Pink Saturday

Yaya! This is my 100th post! Therefore I wish to celebrate Pink Saturday!
Beverly, over at How Sweet the sound, is hosting Pink Saturday each week.
I am very excited about my Blissful Garden Tea Party I am planning for July 8th, which happens to be my birthday, also. Jan, from Jan and Tom's Place suggested this party and I always love any excuse to have a tea! So I jumped in the car and ran over to Wally's to find some lovely fabric to make some new teatime napkins. When I found this gorgeous gingham I knew I had my color. It will match the beautiful petunias I have by the door.

Just in case it's too hot for a cup of tea, we'll also have a tall glass of pink lemonade to offer our guests!

Lest We Forget

Looks like a tea Party!

It's beginning to look a lot like a tea party at my house! What's this? Looks like a few guests have already arrived! My party is called Blissful Garden Party, and how apropriate to have a pair of love birds fly in to join us. Oh, but, what have we here?

Indeed, tis not the March Hare, but a handsome bunny seems interested in the planning going on! And who is that peeping over there? I didn't realize bunnies were so interested in tea parties, but I suppose they got wind of the delicious finger sandwiches that were being planned. It looks like everything is coming together for a lovely tea party that Jan over at Jan and Tom's has suggested for July 8th! Have you gotten your party together yet?The guest list is complete and the invites ready to deliver.

Breakfast for Two

Peace and tranquility permeated our morning as we enjoyed our breakfast on the porch!
The early morning music of birds cheered us and their acrobatic antics tickled our eyes. With everything we need to accomplish today to make the Fourth of July a glorious memory for family and friends, our morning repast on the porch really helped to set the mood and feed our soul, as well as our tummies! Happy Fourth!

Happy Fourth of July

I pray that everyone has a fun and safe holiday, today. Our dd and sil have invited both families up to their home to celebrate as they will probably be living out of state this time next year. In fact, they plan to start packing this weekend for their big move as they prepare to leave college life behind. Joshua loves to grill so he is preparing pork and chicken shish-ka-bobs.
I'm fixing cole slaw, and bringing the bread, Joshua's mom will bring a delectable platter of sliced assorted fruits very artfully arranged, and my mom will be bringing her delicious macoroni salad. I'm not sure what else Amanda will fix, but I believe it will include this!

UPDATE:
Amanda's table was perfection! The food was plentiful! Jan's fruit was a "picturesque",
and everything was delish! The torte Amanda made was fabulous! I am so proud of her accomplishments! It was definitely a Fourth celebration for the books!

End Great-2008, Conquer the Clutter

Folks over at Happy to be at Homehave issued a great challenge- to start now in July taking it room by room and de-cluttering with the goal to have the house reordered and neat by the end of 2008! That would be an amazing feat for us, especially our basement which has become the catch-all for everything to cast offs from dh's ancestral home to wedding paraphenalia from 3 years ago to workshop 'stuff" to general storage of just "too" much stuff!!"Stuff" you're out of here!!