Sunday, March 28, 2010

sittin on the dock of the bay...

Any time spent with this guy is time well spent.


Add in these TWO sunbathing beauties...

(no,  don't let the hat confuse you, that's not K-Fed, that's Leslie and her mini me, Abby)

this little love nugget...

(Miles)
and of course this guy...

(John hard at work trying to find the sparkplug Abby sweetly tossed under the hood of the car and announced, 
"I fixed Mommy's car!")

and I'm over the moon! 


Just when I thought my weekend could not get ANY better John and I stopped here...




where they just happened to serve this

(Catherine's Eggs Benny AND a delicious latte)
Perfection.



Happy weekend!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

before & after

This beauty made her big debut in my Mom and Dad's first home in Georgia over 30 years ago. At the time she was dressed in a fabric my mom fondly recalls as "lemon ice". I can vaguley remember the pale yellow and soft blue pattern of the original fabric pattern from my childhood.

Years later she decided it was time for a new look. What better to represent the early 90s than burgundy flamestitch?! She sat proudly in our home for years among all the navy and hunter green that was all the rage. Years came and gone and the neutrals crept in pushing this classic beauty to the side...until my Mom and Dad generously allowed her to come live in Montgomery with us.

Here she is the day she moved in. Tired, yes. Faded? yes. but still... a classic. We were thrilled to have her!


Before
(sorry poor quality, cell phone picture)

Last week she kicked that flamestitch to the curb and got a full out facelift! She sits a little taller in her new herringbone fabric.


After





After all these years she's still a classic! Never looked better if I do say so myself!


Wednesday, March 17, 2010

happy st. patty's day!

look what my little leprechan left me...


these happy, hoping for spring, green canisters from tar-jay! if the color is called "guacamole", how it could it ever be bad!?


"A best friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have."
-Author Unknown