Any Day Spent....

...on the river,

...on a boat,

...watching deer swimming across the river, 

...with the wind in your hair, 

...looking for eagles, 

...enjoying the birds,

...lunching with dear ones,

...being goofy,

...gulping sipping wine, 

...at Ingleside Winery is worth the bucks!

Having your mom doing it with you is priceless!

Week-End at The Little House

Lots of hissyfits activity will be going on at the Little House this week end. Dining Sitting under the tacky party lights!

And plenty of gulping sipping down the wine Cheerwine!

(my new find at our local Food Kitty)

I do like to chug the real stuff too!

Be on the look out for more showing off and bragging posts on this baby! Hot diggity dog!

Little T will be returning Sunday morning, after spending five days with the most awesome Godparents on the planet! As keeping with summer rituals they have kidnapped taken him to their summer rivah house to spoil him rotten have some fun! I have not  missed him and dread look forward to his smart mouth his big hugs!
After church on Sunday, we'll be heading out for an afternoon picnic. It's the simple things!

Whatcha doing this weekend?

Smitten and Smooches

 I found this cute little sign in a local thrift shop last week. I had to have it because I just love the word smitten! I am smitten with CdubbleU because I am marked by unreasoning fondness and foolishness.

Adj.

1.

smitten - (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" 2. smitten - marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness

And I also love the word smooches! Clinique's Bamboo Pink will make a gal want to throw out a smooch or two!

Noun

1.

smooch - an enthusiastic kiss

So who or what are you Smitten with? Are you a smoocher even though you may not wear Clinique's Bamboo Pink?

I'm just being nosy again. 

Eight Days of Hope

This past May, my girlfriend and neighbor Emlee and I (aka Loud and Louder...guess which one I am!)went on our first evah mission trip. (She lives through the wine trail, but that is for another post.)

 It took us to New Bern, NC. with the Eight Days of Hope, along with 1,750 other volunteers from 42 states. 

 There were families with children still living in tents from the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Who knew help was needed in our own back yard almost a year after that hurricane blew through?

 After setting up camp in 250 mile an hour winds gale winds, we got settled in for the night. We were excited to be going to tear up some stuff help with whatever we could the following morning.

We were not sure what to expect but one of the things we learned early was that flexibly was key...thus this guy! Gumby! Remember him? 

(who the hell talked me into this)

The days started early.....and on our first day Hurricane Burl blew in and all work was canceled. We holed up in Emlee's truck waiting for who knows what the storm to pass. After a few hours of that we headed for the hills for the nearest hotel to get wine out of the rain! The next morning we headed back to camp to dump the water out of the tent and regroup still hoping to tear up some stuff do some good. 

 And we wound up with the most amazing folks in the world to work with! It was like we had known each other all our lives! Blue Tee Shirts were all over the town! We were there to paint Miss Bertha's house.

Miss Bertha has not been able to live in her house since the hurricane and she was so overwhelmed with joy that we were there to tear up the place help! She was really looking forward to coming back home.

Emlee rocks the roller...her first time painting. She was awesome!

 Rob...what a great smile he has! And he's dashing!

 Rhonda....funny girl! Don't mess with Rhonda! 

 Tina...the sweetest of the sweet! She gets things done!

And lastly Pat, the best BOSS MAN anyone could evah have!

Our team even made the 5 and 6 o'clock news! Shocking I know! 

It was five long hot days...  but it was also five of the most life changing days of my life. I got far more out of this trip  than I gave and I was humbled. It is pretty amazing when 1,750 folks can come together, putting all their differences aside to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Next year I plan on going for all eight days!  I asked someone while I was there why it was called Eight Days of Hope and I was told that in the Bible seven means completion and eight means new beginnings. This was a new beginning for me! 

Psst!

Hey Y'all...it's me. Noe Noe Girl. It's been 14 years months since my last post. I have had a lot of things going on in my life..some good and some not so good. I will bore you to tears  spare you the details with the not so good and bore you some more with some of the good. Yes, the word slacker does come to mind and I have missed you all! Facecrack  Facebook has kept in touch with some of you but I am looking forward to visiting you all again. 

 So with all that said, here I am. This old girl is back on the block blog! So how have you been doing? How's it going? Whatcha doing? Do you recognize this tree that is as old as me? Am I asking too many questions?