Tea Time ~ 5/26/2022

 

Grab a cup of tea, coffee, hot chocolate or your favorite drink
while I share a few things about my life lately...

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~The hubby got the cats a new toy :)  They LOVE it!  All night long I hear the little bells inside the balls jingling!

~My Mom and I went to a Ladies Tea hosted by a sister congregation about an hour from home.  It was nice to spend some time together and with other like-minded Christian women.  After the tea, we stopped at Eat-n-Park for dinner.  We haven't gone out, just the two of us, in YEARS!  We did get Laken some Smiley cookies to bring home to her :)

~While Mom and I were at the Ladies Tea, the hubby, Laken and my Dad went to see the new Dr. Strange movie.  (Not my cuppa tea!)  Afterwards, they went to Cracker Barrel for dinner.  Laken sent me some hilarious pictures of her Pap.  This is my favorite:

~I missed Church Sunday due to a stomach bug.  The hubby had it first and then passed it on to me!  Something I'd rather he hadn't shared!  Not a fun thing but I am feeling better now :)   I'm just hoping I was the end of the line for it in the family!

~Laken is DONE with 9th GRADE!!!!  It was a rough year of cyber schooling full medical tests and being sick which put her VERY behind by January.  After getting some relief by limiting Lactose and using Lactaid, she had a lot of work to catch up on.  I am so proud of the late nights, weekends and holidays that she worked on her schoolwork instead of having fun.  I am so glad that summer is here and I bet she is 10X as glad as I am!  Time to PARTY :)

How was your week?  What's new with you?

 

Colletta

Tea Time ~ Summer Vacation and 50th Birthdays ~ 6/8/18

 

Grab a cup of tea, coffee, hot chocolate or your favorite drink
while I share a few things about my life lately...

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~First week of Summer Vacation!!!  Whoohooo!!!  It was so exciting NOT to have to get up early and get the girls off to school on Monday morning.  I still want to stay in the habit of getting up fairly early and heading out for a walk before it gets too hot.  So far, so good :)

~Last week I told you how we had three little kittens.  Well, now we have eight little kittens.  Our other mama cat had five little ones.  The two mamas have decided to co-parent the kittens and put them all together.  So cute!

~I made Laken a chart of jobs to do each day BEFORE she's allowed to get on electronics.  The jobs are things like:  get a shower, read, and practice her flute.  We set it up so that she could mark each day off with a dry erase marker.  For the first week, she's been doing very well.  We'll see how long it lasts...

~Today, the girls and I made the trip to Delgrosso's Amusement Park to use our season passes.  We rode a few rides but when it was time to head to the Water Park, we just weren't feeling it.  It has been so cold the past few days that we knew the water would be freezing.  Instead we went shopping BECAUSE...

~Tomorrow is The Hubby's 50th Birthday!  He's very laid back about birthdays and doesn't think it is a big deal.  I, however, think it is a big deal and want to celebrate!  Who is with me??



How was your week?

 

Colletta

20 Books of Summer ~ 2017

Cathy over at 746 Books is hosting a summer reading challenge called "20 Book of Summer".

 

I don't know if I'll get all 20 books read (kids and all that) so I'm going to shoot for getting at least 10 books read this summer.

 

The Challenge starts today, June 1st and runs through September 3rd.

 

Do you think you'll join in?

 

Here is a very loose list of the first 10 books I'll be reading:

 

The Red Inn Door by Liz Johnson ~ Finished 6/2/17

The Painter's Daughter by Julie Klassen ~ Finished 6/9/17

From the Start by Melissa Tagg

Here to Stay by Melissa Tagg

Scrap of Evidence by Barbara Cameron

Fatal Fixer-Upper by Jennie Bentley

A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams

Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay

The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee

The Square Root of Murder by Ada Madison

 

I'll be coming back to this post for updates.

 

HAPPY SUMMER!

 

WHOOOHOO!!!

Flip Flop Swap ~ Sign-ups End 6/2/17

The weather is finally turning gorgeous in my neck of the woods.
(AKA:  Pennsylvania)

I've been wearing my flip flops since March 1st, but I thought it would be fun to have a flip flop swap to celebrate Summer coming.

I hope you'll consider joining in!
 

The Rules:

-Sign-ups will run from now until June 2, 2017.

-You must be willing to send your swap partner a pair of flip flops that cost at approx. $10 (postage not included).

 
-You must send the swap package on or before June 16, 2017 with delivery confirmation.

We'll have the swap reveal on June 30, 2017.

So, are you in?

If so,  please email the following information to me at 

collettaskitchensink@yahoo.com

-Your Name

-Your mailing address

-Your blog address (non-bloggers welcome!)

-Shoe size
-Are you willing to ship internationally?

 

If you have any questions, please let me know.

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Linking to:

Sunday:
 Spiritual Sunday and Counting My Blessings , Faith And Friendship , Grace And Truth , Dance with Jesus, Sunday Stillness, Give Me Grace .
Monday:
Art of Homemaking, Make Your Home Sing,  Good Morning Monday, What Joy is Mine
Tuesday:
Totally Terrific Tuesday,  Titus 2sdays, Unite, Share Your Stuff, Treasure Box, Do Tell Tuesday and Titus 2 Tuesday, Hearth and Soul, A Spirit of Simplicity,  Tuesdays with a Twist  , Inspire Me , Tuesday Talk.
Wednesday:
Coffee and Conversation, Ladies Collective,   Party in Your PJs,  Works or Me, Wake-Up Wednesday and  Women with Intention, Peaches and Salt, Raising Homemakers, Wise Woman
Thursday:
Share Your Cup;  Grandma Ideas, Literacy Musings and Saturday Situation, Booknificent. Party at My Place , Saturday Review of Book , Book Nook, Hearts for Home