What a great weekend! The weather was beautiful:) Saturday, the boys and I were pretty lazy all day then headed over to a friend's rummage sale at her church where I got some really CUTE things that I'll be showing off tomorrow. I let Gavin pick where we had dinner and he chose McDonald's, OF COURSE- cause it had a play area! After that I stopped at little market that had flats of flowers for sale: I got the one above with Dahlia's, Vanilla Marigolds and Pansies.
So yesterday I began to plant my new flowers in the pots I have on my front porch. See this little polka dot pot, isn't it cute?? I found it at Dollar General for $2.50!! Aren't those Dahlia's lovely?
I also picked up this cute outdoor porch mat at DG too; I love the topiaries on it.
Here are some more pots on the front porch! I love this wooden blue watering can; I got it at a craft show a couple years ago!
In the center of this pink pot, is one of the Vanilla Marigolds!
I can't wait to see them when it blooms:)
Here are some of the pansies; I bought white, yellow, orange and a pretty blue this year.
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On Friday, I got my
"Favorite Things" swap package from my good friend Stacy!! For this swap we were supposed to create a package for our partner with our favorite things! It cracks me up that I didn't know Stacy prior to this swap, but we have SO much in common!! She has 2 boys and a fat cat, so do I! She scrapbooks, used to be a Pampered Chef consultant, and so on!!
She did SO good on this swap! I got a new pair of flip-flops, lip gloss, note cards, Fiber One bars, chocolate chip cookie mix, some Barbie post-it notes, a $10 Target gift card and a $5 Starbucks gift card... and she made these yummy "candies" with pretzels, melted Roll-O candies then pecans on top- YUMMMMMM!!
She also sent me one of her fave books Cocktails for Three and a cute basket, which Gage has claimed for his Hot Wheels cars!! LOL
Thanks again, Stacy!!
Here is a
SNEAK PEEK of Stacey's package that she should get in a day or so!!
I also am participating the the
White and Green, Crisp and Clean swap; with my partner Heidi who is the host too! Here is a sneak peek of how pretty one of her "surprises" is wrapped up!
Let's see... what else did I accomplish this past weekend:
I made grape jello for Gavin, pasta salad, ate my first turkey burger (YUM!!), washed/dried/folded/put away probably 6 loads of laundry, swept the floors, dusted, did the dishes, played outside with the boys... and maybe more!
It is amazing how lovely Spring weather gives you LIFE back again after a long, cold and dreary winter! I feel so refreshed and energized! I haven't had much pain at all this past weekend, except in my back. The pains I was having in my pelvic area from the cyst have almost completely gone away; I also got my period last week with the help of Provera, of course but I feel so much better now that that is DONE! (Sorry to get so personal there!!) My bloating has gone down a LOT and I have lost 2 lbs.
My plan today is to try my new work out video, The 30 day Shred by Jillian Michaels from the show, The Biggest Loser. I heard this workout kicks your BUTT big time; but I need lots of kickin' in mine!! LOL
Have a great day girls!
Don't forget to scroll down and enter my Mother's Day give-away!!
Winner will be announced Wednesday morning!!
♥ Noelle ♥
