I've been working on a Ladies' Spring Tea at church which will be held on Saturday, May 4th.  Below is the flier with details.  I've asked for the day off at The Whitney. In 2020 I was planning a Ladies' Spring Tea with a shoe theme called Meaningful Shoes, but it had to be cancelled due to COVID lockdown.  So here's hoping this one will take place as planned. I spent yesterday afternoon working on the favors - gluing rosebuds on clear plastic high heel shoes that will contain pink M & M's.  They remind me of Cinderella's glass slipper. Ladies will also rece ..read more

My blog page update is almost done, but a few changes and tweaks still remain so don't critique it just yet. The beginning of March I was in Meijer's store and saw some cute women's tea-themed pajamas, but I didn't buy them that day.  I was back in the store today to pick up a prescription, and decided to go over to the women's sleepwear department.  To my delight they still had the pj's but they were now on clearance.  The two bottoms [one a solid aqua color and the other a pink teacup print] were $25.20 [origionally $36] and the solid aqua color top was $12.60 [origion ..read more

Bridgerton is a Netflix original TV series that debuted in 2020.  The setting is the Regency era. Episode 1 opens in London, England in 1813.  I'm a Netflix subscriber so I watched some of Season 1 but none of Season 2 and Season 3 will premiere on May 13th. [Netflix Bridgerton Photo] I enjoy the costumes, pomp [social season, balls, etc.], tea scenes with beautiful china, and British sites [Hampton Court Palace among others], but Netflix informs viewers that language, nudity, sex, violence, smoking, and substances are prevalent. Why are those things necessary? Though described as ..read more

On April 14, 1912, the sinking of the Titanic took place.  More than two miles deep in the Atlantic ocean, off the remote coast of Newfoundland, sits the remains of a ship that was supposed to be unsinkable.  The Titanic has captured public interest for 112 years.  I couldn't comprehend the vastness of the Atlantic - both majestic and foreboding - until I sailed on the Queen Mary 2 from New York to Southampton last August, and I couldn't help thinking about the Titanic passengers. Today, we don't celebrate the sinking of the ship, we commemorate the 1,517 passengers who perishe ..read more

Are you a Gone With the Wind movie fan?  To commemorate its 85th Anniversary theaters are showing the 3 hour 58 minute film tomorrow, April 10th. I have blogged about the movie several times previously, and had the privilege of meeting Kathleen Maraccio, Michigan's foremost expert on all things pertaining to Gone With the Wind at two of her presentations. I think the first time I saw the film in the theater was for its 35th Anniversary, and I have both VHS tapes and DVDs of the movie. For its 80th Anniversary my hubby and I saw it at the retro Redford Theater in 2019. I've attende ..read more

After 12 years of blogging, a 'facelift' was needed - past due actually!  A highly-skilled IT guy is in the process of creating a new design, and I think you'll like the look when he's finished.   I'll continue to blog while my site is under construction, so please be patient ..read more

I made it past April Fool's Day without being pranked or pranking someone else!  How about you?  After church on Easter Sunday, my daughter-in-law, Sharon, handed me a little gift - a package of Milano London Fog cookies by Pepperidge Farm.  They're a limited edition, and she said she thought of me when she saw them in the grocery store. It's been quite awhile since I've used my frother to make a London Fog Tea Latte, so this seemed the perfect time to get it out of the cupboard and make one to go with the cookies. Both were yummy.  Thanks, Sharon! Today is a special day ..read more

It's been a busy few days for me but I wanted to write this post before the calendar welcomes the month of April.  I hope you had a wonderful Easter Sunday celebrating our Risen Lord!  It was a chilly, overcast day weather-wise, but the SON was shining brightly and His love warmed our hearts. My hubby and I went to the 11:00 a.m. church service and Lori's husband took the photo below of the two of us before the sanctuary filled with attendees for the start of the second service. After church we went out to dinner with our son, Steve, and his family and our daughter, Lori, and son-in ..read more

I hope you had a great Palm Sunday weekend.  I don't normally go to estate/liquidation sales on Sunday, but yesterday was an exception.  Last Thursday I received an email from Tonia, the owner of the now closed Tonia's Victorian Tearoom, telling me she was having an estate/liquidation sale on Sunday to sell her tearoom equipment.  I have a service for eight collection of Petals dishware made by Federal Glass [1940's- 1960's] that was lacking just three luncheon plates. My friend, Lori, [and her husband, Rick] have been searching antique stores and estate sales for a lo ..read more

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