Last Week

How to get rid of a couch in 1 hour and 52 minutes.

New love seat inhabited by animals. 

Found Savannah Grass.   I've been looking for it forever.  

Thanks to Home Depot.

I saw it in Better Homes and Gardens Magazine.  It will sprout ruby shoots sometime.  (I Hope)

Found another pretty plant while I was there.

Planted a flat of my favorite begonias.

A beautiful sunset

Have A Beautiful Weekend!

Friday Night Lights Finally

I admit it.  I am a TV junkie.  I have become involved in so many shows and would be LOST without my DVR.  Speaking of LOST they have me tightly wrapped around their finger with that one.  I'm thinking they are all redeeming themselves now from their wayward ways prior to the crash. It's so confusing.  I would like to see a happy flash sideways ending for all of them. 

Some of my other favorites are Glee, Saving Grace, Flashforward, Heroes, Ghost Whisperer, Medium and now Happy Town which believe me is not Happy and not for everyone.  As far as reality shows I like American Idol which I think this might be our last one. ( Lee and Crystal are my favorites) . Dancing With The Stars is fun to watch and right now they are all really good.  Of course Survivor has to be on the list.  Please, please vote Russell off!

Tom is more in to news and golf.  Mom prefers classic movies and the older series like Mash and especially Andy Griffith.  I have to agree with her on that one.  Who doesn't love Pa, Opie and Barney! 

One show we all like is Friday Night Lights. It is just the best show when it comes to acting and story line.  The characters are so believable.  It's more about life and relationships in a small town than it is about football.  We have been watching it since it started years ago and it just keeps getting better and better. 

Over a year ago, my friends Becky and Christie and I went to lunch at a local Mexican hot spot in Dallas called El Taquito.  It doesn't look like much from the outside but the food is great.  It's usually packed with people and this day was busy as usual. 

While we were waiting on our food, in the door walked a very tall man and it didn't take Becky and I long to figure out who he was.  It was Buddy (Brad Leland) from the show.  He sat at the table right behind us and we immediately turned into silliness. 

Buddy from the show.

With the cute coach.

He was so gracious and didn't mind the attention at all.

Christie, Me, Brad and Becky.

The show started again on NBC last night.  It did not disappoint.  This is going to be a really interesting season.

Try It.

A Blue Bonnet Day

There are empty lots on each side of our house and the spring rains have really encouraged the weeds to grow in them.  Yesterday I noticed a little color in one of them.  Investigating I found this little beauty.

Blue Bonnets are the State Flower of Texas. 

Lady Bird Johnson was responsible for persuading Texas to reseed wildflowers along the highways every year. 

They say "Every spring the wildflowers return as a legacy to the First Lady."

I went to the grocery store later in the day and a nearby field was exploding with the blooms.

It's like they just appeared over night. 

The empty lot next door will soon be mowed (I HOPE!) and eventually cleared to put up a new house.

Sooooooooooooo.

If you look real close.

I think Lady Bird would be proud.

Have a beautiful day!

Spring

Despite the 30 mph winds we have had, I finally got the bug to plant a few flowers.

Love Geraniums!

This is a deep red variety I bought at Calloways.

I put 2 in hanging baskets in the front flower beds.

Oh my poor shrubs look like weeds in this picture!  They are just young.

More in a large planter on the front porch.

I bought the chairs at Target.  Comfy! 

Now it's time to work on the back. 

It faces west so I will need something really heat tolerant back here. 

It's going to be a beautiful sunny day today.

Hope your day is sunny too!

Breakfast in Wylie

My friend Heidi and I met for lunch last week to catch up and exercise our cheeks facial muscles from laughing so much.  We used to haunt Applebees but since I moved we are branching out to other restuarants and even shook things up a bit by making it breakfast instead of lunch.  Last week we headed to downtown Wylie.

We went to a place called "The Ballard Street Cafe"http://ballardstreetcafe.com/ . 

It's an old fashioned cafe with lots of historic pictures of Wylie on the walls.  The menu is a newspaper.  This is a crazed woman me holding it up for you to see.

Here is a close up of one of their specialties (Chateau Bubba) it has to be finger licking good.

Part of the balcony above the entrance.

An Armadillo greeted us at the cash register.  Yes it's real. Just a little stuffed. 

We had a great breakfast.  The service was excellent and I didn't get thrown out when I knocked my coffee over.    Better yet Heidi didn't pretend like she didn't know me, asked for more napkins to help me clean it up and even paid for it! 

A True Friend.

We walked the streets window shopped after breakfast.  At the end of the block there is a historic home called "The Birmingham House".  It was built in 1905.  

Across the street we found another place we want to try next time.

It's called Taste of Home.  Just my style.

Spring Snow

Spring Snow This Morning

It started snowing here about 10pm last night.  About 2:30 this morning Molly called and was stuck on the entrance ramp to highway 190.  A truck ahead of her was also stuck.  She tried calling roadside assistance but there was no answer.  My guess is they were very busy!  She ended up calling 911 and a short time later the police arrived.  I took off heading her direction while Tom stayed on the phone with her.  She was a tad rattled and a lot embarassed.  The snow was coming down so hard you could hardly see the road.

Here is the interchange she was on.

The policeman had to shut down the overpass and part of central expressway.  He talked her down and she made it safely home. 

 Leave it to my daughter to stop traffic!

Birthday Cake

I have been wanting to redesign my blog for a long time.  I have finally figured out how to do it "the way I want to do it"  and it was right under my nose all this time.  Once I get started there is no telling what you might see pop up on this page.  Bear with me.

Speaking of right under my nose!

Yesterday was my birthday.  So to completely spoil myself I made an Italian Creme Cake.  I just love this cake recipe.  It's from the The Cotton Country Collection cookbook.  Full of nuts, coconut and topped off with cream cheese buttercream frosting.  I even had a piece for breakfast this morning.  Yum!

My nephew Chris and I and the "Girl Scouts", share the same birthday.  Unfortunately Chris missed the cake.

Sorry Chris, I promise I'll make it up to you.

You knew this picture post was coming didn't you.

I just couldn't help myself.

You're just too darn cute!