Living on Cloud Nine: a mother's love

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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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BOTANICAL GARDENS BEAUTY

What a wonderful day my mom and I enjoyed in the local botanical gardens! These gardens are a hidden gem just a few minutes from my home and such a delight to walk through. Last week we were blessed with the most beautiful week of weather, finally the heat and humidity had subsided, and it was just high 70s low 80s and sunny kind of days!

We’re thinking about getting a membership because then you can take your dog, lol! I don’t know why I’ve never thought of that before, such a great place to walk!

Look at this gazebo with a Bird of Paradise plant in the middle

Of course, one of our favorite areas was the annual gardens! As you know I’ve been here to buy green thumb from my mama, see some of my flower posts here and here. It did not disappoint only in the fact that I wish it had been bigger, lol!

I absolutely love this shade of zinnias and I must find them, lol!

And another favorite were these giant wind chimes! I wish you could have heard the melody, so beautiful and they are so huge up in that tree.

"What do we do now??" LOL

Beautiful Butterflies everywhere!!

Of course, mom and I had the perfect attire for a garden walk. Beautiful
I wore my beautiful Tie front Midi Dress from Gibson Look.
I really love the fit of it.
Such a GREAT DRESS // Necklace Set HERE

Look at mom’s pretty Pink KIMONO and crisp white.
AND her KIMONO is on Major SALE!! ($26!)

Took my tripod to get the cutest shots of us together.
THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE!!!!

Beautiful days like this are good for the soul and grateful and appreciative to be able to do these days with my mama!

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LOVE....A VALENTINE'S HISTORY

With the date of love right around the corner,

Happy day of LOVE my friends! I hope you celebrate it every day! I thought it would be fun to share a little Valentine stories History.

Sharing my beautiful mom because let’s face it she was my first Valentine! An unconditional Mother's love is the purest of any!

When I was a little bitty girl, her and Dad went on a date for Valentine’s Day and she wore this red halter dress, fast forward 47 years and I got a similar halter dress so I had to do a side-by-side.

RED DRESS HERE // HEART NECKLACE HERE// HEART HAIR CLIP HERE

And of course my daddy too, which I will tell you about one of the most creative gifts he ever gave me on Valentine’s Day when I was in high school here in a minute. And apologizing for all the grainy spotted photos of old photos in this post!

mmmmm wonder where I get my

"dressing for the seasons" from? LOL

AND "matching!"

But anyway, my dear mama always made Valentine’s Day so sweet! Everything from decorating my valentines boxes for school in white and red velvet wallpaper that she had in their bedroom to her often requested red velvet mini cupcakes and always sweet little tokens of love.

Now my first “boy” love note came in second grade on Valentine’s Day when Lamar sent me some candy hearts and asked to circle whether or not I would be his Valentine. Too funny, I answered no, I don’t think he was really my type. LOL. Couldn't find my class photo to show ya.

He went on to be a state police officer so very happy he’s had a good life, lol!

Fast-forward to high school and while I was boy crazy, I always dreaded Valentine’s Day because we would pass out roses to various classmates from admirer’s. It wasn’t until my senior year that I received one and actually I ended up with three from three different guys so I guess it made up for lack of them in the earlier years. I always felt so sorry for all of those who did not receive one so I really don’t think it’s a good practice, lol! I mean it’s not the bachelor, everybody should get a rose, right?

Two of the roses came from two of my favorites, one was my boyfriend one was not, lol!

Sad note:This guy below passed away in 2017 from cancer.

Roses for safe keeping in my locker. I forget what the carnation was for, I think because I was on Student Council and helped pass them out. And what up Tinsel? Why was that in there?

Then, my hair got blonder and I got even more roses, lol

Now, my parents are both very good at giving creative gifts which I was lucky to inherit. I’ll never forget a Valentine’s Day when I believe I was 16 or 17! I would pass by my parents every morning as they drink coffee at a little split table while I walked through to go to the bathroom that had a shower. On a Valentine morning, in that bathroom was a quarter and a bell. My daddy knew that I had been wanting one of those popular at the time panda coin rings and so when I opened the third box there it was: get it; a coin and a bell that rings, thus COIN RING.

CUTIES!!!

More Matching, LOVE it!!

Another sad note, this beautiful friend of mine passed away in a car accident while I was in college. This was a Friends Valentine Sunday before there was such a thing as "Galentine's Day."

I would go on to kiss a few frogs before I got to my dear Mr. Nine. When the boys were younger Grandma would come over and watch them while we went out to eat. Then the tables turned and they were taking their dates out while we stayed home, lol.

A Fav from our younger days.

But growing up with the boys, it was always fun to love on them with valentines and you know I was room mom extraordinaire with all the love treats! I wish I had more pics from in the classrooms, too busy room moming I guess. One year, one of the boys made me homemade chocolate truffles in homemade class for Valentine’s Day. I’ve actually saved them in a baggie in a drawer in the refrigerator all of these years here is a photo:

Sometimes we would all go on long weekend getaway for Valentine's since Presidents Day was close and they often had a 3-4 day weekend. Here they are indulging mama in her photo shenanigans at the hotel, lol

Mr. Nine and I don’t do big gestures of love because we believe in love each and every day of the year but we do get each other a little something, I get the boys a little something and my mama. Dad gets a card in the mail and on occasion I send cards or packages to friends. Often I will make a heart shaped things like a meatloaf and pink mashed potatoes for dinner.

Here I made them mini Turkey Meatloaf Hearts. Get the recipe HERE

AND MAJOR LOVE TO THESE Strawberry Cheesecake Heart Muffins

I thought I would share this Photo of my beautiful mama and I sporting our favorite red and matching necklaces, my mom got me this beautiful heart necklace with pink gemstones in it from the sweet Tiffany Houghton and her Online Store. You might want to follow Tiffany and her mom, Jennifer from Turtle Creek Lane on Instagram. Happy love to you all!