spring~love it

We are enjoying a beautiful spring! Dan and I went out for a drive to Hidden Lake Gardens on Tuesday. 

I took a few pics! (of course).

I had been really sick friday night through monday, so it was nice to be feeling better and get out of the house!

We stopped for lunch at Rosalie's Roadhouse.

photo from Rosalie's Roadhouse website

Excellent food and serice. It was very quaint and cozy.

Kelly and I went and got pedicures last week at Skin Laser and Day Spa.

It was wonderful!! Here is a pic of my toes. ;-)

Kelly chose a french pedicure. Sorry..no photo!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week.

Joy to you!

Happy Spring~antiques, lunch, a walk & flowers

Happy Spring! What a beautiful day, sunny and temps in the high 70's, low 80's.  These temps are above average for this time of year, so everyone is enjoying the nice weather.  I took Patch for a little walk down our street this afternoon.

He would not stand still for me to get a proper photo, he was so excited.

 I did manage to snap a pic of some daffodils! And I took the photo while hanging onto Patch's lease, he nearly jerked my arm off.

These flowers are in the front of a house down the street. My spring flowers are not blooming yet because they are in shade for the most part. I probably won't see flowers blooming in our yard for another month. Meanwhile I enjoy all the flowers around us.

Dan and I went to one of the local antique malls, Maumee Antique Mall this morning. We had a nice look around, just bought a couple small things. 

 I thought this booth display was adorable.

 cuteness~

I should have bought this heart wall hanging to have for Valentine's Day.

After walking this huge place, we went out for lunch at The Seafood Restaurant.
Dan had yellow perch, I had coconut shrimp. YUM! We love this place, it's one of our favorites  for seafood.

Take care

xoxo

Happy St. Patrick's Day and check out a great website!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

God's might to direct me,

God's power to protect me,

God's wisdom for learning,

God's eye for discerning,

God's heart for my hearing,

God's word for my clearing. ~St. Patrick

In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, I made a healthy protein shake. I took a pic of it, but the photo didn't turn out. So here is a pic of the shake from the site where I got the recipe.

photo by Katie of Dashing Dish

I recently discovered Dashing Dish, which is full of recipes, all with healthy alternatives. I LOVE this website and can't wait to make more and more of the recipes. Katie, the creator of these recipes and the author of this website is amazing!  I made the chocolate muffins last week, oh dear me, so delicious and low fat/low cal/gluten free. If you are on the Weight Watcher's program, one muffin is, Points Plus Value: 3 Yay!

Check out the recipe!

Triple Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Happy weekend everyone!

xo

gorgeous day~spring will be here soon~

Watching and waiting for Spring, that's what I am doing and today is a perfect preview! We are having lovely weather, sunny and the temperature is 70 degrees. Gorgeous!

 Already we are seeing robins.

Our lilac trees are starting to show green and many of the spring flowers are coming up. Each season brings it's own beauty and Spring is certainly a beautiful time of renewal.

I can't wait to get outside and start gardening projects.

I love fresh flowers and I need to have them in the house more often. The last time I had them was for Valentine's Day, the beautiful bouquet of roses, lilies and carnations that Dan gave me. 

Of course they don't last forever, but  I tried to salvage them as long as possible. Below you see how I had three nice flowers left, so I cut them down and put them in my mini milk bottle crate. So cute!

Of course this pic was taken a couple weeks ago, the flowers are long gone now.

Have a happy week.

xo

*graphics by Sadie and Judy