Saturday's Dilemmas...

We switched out our Tom Collins yesterday for Yellow Fevers! Thank you Kathy from BermudaOnion!
Lemonade, vodka, and lots of ice topped off with Sprite or Seven Up!
We sat on the deck sipping these blissfully. So refreshing with our soft shells! So refreshing with anything!



Prepare to read one long windy...pronounced wine dee...long sentence...sorry...gasp...

Here we go...

On to our dilemma...by this time of the year lots of flowers would be planted and the decks would be decked...every garden bed would be freshly mulched...but...




we are getting a new roof and the dormers and decks are getting painted and stained...

in two weeks...this is all happening in two weeks...in two weeks my life will be total chaos...outside clutter, pounding, mess, strange faces in my windows...I have to remember to close the blinds!

My neighbor said the noise from the pounding is close to unbearable...OMG!

Add to this the fact that we have never lived anywhere long enough to have to paint...let alone do all of this stuff...then later in the summer the driveway gets done, we are getting new countertops and floors...and making my island bigger and adding new shelves!

Why after a lovely peaceful time of everything being in working order do we move on to total chaos?

And right now...as I type...my glass cooktop is not working still...it stopped heating on Sunday...and we don't know whether to try a repair or just get a new one since it's in the island that is being replaced...I find this all overwhelming...so what was my answer to everything this week?

I read 4 books!!!

Lucy and I are looking for a quiet home away from home...any offers?

Lol...

Or else we will spend our days in here! If we had one of these...sipping iced tea and Yellow Fevers while watching the Amish guys put up our roof!


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What Is Happening Today...

Reading this...really really good...I love English mysteries...love them...this one has begun with a bang!




Got these from Vine...yummy...








This came from Lauren Bisom and St. Martin's Press via NetGalley! Sounds very different...out of my comfort zone but I kind of like that lately!




Den is finally home...tonight we are doing soft shells on the grill with baby roasted potatoes and fresh peas. We should be having ice cream for dessert...don't you agree?
Soft shells are in season here and so good...we have been grilling them...lightly basted with a butter olive oil fresh garlic tabasco sauce combo.
I know...they look kind of creepy but they taste really good.




We are experimenting with summer "cocktails"...tonight is Tom Collins night.
Really good gin, fresh lemon juice, and simple syrup topped off with club soda.




I just love Friday nights!
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So Good...So Interesting...So Yummy...

This book was SO GOOD...warm, relaxing, a bit old fashioned, I loved it. My review can be seen by clicking on my Goodreads widget. I want to read more by this author.



My friend Elisabeth pinned this on Pinterest...it almost looks too pretty to drink.
I find this color so interesting...It's a blueberry lavender mojito!



And this...I am actually craving this. It looks so different but it is that broccoli salad that everyone makes...found this on Pinterest and I am still searching for the recipe.
So yummy looking...


Woe is me...today is Amazon Vine Day...I have dented my pile of review books this week but...I can't resist new offerings...I love Amazon Vine!



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And The Reading Goes On And On...

Finished this...what an amazing sort of coming of age book...the sun is staying out way too long...everything is dying...and Julia...narrator...is just trying to figure out why she's quiet and alone and can't talk easily to boys. This book is so much more than that, though. It is beautifully poignantly written and it felt as though this event really could happen. Every day the sun stays out longer and longer. There are real time people and clock time people...I am not sure yet what I would be...I loved this book.




Reading this...sweet and lovely...I love the way this author writes.




I want this...I veer toward this style almost all of the time! It's me...plus I just got my nails done in an almost matching color...lol...can you see the little sparkly specks and do my fingers look wrinkled?








Lucy and I have just come in from a long walk...the rest of my day is free...I am going to spend the rest of the day figuring out what to do about my dead cooktop and reading!!!
And thinking about that dress!!! That lovely flowy summery dress...
Lucy before our walk...




Lucy after our walk...and I do all of the pushing!




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It's What's Happening...

Finished this...liked it...summery...light...fun...




and this...OMG...loved this book...loved the whole Mad Men era sort of clothes, background, drinks thing going on...I had no clue that I would be drawn into this book the way I was!




Reading this...about halfway through...beautiful writing, scary premise, coming of age...what would happen if we went off of clock time and the sun stayed out longer and longer every day...




Bought this summer bag when my sister was here...at a very neat local shop that I did not know about and now that I do...yum...it is handmade out of grasses that give off this really lovely scent...in the car it smells amazing and when I walk by it...it's sitting on the dining room table...the smell is delightful...it's supposed to provide you with a wellness feeling!!! And the tag says it's an aphrodisiac? Yikes!
Isn't it too too cute?
Even Lucy likes it...but she thinks it's a new scratcher!
Bad kitty...




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