Chilled Energy

It is a hot summer day here. We are all melting. And feeling pretty run down too! But we have a rescue team here! Yes, a great cold pick me up for the middle of the day.

Doesn't that look yummy? We had wonderful iced coffee today. And the flavor of the day was Peach Cobbler. Oh what a way to celebrate summer. I wish to say thanks to New England Coffee Company for sending me some wonderful coffee. I have Peach Cobbler and Blueberry Cobbler. That is going to be used this weekend for my birthday breakfast drink. There is also New England Eye Opener too. I know of days I really need that.


Do you drink Iced Coffee? NO! Well you would really enjoy it if you did. Or so I think at least. You can get tips and ideas here on how to brew Iced Coffee. I have to say doing it the way they told me really gave me full flavor. I know that I am going to get me a Iced Coffee Tumbler too. How? Well if you go here you can send in 3 UPC codes from New England Coffee and they will send you the Iced Coffee Tumbler free! Sweet. Hurry up as the offer is over with at the end of the month.

DISCLOSURE: I received a complimentary coffee to facilitate this review. No other compensation was provided.

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Celebrating Instead of Crying

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I have a lil mix today. Sensing the sad in my life right now....loss of family member, I felt that an upbeat post would be best. So on with the show, right?

First off I want to tell you that I enjoy a nice glass of wine but I am very very picky. You see I am a sweet gal. No not like that, I like sweet things. So not too many red wines cross my path. More of a white dessert type wine. And my favorite is Fetzer VineyardsValley Oaks Gewurztraminer. Now I may not be able to say the name of this wine well but I sure can sip it. Top that off I found it was a 'best' wine in my book Good, Better, Best Wines-A No Nonsense Guide to Popular Wines. My handy dandy go to book for getting a wine to go with a meal or occasion. Nice pocket size and easy to use. Also the wines in this book are all under $15 so very very affordable. Worth having as a resource to finding the wine you are looking for. You can see a book trailer here http://www.wine-tribune.com . Thanks Abby for sharing this with me!

Next I want to tip my hat to one very smart lady. Jessica has put out HINT water. Now we all enjoy having water to keep us hydrated and healthy. And of course we would like a lil flavor from fruit and such. Then no one wants any sugars or such dirty-ing up their water either. But Jessica knows that we also would like to have a lil 'adult' water. So she took that into mind and made up mixed drinks using HINT water as a mixer. Fantastic. Now we have a great tasting drink and cut the sugars out of other mixers. She is one smart cookie. I thank her for sending me a few bottles to try for myself.

Here is a couple of ideas from Jessica:

Healthy Mama for the summer time.
1 part vodka
1 1/2 parts HINT watermelon water
1 slice of watermelon
Ohhhh, cool drink that is just sweet enough.

Sweet Mama for us GRITS (girls raised in the south)
2 oz pomegranate vodka
6 oz HINT pomegranate-tangerine water
2 mint leaves (yes pop them off of your own lil plant in the window sill)
dash of honey syrup
This is a front porch sipper if I ever had one.

Showered with Gifts

My birthday was amazing. My best friend Jennifer (we have been friends for 36 yrs) sent me a Dell computer. WOW!

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My friend Mary, who has the B & B/antique store gave me a sting of pearls. Yeah! Amazed. I always wanted to be June Cleaver as the perfect housewife and mother.


My in-laws are passing down a 100+ yr old piece of original craftsman furniture that belonged to DH's great grandfather in California. Beautiful and I will treasure it so much. I feel honored that they are giving me a piece of family history. I know I am part of their family

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now.

Dear Hubby took me, College Girl and her best friend Thomas out to lunch at my fav eatery in Stephenville. (Simply Deli off the square)

My mom and friend Nessa did me a great dinner of sandwiches and snack foods that I enjoy and

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then we played games. I so want the recipe for the Cucumber Lemonade that Nessa made me! And Nessa's kids showered me with stuffed animals for gifts. Nessa and Dan bought me a fishing license and Dan took me and my pink fishing pole out fishing for a bit Friday night too!

See---a wonderful birthday all around. To tell you the truth I do not know what gift I love more as each was given to me from the heart and was just want I wanted too!

Then I had so many of my bloggy friends wish me a Happy Birthday here. On Facebook I had even more well wishes! I feel so loved and honored to have so many good people in my life. I know this is how one measures richness. In the friends and great people in their lives. THANK YOU!

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Daily Life Workout

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Today has been a busy one for me.
Up and doing first thing in the morning.
Took time to go have coffee and breakfast.
Yumm, oatmeal, bacon and toast.....my fav breakfast.
Then off to Curves for my daily workout.
3 times around the circut and I am sweating all over the place.
Afterwards I grabbed a cup of ice.
That is my snack when I want something cool and crunchy.
No calories, no fat...lol...just cool.
From there off to Mary's B & B and Antique Store to work.
Had to clean all of the B & B, top to bottom.
Whew, that was another lil workout.
Now have a lil time to get to work online.
Then it will be time to go home, mow the back yard (did the front late last night).
Afterwards I need to see what I need to gather for a trip to San Saba with Nessa.
Tell you more about that soon!

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