Pink Saturday and the winner!

The time has arrived to announce the winner of my 100th follower celebration! 

Here is Prince O doing the honors...

Congratulations to....... 

Diann @ The Thrifty Groove!!!  Diann is the winner of a $25 Target gift card! 

Her blog is really cool!  Go check it out! 

Thanks to all who entered and to all of the new followers!  Now I can work towards my 200 goal. 

I am back from moving the princess.  We were so busy getting her situated that I actually didn't have time to cry.  Then I was too tired to cry on the way home.  I miss her already. But I'm holding up!

The dr has been very nice to me lately.  I guess he knows all of these things like moving, selling the house, finding a new place, princess cutting the apron strings, etc are putting a little wear and tear on my emotions.  So for no reason, he brought these home for me...

This is my lovely Pink Saturday.  

 My flowers may not keep but the dr.? Well he's a keeper! 

A Happy Mother's Day

Hope all of you had a wonderful day today.  My family honored me with dinner out last night.  Otherwise, it's been a low key but meaningful weekend.  Today the dr made pancakes for me, at the boys' requests.  At least this year we were all together.  Last year, the dr wasn't here so my children took me downtown to the neatest little place called Boll Weevil's.  I love the red painted bricks.

They specializes in ginormous desserts.  And I do mean ginormous!  Upon entering, there is a glass case with every kind of cake imaginable to mankind.  I could stand at that counter forever trying to choose.  (excuse the flash)

Can't go wrong with turtle cheesecake!  One of my favs!

Get the picture of the size?

Afterwards, we went for a walk down the brick paved streets.  Don't you love the charm of brick roads?

These are my kids.  The lights of my life.  The redhead, well, she's going off to college this week.  Getting a jump start on things before school starts in fall.  She hopes to get a summer job.  She'll be about 3 hours from our next place. boo hoo  And who said kindergarten was hard?? Can't believe I have to go through this 2 more times with the boys.  But, she's my only daughter.  My firstborn.  This was a sad happy mom's day for me.  But I'm proud of the independent woman she's becoming.  Spread your wings and fly baby girl!  It's nice to be a proud mamma but hard to be a scared one. 

 Don't forget to enter my giveaway Target gift card here.
Will be gone with the princess this week.  Be back in time for the giveaway.  Have a great week!

A Giveaway and a Birthday!

 

It's a woo hoo moment for me!  I have 100 followers/friends!   So, I'm having a giveaway in honor of blog friendship!  It's a $25 gift card to Target.  Three ways to enter:

 

1. Be a follower. If you're a new follower, tell me about it in my comment section.

2.  Leave a comment as simple as hi, no explanation necessary.

3.  Post about my giveaway on your blog and leave me a link to it in a separate comment.

If you do not have a blog, be sure to leave  your email address so I can contact you if you win. 

You have until midnight May 13th to enter.  

Winner will be randomly selected.

I'm so happy to have met some of the nicest people ever in blogland.  I don't always have time to visit you as much as I'd like, but it's been so much fun surfing through your blog.  Thanks for your friendship!

Giveaway will be Friday May 14th.

Posting to Woo Hoo Wednesday @ Always Nesting

Pink Saturday @How Sweet the Sound (Hope the pink flowers on the gift card count as a pink post!)

Show n Tell Friday @My Romantic Home

Inspiration Saturday @The Inspired Room

And for my regular posting...

Happy Birthday Colton!

 

This is a baby shower some friends and I threw for a dear sweet friend.  The baby is soon to have his first birthday.  How time flies!  

We printed these monogram water bottle labels right on the printer.  Then tied ribbon around the bottles and placed them in an iced down baby tub to add a little personal touch.  

A place to leave well wishes.

My favorite- toile anything, here toile napkins....

The honoree's sister made little "poop diapers."  Styrofoam cups, napkins, safety pin and caramel popcorn.  



A baby carriage fruit bowl...

The table centerpieces-

  A parting treat for the guests.  Honey buns in little white bags. 

 The Birthday Boy! I love him!!!

Archtiecture

My last pics of Savannah for now.  Just a small sampling of the beautiful architecture. Above is a cathedral downtown,The Cathedral of St.John the Baptist, the oldest Roman Catholic church in GA. You can see all kinds of detailed architecture while roaming the streets. The row houses and old homes downtown are just dreamy. Unfortunately, I did not get pictures of any freestanding homes which I consider to be mansions.  Sometimes when engrossed in the moment, I forget to take pictures. Mental note to self-  "take pics of houses" on next trip. Love to walk, or more likely ride,  for hours up and down the streets and city squares looking at all these beauties.

This is Johnny Mercer's great grandfather's house, built in 1860.

And a little bit more of the flowers from a friend's perspective ..

Ok. Now I must return to reality.  Much to do in the upcoming weeks.  When I need a break, I'll reflect on my tranquil photos.  Adding this to the Woo Hoo! Party over at Always Nesting.  Thanks Marla!

Bonaventure in Pink

May sound kind of creepy, but Bonaventure is a cemetery in Savannah.  Beautiful live oaks, flowers and monuments abound. The historic cemetery has been around since the 1800's. One of Savannah's most famous people, Johnny Mercer, is buried here.  He's the songwriter who wrote "Moon River" in 1961.  He requested to be buried here before he died in 1976.  

(I "borrowed" these pics from a friend.  She's a great photographer.)  Posting all of this pink to Beverly's How Sweet the Sound, Pink Saturday, Show N Tell over at My Romantic Home,  and Inspiration Friday at Melissa's The Inspired Room. 

 One of my favorite things about Savannah trees is the moss which hangs from them.  Did you know where the term "Don't let the bed bugs bite" came from?  People used to make mattresses out of the moss until they found out there were critters which bit them at night.

Love the beautiful monuments.  Pure art.

A little bridge over water, so dreamy...

 Nature at best...

How would you like to take your final ride in this?

 Farewell...

Diversion

Not only is this a diversion in my posts, it's a diversion in my life. 

It's official. 

My house has a for sale sign in the front yard now. 

boo hoo  We have to move to SW Georgia so the dr can complete his training.  We'll only be there two years and after that, who knows where we'll land. So I might as well put on my "big girl panties" and roll with the flow. 

We just bought this house a year ago and never dreamed we'd be moving so soon.  But... we have to go where there's a better opportunity for dr and, ultimately our family, as he'll have a better schedule.  

Ugh!  Hate having to stress over keeping the house spotless all the time. Good news is I've already had 2 inquiries with 2 showings.  Pray we can sell quickly in this slow market!

Saturday, I stood at the glass screen door and watched as dr drove the stakes in the ground.  A lot went through my mind in that moment.  All the days I've scoured thrift and Goodwill to find the perfect pieces, the flowers I've planted, sitting on the back porch listening to the crickets or watching the boys play football, having wonderful parties, grill outs and so many more memories.  All in just a short year.  I love my home, no matter where it may be.  And the next house will be my home just as much as this one.

Maybe you think I'm getting nostalgic too quick but I have to get it out of my system now so I can get busy with the job at hand.  I won't look back again until moving day when we pull out.  Then all these thoughts and emotions will come washing over me at once.  I'll cry, maybe for 1 mile, maybe for 10.  Then I'll dry it up and dream of my next place.