A Special DAY for a Special Girlie! Part 1

This past Saturday was Marie's Bridal shower!! I had so much fun preparing and planning for this day!  We didn't forget a single detail!  I helped Mom with the cooking and Kelle and Christina did the decorating.

Joyfully in Him,
   Diana<3

A Victorian Low Tea

A Victorian Low Tea.  Also known as a really fancy tea party with food that Queen Victoria would eat sitting down. The reason I call it low tea is because you are sitting close to the ground or at a table or in someone's sitting room. On the other hand, there is something called a high tea that originated when farmer's would come and eat supper on really high tables and chairs. 
I thought that it was very interesting!  But we girls had the pleasure of putting on a low tea for some dear friends of ours; and we got to do it Victorian style! It always reminds me of the movie The Young Victoria. 

 The Menu. We had Earl Grey tea and lavender lemonade to drink. Then we had egg salad, chicken salad, and cucumber cress and chive butter sandwiches. And, for dessert, there was buttermilk scones with lemon curd and clotted cream, meringues,  and last of all Queen Victoria's favorite dessert-- Cherries Jubilee Sponge Cake.

 Mom even got out her china tea cups and dishes!

 

 After a lovely evening, I was happily surprised to see that my pink lilies finally bloomed!!

Joyfully in Him,
   Diana<3

Wash Day.

For Ma and other pioneer women, each day had its own proper chores. Ma used to say, 

Wash on Monday,
Iron on Tuesday,
Mend on Wednesday,
Churn on Thursday,
Clean on Friday,
Bake on Saturday,
Rest on Sunday.

This quote always reminds me of those warm summer days in the backyard, when Mom read to Kelle and I the Little House on the Prairie series. 

When I was little, I helped Mom hang up the laundry in the backyard on our clothesline. My little fingers handed Mom the wooden clothes pin as she hung up the lavender smelling shirts and socks. 

Those were such happy memories, I do it wash and hang up my doll clothes and blankets.  It is a memory I will always cherish. Thank you Mom!! =]

 The Lettuce and Radishes are growing rather nicely.

 Dad opened the pool today. I can't wait till it is all clear to swim in!!

 Joyfully in Him,
     Diana<3

May Day

This is my weather. The sunny mornings, the little green buds of all the veggies and flowers that are growing, the sound of the robins in the morning, and the actual thought of Summer coming along. "sigh"

It has been 80° for the past two days. Wow! And that mean it's time for me to start setting up my little house!!  This year, I decided to do something different.  I painted the inside walls of my house!!

 Before

 

After I painted. 

 

 And then the decorations!!

 Don't you just love blue mason jars? =]

 Joyfully in Him,
     Diana<3

A Daughter Is. . . .

A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer.
– Author Unknown
A daughter is a gift of love.
– Author Unknown
A daughter is a little girl who grows up to be a friend.
– Author Unknown
A daughter is a mother’s gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self.
– Author Unknown
A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be miraculous…full of beauty and forever beautiful…loving and caring and truly amazing.
– Deanna Beisser
A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give.
– Laurel Atherton
A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.
– Author Unknown
A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.
– Author Unknown
A mother’s treasure is her daughter.
– Catherine Pulsifer
A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.
–Irish Saying

Ebay Necklaces

7:06 a.m. I am on the couch. Ten seconds left.  My younger brother telling me, "Bid, bid, bid right now!!!" I bid and win. Me jumping up and down yelling, "I won, I won, Yippieee!!!!" My brother, looking at me like I'm a loon! Mom and older sister yelling at me to keep it quiet down there!! 

That was the situation for the past three days. I love the necklaces that I bought. There is only two reasons why I buy jewelry on eBay:

1.  Very inexpensive and much much cheaper than if I bought it in the store. (It's like they are giving it away for FREE!!!)
2. I get something in the mail with my name printed on it in big black Arial font.(it's much bigger than a letter.) And the joy of waiting every day for 3:00 to come when I can race to the mail box and find that little white package with MY name on it! "Sigh" 

My Little House

I finally had the time to clean and decorate my "little house", as I call it! I got down on my hands and knees and I scrubbed and scrubbed the floor! That was so difficult! Then I had to get all the spider webs from the corner of the house! YUCK!! But after I did it, it wasn't so bad. :) Then I got to decorate! It was really fun doing this. I look forward to it every year!

Before:

 After! :)