What's on My Kitchen Counter

Happy T-day!  I have some fun drinks to share with the T-day gang at Elizabeth's Linky Party and for anyone else who just loves interesting drink posts. The first fun drink is butter beer (non-alcholic) at Universal Studios in Orlando.  My daughter Allie raised this glass to me knowing how much I wish I was there this past weekend.  Isn't it a great picture? She also sent me this Star Wars Blue Milk picture too.  Evidently it is a cool thing to drink when you go to Universal Studios. The weekend before she left for Universal, we went to the Prevail Union coffee shop in downtown Montgomery, Alabama and had a fabulous drink called the Alabama Stinger.  I highly recommend it - I could have drank 2 or 3 of them!  We had never visited this shop and it was definitely worth the time and money - click on the link to see some fun pictures.  Here is a picture of us outside the courtyard door. I saved the best for last.  In this one we are celebrating that...

 Time. A precious resource.  Over the past two weekends, I was able to get some quality time with my youngest daughter, Allie.  These pictures are from two weekends ago.   We started with lunch at a fabulous tea room in Opelika, Alabama, called  The Well .  They have yummy salads, scones, their famous beet brownies, and teas.  I selected a carmelized pear tea (the top left of the pictures) and Allie had some kind of coconut tea (bottom of the pictures).  They were out of their beet brownies, so we split a scone.  I had never visited before, but I discovered that some Art Journalers meet there monthly so when work slows down, I will be definitely visiting more.   After lunch, we stopped over at the John Emerald Distillery to try some of their whiskies. These whiskies had a bit too much bite for me.  I had never tried Rye before - I discovered I am not a fan so the fact that it spilled on the flight board did not bother me....

 Happy T-day, friends. Starting off with my ticket to Elizabeth's T-day link up  on her fun blog, Altered Book Lover .  I know a Michelob Ultra is not terribly exciting but this was at Cracker Barrel.  In all the years, I have been going to Cracker Barrel, they have never offered alcohol so thi was a shock to me.   Hubby had the chicken pot pie. I had greens (x2), carrots, and brocolli (plus the beer - lol).  The diet is still on, down almost 17 lbs. I have some art to share as well. Starting with my popsicle inspired Bible Journal page.  My grandson was eating a popsicle and I used some of the colors to do my page.  Linking this to Elizabeth's What's Your Style theme over at **Art*Journal*Journey* .  My style is still evolving, but I do love layers of paper or ink.  This page has ink and Stickle layers.   Here is #Wanderlust2020Class creation in my journal.  What a fabulous lesson this past week. 9 layers of ink, pap...

 Yesterday, I had some free time and two of my grandsons, so we decided to do another session of #Wanderlust2022Class.  We had a blast with these and I thought I would share them with you.  They were painted with some very interesting items! This was mine.  I am linking it up to **ART*JOURNAL*JOURNEY* where Erika's January theme is Let's Face It.  This one ws done by my grandson, Lewis (age 6).  He said he was going for a tornado look.  I think he accomplished his mission don't you? This one was done by my grandson, Hollis (age 4). He said black was too dark for him!   We had a lot of fun.   Thanks for visiting!   Hugz, Nancy 

I am still putting away Christmas things since work has been so hectic lately.  I put away this fab tea gifted to me by my oldest daughter.  I actually mixed in a bit of the cocao shell tea I bought off Amazon too. It has a fabulous flavor and smells awesome. I also bought a new tea ball and used it as well.  This is my ticket to the T-day party over at Elizabeth's.    Happy T-day! Last week, Kathy from the T-Day gang (thanks for reminding me Kathy so I could edit this) posted Martha Washington's favorite cocao shell tea . Since my daughters are sort of decendant from the Washingtons on their Dad's side, I thought they would really love to try it (one did and one didn't - lol).  Here is the back of the container - so fun! My eldest daughter and I are continuing our diet and yesterday I made something I called Bond Road gumbo.   It was the day before grocery shopping, and we didn't have any fresh veggies left. This is a lot of cans dumped into the ...

I am a learner. I am in love with learning.  I wish that had been true when I was younger, but it didn't hit me until I was in my 30s.   I learned so much this week that my head hurt. So fun.  My favorite thing I learned was from Wanderlust 2022 (#wanderlust2022class).  This class was about art journaling yourself among other things.  Two of my grandsons were here (ages 4 and 6) so we did it together and we had a blast.   Posted in order of age!  I may or may not have taken the liberty of making my face a little thiner and m hair a bit longer and cooler and Allie may or may not now be a pirate, but it was fun, fun, fun.   I am so glad I signed up to do Wanderlust.  Linking these fun faces to Erika's Let's Face It theme at **Art*Journal*Journey*.    Hugz, Nancy

 I love when my children follow in my footsteps and beyond (only the cool footsteps, of course).   My daughter, Allie, has developed a love of tea.  She sent me this picture over the weekend of her having tea in her newly remodelled bedroom.   She was drinking Breakfast in Paris tea in one of her favorite thrift store mugs.  This is my ticket to the T-day gathering over at Elizabeth's blog .  To join us, all you have to do is have a drink related post (can be any type of drink).   The neighborhood horses have been gathering in our backyard for some reason. Our horse refuses to come up near our house because the lady who owns all these horses gives her much better treats.  They all jump the fences and visit everyone.  The mule in the picture is actually named after me because I named one of cows after the neighbor (he paid me back - lol). I gave them apples when they came on Sunday, and they have come back every day since - lol....