Spring & Queen Bee's

Spring has arrived! 

That grand announcement means that...

Side view of my  west side neighbor's beautiful historic home 

Side view of my south neighbor's historic bungalow and my gorgeous tree in bloom

• I can drink coffee on my front porch for my devotional time each morning
• I can drink decaf hot tea on my front porch in the evening as I contemplate the day
• The trees are were simply stunning
• New tall-rectangular planters have been purchased for my front porch steps
• Greenfield's Greenhouse sold my planters some beautiful, colorful salmon geraniums, yellow lantana, dark forest green spikes, airy asparagus ferns, and dual-colored yellow and pink/salmon zinnias. 

Flowers with new planters 

Tomorrow, VWC celebrate's the Queen Bees (mothers) with a Queen Bee's Brunch for Moms and kidlets. The men and young men of VWC have graciously offered to cook & serve this momentous event. Stay tuned as I "intend" to post pics ASAP after the event. 

ARGH....I must get better about my URGENT and IMPORTANT lists in my life. I am so guilty of allowing myself to get stay caught up in the "tyranny of the urgent." 

The Urgent list is usually someone else's bidding for my time. You know them--Please drop everything you're currently doing and get to work solving my problem--or helping me--or can you do this for me?...RANT over. 

The Important list is supposed to be MY MOST important things in life: family, house, short-term goals, long-term goals, hobbies, life dreams and bucket lists, etc. 

I will improve! With God's great help, I surely will! 

But, I digress...

The QBB--will no doubt go down in the history books as a super-fun event at VWC. We are planning a pancake bar with toppings, a yogurt parfait bar with toppings, and a scrambled egg bar with toppings. At each place, there will be a specially-ordered donut with either blue or yellow sprinkles. 

(The back story--we'd intended to make blueberry and peach muffins. But, as the team shopped last evening, we decided--AHHHH--that's just too much money and time! Kids will like donuts better anyway! So, this morning, one of the problem-solvers called our illustrious donut shop entitled TURTLES. Problem solved--we have 84 donuts on order for 8 am tomorrow morning!) 

We have center pieces with the saying, "My mom's the BEE's KNEES!" along with metal art bees and yellow, black, royal blue table covers. oh and yes...bit-o-honey candies!! 

Random tree on my way home from the doctor's office

My dear Mom and I have invited any and everyone at VWC who didn't have kids to bring or didn't have a mom to come with her. Our table will be full of wonderful ladies! 

Also--shhhh....I will be surprising my Dear Mom with a gorgeous purple orchid corsage. I thought she'd enjoy wearing it both to the QBB and to church on Mother's Day Sunday! 

My friend over at Kelley Highway bought this planter for me several years ago!
I just stuck the asparagus in it for a fast pic

One last thing...Sunday is our monthly bake sale for Missions. This month, I am intending to bake muffins in large, stand-on-their-own cups. I will be folding a delicious mix of mixed berries into the muffin mix. Along with sprinkling some decorator's sugar crystals on top! 

My other plan is to try some English Muffin bread. I have already purchased the rapid rise yeast and the bread flour for that very purpose! 

Enjoy your Mother's Day wherever you might be! 

Drink a LATTE coffee...or iced coffee! 

:) Hugs!