomy, windy and rainy.  But never fear, Spring is here.  And the following pictures will prove it.  

This picture is taken standing on the sidewalk looking east toward the front of the house.  Notice even my mums are growing green Yippee!

These are star tulips and they are beautiful.  I have several sets of them in the garden.

I'm sorry, you have seen these a number of times, but this year they seem to be getting better the longer they are in bloom.

This is taken at the corner of our front porch and you get a good view of the entire garden.  We cleaned out all the mulch, and haven't gotten around to acquiring new. Plus, my gazing ball hasn't made it to its pedestal either.  With the wind we are having today, that might be a very good thing! Now if my burning bushes would hurry up and bud, everything would be green! 

I hope no matter the weather where you are, you have a good Monday.  

P.S. If you could pray for Tom, a good friend of his passed away yesterday and he is taking it pretty hard.  Thanks. 

A Saturday Post

Here are a few pictures of our trip last weekend.  It was warmer in PA, and the trees were already flowering.  I am not sure what type these were, but they sure were pretty.

This is what kept Luc occupied once he was able to do what he wanted.  At least he had some fun!  Playmobil is a wonderful thing!

We have some pictures from the quilt museum, but they are on Beth's camera.  Hopefully we will be able to post them.  

We are really busy with trying to get school complete for the year.  It seems like the year drags on and then all of the sudden, it is time to be done.  Oh, where does the time go?!

I hope everyone has a great Saturday.  I'm going light shopping with my mother-in-law and  I can't wait.  :-)

Happy Birthday!

April 11th was my birthday, and boy did we celebrate!  

Tom surprised me with  a trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and we (he invited my mom to join us as well) had a great time.  We left on Thursday about 10:30 am and stopped in Binghamton for lunch, Clarks Summit for Krispy Kreme and arrived in Lancaster about 4:30 pm. 

 We ate dinner at Good 'n Plenty, which is a family style restaurant that serves traditional Amish food, and stuffed ourselves silly.  They served 3 kinds of meat: fried chicken(the best EVER), roast beef and sausage; mashed potatoes, baby carrots, corn, fresh baked bread: wheat/white, brown buttered noodles, and various other side dishes. Then they offer 5 different desserts: 2 kinds of pie: shoofly or cherry, coconut pudding, jello, and ice cream-homemade chocolate or vanilla or orange sherbet. OH MY!   It is good thing they have outlet shopping close by!  We were able to head over and walk off some of that wonderful dinner! 

Friday we went to the BEST place for breakfast!  If you are ever in or near Lancaster you MUST eat there.  Shady Maples is ....., I could go on and on.  Let me just say: made to order, melt-in-your-mouth, simply delicious pancakes!  Ok, ok, sorry, back to the trip :-)  We spent the day visiting gift shops, quilt shops, a quilt museum, a farmers market and  outlet shopping.  We ate dinner at Good 'n Plenty once again, and the meat changed from sausage to fish and instead of carrots they had stewed tomatoes (not that I would eat those), they also had strawberry-rhubarb pie and chocolate pudding.  You definitely do not walk away from the table hungry!

After we had exhausted ourselves with shopping and food, we headed back to the hotel.  Mommy had brought along my birthday presents, so we celebrated just a little early.  With having to head home on my birthday, we simply had breakfast (again at Shady Maples, did I mention you get to eat free on your birthday?!) and stopped at one of our favorite stores.  We headed home stuffed but happy! 

On the way home, we met my in-laws for dinner at a Japanese grill and I got to celebrate my birthday with them.  When we got home, the children were all excited to give me their gifts, and I was excited to open them.  Did you know, I LOVE my birthday?! Below is a picture of some of the gifts, I am really looking forward to reading all my new books, using my new towel, watching Fireproof and wearing my new shoes.   Thanks everybody for a GREAT Birthday!

 P.S. The chocolate/peanut butter bunny (from Luc) in the shoe...now has no ears and his head is quickly disappearing as well.