Blog Love

My expat friend passed this ONE Lovely Blog Award on to me yesterday....Thanks Lisa! When I met Lisa in blogland she lived in Canada and then part time in Ireland now she is in Dubai. She has an exciting life  and her blog reflects that stop by and give her a peak at  a designer obsessed with pretty things, beautiful spaces, interesting places......and Handbags! 

I'm following her lead and passing this award on to other expat bloggers!

Sonya in The Netherlands, at Home cooking with Sonya some of my favorite and best recipes come for this amazing girl.

Lisa in Norway at Little to Big She is living an adventure we would all dream about and having huge successes along the way!

Expats Again for Munich, Germany....so is everywhere and I love traveling with her.

Congrats ladies and thanks Lisa!
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Friday Fragments...

Yesterday seemed like Friday to me....so ready for the weekend! 

Katelyn has 2 official classroom days left...

Last two weeks of school are finals...she has 3. 

So one final next week, two the last week with a few study sessions in between..

Lets pull the bandaid already and be done with it!!

Feels like summer out...too hot in the schools!

Do you know they can't have water bottles in the classroom..isn't that crazy!

I can hardly watch the news any more. I'm so sick of hearing about Weiner's wiener....seriously he needs to go!

I had a great visit with my sister when she was here this week. One thing we both enjoy is Antique/Flea Market shopping. We went to several and had some luck. I have been looking for an old kitchen scale forever. I have found a bunch but never the right price or look. My sister found this one and I snatched it up...it was exactly what I was looking for and perfectly priced. 

Isn't she pretty!!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend....my garden and house need my attention....the weeds and dust bunnies are taking over! Stop by Mrs. 4444s at Half Past Kissin Time for more Friday Fragments!

Feathers....

Not in a hat but in your hair....My teenager daughter  bought this cute feather for her hair! I'm behind the times....Who knew feather earrings, necklaces and now clips ons for hair are the rage. Or all the rage in our house that is...but I have to say I think it looks really cute on her.

 You can straighten them

 Or curl them

She bought them at Sephora, she bought the natural color but they have a pink and blue also.

I feel like it's the 70/80's all over again....not sure why I'm thinking Stevie Nicks! 

So I leave you with this

Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Do you and your family enjoy camping? What do you enjoy most/like the least when it comes to family camping? When was the last time you camped?


We are not campers!

2. Did you attend a summer camp when you were a kid? Is that a happy or not so happy memory?

No only sleep away camp I ever went to was Girl Scout Camp. I have really fond memories of  going there. 

3. Over the course of your life, what have you probably spent more time pondering than anything else?

Probably the future and what it holds. 

4. Which of the seven natural wonders of the world would you most like to see? There are many lists of 'wonders' but this is the standard naturalwonder list-Mount Everest, The Great Barrier Reef, The Grand Canyon, Victoria Falls, The Harbor of Rio de Janerio, Paricutan Volcano and The Northern Lights.

I would love to see the Great Barrier Reef....I've been to Grand Canyon and its amazing. My bucket list of must see's is long now I have a few more to add. 

5. What was your first real job?

"real" as in not during High School?? I would have to say Territory Manager for a Food Broker. 

6. Lemonade or Sweet tea...which do you prefer on a hot summer day?

Sweet Tea

7. What is something that always brings a smile to your face?

My daughter 

8. Insert your own random thought here.

How do you say Peonies?

I say it like....Pee o knees 

But I also hear people say  Pee a knees 

 I've been known to say many things wrong....or my own way! Is this another word I need to add to my list?

Join Joyce at From This Side Of The Pond for Wednesday Hodgepodge

TODAY.....

My Peonies have bloomed 

Aren't they gorgeous!!

Stop by and see the world at

Communal global

Tuesdays Around the World

TODAY

Weekend finds....

I love garage sales, flea markets, estate sales....on Friday I hit an Estate Sale it was the first I had to put my name on a list and wait in line to even enter the house. Waiting outside for half an hour chomping a the bit to get in was killing me. But I found some good finds.

 I bought this perfect condition Gnome coffee table book....why I don't know, other than I remember it from when I was a child and it was in perfect condition.

Stain Glass Tulip

 German Christmas Pyramid

Delft plant holder

Not sure why I needed this other than I love the colors!

Have a wonderful MONDAY!!

Katelyn ♥

I really love this girl

She is the best daughter

She is a hard worker

She makes us really proud

Yesterday was Katelyn's Junior Academic Award Ceremony. She told us not to come, little did she know her School Counselor called us weeks ago and told us to come and keep quiet that Katelyn was nominated for an award. I'm usually not the best secret keeper....but I did it...woot woot!

