Weekend In Review

I had such a fun and event filled Easter weekend. I want to tell you all about it. However, I am afraid I would bore the stuffing out of you if I did, so I will try to keep it short and fun (like me)! :)

First I just have to say that my husband is so wonderful and so sweet. He surprised me with an Easter basket since I was not going to be able to visit my parents for Easter. He included all the necessities for the perfect Easter basket-even a cute little stuffed duck. I was so surprised that I couldn't help but cry. Here's a picture of my Easter basket!

On Saturday we attended a party hosted by Terrapin Brewery to celebrate their seventh anniversary. The Terrapin Brewery is located in Athens. The day was filled with brewery tours, live music, and beer tasting. I am not a big beer fan, but I have to admit their Golden Ale is pretty yummy! We had so much fun hanging out with our friends and enjoying the beautiful weather. Here's a picture of Michael and I enjoying the festivities.

On Sunday, we went to church (the 8:30 service). The service and the sermon was wonderful. We followed church with brunch at the in-laws. Michael's mom made us eggs benedict. It was absolutely delicious!

Sunday afternoon our neighbor hosted a neighborhood BBQ. We attended for a little while, but we had to cut our visit short because we were off to visit my sister, Kelly, and her family. At Kelly's house, we enjoyed hunting eggs with my niece and nephew. After the egg hunt, Michael and I played with the kids-jumping on the trampoline, playing on the playground, and riding scooters and skateboards. I have a very funny picture of Michael riding a scooter, but I promised him I would not post it on my blog or facebook. Maybe I can sneak it on here in a few weeks when he forgets about it! :)

Well, I have to run for now. I was given 4 tickets to the Braves game tonight, so Michael and I along with two of our friends are headed to Atlanta. I'm crossing my fingers that we won't get rained out! I'll be back tomorrow to share with you my favorite things and maybe even a few highlights from the Braves game!

Busy Monday!

Hi all! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter! I had such a fabulous weekend and Easter, and I can't wait to tell you about all my weekend adventures. I am also looking forward to reading how all my blog friends celebrated Easter! However, I have had a very busy Monday (a little hectic, but not bad) and I haven't had time to blog. I will be back to the blogging world tomorrow. Until then, have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday to my First Blog Friend!

Tara at The Watermelon Tree was my very first blog friend. She is just the sweetest, and I am so happy that she helped welcome me into the world of blogging! Today is her birthday, and I just wanted to wish her a very happy birthday!

I also wanted to take an opportunity to spread the word about her flip flop swap! To celebrate her 100th post she is hosting a flip flop swap. Check it out here! Make sure to sign up for the swap! Maybe we can be swap partners!

Tagged!

I was tagged by Running in High Heels for Keepin' It Real. Here are the rules:

Take a picture of yourself RIGHT now.

No primping or preparing.

Just snap a picture.

Load the picture onto your blog.

Tag some people to play.

This picture was taken at about 4:30 pm on Thursday afternoon. You can't tell what I am wearing because I have on a light weight black jacket that I wear around the office because my office is freezing! (However, I am wearing a really cute ruffled collar shirt in black. It's my new favorite!) I did put on make-up this morning, but you can't really tell. It all disappeared during the course of the work day! In the background of the picture (I'm sitting at my desk), you can see my favorite purse and my bulletin board and of course a boring old bookshelf.

I tag: The Watermelon Tree, Good Gal Inc, A Sassy Engineer, and Lipgloss Lounge. -And if you want to play but didn't get tagged, I tag you too!

The Ingredients for A Perfect Easter Basket

My Mom-umm I mean the Easter Bunny always brought us the most wonderful Easter baskets on Easter morning. Even as an adult, I still look forward to the Easter Bunny coming to visit me! Growing up, many of my friends did not receive Easter baskets. Instead they received Easter gifts like new toys, bikes, or even new Spring outfits. The thought of an Easter gift is nice, but I would never trade an Easter gift for the wonderful tradition of my Easter basket!

What makes up the perfect Easter basket? Funny you should ask! I outlined the makings of a perfect Easter basket for Michael just last night. I am not sure the Easter Bunny was as kind to him as a child as he was to me! :)

*Of course you have to have a basket. My Mom let us pick out a basket when we were little, and we used that same basket year after year. We would always set it out the night before for the Easter Bunny to leave goodies in!

*You have to have that ugly green grass that gets everywhere and constantly falls out of your basket during an egg hunt!


*An Easter related stuffed animal is a must-a cute bunny, lamb, or chick-maybe even as Easter pig!


*You also need a chocolate bunny!



*At least two Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs. My personal favorite!

*Don't forget the Cadbury Creme Eggs! A minimum of two is required!


*Add Robin's Eggs to your list!



*You also have to have Peeps whether you like them or not!



*A random assortment of jelly beans.



*Finish your basket off with a few of your recipients favorite things like a lip gloss, pencils, and erasers or toy cars and Spiderman stickers or airplane bottle of liquor (for the adults only).

*You can also add a Happy Easter note signed by the Easter Bunny (complete with paw print). My mother was excellent at drawing the Easter Bunny's paw print-I mean capturing the Easter Bunny's paw print as he hopped away!

Just in case I don't get to blog before Easter, I hope all of you have a very Happy Easter! I also hope that the Easter Bunny is extra good to you!

Monday Edition-My Favorite Things

Happy Monday Everyone! Just like every Monday this one came a little too soon! I had a wonderful weekend. It was nice, quiet, and relaxing. My favorite part of the weekend was attending the UGA baseball game with Michael and a couple of our friends. After the game, we had a delicious dinner at one of my favorite places, Amicis! They have the best pizza and fried artichoke hearts! I guess that is really all to report on my weekend, so on to my favorite things!

For my favorite things today, I thought I would compile all the great coupon sites that were suggested during my "Cutting Corners" post/give away. I have been using so many coupons lately! Just last week I saved $29 on my grocery bill! I get most of my coupons from the Sunday paper, but here are some great sites to check!

• http://printable-coupons.blogspot.com (suggested by Southern Belle)
• Brad's Deals (suggested by Tara)
• Coupons.com (suggested by With Love from New Orleans)
• www.refundnow.net and www.clairwood.com (suggested by Michele P.)
  
• www.afullcup.com (suggested by The Purvis Pendulum
• rewardsgold.com, shortcuts.com, replum.com, eversave.com, shopittome.com, couponsurfer.com, couponwinner.com, couponcabin.com (suggested by Shea)
• www.couponmom.com

I hope the sites are useful! Keep in mind that some of these sites are grocery coupon sites and a few of them are clothing coupon sites. Also, there are a few sites listed where you buy coupons, but users of these sites say that they still save money. What coupon sites do you use? Do you have a favorite web-site that keeps you up-dated on great deals? Don't be shy! Share! We all love a bargain! :)

Announcement: If you are interested in being a guest blogger and posting about your favorite things, please e-mail me at jenniferthepinkchick@yahoo.com or jenniferlt@hotmail.com!

Zoo Babies

I have always been a sucker for animals, so it is no surprise that I just had to share this with you today! I found the cutest slide show of baby animals recently born in zoos around the world. Precious! Check it out here.


Here's one of the images you'll see. This is not the cutest one, not even close, but I had to include it. I can totally sympathize with that mother hippo! Some days I feel like I look just like here! :)