HAPPY SAINT PATRICKS DAY!!!!!♥♥

HAPPY SAINT PATRICKS DAY!!! How has this holiday been for you? Well for me, it was just babysitting. All. Day. Long. I am really tired right now. I did manage to put on GREEN though!

So here is a quick tribute to the colour green- and Saint Patricks Day!

Clover

Green HydrangeasGreen Dress

Peacock

Green Lilly dress

Emeralds. Oh La la!!

Limes

Ice Cream

Asaparagus

green grass
Green and Pink notebook

Thats it! I know, this wedding dress is completely random but I thought it was pretty cute!
♥Caroline♥

From water falls to, snakes, to cats, to trees. A random post about basically everything! ;)

A couple of post ago, I told you about how we went on a quick hike. here is a picture of the waterfall! It was GORGEOUS!!! This is just like one hundreth of it. It was REALLY LONG!!!

Some time early last week, my dad and I found a bird. Actually LUCY found the poor birdy. Either she MAJORLY scared him to death (literally LUCYYYYYY!!!) or she hurt him. It was the most precious little blue bird. It really looked like God had placed finger prints on its wings.

Long story short, I thought it was okay because it looked better- just scared. We snapped some pictures, but the next day. It died. I was soooo upset!

anyhoo, Here are some of my favorite pictures of it.

Just to keep you busy and waste your time :0 here are a couple more pictures of wildlife! ;)

OUR PEACH TREES BLOOMED!! they are gorgeous, to the TENTH power!!!!

My dad planted them around 1-2 years ago. So nooo peaches yet! but maybe in a couple years! (If we are even here then!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR...................)

Changing the subject a little-

I was vacuuming the car on Thursday- 'la la la la laaaaa.' I got really far underneath the car seat and I almost screamed bloody murder. Only- when I am scared I freeze.

There staring straight at me only a foot away, was a SNAKE!!!! now I am fine with them as long as they don't get in my way, or vise versa.

I debated whether or not somebody was trying to play a trick on me, (I have no brothers, and had never seen this snake at our house. Still have no clue where it came from!) and came to the conclusion- It was a fake.

I know I know, it looks super fake, but not at the time! ;) It was just lodged in the perfect place-at the wrong time. And I still don't have the nerve to pull it out from underneath the seat. SO my conclusion- As long as it doesn't bother me, I am leaving it under the seat.

Little- Not exactly 'wild life' but we were spoiling her yesterday and she stayed inside ALL day long. Little's an outdoor cat, so it was a big deal for her! ;) (little rascal, we left her BRAND NEW bag of unopened cat food on the porch and when we came back... We had a suprise. Only now I can't say it hasn't been opened. The little smart-y pants ripped open the bag and was enjoying the feast of her life!;)

Quick pic- here are my new flip flops!

hope you are having a WONDERFUL Sunday!

♥Caroline♥

Weekend

Well, today we went to my grandmas house for lunch, after church. She is such an excellent cook.
- Roast Beef
-Carrots
-Baked potato's
-Pineapple upside down cake (never tried it before until today, but it was very lovely!)
-Broccoli

And that is what we feasted on. She has given me lots of her recipes, but they are NEVER like hers. A grandmas touch I suppose! ;)

My aunt, uncle and one of my cousins came over for dessert, and we just sat around talked and ate. But it was lots of fun.

Gran Gran has these jewelry boxes filled with old necklaces, brooch's, earrings, rings you name it!
Lots of times when we go to our house we say "Gran Gran can we get out your jewelry boxes?" We love setting them up and making "jewelry stores" A grandmas house is so unique. Is there a special memory you have over at grandmas? I'd love to hear!

Right now I am pretty tired because I have been to two sleepover two nights in a row. Last night we had our life long friends over( www.miriamelise.blogspot.com) for dinner. My mom made chili and corn bread, and they brought salad. It was really fun. After that we had a sleep over at their house, which was really exciting. THEY JUST GOT THE NEW MAC COMPUTER!!! I can now officially say "I am in love!;)" that thing is so dang organized (which I love) has so many neat features (PHOTO SHOP!!!!! :) and is super fast! I am trying to convince my dad. My mom is all for it. I would actually rather that than a TV. I mean we have one but it is super tiny (like small microwave tiny) and is like 10 feet wide. not really but it is jumbo sized. (not in a good way) I wouldn't mind it as much if it didn't have a blurry picture. On Bushes last speech he would change colours. First purple, then green stripped, then alien yellow, half way normal, and tHEN all of the above. Combined. I must admit- it made things interesting! ;) I am actually not a Tv person. My whole family isn't either. We are more of Netflix people. BUT-on hulu and netflix you can watch some shows on your computer! LOVVE IT!♥

anyways enough of that. My second sleepver was at our house. Abby had a friend over my I ended up being in the same room with them.

