Holiday

There were so many photos that we took over the weekend at Pineview and I just wanted to share a few with you. The setting was pretty stellar and you get to have a peak at Mr. S playing in sand – something I had no idea he loved quite so much!

Thanks friends! Tomorrow, I promise, I’ll have the inside shots of the romper done and posted.

xoxo,
Sunni

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I’m a pretty lucky girl. As you know, because I’ve been telling you, it was my birthday yesterday. Yeah. I’m kind of big into my birthday. It’s more of a month long celebration. Oh isn’t April the best? he he he. Mr. S way outdid himself this year to boot. He bought me some chocolate covered raspberries and strawberries and The Jazz Singer. I’ve been wanting this movie for quite awhile, because I’m a real sucker for Neil. Sigh….I’ll tell you flat out, I love the man. I do. I had no idea he had done a movie. No idea until just before Christmas when a coworker lent me her VHS tape of this movie. Can you even believe this? A whole movie devoted entirely to Neil and his singing. It was too much. It is too much! And I ate the whole thing right up. Say what you like, but I love it.

Oh and don’t let me forget that Mr. S took me to dinner at a very expensive restaurant. Gush. And he dressed up in a chocolate pin stripe suit with a cornflower colored shirt. Oh man! I had to give him a kiss for that. Ha. And Mr. S wrote me a letter. He never writes letters. And it was wonderful telling me how much and why he loved me. To. Death. Oh Mr. S, you spoiled me absolutely rotten!

You’re wondering about my Perfect Spring Dress huh? Well, I ruined the first version of it. I’m so mad at myself. So mad. If I had one more of those sheets I could have fixed the mistake of cutting the skirt too little. To little as in there was not enough gathering. It looks atrocious. I was so unhappy. So unhappy that I had to start the whole thing over again with the losing fabric. I’m sorry to disappoint. I did wear my Naughty Secretary outfit though. Fun fun. It still turned out to be a perfect evening even though I wasn’t wearing my Perfect Spring Dress. Oh well! Just goes to show ya.

I hope you all had a Happy Easter weekend!

xoxo,

Sunni

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Mr. S had his birthday over this wonderfully long weekend. An event that involved cupcake making and eating, a very good breakfast here, catching this movie matinee and the making of quinoa stuffed peppers for a quiet dinner at home. We had so much fun together, as usual. All in all, I can say that I think Mr. S had a very good birthday. And I suppose that even if he didn’t, I enjoyed myself immensely. Ha ha ha.

I made these red velvet cupcakes complete with cream cheese frosting. I pilfered the recipe from Martha Stewart, here’s the link. And as you can see, though he would never admit it himself too willingly, Mr. S loved these cupcakes. Had to half the recipe, seeing as there is only two of us, and we would eat them all in one fell swoop. A lovely dozen you see here. And yes, I ate hmmmm.. I think 6. Maybe 5.

I also used some silicon cupcake liners, instead of the paper kind. These are incredible. Go out and buy some right now. My lil sis gave them to me a few years back for a Christmas gift and I never used them until just recently. They are superb. There is no paper waste to throw away, thus helping the environment, and the cupcakes just slide right out of the liners. Very easy to use and a baking secret I highly recommend.

By the way, I do believe that these cupcakes are the perfect addition to your Valentine’s Day festivities, in case you couldn’t tell that by the decor and such. I have another such fun idea for V-day that I will post soon. Go make your cupcakes darlings! Eat as many as you like too! They are good for the soul.

xoxo,

Sunni

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Thankfully so do I. I admit, fully, that I do, indeed, love holidays. However, this year, I found that there was so much that is forgotten in the midst of the hub-bub. Not to say that Mr. S and I didn’t have a wonderful Christmas, because we did. I mean to say that as I was driving to the nearest grocer Christmas Eve, and was nearly driven off the road by a very angry driver and was very rudely pushed aside at the grocery store as I was just deciding on some chocolate chips, I felt that somehow we really have forgotten what this whole holiday is about. Mr. S and I discussed this topic in length as we drove the 45 minutes to relatives’ houses for our annual festivities. I’ve come to the realization that I love any holiday because I get to spend it with Mr. S and other loved ones.  I’ve also found that its rather horrible sometimes the way we treat our fellow creatures, you know, those whom we don’t even know and sometimes think it must be OK to push them aside for the sake of our own gain or to get that last bag of chocolate chips before someone else does.

Anyhow, in the spirit of giving this year, I hope you didn’t forget to give a little kindness to your neighbor. I’ve forgotten this a little bit, by the way, though I didn’t do the pushing in the grocery store. Needless to say, I could at least remember a few things like wishing others “Season’s Greetings” and giving a smile here and there. In any event, Christmas this year was splendid with Mr. S. He makes me so happy, I don’t see how it could be otherwise. We each opened a pair of PJ’s on Christmas Eve and put them on and just snuggled and gazed at the tree and listened to a little Christmas music. And that, dear reader, is a very nice thought for me to think about.

Hopefully, you had a Holiday free from rudeness and the like and filled with joy and sweetness from the ones you love and from others you don’t know! I hope you too, thought about what this holiday season really means to you and why you do what you do. I did. I’m very happy to have spent it creating beautiful memories to think about for years to come.

xoxo,

Sunni

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