Good Morning Campers!!
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far....mine is coming along nicely...the weather here is just about perfect..supposed to reach a high of 80F today..my plans are to lay out by the pool and read...after doing my housework of course...;-)
Speaking of reading here is a list of some of the books I have been reading lately...
In no particular order...
"Knit Two" Kate Jacobs
"Unravelled" Robyn Harding
'Wife goes on" Leslie Lehr
"The almost archer sisters" Lisa Gabriele
"Pawleys Island" Dorothea Benton Franklin
"Gilding Lily" Tatiana Boncompagni
"The insufficiency of maps" Nora Pierce
"Marshmallows for Breakfast" by Dorothy Koomson
"The Lending Ladies Library" Janice Kulyk Keefer
"Apart from the crowd" Anna McPartin
"Your roots are showing" Elise Chidley
I am currently reading
"Time is a River" Mary Alice Monroe...
So.. not much else going on ..hubby is still doing the honey do list..he tiled the front step this week..did an excellent job too...terracotta colour...I must get out the camera and take some pics of his hard work..we have started buying a few plants here and there for the back yard..we replanted some pots on the deck..bought new patio cushions...he has been weeding and generally tidying the yard..the grass is starting to come in again...the freezes we had here turned everything a drab brown colour..it's nice to see everything coming back to life....I spoke to my dad yesterday back in UK..always nice to catch up with him..he doesn't always hear the phone when I ring so it was great to have him pick up and get a chance to chat with him...how I wish I could just hop on a plane and visit just for the weekend but it's not that easy...he says the same that he wishes we lived closer....the older he gets the more true this rings...I may go home for Christmas this year....not sure yet...but the seed has been planted...;-)
The hubster and kids are fine...my boy has spring fever so bad..he is a senior this year and if I can just get him graduated it will be a huge sense of relief for me!! he couldn't give a rats you know what about school..he just wants to be out having fun..he is his dad all over again let me tell ya!! Ryan is just a happy healthy 18 year old with raging hormones and has my love of all things fun in the sun! he is either at the beach or out four wheeling or at a cookout or a bonfire or a party.. I love that he is having the time of his life as he should be at this age but we all have responsibilities and he has a hard time with that sometimes! Just please lord let the boy graduate and then he wants a year off before going into the Military... I have to say though his zest for life is contagious and a joy to behold..and one smile from him melts this mamas heart..;-)
My daughter got employee of the month for the second time in a year which earns her the privilege of parking right by the front door....I am happy that her job seems secure in this unsettled market...(she is a Customer support tech for AT&T....) hubster like I said is working the to do list..playing a lot of golf..enjoying his time with us before his next deployment... and me?? I am loving life and enjoying the joys of a Florida spring....I never take for granted this blessed life I have...sometimes I sit out on the deck in the evenings and shake my head that the skinny little brat from the high street in kidlington Oxford has all this....it is a great life for sure...
Enjoy your weekend and don't forget to set those clocks forward...
L xx
28 comments:
Spring is truly in the air!
:) Leigh
I wish spring was alittle more apparent here, still cool and drizzling rain. I can understand your son, it was so fun being that age. Best years of your life. I have been reading up a storm also.
I think Spring is peeping through here now Lyn as your Dad would have told you ,your life does sound good at the moment hope it goes on that way now for ever and ever lol ..love Jan xx
I've read both of the Friday Evening Knitting club books Knit one and two and enjoyed them so much. I'm now reading the one about the River too. So far it is very inspirational. It is exciting being a senior. I remember those far off days - mine and my children's. So glad to hear of your 80 degree temps. That gives me hope...it will come our way eventually. Have a great Saturday! 'On Ya'-ma
Oh a British Christmas would do your soul good, Lynn! Go for it! We had snow before Christmas last year and so you never know!
Wonderful post Lyn, how I do love catching up with all your goings on! You surely do live a very interested and blessed life. Spring has sprung here for the most part I think. All the bushes have buds on them and things are sprouting out of the ground like crazy. Daffs are blooming and the birds are singing! It's lovely!
You do so sound to have the idilic life Lyn.It does pull at the heart strings when loved ones are so far away,I know the feeling.I too hope we can get away this Christmas.Lets keep saying our prayers hey!My eldest grandson is just the same as Ryan bless them.Good on hubby and all the work he is doing for you.Not so warm here this weekend but we have had a little sun.Have a wonderful weekend.Take Care God Bless Kath xx
You have been reading! You have to pick up the Secret History of the Pink Carnation! Fun read!