My sisters and I have been watching Lilly Pulitizer/Martha Stewart shows online. I love lilly! she has such cute refreshing prints.

♥CAROLINE♥

Kiddy Cook Book

Some time last year, I was helping my grandma clean out her pantry and get rid of cook books she never used. She gave me a cook book, for little kids, called "Cooking For Little Chefs."

It has such ADORABLE illustrations and is different from other cook books. Here is one page out of it.

Chocolate Nut Drop Cookies

I wish ALL cook books showed pictures of the measurements!

Sorry about the pages being blurry.

March 12th was my sister, Lauren's, 17th BIRTHDAY!!! HAPPY BIRTDHAY LAUREN!!! My sister, Abby, and I ordered her some 'Ralph Lauren Rocks' Perfume. Hopefully it will come soon. Heres an Acrostic for your name Lauren!

L- Lovable

A- AWESOME oldest sister

U- Unique

R- Really friendly

E- Enjoys Style

N- Narnin- My nickname for her when I was really little!! ;)

♥O♥O♥O♥O♥O HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOLLY!!! WE LOVE YOU!!! ♥X♥X♥X♥X♥X

Gargoyles- Completely different topic but I love em! (well some of them at least, not the creepy faced naked things! ;0)

But our friends have this lion on either side of their door.

Isn't it neat?!? I have heard before that they are supposed to keep bad 'spirits' from entering the house, BUT I do not believe in that stuff I just think that are unique.

CAROLINE

Spring maddness

SPRING HAS OFFICIALLY SPRUNG!!! (wait until my next post when it will prolly snow! ;)

I LOOOOVE IT! I have gone for night walks, watched episdoes of 'I dream of Jeannie,' played with my dog, picked flowers, put on summer clothes and rode a zip line!

Isn't it just wonderful!???!?!

Two days ago (something like that) I went to TJ maxx. I love that store! They re-arranged everything and got in a lot of summer clothes. My real intention of going was to buy a wallet. I found a really cute Kenneth Cole wallet for $60.00 but I didn't get it. price problems.. I think I will try target. Anyways I bought a Polo Ralph Lauren dress and some black Ralph Lauren flip flops. Which I love! I have never owned any fabric-ish flip flops. Only plastic ones so it was exciting to get some that will actually last past the summer!

My sisters and I also went to a friends house. They have this HUGE zip line that is really fun. Actually not just one zip line but 2- one over the pond and another really long one. They were so much fun!!!! And on the one over the pond, you could drop off when ever you wanted to! Image, me talking about dropping off in a pond after it snowed LESS than a week ago! very odd. But I'm still lovin it!

Today my mom and I worked on packing. it's no fun. moving. We have been at this house 3 years. Although I remember very clearly the first week we lived here....sigh.... It doesn't seem long at all. We are having lots of repairs done on our house, and my dad has washed the whole entire outside of the house as well as painted places that needed an extra coat.

Yesterday my family and I went to the mountains for a hike too a water fall. it was gorgeous outside and not a long hike. Only 0.6 of a mile. It was loverly to sit in the car for that period of time. The ride up was really windy and we rode most of the way there with the windows down.

Yesterday night Lauren and I went babysitting for our home group. There were only three kids so it wasn't bad at all. We watched some of 'Madagascar 2' and played shrek games.

Well what have you done over this nice vacation from winter? (I hope this vacation doesn't end for a while!;)

Love these flip flops! So beachy!

****CaRoLiNe****

Cooking for Real

Whats a girl gonna do when she is sick and hungry? Why watch the food chanel of course! (by the way, I am almost over it!!! YIPPEE!)

For some strange reason I am a huge fan of the food chanel. My family does not have cable but we do have a computer. (evidently!;) Anyways we found out about Hulu, an online sight where you can watch videos annnnnd COOKING SHOWS!!!!

I recently found out about a cooking show called- 'Cooking for Real.' STARRING- Sunny Anderson!!!
Heres one 5 minute dessert. Open-faced plum tart.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/49173/cooking-for-real-open-faced-plum-tart


I love plums but not figs... Maybe I could use a substitute!
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Anyhoooo.... I checked on my tulips and they are fine! (my igloo isn't) I decided to transplant one of them into a glass container. You know, so you can see through into the bulb. It turned out really neat and I am hoping I will not kill it.

A Hint of Spring

Well, I was wrong. It is not a sinus infection or cold. Its the flu. And HOPEFULLY today and tomorrow are the last days. But enough about sickness.

Several days ago I looked out at our garden, and to my excitment, I had about 5 inches of tulips popping up!!! I planted them three years ago and get excited whenever they come up. But then a couple days later.. It snowed.. man I wish the weathered had not fooled them! maybe there is still hope.

I am ready for spring! spring-colors, clothes, parties, flowers!!!! So this post is entirely about cute spring-summer things I found online.

To begin.....

