{ Dr. Bluebird's orders}

sweet friends

don't forget to eat your

" beans"

this weekend

{some french romance in a sweet package}

lecharme romantique de Paris

~

to my sheer delight

I received

a little bit

of

French Romance

in my mailbox yesterday

A Vintage Rosary

and

a box filled with

scrumptious

treasures

pearls included

I have been ever so blessed to have won

a giveaway from

The Brocantess

{please go say hi...you will be so glad you did..her blog is amazing..

.and filled with French elegance}

~

A million thanks my lovely friend

my treasures are

beyond beautiful

~

A sweet box filled with

the

"Romance of Paris"

what more could a girl ask for?

~

Sharon at my passport to style is having a fundraiser for Haiti

please go check it out
xoxo

{Oh China..the places you have been}

China's Journey

*

I have a problem

{well actually many problems but this is one of them}

I have no room for another

teacup

bowl

plate

cup/mug

and

platter

in my cupboard

but every time I go out

I seem to bring home more

{we have a few local thrift & charity stores I frequent on a regular basis}

I adore mismatched pieces and use them all

but

I can not shove another piece into any of my cupboards

{my husband is even complaining and he never complains}

With each piece I bring home

I am always wondering

where has it been

what homes has it seen

what people has it known

what conversations has it heard

what amazing food has it served
*
China's Journey

*

who knows I may have a piece of your old china

I am so desperately trying to stuff away in my cupboard

before husband finds out

*

{pop over to blooming on bainbridge for an amazing pink giveaway}

{a diet conundrum}

crumble

up

your

cookies...

cookie crumbs

have way

less

calories than

whole cookies

{I wish}

"It takes 6 months to get into shape & 2 weeks to get out of shape. Once you know this you can stop being angry about other things in life & only be angry about this."

Rita Rudner

{feeling connected}

girl talk

***

Oh, the comfort

~ the inexpressible comfort of feeling

safe with a person~
having neither to weigh thoughts

nor measure words,

but

pouring them all right out,

just as they are,

chaff & grain together;

certain that a faithful hand

will take & sift them,

keep what is worth keeping,

&

then with the breath of kindness,

blow the rest

away

{d.m. Mulock Craik..1866}

{vintage telephones...country living 2008}

my wish

is for you all have a sweet dear friend you can talk to

***

Thank you my sweet friends

your kind comments and lovely thoughts

always mean so so much to me

&

Thank you sweet followers

I so appreciate each one of you

{dear self }

~weekend instructions to myself~

buy flowers
use the good silver
look people in the eye
return all things I have borrowed
over tip the breakfast waitress
compliment three people
move some furniture around
don't expect life to be fair
floss my teeth
avoid negative people
see a movie with my sweet hubby
count my blessings
call my parents

{sweetly stitched}

* sigh*

pause

reflect

ponder

remember

loving memories

of

faded threads

so

sweetly stitched

~

a cherished pillowcase

my

sweet grandma

embroidered

for me

when I was a wee child

{I still use it today..even though many many stitches are missing}

my dreams are oh so sweet

*sigh*

{visit me here at reverie...I am the guest blogger today...thanks Mel}

{a key lesson}

lesson never " learnt"

every year I am so excited

when the

Valentine's candy

hits the store shelves

*
early January I am

eagerly filling my candy dishes

with

red

white

and

pink

*

but

the

sweets

never

ever

last

until

February 14th

{this jar was full 4 days ago}

a key lesson so never " learnt"

{will I be filling my candy dishes with Easter treats soon?...you bet I will !}

{skippity-do-da-day}

Pansies

also known as

Hearts-ease

Love-in-idleness

Tickle-me-fancy

Kiss-her-in-the pantry

*

I planted these lovelies in my garden yesterday

skippity-do-da-day

our weather has been simply springlike

*

{did you know?....tea made from pansy leaves cures heartbreak}

{weekend wisdom}

what i learned this weekend

1.

mismatched china

is oh so

whimsical

{mix it up...pattern on pattern...so much fun}

2.

i eat

far too

many

cupcakes

{*sigh*}

3.

my sweet friend

Teresa

is having a

pink party

all week long

and

believe me

you

do not want to miss out

check it out here

~bird love or lovebird? ~

lovebird

{showing great affection for your mate}

bird love

{to have an affection for birds...or all birdie things}

i admit
i am a bit of both

*

thank you

Kate

for the adorable bird necklace

please visit Kate's lovely blog

Auntie Cakes

*

My Giveaway winner

is

the lovely

Maria

from

Calm Energy

~Sweet Notes~

pleasing to the ear

soft

melodious

harmonious

the sweet notes of
the
guitar strings
*
Life is a song....Love is the music

{cindy vail}

Life is to be felt....not figured out

{thomas hardy}

Life is what you make it....always has been, always will be
{grandma moses}
*
{check Friday for who won my adorable giveaway..still time to enter here}

