One year ago tonight....

I waited until tonight to do this post for a reason. I wanted to show you what I saw exactly one year ago today.....a harvest moon. We sat on the balcony and literally watched it rise from the ocean like the sun normally does. It was awesome to see.

Then I woke up the next morning and saw the sun was starting to come up so I grabbed my camera to watch the progress.

The colors of the sky were ever changed as the sun started climbing.

Reds, golds, oranges all across a sea of blue.

Then the sun burst through and you could see the yellow ball.

As soon as it got completely up, I went down to the beach and sat in my chair and read most of the day. It was one of the most relaxing vacation days I had ever spent. It's been a year since I've been back. I am so ready to go again.

The last shopping trip for summer...

Since next Tuesday is the first day of fall, this will be my last weekend of official summer shopping. We love going to the beach in early fall. We have a trip coming up soon and I need to pick up a new bathing suit so I hope to snag a bargain this weekend on a clearance rack. 

I always wear a basic one piece. This is a look that would look retarded on me and call me crazy, but I like it.

I also like the looks of this one.

I sorta like the looks of this one. 

And I just adore this one. 

We are going to Kohl's and they usually have really good clearance deals so we will see. The other thing I need is one more pair of flip flops before I go. Something light weight and comfy. I plan on looking at these at Kohl's. They are on sale right now.

And these

Or these

It's hard to tell what I'll find. 

Some things to share....

I did some trading on Facebook in the Pyrex 4 Trade group. I scored this beautiful yellow baking dish.....

....and the snowflake casserole dish I wanted. 

I walked out on the porch after a storm came through the other night. The sun was setting and it was gorgeous.

I saw this on Facebook and thought it was cute.  

And I saw this 2 minute microwave fudge. I need to try it to see if it turns out. If it does, I will share it with everyone. I just don't like to recommend something I've not tried myself. 

Hope everyone is having a good day.

A pictures worth a thousand words....

We had an awesome time at the birthday party for Alexis yesterday. I did stick my toes in the water and it was COLD. But these kids didn't seem to care. 

Happy birthday, Alexis Caroline

Don't tell me God doesn't still perform miracles. Ten years ago today He blessed us with this little tiny angel who weighed less than 2 pounds and was just about a foot long. She was born two months premature but was a tough little fighter.

That precious little bundle soon became this....

...and then this

Every year she gets cuter and cuter.

That smile just melts my heart. She is such a blessing to be around.

Before we knew it she was in school and cheerleading at football games.

And now here we are on her 10th birthday. My little beauty. Where in the world have the years gone. She touches my heart in such a special way and will always be Mamaw's baby...no matter how old she gets. 

Happy birthday my sweet Alexis Caroline. We love you very, very much!

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Yesterday....

I picked up Alexis to take her out to eat and to go shopping for her birthday time with me. Her birthday is Sunday and I always take each grandchild out for some special Mamaw time before their birthday. We went to our favorite place, Applebee's. She had cheesy chicken and garlic mashed potatoes. I had the potato skins and she had me try her chicken. It was really good. 

Of course we had to have, as Alexis calls it, The Big Brownie Dessert. We shared it and found it was a lot easier to move to the same side of the table to eat it. They wait staff sang happy birthday to her when they delivered it. The waitress asked if we wanted our picture taken and of course we said yes.

After dining and shopping for her gift, she asked me if we could go get Shelby, my other granddaughter, so they could stay all night together. They had a snack around 9:30 then left their trays up to play Glam and Go Bling, which they combined the cards to make up their own game. They finally crashed around 11:30 last night.

Today....

We are going to have some girl time and go shopping, just the three of us. We are going to stop at the Tudor House antique store. That's my favorite one to go to.

I am going to look for the Pyrex snowflake divided dish. I hope I can find one. We have several antique stores I can try. 

I am going to the Tudor House first because she told me she would happily give me store credit for any Pyrex I had to trade. Last time she did that, I took in a set of 12 Swanky Swigs and 2 or 3 pieces of Pyrex and she gave me $95 store credit. This is what I'm taking to show her today. One piece I am going to trade for a friend, the other pieces are either duplicates or patterns I don't collect. I would be happy to get $60 bucks out of all these since I know she will need to mark them up for resale.  

After our shopping trip, the girls will be going back home. Alexis is cheering at a ball game tonight and Shelby may be going to the Rod Run in Pigeon Forge. I will be going back home and plan on giving myself a manicure with my new Sally Hansen orange nail polish I bought last night.

My new favorite manicure is to do my nails in one shade and then do my ring finger in this glittery silver. So that is what I'm doing tonight. 

Tomorrow....

After church, I need to go home and get ready for Alexis's birthday party. She is having it at this awesome pavilion on the river. It's at the same place she had it last year. We had a blast. It is supposed to be a beautiful day so I am sure I'll do some river wading while the kids splash around in it. There are several places where it isn't very deep.

I hope to get some pictures this year. The girls are always ready to pose for me; the boys - not so much. I don't know how many times I tried to get these two grandsons and my son-in-law. They are very evasive. 

Well, that's my weekend plans so far. Hope you are having as much fun as I am.