"T" is for Tea!

I am joining Jenny today for Alphabe Thursday. What fun!
I am going to post about tea today! I love tea! In the summer I love iced coffee and some time I do love hot coffee in the winter. But I have found so many wonderful benefits of tea!
I had a bad case of heartburn the other evening! I had just opened the mail and received a catalog from The Republic of Tea. They included a sample tea bag of a super tea called Pomegranate Green Tea! Oh My Goodness! I reused that little bag three times! I added a teaspoon of Wild honey to my cup and my heartburn was gone after the first cup! I am now waiting for my order to arrive. I purchased a 50 count tea tin of the green tea with pomegranate and also a blackberry sage tea! I am going to give this wonderful company lots of business. There are dozens of teas that I want to try. I am sorry but they are number one on my list and being a Colorado native I do like to give my business to Celestial Seasonings. But a lot of the flavorful teas they make contain soy lecithin. That junk gives me a migraine headache! So when I read the label and saw the pomegranate green tea had zero soy lecithin I was a happy camper!

So please try their tea today. Let me know  your favorite flavors of tea. I am always looking for new tea to try and also any other brands that are good!

Funny story here! I was shopping at Wal-Mart one day with a co worker for office supplies and we were looking for some lunch items. We walked down the tea aisle and found a cheap box of tea called Carrington tea. Now thinking it would be fun and elegant like the old Dynasty series on T.V. ages ago we each bought a box. It was ninety seven cents a box! It was awful tea! Tasted like dirt! Ha Ha! We had a good laugh over that one!

Now I am going to share a few photos of my own here with the tea collection items I have! Lots of my tea stuff is still in our storage here but I have a few items to share. The Republic of Teas images are courtesy of the company.

I hope you will enjoy a cup of tea with me! Go visit Jenny and all the participates of Alphabe Thursday!

Love is...Parenting

Love is....A happy childhood!


I found some sweet Love is....on line in color! Free images! I have downloaded many of my own collection but recently blogger has been giving me fits trying to upload images so I am taking the easy road today!

I also wanted to share this with you about childhood and parenting:

If I had my child to raise all over again,
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.
~Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again"

Please visit Marydon and all the other participates of Love is...
Next stop by and visit Sally. As our fearless Blue Monday leader she has gone through some tough times with her health. We are glad she is back with us and on the mend nicely! Love you Sally!


I shot a few pictures with my camera phone this morning. The rec area where we walk/run is closed for repairs until September 6th so we have been going to the middle school and I walk the track while my hubby runs. I use to walk the straights and run the curves and visa versa. I may try to do that tomorrow. We try to go early but with the time fading quickly and the darkness still surrounding us at six a.m. I am not sure how many week days we can still head over there.


I love watching the clouds roll by and this morning they literally did. I shot this one because I thought it looked like a quilt! It is as close to crafty quilting as I can get! When I came back around the sky was totally different.


Enjoy!

Spiritual Sunday And Frienship

I had so many things to write about and then the heat started to rise here. It is hard to work when you are overheated!
I want to share some simple verses today. All about friendship. You all need to know that sometime I can not always answer personally but I love you bunches and appreciate your kind hearts and friendship.

"Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise but the companion of fools will suffer harm." Proverbs 13:20

"Do not be deceived: bad company ruins good morals. "  1 Corinthians 15:33

"And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them."  Luke 6:31

"Iron sharpens iron and one man sharpens another. " Proverbs 27:17

Jesus Himself said this about friendship: " This is my commandment that you love one and other as I have loved you.  Greater has no one then this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you . No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends , for all that I have heard from My Father, I have made known to you. "  John 15:12-15

"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded." James 4:8

The message is simple. Choose your friends carefully, treat your friends as you would like to be treated and know the importance of friendship. Listen to Jesus and what he said about friendship and trust God as your number one friend.

Search the bible There are many friendships that are detailed there.  Ruth 1:16-17, 1 Samuel 18:1-3, Job 2:11 and 2 Kings 2:2.

Please join Charlotte and Ginger for some encouragement today.

