Blueberries

Jun 7, 2009 at 04:37

So this is what 4 pounds of blueberries looks like!

Ben and I and one of his little friends did a little, well okay ALOT, of blueberry picking. It was lots of fun. Except that I grabbed a small gray oak snake in one of the bushes. Darn that mother nature and her camouflage thing. I thought I was grabbing a branch full of berries. At least the snake was friendly. She actually didn't even slither off. I think she was just a little upset that I ruined her nap. Let's just say she ruined my day also.

Okay, so we no longer have 4 pounds...

Thanks Ben! I love you!

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Thrifted finds

May 30, 2009 at 03:42

I love junk shopping.

I don't know how the addiction started, but it started. It's only got worse since I became a stay at home mom. I have found fabulous dishes, fabrics, flatwares and more. I must have organized and re-organized rooms a dozen times to fit items I have bought and brought home. Plus I can't tell you how many dish patterns we have.

Poor Ken. I admit that this man must love me a hundred times over to deal with this (and my fabric addiction). Thank you sweetheart.

My newest additions after today's excursion.

A new (old) salad plate.
The company: Syracuse
The pattern: Nordic

And a new (always old) butter dish from Pyrex. I have been eyeing this pattern on Etsy, but I am glad I waited. As I am sure this one was ALOT cheaper than what I would have paid there.

Happy Saturday everyone.

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Portugal - the first week

May 28, 2009 at 06:20

We finally made it after years of planning. Can you believe it?

Here is a photo of Ben on his first international flight.

He was just amazed they served us food (no matter how bad it tasted) and that he had his own television to watch. Thank you Cartoon Network.

We enjoyed our time in Ericeira (how little it was). My MIL kept us in the car and site seeing. Bless her heart. I thought she knew we were on vacation and wanted a little R&R. Oh well. We now know our way around the northern portion of Portugal, and the next time we go we will be on our own and doing a little more relaxing.

The in-law's condo was wonderful. Perched at the top of the village overlooking the crisp blue oceans of the Atlantic. I could have sat on the veranda with a glass of wine in hand every day for the entire trip.

Our first day we did a little walking around the village to get our bearings.

I love how many of the houses had tiled fronts. Every house was very different, very unique. And look at how short the door was. Just so you know... the people still have not grown much taller in the last who knows how many years.

The oldest discoteque in Ericeira.

The wall of cats. Literally cats lived on this wall. It was neat to see how they maneuvered around the shallow ledges.

On our first weekend in Portugal we ventured into Lisbon. We were suppose to see an Iberian Mask Parade, but did not make it do to two other processions that were taking place on the same day. Lisbon was a mad house that weekend. We did make it to the aquarium and to a small castle to see a Piratas (pier-a-thash) exhibit. The small castle was the first one sailors would see as they entered the Tagus River from the Northern Atlantic Ocean.

I looked excited didn't I. ^_^

The Ben action shot!

More later!

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My first official sell!

May 26, 2009 at 11:27

Yeah! It finally happened... I made my first official sell from my blog.

Of course we were on holiday when it happened and the package was shipped a little late because of it, but everything was cleared up with the buyer and I hope she enjoys her purchase.

Thank you JS!

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Our trip - part 3

May 3, 2009 at 07:39

After leaving Homosassa Springs Ken and I were not quite ready to get home. The weather was perfect and we were enjoying our family time. So we decided to drive. We had no particular place to go, it just had to be off of Highway 19. We drove for about two hours and started to get worried that we would not be able to find a place to stay until we go to Tallahassee and we absolutely knew we did not want to stay in Tallahassee.

Suddenly I saw a sign that said, "Cedar Key 24 miles, lodging" and we took a chance.

We got off the main highway and drove along a two lane street for about half an hour when we saw this.

We saw a little town, they were having an art show and thought that this was perfect. Of course finding a room on a tiny, tiny island was challenging. Most of the lodges were taken up by the artists. We happened to come across the very last hotel (with two rooms left) on the corner of the island, the farthest point from the art show (keep in mind, the island is maybe 2 miles wide) and took one. Who could resist it? Check out the view from our window.

Once unpacked we hoofed it down to the show just in time to take a peek around and then made our way to the marina area for some delicious food, good music, and a beautiful sunset.

Leaving the next day was almost sad, but then we remembered it is only 5 hours from our home and we will definitely be visiting there again.