Don't worry about your daughter's job. AT&T is so screwed up she will never be without a job! LOL
Wow hun :) Everything sounds like
their picking up. I have been working hard to send good vibes, energy and prayers ur way. Yes the fl weather is back, lol. Bakc to the heat. lol. I am not meant to live here as i dont care for 80 degree weather and heat, lol But i do admit is nice to see a beautiful sunny day and its beautiful. It sounds like you have great plans. What a lot of books u have been reading, lol. Good picks too. Glad you had hubby have been getting things one around the house. It sounds really nice too. I bet its looking beautiful. Glad ur dad is doing good hun and ur able to talk with him. I hope u get to see him over ther holidays that would be great. Sounds like the kids are doing great too. Yeah ur son, lol he just wants to always have fun and live life to
the fullest. Which is fine but as u said he needs to have some responsibility too, lol. He will be ok hun. Aww ur lovely daughter getting employee of the monthly again good for her. so happy for u hun. take care sweety. Have a good weekend, ttys xo, leslie
Great Happy Post!! Enjoy the sun. I cannot survive without a book on the go, which one did you like best? Louise xx
Wonderful how you are able to count your blessings.
- And you sure are a bookworm, aren't you? LOL
Have a nice weekend.
Maria
Sitting by the pool reading a good book or two sounds like heaven. Linda
Lyn, this weather is something else! Snowing this past Sunday and today is....spring time. You and my mother would get along well. She loves to read! I am impressed with your daughter getting parking privileges at the door. WOW! That is pretty big stuff! Some of us working stiffs have to walk three to four blocks from where we can park to where we work. LLOL
boy, Lyn, glad you got that sunny weather down there. It's in the forties here in Buffalo.Glad to hear your son having fun and congrats on your daughter's employment award. YOu have a good weekend. Take care. *HUGS* Nancy
Sitting around the pool reading sounds wonderful!! Hope you enjoyed your time.
Would love it to be warm enough here to sit by our pool!! Just saw my first glimpse of my flowers coming up. My daughter is like your son, a social butterfly, just doesnt see the big picture, unless it has to do with her friends and having a good time...but, I know she will buckle down soon.. enjoy the lovely weather!
OOOH is it just clocks go forward in US? I havent put ours forward lol. Dont think its GMT. May be soon then. Hope you are enjoying the sun. Laine xxxxx
Hey Florida Mama!!! LOL...your blog sure was upbeat...and did my heart good to read it and to know you are ok...these times in our lives are worrisome...but we will survive LOL...right??? Ryan sounds so much like my son when he was that age...and graduation was the aim of the day, week, or month LOL..he made it...and now is happily married to a great lady..has two great sons...a nice home...he grew up on us...overnight it seemed...so hang tough with him...happy day in the sun...hugs Ora
It snowed here so I am jelous of your weather! I am also jelous of your hubby doing the honey do list. Mine gets scared and runs away if there is a list, so I have to give it to him one at a time.
I will have to get some of those books on your list, I recommend all books by Jane Porter!!!
It's absolutely beautiful here too! Too bad I'm down in my back and can't enjoy it. :(
Lovish!
Connie
Hi Lyn, I wish I could sit by a pool with a good book but at the moment its a typical Bristish March with the cold winds that go with it. Am I envious of you? You bet...lol! :o)
Love and Hugs
Sandra xxxx
Spring has reached us in CA too. I have had fun planting pansies in our patios this weekend.
I know all about senioritis!!! All of my seniors got it every year about this time. It really gets bad after spring break. My seniors always thought school was over in April and couldn't believe that I thought they should still do classwork until June. I hope your son will survive.... it is very very contagious!!!
Congrats to your daughter.She must be a great employee.
Have a good week. Hugs, Lura
Hello !!!! I too love to read books. I wonder if you would send me the book "The Lending Ladies Library" it sounds like a great book. I would love to read some of the books you posted. I think its wonderful to come and visit your blog. Spring is on its way here to Atlanta, Georgia. Thanks again for being here.
(((Lyn))
I'm so glad that things are going so great for you all! Watching the kids graduate is an awesome thing. I remember my stepsons last year in high school---so fun! And now, years later, there both married & fathers and doing well.
Our weather was wonderful too, up until Saturday. Now it's cold and windy. I want my spring back...lol
Have a great week :)
Huggers, Gayla
PS: I never new that you were from Oxford....lol I was thinking it was somewhere else in the UK all these years. I'm so silly
What I would give for some pool time right now! It is 19 and snowing here this evening. :(
Of the books you read are there any you would really recommend?
xx
I'm glad you had a relaxing weekend! Hope you have a great week!
I really enjoyed hearing about how your children are doing Linda and so glad that things are going well for them both. Yes it is so nice to have spring... I like the snow but am always ready for it to go when it is time. Hope you got to lay out by the pool and read to your heart's content this weekend! That sounds like my kinda weekend. Wow you have been busy around the house and yard!! I loved hearing your reading list of books. I'm reading a Judith Krantz novel currently. Thanks for sharing that reading list as I am always looking for great books to read!
Lisa
Hello...I thought you might want my home address which is
Monae Doyle
1654 Norden Road
Riverdale,Georgia 30296
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