Fitbit ....

I've been looking to purchase a Fitbit for awhile now

so when I saw that they were being offered to include the extra pack

of bands in different colors, perfect time to buy!

the 3 pack of bands is $30 so you got that free

Except that all they had left were the large size bands and I wear

a small. But the sales person suggested that I go ahead and get

the large while they were on special and then just check back

later and exchange for the small.

And I must say, I love it!!

It forces me to keep my eye on my steps so that keeps

me motivated. The pedometer was just a pain, not always tracking

very accurately and always falling off.

The Fitbit fits perfect on my wrist and I never take it off. You

can even shower with it on. I do remove every 5th day to charge it.

I don't do the calorie tracking. I was so happy when I started

clean eating and didn't have to track calories or fat or anything

like that so there was no way I was going back to that.

I do track my water and that keeps me on track to drink

the right amount.

And I really love the sleep tracker. It tells me how many hours

of solid sleep, how many restless times and how

may times I was awake. No real reason to really

need that but I just think it is very cool.

You can set your goals for steps and when you hit your

goal for the day, the Fitbit vibrates on your wrist. And that

makes me happy because then I know I've hit that goal for the day!

later.......



Cafe string lights .....

I bought some café string lights for our outside area

we have a large deck and a nice size patio

and around all of that is my flower garden

So I wanted some lights to illuminate the area

but just never found anything I really liked

 

then these came out at Bed, Bath, Beyond and they

were perfect!!

 

 

so we bought 3 sets and strung them through the trees and it looked

so beautiful and unfortunately, I do not have a picture of them on

because.........some dang squirrel bit through the wire!!

 

I think I need to move the 2 bird feeders because the squirrels

are always trying to get them so maybe if I move those, they

will stay off of my lights!

I'll put up pictures after Johnny repairs the wire

 

later..... 



Oil and Vinegar ....

One of our local malls has an Oil and Vinegar Shop!

 

It's awesome.......they have an entire wall of all different kinds of olive oil and

vinegars that they dispense from. And they sell different size bottles

 

so once you purchase a bottle, you just bring it back each time and only

pay for your refill.

they have samples of all of them so that you can taste

before purchasing....great!!

 

And oh my gosh, they are ALL so good!!

seriously, I wish I could have that dispenser wall in my own kitchen!!

 

 

My favorite is the Basil Olive Oil and I mix it with the tomato

vinegar for my salad dressing......so dang good!!

 

I use the garlic olive oil for roasting all of my veggies!

yummm!

 

later......



35 years.....

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband

35 years ago today we said our "I do's" in the little

church that I grew up in.

 

I loved him so much that day but now, 35 years later, I love

him even more!

 

no big celebrations this year......we are heading down to the

beach for a few days so that will be fun to get away just

the 2 of us and relax at our favorite place, OBX!

 

later.....

 



A little more of Easter .....

Before dinner we had a small Easter Egg hunt for the kids

Since they were already going to have plenty of candy, I put

money in their eggs. I had 21 eggs for each grandchild and

wrote their names on their eggs so it would be fair and everyone

would get the same amount.

 

We had Gabe and Maddox hunt eggs first so that Declan

would see how it's done.......well, that only lasted a short time.

He was so ready to get out there and hunt eggs!!

I think they all enjoyed it

 

Maddox had fun hunting for eggs with his name on them

 



 

there's Gabe trying to find eggs......we had the hunt in the front yard

as to avoid the dog poop that I have failed to clean up

 

Declan really enjoyed looking for the eggs and he was good at it!

 

Grandpa watching the action......

 

 

later....

 



Easter part 2 ......

I cooked Easter dinner for the kids and grandkids and

instead of the usual ham, I decided to have turkey this year

roasted potatoes, lima beans, string bean salad,

tomato/cucumber salad, and rolls.

Jacquelyn made an angel food / ice cream cake for dessert

that was wonderful (I did eat some of that)

 

But we also had lots and lots of candy!

Instead of making Easter baskets for the kids

I decided to use Easter candy as the table centerpiece

I love how it turned out

 

 

after dinner I gave all of the kids and grandkids bags so they

could load up on some candy! Please, I eat no sugar so I don't

need the temptation around me! haha.....

 

later........



Easter ...

We always get together with my side of the family for

Easter but this year it wasn't going to happen. We all got together

on Saturday before Easter to do a winter clean up of our parents

yard and then for Sunday, everyone had different plans with others

so we skipped it this year.

 

We came back from yard clean up and lunch at Mexico and

I was worn out! But still wanted to dye some Easter eggs. Not sure

why I enjoy it so much now that my kids are grown but I do.

And all that I use is the dye kits you buy......but there's just something

about those colorful eggs......and then getting to eat Easter eggs

all week for breakfast!!

 

Jacquelyn, Bucky and Declan were at the yard clean up so they

came back by the house afterward and dyed eggs with me.

 

 

While the eggs were cooling, Declan

sat in his highchair and made an Easter picture with

a bunch of stickers I had

 

looks at the pretty colors.......

 

Jacquelyn had to really hold on to the egg because

he wanted to throw it in to the glass......like he throws baseballs!

Declan had so much fun playing with the plastic eggs

 



 

having crazy fun with his daddy!

 

later.....



Cousin love ....

Declan loves playing and hanging out with other kids

but he especially loves playing with his cousins

here he was just having fun climbing all over Gabe....

 

 

this next one is blurry but I still love it

 

later.....

Jacquelyn's birthday ....

Our sweet daughter Jacquelyn had a birthday

on April 13th

We were able to pick her day of birth and purposely picked

the 13th so that she would have a few Friday the 13th

birthdays.....and she loves that!

 

 

 

She is so sweet and caring...a very thoughtful daughter, loving wife, caring sister and a most excellent mother! We are just so proud of her in her job and how she cares for her family. It's hard to explain how much it means to Johnny

and I how her and Bucky love to hang out with us. We love it!!!

We do so much together and it sure is fun!!

 

We had taco night at the house for her birthday.....she wanted to have

something everyone would love...so typical of her to be always thinking

of everyone else!!

 

I used the same chalkboard from Declan's party to do one for her

I think I'll do one for everyone this year!!

 

 

We usually just give the kids cash for their birthdays but

Jacquelyn and I went shopping together and she picked out

some new clothes......so yay, she actually had a gift to open this year!

 

 

I may have already posted this picture before but it's such a sweet picture

I just had to put it up for her birthday post!!

 

 

later......

 



Fresh flowers .....

I have always said that should I ever hit the lottery

my big splurge would be fresh flowers delivered

for every room in my house every single week!

yeah...I'm pretty easy to please

 

well, I didn't hit the lottery but I do buy fresh flowers every

Saturday for my house now. I shop Trader Joes and not only are their

groceries great prices, their flowers are awesome prices!!

 

Jacquelyn and I usually do our grocery shopping together

on Saturdays and now she does the same as me.

She says fresh flowers on her fireplace mantle are now just

a part of her décor.....haha! She is so much like me!!

Below are the ones I bought this past Saturday.....a vase full

for the table and another vase full on the counter

 

 

in another month or so my hydrangeas will start blooming and

I'll have lots of fresh flowers throughout the house!!

 

later.......