Headed Our Way

Well folks... I have great news.  We have a puppy headed our way!  After trying to adopt a rescue dog that was two years old, and it not working out, we decided that we needed to start fresh with a puppy who will know us it's whole life.  Shaun has been looking for puppies and a dog for a couple of months now and Thursday I came across an add in the Tennessean-online.  I made a phone call and it turned out the lady was just one town over from us!  All of the other places were going to require a road trip.  This trip was only about fifteen minutes.  When we got there I was very relieved that it wasn't a puppy mill.  You just never know.  The couple had both parents there and they were extremely friendly and well mannered dogs.  We somehow picked which puppy we wanted from a litter of eleven!  Tough choice because all of the puppies were friendly and everywhere!  We chose a little girl with pretty standard markings of a Border Collie and she has the cutest freckles on her nose.  We get to pick her up in two weeks.  The agony of waiting!!! 

 

 

Rolly Poley Sweet Baby Girl.

 

We don't have a name for her yet and are open to suggestions!



Good Morning

I absolutely love Spring.  I love sleeping with the windows open and I love the sounds of frogs that we go to bed hearing and the sounds of birds that we wake up to.  I am a bird girl anyway so waking up to all the chatter is truly wonderful.  I lay there as long as I can, listening and sometimes knowing which bird is making which noise and other times wondering "who is that?"  If it wasn't dark I would get my binoculars and take a look. 

 

I hope you have time to relax this weekend in some way.  Here are two videos I took this morning out my bedroom window to share the sounds that I wake up to.  Sorry about the snort in the second one.  That's Shaun... I wake up to those noises too :)

 

 



This is my first time using the video on Shaun's fancy phone.  My phone doesn't have video.  Maybe I can catch the frogs in the evening for you.  Have a wonderful weekend!

four fanciful things: tea time

  

This week you get a "four fanciful things" double whammy! 
I am a hot tea drinker.  Here, I have featured both a mix of my favorite teas from Yogi that I now order online because my groceries don't carry them and also four fanciful things that go hand in hand with tea drinking.  Enjoy!

find the beatiful teacup HERE

the pretty teaspoons HERE

and the wildflower honey... shoot me an email and I'll get you some



Homemade Lavender Face Toner

What is face toner you say?  Well, I use it as a skin refresher after I wash my face and take my make up off.  It helps to remove any left over make up that I missed while giving my skin a small dose of vitamin e and a light and wonderful scent.  I also use it before I put on my daily face lotion.

 

I first found face toner while shopping at the Turnip Truck in Nashville.  I had been in the market for a sort of astringent that wouldn't burn, meaning less alcohol, yet also had a nice scent and a refreshing feel.  The brand that I purchased there was Thayers.  I loved it!  When my toner ran out I thought of driving to Nashville or buying some online.  It was then that I checked the ingredients on the bottle and even though I didn't have any aloe vera and can't think of how to make it from my plants in an oil form (yet), I went to Fred's and bought what little ingredients I didn't already have.  I don't recall how much I gave for my lavender oil but I bet it was under six dollars.  The bottle of witch hazel was under two dollars and the vitamin e oil under two dollars.  Plus, once I settled on how much of everything to use, I can make bottle after bottle whenever I run out.  I even made some for the ladies in my family for Christmas this past year.  I mostly made lavender for them but added tea tree for the teenagers that might need a weapon for acne. 

 

Here is the printable recipe for my face toner.  Enjoy!  Let me know how you like it please!

Bottles with tops like these keep you from using too much.

Use a straw for a dropper if you don't have one.

Give er a good shake before each use too.

Use clear contact paper to stick on bottles.

Oh... just noticed I spelled lavender wrong!  Sorry fam!