FRIDAY FAVORITES SWEET MAY

Happy middle of May babes! Slow down already, “Summer” is just getting started, ha ha but with our weather who knows? We’re going from 80s yesterday and today here in Northern Indiana to a high of 59° Sunday. It’s been kind of a slow yet crazy week and I’m happy to report my three-month-old tooth saga is over. I got the permanent crown put on Wednesday, a fabulous cleaning and I’m good to go. BUT yesterday had a major pool issue so hoping it gets figured out and we can get back in. I love pools but like a boat, they are money pits.

 

Mother’s Day

We started with an amazing brunch at a place we had never been before called The early Bird Eatery and the food was incredible.

While 2 live out-of-state boys were missing, the dad of the twins, surprised us with a visit on Sunday. And best of all it was a perfect sunshiny day, and we were able to get in the pool! (before it went cloudy with nitrates this week) The girls had a ball!

 

Watering Can

Their mama created the most precious gift for me and great grandma Giga. (we are holding them in the title pic). She painted super cool watering cans with designs and the girls’ painted handprints. The thumbprint was turned into a ladybug and she put our names on top along with some gardening gloves. Such a thoughtful gift!

Gardening Gloves on Sale HERE

Hummingbird Planter

My mom always gets me something too, and she found the sweetest concrete hummingbird pot and put my favorite shade of Verbena in there, raspberry.

Outfits

What I wore Mother’s Day, a sweater I got to take to Cape Cod this summer and the last outfit: not going to lie. I wore it 2 days in a row. lol. Do you ever do that?

Jumpsuit HERE // Sandals HERE

Sweater HERE // Jean Shorts HERE // Sandals HERE

Sweater HERE // Jeans HERE (My FAVS) // Sandals HERE // Necklace HERE

Nature Pics: Gerbera Daisies

Had to get you some pictures of two of my Gerbera daisies! I don’t usually have these annuals outside, but I couldn’t resist these two colors this year and I hope they do well.

Cookies for the Dentist’s Office

I mentioned that my dental ordeal is over, but as always, I took the office some cookies, I found the cutest patriotic trays at Hobby lobby and filled one with monster cookies using red, white and blue M&Ms. Remember when I took my old beloved Dentist the I wish I would not have left any at home though I dipped into the stash and could you not I ate 5 after my appointment.

My Recipe for Monster Cookies HERE

 

Stella and Her Insta Toy

And last, but not least, I may not be on Instagram right now, but Stella is, ha ha, at least she thinks she is with one of her favorite toys from Grandma! This girl loves to take bigger toys to bat around balls with. It's so cute!

What was your favorite thing during your week?

HAPPY WEEKEND & BIG HUGS TO YOU ALL!!!

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FRIDAY FAVORITES MOM'S WEEKEND

Hi friends! Hope you had a great week and are looking forward to a sweet weekend! Mr. Nine and I drove round-trip nine hours last Sunday to check out something we’ve been dreaming about. We thought it was going to become a reality, but this week got our hopes and dreams dashed. Not going to say it wasn’t a sad couple of days, but we are blessed beyond measure, and we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and know that when something doesn’t work out, it means it wasn’t meant to be. We can still dream, and we know that dream will someday be a reality that I hope to share with you all when it happens. I still found lots of JOY this week to share with you.

THINKING OF YOU

I feel Mother’s should be celebrated every day of the year. And for many it is a HARD day!! Just know I see you and I love you. For those of us still lucky to have our mama’s, thank God each day for that. To all of you who are moms, know you incredible, did the best you could, and you are to be appreciated and celebrated. It's a hard but wonderful gig! 

TEA WITH MOM

Speaking of being blessed to still enjoy time with my mama, to kick off the Mother’s Day celebrations, mom and I went to a Mom & Me tea at an historic home bed-and-breakfast in a local town. Just Lovely! We even got to see the guest rooms...all so quaint!

The outside is pink!!

DRESS HERE // SHOES HERE // BAG HERE // NECKLACE HERE

 

CHECKERED SHOES

40% all sandals Now thru Sunday Target! Sooo many cute ones like these Checkered Ones I got. Comfortable and Darling!

Just look at all the cute ones! I own 3 of these but also think I’m going to order Pearl Embellished and Cherry slides.

Pearls on Raffia HERE //Black HERE // Cognac HERE // Cherries HERE // Bow HERE // Shell on Raffia HERE // Woven Like Birks HERE // Checkered HERE // Blue Foil HERE // Rhinestone Embellished HERE

 

PROTEIN BOWL

One of my easiest protein bowls yet and packing the biggest protein punch! I had bought some chocolate peanut butter protein powder awhile back and wondered what I was going to do with it. I love vanilla protein powder, but I’m not big on the chocolate but let me tell you this easy protein bowl is just right. You mix 3/4 cup of plain Greek yogurt with a scoop of the chocolate peanut butter protein powder, and add a scoop of PB fit protein powder. Mix well. Melt 1 tablespoons of semi sweet chocolate chips smooth on top stick in the fridge for 20 minutes add a dollop of whipped topping, I use the so delicious coco whip, and some berries if you would like. 51 g of protein and oh so delicious!

NATURE/HUMMINGBIRDS 

A hummer was first spotted on May 1st at one of our feeders. Then I didn’t see him again until Monday night sitting on top of a feeder! Thank goodness I had my phone in my hand to get a pic. AND saw 2 fighting yesterday morn.

ONE TWIN PIC LITERALLY….US CHEESIN'

LAST YEAR MOTHER'S DAY....Pic for Title AI Cartoon Image

EXTRA LOVE AND HUGS TO EACH AND 

EVERY ONE OF YOU CUTIES!!!