"Friendship is born at the moment  when one person says to another : What! You too! I thought I was the only one!" C.S. Lewis

The lovely image was provided by Amy

Pink's for Pink Saturday

I was looking for something fun to share today! I "borrowed" the Pink's logo. This hot dog joint has been in business for 71 years! Wow! That is truly amazing. It is located in Southern California in Hollywood. Their menu is very impressive and their prices are actually very affordable!
I love hot dogs! I love grilling them in the summer. That is when they are the very best. So I am going to show you how I like my dogs here:

Grilled to perfection, I do prefer a foot long but we only had short dogs! Then I like a good dollop of mustard! Some sauerkraut and cheese! I love crumbled bacon too if available but you get what you get when you haven't gone to the grocery store yet!
I also like the poppy seed buns but these are just standard hot dog buns from Costco. They are cheap and tasty!
So now that you see my favorite junk food here stop by and visit Beverly and thank her for her ongone support of Pink Saturday each week. She works really hard ot keep us organized. She is a wonderful lady and if you don't know her go say hi and tell her I sent you! Then visit lots of pinkies. They are cool.

Smokey, Stella and Snowmen

I have a different "S" post today! I think it is super! I love our pets. My son J has three dogs, two of them are "S" names! Smokey the boxador and Stella the blue heeler mix! But I simply adore CHRISTmas! So I do love some snowmen! So here is my S post story.
My oldest is moving back to the North area. She is Noelle! She was born in December! HeeHee! She gets that all the time, are you a CHRISTmas baby!? So in the process of her move she has a set of 12 Snowmen dishes! So cute! The photos are not the greatest! But she was trying to sell them! I thought they would look superb with my red Pavillion Princess House plates.So they are sitting in my overstuffed garage! I am the new owner of them! Sweet! So here are photos of Smokey, Stella and the Snowmen!
They are my "S" post for Alphabe Thursday! Now visit me here and then step over to Jenny's and say hi! Please visit as many "S" participates as you can!
Here are the Snowmen dishes! So sweet! So charming for a CHRISTmas dinner with phamily and friends!

Here is Smokey. This dog is so silly. He reminds us of a cartoon character! He will sit up in a chair if you ask him nicely. Having a treat nearby doesn't hurt either! He was not interested in posing tonight! Such a celebrity! Hee Hee!

Here is Stella.  She was a dog J found  three years ago. Someone had dumped her and she was skittish for the first two and a half years. She is much better but hates posing for pictures. She is like a dog in the witness protection program. I think she knows maybe someone who hurt her might be looking over their shoulder . I think she is very happy with us. She just isn't much into photo ops.
Now have a super evening and go visit some S posts soon!

Blue Monday

Ah, it is a blue Monday! We will have high 90's for or temperatures today! I have had it with this heat! Then I tired to forward my blue photo of sweet little Ari "chillin at the college" with her mommy! So here is a photo of she and I at the baby shower two weekends ago!

I am in the lavender dress and Ari is wearing her fashionable blues! She is such a character! We really love her! She is a thoughtful and sweet baby girl!
My kids are all back to school today. Nick is already in his first hour senior year of high school class! Jeremy, Rebekah and Hannah leave later this morning and afternoon for another year of college. A final one for Jeremy. He has a full schedule and took his teaching certification test two weeks ago. Hoping and praying he did really well. Rebekah will start student teaching and Dr. K. at Nick's high school is anxious to share her with another teacher! She is a literature major and Dr. K. is a Brit with a Ph.D. in Literature! He is an excellent role model. Hannah is starting her third year. She is leaning toward early childhood education. I think she will fit perfectly into the role!
I have a new PCP appointment today. I need my thyroid labs redone. Dr. P. who I work for has been following me and I want a PCP office with their own lab. I hate to chase around half the day running all everywhere.  One of my favorite T.V. actors Hill Harper is a thyroid cancer survivor so I am always very careful about watching my numbers!
Stop by and say hi to Sally. She is recuperating nicely so let's keep praying. Enjoy the week!

Love is.... You and I

I really don't live for my sweet hubby. I live for the one who died for me. Jesus Christ. I wanted to incorporate this Love is...today with my Spiritual Sunday post. So here is my tribute to love. Love of my phamily. Love of my sweet man and love mostly importantly  Our Savior.
Please join Marydon and all the participates of Love is... Although Marydon will be traveling she may not be able to post today so let's all post and make her smile when she returns from her trip.
Then stop by Charlotte and Ginger and thank them for sharing each weekend with us and encouraging each other with Spiritual Sunday.

I borrowed this lovely verse from Zephaniah 3:12 from Linda. She is always so gracious to share God's love with everyone. Stop by and say hi to her. You may tell her I sent you.

Now for the winner of the hand blown tea pot. Drum roll.....

Thank Hannah my lovely daughter who drew the name of:....

 Sweet Tea

I am excited for you! Now send me all your info so I may send this off to you this week!

Congratulations! Love knowing you Sweet Tea and I love knowing each and every person here!