I LOVE THIS SWIMSUIT! this describes
spring! Notice the adorable bow, and fringe. Think about THIS with a floppy sunhat........ Isn't the colour refreshing?

A peacock PLATE!!!

Who WOULDN'T want to have a

tea party with these?

This is a drawer handle. I love the 'coral' look!

I also really want this dog. I found him online as well! he he! (Maybe I could just borrow MABEL! at Mabel's house...) (link on my sidebar.)
I always wanted a schnauzer!

Well hope you enjoyed- A hint of spring!'

Yesterday, my grandma was so sweet and brought my mom and I some Delish chicken, tomato, dill soup. ANNNNND, a cherry cheese cake! O it was so good! I would have taken pictures but uhhh... To late! more than half is gone! My grandma is the best cook. Shes my inspiration.

CCR

Etsy

Etsy is growing so quickly! Only last year I heard about it and now I see stuff from it, and hear people talking about it on blogs. Maybe it has become more widely known since the recession. You know- making and selling your own things. Just an idea.

Anyways here are some things off of Etsy I absolutely LOVE!!!;)

Koi necklace! LOVE IT! I would buy it only its $65.00....... darn.

Rings- So classy and unique!

Cameo Jewelry

Buttons! so fun!

now this... IS JUST NOT FAIR!!! I LOVE IT TO PIECES!

Hope you enjoyed exploring the wonderful world of ETSY!

I found this video about etsy and thought it was cute! enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2g31xjdfhQ

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I am still sick....6th day... tomorrow 7th. A WEEK.....A WEEK! with a stupid cold/sinus infection that leaves me feeling drained tired and grouchy. I am sure my family is enjoying me. ;) so please pray I would get over it. Plus I am worried because class is Friday and I have hardly done anything!

Psssssssssssst!!! misadventures of a newlywed is having a giveaway!~

Walking In a Winter Wonderland........

So whatever happened with- 'Its almost spring!'???? Well I guess spring will come soon enough.

I woke up to FOUR inches of fluffy goodness!! And a sinus infection. Icky. Ick. Ick. (which came with four extras attached for ABSOLUTELY free.)

-Bad headache

-stomach ache

-sore back

-sore throat

It wasn't very exciting. But thanks to nurse mommy she got me feeling better after-

A back rub, 2 different kinds of medicine, Vick's vapor rub, humidifier, and breathing steam...... He he.... But It worked!

About 10:30 my dad and I went outside and started making my cat an igloo.... (no OF COURSE SHE IS NOT SPOILED!!!!!) We have this nifty snow packer thing-y, that makes large rectangles. Here is how it turned out!

Little wasn't so thrilled about getting her paws dirty, but at least she got in it, and sniffed around!! ;)

It turned out pretty cute!

But noooooo, we didn't stop there! On to making and igloo, my sisters and I could fit in! It took almost all afternoon and we finished around 4 o-Clock. We were so stinkin tired.. But our work paid off!

I felt like such an Eskimo! ;) WE had a regular snow village going on at our house today!

It is gorgeous inside!! And it is such a wind breaker. It wasn't at all cold in there!

This is the inside. Yep- 13 layers. Took FOREVER!

The trees looked pretty. And it was extremely windy outside, but the snow on the trees didn't blow off because it was frozen on!

Lucy loved playing in the snow, and was constantly eating whatever we put together ;) Notice her ear! ;)

PSSSTT! I thought it was really funny that no one commented on rhett and link either time I did a post on it. I hope I didn't scare away bloggers!;0

Hodge Podge of Photos

He he, Like the title??;) (hodge podge- Such a funny word. Isn't it?)

Sometime in January my dad and I made our cat, Little, a house. I recently got to paint it. Here is how it turned out!




Here's the spoiled kit kat! Notice-her size does not match with her name!!

She was a runt when we got her... But uhh... I guess she had a major growth spurt! She usually doesn't seem to 'frown' but she didn't like the flash..;)





No, I would not want to meet a cat looking like this in a dark alley!!! ;) She is really sweet (despite the creepy pictures!) and thinks she is a dog.....



This cat is an 'argyle cat!' found this adorable collar in the dolla section at target!!!

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I went to Good Will yesterday and found a pair of BRAND NEW black moccasin shoes. I love them and they are so comfy!!


I also found a baby crib ruffle (new in its package!;). It is made out of really cute fabric so I am going to turn it into a ruffly apron!! There is only enough to make the ruffles, but I thought I could go to a fabric store and buy brown fabric. Then maybe some pink and brown rick-rack or something!!!!




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I made this recipe box. (just covered it in fabric and ribbons) but I think it turned out pretty well!




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From my Nancy Drew post, Here are my books-





The first 4 rows are Nancy Drew, the rest are
- Bobbsey twins


-Hardy Boys


-Dana Girls


-Trixie Belden


-Robbin Kane


-Cherry Ames

*CaRoLiNe C.