Thursday, May 30, 2013

Blooming Hydrangeas - Show and Tell Friday

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Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!


As you can see, my hydrangeas are blooming!  A few months back...I think it was around February I pulled out my lace-cap hydrangea that I planted when I first moved here 10 years ago and replaced it with this Nikko Blue Hydrangea.  I just wasn't happy with the blooms on the lace-cap and I've always wanted a Nikko Blue. I'm so happy I did this! This plant has grown so fast and is already full of blooms!  If it's this big the first year I can't wait to see it in the years to come!


I'm always torn on whether to leave the flowers on the bush or cut them for bouquets! I've decided to cut a few of them to cheer up my bedroom! I would love to have a huge garden and grow lots of hydrangeas but I'm happy to have just two for now!  The other one just started blooming so it will be about another month before it's in full bloom.

I still have to go through the photos of my boyfriend's home in Hawaii. I hope to go through those and post them next week. 


Thanks to all of you that join in on Show and Tell Friday every week and thanks to all of you who leave such nice comments!

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Hawaii - Show and Tell Friday

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I've been in Hawaii for the past week and got home in the wee hours this morning (Wednesday).  We were supposed to get home last night but our flight was delayed.  I usually do my Show and Tell posts on Wednesday evenings so it can go up at 6pm Pacific Time on Thursday evening.  Since I've had very little sleep (I went to sleep sometime after 3am) and had to work today I don't have the energy to go through my photos to share with you. I had planned on sharing the inside of my boyfriend's townhouse with you but instead I'll share those next week and just share the outside of it with you now. I'm so tired I can hardly even think well enough to type this right now!   The photo above is his townhouse and...


...these are photos I took looking down each end of his street. It's a beautiful place!  A tropical paradise!


I'll share the inside photos with you next week!  I'm off to bed now! 



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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Aloha - Show and Tell Friday

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Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  I'm in Hawaii (the Big Island) again so I only have vacation photos to share this week!  I arrived around 10:00 am Hawaiin time on Tuesday morning so I've only been here two days so far.  I wish you could feel the warm tropical breezes! They are wonderful!


We went to the pool the first day and the beach yesterday! 

Allens's daughter and 4 year old grandson are here also and it was nice to finally meet them after hearing so much about them!  They've already been here a week so they leave tonight and Allen and I leave next Tuesday.


I bought this big hat last summer and I wanted to bring it but it's so huge that I couldn't pack it. I had to carry it on the plane which was such a pain but I'm happy I did because it really keeps the sun off my face!  I always buy hats and then never wear them so I'm glad I'm finally using this!


One of my favorite Hawaiian drinks...a Lava Flow! This was taken poolside at Allen's townhouse my first day here. The pool area is right by the ocean...it's so beautiful here!

We're off to the pool now...see you here next week...




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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Happy Mother's Day!

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Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers out there in blogland!  I hope you have a wonderful day!


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Thursday, May 09, 2013

Birdcages - Show and Tell Friday

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Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!


I don't have anything new to share this week so I compiled a bunch of old photos of some of my collection of birdcages!  I no longer have any birds but I do love bird cages!  People comment when they come here about all the bird cages with no birds...sometimes I feel like a crazy old woman.  They also comment about all the old mirrors in my home. I like my collections...what can I say?


I know most of you will understand!


I move them around and even take them outside sometimes!


I decorate with birdcages and I like it!

Next week I will be back in Hawaii!  I can't believe I'm going back again...I'm so excited!  I was there in March and I feel so fortunate that I get to go again! Thank you Allen...you spoil me!  

I'll be blogging from there next week so stop by and see a little bit of paradise! 

If you missed my posts earlier this week....scroll down. I did a post on my weight loss journey with before and after pics!  



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Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Getting Fit!

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I've updated my Fit and Fabulous over Fifty blog a couple more times this week! I'm on a roll! Stop by and check it out: Fit and Fabulous over Fifty.  I'm sharing some exercises I'm doing and what I've eaten so far today!

....and thank you all so much for the nice comments you left about my weight loss journey!
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Monday, May 06, 2013

Me ~ Before and After

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Before June 2009                                        After May 2013

I shared some before and after pics on my Fit and Fabulous over Fifty blog! Stop by and see! 


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Thursday, May 02, 2013

Bathroom Color - Show and Tell Friday

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Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!


Again I'm sharing some of my garden roses!


These white ones are called "French Lace" and the peachy pink ones are called "Nancy Reagan".  The French Lace roses are one of my favorites and they are used often in bridal bouquets.


I bought these roses at the same time when I first moved into my little apartment 10 years ago!  I thought they would look nice together because the French Lace start out a soft peach color. The Nancy Reagan roses are both a peach and a pink color with each rose a little bit of a different shade of peachy-pink.

That beautiful Mikasa Capella crystal vase was sent to me by the nice people at Mikasa.  They didn't even ask me to blog about it but I wanted to mention them because I thought that was really nice!  They also sent me some crystal candlesticks which I will share another time and some wine glasses! This 12 inch vase works perfectly with these long stem roses!

Every time I post pics of my bathroom I always get emails asking me what the paint color is. It's Behr paint from Home Depot and the color is called "Bleached Denim".  It's actually a little darker than it looks in these photos. I love the color and it makes the white paint POP and look so fresh!


I think I mentioned that I'm going back to Hawaii again! I leave in a little over a week and I'm getting so excited.  I mentioned before that my boyfriend (every time I call him my boyfriend I feel like I'm 16 but I don't know what else to call him) has a second home on the big island of Hawaii but he also has a timeshare on Maui that he won't be using and he is looking for someone that would like to use it for a week or two. Here are the details:  

1br - WESTIN KA'ANAPALI OCEAN RESORT VILLAS ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI..... (KA'ANAPALI BEACH)
Large ocean view suite with living room, dining room, full kitchen, and a large master bedroom/bath at the new Westin Ka'anapali Ocean Resort Villas on Kaanapali Beach on Maui; there are two weeks currently available in 2013 that can be booked separately or together at the rate of $1,975 per week; book early to get this great below season rate and low advance airfares.

Visit the property at www.westinkaanapali.com

Please send me an email at cindy95131@yahoo if you are interested and I will put you in contact with Allen. 


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