~SWEET PINK~

Pink

Anything pink

and

Everything pink

Yes

I am a sucker

for

pink

even

pink cheerios

{I couldn't just leave them on the shelf in the big old lonely stored.....

they were calling my name}

{just like the pink toilet paper the other day...Yes Pink! Can you believe that!}

{I know I know so bad for the environment...but just one package wouldn't hurt...right?}

When I see anything
Pink
I think of beautiful images
like these
{I blame my pink obsession on all the oodles of magazines floating around my home}
{image from country living april 2007}



How do they taste you ask?
I give them a
6 out of 10
but they sure
look
mighty pretty in my bowl
{thank goodness I have girls}

~A Teaspoon of Friendship Please~

My Question to you is?

*

How do you take your tea?
{or coffee}

with a

teaspoon

of

sugar

honey

cream

milk

lemon

?

I try to take mine with

Friends

{and lots of milk}

*

thank you

sweet jacqueline

for the lovely cake topped teaspoon

I love it!

please visit her at

so cute it hurts

its her birthday

~Rushing Raspberries! ~

Quick

Speedy

Fast

Pronto!

*

rushing like a mad women

this morning

*

grabbing my

raspberry

flowered

tea mug

along with a
raspberry
white
chocolate
scone




some fast curls
from
my
raspberry
hot rollers
&
out
the door in record speed.....
rushing raspberries!
*

It's Saturday!
off to the good old
USA
to shop all
my favourite stores
{need to get to the boarder crossing fast..usually long line ups on Sat. mornings}
*
What are you doing this wonderful day?

~A Simply Adorable Giveaway~

I am such a fan

of

adorable

children books

this one I found on the shelf

the other day

and it is being sold

to celebrate

a very

special event

~

any guesses?

{the above illustration is of the

city of Vancouver}

the event takes place
this
February
where
Vancouver

British Columbia

Canada
will
open it's
doors to the world
{that's you guys!}






The 2010 Olympic Winter Games!
and
The 2010 Paralympic Winter Games!
{right here in my backyard...how exciting is that?}
{all images taken from the book}


to celebrate I have picked up
an extra copy
for
you
{you really do not have to be a child to enjoy this book}
The illustrators and authors
Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy
have done an amazing job
It's
the story of
the Vancouver
2010 Mascots
{these sweet little friends will melt your heart }




I also found these adorable button pins





Miga is my favourite!

~
Yes...it is a giveaway

Just in time for the games
....the book
....the collection of button pins
plus some other special treats I will slip into the packet
and for all you magazine lovers...
I will throw in some
Canadian
fashion
or
home
magazines

{a truly Canadian giveaway}
~



Just leave me a comment on this post by January 14th
If you follow me...let me know and I will enter your name again
If you post about my giveaway on your blog ...yahoo for you and you will get another chance....just let me know.
~

I hope you all will be watching and cheering your Country on

Is anyone coming to the games?
{I would love to know}
tickets are sooooooo hard to get
xoxo

~ Sweet Thanks ~

*

I'm

Mixing up a Batch

of

Pink

Vanilla Cream

Frosting
and

Cracking Open

a new

Bottle

of

Sprinkles

just because....

*

One year ago today

I wrote my

First

Bluebird Notes

Post

*

*
I am

Serving up

some

"Wee" Cakes

to

Each and Everyone

of

you

*

Just

My Way

of

Thanking You

for

making

my

Year

amazingly

SWEET

*

{stay tuned for an adorable giveaway...next post}

~ find your "sparkle" ~

the

language of

one's

eyes

*

I

adore

my

sweet daughter's

green eyes

{a gift to her from my dear husband}

Her eyes
reflect

a

beautiful

light

a

"sparkle"

a

"twinkle"

they are

the

window into her

sweet

soul

*

do you know someone

that always has

that

certain

"sparkle"

*

my wish

is that we

all find

that

special

" light"

this coming year

~ From treats to feet ~

What are you doing

this

fine

New Years Day?

......we are just hanging about

in our

advent calender socks
{remember these?}

{if you don't check them out here}

which now are known as

our

New Year's Day

socks