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FRIDAY FAVORITES...MOM EDITION

Hi Beauties! The weather has been so glorious this week that I don’t even care if it’s raining today, I have errands to run anyway, lol. It is the weekend to celebrate moms, not just moms of kids, but moms of fur babies, moms to be, bonus moms, future moms, women who mentor us as moms, and so much love for those who have lost their precious moms, and those who may not have a relationship with their mom. I am beyond blessed to still have my mama here and in good health and engaging in lots of shenanigans with me! She is the best!

 

1. Day with Mama

Speaking of mama, we had a spectacular day, going to our local Wellfield Botanical Gardens to see the spring blooms, she and Mr. Nine and I, along a Stella Mae signed up to be members and next summer we can get a grandparent membership, lol! We both felt very springy so we captured some pictures. I love my new little compact tripod for taking along on adventures like this.

2. cabi Beaming

The sweater I wore is one of the new releases from my beloved, cabi! It is called the Beaming Sweater, and what a fitting name, because the bright yellow is so sunshine like, and the puff sleeves are so charming! I just love it! I wore the cabi Romance Scarf in my hair and felt blooming sweet!

3. Spanx Gift for Mom

My mama has been loving, all my Spanx lately, especially the air essentials, namely, the Half Zip, which happens to be my favorite piece as well. So guess what she got as an early Mother’s Day gift? I hope you saw the Instagram stories with her reaction. If not, check out the Spanx highlight reel on my Instagram. You can get some fabulous Spanx pieces for yourself and or your mama too and at a discount with code CLOUDNINEXSPANX.

Sweatshirts HERE // White Jeans HERE

OH and the Fab Striped Porch Rug HERE

(it's so good)

4. Nature

I remember that on my summer Friday favorites I usually do a little segment on nature because it is abundant around us. This will often include my beautiful posies, and I can shirt starting to share flower tips on my Instagram stories, especially on Tuesdays. I planted my last pass this week in a few perennials and I’m so glad to have everything in the ground with no signs of have to covering up for frost like I did last year.

This week my orchid-colored Azalea was at its peak so I had to snap this photo.

After I spend 45 minutes wearing all my flowers, I love to sit by the pool in the evening, so serene! Tousled and tired from the day but all's good!

 

And sweet Stella, every day we go for two laps around the pond, and she’s always mesmerized by the wildlife, especially the darn geese. What she doesn’t know is how mean they are, she just wants to play with them and doesn’t understand why they don’t, lol.

5. Misc. Fun

POST OF THE WEEK

Monday ~ cabi Front Row Fashion Experience

PARFAIT

So mad I don't have photos from my Aunt and Uncle's visit this past weekend, but I did get a pic of my Strawberry Crunch Parfait.

MEMES

Are you doing anything fun this weekend? I am very much looking forward to Sunday brunch with my peeps, wish all my boys could be there, but you know, geography and jobs, lol. We are going to the same place we went last year, which is a local Italian restaurant that does a brunch so incredibly well and everything is made from scratch, I told Mr. Nine I will be eating 18 mini cannoli’s, lol. And I will be sampling all 100+ items, no just kidding but I’m going to eat a lot. 

 

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY and WEEKEND!!!

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AMAZON MOTHER'S DAY IDEAS

I know, insane to believe that Mother’s Day is Sunday! Hoping to really get out and celebrate this year and I hope you will celebrate the women in your life as well! If you’re still shopping, you know the great thing about Amazon Prime is it will be here in plenty of time for Mother’s Day if you’re interested in some of the gifts I’m sharing today! Not gonna lie, I’m not done with my mom yet either, so I need to get to shopping and linking with Tanya for her monthly Amazon Prime link up!

Celebrate with Babs Cookbok

I discovered Babs on Instagram and I’ve been in love ever since! To think, she started two years ago at the age of 71 on a whim on TikTok and now she has the most amazing cookbook and gazillions of followers! She’s adorable!

Pink Mixing Bowl Set 

Pink stacking Mixing Bowl set, sign me up! These are so pretty!

Necklace Set

My mom got me This Necklace Set for my birthday and I have been wearing it nonstop ever since! The price is so good and the chain links and layered look are perfect!

4. Turkish Towels

These 100% cotton Turkish Towels are perfect for so many things. They’re great just to put over your lap, to take to the beach or picnic, these come in a set of two and they are the prettiest pink, lots of other colors as well.

Gingham Apron

There are times you just need an apron and why not have a precious one. This Pink Gingham Apron is so pretty and this one is so high quality for mom. AND only $12 coming in several gingham colors.

100 Languages Necklace w/ Preserved Rose

This might be one of my favorite gifts ever from my kids! When you look inside the stone it says I love you in 100 languages and the rose is preserved, lasting forever. The Necklace pulls out this sweet little drawer and I love to display it in my closet and I am wearing it as we speak. So precious!

Bracelet Stack

So many pretty stacks to choose from! These Cuties are really great quality for the money! Bracelets stacks are all the rage these days. TONS of color mixes!

Pretty Sprayer

I think this Plant Sprayer is so pretty. I do mostly outdoor plants but I now tons of people that would love this, it even looks pretty as a decoration.

French Tarts Baking Kit

I’ve always wanted to make French tarts! I think this Little Kit makes 

it so much fun!

 

Here's to all the ladies you LOVE!

Cookbook // Mixing Bowl Set // Necklace Set // Turkish Towels // Apron // Necklace & Rose Box Bracelet Stack // Plant Sprayer // French Tarts Baking Kit

And Here's to a BETTER week than last and always 

Happy Shopping!

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