catcing up on a Friday night

This week has been a crazy one. Since we got home from the wedding, our lives seem to be on fast forward. But first, speaking of weddings....Our sweet Kate has set the date of her wedding as May 7, 2011. It's going to be a fun one!

This is the last full week of regular school. That means I have spent a great deal of time this week tying up loose ends and typing up end of the year reports. On Wednesday night, my class has a big end of the year party.

It was great! We had a moonwalk, pizza, cookies, cupcakes, chips and a pinata. It was the perfect weather and with the perfect people.

Brady and I have also been busy working in the yard and garden. This afternoon we started relocating a little overgrown monkey grass in the yard. Then I hooked up a new water hose to us over by the pond. Brady was not sure what to think which made for a VERY funny time.

After this movie, we cleaned the pond pump out. Brady played in a few mud puddles and then he got to come in for a shower. Brady is shedding his winter coat and it has been really bad this year. Hopefully the shower helped. See how nice and shiny he looks after his bath!


Mr. D. has a dinner outing with his friends tonight. After that he stopped at the sports store and they happened to have dog beds on clearance. He brought this home for Brady.
Finally!! We have a bed big enough for Brady to stretch out and be comfortable on. Of course, as I type this Brady is no where near his bed. He is just lying in the floor between Mr. D. and me. Funny guy!

I put my gold table cloth on the table tonight, but I kind of swirled it just for fun. I think it looks great!


Another thing I wanted to share is that I tried the potato soft taco at Taco Bell and it's actually very good! I highly recommend trying it!

first summer goal accomplished

Four leaf clover found on 5/15/2010.

more on the wedding....

This weekend was the wedding of Scott and Erica. Scott is Mr. D.'s brother. I have always adored Scott and Erica is just the icing on the cake! I loved every second of their wedding. They had so many amazing little details that I just loved. I can tell a LOT of hard work went into this day.

The outdoor lanterns.
I really love how these lanterns look both in the day and at night. I am thinking of getting some for the SSDC this year.

The china on the head table. I loved how this looked. It's very classy.

The tables.
I love the combination of green, brown and white. This looks like something right out
of Southern Living.

I loved the tiki torches.

Another things I just loved was the homemade wooden alter in the natural setting. It was a great place for a wedding. The trees and grass were so lush and green.

Of course I also just loved the cute happy little couple.

I thought the bouquet was one of the most beautiful that I have ever seen.

I love this picture that Mr. D. captured of the happy bride. Erica rounds out my nice set of 4 awesome sisters-in-law. I am quite the lucky girl to have each and every one of them. Erica is one spunky girl that we always have fun with!!

Haha... I bet you thought I was about to forget to talk about my favorite part of all weddings... the cake.

Scott and Erica had a variety of desserts available. We enjoyed white chocolate cake with a banana filing. We also enjoyed peanut butter/chocolate cake as well as tiramisu. Good stuff!!

a few wedding pics

More later... but here is a quick picture collage from Scott and Erica's wedding. It was awesome!! Click to enlarge... details to follow!

back by popular demand....

..... WHAT'S IN MY PURSE!!!

I just cleaned out my purse! It was SO junky! I had stopped carrying a bigger purse because it is just a breeding ground for clutter. Maybe I should go back to just carrying my wallet. Anyway, here is what was inside this bag before I cleaned it out.


2 ponytail holders
9 hair clips
girl scout badges
5 pens
1 sharpie marker
3 pencils
6 $1 bills
hotel soap, lotion, mouthwash, shampoo and conditioner from my last hotel stay
1 camera battery charger
1 notebook
14 coupons
1 graduation announcement
1 picture a child in my class drew for the bride and groom
37 buttons I have found
2 lip gloss
1 plastic nickel
1 screw
7 quarters
20 pennies
9 dimes
4 nickels
1 paintbrush
2 rocks
1 broken ten bar that I am trying to get the units off of (Montessori material)
4 receipts
2 packs of ketchup
1 straw
1 napkin
1/2 of a sleeve of ritz crackers
1 eye shadow
1 wallet
1 fortune cookie fortune that reads: You will travel to many exotic places in your lifetime
3 bills to mail
1 pack of gummies from a birthday party
1 mascara
1 moisturizer
1 recipe for chicken scaloppine al marsala

Thursday 13: Thirteen things you might serve at a LOST series finale party

In the spirit of anyone planning a party for the LOST series finale, I have created a list of 13 things that you might want to serve. Enjoy!

1) a bucket of chicken in honor of Hurley
2) pretzels and peanut packages like you might have enjoyed pre-crash on Oceanic Flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles.
3) Jack Shephard's Pie (nice play on words don't ya think?)
4) CupKate Austin Cupcakes
5) Wild Boar, preferably roasting on a stick over a fire on the beach- that is, if you are able to hunt and kill one
6) Jin and Sun Dim Sum (OK, I know they are from South Korea and Dim Sum is Chinese, but it sounded cute! )
7) Ben Linus burgers
8) seafood- lots of seafood
9) Dharma Dip- bonus point if you can serve it in a dish in the shape of the Dharma symbol
10) Fish biscuits- but first lock your guest in a cage and make them push levers in a certain order to earn one.
11) Sayid Salad
12) Sawyer Ford Fried Feta
13) Papayas and other tropical fruit made into fruit salad like Charlie used to court Claire- that is before he died and before she stopped combing her hair.

garden

Everything is out of the little plant nursery and into the place where it will grow. Here are pictures of what I have growing. This water hose was a gift from sweet Charlie. Mr. D., being the hero in every great story, installed it for me right next to the garden. I gave each plant a good watering tonight so they can all settle into their new homes nicely. Enjoy the pics!





I have two herbs growing that I have never used before - cinnamon basil and pineapple sage. They both smell incredible!