bubbles anyone?

i think someone added a little something to the water-

photo taken at fountain on peachtree street near the spring street merge

what i like right now: cupcakes

those who know me, will attest that i have had a long standing affair with these tiny cakes. today i went to gigi's cupcakes in buckhead to redeem my living social coupon. today i chose Birthday Surprise, Chocolate Cream Pie, Hunka Chunka Banana Love, Kentucky Bourbon Pie, Lemon Dream Supreme, and Texas Milk Chocolate.  the only problem i have with cupcakes from bakeries is that i really don't like all that icing, i love the cake with just a tad, so i'll be scrapping most of the topping off, which is a sad waste.  i've already had the birthday surpise which was yummy good. pictured l-r: hunka chunka banana love, birthday surprise, kentucky bourbon pie, lemon dream supreme, texas milk chocolate, and chocolate cream pie.

what i like right now-croissants

on the friday we left for our annual family gathering at dillard, i stopped in at bakeshop for a snack while i was waiting for steve. i love this place-buttery flaky croissants with local strawberry jam, self serve of coffee and the farm table styled seating. i usually sit at the counter that faces the street so i can people watch. have to be careful not to eat to many of these (or of andrew's yummy biscuits)

monday moment. #7

kathy and i both got our numbers today, and we're in the same start group-she'll have #693400. this will be #7 for me and #1 for kathy-watch for us

what i like right now-pizza

other than "cheap" mexican, pizza is my favorite "junk" food-but not your elementary school pizza, i like mine with adult toppings. between andrew and i we try to make our own dough, but i always make my own sauce.  friday nights are scheduled as pizza night, but this week we changed things up and had pizza for saturday's dinner. i made a caprese pizza (fresh basil from our patio garden), proscuitto and mushroom (pictured) and for the "boys", there was a pepperoni and a sausage. as long as i have yeast, flour, salt and cheese, and canned tomatoes, i'll always have something to eat. what do you like on YOUR pizza?

the merry merry month of may

a long over due photo post of may madness. . .

PJ turn 18-'sup? complete with brownies with cream cheese frosting (thank you little bro)

celebrating 20 years-well sorta-it always gets smushed up in there somewhere, but lovely cards nonetheless

Mother's day-see the anniversary notation-always nice to get the lovely cards.

Andrew got his braces off-finally!

Andrew celebrates "sweet"16-he used to really smile for the camera-back in the day, guess i'm glad i took photos when i did-celebrated with hot wings and pecan caramel bourbon chocolate souffle cake-omg-soooo good.

 we also went bowling to celebrate.

graduation party for the seniors of our church- an eagle for Ga Southern, and GSU hat, Woody ( a childhood favorite) Lion King (PJ's favorite movie from when he was 2)-scrapbook of photos, certificates and awards, cross country shirt, baseball gove and shirt from little league, and GSU fabric for a future quilt for pj and project bag for me (how cool is that to have college fabric?!) we had 11 kids graduating from our church and 2 from college.

jean celebrates a birthday and receives lovely flowers from a friend that moved last year (we do miss lynette and charlie bunches)

this year i did something different, everyone got a balloon put on the mailbox on the day of their birthday, also added are a mother's day balloon i got from one of my bosses, and a graduation balloon for PJ. the graduation balloon has the high school logo on it which is an A with a sabre.

andrew gets his license

pj graduates from high school (this hasn't really sunk in yet)



may wrapped up with a lovely weekend, and long standing tradition at Dillard (and formerly callaway gardens), we had a party for pj, drank wine, sangria, ate great food, walked, did some knitting, played games, watched tv, and most importantly of all had a chocolate mousse throw down, i think roy was quite pleased with the dishes, and each had a special category.

                                                          Karen, Andrew, Sara and Roy (the judge)

even though the month of may is (and has always been) very hectic, i try to cherish each special day as it's own special memory. here's to getting back to a normal routine (finally!)