Happy Monday -My Birthday Celebration

(THIS PIC IS COMPLIMENTS OF BETTERHOMES AND GARDENS, I THINK, 
WITH A PHOTOSHOP AFFECT APPLIED)




HAPPY MONDAY TO YOU SWEET FRIENDS,

HOPE YOU HAD A FANTASTIC WEEKEND.

I HAVE TO SAY MINE TRULY WAS SWEET!

FRIDAY NIGHT WE WATCHED A GREAT MOVIE WE GOT FROM

NETFLIX, CALLED "STANDING FIRM".  IT WAS ANOTHER MOVIE

MADE BY A CHURCH BUT NOT THE CHURCH IN GEORGIA THAT

DID "FIREPROOF" AND 2 OTHERS, BUT A CHURCH FROM

 NEW YORK.  SOME OF THE CHARACTERS WERE BASED ON

THE LIFE OF THE WRITER, SO MUCH, OF IT WAS TRUE.  

IT WAS ABOUT A MAN WHO'S WIFE DIED AND HOW HE LOST

HIS FAITH IN GOD, BUT HE HAD A SON WHO DIDN'T GIVE UP

ON HIM.  I TELL YOU THE BEHIND THE SCENES STORY ABOUT

THE MAKING OF THE MOVIE WAS AS GOOD AS THE MOVIE

ITSELF.  WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT - BE PREPARED TO BE

INSPIRED, AND MAKE SURE YOU WATCH ALL THE BEHIND 

THE SCENES INFO TOO!!

SATURDAY WE WENT OUT TO GET SPECIFIC FOOD ITEMS

FOR MY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY.  WHILE

AT SAM'S  WE ALSO SAW SOME GORGEOUS CARNATIONS 

THAT HUBBY BOUGHT ME, THAT I ARRANGED TO PUT ON

THE TABLE.  THEN WHILE I MADE US AN EASY DINNER,

 HUBBY MADE SKEWERS OF SHRIMP AND SCALLOPS FOR

 SUNDAY'S DINNER.  WE ALSO MADE A LIME, CILANTRO

AND GARLIC MARINADE TO PUT ON THE SHRIMP.

GOT THE KITCHEN AND HOUSE IN ORDER, AS I STILL HAD

 A FEW BOXES TO MOVE OUT AFTER I HAD FINALLY, 

FINISHED MY SPRING DECORATING ON FRIDAY.

SO WE WERE READY TO ROLL FOR SUNDAY!!

SUNDAY OF COURSE, WAS SUNDAY SCHOOL AND 

CHURCH, THEN OUR FAV SMOOTHIE AND THEN WE 

CAME HOME TO AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE REST

OF THE FAMILY.  

I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS A NEAR PERFECT DAY AS FAR

 AS I WAS CONCERNED.  HUBBY AND FAMILY DID ALL

 THE FOOD.  FELT LIKE I WAS EATING AT THE BEST

 SEAFOOD RESTAURANT IN TOWN. THE SHRIMP

AND SCALLOPS TASTED AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER 

THAN ANY I HAD EVER HAD, AND THIS WAS THE 

FIRST TIME HUBBY EVER GRILLED SCALLOPS, SO 

BETWEEN HE AND SCOTT THEY MADE THEM

 PERFECTLY, DEE DID A GREAT JOB ON THE SALAD

 AND MADE MY GARLIC/PARMESAN SALAD DRESSING

TO GO WITH IT,  SCOTT DID THE BAKED POTATOES 

OUTBACK STYLE (HE WORKED THERE YEARS AGO

 WHILE IN COLLEGE, SO HE KNOWS  HIS STUFF), 

VERY TASTY TATERS.  TRULY IT WAS AN EXQUISITE

 MEAL, AND HUBBY EVEN SET THE TABLE PRETTY.

( I HELPED A TINY BIT WITH THE CENTERPC.)LOL

I MANAGED TO SNAG A FEW PICS OF THE TABLE,

AND WILL PUT THEM ON TABLETOP THURSDAY.

AND.............. THEY CLEANED UP ALL THE MESS
AND EVEN PUT AWAY ALL THE FOOD!!

OH, MY MOTHER'S HEART BE STILL!! LOL

THEN.......

THEY BLESSED MY HEART WITH THE LOVLIEST OF

CARDS, ALL TEAR WORTHY!!  LOL

A COOL BIRD CANDLEHOLDER, A GREAT NEW BOOK

TO READ, WHICH EXPLAINS THIS LATE POST, WE ARE

HAVING A HARD TIME PUTTING IT DOWN!!  A NEW

SHIRT, GIFT CERTICATES TO DILLARD'S, AND 

 FOR A PEDICURE, AND MOO-LAH!!  

THEN WE PLAYED 2 ROUNDS OF GUESSTURES,

ONE OF MY FAV GAMES. I LOVE WATCHING THEM

ACT THINGS OUT, THEY ARE ALL SO CUTE!!

THEN IT WAS TIME FOR DESSERT.......YIPPEE!!
 MY SISTER-IN-LAW MADE ONE

 OF MY FAVORITE DESSERTS, WALNUT BROWNIES

WHICH WE COMBINED WITH BLUE BUNNY

VANILLA FROZEN YOGURT! (IF YOU HAVE NEVER

TRIED IT,  I GUARANTEE YOU WILL LOVE IT, WE

CAN ONLY FIND IT AT WALLY WORLD BETTER

KNOW AS WALMART)  LOL

ALL I CAN SAY IS............

YUM UPON YUM.... LOL

 DID THEY SPOIL ME???

YOU BET THEY DID..........THEY NEVER CEASE 

TO AMAZE ME......ALL THESE SWEETIES THAT 

MAKE ME SOOO PROUD!!

I LOVE YOU GUYS AND AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU,

  JUST IN CASE YOU MIGHT JUST HAPPENED TO READ 

THIS.......PROBABLY NOT!!  LOL

AT LEAST I KNOW MY SIL SUSAN WILL....................

WELL, MY LOVE TANK IS FULL AND I FEEL LIKE

THE MOST LOVED LADY IN THE WORLD TODAY!!

HOPE YOU DIDN'T MIND INDULGING ME ON MY

BLOW BY BLOW BIRTHDAY FUN..........IT WAS

FUN RELIVING IT AGAIN!!  LOL

OH YEA,  FORGOT TO TELL YOU WHAT WE FOUND

OUT ON FRIDAY -  THEY STILL HAVE NOT HIRED

ANYONE FOR THE POSITION HUBBY WAS INTER-

VIEWED FOR 6 WEEKS AGO!!  SO ..............

WHO KNOWS, IT COULD STILL BE HIS JOB!!

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!  LOL

HOPE YOU HAVE  GREAT EVENING 

AND THANKS

SO MUCH FOR YOUR VISIT!! 

 LOVE HEARING

FROM YOU!!

LOVE, HUGS AND RAINY

 BLESSINGS FROM FLORIDA,  

    NELLIE

I AM OFF TO HAVE A REPEAT OF LAST NIGHTS 

DIN DIN!!  YIPPEE!!

THANK YOU LORD FOR GREAT LEFTOVERS.