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    Gifts and treasure

    August 23, 2012 - By 
    We had a nice family get away around Lake Superior.
    First we went to relatives house in Wisconsin. They just moved into a new house. We wanted to bring them a housewarming gift.  I decided on some coasters…bigger house…more guests…more need for coasters right?!?
    In addition, they are also big Green Bay Packers fans.
    Since Mr. G makes these great dice trays for games, we thought it would be fun to customize one a for a couple of our favorite Cheeseheads.
    I think it turned out great!
    After a wonderful day and night in Wisconsin, we traveled back into Minnesota to stay in Canal Park, Duluth.
    Little J and I could hardly wait to start sifting through the rocks in search of sea glass like we found last year.
    The sea glass from last year is in the little bottle. We definitely did much better this year. The whole family got involved at one point. It’s so addicting…like treasure hunting. In my eyes it is treasure!!!
    Some of the bigger pieces…which are still smaller than a bottle cap…I’m going to attempt some jewelry.

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    Tea with gifts

    May 8, 2012 - By 

    I was a very fortunate girl this year. 
    I received so many unexpected but certainly appreciated birthday gifts. 
    The first which was an early gift from my in-laws. Its a floating tea infuser and birdie lemon squeezer.
    The floating tea infuser works really slick! 

    Cutting the lemon to fit in the birdie was a bit of fussy work but I can’t complain about how nicely it squeezed all the juice right into the cup. 

    The day before my birthday I opened a sweet little ATC book from my dear friend Elizabeth. 
    Here’s a link to the post she wrote that has wonderful scans of each page.  
    Thanks Elizabeth!!!

      

     
     

    My daughter made me this card…
    The front said Guess what day it is?
    Inside was a nibble of chocolate from her Easter candy stash and a coupon “good for one chore done by Little J” 
    How sweet is that.

     

    When we got home from shopping and picking up sushi…YUM!….I found this plant on the front step with with a note that said:
    ” Happy 40 day ”  and was not signed.

    Lucky for me my neighbor doesn’t have a very good poker face, so when I asked if she had any idea who dropped it off, she gave her hubby away.
    I also got a double-decker plate of Special K bars from a friend of the family who’s know me from birth. I don’t have a picture because I knew I had to share the wealth of those very quickly or I’d be spending extra time at Curves working them off my butt. The neighbors teenage boys helped devour them in short order.
    Oh yeah and some spending money from my mom. WOO-HOO…who doesn’t love cash!
    Like I said, I was a very fortunate girl.

    What are you doing today? 
    I know I’m going to pop over to Kimmie’s blog to have some virtual tea with my friends. 
    Care to join us??