"24"

I have to admit I am addicted to the show "24" starring Kieffer Sutherland! I have always liked drama/crime solving shows and was mesmerized by CSI: Miami, NY and Las Vegas when they first came on. I think this is the 8th season for "24" and I'm not tired of it yet. I missed the 2 two-hour season premieres this past Sunday and Monday. I have been catching up with the episodes on www.hulu.com. Thank goodness for hulu!! Jack Bauer has been a very busy man this season so far! John and I have Episode 4 to watch tonight and then we'll be all caught up and just in time for Episode 5 on Sunday!

The weather here has been wonderful!

I feel like a warm breathe of Spring has arrived in Charlotte! The weather has been wonderful (accept for some rain on Sunday afternoon). I haven't been wearing a coat and I've ditched the sweaters for a little while. I saw some red buds on my peony tree that I have in a container in the courtyard. It is also staying lighter later (well just a little bit)at night. This is great weather to take walks after work-Teddy will love that!! I know that Winter isn't over but it has been a wonder respite for the last few days! I'm goint to enjoy it while I can!

Saturday's Happenings and Miscellaneous

Last night my parents arrived around 5:00 and my Mom, Dad and I went to Applebees for dinner. Today was our son-n-law Kevin's 29th birthday. Jenny, Kevin, Megan and Ken (plus my parents, John and I) all had lunch here. I made hamburgers, macaroni salad and deviled eggs. Jenny made the birthday cake. She did a great job, considering cooking and baking isn't her forte! YAY Jenny!! We all had a nice visit. Jenny and Kevin then left to go to a movie across the stree. Mom, Dad, Megan and Ken all left at the same time, which was around 3:30. My parents were going to get into Virginia and then stop for the night. Tomorrow they will drive the rest of the way home to NJ. After everyone left about 45 mins. later John left for work. I made myself a cup of tea and grabbed my book for some much needed relaxation!! Tomorrow John will have to work too and I have a custom jewelry order I need to finish so it can be mailed out on Monday. I've taken some pictures of today's celebration and visit. I also took some Valentine's Day decorating I started. I brought my lemon tree in the house when it started to get cold this Fall and now it is loaded with blossoms! I hope I get some lemons and yes, I will make lemonade-LOL!!!


Jenny made a cake for Kevin. She did a good job!



Dad, Mom and Megan at the table waiting for their cake.


It's a little dark but I think you can see the lemon tree. I keep it in this corner of the dining room where it is a little protected from foot traffic.


I was trying out different shots with my new camera. I thought this one came out really great!


I put the red and off white check handwoven runner on the kitchen table. I also thought the two little sparrow dish would look great with the silver candlesticks.



I left the cutwork velvet runner that I use for Christmas on the dining room table and added the wrought iron and glass tray with all the lovely little flower pots. I have some more decorating to do but it's a start especially with company this weekend.

Thanks for joining me on my little tour!

TGIF!!!!!!!

I think this picture says it all! Everyone have a good one!

The South is starting to come out of the deep freeze!/Haiti Earthquake

It is so much warmer today! When I walked out of the house to go to work I didn't gasp for breathe! It is suppose to be in the 40's today-YAY!! By the weekend it should be in the mid-50's and only dropping to the high 20's at night. I have the start of a cold and I really didn't need that bitter cold with the wind at all.

On another note: My prayers go out to the people of Haiti. What devastation has come to their country. Our minister's wife, Pam was in Haiti when the earthquake came. She is ok, but doesn't know when she will be able to get back home. We have a sister church in Haiti and one of our Church families is hosting a young man while he goes to college here in Charlotte. I'm sure he is extremely worried about his family. Everyone please keep Haiti in your thoughts and prayers!

The French Gardener by Santa Montefiore

I just finished reading The Glassblower of Murano and really liked that. I was left wit the wonderful task of picking a new book to read. I loved reading about Venice and wanted to keep reading a book about another country so I chose The French Gardener by Santa Montefiore. I started to read and I think this is going to be another good one! I am a gardener and always have been so I was drawn to the cover of this book. There is a woman standing in a field with a very distant village ahead of her. The village is very blurry so you can see that she is quite far from it. Around her though are glorious flowers, lots of flowers! From what I can see in the slightly disorted picture the flowers are poppies, petunias, dahlias, lavender and roses. The woman on the cover is wearing a very bright orange colored dress with her back to us. Should be a very interesting book! I'll keep you informed. Everyone have a very beautiful day!

The weekend was a lovely as I thought it would be!

Hi Everyone! It is still really cold here in Charlotte but it is suppose to warm up-by Friday it is suppose to be 55 degrees and rainy. We'll see if the weather fibbers can get it right. I did truly have a wonderful weekend! I made some jewelry, read alot, relaxed, had some quality time with John, caught up with friends at breakfast on Saturday and just took it easy! It felt wonderful to be able to do that after such a rough, stressful 2 1/2 weeks at work! I almost finished reading The Glassblower of Murano-thoroughly enjoying that book. I'm trying to decide what book to read next! The parents are on there way down from NJ to here. They were suppose to be here at 5 pm tonight but they got stuck sitting on Route 81 for 2 hours because of an accident that involved a car fire! They won't be here until about 10 pm. They will be leaving at 6 a.m. tomorrow! They also said they wouldn't be stopping on their way back from Florida this time. Oh well!

I hope everyone is staying warm and cozy these past few days! Everyone have a lovely evening also. Talk to y'all tomorrow!