Rediscovery of Past Loves

I admit it.

I had a love affair with Belgian beer for 12 years.

I loved them all but had particular affection for my beloved Hoegaarden White.

I had been known to enjoy the company of the fun and playful Lambic as well.

Truth be told I would spend time with any Belgian beer and figure I had spent my time wisely.

Last night, my friend Diane and I spent several hours with my lost loves. Diane, while not a beer lover, did appreciate the lambic. She didn't fall in love and order one. She stayed with her Merlot, but still as a self proclaimed beer hater, she said it was pretty good. Our watering hole was fresh out of my true love, Hoegaarden, but maybe that is a good thing.

It gives me something to look forward to.

Fine, quality crafted beer is not unlike fine wine. Those that say they don't like beer, should keep an open mind until they have had a chance to experience quality beer. Something that is hard to find at the 7-11.

Pierre Celis is my hero. He is an artist and his palette is wheat, coriander, and curacao orange peels.

There's No Place Like Home

This week's challenge......talk about your homes

This is going to be tough.

Satinwood

Imperial Beach

Q street

Texas

Aunt Jodie's

Playmore I

Playmore II

Plaza Sierra

Playmore II

Alta Vista

Plaza Sierra

Marquette

Alta Vista

Danville

Concord

Lincoln Village

Nanny Job I

Summer's Something

Houston

Concord

Bamburgh

Nanny Job II- 1st house

NJ II -2nd house

Nanny Job III

Nanny Job IV

Nanny Job II - 3rd house

Bamburgh

Lincoln Village

Escondido

Pacific Beach

Bamburgh

Braesview

Sunny Oaks- lived here 6 years, the longest I even lived in one place.

Legacy Way.

There may be a few missing but that is the best I can remember.

I have figured out that as long as I have the people I love around me, I could live just about anywhere.

Home really is where your heart is. A bit corny, I know, but it is so true.

Best Friend

Growing up I always wanted a 'best' friend.

I wanted someone I could share my secrets with

giggle and talk about boys with

cry with

experience growing pains with

share the happy moments with

I had to wait 19 years to get to know her

But we made up for lost time

She keeps my secrets (even the ones that aren't really secrets)

She make me laugh

and better yet she really laughs at my silly, stupid humor

We have seen each other through the early heartbreak

Only to stand up with each other as we said "I do" to great guys.

I married a guy who is, in his personality, very much like my best friend.

We grew up.

We learned big life lessons.

And through it all she has been the one person that really knows me, knows my wounds, understands me, and likes me anyway.

We have our husbands and our children and we love them with all that we are

but I know as long as we are on this earth

I will have my best friend.

Everyone should have a Sow.

Wax Museum

2nd Grade Wax Museum

Drop a coin and here is what you would have heard:

Hello, I am Peter Tchaikovsky.

I was born on May 7th, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia.
I made great works of art through my music like the 1812 Overture and Swan Lake.
I had some success in my lifetime but was fortunate to have a patroness named Nadezhda von Meck.

She was a wealthy widow who sent me money regularly so I didn’t have to worry about making a living.
For 14 years we communicated by writing letters.

Ever since my death on November 6th 1893, people all over the world have been touched by my music

Love this kid!

I helped with the sign and costume. Everything else, Samuel did himself.

12 on the 12th

I got to sleep in ........what a great way to start the day.

I stumble in for coffee on SS and find my 3 playing on the computer.

My sweety does the laundry for me on the weekends

Daisy girl scouts....today we played a game that involved fairness and honesty.

On the way to meet up with Daddy, Abigail would not take her eyes off of a bug we had riding along with us.

I met Patti at the movies....

It was a BEAUTIFUL day. Almost too pretty to be inside.... almost.

We saw Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day @ 2pm

I took a picture of the screen....tee hee....

We went to see 27 dresses after Miss Pettigrew.......very funny movie that 27 dresses was.

I came home to Joel already bathed and in his pj's and Abby was in the tub.

That was my day.

ABC's of My Favorite Things

A- Abba, avocados, April, adversity, Abigail
B- brothers, baths, bread, Belgium beer, blackberries, bluebonnets, books
C- chocolate, cricut, clouds, creme brulee, chardonnay, California, cheese
D- dogs, David (Wilcox), drawing, doughnuts, DOTS
E- eyes, eggs, eggnog, East of Eden
F- friends, family, faith, flowers
G- genealogy, google, gum, gruyere, green, garlic
H- hugs, home, hot sauce, humility, hibiscus
I- Ice cream, Italian food, all things Irish
J- Joel, Jackson (Browne), jam, justice, Jane Yelvington McCallum, jeans
K- keylime pie, keys
L- laughter, LOST, licorice (real), listeners, libraries, La Vernia
M- Mark, music, movies, math, mountains, Merlot, mushrooms, maps
N- night
O- Ocean, onions, open spaces
P- pictures, peace, plants, paint, port, porches, pajamas
Q- quiet, quilts, quintessential (love the word)
R- rivers, rain, relevance, reading
S- Samuel, sunshine, sand, SS, sleep, sandwiches, scrapbooking, strawberries, singing (loudly)
T- Trees, Texas
U- USA
V- volume
W- water, wine, wind
X- xeriscaping
Y- yolks
z- zoos

Ten Question Challenge

1) Right now I want: More Sleep

2) I wish I knew how to: grow things successfully

3) When I want to indulge myself, I: get a haircut, wax my eyebrows, maybe even a manicure.

4) You’ll never see me: with a tattoo.

5) A childhood memory that I love: Saturday shopping with mom. We would take the bus to the shopping center, shop, and then to lunch. Most of the time money was tight so it was lunch at Taco Bell. I never minded because even Taco Bell was a treat. Every once in awhile we could go to Bob's Big Boy for a burger. I just remember enjoying my time with my mama.

6) 2 things I do every single day: Have my morning coffee on SS, and clean the kitchen.

7) Happiest moment of 2008, so far: I have had a few but the one that sticks out is being outside and enjoying the moment. It was a beautiful morning and the wind was blowing through the trees...it was if they were talking to one another. It was peaceful and calming and exciting all at the same time.

8) Describe yourself in 3 words: Goofy, sensitive, loyal.

9) 2 scrap related goals for this year: Trying something new -developing my own style, and playing more- not taking it so seriously.

10) You have $40 that you MUST spend on yourself – what do you do with it? While it should go to new undergarments it would easily be spent on scrapbooking materials. It makes me happy.