Pop over to Leanne’s and wish her a happy day!!

It’s my friend Jane from Cozy Reader’s birthday today, and she’s not feeling so well, so won’t you hop on over and wish her a great big Happy Birthday! Hey, we can’t have anyone go feeling on their birthday, so jump over there and show her some lovin’!

We both came bearing gifts and funny thing is, we both were on the same wave because as you can see, great minds think alike!

A beautiful “Friends” frame so I can put a picture of us in it!

I made this frame for Jane, the inset says: “The Road to a Friends House Is Never long.”

We had a wonderful lunch, sat and talked, and talked, and talked…..yeah, we can talk for awhile. I always feel sorry for the poor waitress that gets our table! But before we parted ways we had our waitress take a picture of us together….we are a quite a pair of Diva’s if a say so myself!

A beautiful picture frame, because she knows I like photography, a tube a some really great smelling lip gloss (she say’s it’s her favorite!) and she even included a little something for Rocky!! How sweet is that!

Rocky posing with her new collar!

This was so much fun! I had a blast picking something for her…hope she likes it!

Not exactly roughing it, was I? LOL

I loved standing on the upper deck (there was a much larger deck on the lower level) at night and listening to the sounds of the woods! It was fun and a little scary but I knew I was safe as high as I was!

Now the one thing that did scare me a little, BEARS! Yes, my dear friend warned me that bears are in that area and I should “smell” the air before I walk out at night. Let’s just say I didn’t go out at night unless I absolutely had to, and then I sent Big Daddy out first!!! LOL Thankfully we didn’t see any bears, but we did smell them that first night, so they were in the area.

We stayed up really late playing cards and a really fun marble/card game, I won every game!! I was on a streak! I asked if anyone wanted to play poker, I had no takers, wonder why?

Saturday morning we got up and had a big breakfast, something of a treat for Big D, we just don’t do big breakfasts! The weather was a little overcast and was threatening rain so we wanted to get out before it did, so we all got ready and hit the road!

The first place we went was just down the road from their cabin, this is a fish trap that the Indians built so they could catch fish as they went down the river.

Pretty cool way to catch fish, huh?

We then headed to the town square which is filled with antique stores. My mission was to find Christmas decorations, and gifts. We walked around looking for awhile and then the rain came. We did make it to this wonderful little Christmas store that was in an old Victorian house! I purchased some great items in there!! But by then the rain was coming down in sheets and the wind was blowing so hard. Our host borrowed an umbrella from the store owner and ran to get our car to pick us up so we wouldn’t get drenched and we decided to head over to the next town where more shopping could take place. But before we did, we made a quick stop at Dollar General and purchased umbrellas!!!

This town, Blue Ridge, was so neat, lots of shops lined the main street. Our hostess had bought some coffee that we had been drinking that weekend that was wonderful from a little shop in this town so I was determined to get me some! The rain had stopped and we were able to enjoy our time in Blue Ridge.

Not only did I get my coffee (Fiddlesticks and White Chocolate) but I walked into a really neat shop and fell in love with this….

This picture just doesn’t do it justice! It’s gorgeous!

It’s a beautiful piece with crosses that are decorated with Swarovski Crystals. One of the crosses even has my birthstone (Topaz). I collect crosses. So when I saw this I fell in love with it. Well, my sweet hubby bought it for me as an early birthday present (my birthday is the 17th)!! Isn’t he a keeper!! I was tickled pink after that!

Of course, there was something else in that store I felt I needed……

A Crown and Scepter, a Diva needs these, you know!

We finished up our trip to Blue Ridge with dinner at a delicious restaurant right on the river. We walked to the river before we were seated for a few pictures…

The misty weather made it quite beautiful!

Awww, aren’t we cute?

After our dinner, which was very good, we headed back to the cabin and sat by the fire for a while before Big D and I headed back to the land of reality. We had a blast and can’t wait to do it again!

So that’s how my weekend went. How was yours?

So what’s keeping you? Go on, go to Wendy’s and audition!

What a wonderful time we had!! Two hours of gabfest! Our poor waitress, she didn’t know what she got when she got our table! Just ordering took thirty minutes!! We had lots of catching up to do, didn’t we Cozy?

Believe me when I say, those two hours went by way too fast. That happens when you are with friends. Oh and by the way, we didn’t talk about ya’ll……too much!

This is a Ralph Lauren, classic red satin ball gown….how can you go wrong? Not only will this look fantastic on Wendy, but she will look like she belongs on the red carpet!! You go girl! Though I would wear a sexy strappy high heel sandal, instead of what they are showing. Something like these…..

And of course, don’t forget to accessorize!

Want to help pick a gown for Miss Wings for the Emmy’s? Then post it on your site!

Sign in here if you’re playing! We have to get Wendy dressed for the Emmy’s! She will look smashing, we will see to it!!

Today is Barbara’s Birthday! And you are all invited to Barbara’s Birthday Bash!

Today instead of a virtual party a few of her friends have decided to have a progressive birthday party.

Come join the fun and wish Barbara nothing but the best.

I’ve been elected in charge of the flowers!! I wonder why?? So let me first show you the little bouquet I have for Barbara!

Here’s a few pictures of the arrangements I whipped up for the Birthday Bash, I just couldn’t have everyone over without fresh flowers!

And for ambience, you have to have candles…..

While you are here enjoying the flowers, I would invite YOU to also visit:

Melli…..for balloons
Suzy…..for party hats
Daisy…..for games and more
Carol…. tunes from the band
Killired….. ice cream
Jennifer… cake
J. Andrew…. a birthday Haiku
Wendy ….New Zealand treats
Friday’s Child …treats from the Philippines.

Be sure to drop off your presents (comments and well wishes) over at Trying To Catch Up, Barbara will be so happy to see you!

And as you leave, please take with you one of these, just a little token from me to you!

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