She was totally shocked when they called her name and even more surprised to see us in the auditorium.

I loved the look on her face....it was priceless!

She won the Student Sage Award for academic achievement, it's a scholarship to Sage Collage in Albany for $60,000 over four years. Wow we are excited, the only kicker is Katelyn knows what she wants to do and this school doesn't have her program. But we will still tour the school and keep this in the back pocket. Her Physician Assistant program is highly competitive so you never know it's nice to have options. 

It was a proud day to be her parents. Her AP History teacher stopped us and complimented her hard work this year and praised her. All her efforts and sacrifices have really paid off and she sees that. 

I'm happy summer is almost here my girl needs some rest....like all the kids out there! 

Happy Saturday and Have a wonderful weekend!

Friday Fragments...

Happy Friday!!

❀ I don't know about you but I was so happy to turn my calendar to June...love the month of June!

❀Hate to always talk about the weather but we had a frost warning last night...what a pain moving all my planters to shelter...hope that is the last time I have to do that. Hello Mother Nature it's June now get on board!

❀My daughter has three weeks of school left...but really only one more of actual school and last two are finals..she is so ready for it to be done. I'm freaking out though I will have a SENIOR on my hands! It happen so fast seems like yesterday she was in Kindergarten! 

❀Had a job interview this week...not sure I made it to round two...she said I'd hear by Friday. It's so hard interviewing with a 20 something year old, especially since my work experience out weighs the number of years she's been alive. 

❀My sister Preppy Player is coming to visit on Sunday. I'm excited for her to come to my little village in rural NY. 

❀Today is Junior Award ceremony at my daughter's school. Her counselor called to make sure we were coming, because Katelyn has been nominated for an award. What the heck does nominated mean....when it comes to HS awards. We had to keep quiet from Katelyn she doesn't know she is nominated. 

So excited for her, she has worked her butt off this year and is really focused on what's ahead.

I'll keep you posted. 

❀On Monday we did a thirty mile bike ride with our neighbors along the Niagara River to the falls. 

It took until today before my arse stopped hurting. There is just no training for 5 hours on a bike seat!!

Stop by Mrs. 4444's @ Half past kissin time for more Friday Fragments. Have a wonderful weekend!

Remember when..

I won a Ramsign enamel sign from Lisa's Blog- a designer obsessed with pretty things, beautiful spaces, interesting places and...handbags!

This is the one I picked

Finally it made it to the top of the Honey Do list!

I love my little taste of Europe!

Thanks Lisa and Ramsign

Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Have you ever been to the capital of the USA-Washington DC? If so what's your favorite site? If not, what site would you most like to see on a visit to that city someday in the future? Is it even on your list of places to visit?

I just went there for the first time over Spring Break and loved it. We need to go back, it was impossible to see it all. My favorite was Arlington but loved all the Monuments, National Cathedral and Georgetown for sure.

2. When did you last attend a wedding? Are there any weddings on your summer calendar? Were you a summer bride? If you're single is summer the season of your dream wedding?

Last wedding I attend was in 2007 my friends Ben and Brittney. It was the coolest wedding, they were married at the top of  Park City Ski resort. We took the chair lift up and rode the Alpine slide down and the reception was in the lodge. For two outdoor enthusiast it was perfect for them. 

No wedding for us on the calendar anytime soon. I was a Spring bride, March! I think the weather is too iffy for a summer outdoor wedding I would be too afraid to risk it. 

 Bride and Father

Me getting ready to head down the mountain.

3. What is your favorite way to eat strawberries?

Strawberries any way is perfect for me. I miss being in Utah, we would go to Strawberry Days Rodeo with my sister and her family. They had the best strawberries and cream...yum!

4. What is one thing you are especially looking forward to this summer?

Family reunion to the Jersey Shore - LBI  

All 27 of us...

Staying here

5. Do you use/like the self scanner at the grocery store?

Sometimes only if I have a few items

6. Share a favorite piece of common sense advice.

Look both ways....

7. Barefoot, flip flops, tennis shoes, sassy sandal-your first choice for summertime?

Flip Flops- my Fit Flops are my go to shoes!

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Allergy season is killing me and my daughter slowly.....mostly my daughter!

I would think with all the rain it would be better but ugh!! it sucks!

Oh and while I'm complaining the mosquitoes are also killing me I'm loaded with bites!

Happy Wednesday! Stop by and say Hi to Joyce at From this Side of the Pond