A Truly Beautiful Day

Woke up to a truly beautiful day today - no humidity - warm but not to warm - breezy but not too breezy!

Got a late start this morning as I slept in.  Last night around 11:30 I decided to do some prep work since I wanted to do some baking in the morning. Well i ended up doing my baking last nite - If you like lemon - this recipe is wonderful - it's from the Barefoot Contessa,  I generally double batch it so i get 4 loaves and then sometimes freeze some even though most of the time i give most of it away!

Lemon Cake Recipe.

It was after 3:00 a.m. when I finally got to bed.   As my husband always calls them,  I had my "posse" with me - Riley and Jonesy stayed up and played while I was baking - they were rolling around in rugs and tearing about the living room and dining room and kitchen so at least I had some company besides just the radio.

Since it was so nice out today I decided it would be a perfect day to get out and about visiting and doing errands.  After running some errands and dropping a cake off at my parents (my Mom's favorite) I decided to go visit Judy at the Cinnamon Stick.  It's always fun to read her blog and see what is new and then see them in person. 

I can always find something I want there!  Unfortunately I can not always give into my wants and just have to look.  Today I did buy a few small things and Judy being Judy always makes a nice presentation of her bags! Love that!

Had to laugh - she tied streamers and put some red white and blue paper confetti's in the bag which driving home were blowing in the wind since I had the sunroof and all windows wide open! Too fun!

Then she wraps each items so nicely  Even though I purchased it - it feels like a present when i get home and unwrap each item!

I can show you everything since some of it will be a gift for my secret pal in an Anniversary Swap on the group I belong to AAPG!

If you follow Judy's blog then you have seen the necklaces she makes. Well i broke down and bought one today and she was nice enough to let me change a few things and pick the items I wanted on my necklace.  I added this old pendant of a tiger striped cat (says Meow) on the back that I had bought at Renningers the other week when I went out to meet up with Sharon.)  Love it!

Then I also found what Judy calls a "make-do" - not sure what the heck it is but I liked it - I can see a nice small quilt hanging from it - can't you?  Or perhaps a small rug?  Who knows!!!!  I love finding unusual things to hang my rugs from - In my hallway when you come in the front door I have a rug hanging from a rake head.  Just a bit different and usual - my kind of thing.

The rest of my "loot" is a secret for my secret pal.

All in all it was a good day to get out and about.  Now I'm just waiting for the enchilada's i made for dinner to be done cooking and then who knows what trouble I will get into!